Long-time newspaper journalist (now a sub-editor doing copy-editing and page design) with passion for sci-fi. Also have an X-Men movie script on the go!
What I'm Reading
Various comicbooks, graphic novels and websites...
Subjects I'd Like to Learn More About
How to get into screenwriting!
An Interesting Fact
A major publisher was once very interested in an Arthurian trilogy I was writing. Also love music and did seven dance music remixes for a US DJ promotional label.
IDRIS ELBA has joined the cast of Kenneth Branagh's comic book adaptation Thor, according to Heat Vision.
The London-born star will play Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard who stands on the rainbow bridge (Bifrost) which connects to Earth, in order to defend the gods' realm from intruders.
Elba, 37, will next be seen in heist thriller Taken and is also in comic book adaptation The Losers. His previous credits include The Unborn, RocknRolla, American Gangster, 29 Weeks Later and The Reaping.
Sho... Read Full Story
TIME LORD David Tennant looks ready for a holiday in the Christmas special of Doctor Who.
The Doctor dons a Hawaiian-style garland, a straw hat and sunglasses, despite the snowy white backdrop.
The picture forms part of a tantalising sneak preview set to air on tonight's Children in Need.
The clip, from the special titled The End of Time, Part One, will keep fans guessing over what is in store as Tennant prepares to bow out, regenerating into Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor.
Viewers have seen ... Read Full Story
BRAD PITT could star in a planned film version of upcoming video game Dark Void after the actor's production company Plan B and Indian media conglomerate Reliance Big Entertainment bought the film rights from Capcom.
According to Variety, the idea is to develop a big-screen franchise from the game, which is released on PS3, PC and Xbox 360 in January.
Dark Void follows a pilot who crash lands in the Bermuda Triangle following a routine mission and finds himself in an alternative world resemb... Read Full Story
MICHAEL SHANKS is best known as archaeologist Daniel Jackson in TV's various Stargate spin-offs including the latest series starring Robert Carlyle, SGU Stargate Universe.
For an upcoming two-hour Smallville movie event, called Absolute Justice, Shanks will once again play an archaeologist but this time with wings as the DC Comics character Carter Hall aka Hawkman.
The special, which introduces other superheroes including Dr Fate and Stargirl, airs on February 5 in the USA and a first look ... Read Full Story
SIGOURNEY WEAVER says James Cameron's upcoming sci-fi film Avatar is a mind-blowing - and multiple knicker-wetting - experience.
The film, opening on December 18, is a 3D sci-fi epic set about 100 years in the future. It cost a reported $220million to make and is director James Cameron's first feature film since Titanic.
When she saw a screening of the finished film, she says she and castmate Stephen Lang "were nervous as two kittens."
She added: "About a third of the way in he turned to m... Read Full Story
SAM WORTHINGTON is to play the lead in a film adaptation of Radical Publishing's The Last Days of American Crime, reports Mania.
Written by Rick Remender, who's also penning the screenplay, the comic book is a fast-paced crime story set in the not-too-distant future.
The US government is planning to halt terrorism and crime by secretly broadcasting a mind-control signal that stops people committing unlawful acts.
To keep this from the public, the government creates a distraction with a new ... Read Full Story
ROBERT PATTINSON has recalled the horror he felt after jokingly telling a fan to strip, only for her to do just that.
Fortunately a security man saved her blushes, removing her before the striptease got out of hand.
In an interview for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Twilight star said he had been bored with reciting the same old niceties to autograph hunters.
He recalls: "It happened after a period of signing 500 signatures.
"You kind of get ten seconds with each person and you never really sa... Read Full Story
THE VISUAL EFFECTS supervisor on The Twilight Saga: New Moon has revealed how they created the supernatural imagery for Robert Pattinson's vampire character Edward Cullen.
Susan MacLeod worked on making Edward's skin sparkle in sunlight and turning him into an apparition that appears before Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart).
She explained how they devised the look of the hallucinatory image, revealing: "We didn't want anything scary, because he is sort of the romanticised memory in Bella's mind ... Read Full Story
YET another actress is reported to be under consideration for a possible role in the next Spider-Man film.
This time it's Anne Hathaway joining the queue of female contenders.
Her previous credits include Brokeback Mountain, The Devil Wears Prada and Becoming Jane.
According to a report by Movie Scoop, and subsequently Deadline Hollywood, producers of Spider-Man 4 have approached the 27-year-old actress to star in the film.
No role was specified but fan speculation suggests it's Felicia Har... Read Full Story
TERMINATOR SALVATION, the fourth film in the series, comes out on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on Monday (November 23) and to mark the event, a new official website has today gone live.
You can get information on the Blu-ray and DVD release, including details of the story, cast and crew; production notes; video clips; and a photo gallery. There are also wallpapers, screensavers and messenger icons to download.
The site also allows you to play a 3D game on your desktop and enter a competition to... Read Full Story
