Syfy wants to show you what happens when fairy tales grow up by reinventing classic stories as part of its Saturday night TV movie franchise. The contemporary reimaginings of tales like Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel & Gretel will be two of the five titles that kicks off the new series on February 27.
“It’s exciting to take a treasured brand and put our own sideways spin on it,” said Thomas Vitale, executive vp programming and original movies at Syfy. “By turning familiar timeless stories inside out, we’re creating an entertaining new genre for our popular Saturday night movie franchise,” …read more

Nightmare on Elm Street star Robert Englund will guest star in an upcoming episode of the forensic crime-drama series, Bones. The series stars David Boreanaz (Buffy, Angel) as Detective Booth and Emily Deschanel (Spider-Man 2) as Dr. Brennan, whose nickname is ‘Bones’.
Englund will star in a new episode as a janitor at a high school where a murder takes place, according to STYD. The crime actually takes place at Booth’s old high school, which means I’m sure it will be filled with lots of annoying pseudo-witticisms to tell the background story and so on.
I gave Bones a try. It’s really …read more

Back in August I told you about AMC’s plan to turn Robert Kirkman’s zombie comic, The Walking Dead, into a live action television series. Well according to the boys at Bloody-Disgusting, it sounds like AMC loved the pilot and is giving it the green light! The series is written and directed by Frank Darabont (The Mist). Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion will executive produce.
The Walking Dead graphic novel series follows survivors of a zombie apocalypse as they struggle to readjust to their new lives and stay alive. Kirkman’s story boasts strong …read more

If you ever doubted that HBO’s True Blood wasn’t a soap opera in vampire’s clothing then all the casting news these past few months should totally cinch the deal for you. It looks like Season 3 of Alan Ball’s popular show will be loaded with lots of hot fresh meat. This is no insult to the show, I’m totally digging it–but let’s just call it like it is already.
Enter new cast member Kevin Alejandro, the Southland co-star who is expected to appear in almost every episode of the third season. Don’t wet your panties just yet ladies, his character Jesus …read more

The Vampire Diaries returns to The CW on January 21 with several new cast members.
Mia Kirshner (The L Word) will be playing the role of Isobel, the sweet and dangerous wife of Matt Davis’s history teacher, Alaric. Gina Torres (Firefly) will appear as a witch named Bree and Brandon Quinn (Entourage) plays Lee, who has a score to settle with vampire Damon.
Spoiler alert:
Isobel will reportedly only appear in flashbacks because she is dead, according to MTV’s blog. It’s hinted that the vampire brothers are to blame for her death and that Alaric is in town to seek revenge. Also, there …read more

Either you want to tear your hair out or you’re recovering from True Bloodtastic bliss after all the True Blood casting news over the past few weeks. Well, let me force upon you another new cast member, whose werepanther roots may or may not be an element to the storyline for the third season of HBO’s True Blood.
Lindsay Pulsipher will join several new cast members as Crystal Norris. She is described as a ‘barefoot, sundress-wearing woman’ who will reportedly share an ‘electric connection’ with Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten). Jason always seems to have his hands full!
In the Charlaine Harris novels, …read more

How I Met Your Mother star Joe Manganiello has been cast in a recurring role on HBO’s True Blood. He’ll be playing Alcide Herveaux, a ‘hot and sexy alpha male werewolf.’ Yes please. Apparently he’ll be another love interest for Sookie, but she said I could borrow him from time to time.

Manganiello joins a slew of newbies on the show including, Cooper Huckabee as Sam’s dad, J. Smith-Cameron as Sam’s estranged mother, Alfre Woodard as Lafayette’s mom and more.
There has been news of bit part casting, including actors Shannon Wells, C.C. Sheffield (The Bold and the Beautiful) and Natasha Alam.
So, is …read more

FEARnet brings critter carnage back to life in Zombie Roadkill, their newest original program set to air Spring 2010 on the website and the FEARnet On Demand VOD network. Creepy creatures will be resurrected in six, 4-5 minute episodes directed by David Green.
“Academy-Award nominated actor Thomas Haden Church co-stars as a tough as nails Park Ranger who teams with an unsuspecting teenager, played by David Dorfman, to escape a cursed stretch of highway that resurrects roadkill in the form flesh eating zombie animals. This new breed of terror is not just playing dead.
Zombie Roadkill centers around a group of college …read more

Everyone’s favorite high school wolf is heading back to class for MTV’s reimagining of the 1985 film Teen Wolf. MTV revealed full casting and pilot details for the new series which will focus heavily on the romance but still attempt to retain some of the good buddy humor that made Michael J. Fox a hit in the high school film about a coming of age wolf.
The series features Tyler Posey, Tyler Hoechlin, Crystal Reed and Dylan O’Brien with the pilot penned by Jeff Davis of Criminal Minds fame. This dramatic thriller/comedy revolves around Scott McCall (Posey), a dorky high school …read more

Bitchy vamp Pam, played by Kristin Bauer, has been promoted to a regular player on the HBO series True Blood. She was a guest star for the first two seasons as Eric’s (Alexander Skarsgard) left hand woman at his vampire bar, Fangtasia. She’s cynical, cold hearted and often complains about getting gore on her heels.
Ball has hinted at a lesbian tryst for Pam in Season 3, which started production last week. You can check out some cast changes here.
True Blood is based on the The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris. The series centers on Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress …read more