The Woman in Black: Angels of Death will be coming to cinemas next year, courtesy of Hammer, who have given the go-ahead for a sequel to their highly successful horror movie. Set forty years after the events of the first film, which stars Daniel Radcliffe, Angels of Death will be written by Jon Crocker, based on an original story by […]
Suranne Jones, currently starring in ITV cop drama Scott and Bailey, has been cast as Eve opposite The Fades’ Tom Ellis in Joe Ahearne’s adaptation of James Herbert’s horror story […]
As well as featuring Jessica Lange as a new character, the second season of American Horror Story will see a large role for Star Trek star Zachary Quinto. He will be joined by fellow season one cast members Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson and Lily Rabe, with “everyone… playing the opposite of what they played before,” according to executive producer Ryan […]
Although she won’t be reprising the role of Constance for the second season of surprise FX hit American Horror Story, Jessica Lange will be the focus of the show’s sophomore year. Executive producer Ryan Murphy told EW, “We have designed the second season of American Horror Story completely around her character. This will really be the Jessica Lange show so […]
HBO has confirmed that True Blood showrunner Alan Ball will be moving to a consultative role if series moves into a sixth season and beyond. When Ball renewed his contract with HBO in July 2011, “we always intended that if we proceeded to True Blood’s sixth season that Alan would take a supervisory role on the series and not be […]
British actor David Morrissey has been cast as The Governor, the sadistic leader of a group of survivors, in the third season of AMC’s The Walking Dead. The character has become a fan favourite in the original comicbook series on which the series is based, and is the focus of a sequence of prequel novels which began last year. Morrissey […]
This could either be the recipe for a terrific film, or a total disaster, as Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs the World director Edgar Wright has signed […]
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 […]
Only four episodes into transmission of the second season of their version of Being Human, Syfy has announced that it has ordered a third 13-episode season. “With the success of […]
News of various changes in Bryan Fuller’s reboot of the 1960s comedy The Munsters is enough to make many fans wonder whether they’ll even bother linking it to the original, […]
Even as the fourth season gets set for UK broadcast on FX, HBO is ramping up for the start of the fifth year of True Blood, with a teaser trailer that promises that hints at dark things to come. “In Bon Temps, nothing stays buried forever,” runs the slogan, which would indicate that there are some unpleasant people on the way […]
Jessica Lange’s role in American Horror Story has brought her yet more honours, as the Screen Actors Guild awarded her the Outstanding Female Role in a Dramatic Series at the ceremony on January 29. “Once I threw my lot in with this project, the ride was actually quite great,” she told Deadline back stage. “You couldn’t second guess or over think. […]
Following his successful turn as the ancient Volturi vampire Marcus in the Twilight series of movies, Sanctuary star Christopher Heyerdahl has signed up to play another ancient bloodsucker in season five of True Blood. Heyerdahl will play the recurring role of Dieter Braun, “an ancient, powerful vampire who plays a large part in the intelligence of the Authority and especially […]
Genre films and television shows didn’t do particularly well at this year’s Golden Globes, hosted by Ricky Gervais on January 15, but actors in current cult hits American Horror Story and Game of Thrones walked away with honours. Veteran actress Jessica Lange beat off stiff competition to win the TV Best Supporting Actress award for her role in American Horror Story, […]
Hot on the heels of the release of a prequel featuring new character Hal comes confirmation that Sinead Keenan is not reprising her role as werewolf Nina for the fourth season of Being Human. “It is with a very heavy heart & a little relief that I can now tell you that I will not b appearing in S4 of Being […]
Canadian fantasy series Lost Girl has been picked up for a third run by the Showcase channel. The series, which stars Anna Silk as succubus and private detective Bo, will pick up again in the spring, presumably for an autumn transmission, following the pattern of the first two years. Series 1 recently completed airing on Syfy in the UK, with […]
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