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Michael Keaton’s Advice On Beetlejuice 2, And A New Walking Dead Actor
Help yourself to a giant pile of speculation about Marvel’s Phase 3. James Cameron explains why the Avatar sequels have been pushed back. Gotham adds yet another villain’s origin story to its line-up. And that 21 Jump Street/Men In Black crossover is still a possibility. Spoilers now! Top image: Walking Dead Marvel/Spider-Man As usual, take … Continued
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What You Need To Know About The Ninth Doctor’s Doctor Who Comic Debut
It’s been a full decade since Chris Eccleston left Doctor Who, and fans have wanted more of his Ninth Doctor ever since. Titan Comics had heard those pleas and hired author Cavan Scott to write a new miniseries starring the rogue Time Lord, due out on March 11th. We put the sonic screws to Scott … Continued
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All The Hints And Clues In The Newest Avengers: Age Of Ultron Trailer!
The live action Ghost in the Shell movie already has a release date. Meet the guy playing Robin’s father on Gotham, and a new threat on Orphan Black. Tom Cavanagh is very excited that his Flash character’s big secret is finally out. Plus, looks ahead to the new season of Penny Dreadful. Spoilers now! Top … Continued
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Low Budget TV Shows That Are Better Than Most Huge Blockbuster Series
Television has always been an expensive medium, with Lost having an estimated per-episode budget of $4 million, and Game of Thrones clocking in at a whopping $6 million. And sometimes, these hugely expensive shows fail. But here are 10 of the best science fiction and fantasy shows, which were made for surprisingly low budgets. https://gizmodo.com/the-10-most-expensive-flops-in-television-history-1649881502 … Continued
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R.I.P. Brian Clemens, The Brains Behind TV’s The Avengers
If you love British TV, then you should raise a glass to Brian Clemens, who just died at age 83. Above is a brilliant interview with him from 2008, in which he talks about writing the pilot of The Avengers with Patrick Macnee, and a lot of the show’s other scripts besides. Besides helping to … Continued
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What If Doctor Seuss Drew All 13 Doctor Who Incarnations?
Doctors Who and Seuss blend together in a new work by Seussian mashup maestro DrFaustusAU. Oh, the times and places they’ll go! Head over to deviantART where he also has his illustrations formatted as storybook pages. Now we need a poem about the Doctors written in anapestic tetrameter. The Doctors Who [DrFaustusAU on deviantART via … Continued
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Familiar Faces Join Kong: Skull Island, Doctor Who, And Shannara
J.J. Abrams talks about his own fears about The Force Awakens. Russell T. Davies explains why he won’t return to the Whoniverse. And get a look at the cast of the next James Bond film, on set. Spoilers now! Top image: Doctor Who Kong: Skull Island Michael Keaton is finalizing details to join the cast … Continued
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The Ultimate Guide To 2015’s Science Fiction And Fantasy TV
This is going to be a huge year for science fiction and fantasy television, including some major A-list creators (Jonathan Nolan, Chris Miller and Phil Lord!) coming to the small screen to make beautiful love your eyes and faces. This is your year, people! Here’s our complete guide to 2015’s science fiction and fantasy television. … Continued
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This Concept Art Of Doctor Who‘s Facehuggers Is Wonderfully Repulsive
Yes, the “dream crabs” in Doctor Who’s latest Christmas special were basically facehuggers from Alien — to the point where the show kept lampshading this. But they still looked cool and revolting, and this concept art shows how they could have been even nastier. Once again, the Radio Times has Doctor Who concept art from … Continued
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Get A Look At Iron Man’s latest Armor. Plus What’s Next For Ichabod!
An action figure gives us a close-up look at Age of Ultron’s Iron Man suit, plus a better look at Ultron. Learn more about Agent Carter’s mythology. And take a good look at Powers’ cast. Plus, has Doctor Who started hiring directors for season nine? Spoilers now! Top image: Sleepy Hollow Masters of the Universe … Continued
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Supercut Proves That Doctor Who‘s Favorite Phrase In 2014 Was “Shut Up”
The Tenth Doctor had “Allons-y!” The Eleventh Doctor had “Geronimo!” And Twelve? The Twelfth Doctor spent a great deal of Series Eight telling people to shut up. And he wasn’t the only character prone to shushing everyone. Blogtor Who put together this supercut of every “Shut up,” “Shush,” “Be quit,” “Hush,” and “Shhh” from Series … Continued
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This Doctor Who TARDIS Bed Is Literally Bigger On The Inside
Because it’s a fold-out Murphy bed, made by the inestimable Stubbs from The Stubby Thumb! Click that link and you can see exactly how she made it (although I should warn you it doesn’t look particularly easy). Check out bigger, better pics after the jump! [Via The Mary Sue]
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The Evolution of the Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver in One Image
This print by David Wildish is available at Society 6, and is a very nice retrospective of one of the most iconic objects in science fiction. Even though these are presented in order of show continuity, if you move the War Doctor’s to the end — where it belongs if it’s in order of appearance … Continued
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This Week’s TV: A Goofy Medieval Musical From Tangled‘s Songwriters
It’s the week that we ring in the new year with endless TV marathons (while resolving only to watch the best TV in 2015). But we’ve also got a new show coming out this week, a musical about true love and revenge from a legendary Disney composer, and his lyricist collaborator on Tangled. Today Breaking … Continued
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The Ninth Doctor, Rose And Captain Jack Return In New Doctor Who Comic
Chris Eccleston’s reign as the Ninth Doctor only lasted a season, but Doctor Who fans looking for more adventures of the leather jacket-wearing Time Lord need look no further than Titan’s newest Who comic, which pairs him not just with Rose, but the dashing, omnisexual Jack Harkness as well. Titan will release a five-issue Ninth … Continued
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This Cyberman Feeder Turns Squirrels Into The Doctor’s Deadly Foes
Doctor Who fan Emma Young made this Cyberman feeder for her backyard. Forget any other plan the baddies have ever had in canon, the Cybersquirrel is by far the scariest. Where would you even hide from a hundreds of upgraded squirrels? Young said, “My whole family love Doctor Who so I decided to create a … Continued
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What Does The End Of Last Night’s Doctor Who Mean For Season Nine?
There’s some new confirmation that even DC’s wildest film will still share the same universe as Batman v. Superman. Plus wild speculation about who will be the next big villain on The Walking Dead. And also, sneak peeks at the next seasons of Orphan Black and Penny Dreadful. Spoilers now! Top image: Doctor Who Shazam … Continued
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Doctor Who Offers Us A Joyous Celebration Of Reusing Old Story Ideas
Doctor Who’s head writer, Steven Moffat, has sometimes been accused of having a few main story ideas that he trots out again and again. Today’s Doctor Who Christmas special, “Last Christmas,” feels like a hilarious, spirited defense: A story made entirely out of old stories, which just has fun with it. Spoilers ahead… The moment … Continued
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Yet Another Way Game Of Thrones Could Leave The Books Behind Next Year
An actor drops a major hint at another way Game of Thrones could depart from the books next year. Some long-discussed concept art of Han Solo and Chewbacca may have surfaced. Sleepy Hollow prepares you for its return with a pack of featurettes. And we may know which episode of Once Upon a Time is … Continued
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Will Gotham‘s Next Supervillain Arc Feature The Riddler?
Emily Blunt explains why Into the Woods was changed from stage to screen. James Gunn gives the definitive answer about a Guardians of the Galaxy/Avengers crossover. The Walking Dead spinoff gets its female lead. And are we close to seeing an Ant-Man trailer? Spoilers now! Top image: Gotham Into the Woods Emily Blunt talked about … Continued