Sci-Fi Storm

BaronMoritani writes “Over 20 scans are online of the new Children of Dune miniseries teaser trailer. These pix are taken from the second teaser trailer featuring Alia! They include pictures of Alia fighting Leto II!
Details here:

http://groups.msn.com/TheLandsraad/_whatsnew.msnw“

Susy Grossman writes “When Star Trek: Nemesis opens Friday, December 13, it will open the door for a second career for one of the franchise?s stars.

As the Star Ship Enterprise beams into theaters Friday, December 13, for the tenth installment of the Star Trek film franchise, it opens the door for the launching of the directorial career of fan favorite cast member Michael Dorn.“

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Three years in the making, Mad Max: Fury Road has finally has a green light, with star Mel Gibson slated to get $25 million. George Miller, director and co-writer of the first three, got the rights back from Warner Bros. and the new project is happening at Twentieth Century Fox.

I’ve made some updates to the Sci-Fi TV Store for some upcoming releases. Andromeda Season 1 Volume 4 is due January 14th; Lexx Series 4 Volume 1 debuts January 28th; and new to the store is Deep Space Nine with the upcoming release of The Complete First Season. And a reminder, Farscape Season 2 Volume 4 is out tomorrow.

Current producer/director Ronald D. Moore has given out details of the planned “retelling” of the Battlestar Galactica story, to which USA Cable has given a greenlight for pre-production with active production slated for the Spring. And get this…Starbuck is female this time…

dugh writes “It looks like Asimov’s “I, Robot” will be turned into a movie starring Will Smith. Shooting starts in April, according to this article.” I hope he’s not playing the robot… :^)

BaronMoritani writes “The first picture of Leto II wearing his sandtrout skin is online at the Landsraad:
http://groups.msn.com/TheLandsraad/_whatsnew.msnw

There is also a link to the new teaser trailer now playing at scifi.com.”

The Museum of Science in Boston, in collaboration with Lucasfilm and the Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative, are planning for an exhibit called The Science of Star Wars, which uses the franchise as a way to promote understanding the role of technology in the future. Still in the planning stages, it is slated for October 2005 in Boston, then travel to the Collaborative members in Columbus, Ohio; Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; St. Paul, Minn.; Philadelphia; and Fort Worth, Texas.

A friendly reminder – Steven Spielberg’s 20-hour miniseries Taken, a story that follows several generations of families that revolve around alien abductions, premieres tonight at 9pm on the SCI FI Channel.

dugh writes “There is an interesting thread at SlashDot asking what makes the best science fiction. As of posting this to Sci-Fi Storm there were over 800 postings (which is far more than I’ve usually seen) in the SlashDot thread. Here is the link.”