RIP Bernard Kay
Prolific British character actor Bernard Kay has died, aged 86. Initially a reporter, Kay turned to acting after the Second World War, and appeared in many genre productions. He was […]
TV Daredevil to be a Local Hero
Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Marvel’s team behind the new Daredevil TV show, set to premiere on Netflix in 2015, have confirmed some key details. “The Avengers are here to save the universe and Daredevil is here to save the neighbourhood,” TV head Jeph Loeb explained, confirming that the show will stick to the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York where […]
Matt Smith’s Lost River going straight to video in US
Lost River, the movie previously known as How to Catch a Monster, is not going to get a cinema release in the US, according to a report at Variety. The […]
RIP Space Patrol’s Roberta Leigh
Space Patrol creator Roberta Leigh has died, aged 87. The children’s novelist and puppet show creator worked with Gerry and Sylvia Anderson on some of her early productions, including The […]
Roberto Orci neither writing nor directing Star Trek XIII
It has been confirmed that Roberto Orci, one of the prime movers behind the reboot of the Star Trek universe in the 2009 film, will no longer be either writing or directing the thirteenth movie in the series, out in July 2016. Fast and Furious franchise director Justin Lin has been brought in to direct the movie, the third to […]
Jenna Coleman confirmed for Doctor Who Series 9
Following the events of the Doctor Who Christmas Special, broadcast worldwide on Christmas Day, Jenna Coleman will be back in the TARDIS for a further complete series of adventures alongside Peter […]
Kim Dickens to star in Walking Dead spin-off
Kim Dickens has been cast as the female lead in the new Walking Dead spin-off, according to a report at Deadline. The Gone Girl and Sons of Anarchy star will […]
RIP director Joseph Sargent
Joseph Sargent, the Emmy award winning director who helmed one of the most important Star Trek episodes, has died aged 89. Sargent initially began studying as an actor after service […]
Fast & Furious’ Justin Lin set to helm next Star Trek (updated)
After considerable debate over who would succeed J.J. Abrams in the director’s chair for the thirteenth Star Trek movie – the third of the reboot series – it has now been confirmed that Fast & Furious 6’s Justin Lin will be helming the film. Lin is credited with reviving the fortunes of the street-racing franchise, and will replace Roberto Orci […]
BFI chooses the Doctor as the Best Sci-Fi Character of All Time
The Time Lord has been triumphant again, winning a poll carried out by the British Film Institute to find the Best Sci-Fi Character of All Time. Thousands of votes were […]
McMahon & Betts join Childhood’s End
Syfy’s epic adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End has added further stars to its cast. Former Fantastic Four foe Julian McMahon (he played Doctor Doom in the FF movies a few years back) and Daisy Betts will be appearing alongside Mike Vogel, Charles Dance, Ashley Zukerman, Osy Ikhile and Yael Stone. McMahon will play Rupert Boyce, an enigmatic American […]
ITV order more fantasy with Beowulf adaptation
With Jekyll & Hyde , a Merrily Watkins adaptation and a new version of Frankenstein already announced, it seems as if the ITV network will be the home for genre output during 2015, with the announcement of a new 13 part adaptation of the classic tale Beowulf. “Hundreds of years ago, our ancestors listened to the story of Beowulf because […]
Krypton’s past revealed in new Syfy series
In addition to the new Supergirl series heading our way courtesy of CBS, Syfy are taking us back into the realms of the Superman mythology with a new series named […]
New Adventures for Lethbridge-Stewart
We know what happened to the Brigadier after he died, as revealed in the recent Peter Capaldi episode Death in Heaven, but a new series of novels now charts his […]
E4 picks up Supernatural for UK fans
UK fans who have been deprived of legal ways of watching Supernatural since Sky Living stopped running the episodes at the end of season 8 can now relax, as E4 […]
Toho producing new Godzilla for 2016
Toho Studios, the original home of the “Godzilla” movies, is producing a new version of the story in the wake of the success of the reboot earlier this year by Gareth Edwards. The 2016 movie will be the first produced directly by Toho since 2004, and will be their 29th original Godzilla film. “This is very good timing after the […]
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