Tag "Sherlock"

The Mill Shuts Down TV VFX Department

March 29, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Another day, another troubling news item about the beleaguered vfx industry. This time it’s London-based studio The Mill which revealed that it will close its TV visual effects unit, with a possible loss of 25 jobs. Best known for its effects work for BBC shows such as Doctor Who, Merlin [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch Has V-Day Date with ‘Simpsons’

February 8, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Benedict Cumberbatch, star of mystery-solving TV sensation Sherlock, will be guest starring in Sunday night’s special Valentine’s Day themed episode of The Simpsons on Fox. The episode is chock full of romantic pitfalls as Bart’s object of affection Mary Spuckler (Zooey Deschanel) comes back to Springfield, while Homer puts his [...]

‘Mike the Knight’ Is Google U.K.’s Top TV Trender

December 12, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

File this one under the special “Who Knew?” file. Mike the Knight, the CG-animated series from Hit and Nelvana has beaten such heavy-hitters as Showtime’s CIA thriller Homeland and BBC’s popular Sherlock series and landed on top of Google U.K.’s highest trending TV shows of the 2012 list. Google defines [...]

Comic-Con Fan Frenzy Builds for Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit’

July 8, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Peter Jackson’s holiday epic The Hobbit continues to generate huge fan interest among fanboys and web audiences. This past weekend, the Warner Bros. movie released a special Comic-Con poster that unleashed an overwhelmingly positive response around the world. The poster features Gandalf the Wizard (Sir Ian McKellan) walking along a [...]