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Mckenna Grace will be seen reprising the role of Phoebe Spengler when the Ghostbusters: Afterlife (watch it Here) sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire reaches theatres on March 22nd, and now Deadline reports that she has lined up the psychological thriller Straight Lies as her next project. Grace will be starring in and executive producing the film, which Alex Kalymnios (Netflix’s The Recruit) will be directing for Mandalay Pictures. Filming is scheduled to begin in North Carolina sometime this summer.

Scripted by Ren Trella, who drew inspiration from true events she experienced as a teenager, Straight Lies is set in 1990, surrounding the hysteria of the war on drugs. A teen girl falsely accused of drug use is held against her will and must escape a cult-like drug rehab that is backed by the US Government, while her covert CIA agent father becomes so lost in political influence that he is unaware...

Exclusive: Emmy nominee Mckenna Grace will star in and executive produce the new psychological thriller Straight Lies with Alex Kalymnios set to direct and Mandalay Pictures to produce. Production is slated to begin this summer in North Carolina.

The film is set in 1990 surrounding the hysteria of the war on drugs. Written by Ren Trella and inspired by true events from her life as a teenager, the script was a semi-finalist in the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowship in screenwriting.

In Straight Lies, a teen girl falsely accused of drug use is held against her will and must escape a cult-like drug rehab that is backed by the US Government, while her covert CIA agent father becomes so lost in political influence that he is unaware of the danger his daughter is in.

“I am so honored to bring this compelling story to the screen. After speaking...

John Boyega's feature film debut came in 2011 with the release of Joe Cornish's excellent alien invasion film "Attack the Block." Boyega, striking and intense, immediately caught the attention of those who saw Cornish's film, and he would almost immediately go on to appear in numerous British TV and film projects like "Becoming Human" and "Law & Order: UK." In 2015, he appeared before a global audience with the release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," one of the biggest box office hits of all time. Despite his immediate high profile, Boyega remained pragmatic, even cynical about his new place in the pop culture firmament. In a 2019 interview with Variety, Boyega was asked about the potential of expanding his "Star Wars" role beyond feature films, to which he responded, "You ain't gonna Disney+ me."

Indeed, Boyega often seems to have an eye on his career trajectory. In a recent interview with The Daily Beast,...

Lucasfilm has called John Boyega “our hero” on Twitter after the Star Wars actor delivered an impassioned speech at a Black Lives Matter rally in London following the killing of George Floyd in the Us.

Lucasfilm has called John Boyega “our hero” on Twitter after the Star Wars actor delivered an impassioned speech at a Black Lives Matter rally in London following the killing of George Floyd in the Us.

“Black lives have always mattered,” Boyega told a crowd in Hyde Park on Wednesday (June 4) as he listed high-profile victims of racist deaths and spoke of the personal pain of bigotry.

While Xbox may have revealed several new systems for their players, Sony’s annual E3 press conference was all about the games, especially when it came to their plans for Playstation Vr this year.

First up was the return of fan-favorite Kratos in God of War, who hasn’t been seen since 2010’s God of War 3. Depicting Kratos and his son hunting in the forest, they encounter a Troll and Kratos takes him down with his signature melee combat. No specific release date was shown but the footage looked spectacular.

Next, a trailer for a new Playstation 4 exclusive, Days Gone was unveiled. From what we can gather, Days Gone about an apocalyptic and abandoned world and centers around a biker gang. Sony also ended the conference with Days Gone, showing some extended gameplay featured the main character fighting off hoards of zombies in an abandoned train yard trying to survive. No word on release yet.

A demo for another new property, Horizon: Zero Dawn was also shown. The open-world game featured a world where all animals are machined out of parts that the player is able to break down for different uses. With huge mechanical dinosaurs and tons of abilities, this looks to be a very cool and stylized adventure game.

The next game Song revealed was titled Detroit: Become Human. The player takes control of an android hostage negotiator by the name of Connor an in the demo, a rooftop hostage situation between Connor and another android who is threatening to drop a little girl off the ledge. Once Connor fails his mission, time rewinds to show other steps he could have taken to ensure the girl’s safety. In Detroit: Becoming Human, it seems that you must read people and make correct choices in order to get your desired outcome. This is definitely one to check out as it seems like it has infinite playing possibilities to explore.

Capcom then confirmed that Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is coming later this year, showing off a killer trailer for the upcoming new entry in the Survival Horror game’s legacy. Game footage followed a player moving through a dilapidated house with figures moving around in the shadows. As the main character enters a room with a ringing phone, he answers to hear a voice say, “They will kill you if you don’t get out of there,” just before the trailer ends. The big reveal was that Resident Evil 7 will be playable all the way through on the upcoming PlayStation Vr. The Playstation Vr seems worth it alone just to play this game, as it looks immersive and really creepy. A demo is now available for PlayStation Plus members to try for free and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard will be officially released on October 13th, 2016.

Speaking of Playstation Vr, the add-on peripheral will set you back $399 and boasts an impressive 50 available titles at launch, including Resident Evil 7, Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing Vr and Batman Arkham Vr. You can get your hands on the Playstation Vr on October 13, 2016.

Activision Blizzard debuted a new trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare showcasing an epic battle aboard a space station, which is definitely way out of character for the Call of Duty series. It will be released on November 4, 2016. Also announced was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, which will be bundled with premium editions of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare later this year as well.

A trailer for Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens then played, featuring the whole cast in Lego form in various scenes from the film. Like previous Lego games, this will surely be fun for fans of previous Lego games and Star Wars fans alike. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be released on June 28, 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. There is also a demo that is available now.

With the one-two punch of Hideo Kojima and a digital Norman Reedus in the buff, Sony and Kojima Productions dropped the trailer for Death Stranding. Little information was revealed in the trailer, which only showed a character played by Reedus waking up covered with scars and dusty handprints, on a beach surrounded by dead whales and fish. Kojima kept things mysterious for Death Stranding so hopefully more will be revealed soon.

Sony closed out their E3 press conference with a presentation from Insomniac Games, the creators of the Ratchet & Clank series, had a new Spider-Man game to show off. Teaming with Marvel, Insomniac has created a brand-new story centered around the web-slinger exclusively for the Playstation 4. The trailer, narrated by who is revealed to be Peter Parker, shows game play mechanics you would hope for from a Spider-Man game, and all the movement looks super fluid. No official release date was given.

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Next on our list of salutes to BBC Three geek favourites: Toby Whithouse's much-missed Being Human...

It started off as a joke, a silly fantasy twist on a generic sitcom premise, but Being Human somehow, against more odds than we remember years later, ended up becoming one of the defining British genre shows of the decade. It was both of its time back in the vampire-saturated late noughties and classic in the way few shows manage to be. It was lightning in a bottle, and much of its power came from just how unexpected it was.

Back in 2009, BBC Three wasn't known for quality genre drama. The BBC arm aimed at tempting the eyeballs of the notoriously difficult to engage 16-34 age bracket, the channel had been going through an identity crisis since its inception and needed something to define it as an entity in and of itself.

20 year old newcomer Sally Messham, a final year student at Rada, has been cast as Jane Watkins, the daughter of exorcist Merrily, in ITV Encore’s new three-part drama Midwinter of the Spirit.

Sally (represented by Curtis Brown), will leave Rada early to take up the role alongside the double BAFTA award-winning actress Anna Maxwell-Martin who leads the cast as Merrily Watkins, a single mother who isn’t your average country vicar.

Merrily’s newly acquired training has put her on the dark side of the pulpit. She’s become one of the few women priests working as an exorcist - a job increasingly mistrusted by the modern Church and rarely talked about, even though it operates in virtually every diocese in the UK.

Merrily is deeply human in her doubts and scepticism, but her knowledge of the paranormal underworld brings her to the notice of local police who need...

Following its UK premiere at FrightFest, Second Sight have announced the UK rights acquisition of acclaimed supernatural tale of Victorian revenge, The Sleeping Room.

The directorial debut of John Shackleton (Writer/Producer Panic Button) the film will make its UK debut On-Demand and Download on 27th April 2015 and DVD on 11th May 2015. Produced by Gareth I. Davies, The Sleeping Room marks Movie Mogul’s second feature.

Orphaned 19 year-old Brighton call girl Blue (Leila Mimmack – Becoming Human) is sent by her violent pimp Freddie (David Sibley – Downton Abbey) and his blowsy partner Cynthia (Julie Graham – Tower Block) to meet a new punter in Brighton, unaware of the horrifying impact it will have on her life. As Blue begins to fall for the quirky charms of her client Bill Hepworth (Joseph Beattie – Hex), she’s even more intrigued by the grand Regency terraced house that he is renovating; a once infamous Victorian brothel.

With the major cast of Jj Abrams's Star Wars: Episode VII confirmed at long last, the hyperactive rumour mill isn't likely to wind down so much as shift focus - who are these people playing? How many roles are still to be cast? How involved is George Lucas, exactly?

But in the meantime, let's take a look at the seven actors that have been confirmed. While many of them couldn't be described as unknowns, a few of them do fall squarely into the "that guy" category - you've seen them in a handful of movies, but you may not know their name.

Hover over the image above to see who's who in Star Wars: Episode VII

Digital Spy takes you through the new recruits' CV highlights below...

John Boyega

Peckham-born Boyega first shot to attention playing the hero of Joe Cornish's South London sci-fi Attack the Block. The...

Time for a break from the skin scroll, the arm burn, the War Child, and that looming visit from the Old Ones. Teen vampire Adam returned to Being Human last night with his new fiftysomething girlfriend, succubus Yvonne. They were on the run from the British press, who simply couldn’t understand the love between a graying seductress and a bloodsucking child with the soul of a 47-year-old man. So, what better place for them to hide than in Barry alongside the sacred Baby Eve?

Adam, with his crude jokes and even cruder gestures, proved a welcomed comic relief from...

Being Human fans - remember horny teen vamp Adam (Craig Roberts) from series three? He's back at Honolulu Heights this week, and he's bringing company. Since we last saw Adam - in online spinoff Becoming Human - he's hooked up with his schoolmistress Yvonne (Selina Griffiths)... Their unconventional relationship has led to some serious media attention, but will paparazzo Pete Travis (Sacha Dhawan) expose Annie (Lenora Crichlow), (more)...

Shooting is about to wrap on Brit indie love story/thriller Comes a Bright Day, written and directed by Simon Aboud, which has been filming on location in Mayfair and at Elstree Studios.

Craig Roberts (represented by Curtis Brown), the young star of Submarine, Becoming Human, and Young Dracula, stars in the lead role of 20 year old Sam Smith.

And Imogen Poots (represented by Independent Talent) plays Mary, "as radiantly beautiful as the jewellery she sells".

Against the backdrop of an armed robbery that goes badly wrong in one of London’s most exclusive jewellers, hostages Sam and Mary, flung together by deadly circumstance, discover their true feelings for each other.

The cast also features Kevin McKidd as Cameron, the psychotic armed robber and Timothy Spall as the cantankerous shop owner Charlie.

For the latest updates visit the Comes a Bright Day website.

Craig Roberts has confirmed that he will return to Being Human for the show's upcoming fourth series. The Submarine star appeared in one episode of the supernatural drama's third run as the vampire Adam, and reprised the role in online spinoff Becoming Human. "I believe I am going back for an episode," he told SFX. "[But] they've not mentioned too much about Becoming Human. If that does get mentioned again I'm all for doing it because I thought it was a great thing." The actor insisted that he is "really happy" to be playing Adam again. "It's a fantastic show," he (more)...

Filmed last year in Worthing and London,  Seamonsters tells the tale of two best mates, Sam and Kieran; a bewitching traveller girl, Lori; Moony, waitress and dreamer. Wild young lives which are torn apart by a terrible tragedy.

Jack McMullen from Waterloo Road stars as Sam, and Reece Noi, recently seen in BBC legal drama Silk, as Kieran.

With Leila Mimmack, who starred as Christa in the Being Human spin-off Becoming Human, as Lori and Georgia Henshaw, who'll also be seen later this year in another independent feature In The Dark Half, as Moony.

Seamonsters is adapted from the Royal Court play "Outside Of Heaven" by Martin Sadofski, and directed by London Film School graduate Julian Kerridge, his first feature film after several award-winning shorts.

The film also stars Rita Tushingham, Maggie O'Neill and Andrew Knott.

Being Human U.K. fans figured Aidan Turner’s bloodsucker Mitchell wasn’t long for the show the second Peter Jackson cast the actor in The Hobbit. But did they also assume he wasn’t long for the world? Perhaps… primarily because the majority of this current season centered on a prophecy that Mitchell (who murdered 20 people on a Bristol train) would be slain by a werewolf — the knowledge of which sent him spiraling from a determined hero to paranoid lunatic. Not even the love of a good woman — or ghost, i.e. Lenora Crichlow’s Annie — could save him.

Who killed Matt? This past Sunday, the web series finale of Becoming Human was aired simultaneously online and broadcast on BBC Three. The web spin-off of the BBC’s Being Human was so popular that BBC Three aired the web series in its entirety preceding the finale.

Did you figure it out? Who was Matt’s killer? Why do they do it? Check out these two final update clips, episode eight (finale) and a prologue clip to the Becoming Human web series.

Becoming Human: Update 37 “The Killer”

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Becoming Human: Update 38 “Good vs. Evil”

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Becoming Human: Episode Eight of Eight

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Becoming Human: The Return

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Becoming Human starring a teenaged supernatural trio: Craig Roberts as the vampire Adam (whom you’ve seen tied into...

After the success of webseries Becoming Human (which attracted 1.5 million hits online), BBC3 were encouraged to stitch the eight episodes together into one 50-minute special that aired last night — premiering the story’s conclusion in the process. But I’m sure this was the Beeb’s intention from the start, considering the production standards of the webisodes, and its clear intention to become a full-blooded TV spin-off to Being Human.

Becoming Human has largely the same premise as its parent series, only with adolescent characters and a few gender swaps. If Being Human’s high-concept logline was “a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost share a house together”, Becoming Human wonders what would happen if a vampire, a werewolf and ghost went to school together. Continuing the story of Adam (Craig Roberts) from Being Human’s “Adam’s Family”, the 46-year-old vampire trapped in the body of a 17-year-old enrolls...

Frankenstein's Wedding! Becoming Human! Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena! V! And lots and lots of movies on UK TV in the coming week...

For those who wouldn't mind another twist to their old, wrung out horror stories, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a tale fast approaching two centuries' worth of retellings, gets a fresh treatment on Saturday, March 19th on BBC3 in Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds. The programme, co-starring Lacey Turner, who recently guest-starred in a pivotal role as Lia in the third season of Being Human, also features David Harewood and Andrew Gower in a dramatic, modern-day musical event performed and broadcast live at 8:00pm.

Another Being Human connection follows on Sunday, March 20th at 9:00pm, when BBC3 will broadcast the entirety of the web episodes and finale of the spin-off, Becoming Human. Craig Roberts, currently starring in Richard Ayoade's 5-star film, Submarine, which we reviewed here,...

Directed by Moss from The It Crowd, Submarine stars Craig Roberts (the young vampy boy from Being/Becoming Human) as Oliver Tate. Oliver is a very smart, very serious, fifteen year old with designs on busting his cherry with schoolmate Jordana. This hard to get, blunt fringed, cutie is portrayed by Yasmin Paige – an all grown up Maria Jackson from The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Oliver divides his time between delivering a sardonic voiceover, the attempted pulling and plucking of Jordana and trying to keep his parents together in spite of the threat of a new-age numpty played by Paddy Considine (Hot Fuzz and Dead Man’s Shoes). Oliver’s on the rocks folks are Noah Taylor (Almost Famous and the imminent and awesome Red, White and Blue) and Sally Hawkins of Layer Cake and Made In Dagenham. Oliver’s efforts to seal the deal and repel the attack on his parent’s partnership are funny,...

The popularity of the Being Human spin-off webseries, Becoming Human, has attracted such a fan-following that BBC network execs have decided to air the whole webseries as a fifty-minute special on BBC Three. The conclusion of the mystery behind Matt’s death will air simultaneously online as it is broadcast on television.

Mark your calendars for Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 9pm in the UK, one week after the Being Human third season finale.

Check out the official press release and what series creator Toby Whithouse has to say about this below:

Being Human‘s exclusive online extension drama Becoming Human will transmit on BBC Three, simultaneously revealing the final part of the mystery to online fans and BBC Three viewers.

A unique 50-minute special of the eight-part online series will be shown the week after the Being Human finale, on Sunday 20 March at 9pm.

Becoming Human is BBC Three‘s most...

At the end of last week’s webisode of Becoming Human, an expansion of the BBC’s Being Human universe, Christa suggests following her nose to find Matt’s body. With her senses heightened at night of the full moon, she could sniff out where Matt lies.

Watch the seventh episode of the webseries starring our teenaged supernatural trio: Craig Roberts as the vampire Adam (whom you’ve seen tied into the BBC’s Being Human series in episode two of season three), Leila Mimmack as werewolf Christa, and Josh Brown as the ghost, Matt.

Becoming Human: Webisode Seven...

Becoming Human, the online extension drama of Being Human will be shown as a unique 50-minute special of the eight-part online series on Sunday 20 March at 9pm on BBC3. Transmitted after the Being Human finale, it will simultaneously reveal the final part of the mystery to online fans and BBC Three viewers.

Becoming Human is BBC Three's most successful multiplatform commission with over 1.5 million views on the BBC Red Button and online to date. It stars Craig Roberts as Adam, Leila Mimmack as Christa and Josh Brown as Matt.

Sarah Clay, BBC Multiplatform Drama Commissioner, says: "The reaction from the fans has been brilliant. We commissioned it as a treat for the online fans and they've totally got into the spirit of it – analysing daily clues, coming up with theories... One of the biggest pieces of feedback we've had is that they can't get enough of it and want longer episodes.

The BBC has confirmed that an online Being Human spinoff will air on BBC Three. Eight-part series Becoming Human continues the story of vampire Adam (Craig Roberts) as he attends college and meets werewolf Christa (Leila Mimmack) and the ghostly Matt (Josh Brown). The entire run will now be transmitted as a 50-minute compilation special on Sunday, March 20, a week after the third series of Being Human concludes its run. "We were delighted when Becoming Human found such a loyal (more)...

Where does the search for Matt’s killer lead us this time? There’s something more stinky in the gym than just dirty socks… Watch the sixth episode of the Becoming Human webseries below starring a teenaged supernatural trio: Craig Roberts as the vampire Adam (whom you’ve seen tied into the BBC’s Being Human series in episode two of season three), Leila Mimmack as werewolf Christa, and Josh Brown as the ghost, Matt.

Becoming Human: Episode Six

Catch all of the webisodes of Becoming Human here.

The mystery continues with our supernatural classmates in a high school, vampire Adam (Craig Roberts), werewolf Christa (Leila Mimmack), and ghost Matt (Josh Brown) as they investigate Matt’s murderer in Becoming Human. So far, it wasn’t the school bully or the popular girl with a dark side. Who drowned Matt and disposed of his body? Watch the fifth installment of this web series spin-off to the BBC’s Being Human.

Becoming Human: Episode Five

Watch the first, second, third, and fourth episodes of this webseries right here on SciFi Mafia.

Keep it here on SciFi Mafia for more Becoming Human.

As season three of the hit BBC series Being Human gets underway, our three favourite roommates settle into their new home in a former Bed and Breakfast, named Honolulu Heights. After the dramatic and captivating season opener, Mitchell (Aidan Turner) successfully rescues Annie (Lenora Crichlow) from Purgatory but learns that his own fate will be at the hands of a werewolf and George (Russell Tovey) discovers another werewolf in the forest.

This week’s episode will introduce you to Adam (Craig Roberts), whom you’ve met in the web spin-off series Becoming Human. Adam is a forty-six year old vampire who was turned when he was a teen. Check out the synopsis, promos and sneak peek at “Adam’s Family” and go behind the scenes with Lenora Crichlow on Annie’s broadcasts from Purgatory and Sinead on season three’s new set.

Being Human: Episode Synopsis for “Adam’s Family” (Season Three,...

“[I’m] like a fat, annoying Peter Pan!” Poor ghost-Matt! The mystery of who killed Matt continues with episodes three and four of Toby Whithouse’s Becoming Human, the web spin-off series expanding the universe of the BBC’s Being Human.

Check out these next chapters starring supernatural classmates in a high school – Craig Roberts (Young Dracula) as the vampire, Adam, Leila Mimmack (Married, Single, Other) as Christa, the werewolf, and Josh Brown (Grange Hill) as Matt, the ghost.

Becoming Human: Episode Three

Becoming Human: Episode Four...