Sci-Fi Storm

Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. and director Jon Favreau, already confirmed on Iron Man 2, will be working on more in the franchise. Downey has agreed to a retroactive 4 picture deal with Marvel Studios, which now includes Iron Man 3 and The Avengers, and Favreau is confirmed to executive produce The Avengers. In addition, Don Cheadle, who takes over the role of Jim Rhodes, is also signed to appear in The Avengers.

Tim Burton’s upcoming Alice In Wonderland (planned for a 2010 release) is getting a wide ranging cast, which now includes Christopher Lee and Alan Rickman, with Rickman as the Caterpillar (Lee’s role was not announced). Some of the previously announced cast include Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter as the Queens, and Australian Mia Wasikowska (Amelia) as Alice.

Joss Whedon is finally recent production hiatus on his upcoming Fox series Dollhouse. He gives a bit of insight into his production ideas, a bit about dealing with the studio, and even admitting when they studio isn’t necessarily wrong…

Traileraddict.com has made the international trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince available for viewing to everyone. Be sure to watch to the end.

The 3D version of Journey To The Center Of The Earth comes out on Blu-Ray and DVD this Tuesday (October 28th), with both 2D and 3D versions included in both editions (including red-green 3D glasses). Read More for a review of them…

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Rich Handley writes in to let us know about his new book being release for the 40th anniversary of the Planet Of The Apes film series, “Timeline of the Planet of the Apes: The Definitive Chronology”. Read More for the full press release.

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SCI FI Wire has some exclusive concept art for the planned Stargate Universe spinoff, showing some set ideas for the Ancient ship called the Destiny.

We’ll probably hear a lot of rumors, but the latest is that Doctor Who could see its first black actor to play the role. Paterson Joseph, who guest starred in the first season episodes “Bad Wolf” and “The Parting of the Ways” as Roderick, and more recently appeared in Jekyll (which, by the way, was created by Steven Moffat – who takes over the production reins of Who in 2010), is the latest rumor to float around. However, he is currently involved in the revival of the mid-1970s BBC series Survivors.

NBC has picked up 9 more episodes of Knight Rider to fill out the season, getting modest ratings so far.

Despite previous reports, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will get a full second season, with Fox exercising the option on the remaining nine episodes.