Erstwhile Captain James T. Kirk William Shatner is heading to the mysterious town of Haven for a four-episode arc during the show’s fifth season. Described as “a pivotal character that has the potential to forever impact the fate of the town of Haven and its troubled residents”, Shatner’s debut will form part of the 13 episode second half to the […]
Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith’s Hollywood career is continuing to take off, with his casting as the lead in the new SF thriller Patient Zero, according to a report at Deadline. Smith will appear opposite Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer in the movie about an unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies which has resulted in the […]
Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon is adapting Warren Ellis’ Global Frequency for Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros. TV with Fox giving the project a put pilot commitment. The original […]
Talking to the Hollywood Reporter on November 19 about the state of British television, Head of Drama Ben Stephenson confirmed that the BBC are very happy with the current state of Doctor Who. “I think it is one of the most secure shows we have ever had,” he noted. “And the U.S. ratings are up, and Peter Capaldi has done […]
Len Deighton’s classic tale of an alternate Britain is heading to the BBC, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Robert Wade and Neal Purvis, who have penned the scripts for the […]
Frankenweenie and Big Fish writer John August has been tapped by CBS Films to write their adaptation of the popular US book series, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, according […]
In addition to Stephen Volk’s three-part version of a Phil Rickman Merrily Watkins story, ITV Encore has commissioned a new take on Mary Shelley’s classic horror tale, Frankenstein to feature […]
HBO has decided to pick up the pilot for a revamped version of Michael Crichton’s Westworld from executive producers J. J. Abrams, Jerry Weintraub, and Bryan Burk. The “dark odyssey about […]
Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s graphic novel From Hell, about the life of Jack the Ripper, is going to be adapted once again, this time for cable channel FX. David […]
Prolific US TV producer Glen A. Larson has died, aged 77. As first reported on social media, notably by Nick Nugent, author of The Knight Rider Companion, Larson passed away […]
Ghostwatch and Afterlife writer Stephen Volk is penning a three-part adaptation of Phil Rickman’s Midwinter of the Spirit, the second book in his series of paranormal crime fiction featuring exorcist […]
The long-awaited third volume in the Jack Sawyer story from master horror writers Stephen King and Peter Straub looks set to be written next year. Sawyer first appears as a young […]
We’ve had the Walking Dead for some time but now it’s time for some real action with the news that Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead is definitely coming to TV, […]
There’s always been an air of theatrics to The Hunger Games, but now a fully fledged stage spectacular, based on Suzanne Collins’ books, is on the way, courtesy of Lionsgate, Imagine Nation and Triangular Entertainment. The Hunger Games theatrical experience will be produced by award-winning Broadway producer Robin de Levita, co-founder of Imagine Nation, along with legendary UK promoter Harvey […]
The long-gestating movie version of Martin Caidin’s Cyborg novels and the TV series that spun from them, The Six Million Dollar Man, has got a step closer with the announcement […]
Maybe it’s because Frozen has taken the spot as top animated movie from Toy Story 3 that Pixar/Disney have gone back on their original plan not to add a feature film to the Toy Story trilogy, but whatever the reason, Bob Iger has confirmed that a fourth Toy Story movie will be arriving in cinemas on June 16, 2017. The […]
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