In an article over at Variety exploring the rising costs of prestige television, the outlet is reporting that HBO is going all in on the upcoming eighth and final season of the epic fantasy series with a budget of $15 million per episode. This figure makes it the most expensive show around, putting it ahead […]
The BBC releases trailer for Peaky Blinders series 4
The BBC has released a trailer for the upcoming fourth series of Steven Knight’s acclaimed crime drama Peaky Blinders, which you can watch right here; take a look… As per Deadline, the fourth season “will kick off with Tommy receiving a mysterious letter on Christmas Eve and realizing the Peaky Blinders are in danger of […]
Blu-ray Review – Firefly: 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
Firefly: 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Created by Joss Whedon. Starring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass. SYNOPSIS: Joss Whedon’s cult show Firefly has been reissued on Blu-ray in a new set that includes some nice packaging, a poster, and character cards. It […]
Sex and the City 3 has been shelved
If you were looking forward to seeing the cast of Sex and the City reuniting for a third outing on the big screen, we have some bad news for you as Sarah Jessica Parker has revealed to Extra that plans for Sex and the City 3 have been scrapped. “It’s over,” said Parker. “We’re not […]
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – The Commuter Review
Villordsutch reviews Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “The Commuter”… The latest serving of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, titled “The Commuter”, was originally published way back in 1953 within the Science Fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and is now brought up to date by Jack Thorne (creator of the excellent Fades) and directed by Tom Harper […]
Skydance sets showrunners for live-action Sword Art Online series
Having snapped up the live-action rights to the Japanese light novel series Sword Art Online back in 2016, Skydance Television has now set Patrick Massett and John Zinman (Friday Night Lights, The Blacklist) to serve as showrunners, writers and executive producers on the planned series. The pilot episode of Sword Art Online will be penned […]
David Cronenberg’s Scanners is heading to the small screen for a TV adaptation
According to Deadline, Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Bron Studios have come out successful in a bidding war for the TV rights to David Cronenberg’s classic sci-fi horror Scanners, and are currently developing a small screen adaptation of the movie. Released in 1981, Scanners revolves around a group of people with telekinetic powers called “scanners”, […]
Scott Derrickson announces that filming is underway on Snowpiercer pilot
Sinister and Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has taken to Instagram to announce that filming is underway on the pilot episode of Snowpiercer, a TV adaptation of the French graphic novel La Transperceneige and the subsequent film version from Boon Joon-ho. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZflJUjl5aw/ Snowpiercer is set seven years after the Earth has become a frozen wasteland, forcing […]
Monica Bellucci to star in sci-fi horror Nekromancer
Deadline is reporting that Monica Bellucci has signed on to star in Nekromancer, a new horror movie from Australian filmmakers Kiah and Tristan Roach-Turner (Wyrmwood). Plot details on Nekromancer are being kept under wraps, but the outlet states that the “genre-mashing sci-fi horror [will] see the return of the Wyrmwood directors to the mix of […]
James Gunn says Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 won’t feature any resurrections
Warning. Spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 follow… Over the years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has developed a bit of a reputation for fake deaths, with the likes of Agent Coulson, Bucky Barnes, Pepper Potts, Loki and Nick Fury all thought to died at one point or another, before making their triumphant and […]
