The upcoming BBC centenary special of Doctor Who finally has a title.
Although it has not been officially announced by the BBC at the time of writing – subscribers of Doctor Who Magazine #581 got the news early today.
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‘Frasier – The Complete Series’ coming to BluRay
For the first time the iconic sit-com Frasier is coming to BluRay with the release of ‘Frasier – The Complete Series‘ box set from CBS.
Marvel Studios announcements at D23 including Ant-Man 3, Secret Invasion, Loki season 2 and Daredevil: Born Again
Disney’s annual showcase and fan event D23 Expo is in full swing, featuring updates from the worlds of Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, 20th Century and more.
On Saturday, Marvel Studios shared a glimpse of their future plans during the Studio Showcase. See details of some of the projects that were announced below:
LucasFilm announcements at D23 including Star Wars, Willow series and Indiana Jones 5
Disney’s annual showcase and fan event D23 Expo is in full swing, featuring updates from the worlds of Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, 20th Century and more. On Saturday, LucasFilm shared a glimpse of their future plans during the Studio Showcase. See details of some of the projects that were announced below:
New Disney/Pixar projects announced at D23; including ‘Inside Out 2’
Disney’s annual showcase and fan event D23 Expo is in full swing, featuring updates from the worlds of Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, 20th Century and more. On Friday, Disney and Pixar shared a glimpse of their future plans at the D23 Studio Showcase. See details of some of the projects that were announced below:
Review: The Fifth Doctor Adventures – Forty 2
Review by Jacob Licklider
*Spoilers ahead*
There is something interesting about having the Fifth Doctor taken after Four to Doomsday slid down his timeline going back and forth to each of his TARDIS teams in mysterious circumstances, meaning that authors have to be aware of the Fifth Doctor being a very young Doctor put in circumstances at different points of his arc. Forty 1 included the Fifth Doctor learning of Adric’s death and having to then have an adventure with Adric before being flung forward to the point where he is traveling with Tegan and Turlough, specifically after the events of Frontios which is where Forty 2 picks things up.
Continue reading‘Star Trek: Picard’ Third and Final Season Premiere Date and Teaser
The third and final season of ‘Star Trek: Picard’ will debut on February 16th 2023, Paramount+ revealed on Thursday during the streamer’s “Star Trek Day” festivities, along with a new teaser for the season that showcases the return of “Star Trek: the Next Generation’s” original cast.
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‘The Crown’ to pause filming “Out Of Respect” For Queen Elizabeth II; Creators Calls Series “A Love Letter” To Her
Following the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday at age 96. Peter Morgan, writer of the 2006 film The Queen starring Helen Mirren and Netflix’s Emmy-winning drama The Crown, said that the series
“is a love letter to her.”
Big Finish Audio Review: Jekyll & Hyde
Review by Cavan Gilbey
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is a corner stone of the gothic
horror genre. A compelling novella telling the tale of one man’s struggles to fight human nature’s
violent impulses as well as being a great study on the psychology behind public and private
personas. Of course there have been dozens of interpretations across all the major mediums; tv,
film, stage and even a small handful of video game adaptations. I’ve always been partial to John
Barrymore’s silent film adaption from 1920 and I was introduced to the story by seeing a local drama
society perform a stage adaptation, but I only read the novel relatively recently. Dr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde is one of those stories we are just born knowing due to its wide-spread integration into
cultures across the globe.
Casting news for ‘The Crown’ season 6
Following the news that Netflix royal drama ‘The Crown’ has been renewed for a sixth and final and is returning to our screens in November this year (having been away from our screens since November 2020 due to covid-related production delays) we have some more casting news for the sixth season. The show has cast two actors to play the young Prince William and the actress who will portray William’s future wife Kate Middleton in season 6 of the Netflix drama about the British royal family. Rufus Kampa and Ed McVey are set to portray the prince at different ages, while Meg Bellamy has been cast as the future Duchess of Cambridge.
Rufus Kampa will play William from the age of 15, while Ed McVey will portray him during his late teenage years into his 20.
Kampa’s episodes will detail how the royal family dealt with the 1997 death of Williams’ mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. McVey will portray William as he courts Bellamy’s Kate after the pair meet in 2001 while studying at Scotland’s University of St Andrews. Kampa made his professional West End stage debut in June 2019, playing the lead role of Adrian in Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 3/4 – The Musical. McVey has appeared on stage at the Old Vic and at Hammersmith Riverside Studios.
The show will mark all three actors’ professional screen debuts. Kampa and Bellamy were both discovered from self-submitted audition tapes following a casting call on social media.
The Crown is a historical drama web television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The first season covers the period from Queen Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh’s marriage in 1947 to the disintegration of her sister Princess Margaret’s engagement to Group Captain Peter Townsend in 1955. The second season covers the period from the Suez Crisis in 1956 to the retirement of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963 and the birth of Prince Edward in 1964. The third season spans the period between 1964 and 1977, including Harold Wilson’s two periods as prime minister, and introduces Camilla Shand. The fourth will include Margaret Thatcher’s premiership and introduce Lady Diana Spencer. The fifth and sixth seasons (which will be the series’ final season) will cover the Queen’s reign into the 21st century.
Season 5 of The Crown will premiere on Netflix in November, with Imelda Staunton taking over the role of Queen Elizabeth II from Olivia Colman. The cast also includes Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Dominic West as the Prince of Wales, Jonathan Pryce as the Duke of Edinburgh, and Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret.
The Crown to get sixth and final season at Netflix
Order The Crown series 1 & 2 and pre-order series 3 now.
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