The musical chairs on Marvel projects continues this weekend. After the announcement of Edgar Wright’s departure from Ant-Man, it has been confirmed that Drew Goddard is no longer act as showrunner on the Netflix TV series of Daredevil. Goddard was originally writer/executive producer and director on the show, but dropped out of the latter commitment when he was offered the […]
Creative differences have been cited for Edgar Wright’s departure from Marvel’s latest Avengers Initiative film, announced by both the company and the director earlier today. “The studio and director have parted ways on ANT-MAN due to differences in their vision of the film. The decision to move on is amicable and does not impact the release date on July 17, […]
Hot on the heels of the worldwide success of his reboot of Godzilla, Gareth Edwards has been handed the keys to another franchise, with the announcement that he will be directing the first of Disney’s planned Star Wars spin-off films. The new movie – which is connected to, but separate from JJ Abrams’ Episode VII which has just begun shooting […]
After it’s taken over $103 million internationally, and $93 million in America, it’s hardly surprising that Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures have confirmed that they’re already working on a sequel to […]
The Doctor Who 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor has won the Radio Times Audience Award at this year’s BAFTAs. The special episode, which saw 13 Doctors appear at various points, beat off competition from Broadchurch, Breaking Bad, Gogglebox, Educating Yorkshire and The Great British Bake Off. The award was accepted by the producers and director Nick Hurran. Watch […]
Oculus director Mike Flanagan and writing partner Jeff Howard are working on an adaptation of Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game, it has been announced at Cannes. The 1992 novel is a companion piece […]
After their first attempt at a Supernatural spin-off failed to gain traction during the development season, the CW are going to try again next year, according to CW chief Mark Pedowitz. In a call to reporters in advance of the Upfront presentation on 15 May, Pedowitz said the spin-off ‘just didn’t get there’ this year, and that ‘we want to […]
Star Trek and Transformers co-writer Roberto Orci has been confirmed as the director of the third Star Trek reboot film, set for release in 2016, Variety has reported. Orci, a self-confessed fan of the franchise long before he began working on JJ Abrams’ reinvention of Gene Roddenberry’s classic series, split from his film-writing partner Alex Kurtzman recently, and is writing […]
Stephen King’s shadowy organisation The Shop, the villains in his early novel Firestarter and mentioned in some of his other books and TV projects, is coming back in a new sequel […]
H.R. Giger, whose work became best known through its use in Ridley Scott’s seminal SF horror film Alien, has died, aged 74. According to Swiss public television, the surrealist artist died […]
In the cover feature of the new Radio Times, out today in the UK, Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has given some insight into the way Peter Capaldi will be […]
The latest series of Doctor Who will see the Time Lord depart these shores for the first time in some years, as the production team heads to Lanzarote for Peter […]
ABC is not just picking up Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD for a second season – to the surprise of some, who thought that the show’s ratings wouldn’t justify a renewal […]
The Tomorrow People’s American jaunt is over – the CW has decided not to renew the show for a second season. The network has also decided to get rid of Star-Crossed. However, The 100 and Beauty and the Beast will be returning. The Tomorrow People, based on the UK series which ran in the 1970s and 1990s, failed to connect […]
Chuck Wendig’s series of novels featuring Miriam Black – a young woman who is cursed with a gift which means she knows how the people she meets are going to die once she touches them – is coming to Starz. The three books, all named after birds and published by Angry Robot, will form the basis of the series, Blackbirds, which will […]
Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith has signed up for a “major role” in the new Terminator trilogy, which is currently in production from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions, according to a report at Deadline. Smith will appear in Terminator: Genesis, directed by Alan Taylor, and his part will be more important in the second and third films. He will […]
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