ABC's Once Upon a Time is set to bring its latest princess blockbuster into its live action show. Frozen already lends itself easily to the mix with Elsa bordering on misunderstood villain status. We know that fans of Once Upon [...]
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Bagheera Cast for Disney’s THE JUNGLE BOOK
Last we reported for Disney's The Jungle Book, Idris Elba (Pacific Rim) had been cast as as the voice of the tiger Shere Khan for the film directed by Jon Favreau. The film's latest casting gain is its voice for [...]
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MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL Casts Foggy Nelson
Press Release: Elden Henson Joins Marvel's Daredevil For Netflix Marvel casts fan-favorite character in new series for Netflix! Marvel and Netflix are proud to announce that acclaimed actor Elden Henson has joined "Marvel’s Daredevil," an all-new 13-episode series premiering on Netflix in 2015. With [...]
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The DOCTOR WHO Season 8 Premiere Date is Confirmed
Yay! The BBC has announced the premiere date of Season 8 of Doctor Who. And since they have already confirmed that the premiere on BBC America will happen "day and date" with the premiere in the UK, the date is [...]
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Colin Firth Leaves Paddington
My first and classiest reaction to the news of Colin Firth leaving Paddington was, "Well poop." And although I don't exactly (like not even a little bit) know him as a person, I do really respect his work and think [...]
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Casting for Syfy’s Fall Series Z NATION Includes a Lost Alum
We first told you back in April about Syfy's venture into the zombie apocalypse TV series genre, Z Nation, scheduled for this fall. Billed as a 13-episode series, it's unclear at this point whether or not that means it's a [...]
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One of Our Favorite Villains Returns on HEROES REBORN
When NBC released the first info on the upcoming limited series Heroes Reborn, they were somewhat circumspect as to whether any former characters would be reprising their roles, focusing instead on the fact that there would be new characters for [...]
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So Much Love for this Aquaman Casting for BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is going to be DC's movie answer to Marvel's Avengers. And while we've already been introduced to the Man of Steel (Henry Cavill), this movie preceding the Justice League is meant to introduce us [...]
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BBC America Confirms US DOCTOR WHO Premiere Same Day and Date as UK, Plus World Tour News
I have now been watching Doctor Who long enough to say "you kids have it so easy nowadays." Yes, I was watching back in the dark days when we in the U.S. had to wait weeks, even months, after a [...]
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Syfy Names Captain of the ASCENSION Opposite Tricia Helfer
We at SciFi Mafia are quite looking forward to Syfy's Ascension for a number of reasons. One, it's a six hour "event series," so it will be a complete story. Two, it's billed as an intergalactic mystery, combining two of [...]
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Game of Thrones and Academy Award Winning Actresses Join STAR WARS: EPISODE VII
Star Wars announced that Lupita Nyong'o (hot off her Academy Award for 12 Years a Slave) and Gwendoline Christie (Brienne in Game of Thrones) will be playing roles in the new Star Wars: Episode VII directed by J.J. Abrams. Hooray [...]
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Voice of Thanos For GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY And AVENGERS 2
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy lies just around the corner with a August release date, and Avenger: Age of Ultron out next May. Even with those release dates looming, the voice of Thanos has apparently been mysteriously cast for months. [...]
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