Following the sad passing of the beloved British author Terry Pratchett last month, publishers Penguin Random House has announced that the final Discworld novel The Shepherd’s Crown is set to hit shelves this September. “It is a huge privilege to be publishing Sir Terry Pratchett’s final Discworld novel, The Shepherd’s Crown.,” said Penguin Random House […]
Neil Gaiman to judge Sci-Fi London’s 48 Hour Film Challenge 2015
Sci-Fi London has announced that award-winning author Neil Gaiman (The Sandman, American Gods, Coraline) is set to judge the shortlisted entrants for this year’s 48 Hour Film Challenge, which takes place this coming weekend. “Neil Gaiman’s genius for astonishing writing is respected by an entire generation of readers and cinema-goers – for the participants in […]
Netflix nabs Ricky Gervais’ Special Correspondents
Netflix has added to its original feature film slate by snapping up the rights to Special Correspondents, the upcoming remake of the 2009 French comedy of the same name, which sees Ricky Gervais directing and co-starring with Eric Bana (Deliver Us from Evil). According to Netflix, Special Correspondents sees Bana as “a struggling New York-based […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger on Terminator: Salvation: “It sucked”
This summer Arnold Schwarzenegger reprises his signature role of The Terminator in director Alan Taylor’s sequel/reboot of the iconic sci-fi franchise, Terminator Genisys, and the Austrian Oak appeared on Good Morning America to discuss his return to the franchise, during which he shared his thoughts on the previous instalment, Terminator: Salvation. “Thank God,” said Arnie, […]
Jared Leto teases Joker transformation for Suicide Squad
With production on Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad set to get underway, Jared Leto has taken to Instagram to tease his role as The Joker by posting an image of himself looking rather pale witht he caption “transformation begins”. Take a look… Suicide Squad is set for release on August 5th 2016, and sees David Ayer (Fury) […]
Gotham producer teases introduction of Mr. Freeze, Clayface, Mad Hatter and The Court of Owls
Attending WonderCon this past weekend, Gotham executive producer John Stephens and cast members Ben McKenzie (Jim Gordon), Robin Lord Taylor (Oswald Cobblepot) and Cory Michael Smith (Edward Nygma) were on hand to discuss the Batman prequel series, with Stephens offering up details on a trio of villains we can expect to see making their debuts […]
Fast & Furious 7 enjoys a $384 million global opening weekend
Universal Pictures kicked off the blockbuster season this past Friday with the release of Furious 7 (or Fast & Furious 7, as it is called here in the UK), enjoying a staggering global box office bow in the process. Launching the James Wan-directed sequel into 14,009 cinemas across 63 markets, the film pulled in a […]
DVD Review – 50 Shades of Erotica (2015)
50 Shades of Erotica, 2015. SYNOPSIS: A collection of trailers featuring some of the best in erotic cinema from the golden age of erotica. You’ve got to hand it to those wonderful people at Nucleus Films, for not only do they want to entertain you they wish to educate you as well. Inspired by the […]
David Lynch exits Twin Peaks revival
Some bad news for fans of Twin Peaks this Easter Monday, with co-creator David Lynch announcing via Twitter that he will no longer be involved in the upcoming sequel series from Showtime. “After one year and four months of negotiations, I left because not enough money was offered to do the script the way I […]
IDW adapting Nicholas Meyer’s The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
IDW Publishing has announced that it is to adapt Nicholas Meyer’s (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) bestselling mystery novel The Seven-Per-Cent-Solution into a five-part comic book series from writers Scott Tipton and David Tipton and artist Ron Joseph. “I’m delighted to help translate my novel, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, for a new audience in […]
