If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Contrary to what we had heard previously, there won’t be a full series of Doctor Who in 2012. This year has seen the run split into two, with the first half just having ended on a big cliffhanger, and [...]
The cable network AMC has ordered a six part drama based on the graphic novel series, The Walking Dead. So far, it seems that Jonny Lee Miller (Eli Stone) could be taking on the lead role of Rick Grimes, while Jon Bernthal (Ghost Writer) has been confirmed for the important role of Shane. The story [...]
It seems that the new Doctor Who, Matt Smith was in need of real medical attention when stunt in the Baltic Sea went wrong. The twenty seven year old had decided that a stunt double was not needed even though it meant actually getting into the freezing water to shoot a scene. But within minutes [...]
The great JJ Abrams has been talking about the end of Fringe, but don’t panic that does not mean that one of the only gripping science fiction shows on the block is on its last legs, far from it. JJ wants a definite end time for the show, in order to build the series up [...]
As the mid season breaks get near to ending, the shows that we have not seen for what would seem to be months are planning their return, it is almost like a new series it has been that long and for some shows, there have been several changes. No other show has suffered during the [...]
Just the mention of Steven Spielberg, Dinosaurs and TV is enough to make people think that Jurassic Park the TV series was in the pipeline. But no, this is Terra Nova and initially this could have been a British science fiction series as the writer Kelly Marcel created the story with the UK industry in [...]
One of the team behind the popular BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, Phil Ford, has been busy working on a brand new science fiction based game show for CBBC. The will be known by the title, Mission: 2110 and therefore it stands to reason that it will be set in a world that is [...]
The NBC science fiction drama, Day One was initially planned to be a thirteen part series based on a sort US version of Survivors. Day One would have picked up the day after a global wipe out of most of the human race and would have followed the rebuilding of some sort of society. But [...]
When the ITV science fiction show Primeval was cancelled there were those people that were not surprised at all, the show had appeared to lose its direction in many ways and as such would have found it difficult to continue. However occasionally the media industry are bold enough to make a U turns occasionally and [...]
Caprica is a spin off from Battlestar Galactica, in actual fact it is a prequel going back to explain how the Cylons were invented and developed. There was a pilot out earlier in the year and anyone who managed to see it would have been impressed, simply because it was set on Caprica and not [...]
The trouble with rumours is that there are so many threads and different tales that it is hard to work your way through the maze to find the real information. So, here it goes: It looks as if Stephen Fry could be appearing or starring in a brand new science fiction style TV series, it [...]
It has been some twelve years since the futuristic science fiction film Gattaca hit the big screens. The film starred Ethan Hawke who played the part of a normal man living in a genetically perfect world. Now it seems that this storyline could be heading for TV, following Denis Leary’s Apostle Films acquiring the TV [...]
There is good news for fans of the new science fiction series Flashforward the studio has been given the go ahead to complete the full series. Unlike some of this year’s other science fiction shows. This may sound strange, but in the current climate studios and broadcasters are being very ruthless when it comes to [...]
For some time there have been rumours surrounding the production of the Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica. First up is the sales of the DVD this amounted to less than $5 million and then when production stopped, well that just sent all the wrong signals out to the fans and the media. So what’s happening with [...]
The end of the world is theme that runs through science fiction, whether it is alien invasion or something that we have done to ourselves; the end of the world, as we know is for most of us the worst thing that could happen. Day One follows a global incident that destroys modern times; it [...]
In 2010, the launch of SyFy’s latest mini series will be taking place, the series will be Riverworld based on the novel that explores what happens after we die. In this case, it would seem that we all end up on the banks of river. From here things get a little hazy, everyone that ever [...]
As the second series of Fringe, starts in the US there are some views that the show flirts too much with science fiction, which is strange because there are millions of fans out there that think that Fringe is just that, a science fiction series. The series is about fringe science, which is, as the [...]
The 1980’s are being revived through film and TV, but this is not some time travel experiment but a reboot of virtually all television series and films from that time. It has to be a combination of the new technology to make the visual effect more realistic and the fact these classic programmes take us [...]
As most people has realised X-Men Origins: is going to be the pre text to a series of films that can simply go on for a long time, there has already been X-Men Origins: Wolverine and there will be a sequel to that film, but there are more on the way. The rumour mill has [...]
He time may be up as the Doctor, but actor David Tennant who plays the tenth Doctor is set to make one final incarnation of the character, but this time only as an animation. The new six part series will be called Dreamland and it will see the Doctor visiting the site of the most [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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