A short behind-the-scenes clip of Matt Smith (the 11th Doctor) and David Tennant (the 10th) talking about sharing the same iconic role, and filming the 59th anniversary special.
They make some cryptic references to another character that’s involved in the special whom they can’t name; but if you’ve seen the seventh season finally, ‘The Name of the Doctor,’ you probably already know who it is. Continue reading
Matt Smith, who has held the role of the Doctor for three full seasons of Doctor Who (the fifth through the seventh) has finally confirmed that he’ll be back for season eight, which start filming around the end of year.
Many have speculated that he may leave the series in a dramatic fashion, either as part of the big 50th anniversary special (which guest stars the previous Doctor, David Tennant), or the Christmas special in December.
There were also persistent rumors that his replacement would be the series’ first female Doctor; but it looks like we’ll be waiting awhile for that.
SyFy has decided to cancel Warehouse 13, which is currently in the second half of its fourth season.
Luckily for fans (and uncharacteristically for SyFy), the show isn’t going to end unceremoniously. It will return for a shortened, six episode fifth season next year to tie up the loose ends.
ABC’s fairytales-in-the-modern-world series Once Upon a Time is getting a spin-off this fall.
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is set in Victorian times and follows a grownup Alice as she journeys back to Wonderland to find a lost love.
Here’s the trailer. No premiere date yet, but it will air Thursdays at 8. Continue reading
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. now has a trailer… a two and a half minute trailer.
Watching the trailer, it’s obvious that Marvel REALLY wants people to know that this show is related to The Avengers, but you can’t blame them for that.
It was also interesting to see Melinda May break out the martial arts in a scene very reminiscent of Black Widow in Iron Man 2.
Apparently, it’s going to air on ABC Tuesdays at 8:00 PM ‘this fall.’
The seventh series finale of Doctor Who, which promises some rather big reveals including but not limited to the Doctor’s name and the secret behind Clara, is set to air this Saturday.
The BBC always releases their shows on video soon after they air, which necessitates having said DVDs and Blu Rays ready to go ahead of time. Do you see where this is going? Continue reading
ABC has officially picked up the Marvel Universe TV series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Presumably, the pilot, directed by Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Buffy) must have turned out alright.
According to the Agents of SHIELD facebook page, the first trailer is set to air during tomorrow night’s season finally of Once Upon a Time.
Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Wonderfalls) is eying Kickstarter as a means of reviving his short-lived, though much-loved TV series Pushing Daisies.
The series ran for two half-seasons on ABC back in 2007, and starred Lee Pace (who was recently cast as the villain in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy) as Ned, a pie-maker / private detective with the power to resurrect the dead with a single touch. One day, he resurrects his childhood love, Chuck, and their romance is immediately rekindled. Unfortunately, the two can never touch, as second touch from Ned makes dead things dead again, forever. Continue reading
Rockne S. O’Bannon, creator of the wonderful series Farscape, will be taking on an executive producer role when NBC’s Revolution returns for its second season this fall.
O’Bannon most recent created the somewhat dull CW series Cult, which was pulled off the air after a few weeks. Do you know how badly a show has to do for it to be canceled by the CW? His other credits include Seaquest, Alienation, and the new SyFy series Defiance, so Sci Fi definitely plays more to his strengths than the thriller/drama Cult did. The Hollywood Reporter is saying that O’Bannon will have a ‘heavy role’ in the series, being second in command after showrunner Eric Kripke.
MTV is developing a TV series based on Wes Craven’s classic (?) horror franchise Scream.
The film, which spawned three sequels of varying quality, was an attempt to make light of the cliches of the slasher/horror genre (though I found that it largely fell victim to those same cliches itself). It involves a masked killer (a mask assumed by someone different in each film) who kills a group of kids while following the established pattern of the slasher film, a fact which is endlessly pointed out by the ‘horror geek’ character. Continue reading