Disney have not only recommitted to the 2015 release date for Star Wars: Episode VII (which was in some doubt when director J.J. Abrams refused to be held to it…), but the company has also announced that the ‘Episode’ films will alternate annually with the ‘stand-alone’ Star Wars movies. The means Episode VII in 2015 will be followed by Episode […]
The title for William Boyd’s new addition to the James Bond saga has finally been revealed: the story, out in September, will be entitled Solo. According to the author, “Sometimes less […]
Former Walking Dead showrunner Glen Mazzara has been tapped to prepare The Overlook Hotel, a prequel to Stanley Kubrick’s version of Stephen King’s classic horror novel The Shining. Although the Kubrick movie is also regarded as a classic of the genre, the changes made by the director did not find favour with King, who later created his own TV miniseries. […]
Casino Royale director Martin Campbell is heading up the team on Syfy’s reinvention of the classic British SF series Blake’s 7. According to a press release, the series will be very different in its US incarnation: “The year is 2136, Blake wakes up on one side of the bed. He reaches for the other side. There’s nobody there. As reality […]
The Zygons—who have appeared in only one story, opposite Fourth Doctor Tom Baker in Terror of the Zygons—have been officially announced as making a return in Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary […]
David Tennant and Billie Piper are returning to Doctor Who for this November’s 50th anniversary special episode, the BBC have confirmed. They’ll star alongside current Doctor Matt Smith and his […]
Netflix Instant will air ten episodes of the new sci-fi TV series Sense8 starting in late 2014, created by The Matrix‘s Andy and Lana Wachowski and Babylon 5‘s J. Michael Straczynski. Sense8 is described as “a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted” that incorporates Wachowskis’ storytelling style. “Andy and Lana Wachowski and Joe Straczynski are among the […]
The BBC has announced the cast for its new version of the Atlantis myth, coming from the creators of the recent highly successful reinvention of Merlin. Mark Addy, Juliet Stevenson […]
In an interview in the new Radio Times, Doctor Who star Matt Smith has confirmed categorically that he is committed to Doctor Who for the next year – taking him […]
Following the overwhelming success of their Doctor Who at 50 season, the BFI has decided to make future events, beginning with next month’s 5th Doctor story The Caves of Androzani, […]
In a tweet earlier today, John Barrowman – alias Captain Jack Harkness – confirmed the situation regarding his often-repeated plea to be involved with the special 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, which is currently being filmed for broadcast, hopefully on November 23rd this year. There has been considerable debate regarding who will actually be involved in the special. Much […]
New England horror writer Rick Hautala has died, aged 64. The winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Horror Writers Association in 2011 died from a […]
Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s sequel to his seminal horror tale The Shining, is heading our way in September, and Hodder & Stoughton are launching the cover in style. The full interactive version can be seen at the book’s Facebook page According to the press release from Hodder: King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the boy at the […]
James Herbert, author of a series of popular horror novels, died today, March 20th, aged 69. Herbert, who lived in the Sussex village of Ditchling, shot to fame in 1974 with his novel The Rats, to which he later added two sequels. According to Pan Macmillan, he wrote 23 novels and was published in 34 languages, selling more than 54 million […]
According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to Ramez Naam’s debut novel for Angry Robot, Nexus, which was published late last year. It will be produced by Mary […]
Executive producer Caroline Skinner has moved on from Doctor Who to join BBC Drama Production in London, the BBC has announced. Skinner told the Doctor Who blog: “It has been an honour to have been a part of Doctor Who, and a privilege to have worked with Steven Moffat and Matt Smith on this extraordinary show. I have hugely enjoyed […]
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