The executive producers of Doctor Who have given their expert advice on effective writing. Aside from his work on Doctor Who, 53-year-old Scottish writer Steven Moffat is best known as the co-creator of BBC One’s hit Sherlock. His other popular credits include Coupling, Chalk and Jekyll, as well as co-writing Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of … >
Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has responded to a fan’s enquiry about the possibility of a TV series based on the boy wizard. Twitter user Skyler Spitz asked: “So like… We had seven books and 8 movies. We are getting a play and 3 spin off movies. Where is our TV Show @jk_rowling ?!” Sadly, … >
Netflix has announced that Sense8 will be back for a second season. The first season of the new original sci-fi series from the creators of The Matrix launched worldwide on Netflix in June. Sense8 tells the story of eight people from around the world whose lives are suddenly and inexplicably connected in a fight for … >
David Arnold has revealed that he and Sherlock collaborator Michael Price will be composing the music for ITV’s Jekyll and Hyde. Created by The Fast Show writer Charlie Higson and inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the new ten-part fantasy drama is set in 1930s London. > … >
Fight Club director David Fincher’s planned US remake of Utopia for HBO has been cancelled. Based on Dennis Kelly’s Channel 4 conspiracy drama, the remake was set to star Rooney Mara, Colm Feore, Eric McCormack, Dallas Roberts, Jason Ritter, Brandon Scott and Agyness Deyn. However, the cast have now been officially released from their contracts … >
Game of Thrones actor Enzo Cilenti has revealed that ITV’s upcoming Jekyll and Hyde series is “very chic, very funny” and has “loads of action”. Created by The Fast Show writer Charlie Higson and inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the new ten-part fantasy drama is set … >
BBC One’s new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None has started shooting. Based on the best-selling crime novel of all time, the three-part drama has been adapted for TV by Sarah Phelps (The Casual Vacancy, Great Expectations). The all-star ensemble cast includes Aidan Turner (Poldark) as Philip Lombard, Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) … >
Doctor Who actor David Tennant and former showrunner Russell T Davies have been spotted in Cardiff this week. Davies’ final work on the show was 2010’s ‘The End of Time: Part 2’, featuring the Tenth Doctor’s regeneration into Matt Smith, while Tennant was last seen in 2013’s ‘The Day of the Doctor’. The pair were … >
Merlin star Colin Morgan will take the main role in BBC One’s new supernatural drama, The Living and the Dead. Written by Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham, co-creators and writers of Life On Mars, Eternal Law and Ashes To Ashes, the six-part series is currently filming in the West Country, directed by Alice Troughton (Merlin, … >
Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has revealed that he wants to do a ‘Genesis of the Cybermen’ story. The cyborgs made their debut in William Hartnell’s exit story ‘The Tenth Planet’ in 1966 and most recently featured in Season 8’s finale. Speculating about future stories, Capaldi told Doctor Who: The Fan Show on YouTube: “We … >