Peter Capaldi image leak

Well the BBC don’t seem to be able to keep anything under wraps these days. The image below has been doing the rounds on twitter and Facebook, it appears to be Peter Capaldi post regeneration.

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Are you guys excited for Capaldi to take over? Let us know below.

Jim Gordon origin series in the works

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Gotham Central is a long running comic book, about the police department in Gotham city. Fans have long called for a tv series and, with Marvel’s agents of shield launching it seems that fox have listened. Sort of.
The American network have committed to making a tv series about the origins of Commissioner Gordon.

The series will be written by Bruno Heller, former show runner for The Mentalist.
Warner Bros and DC have been in the television business before, with the long running Smallville and now CW’s Arrow, so it will be interesting to see how/if this ties in to the DC universe that’s being built up by Zack Snyder.

Not much is known about the storyline this early on, but a brief description for the series says that in addition to showing the history behind Gordon, it will focus on the villains of Gotham City.

Check out our podcasts on Man of steel and The Dark Knight trilogy.



Episode 98:Alex Winter

In which Martyn is joined by director/actor/writer Alex Winter. The pair talk about Alex’s new documentary, downloaded, Ben 10, The Lost Boys, child actors, as well as the possibility of Bill and Ted 3…

Downloaded is available on iTunes now.

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Batfleck speaks

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Yesterday, Ben Affleck appeared on ‘Late night with Jimmy Fallon’ (American chat show). He discussed his casting and the internets reaction to it.

Affleck said on playing Batman.
“It’s so awesome, I’m so excited. They called me up and said, ‘Do you want to do this?’ And I said ‘I’m not 25, are you sure?’ And they said, ‘Come down, we want to show you what we’re doing.’ And it was incredible.

“Zack [Snyder] is directing it and he’s got this incredible take on it. Obviously he can’t do what Chris [Nolan] and Christian [Bale] did – those movies are amazing – so he wants to do something different but still in keeping with that. And I thought, ‘This is a brilliant way to do this, I really know how to hook into this.’”

On the Internet reaction.
“Before I accepted, they wanted to be sure I was ready. So, they showed me the reaction that-well, I won’t say their names, but other actors have received with their casting. I thought, I’m tough, I handle shit! I clicked online after it was announced and the first comment said Noooooooooooooooo!”

Batman Vs Superman is scheduled to open in July 2015.

Watch the full interview below.

Jurassic World

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After being in development hell for a number of years, Universal Pictures have finally announced the film title and release date for the third sequel in the Jurassic Park franchise . Jurassic World will arrive, in 3D on June 12th, 2015.
Colin Trevorrow will direct the film and Steven Spielberg will act as producer.

Doctor Who title and DVD release date

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The official title for the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, has been announced ‘Day of the Doctor’. The episode will air on the 50th anniversary of the original broadcast, November 23rd.

The 75-minute special episode has been written by Steven Moffat and stars Matt Smith, David Tennant, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper and John Hurt.

The DVD will be released December 2nd and can be pre-ordered here.

What do you think of the title, are you excited for the 50th and, will you be holding an event to celebrate?

Mad Max:Fury Road

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Here is the first official picture of Tom Hardy, from the production of Mad Max:Fury Road.
The film has suffered many set backs since it started production way back in 2008.
The film also stars Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz and Riley Keough. Mel Gibson is also rumoured to have a cameo.
Are you excited for this sequel/reboot? What do you think about Hardy as Max? Let us know below.

Stargate reboot

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After a hugely successful 10-year run on tv, two spin-off series and a few TV movies. Stargate is returning to the big screen with a reboot and a planned trilogy. There wont be any connection to the original film, or tv universe.
The movie will again be directed by Roland Emmerich, here’s what he had to say.

“We went to MGM, who has the rights, and proposed to them to do a sequel, but as a reboot… and reboot it as a movie and then do three parts. Pretty soon we’ll have to look for a writer and start.”

The Minister of chance

Paul McGann’s Rocketship to land in Chester’s ancient Roman Amphitheatre.

The company behind the star-studded film being made in Cheshire plans to land a rocketship in Chester’s Roman amphitheatre. Although the rocketship exists only as a model inside a computer, the team will invite attending fans to join in by acting as if they see the spectacle for the camera, with makeup artists and wardrobe assistants on hand to help. After some digital effects wizardry the rocketship will be added and the footage will be made available to the world’s media to publicize the film. A similar event was staged at Beeston Castle in August, when an alien weapon to be used in the film was test-fired with shocking results as you can see here: https://vimeo.com/73399919
At 11.30am on Saturday 14th September that alien pistol, carried in the film by Paul McGann’s character Durian, will be delivered ‘by rocketship'(landing in the amphitheatre) to the Grosvenor Museum in Chester where it will remain on display until needed for filming. In advance of that filming the prop has already been bought by an overseas fan as part of the crowd-funding campaign which is financing production.
The original series of The Minister of Chance stars Jenny Agutter, Julian Wadham,Lauren Crace, Sylvester McCoy, Philip Glenister and Tamsin Greig alongside McGann, and is free to download from iTunes or from www.ministerofchance.com, where fans can also get involved in the film campaign.
And in celebration of their nomination for the Parsec Awards in Atlanta this weekend, anyone buying a perk this weekend, and up until 12 midnight GMT on Weds 4th September, will automatically be entered in a draw to win a Tee-shirt of their choice from the Limited Edition range on the website.