As far as sub-genres of sci-fi cinema are concerned, romance is one that doesn’t get nearly enough screen time, which is why we’re already gasping to see the upcoming sci-fi love film The Way Between. We’re suddenly even more pumped now that a director has finally been announced: Kyra Sedgwick will be helming the film from a
Month: September 2018
Something’s lurking at the edge of the frontier in horror Western The Wind By Elena Lazic 14-09-18 82 Certificate: TBC Director: Emma Tammi Writer: Teresa Sutherland Cast: Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Miles Anderson, Dylan McTee Distributor: TBA Women have typically been confined to background action in the western, this most masculine of
Click here to see full size. We’re finally catching the first whiffs of Channel Zero Season 4, subtitled The Dream Door, with the initial blast coming in the form of a fairly creepy new poster, above. The second blast is the release date reveal: the show is set to return to Syfy on 26 October in the US. As
We were all very disappointed here at SciFiNow when Bryan Fuller and Michael Green left American Gods after its stellar first season over budget disputes, but we resolved to make the best of it and wait and see what was in store for Shadow, Mr Wednesday and company in Season Two. However, a new report
We’re all living in the aliens’ world in the creepy first teaser for Rupert Wyatt’s Captive State By Jonathan Hatfull 13-09-18 2,364 We’ve finally got our first look at the next SF from Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes director Rupert Wyatt, and Captive State is looking like a highly intriguing proposition. The
Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina was created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and is being developed for Netflix by Warner Bros Television and Berlanti Productions. Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Bertlani, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater and Lee Toland Krieger are all serving as executive producers. The series stars Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) as Sabrina Spellman, Michelle Gomez (Doctor Who) as Mary Wardell, Sabrina’s favourite
Click here to tell full size. Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina was created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and is being developed for Netflix by Warner Bros Television and Berlanti Productions. Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Bertlani, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater and Lee Toland Krieger are all serving as executive producers. The series stars Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) as Sabrina Spellman, Michelle Gomez (Doctor
The new poster for JJ Abram-produced horror Overlord spills some blood By Poppy-Jay Palmer 13-09-18 8,060 Click here to see full size. Overlord stars Wyatt Russell, Jovan Adepo, Bokeem Woodbine, Pilou Asbaek, Iain De Caestecker, Jacob Anderson and Hélène Cardona. The film was written by Billy Ray and Mark L Smith and is directed by Julius
Upcoming CBS Films and eOne horror Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark has added a handful of new cast members, according to Deadline, Boarding the project are Dean Norris (Breaking Bad), Gil Bellows (The Shawshank Redemption) and Lorraine Toussaint (Orange Is The New Black). Each actor’s character is currently being kept under wraps. The three join a
Peruse these beautiful new character posters for The Nutcracker And The Four Realms By Poppy-Jay Palmer 13-09-18 10,868 You can read the full synopsis for the film here: All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A
Beloved video game Alan Wake is getting a TV show By Jonathan Hatfull 12-09-18 791 The intriguing, disorienting, creepy and extremely awesome videogame Alan Wake is coming to TV. Variety reports that Legion, Cloak & Dagger and Under The Dome veteran Peter Calloway is adapting the 2010 game, written mostly by Sam Lake, into a live-action
While rumours continue to swirl around Ben Affleck about whether he’ll ever play Batman again, a new report suggests that his DCU castmate Henry Cavill could also be on the way out. THR reports that Warner Bros and the Man Of Steel star are “parting ways” following a failure to work a Shazam! cameo into
Here’s the gorgeous cover for Tade Thompson’s new novel The Rosewater Insurrection By Poppy-Jay Palmer 12-09-18 52 The second volume in a vibrant and compellingly told trilogy by one of science fiction’s most engaging new voices – perfect for fans of N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season, Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice and Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach trilogy. The year
Candyman is one of the greatest modern horror films, and it only gets better with age. Over the year’s, the reputation of Bernard Rose’s socially conscious urban legend chiller has grown and grown, and Tony Todd’s performance in the title role is iconic. The social commentary hasn’t dated, the scares haven’t lessened, and that soundtrack
She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power was developed by Noelle Stevenson and produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. It’s a reboot of the 1985 Filmation series She-Ra: Princess Of Power. The story follows the young orphan Adora of Planet Etheria, who turns into the Princess of Power, She-Ra, after finding a magic sword. She is guided
After premiering to terrified audiences at the Liverpool Playhouse, Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s horror stage play Ghost Stories was quickly ushered to the Lyric Hammersmith in London in the summer of 2010. With its popularity rapidly spreading to international theatres, it’s unsurprising that Nyman and Dyson started to receive calls from several American studios wanting to
Some of Nickelodeon’s spookiest Are You Afraid Of The Dark? episodes have been haunting 90’s kids well into adulthood, which is why we’ve been excitedly rubbing our hands for Paramounts upcoming horror film of the same name. However, with the film we can expect something a little different. In an interview with Slash Film, writer Gary Dauberman
The House With A Clock In Its walls is still ticking in this new IMAX art poster By Poppy-Jay Palmer 10-09-18 6,035 Click here to see full size. You can read the synopsis for The House With A Clock In Its Walls here: In the tradition of Amblin classics where fantastical events occur in the most unexpected
That director David Gordon Green, together with screenwriters Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, opted not to try and outdo the original Halloween was probably a smart decision. Who would even dare do such a thing? An entirely original, completely new take on the story would have been a risky gamble, and bound to disappoint some,
Two young women venture out into the post-apocalypse in Carolina Hellsgård’s zombie movie Ever After By Elena Lazic 09-09-18 482 Released: TBC Certificate: TBC Director: Carolina Hellsgård Writer: Olivia Vieweg Cast: Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Maja Lehrer, Trine Dyrholm Distributor: TBC Because the concept of a post-apocalyptic zombie world lends itself so well to studies of
The Jim Henson Company has optioned The Witchlands books, written by best-selling author Susan Dennard, to be developed as a live-action television series. The surprise announcement was made today by Halle Stanford, President of Television for The Jim Henson Company at a Dragon Con panel led by Dennard and Stanford entitled Two Misfits Who Dream:
Gillian Jacobs has joined the cast of Jacob Chase’s horror Larry By Poppy-Jay Palmer 07-09-18 1,710 Jacob Chase’s upcoming horror-thriller Larry has found a star in Gillian Jacobs (Love, Community), reports THR. Child actor Azhy Robertson (Juliet, Naked, The Americans) is also starring alongside her. The film is set to be a two-hander in the vein of Bruce
Shane Black has spoken about how he and co-writer Fred Dekker had “a large appetite” when it came to what they wanted to with this next chapter in the Predator universe, and boy, he wasn’t kidding. The Predator feels like a haphazardly assembled and overflowing buffet plate, and how much you enjoy it will depend
My Dogs I love dogs. It feels like I’ve been around them all of my life. I grew up in a family with dogs around, and so did my wife, Caroline, so it’s the most natural thing in the world for us to have them as part of our family. Family has played a large
Get a load of these new images for The Walking Dead Season 9 By Poppy-Jay Palmer 06-09-18 182 As always, The Walking Dead is really going all out with its new season. Check out the very dramatic and tastefully lit Season 9 character images in the gallery above. Season 9 is set to be Rick Grimes’ (Andrew
Check out this gorgeous new Dolby Cinema art poster for The Predator By Poppy-Jay Palmer 06-09-18 2,763 Click here to see full size. You can read the synopsis for The Predator here: From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the
This new Dolby art poster for The Nun is wonderfully creepy By Poppy-Jay Palmer 06-09-18 7,479 Click here to see full size. Here’s the synopsis for The Nun: When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent
There are lots of reasons to love The Conjuring movies, from the detailed 1970s costumes and powerful performances to the artful way James Wan plays out a jump scare. But the best thing about them is how aware they are that great horror movies don’t just frighten you; they can make you smile, make you
The Swamp Thing series’ pilot has found a director: Sleepy Hollow‘s Len Wiseman is now on board to helm the first episode. Swang Thing is the latest drama series from the DC Universe, hailing from James Wan’s Atomic Monster production company and Warner Bros television. It is set to premiere on the DC Universe digital subscription service sometime
Get to know the team with this exclusive new The Predator video By Poppy-Jay Palmer 05-09-18 426 Read the synopsis for The Predator here: From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are