RIP Frank Finlay
Respected British stage and screen actor Frank Finlay has died, aged 89. Although renowned for his mainstream work, Finlay’s career was bookended with genre appearances, with one of his earliest […]
Damien Thorn comes home in new trailer (video)
A&E confirmed at the TCAs this week that their horror series Damien, a sequel to the original Omen movie, will debut on Monday March 7th at 10 pm. They also released a new trailer, which features Barbara Hershey as Ann Rutledge, the woman who warns Damien of his role in the apocalypse, and links the series firmly to the first […]
Lord of the Rings scribe tackling Young Merlin
Phillippa Boyens, co-writer of the scripts for Peter Jackson’s six-part foray into Tolkien’s Middle-earth as well as King Kong and The Lovely Bones, has turned her attention to Merlin, adapting […]
Colin Morgan to star in The Living and The Dead
Merlin and Humans star Colin Morgan will take the lead in Ashley Pharaoh’s new historical supernatural thriller The Living and The Dead. Morgan will play Nathan Appleby, with Charlotte Spencer […]
Merlin’s Katie McGrath headlines Slasher TV series
Former Dracula and Merlin star Katie McGrath is one of the headline stars for Chiller’s new series, Slasher, a psychological horror thriller just starting production in Canada. McGrath stars as Sarah Bennett, a young woman who returns to the small town where she was born, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying copycat murders based on […]
Omen sequel Damien moves to A&E
Damien, Lifetime’s sequel to The Omen, has a new home – and an increased order. The series, which follows the adult life of Damien Thorn, the boy bearing the 666 mark of the devil from the 1976 movie, will now appear on A&E, and will now comprise ten, rather than six, episodes. “A&E’s unwavering commitment to high quality original scripted […]
Merlin’s Bradley James takes Omen sequel lead
Bradley James is moving from being The Once and Future King to playing the Antichrist himself in Lifetime’s sequel to the Omen films, Damien, according to a report at Deadline. The star of the BBC Merlin series will appear as Damien Thorn in the six episode miniseries, written by Glen Mazzara with the first episode directed by Elizabeth’s Shekar Kapur. The […]
Colin Morgan joins William Hurt on AMC's Humans
Merlin and Good Omens star Colin Morgan will be returning to the SFF genre with his new series, Humans for AMC. William Hurt (A History of Violence, Damages), Katherine Parkinson […]
Updated King Arthur drama Excalibur coming from ABC?
According to a report at Deadline, a contemporary reworking of the tales of King Arthur is on the way from ABC, after the network gave a put pilot commitment to […]
Tony Head joins Syfy’s Dominion
Buffy and Merlin star Anthony Stewart Head has joined the cast of the pilot for Syfy’s Dominion, the continuation of the mythology begun in the 2010 film Legion. Head will play David Weel, the power hungry president of the Senate of Vega (formerly Las Vegas) who is frequently at odds with General Rysen, the city’s military leader. David is willing to […]
Mark Addy, Juliet Stevenson & Sarah Parish head to Atlantis
The BBC has announced the cast for its new version of the Atlantis myth, coming from the creators of the recent highly successful reinvention of Merlin. Mark Addy, Juliet Stevenson […]
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, […]
Morgana joins Dracula!
Morgana actress Katie McGrath has been cast in Sky’s lavish new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The former Merlin star will play Lucy Westenra, aristocratic London’s sexy, social butterfly who has a penchant for gossip, flirting and all things glamorous. A best friend to Dracula’s muse, Mina Murray (played by Jessica De Gouw), Lucy gradually becomes entwined in a web […]
Phil Davis joins Being Human
According to a tweet by the show’s publicist, British acting veteran Phil Davis has signed up for the fifth series of Being Human. “@PhilDavis6 cast as Captain Hatch in BBC3 […]
Who and Merlin triumph in Virgin Media Awards
Doctor Who has been voted Virgin Media TV Show of the Year for 2011 in the just-announced Virgin Media Awards. Arthur Darvill’s Rory Williams was TV Character of the Year, while the moment the Doctor was shot in the opening episode of the sixth series was hailed as Most Explosive TV Moment. Karen Gillan is officially the Hottest Female of 2011 […]
Sir Lancelot goes undercover!
Regular Merlin guest star Santiago Cabrera is reuniting with his former Heroes colleague Sendhil Ramamurthy in the new season of USA Network’s thriller Covert Affairs. Cabrera, who plays Sir Lancelot […]
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