Director Jon Wright delivered a blast of pure horror comedy fun late last year with Grabbers. While he was doing the press rounds for the drink-soaked tentacle terror, he talked up his next project, sci-fi adventure Our Robot Overlords. We’re still waiting to hear if Calculon has accepted an offer to play one of the villains, but thanks to Screen Daily, we do know Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley are on board. With $21 million to play with this time, Wright is in pre-production on the film, which takes place three years after a robot invasion of the planet. Everyone in the world is con ... [Continua a leggere]

UK sales outfit Embankment Films continues to attract high level projects to its year-old slate, with new additions including Rupert Wyatt’s adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ acclaimed novel Birdsong and Andy Serkis’ 3D imagining of the Orwell classic Animal Farm, with a script from Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas). The outfit’s $21m-budgeted sci-fi Our Robot Overlords, one of the buzz titles at AFM in November, now has Gillian Anderson and Sir Ben Kingsley attached. The film will mark Anderson’s first sci-fi project outside o ... [Continua a leggere]

San Diego, CA (January 28, 2013) - IDW Publishing and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products are thrilled to announce a partnership to publish an exciting series of works based on the legendary series, THE X-FILES. IDW's publishing plan includes reprinting collections of the classic issues published intermittently from 1995 through 2009, as well as creating brand-new X-FILES comics to launch in June 2013. Over two movies and two hundred television episodes, THE X-FILES, is a juggernaut of science fiction-tinged intrigue, unique characters and carefully constructed stories. The show's po ... [Continua a leggere]

“Squeeze” is The X-Files (1993 – 2002) first “monster-of-the-week” installment. As such, it represents a template for future entries such as “2Shy,” “Teliko,” “Hungry,” and “Alone.” Most of these monster-of-the-week-styled outings deal with a murderous genetic mutation of one type or another, but one who -- out of some biological deficiency -- kills human beings in order to survive. This mutant pinpoints in the human physiology, then, the key to controlling its own existence and satisfying that aforementioned defici ... [Continua a leggere]

For as long as I can remember, I have had one passion. It involves two FBI agents, and their tireless search for ‘the truth’. For years we watched them investigate hundreds of bizarre cases – from liver eating mutants through to alien abductions and super soldiers. For those familiar with ”The X-Files” mythology – Series creator Chris Carter’s finale ‘The Truth’ provided a pathway and a date for the final alien invasion that would come with the end of the series movie, which would ultimately finalize the franchise. At a charity event that ... [Continua a leggere]

The X-Files first episode, “Pilot” written by Chris Carter and directed by Robert Mandel, remains a strong introduction to this classic horror/sci-fi series. The inaugural installment not only presents an intriguing mystery and introduces audiences to engaging characters caught up in life-changing events, it also presents a first and ominous peek at the dark forces aligned against the protagonists, and against “the truth” itself. But even better, the X-Files “Pilot” is skillful in the manner by which it deploys (and co-opts) horror imagery or symbolism. I a ... [Continua a leggere]

The Aliens thesp has been tapped to guest-star in an episode of NBC’s Bryan Fuller-produced drama, which is being billed as a contemporary take on the characters from Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon novel that focuses on the fledgling relationship between FBI agent Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen), his mentor. NBC confirmed Henriksen’s casting but provided no details about his top-secret role. Henriksen joins an impressive genre-drenched guest cast that includes X-Files vet Gillian Anderson, Firefly‘s Gina Torres and Wonderfalls’ Caroline Dhavernas ... [Continua a leggere]

Hunted è il nome dell’attesissima serie tv/spy story con Melissa George (l’intensa Laura di In Treatment e la crudele moglie di Vaughn in Alias) che da stasera alle 21.10 SkyUno HD. Creata e diretta da Frank Spotnitz (una delle menti di X Files), Hunted vede la George nei panni di Sam Hunter, una spia che lavora per l’agenzia privata di intelligence «Bizanthium». Dopo aver portato a termine con successo un’operazione sotto copertura in Marocco, subisce un’imboscata dove viene ferita gravemente: un anno dopo rientra a Londra dove tutti la credev ... [Continua a leggere]

In seguito ad un attentato alla sua stessa vita, l´agente Samantha Hunter inizia a dare la caccia al possibile traditore che l´ha venduta. Ma durante le indagini, scopre che tutto potrebbe essere collegato ad un evento della sua infanzia. Parte su Sky Uno da stasera in prima tv Hunted, nuova serie firmata da Frank Spotnitz (X-Files) con protagonista Melissa George. L’attrice, dopo essersi in mostra in Alias e Grey’s Anatomy, interpreta qui Sam Hunter, una spia che lavora per unagenzia privata di intelligence la Bizanthium. Dopo aver portato a termine con successo unoper ... [Continua a leggere]

Rolling Stone's best TV moments In Rob Sheffield's look back at the "greatest couch-surfing" moments of 2012, the Rolling Stone critic wrote about a wide range of subjects, including Bill Clinton delivering the "full Bubba" at the Democratic National Convention, the "shameless tearjerker" on NBC's "Parks and Recreation" when Leslie ( Amy Poehler) and Ben ( Adam Scott) got engaged, and Kristen Wiig's final performance on "Saturday Night Live," which included Mick Jagger and Arcade Fire serenading her with "She's a Rainbow." Sheffield also gave props to David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon, the tw ... [Continua a leggere]

The X-Files' Gillian Anderson (Agent Scully) is the latest actress to join the cast of NBC's Hannibal, which is currently shooting. According to Entertainment Weekly, she'll play Hannibal Lecter's therapist!  Her role will carry her through a few episodes, says the site. Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy and Laurence Fishburne star in the series as Lecter, Will Graham and Jack Crawford, respectively. Hannibal will air sometime in 2013. David Slade is helming the first episode and Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) is serving as the showrunner. The synopsis for those who have not read it... One of ... [Continua a leggere]

Gillian Anderson is going from The X-Files to Hannibal. The actress is poised to return to broadcast television with a multiple-episode role in NBC's Bryan Fuller Hannibal drama, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Based the books by Thomas Harris, James Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen will play the psychiatrist-turned-serial killer in the 13-episode dramatic take from the creator of cult hit Pushing Daisies. Hugh Dancy (The Big C) stars as Will Graham, the criminal profiler who is on the hunt for a serial killer with the FBI and enlists Dr. Lecter's help with the case. Lau ... [Continua a leggere]

Hugely exciting casting news: Sci-fi fan-favorite Gillian Anderson is returning to broadcast television after a decade to join writer-producer Bryan Fuller’s serial-killer thriller Hannibal. And perhaps the best part is the role she’s playing…. In a multi-episode arc on the upcoming NBC drama, Anderson is going to play Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier — murderous psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter’s (Mads Mikkelsen) own therapist. “Every therapist needs their own head examined and we are ecstatic that Gillian Anderson has chosen Hannibal to mark her return to Americ ... [Continua a leggere]

Ten movies have been nominated as best motion picture by the International Press Academy, which announced nominees for its 17th annual Satellite Awards on Monday. The organization, composed of entertainment journalists for both domestic and foreign outlets, rounded up an electric group of films that includes Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Les Miserables, Skyfall, Moonrise Kingdom, The Sessions, Lincoln, Life of Pi and Zero Dark Thirty. The Satellite Awards, which cover 31 film and TV categories, will be presented at a dinner Dec. 16 at the Intercontinental Hotel i ... [Continua a leggere]

Kolkata seems to have caught the fancy of Oscar-winning director Jeffrey D Brown, who has been spotted shooting his first fiction feature film at different locales in the City of Joy. Actress Gillian Anderson of The X Files fame joined the film’s cast and crew three days ago. Jeffrey has been in the city for nearly 25 days. Gillian will be staying on for around 20 days as per the film’s first schedule. A crew member revealed, “Jeffrey’s film is about sex trafficking in India. He is following the story of a 13-year-old girl who had been smuggled into a red-light area of ... [Continua a leggere]