Daredevil and The Defenders coming to Netflix!
Disney has just announced that they have signed to provide four live-action series for Netflix based on characters from the Marvel universe. According to the press release, “Led by a […]
From Dusk Till Dawn heads to TV
A ten part TV series, based on the infamous Robert Rodriguez vampire movie From Dusk Till Dawn, has begun shooting in Austin, Texas which will deepen the tone of the […]
Original Greg, Jenny and Abby return for Big Finish’s Survivors
Ian McCulloch, Lucy Fleming and Carolyn Seymour will be reprising their roles as Greg, Jenny and Abby for Big Finish’s new series of stories continuing the tale begun in Terry […]
Neil Gaiman writing print 11th Doctor story
Puffin’s eleven ebook series concludes this month with an 11th Doctor tale penned by The Doctor’s Wife and Nightmare in Steel author Neil Gaiman. The multi-award winning writer, who was […]
BBC renews Atlantis for second season
BBC One’s Saturday night hit show Atlantis has been picked up for a second season as filming draws to a close on the first. Announcing the news, with nine episodes of the debut year yet to air, Charlotte Moore, Controller BBC One said: “Atlantis delivers original British drama with the kind of scale and ambition that we’ve come to expect […]
Abrams to co-write new Star Wars film
News is just breaking that J.J.Abrams won’t only be directing Star Wars Episode VII – he’ll be co-writing it too. According to the reports, Abrams will be working with The Empire Strikes Back co-writer Lawrence Kasdan on the script, replacing Michael Arndt. “I am very excited about the story we have in place and thrilled to have Larry and J.J. […]
Fox acquire Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season
Twentieth Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment have made a deal to produce The Bone Season, based on the best-selling novel by British author Samantha Shannon. Deadline notes that “The deal was made with Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s The Imaginarium, which controlled the rights and will produce with Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping.” In addition to working with them on […]
Women in Horror produce charity calendar
‘Horror’ is a genre that encompasses all the arts – film, music, literature, sculpture, painting, fashion – and this year a special calendar is celebrating the contribution of twelve women […]
Hitchhikers Live Tour cancelled (updated)
The live tour of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy has been brought to a premature end. According to a statement issued just now on Facebook, “The Radio Theatre Company deeply regret to announce the immediate cancellation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Radio Show 2013 Tour. Tonight’s performance at The Hawth, Crawley and tomorrow’s at the Watford Colosseum […]
RIP Lou Scheimer
Lou Scheimer, described as one of the “fathers of Saturday morning television” has died, shortly before his 84th birthday. Scheimer was one of the founders of Filmation Associates, which was […]
Michael Marshall’s The Intruders are coming to BBC America (updated)
Michael Marshall’s 2007 novel The Intruders is being adapted for an eight part series for BBC America. According to the report at Deadline, The X-Files’ Glen Morgan is scripting and […]
NBC dig up Babylon Fields
Cult failed pilot Babylon Fields is, rather appropriately, getting a new lease of life, courtesy of NBC, a report at Deadline suggests. The drama created by Michael Cuesta, Gerald Cuesta […]
BBC release more Day of the Doctor pictures
With less than six weeks to go before its global simultaneous broadcast, the BBC has finally begun to release official images from the 50th anniversary Doctor Who story, The Day […]
In the Flesh widens scope for second year
Filming has begun on the second season of BBC Three’s zombie series In the Flesh, with Wunmi Mosaku and Emmett J Scanlan joining the cast as the local MP and “a […]
The BBC bring back The Clangers
Another veteran science fiction series is being revived by the BBC, with the announcement that new adventures for The Clangers, created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin, are on their way […]
Kill List’s Ben Wheatley directing eps for Who series 8
Prominent British director Ben Wheatley has confirmed to Screen Daily that he will be directing two episodes for series eight of Doctor Who, featuring Peter Capaldi as the new incarnation of […]
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