RIP Babylon 5’s Michael O’Hare
Michael O’Hare, who played Commander Sinclair in the first year of Babylon 5, passed away on September 28, aged 60. The news was broken by B5 creator J. Michael Straczynski […]
Jackson Doctor Who ep one stage closer?
According to a report in New Zealand paper The Waikato Times, the likelihood of an episode of Doctor Who helmed by Peter Jackson, as discussed here, may be higher than first thought – […]
Emmy wins for Jessica Lange and Buffy’s Danny Strong
Genre shows weren’t well rewarded at the Emmys, held on September 23, but Jessica Lange received Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series for her role as Constance Langdon in American Horror Story. Former Buffy star Danny Strong – who played Jonathan for six of the show’s seven seasons – won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or […]
Del Toro’s The Strain comes to TV
Lost showrunner Carlton Cuse will be running the TV version of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s vampire trilogy The Strain for FX. The books were originally intended as a […]
Starbuck to play Amy Pond’s mother in Oculus
Katee Sackhoff, still best known to genre fans for her role as Starbuck on the revamped Battlestar Galactica, has signed up for Oculus, the horror film which will see Karen […]
Peter Jackson wants to direct Doctor Who!
Following a comment by current Doctor Who star Matt Smith (seen right in The Angels Take Manhattan), Peter Jackson—director of the two Tolkien trilogies based on The Lord of the […]
“Very excited” Amanda Tapping joins Supernatural
Stargate and Sanctuary star Amanda Tapping has signed up for a recurring role on the eighth season of Supernatural. The accomplished actress, whose directorial work will be seen on Primeval: […]
Godzilla returns in 3D May 2014
The latest American big budget version of Godzilla will be stomping our way in 3D on May 14, 2014, Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures have announced, marking the 60th anniversary of the monster’s first appearance on the silver screen. Monsters’ Gareth Edwards is directing the script by David Callaham (The Expendables films), David S. Goyer (the Dark Knight trilogy) and […]
BBC reopening Radiophonic Workshop
Fourteen years after it was closed down, the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop is starting up again. According to a report on BBC News, composer Matthew Herbert has been appointed creative director. […]
New Occult drama from Michael Bay and James Wong
An occult crimes task force is at the centre of Occult, a new drama that has received a cast-contingent pilot order from A&E. Written by Final Destination/Millennium producer James Wong and produced […]
Pegg confirms Star Trek movie title
Although unofficial Star Trek fansite Trekmovie.com has been proclaiming that the title for the new Star Trek movie is Star Trek Into Darkness since the weekend, there has been no […]
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 […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 