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Patrick Stewart to be knighted
by Doc on Dec.19, 2009, under General News
Patrick Stewart is about to be addressed as “Sir” for real – he is to be knighted during this year’s New Years honors.
Movie writer Dan O’Bannon passed away
by Doc on Dec.18, 2009, under Obituaries
Dan O’Bannon, who wrote a number of genre screenplays including Alien and Total Recall, passed away Thursday at the age of 63 after battling Crohn’s Disease for over 30 years.
Strange tetrahedral shape in the skies over Moskow?
by Doc on Dec.18, 2009, under Science
This seems to be making the viral rounds, but has since been picked up by the British tabloids The Telegraph and The Sun. A strange, tetrahedral shape (often described as a pyramid, but from what I’ve seen it is more a tetrahedron) seemingly just hovering and rotating in the skies over Moskow. Goa’uld coming for the Stargate, or just God rolling a d4?
Fishburne in new Predators movie
by Doc on Dec.18, 2009, under Movies
SCI Fi Wire has learned that Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, CSI) has joined the cast of the new Predators movie, which takes the franchise off Earth and onto a “hunting planet” on which several humans awake to find themselves as the hunted. Already in the cast are Adrien Brody (King Kong), Topher Grace (Spider-Man 3), Walton Goggins (The Shield) and Danny Trejo (The Grind, and pretty much every other Robert Rodriguez production, who is producing Predators). Nimród Antal (Vacancy) is directing.
Singer will return to franchise with X-Men: First Class
by Doc on Dec.17, 2009, under Movies
UPDATED: Following up on a previous story, Fox confirmed that Bryan Singer will return to direct a new X-Men movie, entitled X-Men: First Class, which will focus on some of the primary characters in their teenage years Professor Xavier and Magneto and the forming of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. Jamie Moss (Street Kings) is currently assigned as the writer.
British court says Stormtrooper helmets not copyrightable
by Doc on Dec.16, 2009, under General News
Lucasfilm has had another setback in its case against artist Andrew Ainsworth. An appeals court has ruled that the Stormtrooper’s helmet is not a copyrightable work of art, and therefore Lucasfilm cannot prevent Ainsworth from selling replicas. Ainsworth is the artist who sculpted the original helmet design.
Maguire says he isn’t talking about Hobbit role, but likes the idea
by Doc on Dec.15, 2009, under Movies
It may not be true at this point, but I can see him in it…Tobey Maguire responded to web reports by saying he is not in discussions to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, and wasn’t considering it as he believed previous rumors that James McAvoy had been cast (which were untrue), but now seems amenable to the idea. “…I certainly wouldn’t take myself out of the conversation … if I was part of it.”
Stargate Universe, Sanctuary renewed
by Doc on Dec.14, 2009, under Television
SyFy has renewed both freshman series Stargate Universe and second-year Sanctuary from its Friday night staple lineup, giving both series new 20-episode orders. Some insights into the upcoming SGU half-season as well include more serialized episodes, and less reliance on skipping back to Earth – and finally some aliens.
Cameron talks about Fantastic Voyage, plus Avatar vs. Battle Angel
by Doc on Dec.11, 2009, under Movies
James Cameron isn’t sitting around waiting to see if Avatar floats or not…he’s planning, if not decided on, his next moves. On his list is a “very different” version of the classic Fantastic Voyage, although he would not direct that one. And then it is a decision possibly between a sequel to Avatar (which has always been planned, but still depends on success) or with his other long-dwelling franchise project, Battle Angel.
V, Flash Forward trimmed by an hour
by Doc on Dec.10, 2009, under Television
Missed this earlier this week: Both V and Flash Forward have had their series orders reduced by an hour each: 12 and 24 total hours, respectively, one less than originally reported.