The BBC is reporting 75-year-old Sir John Hurt, actor of stage and screen, has pancreatic cancer.

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While you and the entire Internet were distracted by a live feed of escaped llamas, we got word that Best Actor Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne will play a train in a Thomas the Tank Engine movie. All of that sentence is true despite every word of it sounding like nonsense. This is the world we live in.

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After receiving numerous complaints regarding the questionably-shaped 'Extruder' toy included in Hasbro's new Cake Mountain Set, the company has replaced the phallic device with this new, larger model.

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I interview Snowpiercer's John Hurt about director Bong Joon Ho, the Weinstein Company's (attempted, unsuccessful) cuts to the film, Hollywood blockbusters... and Pacific Rim? Brief spoilers are behind a spoiler shield.

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Readers, I see a lot of movies. Most of them are good. Some are great. A small number I love. And every once in a while I see a movie that leaves me vibrating with energy as I leave the theater, knowing that what I just saw will stick with me probably for the rest of my life, or at least until the inevitable robot overlords come and conquer the planet. Snowpiercer is one of those. [Spoiler-free review]

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Wait, John Hurt is in this? The Rock's appetite for chewable scenery distracted me from recognizing Hurt's otherwise distinct voice until a ways into the new trailer. You go after that paycheck, sir. Respect. Joseph Fiennes... slightly less respect. I'm sorry, it's the wig. I can't. (via: io9) Previously in The Rock

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Here at The Mary Sue, we're not used to hearing Doctor Who's Steven Moffat care all that much one way or another if fans like what he's doing with the long-running sci-fi series. That's why a recent piece in which he admits to being completely stressed out over the fan reaction to the 50th anniversary special is so refreshing.

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Yes, Snowpiercer still looks really strange, possibly awesome, and has Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Ed Harris, and Octavia Spencer in it. Maybe it'll wind up as Space Mutiny on a train. Maybe it'll scour our eyeballs with its very awesomeness. I'm just saying, I'm ready. Previously in Snowpiercer

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As regular readers are no doubt aware, I tend not to fangirl about things. Sure, I get excited about the odd property and its conversion into piles of cold hard Hollywood cash, but I'm generally not one for jumping up and down and squealing in delight. Nothing against it; it’s just not my style. But imagine my surprise and elation when I first heard about Only Lovers Left Alive, a new Jim Jarmusch art-house ditty about nothing other than a sophisticated set of vampires, starring a host of my favorite contemporary actors, top billed by Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston. Words could not express my anticipation. For months I nibbled on teaser posters and the occasional leaked GIF, judiciously avoiding the trailer until I just couldn’t take it anymore and caved. I was not disappointed.

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DeviantArtist tee-kyrin (Christie) is a Doctor Who fan who dabbles in animal art. What has resulted from her love is something phenomenal - Dogtor Who. Take a look and see if you don't agree with us about the perfect pairings.

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This year, the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor," introduced us properly to the War Doctor. This previously unknown incarnation of the hero, played by John Hurt, wore an outfit combining elements of the Eighth Doctor's with the leather jacket of the Ninth, plus a belt taken from a woman named Cass whom the hero had previously failed to save. "The Day of the Doctor" also featured another version of the hero who had previously only appeared in the novel Summer Falls by Amelia Williams (AKA Amy Pond). Over the years, there have been other interesting alternative takes on the Time Lord scientist of the planet Gallifrey. So this time around, we're looking at the "what could have been" and "almost were" versions of the Doctor, along with costumes the character has worn in licensed media. Fan-films and the like aren't included or we'd be here forever, even if we had a time machine. 

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We all knew it wasn't going to happen but Steven Moffat had plans for Christopher Eccleston to take part in Doctor Who's 50th anniversary anyway. Just in case.

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All the yes. Look for them in February. (via Doctor Who TV)

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Tina Fey attended Michael J. Fox's comedy/curing Parkinsons benefit gala dressed as... well. (Fashionably Geek)

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Welcome to The Day of the Doctor, offering old faces, new surprises, and a major change in the way the Doctor Who universe has been understood since 2006. Now grab my hand, and lets run.

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Well. Doctor Who fans? You're going to want to watch this. Trust me.

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Say what you will about the Doctor Who movie starring Paul McGann, but he wasn't the problem. We welcome him back as the Doctor in this minisode that sets up the 50th Anniversary in a big, big way.

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