Smallville star cast in Kelley Armstrong’s Bitten
Laura Vandervoort, who starred as Kara in the young Superman series Smallville, has been cast as werewolf Elena Michaels in the TV adaptation of the first of Kelley Armstrong’s Women of […]
Lucasfilm/Disney kill Star Wars: The Clone Wars!
It’s official: after a short fan campaign to save the series, Lucasfilm today announced there will be no sixth season for the Cartoon Network show Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This follows the abandonment of plans to release Episode II and Episode III in 3D. The move appears to be part of the Disney plan to clear the decks of […]
Extra Being Human scene explains ending?
Spoilers for episode 6! According to creator Toby Whithouse, an extra scene on the DVD – which they were contractually obliged to provide – will give a clearer explanation of the ambiguous ending to the series. The final episode of series 5 concluded with a panning shot which could suggest that our heroes weren’t as triumphant as they initially thought. In […]
Galactica’s Ron Moore’s Helix goes to series at Syfy
Battlestar Galactica‘s Ronald D. Moore is returning to Syfy for his new project, Helix, which has been given a 13-episode straight to series order. Helix, written by Cameron Porsandeh, is […]
Carrie Fisher confirms she’ll play Leia again!
Carrie Fisher has been the first cast-member to unequivocally confirm she’s returning to Star Wars for Episode VII. Asked directly by Palm Beach Illustrated in the context of Star Wars: […]
New Tomorrow People finds its “bad boy”
Aaron Yoo is the latest cast member to join the reboot of The Tomorrow People that is currently underway at the CW. The 21 star will play Russell, described as the “resident badboy of the Tomorrow People who is a lightning bolt of energy and fun.” He joins Robbie Amell as Stephen, “a tormented man who longs to be normal and […]
Doctor Who returns with The Bells of St John
The BBC has confirmed details of Doctor Who’s eight-week return starting at the end of this month. The Bells of St John, by Steven Moffat, will see Jenna-Louise Coleman joining […]
CW moves O’Bannon’s Cult
In a move that doesn’t bode well for the future of the show, the CW has moved Rockne S. O’Bannon’s series Cult from its Tuesday night slot to Fridays at 9 p.m., and intend running repeats of Beauty and the Beast in its place. Cult debuted to weak ratings last week, and didn’t improve on its second airing. Viewers blamed […]
RIP Dalek designer Raymond Cusick
Raymond Cusick, who gave the Daleks their distinctive iconic design which has remained pretty constant throughout Doctor Who’s fifty year history, died on February 21st, aged 84. As a BBC […]
Primeval New World cancelled
The Primeval TV saga has hit another hiatus, as Canadian channel Space has failed to commission the spin-off Primeval New World for a new season. Low ratings were the cause of the show’s demise. The series aired its final episode in Canada this week; British viewers have six more to go. “Unfortunately, the audience growth throughout the first season was […]
The Tenth Planet gets animated for Who’s 50th anniversary
One of the most critical missing episodes from Doctor Who’s history is to be animated for its release on DVD later this year. Episode 4 of The Tenth Planet no […]
Harrison Ford signs for Star Wars: Episode VII?
According to a report on The Latino Review (via FoxNews Latino), Star Wars: Episode VII—the first of the new movies under the Disney banner—has signed its first actor, and in […]
Early pickups for Supernatural, Arrow and The Vampire Diaries
The CW has given an early nod to new seasons of its hit series Supernatural, Arrow and The Vampire Diaries. “We said last year that one of our goals was to establish building blocks to grow on, and now with our new hit Arrow and fan favorite Supernatural on Wednesday night, and the continued success of The Vampire Diaries on […]
Merlin team head to Atlantis for new BBC series
Merlin may have vanished from the Saturday night schedules, but a time of myth and magic hasn’t vanished altogether. The BBC has commissioned a thirteen-episode series Atlantis from Howard Overman, […]
3D Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors return
The BBC has announced that the special episode of Doctor Who that will be broadcast to mark the show’s 50th anniversary this November will be made and broadcast in 3D. “It’s about time,” head writer Steven Moffat noted. “Technology has finally caught up with Doctor Who and your television is now bigger on the inside. A whole new dimension of adventure for […]
BBC’s Being Human cancelled
The fifth series of Being Human will be the last, it has been confirmed today. The final six episodes are currently airing on BBC Three. Rob Pursey, the show’s executive producer, Touchpaper says: “Working on Being Human has been a truly great experience. From the first one-hour pilot, all the way through to this climactic series, we’ve been given real […]
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