Cyberpunk novelist William Gibson at South Bank on 13 September
Renowned cyberpunk novelist William Gibson is joining Tony Drayton, editor of Ripped & Torn, one of the first UK punk fanzines, and Kill Your Pet Puppy – arguably the most […]
Happy Endings from Psychoville team
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are working on a new comedy horror show for BBC2 entitled Happy Endings. The six 30 minute episodes will be produced in-house at the BBC as part of a two-show deal with the comedy pair. BBC Head of in-house comedy Mark Freeland told Broadcast, “We love Reece and Steve, why wouldn’t we do their next […]
CW preparing Smallville-like Wonder Woman show
The CW has given a script commitment to yet another potential TV incarnation of Wonder Woman. Amazon will show Diana as a young Amazonian woman, before she becomes the warrior princess with super powers that we know from the comic books, a conceit they succesfully used for ten years of Superman adventures in Smallville. The O.C.‘s Allan Heinberg is scripting […]
Fringe’s Abrams & Wyman sell new SF cop show to Fox
J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman have been looking beyond the final season of Fringe, which begins soon on Fox, and have sold a new SF project to the network. Wyman is scripting the as-yet untitled pilot, an action-packed buddy cop show, set in the near future, when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids. Abrams, Bryan Burk […]
New Star Trek art on display in Manchester
A limited edition collection of fine art created by official StarTrek artists that worked on the famous TV shows and films is being shown around the world this October, marking […]
RIP Michael Clarke Duncan
Michael Clarke Duncan, who played the gifted prisoner in the adaptation of Stephen King’s The Green Mile, has died aged 54. Duncan was nominated for an Academy and a Golden Globe […]
Doctor Who and Game of Thrones triumph at Hugo Awards
Neil Gaiman’s debut Doctor Who episode The Doctor’s Wife, and the first season of HBO’s Game of Thrones were honoured at the Hugo Awards, which were held on September 2 at Chicon 7 in Chicago, with Gaiman hinting that he may be working on another episode. “…Only a fool or a mad man would try to do it again… so […]
Keaton joins Robocop reboot
Michael Keaton is the latest big name to join the cast of Jose Padilla’s reboot of the Robocop franchise, which starts shooting next month for an August 2013 release. Keaton will […]
ABC greenlight Whedon S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot
In a move that will come as little surprise to those who have been monitoring the on-screen adventures of the Marvel superheroes, Avengers director Joss Whedon has been given a […]
Matthew Graham sells new SF MOVIE to Fox (updated!)
Life on Mars and Eternal Law co-creator Matthew Graham has sold Paratime, a new science fiction movie to 20th Century Fox. Graham contacted Sci-Fi Bulletin to set the record straight […]
Kelley Armstrong’s Otherworld comes to TV
Canadian broadcaster Space has ordered a 13 part series based on Bitten, the first of Kelley Armstrong’s Otherworld series. “This sexy new series is the perfect mix of suspense, action […]
Cronenberg’s Videodome to be reborn
The new flesh will live again in Universal Pictures remake of David Cronenberg’s 1983 mind-warping thriller Videodrome. Commercials helmer Adam Berg has been signed up to direct the Erhen Kruger […]
Syfy developing Campbell’s Blake’s 7 reboot
According to an exclusive report at Deadline, Syfy is working with 007 director Martin Campbell on his reboot of the classic British sci-fi series Blake’s 7. The network has given […]
ABC developing Steampunk Mark Twain series
Producers Jason Richman and David Zabel (E.R.) are developing a new take on Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for ABC. The new show—to be titled Finn & Sawyer—will […]
John Williams to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Classical Brits
Prolific film composer John Williams is to be honoured at the Classic Brit Awards in October. The eighty year old writer has composed scores for movies since 1958, and has received 47 Academy Award nominations (the second highest ever, after Walt Disney). His best-known genre work includes Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, Star Wars, Superman, Close Encounters of the […]
RIP Tony Scott
British film director Tony Scott, whose credits include The Hunger, Enemy of the State and Deja Vu, has died aged 68. The younger brother of Ridley Scott, Tony Scott began […]
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