Stevie Nicks' Role In American Horror Story Revealed

A couple of days ago it was rumoured that Stevie Nicks, of Fleetwood Mac fame, was due to appear in an upcoming episode of Coven, the third American Horror Story serial.

Now it has been revealed that Nicks will be appearing, and that she'll be playing... herself.

This avoids some real-world paradoxes, as Lily Rabe's character Misty has been seen to be a fan of the band. Explaining Nick's role, which will be in the tenth episode of the serial, series creator Ryan Murphy says:

"She appears as herself. It’s part of Fiona’s ruse in that Fiona is trying to get the true Supreme to reveal herself because she needs to stay alive. So she tells Misty Day that the Supreme gets so many great things in life, like tickets to the Oscars and Met Ball tickets. So she brings Stevie Nicks in as a gift to Misty to prove to her that if she exhibits more power she’ll get that and more. Then the other girls come home and see Stevie and Misty singing and it starts them trying to move much quicker to prove that they are the Supreme."

It sounds kinda like something that would happen in  Ryan Murphy's other series, to me...

...Only far less horrifying

Robert Patrick Returns To From Dusk Till Dawn

Robert Patrick has been cast as the lead in the upcoming From Dusk Till Dawn TV series.

However, he will not be reprising his role from From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, but rather will be playing Jacob Fuller, the role that Harvey Keitel played in the first flick.

Also starring will be Madison Davenport as Kate Fuller, Brandon Soo Hoo as Scott Fuller, D.J. Cotrona as Seth Gecko, Zane Holtz as Richie Gecko Jesse Garcia as Texas Ranger Freddie Gonzalez, Don Jonson as Rodriguez/Tarantino regular Eaerl McGraw and Eiza González as Santánico Pandemonium, stepping into the... memorable role made famous by Salma Hayek in the original movie.


It would also be unwise to rule out a Danny Trejo appearance somewhere in there, what with Robert Rodriguez is serving as executive producer.

The ten-part mini-series will follow the plot of the original movie, and will debut on the El Rey Network in the US early in the new year. A UK airing has yet to be confirmed.

Walking Dead Spin-Off To Be Prequel Series?

Earlier this year, AMC announced that they are working on a spin-off show to their hugely popular Walking Dead series.

Now, TVLine are reporting that the show might well "be a prequel of sorts, one that would chronicle the early days of the epidemic and the effort to contain it.".

Creator Robert Kirkman previously told IGN that the new series would be set in a different location and would feature completely different people. "It definitely won’t be set in Georgia… It’s important to us that this show exists on its own. The spin-off has to be a show worthy of existing, or else we've all sold out."

If this is to be a prequel, then the timescale of the series would surely be a bit limited, what with the main series only kicking off a few months into the outbreak. Unless they plan on holding back the zombie outbreak for a while, maybe as a season finale type thing...

Prequel shows seem to be the next big thing, with AMC recently announcing Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul, and Kurt Sutter announcing his plans to create a First Nine series when Sons Of Anarchy finishes.

The Walking Dead's fourth season is currently airing on Sunday nights on AMC in the States, and on Friday nights on FOX in the UK.

Javier Bardem For Pan Role?

Javier Bardem is being eyed for the role of Blackbeard in Joe Wright's upcoming Peter Pan origin movie.

Jason Fuchs will be providing the screenplay for the adaptation of J.M. Barrie's classic character with Arrow executive producer Greg Berlanti producing under his Berlanti Productions and Sarah Schechter overseeing for Warner Bros.

According to Deadline, Fuchs' script has an orphan taken to the magical world of Neverland, where he becomes the savior of the natives and leads a rebellion against evil pirates, lead, or course, by Blackbeard.

This is not the only Pan origin tale in the works - in yet another case of two similar movies happening at the same time (see also: Deep Impact/ Armageddon, Volcano/Dante's Peak, White House Down/Olympus Has Fallen or Avatar/The Smurfs), over at Columbia Pictures  Channing Tatum and Joe Roth are producing Neverland, another take on the start of Peter Pan's adventures.

Which is not to be confused with the recent Sky One mini-series Neverland, which starred Rhys Ifans and Bob Hoskins, and told the origins of P- Well, you get the idea...

Legal Battle Over Bond Characters Is Resolved

The legal battle between MGM and Kevin McClory and his estate is finally over, freeing up the rights to certain characters in the franchise.

McClory helped Ian Fleming in developing the storyline for Thunderball, and as a result McClory has claimed that he created many of the iconic characters from the world of James Bond, presumably Blofeld and SPECTRE, who would appear in successive movies following that.

It was this dispute that lead McClory to release Never Say Never Again, which is essentially just a remake of Thunderball, and is not considered a part of the Bond canon by MGM.

The legal issues were muddled further when Sony tried to buy the rights to Never Say Never Again and its characters from McClory, only to be sued for doing so by MGM (keeping up...?)

In the end, the sensible thing was done, and Blofeld, SPECTRE etc. were retired from the movie series, replaced by organisations such as Quantum.

With the legal issues now having been resolved (and no details have been released as to just how they were resolved), this means that we could theoretically now see Blofeld and co. returning to menace Daniel Craig's Bond in an upcoming movie (though where this would leave Quantum is anyone's guess).

The next Bond movie is expected to hit in 2015.

The Killing - Ironically Still Not Dead

How's this for a shocker - AMC's The Killing is coming back for a fourth season, despite having been cancelled twice already.

The show made an incredibly strong start, but soon degenerated into a bit of a mess, eschewing the standard accepted mystery practice of giving us a cast full of suspects in favour of rather bafflingly deciding to present only one suspect at a time leaving the viewer never without doubt that the supposed killer in any given episode was of course innocent because there were still episodes to go.

This somewhat daft approach, coupled with a baffling decision to stretch the initial case out for a second season even though it was all but solved, which lead to a messy second run that spent far too much time backtracking established facts from the first season, caused AMC to cancel the show.

A decision that they retracted, leading to a third season that few people even knew about - especially in the UK, when C4 refused to stump up for the latest batch of episodes. Unsurprisingly, despiet a pretty favourable reception to the thrid season, the show was cancelled again.

Only now Netflix - fast becoming a legitimate giant of original programming, with the fourth season of Arrested Development and four upcoming Marvel shows to their name, amongst others - have stepped in to give the show a six-episode final run, following on from their help in the production of the third season.

This is a very surprising move, as public demand for more of The Killing can hardly have been huge.

All six episodes will be made available in one chunk - a strong move, as the show is infinitely better when viewed in marathon form, as opposed to once a week - though no release date has yet been set.

Terrence Howard Is Still Being Civil About Iron Man Snub

Terrence Howard has never been one to keep quiet about being replaced by Don Cheadle in the Iron Man franchise.

But you'd have thought that time would have healed those old wounds. Not so.

The famously bat-shit actor is still bitter, and has been sounding off yet again, this time turning his ire on former co-star and all-round legend Robert Downey Jr.

...And you can see how many shits RDJ gives about that...

Speaking at a Bravo event, the actor said:

"It turns out that the person that I helped become Iron Man, when it was time to re-up for the second one, took the money that was supposed to go to me and pushed me out. They came to me with the second and said 'look, we will pay you one-eighth of what we contractually had for you, because we think the second one will be successful with or without you.' And I called my friend, that I helped get the first job, and he didn't call me back for three months."

It should be pointed out that, for some reason, Howard was the highest paid actor in the first movie by some margin, so a reassessment of that for the second - especially when Disney realised just what a huge draw that RDJ was proving to be - should have been expected. And, to be fair, I don't think you'll find anyone (other than Mr. Howard) who refused to go see any further Iron Man films because he was no longer in them.

But, to be honest, if I'd been effectively booted out of the War Machine role before even getting a chance to suit up, I'd take it badly too...

"...Next time..."

"Yeah, about that, Terry..."

Morrissey On The Governor

Earlier this week, David Morrissey reaffirmed his intentions to stick around as The Governor on AMC's The Walking Dead for as long as possible.

He obviously had to keep quiet up until then, as his return last weekend was supposed to be a surprise. But now that he's well and truly back on our screens, you can't shut him up about the show.

Now he's been talking to Entertainment Weekly about what is to come for the character:

"He's looking for safety, and the main thing for the prison is it's the safe place to be," he said. "It's the alternative of our world in the zombie apocalypse.

"The prison is a place of protection, not a place of incarceration, so that's why he's looking at it. He's looking at the building, I would suggest, rather than the people in it. Although the people in it are an inconvenience, because they're in his way of getting safety. But it's more about the building than the people."

"He is a man who is aware of himself now. I think the Governor at the beginning of season three was a man who was building a future. He had a future for Woodbury."

Morrissey continued: "He had a plan for Woodbury. And those plans get smashed. And certainly the future for his daughter and any sort of cure experiment that he and Milton were exploring - that's out the window now. We leave him with himself and his two henchmen - he's lost everything. So he is a man that has lost everything.

"And I think what we see coming up is how he deals with that loss. He's a dangerous man still and he knows how dangerous he is. He knows what he's capable of and that is a very dangerous thing. And like I said, it's about whether he embraces that man and how dangerous he is, or whether he fights him."

The actor concluded: "That's the question coming in - which character is he happy to be? Which character is he trying to be? We see him at the end of episode 5 and he's standing outside that prison and looking at that prison and we don't know whether he's come in peace or come in war."

Though we comic fans can guess...

"We don't know that yet. So we have to wait for that reveal in the upcoming episodes. He might have had an about face, but we don't know. He's a man who recognizes his own capabilities. That is fair to say."

The Walking Dead airs on AMC on Sunday nights in the US, and on FOX on Friday nights in the UK.

Jackman On Wolverine Sequel

 

Hugh Jackman has been talking to Entertainment Weekly about the planned third solo Wolverine film.

"There are some really cool ideas that I'm dying to tell you," says the Aussie actor, who will make his seventh appearance as the character in next year's Days Of Future Past, "but that would be giving away a secret that is not even [fully] formed yet.
 
"I do want to do it with Jim [Mangold] and with [producer] Lauren Shuler-Donner because we had such a great experience. I'm really proud of The Wolverine."

However, Jackman has yet to put pen to paper, and hints that it may be a few years before Wolverine returns to the silver (adamantium?) screen:

"I don't want to dive into another one until we have a compelling reason to do another one," said Jackman. "I love the character, he's kind of like a best friend to me, and I don't ever want to take [him] or the fans for granted.

"I think we've got a great opportunity to make something really cool, but it has to be great. That's what we're all working toward."

Days Of Future Past is out in the UK on May 22nd, and in the US on the 23rd.

"Droids Aren't In Episode VII" . . . "ARE TOO!!" (Nailed It...)

JJ Abrams has tweeted a pic from the Episode VII production offices, with the caption "Hi from the workshop! #StarWarsVII".

The best thing about the pic is that JJ is seen hanging out with R2D2, heavily implying that the little droid will feature in the new movie. And where R2 goes, Threepio is sure to follow.

R2D2 is one of only a handful of characters to appear in all six movies (and one of only two to be played by the same actor in each movie), so his appearance would be a wonderful boost to Episode VII.

Whether Kenny Baker would return is debatable, but I'd assume unlikely - the chap is 79 now. And that's not to mention his feud with C-3P0 actor Anthony Daniels, who Baker has vowed not to share a room with ever again.

Star Wars Episode VII is out on December 18th 2015

An Adventure In Space And Time - Trailer Is Out

 

As if this hasn't been an exciting enough day for Who fans already, here's one last treat for us all.

The trailer for Mark Gatiss' docudrama An Adventure In Space And Time has hit the web.

The trailer mainly focuses on David Bradley's take on Bill Hartnell, and while the look is a bit different, the mannerisms seem spot on - there's even a trademark Billy "Hmm?" in there.

And there's also the charming sight of a Cyberman sitting down for a teabreak outside the TARDIS. Worth the price of admission alone, if you ask me.

The film was recently shown at a BFI event, where it received a standing ovation.

See the trailer below:

An Adventure In Space And Time airs at 9pm on BBC2 next Thursday, and will be followed immediately by a repeat of An Unearthly Child on BBC4

Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ratings Continue To Fall

Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. is continuing to decline in the ratings, with this week's US episode only scoring 2.2 (6.67m).

This isn't exactly a crisis-point just yet - the show is still the third-highest rated on ABC (beating popular shows like Castle), and on-demand viewings are strong, but this consistent drop in viewers since the premiere is surely starting to get folks at Marvel and Disney nervous.

The show - which has already been picked up for a full season - is very expensive to make, so even being the third-most-viewed on the station may not be enough to save it (expensive shows rarely last with mediocre ratings - just look at Terra Nova).

I've said it before, but the main problem with the Avengers spin-off is that it keeps reminding viewers that it is an Avengers spin-off: by now, more than a quarter of the way into the freshman season, the show should be forming an identity of its own, rather than trying to force in references to the movies.

Next week's episode will tie in to Thor: The Dark World, so there may well be a much-needed ratings spike for that one.

But really, this is a series that needs to let go of its parents' hand and try to start walking on its own. This spin-off episode is in a way poorly timed (although the cinema schedule kinda dictates this one), as the show had only just started to find it's feet a little, so it now feels like a bit of a step back. And that's the last thing it can afford to do right now.

Because Marvel have already turned their focus to their next TV projects. And even Disney won't want to be hemmohraging  money like this for a second season.

Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. continues on Tuesdays on AMC in the US, and on Fridays on C4 in the UK.

Moffat Talks The Night Of The Doctor

As with the review of the episode, you ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT READ THIS until you've seen Night Of The Doctor. Which you should do immediately. It's really rather good...

So, for those of you who've seen it already, and have calmed down enough to read, showrunner Steven Moffat has been talking to the BBC about the episode. Here's what he has to say:

"We had our new ‘hidden mystery’ Doctor and I was thinking, what else can we do for our anniversary year… I thought… Why don’t we get Paul McGann in and regenerate him into John Hurt? I’d like to see that! I’d love to see that! And we had this possibility that we could do it as a surprise, so we got in touch with Paul who was dead keen and I’m delighted to say he was so happy to join in with the idea of keeping it secret. He was childishly excited about it! Paul came along and shot it – it was the last two days of the shoot for the fiftieth, actually. He did a wonderful job. It was great! We designed a new costume for him based on his old one. Howard Burden did a fantastic job with that.

We were phenomenally secret with the making of it! And I’m sure some people are a bit cross that we were so secretive but the fact is, there is only one way to ensure you keep a secret, and that’s to keep it! So, we kept it very tight and we hope it all came as great surprise to everyone."

When asked about the return of The Sisterhood Of Karn (who, like the Zygons who will return in The Day Of The Doctor, had their first and only screen appearance back in Season 13), Moffat said:

"I was terribly excited about having the Sisterhood of Karn coming back which is why I did it! But I should probably learn to have a little more faith in the fact that what gets me excited as a sad, old fan will get other people excited as well! And okay, the Sisterhood are unknown to the kids, but I was a kid when I first saw the Sisterhood and I thought they were great! So I’m hoping other people will like them!"

And, in case you were wondering, The Moff also cleared up some confusion about "Ohila", the leader of The Sisterhood - for the record, no, it's not supposed to be Ohica off of The Brain Of Morbius.


And finally, when discussing the joy of finally bringing us McGann's regeneration, Moff said:


"It was a complete treat! It was always frustrating that we never got to see more of him! The completist in me… the ‘box set man’ in me wants every box ticked and I wanted every regeneration scene! And we get to see the Paul McGann Doctor regenerate into the John Hurt Doctor! I love regeneration episodes – there’s nothing more exciting! And in the anniversary year we get to see two regenerations… That’s pretty cool"

Does "every regeneration scene" hint that we're going to see Hurt regenerate into Eccleston in either The Day Of The Doctor or The Last Day?

Or are we just being greedy now...?

Mr. Mercedes Release Date Set

The dust has barely settled on the superb Doctor Sleep (and, indeed, many of you may still be waiting to see if Santa is bringing you the novel this December 25th), but the release date for Stephen King's next novel has already been set.

Mr. Mercedes will arrive in your local bookshop (remember them?) on June 3rd.

This is a rare Summer release for King, who usually prefers to launch his novels in the winter (because cold dark nights are the perfect time to read his tales). Aside from this year's Joyland - published by Hard Case Crime and thus not a part of his current contract - the last time that King launched a major novel in the Summer was way back in 1995 with Rose Madder. Could this mean that Revival (his next next novel) is further along than we'd thought, and is going to take the Winter release spot?

King has described Mr. Mercedes as his "first hard boiled detective novel" - it follows a retired policeman who finds himself "being taunted by a murderer." King has said that he was inspired by a true event about a woman deliberately driving her car into a McDonald's restaurant. Sounds like the sort of thing that the late Richard Bachman would have enjoyed.

If June next year is too far away for your next King fix, you should check out Turn Down The Lights, which is available from Cemetery Dance next month, and features exclusive stories from King, Bentley Little, Clive Barker and a whole host of other horror writers.

Is Jeepers Creepers 3 On The Way?

Ryan Turek over at Shock Til You Drop has hinted that a third Jeepers Creepers movie is in the works (and may even have started filming).

Says Ryan: "While prowling the halls of the American Film Market, I picked up some rumblings regarding Jeepers Creepers 3.
 

Two excellent sources told me that there is renewed movement on the long-mooted sequel.  Major movement, in fact, as I was told one day of shooting is already in the can. 

[I have] reached out to director Victor Salva – who helmed the first two entries released in 2001 and 2003 – and while he offered some off-the-record information, he did

This is interesting news - while it seems unlikely (not to mention a bit daft from a business point of view) that a film in a popular franchise could have been greenlit, cast and had filming already begin without anybody noticing,  it now seems likely that at least something is happening with the long-rumoured film.

Hopefully it can manage to recreate the genuine suspense and sense of encroaching dread of the first film, and not the over-the-top silliness of the second.

Melissa Rosenberg To Write Jessica Jones

Following on from the news that Drew Goddard is to script the upcoming Daredevil series, news is now coming in that Melissa Rosenberg is to script the Jessica Jones series.

Jones, who was attached briefly to a previously-aborted television adaptation of the character, is probably most famous for some less-than-sterling work on the godawful Twilight movies, the bane of boyfriends everywhere, but she has also worked as a writer and producer on Dexter and The OC.

Jessica Jones and Daredevil are to be joined on Netflix by Luke Cage and Iron Fist - four series that will build to a crossover miniseries, The Defenders. Each is designed to take viewers "deep into the gritty world of heroes and villains of Hell's Kitchen".

Netflix has committed to a minimum of four, thirteen episodes series and the culminating mini-series event that "reimagines a dream team of self-sacrificing, heroic characters."

An Adventure In Space And Time Receives Standing Ovation

Doctor Who biopic An Adventure In Space And Time was shown at a BFI event on Tuesday night... and received a standing ovation from the crowd of journos in attendance.

Following on from this rapturous reception, the creator of the film, Mark Gatiss, spoke to the crowd.

"The strange thing is, because I'm a Jon Pertwee child, this was before my time," Gatiss said. "But I grew up with the story - almost like a bedtime story - of how the show came together. These very unlikely people coming together… nobody liking the Daleks… all these little stories that were like holy writ.

"I always thought it would just be a fantastic story to tell and it's just come together at the right time."

Gatiss went on to talk about the thrill he felt making the film - a real labour of love that he has been trying to produce for many years - not just as a producer, but also as a man who was once a child who grew up loving The Doctor.

"Stepping onto designer Dave Arrowsmith's amazing reproduction of the TARDIS for the first time, I actually had to stuff my scarf into my mouth - I was that excited!"

That he was a self-confessed fan did cause Gatiss some problems, though - with such a love for every aspect of the show's past, it was hard to pick and choose which parts of the show's history to include.

"That was genuinely the biggest challenge - taking off my anorak, which is almost impossible, and narrowing it down" he admits.

"There was a draft where Sydney Newman [Brian Cox] was walking down the corridors of Television Centre and there were about 100 people behind him with names bobbing above them - it was like Sherlock - and there was 'Bunny' Webber and Donald Wilson and David Whitaker…

"It just didn't work and eventually you've got to go for it and say, 'You can't have everyone…' - but that's why we've got a website going live with the show which has a massive timeline, really to say thank you to all those amazing people."

"At its heart," Gatiss concludes, "An Adventure in Space and Time is a story about change and how we're all replaceable.

"We think of it going on with Patrick Troughton, the whole thing carrying on… but that for [Bill Hartnell - David Bradley in the film] was the moment where it all stopped. Doctor Who came about because of change at the BBC… but then actually it was change that did for Bill… that to me was fascinating."

Despite the nature of Hartnell's exit from the show, forced against his will by deteriorating health, and despite the less savoury aspects of Hartnell's character - brought back to the public attention by the revelations in the recent Tenth Planet DVD - Gatiss insists that viewers will also find the acclaimed character actor's life story "very uplifting".

"I wanted it to be a celebration - not any kind of hatchet job. It's born of love and I think it shows in every frame."

An Adventure In Space And Time airs on BBC2 on the 21st of November at 9pm. It will be followed by a screening of An Unearthly Child on BBC4.

London Has Fallen

A sequel to this year's action hit Olympus Has Fallen is in development.

Screen Daily reports that Millennium Films is producing and financing London Has Fallen, with Focus Features onboard to distribute the film in the U.S. 

Stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, and Radha Mitchell will reprise their roles from the first film, with the story now revolving around a plot to strike London during the funeral of the British Prime Minister.

 It is unlikely that Antoine Fuqua will return to direct given that a May 2014 production start date for London Has Fallen is being eyed.  Fuqua is currently busy with post-production on the Denzel Washington thriller The Equalizer, which opens next September.

The first film was a surprise treat, harking back to the 80s heyday of gloriously stupid action movies, and totally defeating the far-more hyped, more expensive (and similarly plotted) White House Down, so a sequel was perhaps a given.

Hopefully this sequel will live up to its predecessor - nobody wants another Taken 2 situation here...

Review: The Night Of The Doctor

SPOILER WARNING: This review will reference story elements that you will REALLY want to be a surprise. I'm not including any images in order to preserve the surprise, but honestly - don't read this until you've seen the mini-episode...


Well... I warned you...

There it is - technically a prequel to the main event, but possibly the greatest birthday present that Who fans could want. Six minutes and forty-nine seconds that we've been waiting to see since 1996.

We start aboard a crashing spaceship. The pilot, Cass, is requesting help. A voice on the comms suggests that she needs a doctor. She declines, but then a voice behind her says "I'm a Doctor... but not the one you expected."

And the camera cuts to Paul McGann.

What a wonderful misdirection, with the actor so vehemently denying that he was in the main episode that the possibility of him being in a prequel (which had long been mooted) was almost forgotten. But there he is - his hair is shorter, his costume more tattered, but still undeniably the eighth Doctor, just as full of life as he had been on that wonderful day in 1996 when he entered our homes for the only time.

It's astonishing how well McGann returns to the role - immediately he takes Cass' hand and drags her from the cockpit. "Where are we going?" she asks. "To the back of the ship," he replies. "Why?" she asks. "Because the front of the ship crashes first, think it through," he replies.

And a million Doctor Who fans punch the air - that is exactly the Doctor that we remember from the TV Movie.

But when Cass sees the TARDIS, she refuses to go with him. Because she distrusts the Time Lords because of their actions in the Time War. The Doctor insists that he is no part of the war, but Cass still refuses to come with him.

And, of course, because he is Eight, The Doctor refuses to leave her side. The ship crashes on Karn, and both The Doctor and Cass... die.

The Sisterhood Of Karn (in a second "punch the air" moment for Who fans), revive The Doctor, and tell him he has four minutes. Four minutes to decide if he wants to regenerate (and to decide if he wants to be a man or a woman - cheeky Moffat...). And after a painful debate, The Doctor decides that he will regenerate into a warrior - he will be the man needed to end the Time War.

"Will it hurt?" he asks (sneaky little pun, there...)

"Oh yes," say the sisterhood.

"Good," says Eight.

And then, just before his regeneration, he namechecks all his Big Finish companions, well and truly dragging them into the main canon (by this point the air is beaten into submission by the fans, and the ref enters to count it out).

He regenerates, denounces the name of The Doctor, and we catch sight of his reflection.

He's John Hurt... and he's young. He's going to be fighting this war for a long time.

It's less than seven minutes, but it gives us a regeneration, a return of a popular race, shocks, continuity and heart.

But most of all, it gave us back Paul McGann, something that, no matter how hard we wished and hoped, most of us never realistically expected to see. And he was magnificent - the perfect blend of childlike glee and innocence, turning to despair as Cass refuses to come with him, to defiance on Karn, before his heart - and his spirit - breaks, and he is forced to move on, to make way for the next Doctor. It was said of the TV Movie that McGann was astounding in just how instantly he captured the spirit of The Doctor, even in what amounted to less than an hour of screentime.

Well in The Night Of The Doctor, he does it again - he is even more perfect as The Doctor here, and with less time to play with.

The Night Of The Doctor makes us weep for all the potential adventures we never got to share with this wonderful incarnation of The Doctor. But more than that, it is an absolute joy in that we get to be there with him again, finally, at the end of his life. He didn't go alone - we were with him.

The Night Of The Doctor is a perfect gift to Who fans. It was - for the first time in a long time thanks to our internet information age - an episode that threw up genuine, shocking surprises, and brought us all back to that wonderful childhood feeling that anything could happen next.

And there's a hell of a lot more to come...

Geekin' Out Verdict: 10/10 (for long-term fans), 9/10 (for everyone else)

Terry O'Quinn For Lex Luthor?

Terry O'Quinn is the latest actor to be linked to the role of Lex Luthor, at least according to ComicBookMovie.com.

The Lost star is reportedly one of seveal actors on Zack Snyder's shortlist to play the baddie in 2015's Batman vs. Superman.

Bryan Cranston and Mark Strong had previously been heavily rumoured to take the role, but both actors have since laughed off the claims.

While Terry O'Quinn is a fine actor, and manages to combine sinister and personable very well, you can't shake the feeling that - as with Cranston and Strong - his is a name that is only being thrown around because he has played a bald villain before.

Watch this space - filming has already begun (albeit only for a Gotham vs. Metropolis football match), so casting news must surely be announced very soon.

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Brolin Out, Pratt Or Khan In?

Guardians Of The Galaxy and Parks And Rec star Chris Pratt is in talks for the lead role in Jurassic World, according to The Wrap.

Josh Brolin was previously thought to be the leading man in the fourth dino flick, but he has apparently failed to reach a deal with the studio.

Life Of Pi's Irrfan Khan is also apparently under consideration for the role.

Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson are already on board, while Jason Schwartzman is reportedly close to signing a deal. The movie, to be directed by Colin Trevorrow, will apparently see disaster strike an already-opened dinosaur park (the Jurassic World of the title, one assumes), with aquatic beasties and a return to Isla Nublar both rumoured to feature.

Jurassic World is released in 3D on June 12th 2015.