Benicio Del Toro is one of the biggest names in Guardians Of The Galaxy ’s pleasingly eclectic cast, but the star has been busily doing his comic-book homework like a bright-eyed rookie… “When someone calls you and says ‘I need you in my movie,’ it’s exciting,” he says. “I like …

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay has confirmed some heavyweight casting, with Julianne Moore officially signing on to play Alma Coin in the conclusion to the series. Alma Coin is a key figure in the final book, the leader of a revolutionary movement aiming to use Katniss as their figurehead in order …

Discover the new YA novel from Holly Black, bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles Meet The Coldest Girl In Coldtown (opens in new tab) … Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator …

Chris Cooper is one of several new cast members to be joining the ensemble for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , and is already looking forward to how his character might develop further down the track. Cooper will be playing Norman Osborn, best known to fans of the comic-books and the …

Director Fernando Trueba ( Chico & Rita ) serves up an elegant black-and-white tale of an elderly sculptor (Jean Rochefort) living in occupied France, who finds reinvigoration when he takes on young Spanish refugee (Aida Folch) to sit for him. Inspired by the relationship between real-life Franco-Catalan artist Maillol and …

Doctor Who “Blood Of The Robots” . (opens in new tab) Author Simon Clark has given SFX more details of a Doctor Who story he was commissioned to write a decade ago. Back in July 2003, the news broke that finally, the BBC were making new Doctor Who , with …

The rise of “cli-fi” – author Kate Kelly discusses science fiction’s take on the environment Kate Kelly is a marine scientist who’s penned her first novel, Red Rock (opens in new tab) , based around climate change… with an extraterrestrial angle. The book is out on Thursday 12 September and …

Gemini Force One i s a brand new project from the late TV creator (opens in new tab) A month or so back, we reported news of a mysterious project on the official Gerry Anderson Facebook page . Now we finally know what Gemini Force One is. GF1 is a …

UPDATE: Ubisoft confirmed the image was taken at a recent event, and it plans to release more information about the games in question on Sept. 10. The original story follows below. Several unannounced Ubisoft titles may have leaked ahead of time, if a screenshot of promotional materials posted to NeoGAF …

Game Of Thrones and The Avengers scoop coveted genre awards (opens in new tab) The winners of the 2013 Hugo Award and John W Campbell Awards were announced this week in a ceremony hosted by Paul Cornell. And here they are in a handy list: Best Novel : Redshirts: A …