Sci-Fi Storm

Dexter O’Neill writes “Volume One will feature audio interviews with Gareth David-Lloyd (Torchwood), Deborah Watling (Doctor Who), and Phil Willmott (Jupiter Moon). Deborah Watling is best known for her role as Victoria in Doctor Who, alongside the second Doctor, Patrick Troughton. However many people aren?t aware of her extensive acting career on stage, film and television; Born into a theatrical family, her first onscreen roles were as a child in “William Tell” and episodes of ?The Invisible Man? (both in 1959). But it was her role as Alice in “The Life of Lewis Carroll” that brought her to the attentions of Doctor Who producer Innes Lloyd. Other television roles have included “The Newcomers”, “Danger UXB”, “Rising Damp” and “Doctor in Charge”, while her film work included “Take Me High” with Cliff Richard and “That’ll Be the Day” with David Essex.” Read More for further details.

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Karen Bristow writes “Buzzy Multimedia proudly presents the unabridged audio book version of New York Times best-selling author Jim Butcher?s SUMMER KNIGHT, the fourth novel in his acclaimed Dresden Files series. James Marsters reads the tale of Chicago detective ? and practicing wizard ? Harry Dresden, who is drawn into investigating a murder in the world of Faerie that has the potential for literally Earth-shattering consequences. The 10-CD set is available April, 2007, list price $44.95 and CD MP3 edition list price $34.95” Read More for the rest of the details, and here is a link: Buzzy Multimedia

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JMS hasn’t been able to say much, with so many hot irons in the fire, but one just made it out. The Changeling, written by JMS and picked up by Imagine Entertainment, is being fast-tracked with Universal Pictures, Clint Eastwood is in talks to direct, and Angelina Jolie is in talks to star. Ron Howard intended to direct, but is tied up in two other films, so they called Eastwood. Howard and partner Brian Glazer will produce.

It may not stay that way, but Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci, who are writing the script, said in an interview for MTV.com that the upcoming film in the Star Trek franchise will be title, simply, Star Trek. No subtitle, no numbers or roman numerals or letters…”That’s the intended title. I don’t think we want to put any colons or anything on it,” Orci said. Online fans will need to have something to distinguish it (like calling the original series Star Trek: The Original Series or ST:TOS. I propose Star Trek: The Unnamed Movie, or ST:TUM for short. And depending on how good it is, perhaps ST:BADH (for Beating A Dead Horse).

Marvel Comics Captain America is dead…at least for now. The patriotic alter ego of character Steve Rogers that debuted in 1941 during WWII meets his end, in an intentional similarity to events following 9/11. But is he really dead? He is, after all, a superhero, and they rarely stay that way…and I foresee the added publicity will raise the possibility of a feature film…

Joel Silver spoke with SCI FI Wire on a couple topics, including that the Wachowski brothers are not being brought in to finish The Invasion, and where Wonder Woman is – and where Joss Whedon isn’t.

Lena Headey, who is starring as the title character in the upcoming The Sarah Connor Chronicles, gave out some details of the show, which includes two new Terminators – one played by Summer Glau (Serenity) and the other by Owain Yeoman (The Nine). Also appearing is Thomas Dekker (Heroes) as John Connor.

The BBC and Google have struck a deal to feature various content on the YouTube web site – including video diaries from the set of Doctor Who. The official Who news site mentions specifically two clips which are already online, one with David Tennant showing off his new costume, and the other with Freema Agyeman on her first day on set.

TheThunderChild writes “Film journalist Steve Vertlieb has spent more than 40 years writing about film and TV makers – and indeed he’s interviewed a few, like William Shatner, and been friends with many more – from Buster Crabbe to Miklos Rozsa. Last year Steve shared many of his anecdotes with The Thunder Child science fiction ezine, and he’s done it again. Vertlieb is witty, self-deprecating, and entertaining. Best of all, we’ve put together both of his interviews as a FREE 54-page PDF, with some extra stuff about Vincent Price that doesn’t appear in the ezine article. http://thethunderchild.com/Interviews/Vertlieb.html is the URL which will take you to the 2007 interview. Click on the cover top right to download the free PDF. And enjoy.”

May the rumors end…Paramount is expected to finally announce Star Trek XI with J.J. Abrams directing and his cohorts Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman writing the script, and a targeted release of Christmas 2008. Various other bits are pending studio approval of the script – no word on if the plot of the script will be revealed yet, so those rumors may yet fester…quick! Call the Shat and see if he’s in again! Update: Trek Today says it’s official, although I couldn’t find an actual press release. And the casting rumors are still running wild.