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RIP Roy Dotrice

Roy Dotrice, known best to genre fans as Father in the 1980s version of Beauty and the Beast, has died at the age of 94. The veteran British character actor […]

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Farewell to Beauty and the Beast

The adventures of Vincent and Catherine won’t be continuing for a fifth season, the CW has announced. Production will shortly wrap on the fourth season, which will be the show’s last, according to a report at Deadline. The fourth year was commissioned before the third had aired. The show, a remake of the 1980s classic, stars Kristin Kreuk and Jay […]

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Outlander wins People’s Choice Award

Outlander, the time travel series about a nurse sent back to the time of the Jacobite rebellion, has won Favourite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show at the People’s Choice Awards held on January 7th, one of many genre winners at the ceremony. The new series – which is yet to find a UK broadcaster – beat competition from Doctor Who, Game […]

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Cult, Arrow and Beauty & The Beast all picked up! (updated!)

The CW is putting its faith in genre-related offerings this season, with Rockne S. O’Bannon’s Cult, the DC-based Arrow and the revamp of Beauty and the Beast all receiving series orders. Cult has had a long journey to the screen, originally pitched for the 2005-6 season, before being revamped for 2009-10, and then reworked for the current schedule. The show […]

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A new sort of Beast for the CW update of Beauty and the Beast?

Although chances are that not all of these will go to series, the CW has an impressive list of genre shows at the pilot stage, ready for the 2012/13 season. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the CW’s development head Thom Sherman promised that “the overall quality is as high or higher than we’ve ever had.” Shows include their update of Beauty […]

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ABC also order Beauty and the Beast pilot!

It could get confusing next season, with two rival versions of Beauty and the Beast both now ordered to pilot. CBS recently gave the green light to an updated version of the much loved 1980s TV series, which starred Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman. ABC has now followed suit, and has commisioned a pilot of their fairytale-based version of the story, […]

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The CW confirm pilots for Arrow and Beauty and the Beast reboot

The CW has added a further three pilots to their slate for 2012, in addition to Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon’s Cult. As expected, the new version of DC’s Green Arrow, simply entitled Arrow, has been picked up, as has the new version of the 1980s series Beauty and the Beast. Described as “loosely based” on the CBS show starring […]

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