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HBO has released a full-length trailer for upcoming TV movie with big-screen calibre, Behind The Candelabra (which is getting a cinema release in the UK). Steven Soderbergh is directing, and it looks set to be his last feature-length stint behind the camera (for the time being at least). Michael Douglas …

ABC has announced that the new Joss Whedon TV show spin off from The Avengers has changed name from Marvel’s SHIELD to Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD . How long before it’s changed again to Disney Subsidiary Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD , we wonder? “Joss Whedon shows us not all heroes …

Paul Reubens, best known as Pee-Wee Herman (but with a long, long list of other sci-fi and fantasy roles including Buffy The Vampire Slayer , Mystery Men , Matilda , Flight Of The Navigator , Pushing Daisies and Tron: Uprising ) has been cast as the voice of the White …

Sega Studios Australia will be shut “later this year” as part of the Japanese publisher’s ongoing restructuring efforts. A Sega representative confirmed the news to Kotaku, which reports that the studio was once known as Creative Assembly Australia due to its work on Medieval II: Total War and Medieval II: …

Tim Burton’s next project Big Eyes is beginning to take shape, with Deadline reporting that the Gothic maestro is confirmed for the director’s chair while Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams are in line to play the leads. The duo are set to play Walter and Margaret Keane in the new …

The various improvements featured in the Wii U version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution look set to be exclusive to Nintendo’s platform, according to Eidos Montréal’s Emile Pedneault, game designer on the upcoming Director’s Cut. Square Enix announced the game last month, when it said that it’ll offer “overhauled boss …

Five pages of pictures for you from the next episode of Doctor Who , “The Rings Of Akhaten”, which airs on BBC One on Saturday 8 April. Right-click or ctrl-click on all images and open in a new window for larger versions. (opens in new tab) More pics on the …

Apocalypse comedy This Is The End has released a brand new red-band trailer online, featuring Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride et al preparing for the ending of the world. While the first footage showed us very little beyond the group of famous friends holing up round at Franco’s house, …

Torment: Tides of Numenera is just three days away from the end of its Kickstarter campaign. There was no question whether it would succeed–it raised $1 million in its first eight hours–but this newly released test video assures us that developer InXile is already making progress on the game. The …

In issue 205 of Total Film magazine , we size up Iron Man 3 ’s big bad, The Mandarin. You can read the full piece inside the jam-packed Heroes And Villains issue (available for just £1.99 on your iPad (opens in new tab) ), but here’s a snippet of what …