Sci-Fi Storm

Could Joss Whedon be moving to cable for a new series? It looks that way. The president of cable network FX John Landgraf says he hs a lunch scheduled in the coming weeks with the creator of Buffy, Firefly and Dollhouse – the latter two of which had short runs on FOX. Word to the wise – FX is owned by FOX…but hopefully the management there has a different style…

Avatar is breaking all sorts of records, about to win for the fifth consecutive week, surpassing $1 billion worldwide in just 21 days, and surpassing Star Wars in unadjusted domestic sales. Now Avatar technology may make old actors young again (or dead ones alive), but it has also been blamed for depression and even suicide. Can the blue juggernaut be stopped? Update: And now it has won the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director…

If you’ve been craving news from Caprica (not news about Caprica…), you’re in luck – The Caprican has gone online! Check the latest Pyramid scores, check the stocks, and see what’s up in politics.

Exclusive: Update on ‘Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’ Movie

Producer Kevin Burns on the status of the Irwin Allen franchise

By Robert Falconer http://www.cinemaspy.com/article.php?id=3832

Three or four years ago, you may recall, there was some chatter online about a new Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea feature film, based upon the classic ’60s motion picture and television series created & produced by the late Irwin Allen. While there was apparently some movement towards fashioning a big screen epic, the whole thing seemed to fizzle shortly after it was announced. The runaway success of last summer’s rebooted Star Trek — and the recent news about director Matthew Gratzner’s forthcoming re-imagination of Gerry Anderson’s UFO, not to mention the whole Hollywood trend towards remakes — got us thinking once again about those other classic mid-to-late-’60s science fiction properties—which led us back to wondering what’s happening with Voyage, if anything. Might there be renewed interest in it?
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We had a poll up for a long time about what show should get the reboot treatment next, with Blake’s 7 getting the nod (from the limited choices). Now Wired has gotten in on the act, with their list of 10 TV shows that should get the reboot. First on the list is Buck Rogers, which I’d go with. But then they followed up with the shows that readers wanted, with a larger list which includes some I think might be prime candidates: Blake’s 7, UFO, The Starlost, Space: 1999, and even Star Cops. And those best left forgotten: Salvage 1, and Earth 2 are best left to the fond memories, lest we are reminded of what they really were 🙂 Can I make any money as a consultant to the network on these things?

Flash Forward will not return March 4th as originally planned, and instead will return with a 2-hour block on March 18th, and run straight through until the season finale on May 27th.

It’s 2010, and its time to get back to new TV episodes. SCI FI Wire has a nice roundup of what’s coming up in the next week…notable the return of Heroes tonight, and we see the other side of things on Battlestar Galactica: The Plan on Sunday…and would the upgraded Chuck on Chuck next Sunday be considered an “Up-Chuck”?

Just a programming reminder that David Tennant’s final episode as the Doctor, The End Of Time, Part 2, airs in the U.S. at 8:30pm ET tonight on BBC America. Find out just what is coming back, and may rip time itself apart…

Just a reminder for those of us in the U.S., Doctor Who: The End Of Time, Part 1 airs on BBC America tonight (12/26) at 9pm ET. And expect a big twist at the end – The Master isn’t the only one returning…Part 2 will air one week later, at 8:30pm ET on January 2nd.

Happy Holidays to all…there will be sporadic if any updates for about a week, so I leave you with this…the latest trailer for the last season of Lost…
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