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Ventimiglia to produce web series to settle great debates of the genre
by Doc on May.04, 2009, under Television
Heroes star Milo Ventmiglia’s Agility Studios is setting up to produce a web series called Ultradome, which (tongue-in-cheek) looks to settle some of the greatest (geeky) debates of the Internet generation, like “Who would win a fight: Gandalf or Darth Vader?” But what about the classic argument – “Enterprise or Star Destroyer?”
Wolverine hot for the weekend, tempered by Star Trek?
by Doc on May.04, 2009, under Movies
Wolverine took in an estimated $87 million over its opening weekend, with a lot of reports of it being “better than expected”. But it opened just a week ahead of the much-buzzed-about Star Trek remake – could it drop fast?
Some series renewal/pick up news
by Doc on May.04, 2009, under Television
Fox’s Fringe has survived its first season and will get a second, but the fates of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dollhouse are still unknown. Over at NBC, where their infront was delayed due to the death of VP of Drama Development Nora O’Brien, Heroes and Medium will be back, along with new apocalyptic series Day One, but a decision on Chuck has been delayed.
RECON 2023 World Premiere at Sci-Fi London Film Festival
by Doc on May.01, 2009, under Movies
Movie Seals Production writes “RECON 2023 World Premiere at Sci-Fi London Film Festival –
MONTREAL, QC – Movie Seals Productions announced that the latest chapter in their successful sci-fi/action franchise, “RECON 2023: The Gauda Prime Conspiracy”, will have its World Premiere at the renowned Sci-Fi London Festival in England on May 2nd, 2009.
Directed by Christian Viel (Evil Breed: the Legend of Samhain, Deaden), the film stars Andy Bradshaw (Gothika), Heidi Hawkins (Evil Breed), Deke Richards (Deaden), with special appearances by Berge Garabedian (aka JoBlo) of joblo.com fame, John Fallon (aka Arrrow in the Head ) and UFC ring girl Edith Labelle, for whom it was a first screen role.
From a screenplay written by Christian Viel and John Fallon, the action packed story picks up a year after the events of the previous film, and introduces a new cast of characters as well as bringing back familiar ones.
Director Christian Viel will be attending the premiere held on Saturday, May 2nd, at 6:15 PM at the Apollo West End Theatre and stay for a Q&A following the movie.
SCI-FI-LONDON is now in its 8th year is UK’s only dedicated Sci-Fi and Fantasy film festival, it screens world and UK film premieres, documentaries and a selection of classic SF titles. It also holds a film school and filmmaking competitions to encourage more science fiction films to be made in the UK.
Movie Seals Productions: This Montreal-based company is run by talented director/screenwriter Christian Viel. Beside the award-winning ‘Recon 2020: The Caprini Massacre’ and the critically acclaimed ‘Deaden’, this fast growing production company has recently produced a sequel to RECON 2022: ‘RECON 2023: The Gauda Prime Conspiracy’.
Trailers, plot synopsis, photos and other information can be found on the Official RECON 2023 website: www.recon2023.com
Sci-fi London: www.sci-fi-london.com
Movie Seals Productions: www.movieseals.com”
Klingons in, then out, of new movie
by Doc on Apr.30, 2009, under Movies
The upcoming Star Trek did supposedly have some Klingons in it, but they got cut out. A scene of Rura Penthe, the Klingon prison planet from Star Trek VI, was filmed and included spoken Klingon, but was later cut – as well as an apparent scene of the baby Spock with his parents, played by Winona Ryder and Ben Cross.
Harry Potter: The Exhibition opens in Chicago
by Doc on Apr.29, 2009, under Fun Stuff
Chicago fans of Harry Potter can rejoice: Harry Potter: The Exhibition opens tomorrow, April 30th, at the Chicago Museum Of Science and Industry, and will run until September 27th. No other venues have yet been announced, but I expect that it will travel to most of the major museums around the country.
Teaser trailer for the upcoming The Burning Skies
by Doc on Apr.29, 2009, under Books
Do books need to grab more attention nowadays? Because this is the best way I’ve seen yet to get someone interested in a novel…David J. Williams new novel The Burning Skies, a sequel to The Mirrored Heavens, comes out on May 19th (click on either title to order), but to grab a little extra attention it not only has a teaser trailer (Read More to see it), but also a breaking news site in addition to an extensive official site. The story follows after the terrorist group Autumn Rain has destroyed the Pheonix Space Elevator, it is now going after the Europa platform, an O’Neill-class dual-cylinder space habitat and the largest space station in existence.
Elfwood releases new design
by Doc on Apr.29, 2009, under Web Sites
Kenth Johansson writes “Elfwood releases all new design –
Oldtimer Elfwood.com recently released an all new design that has been well received by the websites visitors. “It was time to do something new, says founder Thomas Abrahamsson. We have been trying to keep the original Elfwood feeling in the new design, but at the same time create something more modern and up to date”
Check out the new design and the amazing artwork at www.elfwood.com“
New Star Trek clips
by Doc on Apr.28, 2009, under Movies
I’ve got four brand new clips for the upcoming Star Trek film. It is certainly looking more and more interesting…Read More to see the clips.
Falling in to a black hole
by Doc on Apr.28, 2009, under Science
CNN has an interesting article postulating what it might be like to fall into a black hole, which includes an animation – Read More to see it if you don’t want to go to the article.