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Beloved Doctor Who scribe scores his own time travel movie
Screenwriter Richard Curtis — who directed Love Actually and penned the beautiful and heartbreaking Doctor Who episode “Vincent and the Doctor,” Notting Hill, and Four Weddings and A Funeral — is finally giving us more science fiction. Curtis is currently writing (and planning to direct) his own time-travel feature film, which will shoot sometime this … Continued
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Do we know the fates of two characters in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus?
Two British thespians join Chris Evans on board a post-apocalyptic train in Snow Piercer. Ti West’s low-budget space movie The Side Effect finds its star. Plus tons of hints for Supernatural, True Blood, The Walking Dead Chuck, Grimm, and more! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Prometheus. Prometheus A newspaper profile of Scottish … Continued
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What to Expect from Total Recall, Iron Man 3 and Game of Thrones Season 2!
Nicolas Cage’s research for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance prominently involved insects and ancient Egyptian dance. Benedict Cumberbatch discusses his involvement in the Star Trek sequel. Plus director Rian Johnson addresses the biggest challenge of his time travel epic Looper! All that plus Don Cheadle talks Iron Man 3, Chris Evans boards a post-apocalyptic train, … Continued
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The Making of Doctor Who‘s Most Notoriously Bad Special Effects
Behold, the reason so many people diss the original Doctor Who and its horrendous special effects. The disastrous dinosaur effects in the Who story “Invasion of the Dinosaurs” are legendary, and here’s a clip from the new DVD featurette exploring just how they went so wrong. And they did go so very, very wrong. The … Continued
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Has Steven Moffat cryptically revealed the next Doctor Who companion?
It looks as though Doctor Who could be signing up a new companion next fall. Executive producer Steven Moffat may just have pointed us towards her – and it’s someone we’ve seen before on the show! Joss Whedon reveals just why The Avengers revolves around Captain America. The Star Trek sequel begins production, and the … Continued
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Will our popular culture survive into the future?
Many works of science fiction agree that we’ll all be reading Shakespeare until the heat death of the universe. But what about the works of Isaac Asimov, George Lucas, JK Rowling, and Steven Moffat? What, if any, cultural legacy will we leave to people the who come after us, and will we like the way … Continued
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Meet the Woman Who’s Calling the Shots for Doctor Who and The Fades
Caroline Skinner has become one of the most important people in British television science fiction and fantasy, almost overnight. She produced The Fades, the horror-fantasy series which took Britain by storm, and which hits BBC America this Saturday. And now she’s the new executive producer of Doctor Who, replacing Piers Wenger and Beth Willis. We … Continued
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Six Daleks are en route to NASA’s Stennis Space Center disguised as “space shuttle engines”
NASA says they’re “Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne engines” from space shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis… but we think they look an awful lot like incognito Dalek shipping containers. The agency says the “engines” are being shipped from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center to Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, where they will be repurposed for use on NASA’s next … Continued
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The storyline and title of the Star Wars live-action TV series are revealed!
J.J. Abrams reveals why Benedict Cumberbatch is perfect for the Star Trek sequel. One of Battlestar Galactica’s biggest badasses joins Vin Diesel’s new Riddick movie. A beloved old monster might return to Doctor Who. Plus the latest on Fringe’s future! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Avengers. The Dark Knight Rises When … Continued
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Will a surprising villain appear in The Hobbit?
Besides playing Smaug in The Hobbit, Benedict Cumberbatch says he’ll also voice another familiar villain. Plus Karen Gillan talks abpit leaving Doctor Who, J.J. Abrams explains Star Trek’s 3D conversion, and Sam Neill hints at his Alcatraz role. Spoilers ahead! Star Trek 2 J.J. Abrams says he wasn’t too keen on the idea of converting … Continued
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Science Fiction’s predictions for the year 2012
We’ve all seen the predictions — both fictional and pseudoarcheological — that the world will end in 2012. But while some of science fiction’s predictions for the year 2012 are apocalyptic, some are merely disastrous — and a few are downright upbeat. Let’s see what triumphs and tribulations science fiction says we can look forward … Continued
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Even stuck in a shoebox with a miniature woman, Nathan from Misfits has zero game
Last week, the BBC aired a special TV movie version of The Borrowers, which featured some lovely performances. Christopher Eccleston was brilliant as Arietty’s father Pod, and Stephen Fry pulled out all the stops (and then some) as the unscrupulous Professor Mildeye. But the show was darn near stolen by The Misfits’ Robert Sheehan, as … Continued
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The Rightest and Wrongest Spoilers of 2011!
Everyday, we sift through all the crazy rumors and speculation to bring you the morning’s spoilers. In the past year, we’ve found some gems of real information…as well as some truly magnificent loads of nonsense. Here are the year’s best. Warning: Some of these things are still spoilers! Rightest Marion Cotillard and Talia al Ghul … Continued
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What if every Doctor Who story ended like “Love and Monsters”?
Some people have criticized the ending of the latest Doctor Who Christmas special, for reasons we won’t reveal until after the spoiler warning. And this started us thinking — what if “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe” had ended more like Russell T. Davies’ weirdest episode, “Love and Monsters”? You know, the one where … Continued
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The Best and Worst Television Moments of 2011
What are the most amazing moments this new golden era of television gave us? We’ve rounded up the very best bits from a whole year of TV watching — and some of the very worst. Check out our list of the greatest and most horrendous scenes from science fiction and fantasy television. Plus our video … Continued
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Peter Jackson reveals why The Hobbit is nothing like Lord of the Rings!
Roberto Orci is layering subtle clues for the Star Trek sequel into the tie-in comic. Matt Smith once again addresses his Doctor Who future. And do we already know where the next season of American Horror Story will be set? Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Hobbit. Star Trek Co-writer Roberto Orci … Continued
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Doctor Who “The Christmas Invasion”: The Doctor Is In
It’s Boxing Day, a British holiday you probably know nothing about. Perfect time to check in on another mysterious UK tradition: Doctor Who. Whether you’ve been a Whovian since the 1960s or you’ve never even heard of Gallifrey, the first Doctor Who Christmas Special to follow the 2005 series revival is dope. What’s it about? … Continued
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This Week’s TV: 8 Marathons that Could Make the Week Fly Past
This week’s television includes the season finales of two beloved shows, Sanctuary and Beavis and Butthead. Plus new episodes of Chuck, Generator Rex and a few other shows. But mostly, this week belongs to marathons. Including two straight days of Twilight Zone episodes, a ton of classic television… and an unusual look at Doctor Who’s … Continued