Sci-Fi Storm

According to this AP report (SPOILER WARNING – do not read last paragraph if you have not read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix!!), J.K. Rowling said in reponse to a question on her web site that another character will die in the next book, but of course is mum on the details.

Michael Eisner, while talking at an investment conference in Manhattan, said Disney is working on simultaneous production on two new Toy Story sequels, and Pixar apparently isn’t involved. Pixar had right of first refusal for any sequels to films produced under the Disney/Pixar partnership, so they must have passed on them. No further details were released.

In what is probably some happy news to Trekkers, Star Trek: Enterprise is set to put an end to the Temporal Cold War that has been haunting the franchise since Voyager, as they wrap up the third season cliffhanger and then launch into the new storylines. Expect to see more direct foreshadowing of the events of the original series. Also, Brent Spiner (Data) will will guest star in a three-episode arc as the great-grandfather of Dr. Noonian Soong, Data’s creator, as a “Hannibal Lechter” type scientist who creates the embryos that begets the Eugenics Wars. Lastly, guest stars from the original series Barbara Luna (Lt. Marlena Moreau, “Mirror, Mirror”) and Malachi Throne (Commodore Mendez, “The Menagerie”) have agreed to guest-star in episodes of the fan-produced New Voyages series.