Former EastEnders star Sam Strike will play the lead role in the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel currently titled ‘Leatherface’. Continue reading
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New ‘Alien’ movie confirmed
Written By Lewis Mainwaring
A new Alien movie is officially in development.
Neill Blomkamp is to direct the film, with Ridley Scott on board as producer.
“So I think this is officially my next film,” Blomkamp wrote on his Instagram account on Wednesday night (February 18).
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Spider-Man to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Written by Lewis Mainwaring
Spider-Man is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe under a new deal between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marvel Studios.
This new deal between both studios will allow Spider-Man to appear alongside Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and others in future films.
The character will appear in a currently unspecified Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. Marvel’s Kevin Feige will produce the next Spider-Man with Amy Pascal, due to hit cinemas on July 28, 2017.
Big Finish Presents: UNIT – Extinction
Written by Lewis Mainwaring
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inish have done it again and announced that Kate Stewart and her UNIT team from the Doctor Who TV series will be starring in a brand new series of audio dramas.
This comes after Big Finish secured a new licensing deal with BBC Worldwide.
Kate is the daughter of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, and Head of Scientific Research at the Unified Intelligence Taskforce which investigates and confronts alien attacks on the planet Earth. The role is portrayed by Jemma Redgrave on television; and returns for the audio series.
“We’re thrilled that Jemma is on board for our brand new UNIT adventures,” says series producer David Richardson, “and we feel privileged to work within the universe of New Series Doctor Who for the first time. UNIT: Extinction will showcase all the excitement, drama and wit that viewers of Doctor Who love.” Continue reading
Better Call Saul – Online Comic
Written by Lewis Mainwaring
AMC has launched an online Better Call Saul comic.
Titled ‘Client Development’ spins out of Breaking Bad season 2 episode ‘Better Call Saul‘, and deals with Saul Goodman’s initial investigations into Walt and Jesse.
The artist (Steve Ellis)- is collaborating with writers Jenn Carroll and Gordon Smith and colourist Jon Haeffner.
Better Call Saul – debuts next week as a Netflix Original – is initially set six years before the events of its sister show.
Check out the comic on the AMC website here
Big Finish presents: Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure
Written by Lewis Mainwaring
September 2015 sees the release of a very special story from Big Finish, as Doctor Who – The Sixth 
Doctor: The Last Adventure at last provides a heroic exit for Colin Baker’s much-loved Time Lord.
Something very extra special is coming for fans of the Sixth Doctor at Big Finish, with the September release of Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure. Continue reading
Review: Chastity Bites – Horror/Black Comedy
Written by Ben Gummery & Lewis Mainwaring
Chastity Bites is a 2013 black comedy/teen horror film written by Lotti Pharriss Knowles and directed by John V. Knowles. (See our interview with John here)
Notorious serial killer Elizabeth Bathory (Louise Griffiths) believed that bathing in virgin blood would keep her young and beautiful forever. Still alive in present day America she’s found a perfect hunting ground promoting celibacy in the young girls at San Griento High School under the banner of the V.A.G. society.
Interview: Daphne Ashbrook
Written by Lewis Mainwaring
Daphne Ashbrook is known for both her comic timing and deeply complex emotional portrayals on both the big and small screen. One of her best known roles (and my personal favourite) is that of Dr Grace Holloway in the Doctor Who TV Movie (1996). We recently caught up with her for an interview about her life both on and off screen.
“I love, love, love getting lost in a character’s reality. Quite fun leaving my own boring life at the door. Ha!”
Breaking News: Kyle MacLachlan confirmed for Twin Peaks return
Written by Lewis Mainwaring
Twin Peaks co-creator David Lynch has confirmed that Kyle MacLachlan will return for the revived third season in 2016.
MacLachlan hinted (back in October) that he would be reprising his role as FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper shortly after Lynch and Mark Frost announced that they will revive the show in 2016.
Lynch offered confirmation of MacLachlan’s involvement in the new season on twitter today (12th January).
Review: Before I Go To Sleep (2014) – Out now on DVD & BluRay
Pre-release review thanks to distributor StudioCanal.
Based on the best-selling novel by S.J. Watson. The film rights were initially acquired by Ridley Scott; who then brought Rowan Joffé on board as Director (he also wrote the screenplay).
Before I Go To Sleep tells the story of Christine (Nicole Kidman); who suffers from anterograde amnesia and wakes every day with no knowledge of her surroundings and how she came to be the way she is. She goes through life haunted by a past she can’t recall and a present she cannot fathom.
She lives with husband Ben (Colin Firth) who helps her to deal with her condition but we discover she has also been secretly seeing Dr. Nasch (Mark Strong) who is helping her to recover her memory through a video log. With his help she begins to piece together the pieces of her life; sometimes contrary to what she has been told. Continue reading
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