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Potter VI date set; Authors plead to save him
by Doc on Aug.09, 2006, under Movies
Sorry this is a bit late…been busy…anyways, the release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie has been set for November 21st, 2008. Ambitious, considering there is no director attached yet, or cast signings. Order of the Phoenix is due out next July. In the meantime, American authors Stephen King and John Irving “opened” for J.K. at a story reading ay Radio City Music Hall, pleaded with her to not kill off her boy wizard…
Helena Bonham Carter joins Harry Potter
by Doc on Aug.05, 2006, under Movies
Actress Helena Bonham Carter (Planet of the Apes, Merlin) has signed on to join the cast of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as the Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange. Have you noticed more characters in the later books are getting astronomical names? Remus, Sirius, Bellatrix, Luna, Regulus…
Firefly to get HD makeover
by Doc on Aug.04, 2006, under Television
20th Century Fox Television and UHD have announced that the short-lived but well-loved series Firefly has been remastered from the original prints into 1080i high-definition, and will debut on Sept. 24th on the UHD channel.
SCI FI to air Enterprise, Jake 2.0, Threshold, others
by Doc on Aug.03, 2006, under Television
The SCI FI Channel has announced a deal with CBS Paramount for rights to a number of properties, including Star Trek: Enterprise, Haunted, Jake 2.0, Threshold, and a number of other series, miniseries, and made for TV movies.
Eureka webisodes online
by Doc on Aug.01, 2006, under Television
The SCI FI Channel’s “broadband channel” site SCI FI Pulse is now offering original webisodes of its new series Eureka, with its own plot line. Read More for the press release.
A Scanner Darkly soundtrack
by Doc on Jul.31, 2006, under Audio
I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I had the opportunity to listen to the soundtrack for A Scanner Darkly. Again, music reviews aren’t my thing, but here is an overview.
Singer gets three series deal with ABC
by Doc on Jul.31, 2006, under Television
Superman Returns honcho Bryan Singer will develop three series for ABC, with at least one guaranteed to be given a pilot. Unusual in the deal is that there is nothing tying him to a specific studio – he can get writers from anywhere. One wonders how much deeper the Logan’s Run remake is in the pile now…
Stargate Command shuts down
by Doc on Jul.30, 2006, under General News
Well, not really. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (better known as NORAD) has announced that they are standing down the facility at Cheyenne Mountain and moving operations to Peterson Air Force Base, while keeping the facility available in a “warm standby” state. The change in likelyhood and manner of attack is the primary reason, so there is no need to continue modernizing and fully manning the facility.
Animated Star Trek, other 70s shows to get DVD releases
by Doc on Jul.27, 2006, under General News
Time to regress…reports are out that not only the long-awaited (and long-lambasted) Star Trek: The Animated Series will be released on DVD in November, but a whole host of other Filmation shows, including a few live-action shows I remember well from my childhood – Ark II, Space Academy (which had Lost in Space‘s Jonathan Harris), and spin-off Jason of Star Command (which had the late James Doohan, who is finally getting to go where few have gone before).
More B5 and JMS: Babylon 5 on iTunes
by Doc on Jul.27, 2006, under General News
Hot on the heals of this weekend’s news, word comes out that WB has released the first season of Babylon 5 via iTunes, at $1.99/episode, or $39.99 for the season. Find it in the iTunes Movie Store. Also, JMS posted yesterday about his strange trip beyond the veil – into the A-List of Hollywood.