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New Star Wars TV show ready to whet appetites (opens in new tab) Star Wars Rebels is the first trip to a galaxy far, far away since Disney got its hands on Lucasfilm, and it’s here to fill the big gap in Star Wars history – the time period between …

Second season addresses the post- Winter Soldier world (opens in new tab) They’re having to rebuild SHIELD – and that’s the show, as much as the titular organisation. Executive Producer Jeph Loeb tells SFX that Agents Of SHIELD season two is “picking up exactly where we left off from last …

The Hollywood Reporter says Douglas Adams’ character is in the hands of the Chronicle scribe Apparently IDW and Ideate Media have optioned worldwide rights to Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency novels. The partnership will co-fund development and co-produce with the plan to secure a direct-to-series commitment. IDW’s TV …

Is this Thunderbird go? (opens in new tab) In what looks like a sneaky viral marketing campaign for ITV’s upcoming reimagining of Thunderbirds , Hi-Secure.net has appeared online with a peek at what could be the new Thunderbird 2. The website shows “stolen” video footage of Thunderbird 2’s hangar door, …

Freeview owners, rejoice! Channel 4 has nabbed the UK rights to Joss Whedon’s Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD (opens in new tab) (blimey, that’s a mouthful). (opens in new tab) The show, set in Marvel’s cinematic universe, is undoubtedly the biggest US telefantasy export of the year, and follows hot on …

(opens in new tab) US network NBC has ordered a pilot for a show called Paradise , which seems to be Prison Break meets Escape From New York . It has been created by producer Greg Berlanti ( Arrow ) and writer Seth Grahame-Smith ( Pride And Prejudice And Zombies …

Sky 1 has just released four new pics from Yonderland , the bonkers-looking upcoming sitcom from the creators of Horrible Histories . (opens in new tab) The eight-part series is written by and stars Mathew Baynton, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond, and is produced …

Issue 238 of SFX goes on sale tomorrow, featuring 2013 Hot 50 of the most important current and up-and-coming movers and shakers in sci-fi. Someone who has made the Hot 50 (though we’re not telling you where he comes) is Joss Whedon , and to celebrate that fact, we have …

The BBC has announced that former Being Human producer Brian Minchin is to be the new executive producer of Doctor Who , alongside showrunner Steven Moffat. He replaces Caroline Skinner who left earlier this year. (opens in new tab) Minchin is an executive producer for BBC Wales drama, currently working …

Larry Gilliard Jr, who played D’Angelo Barksdale in The Wire , has signed up for a regular role in season four of The Walking Dead . In the comics, Stookey was is an alcoholic resident of Woodbury who saved The Governor’s life after his torture by Michonne. Even the Governor …