It was with a heavy heart that we brought you the news late last week that, after a three-season run on the network, Syfy had decided to formally cancel Defiance, bringing an end to a sci-fi, cross-media experiment that simply couldn't maintain its viewership as the seasons wore on.
It's a busy week in Hollywood circles, and not least because of the impending trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But beyond the Stormtroopers and X-Wings, there are a number of tentpole releases easing into production, with the likes of The Conjuring: The Enfield Poltergeist and Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Kong: Skull Island leading the pack.
Few film characters can hold a candle to the aura of Ian Fleming's James Bond. Across the generations, he has become cinema's quintessential lone wolf, infiltrating nine kinds of enemy safe houses and stopping plans for world domination. Offering a different spin to the formula this year is director Sam Mendes, who returns at the helm for Spectre.
We're edging closer and closer to the release of Star Wars Battlefront, and EA has now unveiled a live-action trailer for DICE's licensed shooter in anticipation of November 17.
As an actor, Alan Tudyk is no stranger to depicting life in space. Long-time fans of the actor will recognize his voice from the likes of Halo 3: ODST, but Tudyk is perhaps best known for his role in Joss Whedon's beloved cult sci-fi series Firefly, where he piloted the show's smuggler ship Serenity as Hoban 'Wash' Washburne. Now, more than a decade later, the actor is headed into space once more for Gareth Edwards' quasi-prequel, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
It's almost two weeks to the day until Halloween, and Paramount Pictures is getting into the holiday spirit a little ahead of schedule with the riotous, decidedly NSFW clip for Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.
Two years ago, NBCUniversal and Syfy embarked on a high-profile gamble with Defiance, a big-budget episodic series that launched in tandem with a MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) of the same name. Now, after three seasons and a slowly diminishing viewership, Syfy has called time on the series, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, officially cancelling the ambitious creative experiment.
Joining the cavalcade of tentpole release this November is Ghost Games' total overhaul of the Need for Speed series. Having recently hosted a closed beta for the street-racing reboot, the Swedish-based developer has took to its official blog to detail some of the changes that will be implemented before the final game graces store shelves in a couple of weeks' time.
David Leitch's war-time spy thriller Coldest City has recruited X-Men: Apocalypse actor James McAvoy. He joins Charlize Theron in the adaptation of the eponymous Oni Press graphic novel.
