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(opens in new tab) The X-Files and Millennium creator Chris Carter has a new sci-fi TV show called The After all written and ready to go, and is looking for a network to snap it up, reports Deadline . Carter has teamed up new indie production company Georgeville TV to …

With James Gunn now officially confirmed as the director of Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy , attention is now turning to who he might cast in the production, with regular collaborator Michael Rooker putting himself forward for every role going. “All of them,” he answered, when asked which character he …

Of all the bizarre movie trends of recent years, converting board games into movies has to be right up there with the weirdest. Following on from their “success” with Battleship , toy and game manufacturer Hasbro has announced a deal with indie production company Emmett/Furla Films to adapt three more …

Nintendo 3DS owners have new digital games to look forward to over the holiday season and beyond without ever breaking their precious eyeball-screen alignment. Nintendo today announced seven original games (including a sequel to Pushmo) set to launch on the eShop from late October to early 2013, as well as …

Here’s a sobering thought: Christmas is only 82 days away. That’s 82 days that stand between you and the annoyed relative who’s demanding to know why you bought them a pet rock and a pencil sharpener for the third year in a row. Do you really want to be that …

The Secret World has been called the last of the subscription-based MMORPGs. The game severely underperformed after its July release, defying the hopeful expectations of developer Funcom, and sold only 200,000 copies as of the end of August. Several Funcom employees spoke with Eurogamer in a post-mortem, touching in part …

Following hot on the heels of Patrick Stewart’s teasing comments last week, Famke Janssen has also suggested that an X-Men return might be on the cards for her character, Jean Grey. The last we saw of her, Jean was lying dead in the arms of Wolverine, having been almost entirely …

While XCOM: Enemy Unknown is looking good, its Cold-War-era first-person shooter cousin may be encountering some turbulence. Several months of quiet from publisher 2K followed XCOM’sdelay in May out of 2012. Earlier this week,Kotakupublished screenshots and other information reportedly taken from a customer survey indicating the title has switched to …

The final consolidated viewing figure for Doctor Who “The Power Of Three” (which includes people who recorded it and watched it with the first week) has been released, and it’s excellent news again… (opens in new tab) The final viewing figure for the slow invasion comes in at 7.67 million, …

The Hobbit has continued its recent publicity push with a brand new poster featuring a full complement of Dwarves, clocking in at 13 in total. We don’t know what the collective noun is for dwarves, but there are a lot of them. Ginger ones, grey ones, handsome ones… you name …