Category: News

Steven Moffat Declares Himself The DOCTOR WHO God

Russell Davies never would’ve gotten away with this:

This week’s issue marks The Doctor’s first appearance on an Entertainment Weekly cover (because they’re hopelessly xenophobic and behind the times)

‘Doctor Who’ exec producer Steven Moffat talks Time Lord film rumors: ‘That was all some weird fantasy’ – by Clark Collis

Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat has told EW that, contrary to rumors, are no current plans to turn the British sci-fi show into a movie. According to Moffat, “That was all some weird fantasy.” You’ll find a full transcript of Moffat’s thoughts on the subject below.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What’s the word with the Doctor Who film?
STEVEN MOFFAT: There isn’t a film. That was all some weird fantasy going on somewhere. Look, we hopefully will do a Doctor Who film someday. It will be absolutely run by the Doctor Who production office in Cardiff. It will feature the same Doctor as on television. It will not be a rebooted continuity. All of that would be insane. So that whole proposal was not true, did not happen. I can say that with authority because, as far as the BBC is concerned, I’m the voice of Doctor Who. So if I say it, it’s true. The BBC own Doctor Who and, for the moment, I run it for them. So I can assure you definitively that was all nonsense — not the idea of making a film, we’d love to make a film, but the idea of a rebooted continuity, a different Doctor. That’s writing the book on how to destroy a franchise. You don’t behave like that with it. Not ever. read article

Marvel ALL WINNERS SQUAD Begins Its Assault…On Viewers

There’s funny, and there’s not funny. Guess what’s not funny:

Click and go to the video, but be prepared for the commercial that plays first – another sign of Marvel’s total misperception of the market

This is a joke, right?

Wait, let’s put it another way: This better be a joke. read article

Jim Henson’s MUPPET SHOW Pitch Up for Auction

…And we’d love to be able to buy it. (Or maybe a Porsche.)

Lisa Henson & brother Brian Henson – the Jim Henson Company’s sibling honchos

Henson’s early sketches of The Muppets up for auction – by Piya Sinha-Roy

A handwritten pitch and drawings for the television pilot episode of “The Muppet Show” by creator Jim Henson are among items being sold at an upcoming sale of Hollywood memorabilia, auction house Nate D. Sanders said on Monday.

The collection of illustrations, which includes an original Polaroid of Miss Piggy and Henson’s handwritten pitch of story ideas, marks the early stages of development for the lovable characters including Kermit the Frog that have become an American pop culture staple. read article

LEVERAGE Showrunner Dean Devlin is a Man of Honor

…TV fans know him as the creator/showrunner of LEVERAGE, but Dean Devlin also has a couple of dirty little secrets:

He and director Roland Emmerich have been trying for over a decade to bring sequels to their smash hits INDEPENDENCE DAY and STARGATE to the screen. read article

SONS OF ANARCHY Creator Kurt Sutter Talks!

…But the article, at TVGuide.Com, doesn’t  even give us a pic of the poor guy.

Jeeze, FX, we had to do some heavy web surfing to get this pic.

Sons of Anarchy‘s Kurt Sutter: There Is No Show Without Jax – by Natalie Abrams

Now that Jax has taken over as president of SAMCRO, the SONS OF ANARCHY antihero has finally fulfilled his destiny by following in his father’s — and stepfather’s — footsteps. Will Jax go the route of John Teller, who died in servitude of the club, or Clay, who lost his way and ultimately became the enemy of the club? Either path Jax takes, one thing is for certain: “There is no show without Jax.”

That’s what creator Kurt Sutter expressed to reporters at FX’s Television Critics Association fall TV previews Saturday. Going into the fifth season, Sutter said he’s already planning for the end. The show has been renewed for a sixth season, but Sutter plans on finishing the series with a seventh and final season should FX allow it. “I think we have a sense of it playing out in seven,” he said. “I don’t think [we’d continue on past seven, but] I don’t rule that out.” read article