Sci-Fi Storm

Zachary Quinto apparently set about a Trekkie-wide panic when a Wired Magazine interview came out when he said he’d be “stepping away from Star Trek for at least two years—no movies, no conventions, no anything for awhile.” Which concerned everyone because the next Star Trek movie is due out in a little more than two years – June 29th, 2012. So what did he mean? Apparently he didn’t mean not doing the actual movie. He clarified his statements on Twitter to say that he is indeed doing the next movie, but no Trek-related side projects while he works on other things.

Just a reminder that the finale of Dollhouse, “Epitaph Two: Return” airs tonight at 8PM ET on Fox.

The CW has picked up the pilot for a new reboot of La Femme Nikita, based on the screenplay of Luc Besson which was first made into a French film, then a U.S. version under the title of Point Of No Return, and then a U.S. cable series. McG will be the executive producer on this new version.

With reports of Warner Bros. being quite happy with the 3D conversion results for the upcoming Clash Of The Titans, it appears that they will release both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will the 3D conversion. We may be seeing the end of 2D movies. The article author should check his facts though – Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix also had some footage in 3D, albeit less than Half-Blood Prince.

It looks like the airing of the pilot movie of Caprica on SyFy didn’t do so well, only getting 1.6 million viewers. The article does point out (and I believe rightly so) that the DVD release 9 months ago may have had an impact…but if you have been waiting for the series, the first new episode airs this Friday.

It’s official now – James Cameron has outdone himself. Avatar has officially become the largest grossing movie of all time, beating Cameron’s own Titanic which previously held the record of $1.843 billion.

Reports vary from sure thing to in negotiations, but as rumored it looks like Stargate Atlantis star Jason Momoa will star as Conan The Barbarian in the Marcus Nispel-directed remake of the character that helped Arnold Schwarzenegger become a household name.

We had already heard that ITV series Primeval was being rescued by added income from some international channels, although initially they said there would be two more series. Now it appears that they are at least for now planning one series of 13 episodes, but they still have some problems to solve – like getting some of the characters back from the past, and how to deal with cast departures as well (which isn’t unusual here). 3rd series star Jason Flemyng is committed elsewhere, but will return for a few episodes. Update: Correction that Primeval is an ITV not BBC series…

TNT has picked up several series for 9 episodes plus the pilot, including an as-yet-unnamed alien invasion series produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Noah Wyle (er, The Librarian). The series, from a script by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan), deals with the aftermath of an alien invasion when most of the population has been wiped out, and those that remain struggle against the occupiers.