
Sophomore outing struggles a bit domestically in the box office
by MICHAEL HINMAN
May-19-2013 - No Comments
The only place where Doctors, Daleks and fans can co-exist
If you’d told me a year ago, no, even six months ago, no, even four months ago, that I’d be going 3,000 miles to a Doctor Who convention, I’d have thought you mad. When Teri Sears, a long time Whovian, first told me of Gallifrey 2012, I thought it sounded good. But it wasn’t until after ...
Read MoreOur favorite fairy tale creatures do 'Beauty and the Beast'
This week’s Valentine’s Day-themed episode of "Once Upon a Time" revolves around a Beauty and her Beast. The role of Beast in this particular tale, though, will be played by Rumplestiltskin. To save her city from the ogres, the beautiful Belle (an awkwardly brunette Emilie de Ravin) agrees t ...
Read MoreABC's fairytale series returns, wisely focusing on the intriguing Rumpelstiltskin
As "Once Upon a Time" returns from its nearly month-long hiatus, it focuses on one of its best characters and a sudden death in Storybrook. In the modern world, it's been two weeks since Sherriff Graham had his heart broken -- literally -- and was killed by the Mayor/Evil Queen. And when Regina ...
Read MoreWomen television writers numbers have been cut in half since 2007
They say the writers room of a television series can be its own little world. "Torchwood" and "Game of Thrones" alum Jane Espenson discovered the reality of that this week. "I had certainly perceived the situation as getting better and better for women -- I am rarely the only woman in the writers ...
Read MoreFeatures Eliza Dushku and John Barrowman
It's been almost two years since you last saw a new minute of "Torchwood." But now the "Doctor Who" spinoff is coming to your iPhone faster than you expected. The highly anticipated motion comic, starring "Dollhouse's" Eliza Dushku and series star John Barrowman, is set to debut just before the J ...
Read More'Game of Thrones,' 'Torchwood' writer moving to a different type of fantasy
Jane Espenson proved she can make fantasy rock with her "Game of Thrones" episode "A Golden Crown." But how can she do with the type of fantasy reserved for the Brothers Grimm? The former "Caprica" showrunner will find out as she joins the new ABC drama "Once Upon a Time" as a co-executive produc ...
Read MoreFans rally to help actor continue 'Firefly' as a web-series
They took his love and they took his land, but no one can take the sky from Nathan Fillion … especially now that fans are rallying to buy him the rights to "Firefly." In a recent interview with EW.com, Fillion said that he would be willing to return to the Serenity to reprise his "Firefly" role ...
Read MoreSeries creator may even leave the world of science-fiction altogether
By all accounts, "Torchwood" is still a very new show. To date, the spinoff of "Doctor Who" is made-up of 31 episodes, with another 10 on the way ... not much more than what you would expect to see on a couple of seasons of a traditional American science-fiction series. However, being a Britis ...
Read MoreNew Harry Potter-like series first time off cable since 'Roswell'
"Virtuality" didn't make it past the pilot stage, but former "Battlestar Galactica" executive producer Ronald D. Moore is hoping for a different outcome in a new series for NBC other news outlets are simply calling an "adult Harry Potter." Sony Television, where Moore signed a development deal la ...
Read MoreRussell T. Davies is making sure his 'Doctor Who' spinoff gets some American genre input
It's going to be hard to top the "Children of Earth" miniseries BBC aired last year, so Russell T. Davies is looking to some of America's finest writers to help him get the fourth season of "Torchwood" off the ground for Starz! Among those joining Davies in the "Doctor Who" spinoff's writing room ...
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