Green Mile “gentle giant” actor Michael Clarke Duncan dies aged 54
The BBC reports that Michael Clarke Duncan, best known for his role as convicted murderer John Coffey in the film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Green Mile, has died [...]
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Hollywood director Tony Scott, brother of Ridley, dies in an apparent suicide
British-born Hollywood film / TV director Tony Scott, brother of Alien director Ridley Scott, has died in an apparent suicide. It is reported that he jumped from a bridge in [...]
Carlo Rambaldi, creator of special effects for Alien, ET and King Kong, dies aged 86
The BBC reports that award-winning Italian special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi, who created ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, has died at the age of 86. Rambaldi was a [...]
Singaporean military chiller Curse to be released on DVD in the UK
Grayson Pictures is to give a UK DVD release to the rarely seen Singaporean military chiller Curse on 10 September 2012. Set in on the Island of Pulau Hantu in the south of [...]
Grimm Up North 2012 Early Bird Festival Passes are now on sale
Grimm Up North have a very limited allocation of Early Bird Festival Passes available at the incredible reduced price of £45.00 (+£2 booking fee). They are available at [...]
Chris Marker, film-maker who inspired modern sf, dies
Chris Marker, the French film-maker whose short film La Jetée (The Jetty) inspired several leading science fiction authors and film-makers, has died at the age of 91. His [...]
New books from Telos exploring cult classics
Telos Publishing have two new releases available now. Ape-Man: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to 100 Years of Tarzan by Sean Egan, covers the Tarzan phenomenon from [...]
Death of US horror / SF actor Richard Lynch
Actor Richard Lynch has died at his home in California at the age of 76. He was a regular horror movie “villain”, appearing in films including Scarecrow (1973), [...]
Film of R.B. Russell’s Bloody Baudelaire in production
Entertainment industry publication Variety, and other film industry websites, report that R.B. Russell’s novella Bloody Baudelaire is currently being filmed in [...]