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(opens in new tab) We’ll keep this one short and sweet because it’s more a case of confirming what everyone suspected all along – according to the Radio Times (opens in new tab) Doctor Who will return in “Asylum Of The Daleks” on Saturday 1 September at 7:20pm. That means …

(opens in new tab) When news broke recently that The CW – the US network mainly aimed at yoof audiences – was planning a small screen version of ultravoilent Japanese film Battle Royale (the one that’s like a very bloody version of The Hunger Games ) many were left wondering …

(opens in new tab) Fringe co-creators and Transformers , Star Trek and Mission Impossible 3 writersAlex Kurtzman %26 Roberto Orci are developing a new TV show based on The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow . According to Deadline , Len Wiseman ( Underworld , Total Recall remake) is set to direct …

(opens in new tab) Death is never an obstacle in sci-fi and fantasy, so perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised that Uther – played by Anthony Head – will be returning for Merlin series 5 . The revelation was announced by Merlin co-creator and executive producer Johnny Capps at San …

(opens in new tab) Cue the fan-gasm. Twenty-five years after one of the most celebrated comics of all-time hit shelves, award-winning and critically acclaimed author and screenwriter, Neil Gaiman , will return to The Sandman . Gaiman made the announcement, via video, at DC Entertainment’s Vertigo panel at San Diego …

Katherine Parkinson, best known as hapless manager Jen in The IT Crowd , is the star of a new SF sitcom for Radio Two. Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully airs on Thursday 5 July, from 9.30-10.00pm. At the moment it’s just a pilot, but the hope is that …

(opens in new tab) In 1985, Stuart Gordon directed his first feature film and created a sensation. It was an adaptation of H Lovecraft’s Re-Animator , and went on to become a major cult hit, delivering as many laughs as it did screams. It even won a Critics’ Prize at …

(opens in new tab) The Official Merlin Twitter feed posted the picture above today, along with the cryptic message: “Something MAGICAL is unfolding in the world of Camelot in 5 days – what do you think it could be?” Hmm, we reckon it’s a dragon… Possibly Aithusa. But some clever …

The Shadow Fold, a swathe of impenetrable darkness, crawling with monsters that feast on human flesh, is slowly destroying the once-great nation of Ravka. Alina, a pale, lonely orphan, discovers a unique power that thrusts her into the lavish world of the kingdom’s magical elite – the Grisha. Could she …

(opens in new tab) Here’s a news story that should turn heads. [Pause for tumbleweeds]. The Exorcist is set to be made into a 10-part TV series. Sean Durkin, the writer-director of Martha Marcy May Marlene , is adapting the demonic classic for the small screen, in a project being …