Month: September 2019

As Gideon The Ninth takes the book world by storm, author Tamsyn Muir talks exclusively to SciFiNow about our love of swords, and the heroes and dickheads that wield them… The sword is humanity’s favourite weapon, and sword-fighters tend to be some of our favourite characters. Excalibur, the legendary sword of King Arthur, has some claim
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Following the release of her new novel, dystopian political sci-fi VOX, we talk with author Christina Dalcher about her influences, her characters and more… Your protagonist Jean is in many ways quite a relatable one – she never took a huge interest in politics until it was too late, and often throughout VOX it feels like
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These Terminator: Dark Fate new character posters aren’t messing around By Poppy-Jay Palmer 11-09-19 2,710 The cast of Terminator: Dark Fate assemble in these brand new character posters, and they’re not here to mess around. Here’s the synopsis for the film: Linda Hamilton (“Sarah Connor”) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (“T-800”) return in their iconic roles in Terminator: Dark
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Hailee Steinfeld is in talks to play Kate Bishop in Marvel’s Hawkeye By Poppy-Jay Palmer 10-09-19 834 Following the news that Mad Men scribe Jonathan Igla has joined Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series Hawkeye as a writer and executive producer, the show might have also found its Kate Bishop. According to Variety, Bumblebee star Hailee Steinfeld is currently in talks for
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Ari Aster’s Midsommar Director’s Cut is worth the indulgence By Sarah Lines 09-09-19 4,537 Released: Out now Certificate: 18 Director: Ari Aster Cast: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter Distributor: Entertainment Film If you like this, try… The Ruins In another sun-soaked nightmare, a group of friends finds an ancient
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Disney+ series Hawkeye has found a writer and executive producer By Poppy-Jay Palmer 09-09-19 707 Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series Hawkeye has found its writer and executive producer in the form of Jonathan Igla, according to THR. Igla is best known for serving as a writer and executive story editor on AMC’s hit series Mad Men. His other
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Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) goes back to where it all started in this freaky new trailer for Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep. Check it out…  Here’s the synopsis for Doctor Sleep: Doctor Sleep continues the story of Danny Torrance, 40 years after his terrifying stay at the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson and newcomer Kyliegh
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Just a few weeks after premiering its first season on Amazon Video, The Boys is already putting its Season 2 cast together. According to Deadline, the latest additions are Timeless stars Goran Visnjic and Claudia Doumit, both of whom have signed up for recurring roles. A note for people who are unfamiliar with the time travel series, Timeless was created
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Margaret Atwood’s upcoming The Handmaid’s Tale follow-up novel The Testaments hasn’t hit shelves yet, but there’s already a TV adaptation of it in the works, according to Deadline. MGM Television and Hulu are developing the project, and are in talks with The Handmaid’s Tale showrunner Bruce Miller about how best to incorporate the story into an extension of the show. MGM’s
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The biggest challenge of splitting Stephen King’s leviathan of a novel into two films was always going to be the adults, the grown-up Losers who return to Derry 27 years later to finish what they started. It’s one thing to sell the idea of a monstrous clown hunting children, it’s quite another to conjure that
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It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Terrance Dicks, fondly known to many Doctor Who fans as ‘Uncle Terry’. A prolific writer, who wrote hundreds of books and worked extensively in television both genre and mainstream, he was best known and loved for his work on Doctor Who, first as
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No one can remember their lives as they wake up on Netflix’s The I-Land in this new trailer By Poppy-Jay Palmer 02-09-19 4,041 Netflix’s latest sci-fi series The I-Land looks like a bargain bin Lost-meets-The Hunger Games rip-off in its first trailer…  It might be good though. Everyone loves a CG shark. Here’s the synopsis for the
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