For those who can recall how close we came in the late 1990s to television series perfection with Chris Carter's Millennium, recent news of a forthcoming movie based on the series was probably greeted ...
It's been a week or so since a settlement was reached over the disputed share of profits earned by New Line's Lord of the Rings movies. The lawsuit was filed in February last year by the Tolkien Trust ...
James Norcliffe’s new novel The Loblolly Boy is a magical, curious and thought provoking story for children about a young boy’s wish to flee the harsh reality of life in a home for abandoned children and ...
It appears that the movie formerly known as Nottingham will not be the only retelling of the Robin Hood legend making its way to our screens in months to come. With filming of Ridley Scott’s (once but ...
In what could be interpreted as an act of atonement for its first attempt at adapting Philip José Farmer’s Riverworld novels for the small screen, the Sci Fi Channel has announced that it is producing ...
New Line founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are developing an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's 1951 novel Foundation, the first in Asimov’s classic space opera saga. According to the Hollywood Reporter, ...
Rumour and speculation about who will be cast in Guillermo del Toro’s two Hobbit movies are like fog on the Barrow Downs, dense but insubstantial! A lot has been said, with very little if anything officially ...
... in hype the refore leads to greater disappointment. Long experience has proven the truth of this. That is until The Dark Knight came along and blew that seemingly invariant truth out of the water! Chris ...
... for the ride!
Amongst reviewers the weight of opinion is that Hancock begins with promise but suffers from a flimsy narrative and poor execution. Audiences have flocked to see it anyway, which is no ...
For those who weren’t aware, William Gibson’s seminal work of Cyberpunk, Neuromancer, is being filmed. This is great news!
Except, of course, it’s neithe r news nor, when you weigh up the facts, is it ...
After 25 years since its original release, a definitive version of Ridley Scott's science fiction masterwork Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, has arrived.
So what exactly has changed? And is ...
Hugo and Nebula awards are presented annually for achievements in science fiction and fantasy literature.
The Hugo award, named in honour of one of the founders of magazine science fiction in the US, ...
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Children of Hurin is a dark and tragic story. A tale of faerie it might be, but this is certainly no fairy tale! Too grim to be enchanting, it does however enthrall with horrific ...
Walden Media, the studio that gave us The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, brings anothe r fantasy series to the big screen this October with The Dark is Rising .
Susan Cooper’s ...