Sci-Fi Storm

A London tabloid (the Sunday Express) is apparently reporting that Sigourney Weaver has signed on to do Alien 5 for £15,000,000 ($22,000,000). Reuters and Yahoo have picked it up – but apparently, they didn’t take into account the source. That doesn’t mean its not happening, but as tabloid is the only known source of the info for a movie that hasn’t left the rumor stage, take it with a grain of quadrotriticale…

Update 2/7: Weaver is now denying the report…

rinkjustice writes “There’s a compelling article at HardcoreLinux about how aliens devised the internet to gather the collective consciousness of the human race. Regardless of whether you find the whole alien internet conspiracy to be spectacular sci-fi (as I do) or hard fact, author David Pacheco illustrates how some have been prevented from publishing their views online. A great read whether you’re a sysadmin or conspiracy buff.” Perhaps that explains all the spam in my inbox this morning – It’s all mind control or something.

Warner Bros. issued a quick statement to offset a wildfire rumor started by the New York Post (helped to no end by a panicked Rosie O’Donnell) stating that “Neither Gary Ross nor Warner Bros. Pictures have any intention whatsoever of casting Marilyn Manson in the revered role of ‘Willy Wonka’ or any other role in the film.” See what happens when when a “credible” person with star power forgets to check any facts?

And don’t get me started as to my opinion as to whether they should even TOUCH this gem…

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djryan writes “After a long hiatus a new episode of City of Dreams has been uploaded to SciFi.com. This episode, titled “The Alpha and Omega of David Welles”, is probably the scariest, most disturbing epsiode yet and has to be listened to.

A man in search of the Truth undergoes a past-life regression that takes him further than anyone has ever gone before.

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