Jan 18, 2006
Good news for anyone patiently waiting on the paperback release of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. US publisher Scholastic and Canadian publisher Raincoast Books will both release a paperback version of the most recent Harry Potter book on the same day.
July 25th 2006 is the day you’re waiting for. The initial print run for the paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be…
Jan 17, 2006
It seems that the Doctor Who spin off series Torchwood which will star John Barrowman in his role as Captain Jack Harkness has already run into some problems. Filming on Torchwood was planned to begin this January, but has been delayed.
Production is now expected to commence in the summer of 2006, most likely in either June or July but no firm date has been announced. If that wasn’t enough of…
Jan 16, 2006
If, like me, you are or were a huge fan of the Babylon 5 science fiction series produced by J. Michael Straczynski then you might be interested to know about a new fan produced podcast that will focus on all things Babylon 5. If you ready my Top Ten Sci Fi Shows series of posts, you’ll know that I rate Babylon 5 very highly indeed so hearing about this immediately…
Jan 16, 2006
It looks as though the WB have found their Aquaman. Will Toale, a 28 year old newcomer has been picked to star in the new series Aquaman which is being created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville) according to a report in Variety.
Toale has previously worked as a model and had a supporting role in A Streetcar Named Desire alongside Natasha Richardson and John C. Reilly at the Roundabout…
Jan 15, 2006
The SciFi Channel has a new mini-series that it will air in March 2006. SciFi has had a remarkably high success rate with their original mini-series. Considerably more so than it has had with its other original movies or series. Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King is a four hour fantasy adventure that will air in two parts on March 27th and 28th 2006 at 9pm.
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King stars…
Jan 13, 2006
I’ve been giving myself a short break from posting recently but this piece of news is too big to ignore. Thanks to Andrew Oakley for sending me word of the announcement which has spread all over the web now. For months we’ve been waiting for word of a US broadcaster for the new series of Doctor Who.
And finally we have an announcement. The SciFi Channel have picked up first-run rights…
Jan 7, 2006
As part of their plans for an online video marketplace, Google have announced a deal with CBS that will include the Paramount shows Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. The Star Trek series will be made available as part of Google Video which is a platform to enable the publishing of video over the internet.
The deal with CBS will include other series like CSI and Survivor. CBS…
Jan 6, 2006
At least according to reports circulating in Variety amongst other places. It seems that 20th Century Fox is having discussions about the possibility of getting Futurama back into production for a limited number of episodes.
Emmy award winning Futurama finished its original Fox network run on August 2003 and since then has found a second life via DVD releases and the highly-rated Cartoon Network airings of the show. Comedy Central has…
