Sci-Fi Storm

Seems there a new web site dedicated to the Star Wars universe, but in a slightly unusual manner. HoloNet News is a look at the goings-on in the Republic, including Senate proceedings, what the Jedi Council has been up to, and even “Click the nuna, win a credit!” banner ads. And I’d hate to compute the odds on that lottery…

Caught this on Slashdot: Fernandes Guitars has an official license and is producing Star Wars Retrorocket and Nomad guitars, along with accessories. These look really cool, and the Retrorockets apparently use a computer controlled painting process.

OK, it’s around that time when I start to question whether all the effort is worth it. Precious few stories have been submitted to me, making me scour the web for stories – usually as just a regurgitation of SCI FI Wire and Coming Attractions, and anything else I hear about the shows I personally watch, which takes time I seem to have less and less to spend. I can turn around stories that are submitted faster than I can type them in myself, if a few of you are willing to do some of the work. Although readership is slowly going up, it isn’t going up very fast, and in fact has dropped a little last month. So, leave some feedback, and SUBMIT THOSE STORIES!!!!

Nothing Mars-shattering, but: Mike Myers has been confirmed to play The Cat in the Hat; 10 minutes of Episode II footage at ShoWest shows Yoda kickin’ butt; Natascha McElhone (The Truman Show) joins George Clooney on the Soderbergh/Cameron production of Solaris; and Edward Burns (15 Minutes) is in talks to star in the adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s A Sound of Thunder. Scoops thanks to Coming Attractions.

The nominees are out for the 2002 Nebula Awards, given out every year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer’s of America. Ummm…O Brother, Where Art Thou? is up for the Script award?

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Hi,

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I know this is late – it’s been everywhere in the media already, but its worth posting. The animator that gave us some of our most fondest cartoon memories (who could foget Duck Dodgers in the 24th-and-a-half Century?) passed away on Feb. 22nd from Congestive Heart Failure at his home at the age of 89. In addition to drawing the Looney Tunes characters, he received a Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 1996, and even wrote the screenplay for the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Lots of little things today: Video game Tekken will get the big-screen treatment; Model/actress Kristanna Loken, who appeared in Mortal Combat: Conquest as well as stints in Pensacola: Wings of Gold and Unhappily Ever After has been cast in the role of the T-X for Terminator 3; Luke Perry will guest star on Jeremiah with Beverly Hills 90210 alum Jason Priestley; and David Conrad (Men of Honor) will star in the Fox version of Time Tunnel.

Mirimax will pass on making Ender’s Game; Cinescape Online is reporting that producer Frank Marshall is eager to get Indy 4 under way; and as everyone knows by now, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has topped all comers with 13 Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Director. A.I, Shrek, Monsters Inc., Harry Potter, and Kate & Leopold also got nods.

Been a busy day, so here are some highlights: Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
gives her take on the viability of Rollerball; Spielberg told Fox News that a fourth Indiana Jones movie will happen, and his wife Kate Capshaw will appear in it; Duchovny may return for the finale of The X-Files; and the Chicago Sun Times reports that Star Trek: Nemesis will tentatively debut on November 22nd – right after Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and right before The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.