Sci-Fi Storm

I’ve just finished reading all four volumes of the Harry Potter series, and I have to say – it isn’t just for kids, and its quite good. Read More for a more complete review.

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Brannon Braga, co-creator of Enterprise, hints at several things we’ll be seeing in the second season over at SCI FI Wire. Included are a significant brush with the Romulans – but Braga says they made the continuity “airtight” – fans of the original series will note that no one had ever seen a Romulan in the flesh until Kirk’s crew. We’ll also see hints at the creation of the Federation, more of the Temporal Cold War, and more Vulcan secrets…

I’ve been hearing rumors of Alien vs. Predator for – well – a decade. All that came out were video games. Now, it seems, a movie might become a reality – Paul Anderson (Resident Evil director) has been hired to write and direct the movie which merges the storylines from the Alien and Predator franchises.

The first part of the two-parter season finale of Jeremiah, “Things Left Unsaid”, airs this Friday at 10:45PM on Showtime, with the conclusion the following Friday. It is a major arc episode, so don’t miss it. Alas, no word on a second season yet.

Might as well just rattle it all off. Unless you’ve been living under a boulder of kryptonite, you’ve heard about Batman vs. Superman, with Wolfgang Petersen at the helm (putting the Ender’s Game project on hold); Serling redux times two – first, UPN produces a new Twilight Zone – now, USA pulls out a new Night Gallery; The Matrix Reloaded gets a release date of May 15th, 2003; and Enterprise kicks off its second season on Sept. 18th.

Fans of Quantum Leap around the world have been begging for a continuation of the series in one form or another since the show ended in 1993. Now that SCI FI Channel is part of Universal Television Group, which owned Quantum Leap, Leapers will get their wish. A two-hour TV movie is being developed, headed by series creator Donald P. Bellisario, that may serve as a back-door pilot for a new series. No word on who else will be involved – too early for that.

I’m back, finally. And topping off the news: apparently Steven Spielberg has begged George Lucas to let him direct an episode of Star Wars – but George has been unwilling to let Steven play with his “baby”.