Krypton, Kal-El's home planet, isn't going Boom! - just yet. Syfy has just renewed the unexpectedly solid prequel show focusing on Superman's grandfather, Seg-El, for a second season. The show has been averaging 1.8 million views per episode since it's launch, with the shows first episode been the most watched debut since 2014's Ascension for the network, making an early renewal a no-brainer. Krypton's plot revolves around Seg-El's fight against Braniac and Krypton's class system. While the show has ties to the larger DC Universe, Krypton has been forging it's own path, painting a deeper picture of Kryptonian culture than usually gets explored. The show is also embracing the cosmic side of the DC Universe by introducing Adam Strange into the mix, along with a healthy does of time-travelling villains intent of wiping out Superman before he's born. Season 2 will launch sometime in 2019.

The Predator is returning to the big screen on 14th September 2018. The new movie, dealing with one of SF's most iconic extra-terrestrials, is the fourth in the series, and was first announced back in June 2014. It's been a long road to the silver screen for this latest installment and hopefully that means we'll be seeing a quality product. Shane Black, who co-wrote the screenplay with Fred Decker, will also be directing this installment. Black had a small role in the original Predator and also co-wrote that as well, though he is uncredited for it. Original movie producers Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver and John Davis are also producing this one. The official synopsis for the movie goes: "From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race." September is shaping up to be quite the busy month.

Tremors was a surprise when it was released in 1990, and one of this writers favourite monster movies. The horror comedy starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward battling prehistoric underground worms in Nevada was a modest box office success, despite been critically well received, and has since become a cult classic creature feature that spawned five sequels of varying quality and a short-lived television series in 2003. Last year the Syfy channel announced that it would be making a new tv series sequel for Tremors starring Kevin Bacon himself, reprising the role of Val McKee. The series was to be set 25 years after the first movie, effectively ignoring the silliness that the series has dropped into, and would follow McKee's return to Graboid fighting while having to overcome "age, alcohol and a delusional hero complex." A pilot for the series was filmed but Syfy has since decided not to go ahead with the show. Kevin Bacon broke the news on twitter, saying: "Sad to report that my dream of revisiting the world of Perfection will not become a reality. Although we made a fantastic pilot (IMHO) the network has decided not to move forward. Thanks to our killer cast and everyone behind the scenes who worked so hard. And always keep one eye out for GRABOIDS!" This makes a sad week for genre fans even sadder as this week saw the end of the Ash vs Evil Dead tv series as Starz cancelled it, followed up by the news that Bruce Campbell was retiring from playing the Ash Williams character. And now this. The Tremors franchise has a very dedicated following, after all you don't get 6 movies and a tv show if no one is watching it, that's left many fans hoping that Netflix would step in where Syfy has failed. The latest Tremors movie, Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell, was released last week and proved to be a bit of a return to form for the series in that it was actually entertaining. While we can all bemoan the loss of this new show while hoping that the pilot can be released online, at least the ongoing movie series will keep our Graboid needs satisfied. Talks have already begun for Tremors 7 so there's that at least.

The television landscape has just gotten a little sadder now with the news that Starz has cancelled Ash vs. Evil Dead, making the end of Season 3 the last time we'll be tuning in to see the further adventures of Ash Williams and his Ghostbeaters crew. Sad news indeed. The writing was on the wall very early on that this might be the last outing for the famous chainsaw-wielding hero as rumours made the rounds before the start of Season 3 that it would be the last. Starz merely confirmed the cancellation last week. While no reason was stated for the cancellation, chances are that it had to do with the declining viewership numbers for the show. While it's pretty easy to be upset with Starz over the cancellation (where's them pitchforks!), it must be noted that Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell had been trying for years to get another Evil Dead movie off the ground to no avail. Chances are very high that without Starz, we would not have gotten this bonkers and amazing show to begin with. "Ash vs. Evil Dead has been the ride of a lifetime," said Campbell. "Ash Williams was the role of a lifetime. It was an honor to reunite with Evil Dead partners Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi to give our tireless fans another taste of the outrageous horror/comedy they demanded. I will always be grateful to Starz for the opportunity to revisit the franchise that launched our careers." Hopefully there will be enough of a fan movement for the creators and producers to shop the show around, depending on how it ends, to other networks. Better yet if Raimi, Tapert and Campbell can pull one last movie out of the pipeline for the fans. Now if Netflix could come around and do us Deadites a solid...