Fannish Items of Interest

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Gulliver McGrath will play David Collins in the Dark Shadows movie. When I heard that Chloe Moretz had been cast as Carolyn Stoddard, I assumed it was an April Fool’s joke. It seems to be true, though. Carolyn’s character was 18 or 19 when the series started, so Moretz will be the youngest incarnation of her, at the age of 14.

IDW is planning to launch a monthly Ghostbusters comic.

First clip from the Thor movie.

A puppet theater in Seattle is hosting a production of Manos: The Hands of Felt.

Congratulations to David Tennant and Georgia Moffett on the birth of their baby girl. They have named her Olivia.

BBC America has released a trailer for the upcoming season of Doctor Who, featuring a few scenes that weren’t in the other one.

First teaser for Torchwood: Miracle Day.

The Finish-A-Thon is open for sign-ups again—instructions can be found through that link to multific.

An April Fool’s joke that was actually interesting was that Alfred Hitchcock had been resurrected as a zombie so that he could direct a movie version of The Walking Dead. Here’s a list of other television related things that went on. I missed out on playing with Youtube turning into 1911 style footage, thanks to a migraine.