NBC has found two leading ladies for its drama thriller pilot from Rand Ravich. The X Files' Gillian Anderson and 666 Park Avenue's Rachael Taylor have been tapped to star in the drama from Life's Ravich, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The conspiracy drama centers on an unlikely puppeteer who will bring everyone from CEOs to the President of the United States to their knees by threatening the things they hold most dear.  Anderson will play Meg Fitch, the CEO of a multi-conglomerate and mother to Amber. She's horrified to learn of the mass abduction of her daughter and her pri ... [Continua a leggere]

Il ventennale di Cartoomics coincide con quello della serie televisiva di culto X-Files (il cui primo episodio è andato in onda negli Stati Uniti nel 1993), che ha cambiato per sempre il modo di rapportarsi alla mitologia aliena e paranormale, dando origine a spin-off cinematografici e fumettistici, oltreché a una vastissima produzione di merchandising. Per ritrovare su grande schermo i mitici Mulder e Scully, la Cartoomics Week, il “fuorisalone” di Cartoomics in programma dall’11 al 13 marzo ai cinema Palestrina e Arcobaleno Film Center di Milano, celebra l&r ... [Continua a leggere]

The announcement follows the successful launch of BBC One HD on 3 November 2010. BBC Two HD will replace the existing BBC HD Channel and will be available subscription-free on all digital television platforms offering HD channels. Janice Hadlow, Controller of BBC Two, says: “BBC One HD has already proved to be highly valued by our audiences and I’m delighted that we’re able to follow this with the launch of BBC Two in HD. The launch of BBC Two HD will allow us to showcase more of our programmes at their very best – helping to highlight our commitment to high q ... [Continua a leggere]

The 30th Annual Insect Fear Film Festival will be held on February 23, 2013 in Foellinger Auditorium (UIUC Campus). To honor the 30th year of the IFFF, Chris Carter, creator/director/producer/writer of the series and the movie spin-offs will attend the event. Admission is free and the doors will open at 6 PM. In addition to the films, there will be the traditional IFFF activities, including face painting, the insect petting zoo, and Bugscope. Help spread the word about the 30th IFFF on Facebook or Twitter. #IFFF30 Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/IFFFatUofI Schedule of Eve ... [Continua a leggere]

Hannibal will soon be taking a bite out of NBC’s Thursday lineup. Bryan Fuller’s long-awaited TV adaptation will premiere onThursday, April 4 at 10/9c, the network confirms. A contemporary take on the characters from Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon novel, Hannibal focuses on the fledgling relationship between FBI agent Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and his mentor Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen, pictured below). Hannibal will fill the void left by Do No Harm, which was pulled off the schedule last week after two low-rated episodes. (Law & Order: SVU encores will occupy ... [Continua a leggere]

In “Beyond the Sea,” which originally aired on Fox TV on January 7, 1994, Scully’s father (Don Davis) unexpectedly passes way during the holidays following a sudden, massive coronary. Scully (Gillian Anderson) experiences a premonitory vision of her late father immediately before her mother (Sheila Larken) notifies her by phone of his death. At work the next day, Scully and Mulder (David Duchovy) attempt to locate and rescue two kidnapped teenagers in Raleigh, North Carolina by meeting with a notorious death row inmate, Luther Lee Boggs (Brad Dourif). Boggs claims psychic p ... [Continua a leggere]

“Eve” is our X-Files episode of the week as we continue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the classic Chris Carter TV series.  This eleventh episode of the fledgling series was penned by Kenneth Biller and Chris Brancato, and directed by Fred Gerber. “Eve” commences as Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Mulder (David Duchovny) fly to Greenwich, Connecticut to investigate the death of a suburban man who was drained of blood.  Mulder suspects alien abduction is behind the murder, citing examples of cattle-mutilations with a similar modus operandi. At first, the o ... [Continua a leggere]

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]

Per chi non lo sapesse, IDW Publishing è una importante casa editrice americana che detiene - tra gli altri – i diritti di importanti titoli quali Underworld, 24, Angel, CSI, Ghostbusters, Transformers, Star Trek, Dick Tracy, Doctor Who, GI Joe, True Blood, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Godzilla, e di un'altra opera molto amata anche nel nostro paese: The X-Files. E’ oramai ufficiale, infatti, la notizia secondo cui gli agenti Mulder e Scully starebbero per tornare sotto forma di fumetto già a partire dal giugno 2013. La storia dovrebbe continuare esattamente dal pun ... [Continua a leggere]

I fumetti tratti da serie TV o saghe cinematografiche sono sempre molto apprezzati negli USA e, pur essendo terminato da un pezzo, il serial TV X-Files gode ancora di un buon numero di estimatori. Per questo la IDW Publishing, che detiene i diritti di pubblicazione delle storie basate su X-Files, ha deciso di riportare sugli scaffali delle fumetterie americane le storie degli agenti Dana Scully e Fox Mulder! Pur non informandoci circa gli autori e gli artisti coinvolti per questo rilancio, la IDW Publishing ha già pronto per noi un piano editoriale che prevede sia la ristampa delle ser ... [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]