The CW certainly likes its DC Comics properties at the moment. Notwithstanding the proposed Wonder Woman pilot Amazon, the network has the hit series Arrow and the potential spin-off The Flash, not to mention a pilot for Hourman, which was announced just this week. Well, we can add another to the ever-growing list, although rather […]

Last week it was reported that Disney had rejected a request from Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy to push the release date for J.J. Abrams Star Wars: Episode VII back to 2016, and now it’s been confirmed that the eagerly-anticipated first chapter of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy will arrive in 2015, with StarWars.com site revealing a December […]

Matt Smith reviews the third episode of Veep season two… Veep is an interesting series in that it treads carefully the line between comedy and drama, while also treading the line between farce and tragedy. Too much of one and it’s too dogged, too depressing and ends up too slow and focused on character. Too […]

Villordsutch reviews Image Comics’ Drumhellar #1… “When shock-induced visions drive a detective specializing in the paranormal to a small town in South Dakota, he finds himself up against a flesh-hungry bog-man, their mutual ex-girlfriend (did we mention she’s a werewolf?), and a demon that’s stolen his arsenal of psychedelics. Then things start to get weird. […]

As reported earlier today the BBC has confirmed that the trailer for the 50th Anniversary Special of Doctor Who “The Day of the Doctor”, will air this Saturday.  Set you generic recording devices for the 9th November 2013 at 8pm (BBC One) as the long awaited trailer for the momentous occasion in British (if not global) sci-fi history will […]

Robert Rodriguez’s El Ray Network and FactoryMade Ventures have announced that production is underway on From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, a ten-episode drama which is of course based upon Rodriguez’s Quentin Tarantino-scripted crime/vampire mash-up from 1996. Coinciding with the start of filming, a press release has been released, revealing that the cast for the […]

Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Caine are to star in George C. Wolfe’s (Lackawanna Blues, Nights in Rodanthe) drama Harry and the Butler. Jackson will star as Harry, a one-time Jazz musician residing in New Orleans who has given up on his dreams and spends his days as a mechanic for a derelict roller coaster […]

Back in September, Rockstar Games and Take Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto V racked up $1 billion in just three days (becoming the quickest entertainment product to reach that total), with first day sales of $800 million. While that feat seemed staggering, Activision has now shattered the record, with the publisher announcing that Call of […]

Iron Man and Elf director Jon Favreau may be busy filming is “little indie film” Chef starring himself, Robert Downey Jr. and Dustin Hoffman, but he’s found time to enter negotiations to direct Disney’s upcoming adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. This would be Disney’s third adaptation of the book following the classic animated […]

Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]