By NELLIE ANDREEVA, Source: Deadline.com From zombies to aliens. The Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd and her Valhalla Entertainment have optioned Annie Jacobsen’s book Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base for a potential TV series. The hourlong project, which will be taken out
This week ESO goes live once again and this time we landed at World of Heroes in Dacula, GA. Well true believers we swing into back into the Marvel Universe and talk about everyone’s favorite web head, the Amazing Spider-man. Join us for yet another episode of The Earth Station
By Marc Bernardin, source: Blastr.com After getting gritty and realistic with superpowers on Alphas, Syfy will take a dip in the other end of the pool by greenlighting a pilot script for a live-action take on DC’s light-hearted time-traveler, Booster Gold. Created by Dan Jurgens in 1986, Booster Gold is
By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com Anne McCaffrey, the groundbreaking, award-winning fantasy author who won a dedicated following with her sci-fi/fantasy blending series Dragonriders of Pern, passed away Tuesday, November 22. She is survived by her three children. After beginning her writing life by contributing short stories to sci-fi magazines in
by James Hibberd, Source: EW.com NBC is giving a full-season pickup to Friday night supernatural drama Grimm. The show just became the only new NBC hour-long series to get a “back nine” episode order this fall. “We are very pleased to be making a full-season commitment for Grimm,” said NBC
By Matthew Jackson, source: Blastr.com Monty Python alum and demented filmmaking wizard Terry Gilliam has been trying to get his time travel meets classic literature flick The Man Who Killed Don Quixote made for more than a decade now. The hell he suffered the first time he tried was chronicled
By Krystal Clark, source: Bastr.com Bane and Batman got some cover time in the latest issue of Empire Magazine. Not only did Warner Bros. premiere several new, OFFICIAL photos of the duo, but an exclusive interview with the stars and director Christopher Nolan offered up spoilery details. The last time
by Brendon Connelly, Soucre: Bleeding Cool.com Speaking on BBC Breakfast right now, Matt Smith has just spelled out his outstanding commitment to Doctor Who: they start filming in February for 14 new episodes, comprising “a full series”, a Christmas special, and a 50th anniversary special. That’s 50th anniversary special singular,
By Adam Swiderski, Source: Blastr.com It’s a good day for giant monster movie news; first, we heard about Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, and now word has come down the wire that the ’80s arcade juggernaut Rampage! will be getting the feature film treatment. Hey, they made a multiseason TV
http://blastr.com/2011/11/david-fincher-pulls-in-se.php” title=”David Fincher pulls in Se7en writer to go 20,000 Leagues with him” target=”_blank”>By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com David Fincher has what seems like dozens of future projects in the works right now, and one of them is a return to sci-fi with an adaptation of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues
by Brendon Connelly, source: Bleeding Cool.com After eighteen months of development, Stephen Soderbergh has decided not to direct Warner Bros. do-over of The Man From UNCLE. The director and studio have apparently come to a parting of the ways over casting and the budget. Apparently Soderbergh was keen on either
by Philiana Ng, Source: The Hollywood Reporter The cable network has ordered five more specials of The Nerdist, based on Hardwick’s popular podcast of the same name. The announcement comes weeks after the pilot for the show, hosted by Hardwick and featuring Doctor Who’s Matt Smith and Craig Ferguson, aired
