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Multi-Award Winning British Team Behind Cult Hit Dead Air Team Up with Multi- Award Winning New York Creator for Spooky Comedy Horror Web Series Frightseers Multi-award winning team behind cult hit Dead Air Peter Hearn (writer/producer) & Geoff Harmer (director/producer) announce their collaboration with multi-award winning New York actress & creator Candice Palladino, for the new spooky comedy horror web series Frightseers now almost 70% funded on Indiegogo.

Written by award winning filmmaker Peter Hearn (Scrawl starring Star Wars: The Force Awakens Daisy Ridley), Frightseers consists of 42 female-led, interconnecting live action webisodes and audio dramas. Inspired by Ghostbusters, Extra Ordinary, The Burbs, British Sitcoms of the 1980’s, Public Information Films of the 1970’s, along with web-series such as The Guild and Dr. Horrible’S Sing-a-long Blog, Frightseers is best described as Agatha Christie with ghosts.

With a gaggle of ghouls and ghosts realised entirely with practical effects including a 7ft tall Death...

These days, it seems like almost everyone aspires to be famous at some point. In light of this, it makes sense that a large number of people are curious about how wealthy celebrities get. Of course, this is a topic of great interest because some TV stars have made at least $1 million a season. For example, fans of Alexi Hawley’s police procedural crime drama series The Rookie are curious to know about the income of the cast members.

And it seems that the leading face of the series, Nathan Fillion, is no ‘rookie’ when it comes to earning big bucks in the TV industry. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the Canadian-American actor, who portrays John Nolan, the oldest rookie, is said to be raking in a whopping $100,000 per episode for his work on The Rookie. Talk about a payday!

The Rookie (Image via ABC) How Much Does Nathan Fillion...

A creative fan art sees multiple roles from actor Nathan Fillion come together. Fillion is a prolific actor, notable for his roles in TV shows such as Firefly and Castle. Currently, he portrays John Nolan on The Rookie, which was recently renewed for season 6.

Now, a piece of fan art from Nacho Fernandez Castro captures Fillion's most famous roles, from his younger years as Mel Reynolds in Firefly to his current role on The Rookie.

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Castro's art also celebrates Fillion's roles as Richard Castle in Castle, Caleb in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Captain Hammer in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and Rainer Shine in Modern Family. Castro created the piece to celebrate Fillion's birthday, as the actor turned 52 in March.

Nathan Fillion's Prolific Acting Career Explained

Fillion's early roles included the soap opera One Life to Live...

Let’s take a trip back to November 5, 2007.

“Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)” is the #1 song on the Billboard charts, Netflix’s DVD delivery service is approaching its peak, and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has just announced that 12,000 television and film screenwriters will go on strike after negotiations with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) fell through. The 2007-08 writers’ strike ultimately lasted 100 days, ushering in sweeping changes in the media landscape.

Many of those changes took place online. One of the WGA’s major grievances concerned new media royalties. Writers sought steadier income from digital distribution of their work, and they ended up with a bigger piece of that pie once the strike was settled.

The then-new industry of online video presented a problem for traditional media screenwriters, but it also offered a solution. As the strike forced TV programs into extended reruns, showrunners went online...

Suit up, it's time to discuss everyone's favorite self-proclaimed lady's man. The antics of Barney Stinson may not have aged particularly well here in 2022, but the "How I Met Your Mother" character somehow remains just as beloved today as he was when the show was on the air. There is one reason for that and his name is Neil Patrick Harris. This is not to say series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and their team didn't do an amazing job writing these characters, because they definitely did. However, the show's resident lothario wouldn't have been nearly as lovable if Harris hadn't imbued him with so much heart. Barney does one despicable thing after another, and yet the audience continues to root for him. Harris' performance brought so much depth to a character that could've very easily been little more than a caricature.

Sure, it's true that "How I Met...

We may not be getting a sequel to Joss Whedon's Doctor Horrible Sing-a-long Blog anytime soon, but we are going to be getting more comic books! There's a new one-shot adventure coming out later this year called Dr. Horrible: Best Friends Forever and above you'll find a piece of variant cover art from Francesco Francavilla.

The comic was written by Whedon and the art comes from Jose Maria Beroy and Sara Soler. Here's the story description:

From the Joss Whedon-helmed webmovie Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog comes the origin story of the next greatest supervillain of all time . . . Dr. Horrible!

In Dr. Horrible: Best Friends Forever, the time temptress herself, Hourglass, is in dire trouble and turns to that team of famous best friends, Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer, who are best friends, yes they've always been best friends why are you giving me that look?In this one-shot comic,...

TV is still king at San Diego Comic-Con International, even though several high-profile titles, including HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and Starz’s “Outlander,” are sitting this one out. Nonetheless, plenty of networks and studios are stepping up to the plate to pick up the slack, and there’s plenty of intrigue to be had — including the introduction of Jodie Whittaker as the latest Doctor on “Doctor Who,” a new direction (time jump!) and new moderator (Yvette Nicole Brown!) for “The Walking Dead,” the return of Kurt Sutter via “Mayans M.C.,” and a “Breaking Bad” reunion. Check back all weekend as IndieWire’s West Coast team covers Sdcc 2018 on the ground in San Diego; below, here are some of the biggest questions we’ll be tackling.

Can Comic-Con thrive without blockbuster TV shows like ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Westworld’?

To be fair, “The Walking Dead” and its spinoff series “Fear the Walking Dead...

I'm sure there are a lot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans out there who would love to see a revival of the series. Even one of the producers on the original series is still hoping that it happens someday. THR recently talked to producer Gail Berman about the show's legacy and the conversation turned to talk of a revival. All Berman is waiting for is a call from creator Joss Whedon. Here's what she had to say:

"I would be really happy to get the call from Joss. I have my own thoughts of what it would look like, but my own thoughts are not important. It would be what he thought. I will always let everyone know this is all about Joss. I did everything I knew on how to to be supportive of that, but the stories, the direction, the writing and the tale telling, that's all Joss.

Yesterday, the CW announced at the TV Critics Association press tour that the CW would be doing something quite interesting with two of their DC shows: they'd have a two-part musical crossover between them. The shows in question were The Flash and Supergirl, though they also implied that other characters in this Greg Berlanti-created universe may join in on the fun.

This isn't the most interesting bit of news now, however. 

According to a report from YouTube channel That Hashtag Show, the CW has turned to Joss Whedon himself to direct the musical crossover.

This is crazy cool on a couple of different levels. First is the obvious fact that Joss Whedon was once one of the key architects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While the Arrow-verse is no DC Extended Universe, this bit of news would solidify Whedon taking the leap from one comic book giant to the other.

Take this with a massive grain of salt, but That Hashtag Show is claiming that Joss Whedon will direct the two-part musical crossover between The Flash and Supergirl on The CW in the spring of 2017. I'm not familiar with That Hashtag Show and don't know if they have an accurate and proven track record breaking stories like this, so I'm hesitant to believe it until we hear further confirmation from another source. But that being said, I think everyone can agree it would be really cool if this ended up being true.

Whedon obviously has experience directing musical-style episodes of television, famously helming the Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode "Once More, With Feeling," and also dabbling in musical superhero tones with Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog a few years ago. Combine that with his experience behind the camera on the first two Avengers movies, and it seems like a no-brainer that he'd be up for this.

TV writer and producer, Tom Whedon, father of TV and screenwriter Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Angel, Firefly, Marvel's The Avengers), musician and writer Jed Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog), and writer Zack Whedon (Deadwood, Halt and Catch Fire), died on March 23, 2016, at the age of 83. Jed announced the news late yesterday, on Instagram.

A producer on It's a Living, Benson, Maggie, The Golden Girls, and The Sinbad Show , Mr. Whedon's TV series writing credits includes those shows and many more. His professional career began on the Captain Kangaroo TV show, in the 1950s. Other TV credits include Music Scene, The Dick Cavett Show, The Electric Company (on which he was head writer), All's Fair, United States, The Two of Us, and the children's series, Between the Lions, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy.

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Earlier this month, Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson launched a Kickstarter page, asking for at least $2 million to create new episodes of the cult classic TV series. The campaign reached its first goal of $2 million in just eight days, which will fund the first three episodes, but they are seeking as much as $5.5 million to produce an entire 12-episode season. The campaign has raised $2.59 million so far, and earlier today, Joel Hodgson posted an update on the Kickstarter page, revealing that Felicia Day has come aboard to portray Kinga Forrester, the daughter of Dr. Clayton Forrester, with comedians Hampton Yount and Baron Vaughn set to voice Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo.

Felicia Day's Kinga Forrester will be the new Mad Scientist in this updated version of MST3K, who Joel Hodgson described as both comedic and threatening. The original mad scientist was her father, Dr. Clayton Forrester,...

Powers Boothe (Sin City, Deadwood, Nashville) has joined Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a recurring role as Gideon Malick, a notorious man whose loyalties remain a mystery. Boothe previously appeared in Marvel's The Avengers as a member of the World Security Council. While Marvel wouldn't say much more about Gideon Malick, it's possible that he could actually be the next Red Skull. Here's what Jeph Loeb, Executive Producer/Head of Marvel Television, had to say in a statement regarding the casting.

"Gideon is incredibly menacing and in him we have a character that even the stone-cold Grant Ward would fear. Only someone of Powers' caliber could deliver the type of ominous and powerful performance we needed."

In the aftermath of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s battle with Jiaying and the Inhumans, Director Coulson will search the world for more powered people and will face threats unlike the world has ever seen.

While under Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac Perlmutter, Marvel Studios became notorious for it's penny pinching ways. But how far did they go to save a buck? According to Joss Whedon, he's made more money from his internet musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog than he did from directing the first Marvel's The Avengers. He disclosed this information during this past Saturday night's Dr. Horrible reunion. But is what he says true?

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog was an independently financed project that he put together back in 2008, and it has been a cult hit ever since with a strong army of fans. Whedon noted that writing and directing Marvel's The Avengers netted him far less than the 45-minute video starring Neil Patrick Harris as the title character. The actor joined the director, along with Felicia Day and Nathan Fillion to celebrate the 7 year anniversary of Dr. Horrible, which kicked off Paleyfest NY...

Whedonites got a double dose of geek love on Saturday in New York — first the Firefly panel at New York Comic Con in the morning, and the Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog reunion at Paleyfest in the evening. Although the moderator for the latter tried to get the 411 about a Dr. Horrible sequel, Joss Whedon swerved the conversation into another topic: finances, where he revealed yet again that he made more money doing Dr. Horrible, a mostly free webisode series, than he did directing the first blockbuster Avengers film. Luckily for those who really want to know about the sequel, Vulture chatted with Whedon, Nathan Fillion, and Neil Patrick Harris before the panel. ("Sequels are my favorite!" Whedon laughed. "They always go so well for me.")How much has been written? There is a title (which Whedon won't share just yet), there is an outline, and there are songs. Will there...

Read More: 'Mr. Robot' Star Christian Slater on Season 2 and Why He Can't Lie About The Show's Secrets The extended lineup for New York's PaleyFest 2015 has been released and it promises plenty of events built around some of the most popular shows on right now. The cast and creative teams from shows such as "Pretty Little Liars," "Mr. Robot," and "Transparent" will participate in panels and discussions throughout the week of October 10-19, opening with a special "Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog" reunion including Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day and Joss Whedon. The full extended lineup is as follows: Saturday, October 10: Opening Night: "Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog" Reunion; 8:30pm Panelists: Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day, Joss Whedon Sunday, October 11: ABC Family’s "Pretty Little Liars," 6:30pmPanelists: Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Sasha Pieterse, I....

Two years ago, Marvel's reputation for being careful with money when it came to talent became very public. The tough negotiations the studio was having with the ensemble of actors to return for "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron" spilled out into the trades. The various negotiations were resolved, and even Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans, who had from time to time strongly intimated they were ready to walk way from the series, are now more than ever happy to participate. But that hardly means Marvel has changed their methods. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Joss Whedon reveals that it was only during the making of "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron" where he finally understood “what it feels like to get paid.” Indeed, he claims he earned more making his own "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" than he did directing the first 'Avengers' movie. “They are in the...

Neil Patrick Harris made his Canadian convention debut last weekend at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo to a packed house of fans, chatting about his career and the potential sequel to one of his most beloved works: Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog. Neil Patrick Harris was the final and perhaps most grand addition to the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo lineup as he was announced on the first day of the convention after it had already begun. When Stan Lee was forced to cancel his appearance, Nph came to the rescue and made a Friday-only date with Canada, greeting fans and talking to a packed house in the Stampede Corral stadium. Nph was in full force, joking with his panel moderator and convention spokeswoman Emily Expo, at one point saying to her, "I can't stop staring...

Comic-Con International announced the full three-day schedule for WonderCon 2015, which will take place from Friday, April 3 to Sunday, April 5 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. You can clickHere to check out the entire convention schedule, but we have pulled out all of the movie, TV, Blu-ray and DVD related panel presentations below. Take a look at what WonderCon 2015 has to offer!

Friday, April 3

12:00pm - 1:00pm - Going Back to The Future

Filmmakers Jason Aron, Louis Krubich, and Lee Leshen discuss their film Back in Time, a feature-length documentary that shows the cultural impact of the Back to The Future franchise-just in time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the initial film. Room 207

12:30pm - 1:30pm - Batman

Last year marked the 75th anniversary of the Batman. Now let's take a look into what the future may have to offer for the iconic...

Science fiction dream team Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Frozen, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, 42, I, Robot) and Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Castle, Monsters University, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) are blasting off once again to bring a sci-fi show to life. This time, the former captain and pilot duo are launching a campaign on Indiegogo, the world's largest crowdfunding platform, for a brand new web series titled Con Man. The series is a lighthearted take on the personalities, luminaries, comic book stores, and characters they have run into during their years in the sci-fi community and convention circuit, while telling the story of a guy learning to love and embrace his fans. Fans can contribute to Con Man now on Indiegogo here: Indiegogo.com/Projects/Con-Man. Here's what Alan Tudyk had to say about the project in a statement.

"If you've gone to a sci-fi convention, you've only seen half of it. Con Man...

Geeks of the world, prepare for an awesome fandom collision! Nathan Fillion is set to guest star on an upcoming episode of The Big Bang Theory, E! News has confirmed. Go on, nerd out. We'll wait. The geek God is set to make a cameo as—wait for it—himself when he stops by CBS' hit sitcom in the Feb. 19 episode. As first reported by EW.com, Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Raj (Kunal Nayyar) will just so happen to see the Castle star at a restaurant, with a debate soon following as to whether or not it's really him and if they should snag a selfie. Typical fan problems, right? Thanks to his work on Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog ('Sup,...

Add Felicia Day to the list of online video personalities with their own books. The actress, vlogger, and writer, who runs the Geek & Sundry network, has announced You're Never Weird On The Internet (Almost), a memoir about her rise to online fame. Day's story is a shining example of the Internet's star-building power. She moved to Hollywood to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, only to find herself "typecast as a crazy cat-lady secretary." Instead of accepting this role, she went online, where she launched a web series called The Guild. That series, which chronicled the adventures of a clan of Mmorpg players, found a large audience and ran for six seasons. During The Guild's run, Day also appeared in another online hit, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, which further bolstered her career. Now, Day controls an entire network of content through Geek & Sundry, which has more than one...

Jimmy Wong is going back to his YouTube roots. Jumping off his current turn in season three of Video Game High School, Wong has launched an Indiegogo campaign for Band Aid, a six-episode musical comedy series. Band Aid and features a group of four ex-bandmates who reunite when lead singer Chase (played by Wong) launches one last attempt to win over his crush Jo (Abbe Drake) before she leaves town. Along the way, regular musical numbers will keep Band Aid lively (in the spirit of other musically-inclined comedic programs like Flight of the Conchords, Tenacious D, and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog). In addition to starring in the series, Wong will also direct it alongside Matt Enlow, who is best known as the creator of the hit web series Squaresville. Here's a look and the pitch: Wong - who is the brother of fellow YouTuber Freddie Wong - has always had an affinity for musical comedy.

If you only know Neil Patrick Harris from his role as the charmingly rakish lothario on "How I Met Your Mother," then you don't know Neil Patrick Harris.

Harris has an insane amount of range and just as much talent. This year alone he closed out "How I Met Your Mother," starred in "The Smurfs 2" and won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the Broadway revival of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." Now that's something.

This week, Harris can be seen in David Fincher's stone cold masterpiece "Gone Girl," where he plays Desi, the untrustworthy ex-boyfriend of a Missouri woman (played by Rosamund Pike) who goes missing, putting her husband (Ben Affleck) in the crosshairs of both the police investigation and the media spotlight.

We got to sit down and chat with Harris about what it was like working for the notoriously demanding Fincher,...

Carl "Crusher" Creel, known to Marvel fans as the Absorbing Man in the comics, will bring his unique power set to Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with the season premiere Tuesday, September 23 at 9:00 p.m. Et on ABC!

With the news we've also got your first look at Brian Patrick Wade (Generation Kill, Teen Wolf) as Creel directly below. With his ability to absorb the properties of anything he touches, Creel will put Coulson and his team through their paces when their second season kicks off...but you'll have to wait until then to see how their battle turns out!

Wade joins a number of new characters and guest stars on the series' second season, including the previously announced Adrianne Palicki (Bobbi Morse, a.k.a. Mockingbird), Lucy Lawless (Agent Isabelle Hartley), Reed Diamond (Daniel Whitehall), Nick Blood (Lance Hunter), Henry Simmons (Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie), and Kyle MacLachlan (Skye's father...

During Comic-Con 2014 last month, ABC presented a special video teasing Season 2 of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., where Patton Oswalt's Agent Koenig revealed that Barbara "Bobbi" Morse, a.k.a. Mockingbird, will be popping up this season. Today, Marvel confirmed that Adrianne Palicki has been cast as Mockingbird, although her affiliation to Coulson (Clark Gregg) and his team were not revealed.

Take a look at the official press release below.

The Executive Producers of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. have sent a Morse code to say they've found their Mockingbird!

Adrianne Palicki will appear as Bobbi Morse, a.k.a. Mockingbird, in the second season of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. -- but whether she'll play friend or foe to Coulson and his team, we can't say. Known for her work in Friday Night Lights and G.I. Joe Retaliation, Palicki most recently appeared in several episodes of About a Boy.

Palicki joins...

During Comic-Con 2014 last month, ABC presented a special video teasing Season 2 of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., where Patton Oswalt's Agent Koenig revealed that Barbara "Bobbi" Morse, a.k.a. Mockingbird, will be popping up this season. Today, Marvel confirmed that Adrianne Palicki has been cast as Mockingbird, although her affiliation to Coulson (Clark Gregg) and his team were not revealed.

Take a look at the official press release below.

The Executive Producers of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. have sent a Morse code to say they've found their Mockingbird!

Adrianne Palicki will appear as Bobbi Morse, a.k.a. Mockingbird, in the second season of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. -- but whether she'll play friend or foe to Coulson and his team, we can't say. Known for her work in Friday Night Lights and G.I. Joe Retaliation, Palicki most recently appeared in several episodes of About a Boy.

Palicki joins...

While most people know of the relationship between Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion as being a Firefly - and, by extension, Serenity - thing, there really is so much more than that to their collaboration. Even before Fillion became Captain Malcolm Reynolds, he was working with Whedon on Season 7 episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and the years since their sci-fi show was cancelled they've found time to work together on projects like Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Much Ado About Nothing. They have the kind of friendship where if one were to have a biography written about them, the other would write the introduction. And, believe it or not, that's exactly what has happened. We recently brought you the heartfelt email exchange between Tom Hiddleston and Joss Whedon that was published in the new book about writer/director/showrunner, and now USA Today has published -in full - the...

While most people know of the relationship between Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion as being a Firefly - and, by extension, Serenity - thing, there really is so much more than that to their collaboration. Even before Fillion became Captain Malcolm Reynolds, he was working with Whedon on Season 7 episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and the years since their sci-fi show was cancelled they've found time to work together on projects like Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Much Ado About Nothing. They have the kind of friendship where if one were to have a biography written about them, the other would write the introduction. And, believe it or not, that's exactly what has happened. We recently brought you the heartfelt email exchange between Tom Hiddleston and Joss Whedon that was published in the new book about writer/director/showrunner, and now USA Today has published -in full - the...

San Diego Comic-Con has released the full schedule for the first day of programming at Comic-Con 2014, Thursday, July 24. We've pulled out all the movie, DVD and TV-related panels and events right here, but you can also clickHere if you want to check out the full schedule with all of the comic book events. You can also clickHere to find out what pilot episodes Warner Bros. Television will be screening during Preview Night on Wednesday, July 23. Take a look at the exciting panels that will kick off the con this year.

Thursday July 24

10:00am - 11:00am - 24

Jack is back at Comic-Con, damn it! Kiefer Sutherland takes the stage to celebrate 24's most iconic moments and highlights of Jack Bauer's triumphant return in 24: Live Another Day. Catch the exclusive sneak peek at highly anticipated Blu-ray and DVD featurette, Worlds Collide, illustrating how the pulse-pounding storytelling was created for this thrilling new season.

Artist James Hance has created this awesome drawing for the cult classic web-series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Hance is an amazing artist, and this turned out beautiful. The artist had this to say,

There we go! Really, really happy with how this turned out  Considering making a few prints of this, should you need one. Ultimately I'd love to create a full color version on a larger scale - but this certainly has the heart I was going for. 

Dr. horrible is a creation of Joss Whedon, and it has a huge following. There has been talk of a sequel for years. The team of talent has been slowly but surly developing it, and one of the last things were heard is that there is music already written. I'm sure the sequel will eventually happen, it's only a matter of time.

New York (AP) — Joss Whedon is releasing a film he wrote as a $5 digital download, bypassing the normal channels of independent film distribution. In a video announcement Sunday following the premiere of the supernatural romance "In Your Eyes" at the Tribeca Film Festival, Whedon says the film will immediately be released online via Vimeo On Demand and InYourEyesMovie.com. The film stars Zoe Kazan and Michael Stahl-David. Whedon penned and produced it. The release will be the second film release for Whedon's "micro studio" Bellwether Productions, following last year's adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." Whedon has experimented previously with digital releases. His 2008 miniseries "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" was among the first high-profile Web series. Whedon currently is working on the "Avengers" sequel "Age of Ultron," to be released next year. Copyright © 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

"Castle" has an unusual problem in "Room 147." The police get a confession -- with details. Then they get another. And another.

Strangely, not one of these people confessing actually committed murder. How does that work?

What's the cost of a water bottle in room 147?

A man, Justin Marquette, is found dead in room 147 of a Best Traveler hotel. He was shot once in the chest while holding a water bottle from the mini-fridge. When Justin fell, he knocked over a chair.

That's straightforward enough, but it doesn't explain why Justin, a local actor struggling to start a career, was in the hotel (and that specific room). It definitely doesn't explain why three people all confess to the murder.

Starting with Anita Miller (a recovering alcoholic), then moving to Sam Carson (a man with anger issues) and finally coming to Dwight Caruthers (an unassertive accountant), these pseudo-murderers all tell the same...

Joss Wheodn's sequel to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog has been a long time in the making, and slowly but surely it's making its way into production. Co-writter Jed Whedon recently offered an update to EW ,saying that the songs have been written and the plot has been outlined. This is what he had to say:

“We know we have spoken publicly about a sequel in the near distance and our passion to create it, and I promise we have not been insincere. Horrible is still one of our favorite creations by humans who were also us. We have many songs written and the plot outlined, but needless to say, we’ve been busy. Joss has had a hectic couple of years and is in the middle of the busiest year of his life, as is Zack and as are we. Also the actors have other things they’re acting in,...

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been progressing in recent episodes. I'm well aware that I don't speak for everyone but the majority of the vocal-minded agree that the show isn't reaching the potential it could. Hence, the numerous articles around these parts about ways to improve the show. But how do the brain-trust behind Agent Coulson's (Clark Gregg) resurrection and assemblage of a small, specialized task force feel about their show? Said Maurissa Tancharoen (Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog), "We really just try not to think about the scrutiny and the pressure. We’re just trying to make the show that we like, and we’re working really hard at it. When Joss came to us and said, “Let’s make a S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show,” we were excited about the idea alone. And then, once we started diving into the world and inventing these new characters that would be...

The 5th Annual Broadway Can A Concert for City Harvest will be presented at Don't Tell Mama, one night only, Monday, November 18th at 7pm. The evening will be comprised of songs by composer lyricist Seth Bisen-Hersh. Bisen-Hersh will be joined on stage by a phenomenal cast including Drew Aber A Tale of Two Cities, Morgan Billings The Sound of Music, Toby Blackwell Rent, Brian Childers Danny and Sylvia, Russell Fischer Jersey Boys, Nora Fox The Sound of Music, Amy Griffin How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Nina Hennessey Bye, Bye Birdie, Teresa Hui, Lara Janine Rock of Ages, Emily Klein Parade, Elise Levin Born Blue, Rita Markova The Fantasticks, Michael McGurk The Wedding Singer, Brianne Moore The Visit, Brooke Sunny Moriber The Wild Party, Kristine Reese Wicked, Brian Charles Rooney The Threepenny Opera, Stacy Shirk Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Haley Swindal Jekyll amp Hyde. The concert will be produced by Dennis Fowler,...

ABC has picked up new hit drama Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a full season, it was announced today by Paul Lee, president, ABC Entertainment Group.

The series opened as TV's highest-rated drama debut in nearly 4 years (since 11/03/09) and ranks as the No. 1 new show of the 2013-14 season among Adults 18-49 (4.0 Live + Same Day rating/5.7 Live + 3 Day rating). On average, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is No. 1 in its Tuesday, 8 o'clock time period, and has more than doubled the young adult delivery in the hour year-to-year (+150%).

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz and Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel's first television series, was co-created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen (Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog...

In the video below, the epic showdown between Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert gets even cooler with lightsabers and force powers Chance McClain, the creator of the Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog fan prequel Horrible Turn, is back with this epic imagining of the showdown featured in Les Miserables' The Confrontation. It's hard to sing when you have a lightsaber to your throat...

Whedonopolis.com and Fandom Charities Inc. are proud to announce the 6th Annual Halloween Charity screening of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along blog, the Guild and Husbands on Saturday, October 26, 2013, with a new extended schedule starting at 1:00 Pm. From the press release The event will return to the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Along with Dr. Horrible, the evening portion will include screenings of the 6th and final season of Felicia Day's hit web series, The Guild, and Season 3 of Brad Bell and Jane Espenson's ground-breaking web series, Husbands. New this year is expanded programming with afternoon screenings of two feature films: Joss Whedon's fan favorite, Serenity, and the new horror classic from Drew Goddard and Joss...

Game of Thrones beat Doctor Who to win a trophy at The Hugo Awards 2013.

The annual event - celebrating the best in sci-fi and fantasy - was held last night (September 1) at LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio, Texas.

Game of Thrones triumphed in the category of 'Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form' with its acclaimed season two episode 'Blackwater'.

George Rr Martin accepted the award, accompanied by series star Rory McCann (Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane).

The HBO fantasy drama's victory breaks Doctor Who's three-year running streak, with the BBC series grabbing the 'Short Form' award in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

The sci-fi drama also won its category in 2006, 2007 and 2008, with Joss Whedon's online series 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' winning in 2009.

Three Who episodes - 'Asylum of the Daleks', 'The Angels Take Manhattan' and 'The Snowmen' - were nominated in this year's awards, alongside the winning Game of Thrones entry and the Fringe episode 'Letters of Transit'.

Joss Whedon undoubtedly has one of the most fervent followings in the world, but the truth is that sometimes he makes it really hard to be a fan. Throughout his career, Whedon has made a regular habit of killing off characters that his audience loves, such as Tara in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fred in Angel, Wash in Serenity, and Penny in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. As a result, when he was given the reins of The Avengers sequel last year many fans took a deep breath, instantly fearing that the writer/director would use the sequel to kill off their favorite superhero or supporting character. But can we really expect some kind of major death in 2015's The Age of Ultron? Following up on comments that Whedon made back in February at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, where he promised "death, death and more death" in the upcoming...

San Diego Comic-Con has unleashed their epic schedule for Saturday, July 20th, and it's going to be a great day! There's a ton of Marvel stuff happening, including panels for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thor: The Dark World. Then we've got Godzilla, Seventh Son, 300: Rise of An Empire, The Lego Movie, I' Frankenstein, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, True Blood, Being Human, and a lot more cool stuff!

You can view the full schedule here, and I've included the panels and events that we'll be looking forward to seeing. 

Saturday, July 20

A&E Bates Motel

The Bates Motel is open for business in San Diego! Executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights) will release new footage from the highly acclaimed A&E drama series Bates Motel exclusively for Comic Con attendees. The executive producers will be joined by the cast, including Academy Award...

Saturday at Comic-Con is stacked with TV panels as CW hits including "The Vampire Diaries" and "Arrow" join fan favorites "Once Upon a Time," "Grimm," "Family Guy," "Bates Motel" and "Person of Interest," plus the Con debut of "How I Met Your Mother."

All that plus the CW's promising new series "The Tomorrow People" and "The Originals," more Fox animation, "Futurama," Syfy's "Warehouse 13" and "Being Human," NBC's "Revolution" and Cinemax's "Strike Back." Good luck trying to follow it all.

Check out the full Saturday schedule on the Comic-Con official site or peruse the TV panel highlights below:

"A&E Bates Motel" (10:00am - 11:00am, Room 6A): The Bates Motel is open for business in San Diego! Executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights) will release new footage from the highly acclaimed A&E drama series Bates Motel exclusively for Comic Con attendees.

The big holiday weekend has two big summer movie to keep you entertained, but what if you're looking for a little something more to enjoy your holiday weekend with? On Double Feature Friday, we offer suggestions if you're looking for something similar to either "The Lone Ranger" and "Despicable Me 2" that you can watch back-to-back or instead of.

Check out our recommendations after the jump!

"The Lone Ranger" & "True Grit"

Having not seen "The Lone Ranger" myself, I cannot speak from experience, but many reviews of the Johnny Depp tentpole have complained about the graphic violence in what is supposed to be a family film. (The villain eats a character's heart in front of his victim's brother.) If you're looking a Western that the entire family can watch and enjoy, check out one of the last financially success films in the genre — not "Django Unchained." "True Grit," while not without its scarier scenes,...

With Sdcc 2013 kicking off soon, Preview Night details and the full schedule for Day 1 have arrived. We have some tough decisions to make as The Walking Dead comics take on "The X-Files" reunion and then the "Dexter," "Hannibal," and "Teen Wolf" panels go head-to-head.

Per usual, the abovementioned choices are just the tip of the iceberg for genre fans with panels running all day and evening on July 18th for paranormal novels, sexy steampunkers, horror gaming, horror novels, horror comics, horror journalists (including our own Heather Wixson!), composers, the ever present and popular zombies, The Goon feature film, and - in the last panel of the night - horror sitcom "Holliston." Check out our picks below, and be sure to visit the official San Diego Comic-Con 2013 website for the full lineup.

Preview Night: Wednesday, July 17, 2013

6:00pm - Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings

Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition,...

One of the best things to be born of the web series craze and writer's strike (that wasn't Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) was Lisa Kudrow, Dan Bucatinsky, and Don Roos's Web Therapy about the self-interested Fiona Wallice (Kudrow) who decides three-minutes via a webcam is more than enough time to sort out patients' problems. Showtime adapted the show to a 30-minute TV series in 2011 with a first season that expanded the cast and gave the show some direction outside of just quick comically awkward exchanges with patients. The introduction of Victor Garber as Fiona's husband Kip and Alan Cumming as Fiona's lover made for an interesting subplot to Fiona's therapy business, but for the second season of Web Therapy the subplot takes over and the show benefits greatly.

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Greetings from the apocalypse! Along with my trusty dog, I'm currently gunning the last of the V8 Interceptors towards a fortified gasoline refuge in the middle of the Australian outback. While I'm thus occupied, why don't you innocent clanspeople of Tomorrow-morrow Land check out some of this weekend's most fruitful distractions … unless you're chained to a car with handcuffs made out of high-tensile steel. Man, I've been there …

Friday, June 7

New On Blu

Oh man, oh man, oh man … The 'Mad Max' Collection on Blu-ray! It's all three of the most-worshipped post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem movies ever burned onto celluloid, including for the first time on Blu-ray the amazingly bizarre "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome." Unfortunately there's not much in the way of new bonus content on any of these, but the prints are all glorious — especially "Thunderdome," which looks like a brand-new movie. There's a great doc on the first "Mad Max,...

ABC is close to issuing a series order for the pilot Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which was co-written and directed by Joss Whedon. A brief portion of footage has leaked online, which hints at The Incredible Hulk's presence on the show, along with a "Rising Tide" logo.

While we have no idea what this could mean for the show, visit TVweb to take a look at the footage, then stay tuned for any official word from ABC about the fate of this impending drama: clickHere

Here is the official plot synopsis for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Fresh from his role in last summer's box office smash, Marvel's The Avengers, Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) returns to the worldwide law enforcement organization S.H.I.E.L.D. He puts together a small, highly trained, team of Agents to tackle the cases that haven't been classified yet, the new, the strange and the unknown. That...

The secrets of Marvel's "S.H.I.E.L.D." TV show are coming out. An ABC site for advertisers revealed the pilot's potential new title -- "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." -- and several key plot details.

According to EW, the title is not official. The series is set after the events of "The Avengers," Disney and Marvel's blockbuster hit featuring the characters of Iron Man, Captain America and Thor. Joss Whedon directed the pilot and co-wrote the script with his brother Jed and Jed's wife Maurissa Tancharoen. The trio previously teamed for "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog."

The show follows the human agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., including Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) who was last seen dying in "The Avengers."

"After people see the show, they’ll have some clue as to why I’m still there, still breathing," Gregg said. "But I don’t think they’ll know everything ..."

The description below was released,...

Now that the full WonderCon 2013 schedule has been released, we know what other genre projects will be joining the already announced Evil Dead and "Under the Dome." It looks like a very busy weekend for horror fans!

Below you'll find a majority of the WonderCon 2013 horror highlights (and a few fringy panels that we thought might have crossover appeal). For all the latest updates visit the official WonderCon website.

Friday, March 29

3:00pm - Exclusive Warner Bros. Television Screenings of "Revolution," "Arrow," and "The Following" (more info here) - Arena

6:30pm - Netflix's "Hemlock Grove" - Room 300De

From executive producer Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) and based on Brian McGreevy's novel of the same name, Netflix's Hemlock Grove is a riveting one-hour murder mystery series that revolves around the residents of a former Pennsylvania steel town. When 17-year-old Brooke Bluebell is brutally murdered, any of Hemlock's peculiar inhabitants-or killer creatures-could be suspects.