Sci-Fi Storm

Deadline is reporting that Tom Hanks will return as Professor Robert Langdon and Ron Howard will direct Inferno, the fourth Langdon novel from author Dan Brown. David Koepp (Angels & Demons) will adapt, and Sony has already set a release date of December 18th, 2015.

What is most interesting is that this seems to indicate that Sony/Imagine have decided to skip the third book, The Lost Symbol, which was supposed to be in development but little had been heard about it. According to the LA Times, pre-production was supposed to start this year, with a script from Danny Strong (Mockingjay) supposed to have been turned in by now. Ron Howard decided not to direct that one, with Mark Romanek stepping in.

The Lost Symbol could still be produced, but it seems like if it does it will be after Inferno.

This is somewhat local to me, although I haven’t seen it yet…

The town of Salem, Massachusetts has an art program called “ArtBox”, which paints up typically drab utility boxes on streets to be nicer. One box on Bridge Street happens to have been painted as the TARDIS from Doctor Who. But it seems someone thought it might be confused for an actual Police box.

Once rumors started that they might paint it over (although it was later learned they may have only planned to alter the “POLICE” reference at the top), a “Save the TARDIS” campaign started. But now it appears that there are no plans at all to alter the TARDIS, as confirmed by Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll.

Amanda Dunham from Salem started painted the utility box two weeks ago, but received an email saying that some citizens “were concerned” it could be mistaken for the real thing – a police call box, not a time machine.

Of course, for decades in this area police call boxes were very small devices like public fire alarm boxes, not walk-in detention units with built-in telephones…

The hunt is on. The team faces three smart dinosaurs while trapped in a superstore. Check out the next episode of Primeval: New World, “Clean Up on Aisle Three”, Saturday at 10/9c on Syfy!
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In Friday’s Continuum, Kiera investigates a serial killer case that she remembers studying, and plans to use her knowledge of the future to solve it. Her biggest obstacle…Carlos.
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Looks like Summer Glau is never far from our TV screens…according to Deadline she will now have a recurring role in CW’s Arrow…which will further cement my feeling of how similar it is to The Cape – which Summer also starred in…

Summer has also had recurring roles in Dollhouse, The Unit, The 4400 and Alphas, following starring roles in Firefly and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and is a bit of a genre favorite, even playing herself in an episode of The Big Bang Theory.

The characters from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s series League of Extraordinary Gentleman seem likely to take an adventure on to your TV screens.

The comic series, which features Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, the Invisible Man and Dr. Jekyll, among others, going on adventures in the Victoria era (and later) battling evil, has received a put pilot commitment from Fox. Michael Green (Everwood, Heroes) will serve as showrunner for 20th Century Fox TV, alongside Erwin Stoff (Water for Elephants). Moore is reportedly not involved.

20th Century Fox released a film adaptation in 2003, starring Sean Connery, which garnered a cult following.

The “put pilot” commitment means that Fox basically guarantees that the pilot will be shown, whether or not it is picked up for series, or pay a substantial penalty.

Are you playing Defiance? Would you like your character to appear in Season 2 of the TV show? If you are a good enough Ark Hunter, it can happen…

Syfy and Trion Worlds today announced a new contest that brings a gamer into the television world of Defiance, the groundbreaking online open world shooter and hit television series on Syfy. The “Play the Game. Join the Show.” in-game contest pits players against the game’s Arkfall events to see who can rise to the top and become the ultimate Ark Hunter. The winner’s character will appear during the second season of the TV series.

The ten Ark Hunters who complete the most Major Arkfall events between July 8 (10am PDT) and July 30(10am PDT) will compete for a chance to have their character written onto the show. These ten semifinalists will be fleshed out with backstories written by the show’s writing staff, which will then be featured on Facebook, where Defiance fans will choose their five favorites. From this pool of five finalists, a member of the Defiance team will select the final winner to appear in season two of Defiance.

The “Play the Game. Join the Show.” contest marks the second time that players have been invited to make their mark on the world of Defiance. Earlier in the year, Trion Worlds and Syfy ran the “Most Wanted” contest, which saw gamers competing to have their likeness included on wanted posters on an episode of the TV show.

To enter, players must register for the “Play the Game. Join the Show.” contest at www.defiance.com/en/game-show-contest , then complete as many Major Arkfalls as possible between July 8 (10am PDT) and July 30 (10am PDT). Between August 12th and August 21st, one semifinalist backstory will be posted per day. Registered Facebook users can vote for the top five characters between August 26th (3am PDT) and September 6th (8:59pm PDT), and the final winner will be selected in September. Defiance season two premieres in 2014 on Syfy.

Monday is the season finale of Warehouse 13, and with only 6 more episodes to conclude the series! The team races to stop Paracelsus, Steve discovers Artie has been keeping a huge secret from Claudia, and Myka struggles with news of a medical condition. Don’t forget to watch at 10/9c Monday on Syfy!
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On the season finale of Defiance, Nolan and Tommy take to the woods in search of Irisa. Catch the first four minutes of the episode, “Everything is Broken”, right here, then tune in Monday at 9/8c on Syfy! And don’t forget episode 11 of Shooting the Shtako!
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Two dinosaurs travel through an anomaly and terrorize a college campus in tomorrow night’s new Primeval: New World – tune in at 10/9c Saturday night on Syfy!
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