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Eureka’s Hastings joins Alphas

Former Eureka executive producer Matt Hastings has joined the team working on the second season of Syfy’s Alphas. Hastings will bw executive producer alongside new showrunner Bruce Miller, who stepped in to replace Star Trek: Deep Space Nine‘s Ira Steven Behr who oversaw the first year of the show. Hastings and Miller previously worked together on Eureka, whose final season […]

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Dredd creator John Wagner praises new movie

Speaking to The L.A. Times’ Hero Complex blog, Judge Dredd creator John Wagner has given a provisional thumbs up to the new movie Dredd featuring Star Trek‘s Karl Urban as the lawgiver. Describing the character at his creation as “a heartless hero for Thatcher’s heartless, new Britain”, Wagner explains that the new film works for him for three reasons: “The plot […]

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Sherlock’s Cumberbatch boldly goes onto Star Trek sequel

With filming only days away, the cast on J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel continues to expand. Hot on the heels of the announcement of Doctor Who star Noel Clarke’s arrival comes news that Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has also signed up for a role in the new 23rd Century odyssey. According to Deadline, there is no word yet whether he’s […]

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Doctor Who’s Noel Clarke joins Star Trek sequel

Noel Clarke, best known to genre fans for his stint playing Mickey Smith on the revived series of Doctor Who, has joined the cast of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel, according to a report at Variety. Clarke will play a family man with a wife and young daughter in the new movie, which is expected to start shooting later this […]

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Del Toro exits Star Trek?

According to various online reports, Benicio del Toro is no longer involved with J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel after negotiations broke down a few weeks before filming is due to begin. Del Toro was expected to play the villain in the movie (a role that Abrams denies is Khan Noonien Singh, as seen in the second original feature), but Vulture […]

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Robocop joins the new Star Trek cast

Peter Weller, best known to genre fans for his role as the original Robocop, has signed up for an as-yet unspecified role in the new Star Trek movie which begins shooting early in 2012, according to Variety. Weller appeared in the final TV incarnation of the franchise, Enterprise, as the xenophobic leader of the Terra Prime organisation, but it would seem […]

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Star Trek sequel confirmed for May 2013

Paramount Pictures have moved their sequel to the 2009 Star Trek movie to May 17, 2013, and have announced that it will be shot and released in 3D. J.J. Abrams will once again helm the adventures of Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, from a script by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. According to reports at unofficial […]

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New showrunner for Alphas’ second season

According to a report at Deadline.com, former Star Trek: Deep Space Nine producer Ira Steven Behr will not be producing the recently announced second season of Syfy’s Alphas. No reason for the departure is given in the brief report, but his replacement as showrunner will be Eureka‘s Bruce Miller, who also worked on The 4400s, ER and Medium. In an interview StarTrek.com […]

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