Greenland becomes a prison in Syfy’s 51st State
Greenland is going to become an American prison in the new series from Syfy, 51st State. The series, created by Oscar nominee Craig Borten, takes John Carpenter’s Escape from New […]
Kyle MacLachlan confirmed for Twin Peaks 2016
Although you’d hope that this would have been a prerequisite of Twin Peaks’ pick-up by Showtime, it has now been officially confirmed that Kyle MacLachlan will be back for the sequel series. “I’m very excited to return to the strange and wonderful world of Twin Peaks,” MacLachlan said at the TCA tour where the announcement was made. “May the forest be […]
RIP Brian Clemens
Prolific British writer and producer Brian Clemens has died aged 83. Best known for his work on The Avengers, its sequel The New Avengers, and thriller series The Professionals, Clemens wrote for many […]
Will the Atom be the next CW/DC superhero?
On the heels of the CW’s Mark Pedowitz confirming early renewals for Arrow and The Flash, the shows’ creators have indicated that another DC hero could be heading for the small screen. Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour on January 11, Pedowitz noted that “We are in preliminary discussions to expand the Flash-Arrow universe,” and Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Marc […]
CW renews all its genre shows
News of renewals don’t normally come this early, and they certainly don’t usually come in large batches but the CW has broken both rules, announcing today that all eight of its drama series will be returning next season. The Flash and Jane the Virgin will be back for a second season as well as The Originals (Season 3), Reign (Season 3), The […]
Game of Thrones start date confirmed (updated for UK)
HBO has announced the start date for the 5th season of their flagship series, Game of Thrones, with a tweet confirming that “the countdown begins”. The new episodes will begin […]
RIP Time Machine star Rod Taylor
Rod Taylor, the Australian film actor who starred in George Pal’s 1960 version of The Time Machine, has died, aged 84. Taylor made a name for himself in his native […]
Outlander wins People’s Choice Award
Outlander, the time travel series about a nurse sent back to the time of the Jacobite rebellion, has won Favourite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show at the People’s Choice Awards held on January 7th, one of many genre winners at the ceremony. The new series – which is yet to find a UK broadcaster – beat competition from Doctor Who, Game […]
Dick’s Man in the High Castle streaming next week
Frank Spotnitz’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle will form part of Amazon Studios’ first pilot season for 2015 which becomes available from January 15th. […]
Genre plays make BBC Audio Drama Awards shortlist
Four genre productions are in the running for this year’s BBC Audio Drama Awards. The shortlist for the Awards was announced today, with two Big Finish productions – Frankenstein and Survivors – nominated alongside the adaptations of The Exorcist and The Illustrated Man. Alex Jordan is in the running for Best Debut Performance for his role in Frankenstein, adapted by […]
Amazon drop Chris Carter’s The After
We won’t be seeing new stories from X-Files creator Chris Carter any time soon, with the news that Amazon are not proceeding with a series based on his pilot The […]
Powys Media wrap up their Space: 1999 line
With the Blu-ray release of the second season of Space: 1999 due later this year, and a reboot still possible, the Gerry and Sylvia Anderson show would seem to be […]
New John Carter of Mars films in the pipeline
John Carter is hopefully going back to Mars. After the commercial failure of Disney’s version of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter, it seemed as if the epic hero’s big screen adventures were […]
Game of Thrones set to conquer IMAX
Fans of HBO’s Game of Thrones will get the chance to see their heroes and villains on the big IMAX screen later this month. Two episodes of series 4 (Deadline […]
Big Finish go to the Village for new Prisoner audio series
The Prisoner is back in the Village in a new series of audio adventures from Big Finish. The new audio series of The Prisoner is to be written and directed […]
RIP director Fiona Cumming
Fiona Cumming, who helmed four of Peter Davison’s stories during his tenure as the Doctor, has died aged 77, according to a report posted by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society. […]
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