If you’ve been enjoying Netflix’s reboot of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you’re apparently in the minority, as the series has just been canceled. The critically-acclaimed reboot season ran for just two seasons after debuting in 2017, and featured an all-new cast compared to the series’ older iterations. Comedian Jonah Ray served as the...
COMET is no stranger to great sci-fi storytelling; just look to our regular airings of Stargate SG-1, Babylon 5, and The Outer Limits for proof of that. So we know good sci-fi when we see it. And when it comes to the current state of sci-fi storytelling on TV, it doesn’t get much better...
Just when Ian Somerhalder thought he was through with vampires, they’ve sucked him back in. The actor, who starred as bloodsucker Damon Salvatore in drama The Vampire Diaries from 2009 to 2017, stars in a new vampire-centric series called V Wars. Only this time, Somerhalder won’t be playing a vampire — he’s humanity’s...
Halloween 2018 was both a critical and commercial hit, proving that even forty years after his creation, Michael Myers was still both terrifying and relevant. It’s no surprise then that the film earned two sequels shortly after its release in Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, and now we’re already getting our first look at...
Just about everything has a cinematic universe these days. Comic books, cars, cartoons. But you know what doesn’t have a cinematic universe? Cosmic horror. Well, that’s about to change as we may be witnessing the birth a cinematic universe based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Director Richard Stanley’s upcoming Lovecraft adaptation Color...
After conquering the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Jurassic World, Chris Pratt is looking to add a brand new sci-fi franchise to his résumé. The actor is set to star in an original sci-fi action film called The Tomorrow War, and by the sounds of it, the movie has all the trappings of what...
You may think you remember Fantasy Island, the campy ABC drama that starred Ricardo Montalbán and Hervé Villechaize back in the ’70s and ’80s, but the new Fantasy Island reboot trailer is here to tell you that you’re wrong. Dead wrong. The campy series, which did sometimes have a bit of a dark undercurrent,...
Bill Murray ain’t afraid of no ghosts. The legendary actor and comedian is finally confirmed to be reprising his role as Peter Venkman in next year’s Ghostbusters 3. Other original stars Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, and Ernie Hudson had already been confirmed to return for the film over the last several months,...
The first full trailer for the upcoming series The Witcher has arrived, and it looks like it has all the trappings of the next great fantasy action series. The series is based on the Polish novel series of the same name, while also drawing inspiration from the extremely popular videogames that the novels...
The Harry Potter movie universe is in dire straits. Not long ago, author J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. thought they’d found a way to continue the blockbuster franchise after it ended, thanks to the prequel series Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The planned five-film series got off to a good enough start...
