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Guillermo del Toro (left) has a new book out, THE STRAIN (co-written with Chuck Hogan). He’ll talk to Craig Ferguson on CBS about it tonight and fly to NYC to appear at FANGORIA’S WEEKEND OF HORRORS Friday.

SCI-FI PEOPLE
The best of Robert Bloch will soon be available again, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY reports. IDW Publishing has licensed 100 of the legendary Bloch’s short stories for re-imagined adaptations in graphic novel and other formats. Bloch—who always knew he would be best remembered as the “author of PSYCHO”—was a genre fan who began his professional career writing for WEIRD TALES in the 1930s and even corresponded with H.P. Lovecraft. He was a master of the short story (his most-anthologized tale being “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”) who eventually began writing novels (among them THE SCARF, AMERICAN GOTHIC, NIGHTWORLD). He adapted some of his own horror/mystery/SF tales for radio and later scripted for television (STAR TREK’s “Wolf in the Fold,” “What Are Little Girls Made Of” & “Catspaw,” THRILLER, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS) and movies (TORTURE GARDEN, THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, STRAIT-JACKET). A beloved figure in the genre, Bloch discussed his work in STARLOG #113. He died in 1994. IDW plans to do Bloch’s  Hugo-winning “That Hell Bound Train” and “The Cheaters” first. For more details on what’s being called THE ROBERT BLOCH COLLECTION (perhaps an echo of the author’s “The Man Who Collected Poe”), see this link.

SCI FI TV
Karen Gillan has been cast as the new companion of the latest Doctor (Matt Smith) for the in-the-works fifth season of DOCTOR WHO (now masterminded by Hugo-winning WHO writer Steven Moffat). Gillan previously appeared on WHO in another role in “The Fires of Pompeii.”

TONIGHT IN SF & FANTASY TELEVISION
MEDIUM ends its fifth season on NBC tonight (Monday, 10 p.m.) with one final new episode, “Bring Me the Head of Oswaldo Castillio.” The series moves to CBS (Fridays, 9 p.m.) this fall.

Promoting genre works this week on the late night talk circuit are Will Ferrell (the very first TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN, Monday), our pal director Guillermo del Toro (LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON, Monday), Ben Stiller (JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, rerun, Monday), LAND OF THE LOST’s Danny McBride (KIMMEL, Tuesday), McBride again (LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, Wednesday), Jeffrey Tambor (FERGUSON, Wednesday) and IMAGINE THAT’s Thomas Haden Church (KIMMEL, Friday).

By the way, if you’re in the NYC area, del Toro will be making a special appearance at FANGORIA’S WEEKEND OF HORRORS this Friday afternoon at Manhattan’s Javits Center. See the FANGORIA website for more details.

The Sci Fi Channel (just now being rebranded Syfy) offers up a variety of new programming next month. WAREHOUSE 13 debuts with its two-hour TV movie pilot July 7 (EUREKA’s Joe Morton guests). GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL is back July 8 (Wednesdays, 8 p.m.) with new episodes of parent show GHOST HUNTERS materializing August 19. And EUREKA itself returns for a 10-episode third season July 10 (airing Fridays, 8 p.m.). THE 4400’s Bill Campbell and Ever Carradine are among this year’s guests.

Pan’s Labyrinth Photo: Copyright 2006 Picturehouse

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