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2009 | 2008
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BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons
20 December 2009 10:29 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
Though I still haven't forgiven the great Dr. Abraham Van Helsing for allowing that awful movie with Hugh Jackman to be made about him -- or for not showing up and killing the entire cast of the Twilight -- I'm excited to catch his descendants on the new British import, Demons.
A new horror series from the writers of past British hits Hex and Merlin, Demons features Philip Glenister (Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes) as cold, stern American Rupert Galvin. The yank must recruit the last descendant of Van Helsing to join forces with him commit to life battling monsters -- before those monsters kill him.
Demons unveils a world just out of humans' sight -- full of vampires and other inhumans. (Insert joke about politicians here.) Luke Rutherford (Christian Cooke) is the "everykid" teenager forced to come to terms with the harsh reality that he's the direct descendant of the vampire-hunting Van Helsing. »
- John Scott Lewinski
What Price Victory: An Advance Review of BBC America's "Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars"
18 December 2009 8:27 AM, PST | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »
"Water always wins." Those words are uttered by the Doctor (David Tennant) about a certain water-based entity stalking the crew of Bowie Base One, the groundbreaking Mars colony currently inhabited by a group of Earth scientists. Certainly then, the Doctor and the residents of Bowie Base One (and, yes, that's a direct reference to "Life on Mars" singer David Bowie) are at a bit of a disadvantage. How do you fight something that's persistent, deadly, and can wait forever, wearing down everything around it? How do you battle the eternal? In his journeys through time and space, The Doctor has squared off against some pretty tough adversaries but perhaps none quite so dangerous as the one he faces in the latest Doctor Who special, the darkly compelling Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars, written by Russell T. Davies and Phil Ford and directed by Graeme Harper. That's because the »
- Jace
Exclusive images and details from David Tennant's final Doctor Who story
17 December 2009 2:13 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
It's the beginning of the end for the Doctor and we have the details and pictures.
David Tennant will very soon bow out of his popular role as Doctor Who in two-part story The End of Time, with Matt Smith taking over the controls of the Tardis.
We have some new teaser images and details from the the first part of the tearjerking tale, which will be broadcast on Christmas Day. As they could be classed as spoilers, you'll have to click to the second page.
The publicity image for The End of Time featured above is of David Tennant with Bernard Cribbins as Wilf Mott and John Simm as The Master.
Click continue reading to see the other images...
In the images below from the Christmas Day special, the Time Lord's psychotic nemesis The Master is bound and gagged and under armed guard - but his smug grin suggests evil plans are being hatched. »
- David Bentley
New time-travel drama Murmurs planned by CBS
15 December 2009 9:13 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Time Travel is a staple of sci-fi on the big and small screen.
It has been the driving force behind numerous TV series over the decades including The Time Tunnel, Voyagers! and Quantum Leap as well as Sapphire & Steel, Doctor Who, Life on Mars, Primeval, Ashes to Ashes and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
If all that's not enough temporal tampering for you, American TV network CBS is developing a time-travel drama called Murmurs. It will be written by Jason Smilovic and produced by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, says The Hollywood Reporter.
In a premise reminiscent of Voyagers! (pictured), which aired from 1982-83, Murmurs is "set in a world where time travel is a reality and centers on the Commission, an agency that detects and corrects alterations in time called murmurs, ensuring that history remains unchanged."
Smilovic broke into Hollywood with his script for Lucky Number Slevin and has since written four TV projects, »
- David Bentley
Sneak Peek: ABC's Happy Town
15 December 2009 5:03 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
We told you earlier this year about the new ABC mystery series Happy Town. It's from the people who did Life on Mars and is about weird happenings in a small town. Ok, that doesn't describe much, but from the extended preview below, it looks like it has a lot of Twin Peaks and a little Harper's Island. It has a good cast, including Sam Neill, Steven Weber, Amy Acker, Geoff Stults, and Abraham Benrubi.
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- Bob Sassone
John Simm to star in 'Hamlet' next year
11 December 2009 12:25 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
John Simm is to star as Hamlet in a new production of the Shakespearean play. The actor, best known for TV dramas Life On Mars and State of Play, is following in the footsteps of David Tennant and Jude Law as the latest actor to play the Danish prince. The production will premiere at the Sheffield Crucible in September 2010, following a £15.3m redevelopment of the theatre. Daniel Evans, the venue's artistic director, told the BBC that it was "very exciting" to have Simm on board. "When a major actor (more) »
- By Oli Simpson
"Ashes" Explains "Life On Mars" End
9 December 2009 8:18 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
The upcoming third and final season of "Ashes To Ashes" will also explain the ending to its predecessor, the original two-season long UK "Life On Mars" reports Digital Spy.
Co-creator Matthew Graham says "Series three unifies 'Life On Mars' and 'Ashes To Ashes' and makes them one show. By the time you get halfway through series three of 'Ashes To Ashes', you will actually feel like you're watching series five of 'Life On Mars'."
Which begs the question, will any of the other characters from 'Mars' pop-up in 'Ashes' such as Sam Tyler (John Simm) or Annie Cartwright (Liz White). Graham says yes but won't go into specifics - "You can expect Life On Mars to be bleeding in to Ashes To Ashes. I think that's a better way to explain it."
Spoilers Ahead
Both series have had their contemporary lead characters put into »
- Garth Franklin
"Ashes" Explains "Life On Mars" End
9 December 2009 8:18 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
The upcoming third and final season of "Ashes To Ashes" will also explain the ending to its predecessor, the original two-season long UK "Life On Mars" reports Digital Spy.
Co-creator Matthew Graham says "Series three unifies 'Life On Mars' and 'Ashes To Ashes' and makes them one show. By the time you get halfway through series three of 'Ashes To Ashes', you will actually feel like you're watching series five of 'Life On Mars'."
Which begs the question, will any of the other characters from 'Mars' pop-up in 'Ashes' such as Sam Tyler (John Simm) or Annie Cartwright (Liz White). Graham says yes but won't go into specifics - "You can expect Life On Mars to be bleeding in to Ashes To Ashes. I think that's a better way to explain it."
Spoilers Ahead
Both series have had their contemporary lead characters put into »
- Garth Franklin
'Ashes' finale will explain 'Life On Mars'
9 December 2009 12:08 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
The last ever episode of Ashes To Ashes will also explain the ending to Life On Mars, co-creator Matthew Graham has promised. The final episode of the predecessor series, which aired in 2007, had an ending that saw John Simm's character apparently commit suicide in the present day, only to subsequently return to his coma-induced '70s life. The ambiguity of the storyline - as well as the questions raised in its sequel show - will all be resolved by the end of the upcoming third series of Ashes. "The idea is to unify the two shows," Graham told Digital Spy. "Series three unifies Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes and makes them one show. By the time you get (more) »
- By Neil Wilkes
'Demons' Invade BBC America
8 December 2009 1:47 PM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Our friends at BBC America just let us know that, on January 2, 2010, they'll be bringing a new kind of vampire show to the small screen. Demons is a return to classic, monstrous vampires (as opposed to the current trend of romantic vamps). Christian Cooke (Doctor Who) plays Luke, a teenager whose life is interrupted by the arrival of an old family friend, Rupert (played by Philip Glenister, Life on Mars). Rupert reveals that Luke is the great-great grandson of vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing and must carry on the "family business." Sound familiar? Well, it worked for Joss Whedon. And like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Demons isn't just about vampires. Luke will »
News Shorts: December 7th 2009
7 December 2009 9:29 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Posters for Buried, Iron Man 2, Kick Ass, Chloe, Solomon Kane, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Death at a Funeral, Rec 2.
A review/break down of the script for the Red Dawn remake.
The final runtime of "Avatar" clocks in at 161 minutes. While a secret Hollywood Foreign Press Association screening took place the other day, the UK premiere and several international press screenings in a few days time mean that critical reviews will hit the Net in force on Friday and over the weekend.
"Peter Jackson says the talk of "The Hobbit" delays are just that - talk. Both scripts are to be delivered just after Christmas, and then "we’ll be shooting as soon as we possibly can, but you need a certain amount of time to finish the pre-production". He also expects the December 2011 release plan remains unchanged..." (full details)
"Robert Duvall says that director Terry Gilliam »
- Garth Franklin
News Shorts: December 7th 2009
7 December 2009 9:29 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Posters for Buried, Iron Man 2, Kick Ass, Chloe, Solomon Kane, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Death at a Funeral, Rec 2.
A review/break down of the script for the Red Dawn remake.
The final runtime of "Avatar" clocks in at 161 minutes. While a secret Hollywood Foreign Press Association screening took place the other day, the UK premiere and several international press screenings in a few days time mean that critical reviews will hit the Net in force on Friday and over the weekend.
"Peter Jackson says the talk of "The Hobbit" delays are just that - talk. Both scripts are to be delivered just after Christmas, and then "we’ll be shooting as soon as we possibly can, but you need a certain amount of time to finish the pre-production". He also expects the December 2011 release plan remains unchanged..." (full details)
"Robert Duvall says that director Terry Gilliam »
- Garth Franklin
David Tennant's Final 'Doctor Who' Episodes to Air on BBC America
3 December 2009 11:50 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
BBC America has announced that the U.S. premiere of David Tennant's final special as the Tenth Doctor. Doctor Who: The End of Time, Part Two, premieres January 2, one week after Part One, on BBC America. The finale to the era of David Tennant is one of the most eagerly anticipated adventures in the history of Doctor Who. Guest stars include John Simm (Life on Mars) as the Master, Timothy Dalton, Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins. »
U.S. Air Date Set for David Tennant’s Final ‘Dr. Who’ Special
3 December 2009 2:00 PM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Those who are fans of the British Sci-Fi series Doctor Who know that heartbreak lies ahead. David Tennant, the beloved actor who has taken up the titular mantle as the Tenth Doctor since 2005, will be leaving the show and handing off his Tardis to newcomer Matt Smith. We’re now receiving word that BBC America will be airing the upcoming episodes mere days after it’s initial broadcast in the UK.
According to BBC America’s press release, they are running the final Tennant episode even sooner that originally anticipated.
BBC America today announced the U.S. premiere of David Tennant’s final special as the Tenth Doctor. Doctor Who: The End of Time, Part Two, premieres January 2, one week after Part One, on BBC America. The finale to the era of David Tennant is one of the most eagerly anticipated adventures in the history of Doctor Who. Guest »
- Sebastian Suchecki
'Mad Men' And 'Doctor Who' Actors Among 'Unthinkable' Creator's Picks For Adaptation
2 December 2009 5:31 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Last month, it was announced that Mandalay Pictures had picked up the film rights to Mark Sable’s “Unthinkable.” And while the premise of “Unthinkable” — a successful spy novelist recruited for a Post-9/11 government think tank discovers that his disaster scenarios are being used for new terror attacks — is well suited for a feature film, the project owes its origins to a prior deal between Sable and Mandalay regarding the rights to his Image comic, “Hazed.”
“At the [San Diego Comic-Con], I had a meeting with them about ‘Hazed’,” Sable explained to MTV News. “When they asked me what else I was working on, I gave them a copy of ‘Unthinkable.’ We were lucky enough to have a lot of interest from several different production companies. But Mandalay was the most interested and they stepped up to literally put their money where there mouth is. And I’m really excited about it.”
Sable »
- Blair Marnell
BBC America Announces January Plans: "The Inbetweeners," "Last Restaurant Standing," "Demons," "Top Gear"
1 December 2009 3:31 PM, PST | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »
BBC America has today announced their scheduling plans for January 2010, unveiling new programming additions and the return of several series to the lineup. (Sadly, still no mention of Season Two of Ashes to Ashes, however.) The digital cabler has announced launch dates for comedy The Inbetweeners, drama Demons, and unscripted competition series Last Restaurant Standing, as well as the launch of Season Thirteen of Top Gear. Having seen the first two seasons of comedy The Inbetweeners, from creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, I can tell you that you'll likely be bowled over as much as I was by this raucous teen comedy when it finally premieres Stateside on Monday, January 25th at 9 pm Et/Pt. Two back-to-back episodes will air in its initial outing before it relocates to its regular timeslot on Wednesday evenings. (You can read my advance review of the first two seasons of The Inbetweeners here. »
- Jace
DVD Review: ‘Life on Mars: Series 2’ One of the Best of the Decade
1 December 2009 10:19 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The concluding eight episodes of the great “Life on Mars” have now been collected by Acorn Media, making a two-box set (“Series 1” was released earlier this year) that is a must-own for fans of British television. Perhaps the biggest failing of the recent ABC remake of the show is that it may have sullied the reputation of the original. Even though I believe it was better than given credit, forget the remake and don’t let its rating failure dissuade you from seeing where it all began.
DVD Rating: 5.0/5.0
“Life on Mars” aired on BBC in 2006 and 2007, winning two International Emmys for best drama series and a BAFTA. The show already produced a spin-off (the great “Ashes to Ashes”) and a remake. Innovative, action-packed, continuously clever, and incredibly well-acted, “Life on Mars” plays like a feature film stretched out over sixteen episodes.
Life on Mars: Series 2 was released on DVD on November 24th, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
This Week on DVD: Funny People, Angels & Demons, Gomorrah
24 November 2009 9:48 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Tom Hanks is back as the almighty all-knowing symbologist Robert Langdon this week as Ron Howard's Angels & Demons hits DVD and Blu-ray, along with Judd Apatow's underperforming Funny People and the Robert Rodriguez family adventure flick Shorts. Also this week, Criterion releases the acclaimed mafia film Gomorrah, Uwe Boll's Far Cry video game adaptation goes direct to DVD, and Spike Lee's Kobe Bryant doc Kobe: Doin' Work finally hits stores. On Blu-ray we have Fred Dekker's The Monster Squad, Jackie Chan's New Police Story, and the first season of The Sopranos. What will you be renting or buying this week? Angels & Demons [1] (DVD, Blu-ray [2]) Four Christmases [3] (DVD, Blu-ray [4]) Funny People [5] (DVD, Blu-ray [6]) Shorts [7] (DVD, Blu-ray [8]) Gomorrah: Criterion Collection [9] (DVD, Blu-ray [10]) The Golden Age of Television: Criterion Collection [11] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [12] Far Cry [13] Three Monkeys [14] Santa Buddies [15] (DVD, Blu-ray [16]) Taking Chances [17] National »
- Sean
TV on DVD: "Life on Mars: Series 2"
24 November 2009 7:59 AM, PST | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »
Time to go down the yellow brick road again. Yes, Stateside Life on Mars fans, that day has finally arrived as Acorn Media today releases the complete second season of the original UK drama series Life on Mars on DVD. Forget about the lackluster (and mercifully short-lived) American version and travel back to the 1970s with the original UK Life on Mars, which has only deepened and grown more mysterious and provocative after its abrupt conclusion in 2007. Not up to speed on the franchise? Created by Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan, and Ashley Pharoah, Life on Mars is an alternately trippy and gritty crime drama series that follows the adventures of Detective Inspector Sam Tyler (John Simm), a grimly determined investigator in present-day Manchester who is seemingly thrown backwards in time. While in pursuit of the serial killer that abducted his girlfriend, Sam is struck by a car and finds himself mysteriously in 1973 Manchester, »
- Jace
Are Webisodes the Future of TV? ‘Girl Number 9′ Thinks So
23 November 2009 8:13 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
I’ve got a new addiction and it comes in the form of made-for-Web shows. The last one Screen Rant brought to you was Broken Toy by Forewarned Films and before that we introduced you to Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Now we want to introduce you to a great 6-episode crime-thriller from writer James Moran.
A lot of you may not have heard of James Moran but you may have seen his work on shows like Doctor Who, Torchwood, Crusoe and the great under-rated horror/comedy/thriller, Severance. Moran has now moved from writing scripts to directing short films and started with the enjoyably creepy Girl Number 9. Each episode is about 5 minutes, but the script and acting feel like a 45-minute network show. It leaves you wanting to watch the next, wanting to see how it ends and asking the question “Can You Save Her? »
- Paul Young
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