DOCTOR WHO SHOWRUNNER PRIZED

Steven Moffat is to be rewarded for his work on DOCTOR WHO and SHERLOCK with a special award at the BAFTA TV awards on the 27th May in celebration of his 'outstanding creative writing contribution to television'.

There's no arguing with his writing, no matter what you think of the direction that the Time Lord's adventures have taken under his reign and on those grounds we think it's well deserved.

COMIC CONVENTION ALERT

Kapow! is taking place at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London on May 19 & 20. Visitors will be amongst the first in the world to get an exclusive look at upcoming comics, Hollywood movie blockbusters, and hit TV shows from the biggest publishers and studios in the world, plus we have live events and interviews taking place throughout the weekend.

Announced Kapo

Announced Kapow! 2012 events include:

•         Rufus Sewell introducing world exclusive footage from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

•         An Audience with Nick Frost

•         Gareth Evan talks ‘The Raid’ in the Momentum Showcase – with world exclusive footage from The Raid, Red Lights, Red Tails, House at the End of the Street

•         Noel Clarke Q&A with exclusive footage from Storage 24

•         Q&A with the creators of Batman Arkham City

•         Jimmy Carr interviewing Frankie Boyle live on stage to talk about his love of comics and geek culture

•         Jonathan Ross talking America’s Got Powers

•         Peter Serafinowicz announce his first-ever comic-book project

Head of Marvel, Joe Quesada, and Head of DC, Dan DiDio, - the first time ever that both have been represented at the same UK event!

•         Lucha Britannia, who have appeared at Glastonbury, Download, Reading, Leeds and The Brit Awards, features the high flying excitement and daredevil thrills of masked Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling

Nacho Vigalondo talking the Supercrooks movie

Artist portfolio reviews with Marvel, DC, 2000AD and Clint

•         The International Stan Lee Awards

2000AD Mastermind where super-fans will compete to edit an issue of 2000AD office and be Tharg for a day

Panels, announcements and signings from A-list comic-book names throughout the weekend including Joe Quesada, Dan DiDio, Warren Ellis, Scott Snyder, Mark Millar, Sara Pichelli, Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, Bryan Hitch, Olivier Coipel plus over 40 more top creators

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Get your tickets (if there are any left) fromhttp://www.kapowcomicconvention.com

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE THE MONEY

Marvel's Avengers Assemble (as the British must learn to say it because Americans think we might not be able to tell the difference between the pairings of John Steed/Emma Peel and The Hulk/Black Widow) has become the first Hollywood film ever to break $100 million dollars in its second week.

As reported on the BBC website, this is the second moneymaking records the film has smashed after taking over $200 million in its opening weekend.

It would seem that everyone loves Joss Whedon's take on the premier Marvel superhero tag team.

THE DARKEST HOUR Review

Alien invasion movie THE DARKEST HOUR takes its action to Moscow when alien lights fall from the sky and turn out to be of a less than friendly nature.


The shiny disc formats are available from May 21st and the review for them is now on The Sci Fi Freak Site at http://www.scififreaksite.com/film/darkesthour/darkesthour.html.

Doctor Who Goes Welsh

MULTI-AWARD WINNING DOCTOR WHO EXPERIENCE

ANNOUNCES CARDIFF OPENING DATE

OFFICIAL OPENING DATE: 20^th JULY

TICKETS ON SALE FROM 14^th JUNE

“My exhibition of the year so far? The Doctor Who Experience” The Guardian

“The hottest ticket in the universe” Daily Mail

“suddenly it’s as if you’re actually in an episode of the television series” The Telegraph

BBC Worldwide has announced the official opening date for their multi-award winning attraction the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff, the home of the BBC One show. Doors will open to the public on the 20^th July with tickets going on sale at 10am on the 14^th June. 

Philip Murphy, Managing Director of BBC Worldwide Live Events said: “The Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff is going to be just minutes away from where the BBC Wales television series is made which I’m incredibly excited about. The Experience sets out to engage visitors’ imaginations from the outset immersing them in the world of Doctor Who and what better place to do this than in Cardiff the home of the show.”

The Doctor Who Experience is the first ever interactive Doctor Who exhibition that invites visitors to star in their very own Doctor Who adventure. Arriving at the venue they will step through a crack in time to become the Doctor’s companion, taking on the challenge of reuniting the Doctor with the TARDIS whilst fending off threats from some of his most fearsome foes - entering a Dalek spaceship and finding a way through a maze of Weeping Angels. Featuring a replica of the Eleventh Doctor’s TARDIS which visitors get to fly themselves the interactive walk-through culminates in a stunning 3D finale that sets the scene for fans entering the exhibition.

The exhibition presents fans with the world’s most extensive collection of original Doctor Who costumes and artefacts stretching back almost 50 years to the very first series of Doctor Who.

The content of the exhibition is updated constantly with new items from the television series to ensure it is ever changing offering fans the chance to get up close to the incredible sets, costumes and props that feature in their favourite show.  New items to be shown to the public for the first time in Cardiff include the Doctor’s cradle seen in A Good Man Goes to War; the Silence spaceship and Matt Smith’s sonic cane from Let’s Kill Hitler with many more items being kept under wraps until the doors open on 20^th July. 

IRON SKY is a film unlike any other and we're not talking about the storyline that deals with nazis having taken refuge on the moon. No, this is a film that was paid for by online contributions. And with a storyline like that who wouldn't want to bung a few quied their way.

It's finally coming to the UK for one day only at cinemas before being moved to shiny disc format. Here's the publicity blurb:

In the final moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. Over the next 70 years, in utter secrecy, the Nazis constructed a gigantic space fortress, amassing a veritable armada of flying saucers.

When American astronaut James Washington (Christopher Kirby) sets down his Lunar Lander a bit too close to the secret Nazi base, the Moon Führer (Udo Kier) decides the glorious moment of retaking the Earth has arrived sooner than expected. Washington claims the mission is just a publicity stunt for the President of the United States (Stephanie Paul), but what else could the man be but a scout for the imminent attack by Earth forces? The Fourth Reich must act!

Two Nazi officers, ruthless Klaus Adler (Götz Otto) and idealistic Renate Richter (Julia Dietze), travel to Earth to prepare for the invasion. In the end when the Moon Nazi UFO armada darkens the skies, every man, woman and nation alike must re-evaluate their priorities.

Brought to life by Finnish Director Timo Vuorensola and producer Tero Kaukomaa, Iron Sky is a participatory cinema phenomenon, garnering enormous support through various social media networks and online channels. Over the five years of its production, over 10,000 fans participated in crowd funding and sourcing efforts. Such was the buzz created around Iron Sky that it attracted around 200 further investors who contributed over £500,000 towards production costs - raising the bar for community led filmmaking to new heights.

TOTAL RECALL is heading our way again.

As someone who has never shared the opinion that the Arnold Schwarzenegger TOTAL RECALL was a good film, let alone a genre masterpiece, this trailer of the upcoming remake makes me glad that this might be one remake that we can be welcome with open arms (unless a lift has chopped them off, of course)