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Movie Seals Productions writes “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

World Premiere of RECON 2022 at Sci-Fi London Film Festival

MONTREAL, CANADA, April 17, 2007 ? Movie Seals Productions is delighted to announce that their latest sci-fi/action film RECON 2022: The Mezzo Incident, the sequel to the award winning RECON 2020 : the Caprini Massacre, will have its World Premiere at the renowned Sci-Fi London Festival in England on May 5th, 2007.

Directed by Christian Viel ( Evil Breed : the Legend of Samhain, Recon 2020, Deaden), the film stars Anderson Bradshaw (Gothika), Heidi Hawkins (Evil Breed), Deke Richards (Deaden), Carmen Echeverria (Undressed), with special appearances by Berge Garabedian (aka JoBlo) of joblo.com fame, John Fallon (aka Arrrow in the Head ) and scream queen Suzi Lorraine.”

Read More for the rest of the release. Note that there were some character translation problems as I think it came from a Word document. I think I’ve fixed them.

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There are two remakes on the horizon. First, the SCI FI Channel is bringing back Flash Gordon to series TV, starring Eric Johnson (Smallville) in the title role. More surprising, and more daring, is a remake of the classic The Day The Earth Stood Still, and is is reported that Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) will direct for Fox.

Author Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote some famous works such as Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat?s Cradle, passed away yesterday at the age of 84. He had suffered serious brain injuries in a fall a few weeks ago.

Arbor Productions writes “Arbor Productions, a division of multimedia entertainment company Beauman Enterprises, Inc., is preparing to release its first supplement for the award winning Mutants & Masterminds superhero roleplaying game, under the M&M Superlink license. Autumn Arbor Campaign Setting, a full color hardcover with a suggested retail price of $34.95, is a complete sourcebook detailing the City of Legends setting. Complete with over 60 locations across 10 city districts, mystic artifacts, historical overview, over 100 fully detailed characters, and maps, the Autumn Arbor Campaign Setting is the first book in a fully supported product line that will include additional sourcebooks and a tie-in novel line debuting summer 2007.

With a Gamemasters Appendix detailing various plots and adventure hook ideas for Autumn Arbor, there are various ways to use the Autumn Arbor Campaign Setting in any M&M campaign; either as the primary focus or as a pick-and-choose template for adding facets of Autumn Arbor to any setting. Distributed globally by Studio-2 Publishing, the Autumn Arbor Campaign Setting is scheduled for a May 21, 2007 release.”

The SCI FI Channel original miniseries The Lost Room was released yesterday on DVD. Here is a mini-review (mainly because it was a disjointed viewing making it difficult to sum up all the points for a full score).

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In a poll conducted by the UK SFX Magazine of 3000 readers, Serenity was voted best SF movie – beating out heavy favorite Star Wars and a number of other cult classics.

TheThunderChild writes “John Kenneth Muir is the author of over a dozen film and TV reference books, including a couple on Space: 1999, as well as Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who and One Step Beyond. He has moved into the realm of writer, producer and director of his own online SF/Horror TV series, The House Between (inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit). John graciously agreed to an interview with The Thunder Child, and you can read all about his creation of The House Between at http://thethunderchild.com/Interviews/People/JohnM uir/Photos/MuirInterview.html. And there’s a link there to The House Between website, where you can watch the episodes. It’s a fascinating interview and a fun project, so please check it out.”

A few updates to the Sci-Fi TV Store: The Dead Zone: Season 5 (Released June 5); MacGyver: The Complete Series (Released April 10); and The Lost Room, which comes out this Tuesday (and a review coming soon). And don’t forget, that also on June 5th is the release of the Doctor Who episodes that transition from Tom Baker to Peter Davison: The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis and Castrovalva, which will also be release as a New Beginnings three-pack.

You may have heard that the USPS was deploying a number of mailboxes dressed up as R2-D2 in major cities – and now here is the reason. A stamp set featuring Luke, Yoda, Darth Vader and others from all six movies is being released by the USPS. These don’t appear to be the “forever” stamps recently announced, but standard 41 cent stamps.

The nominees for the 2007 Hugo Awards have been released. For Dramatic Presentation Short Form, Doctor Who received three nominations (the two-part “Army of Ghosts” and “Doomsday”, “Girl in the Fireplace” and “School Reunion”), bookended by Battlestar Galactica (“Downloaded”) and Stargate SG-1 (“200”).