Here’s an intriguingly different Doctor Who spin-off book… but extreme spoilerphobes may wish to avoid this article until after Saturday… (opens in new tab) BBC Books have announced the release of a new Doctor Who ebook, The Angel’s Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery, which purports to be written by a …
Read More »BEAUTY & THE BEAST “The Beauty And The Beast Are In All Of Us”
(opens in new tab) Beauty And The Beast was a big deal back in the ’80s, as Terminator prey Linda Hamilton got wooed by Ron Perlman’s lion man. And now, with the likes of Grimm and Once Upon A Time making fairytales a big deal on the small screen, it’s …
Read More »THE CLONE WARS “Its Time For Some Characters To Pay The Piper”
We know that the Clone Wars begin at the end of Episode II and end at the beginning of Episode III , but all that stuff in between is one great big mystery. Who’d have guessed, for example, that Darth Maul would come back from being sliced in two to …
Read More »FRINGE “We Have The Opportunity To Finish The Story”
(opens in new tab) Having teetered on the brink of cancellation for the last couple of years, it looked for a while like the consistently brilliant Fringe might be forced to end on a never-resolved cliffhanger. Then US network Fox gave it a surprise 13-episode fifth season to wrap up …
Read More »Doctor Who Series 7 UK Premiere Date Revealed
(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 …
Read More »CW Says Battle Royale Plans So Far Are Just “A Phone Call”
(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 …
Read More »Fringe Creators Planning Sleepy Hollow TV Show
(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 …
Read More »Unexpected Return In Merlin Series 5
(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 …
Read More »Merlin: Teasing Picture Clues To Something Magical Happening
(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 …
Read More »The Exorcist Heads For TV. No, Really!
(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 …
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