BBC Annouces New Supernatural Thriller; the Fate of “Pulse” Revealed

"Touch" creator Jack Thorne.

BBC has announced a new supernatural thriller to begin airing sometime this autumn.   Here’s how the BBC press release explains the project:

From acclaimed theatre, film and TV writer Jack Thorne (Skins, The Scouting Book For Boys, Cast Offs) comes an edge-of-the-seat supernatural thriller, made by BBC Drama Production.

In Touch the vengeful dead walk on Earth and only uber-geek Paul can save the living from a fiery Armageddon.

Paul is an ordinary young man from an ordinary town who discovers an extraordinary ability – he can see the dead. As he comes to terms with a nightmare reality he meets others who share his powers and share a horrifying secret – the spirits are waging war on the living. Mankind will be destroyed.

But the most terrifying twist is yet to come – Paul discovers that only he holds the key to the world’s salvation.

More on this new series, and the fate of “Pulse”,  after the jump.

Doctor Who to Split in Two!

“Doctor Who” to split in two?  Not only does that rhyme, sound painful, but fans can’t seem to suss it.  We’ll help you that, complete with video (featuring King Moffat himself), after the jump.

Liebesman to Helm CLASH 2!

Remember Jonathan Liebesman?  No?  Well, way back in 2003 he directed a little fright fest called Darkness Falls.  And it looked like  he was on the cusp of a major career.  Although he made several minor films, this director has largely been off the Hollywood radar for the last seven years.  Well, that is about to change.  As he just signed to direct the sequel to Clash of the Titans.

More on this sequel after the jump.

Video: Lemon Tree Passage Ghost!

Here’s three video’s on Australia’s “Lemon Tree Passage Ghost”.  A spectral motorcyclist that appears on  a roadway in Newcastle, New South Wales.  First up we have a news report about a man who claimed it was his reason for speeding.

More videos after the jump.

James Camerson Throws PIRANHA 3D Under the Bus!

In an interview with Vanity Fair, James Cameron had this to say about Piranha 3D:

I tend almost never to throw other films under the bus, but that is exactly an example of what we should not be doing in 3-D. Because it just cheapens the medium and reminds you of the bad 3-D horror films from the 70s and 80s, like Friday the 13th 3-D. When movies got to the bottom of the barrel of their creativity and at the last gasp of their financial lifespan, they did a 3-D version to get the last few drops of blood out of the turnip. And that’s not what’s happening now with 3-D. It is a renaissance—right now the biggest and the best films are being made in 3-D. Martin Scorsese is making a film in 3-D. Disney’s biggest film of the year—Tron: Legacy—is coming out in 3-D. So it’s a whole new ballgame.

Video: “Walking Dead” Trailer!

Yup, here’s the trailer for Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic book “Walking Dead”.  The series debuts on Halloween night on AMC.   Raise the spirits and wake the dead,  and all roll up and watch:

A Scene Cut form Neil Gaiman’s “Doctor Who” Script

On his blog, Neil Gaiman just shared this scene which he’s cut from his “Doctor Who” script.  He claims it has nothing to do with the plot, but we’re sure Doctor Who anoraks will intuit something from it.  For the rest of us, it’s just an entertaining bit of writing, and might give us a sense on where he’s got the right end of the stick (screwdriver?) Doctorwise.

The Doctor has just been given a bowl of something to eat. Something…possibly… alien…

AMY
Is it something people can eat?
(to Doctor)
Shouldn’t you scan it with your screwdriver or something?

THE DOCTOR
Why would I scan food with my screwdriver?

AMY
See if it’s safe?

The Doctor leans over, dips his finger into his bowl, tastes it.

THE DOCTOR
Some unusual trace elements, smidge too much background radiation, but, yeah, very yummy.

Amy is about to try some of his food… he stops her.

THE DOCTOR (cont’d)
No. Don’t put it in your mouth.

AMY
Not for humans?

THE DOCTOR
Not for you. Tastes like Marmite on socks.

Well, that food may taste like Marmite on socks.  But this little exchange tastes 100% “Doctor Who”!  And if this is the quality of a cut scene, we have high hopes for the rest of the script.

Google in Talks to Allow Movie Rentals Over YouTube!

According to the Financial Times:

Google YouTube video site is in negotiations with Hollywood’s leading movie studios to launch a global pay-per-view video service by the end of 2010, putting it head-to-head with Apple in the race to dominate the digital distribution of film and television content.

This is a major play for the tech giant.  And another sign of the future of movie consumption.  We’re sure there’s going to be a lot more about this in the hours and days ahead.

New Site Feature: Tweet Our Posts!

Once again we want to thank everyone for continuing to visit the site while we were on vacation.  It warmed the cockles of our collective hearts.  (BTW, what are cockles?  Are they a part of the heart?)  And now that we’re back we beginning to add some new features to the site.  First up is a series of share buttons you will now see at the bottom of every post.

This will allow you to easily share our posts with others by emailing them, printing them,  or posting them on your favorite social media sites like Twitter or Facebook.  If there’s a method of sharing we haven’t included that you’d like to see.  Let us know and we’ll happily add it.

We have a lot of other exciting things planned for the coming year.  But for now, just enjoy our posts, and start sharing!  As mothers everywhere say:  Sharing is good.

Will “Lost” Dominate Emmys Tonight?

Yup, this is the last year that “Lost” can take home any Emmys.  And that has a lot of TV mavens suggesting it might clean up at the Emmys (airing tonight 8/29/10 on NBC), but others suggest it may be the last chance for the series to get snubbed.

Michael Emerson, “Lost’s” “Ben Linus”, doesn’t expect to pick up another statue tonight.  (He won last year.)  He hasn’t even prepared a speech.

“I haven’t thought about it much this year because I just don’t feel like I’m in the running, ”  he told E! television.  He also has no idea who might win, but thinks fellow “Lost” alumni might have reason to celebrate, noting “maybe it’s Terry O’Quinn’s time again”