If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Robocalypse is a great word, and a great title for the upcoming sci-fi film which is to be helmed by none other than Mr Spielberg. As you might imagine, the flick is all about a future world where humanity [...]
There has been quite a bit of controversy regarding Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. At first it was supposedly a prequel to Alien, then we discovered that no, actually it wasn’t that, and it emerged that the film had its own mythology, being more standalone in format. But as more details have slowly emerged, the connection to [...]
It seems that there could be another X-Files movie on the way (that we can watch with no lights on), to perhaps erase the memory of the not very well received 2008 feature (The X-Files: I Want to Believe). Or there might not be. Blastr reports that a French magazine called TVMag interviewed David Duchovny, [...]
There have been several recent films looking at how society treats others, District 9 and the Children of Men are two good examples. So it is fair to say that we are due for another look into society and it seems that “I’m Mortal” could be the story to do it. New Regency a part [...]
You would have to go back to 1966 to find the original version of The Fantastic Voyage; it starred Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence. The story itself followed a team of scientists who in an attempt to save a man’s life, a team of scientists are shrunken along with their mini submarine and injected into [...]
Could this be the end of Fringe, as we know it? It seems that musicals are taking over the TV and as such, this influence will be creeping its way into one of the best science fiction shows currently on the TV Fringe. During May in the US, Fox will be airing the Fringe episode [...]
Before Avatar, the idea of 3D TV was limited to the occasional film or event, but with the launch of the film, an industry is growing behind it and by the end of the year, 3D TV in the home will become a reality for many households. But it seems even by making an investment [...]
Finally, the tense wait is over for fans of Fringe as the studio behind the series, Fox announces that it will be renewing the series for a third season. Fringe has been a show that was initially helped with prime time slots on both Fox in the US and on Sky One in the UK, [...]
If there is one way to create a series of science fiction stories and make them very believable. It would be to live the life and for author John Twelve Hawks, living the life of someone who is rarely seen and who can only be contacted via an untraceable satellite phone tells us the type [...]
Now for anyone trying to forget, Daredevil was made in 2003 and starred Ben Affleck in the main role, it was cut to shreds by the critics and as a result did not do that well at the box office either. So why is Fox revisiting Daredevil? It seems that the next Daredevil film will [...]
It seems that another science fiction TV series is about to hit the screens for the last time, Dollhouse the created of Joss Whedon will be shown for the last time in US on Friday at 9pm on Fox, it would have been shown earlier but the “Hope For Haiti” event tool precedence over all [...]
It looks as if the Fox network may be planning a US based version of the BBC’s hit show Torchwood, it is no secret that Russell T Davies the writer and director of the science fiction show, based in Wales has been spending a lot of time in US. If the series gets the go [...]
When it comes to obtaining the first TV rights to a major blockbuster film you would have thought that the competition would be vicious and leave plenty of casualties around the negotiation table. So when it comes to Avatar, most people could be forgiven for thinking that the broadcasters would be fighting over the TV [...]
When any film touches the $200 million box office takings mark it has to be reason to celebrate, but for Fox and Cameron reaching this target just about covers around half the costs if it is true what the rumours say. But Avatar is going to run and run, its ten day taking have past [...]
The US fans of sci-fi hit Fringe will be getting a bonus episode next month as apparently Fox have found a lost episode from season one! It seems amazing that a studio can spend millions of dollars on a show only to lose it somehow, what happened did it fall behind a desk or was [...]
With the big budget 3D movie Avatar on the verge of being released, it seems that the director James Cameron is already planning his next project. Apparently it is going to be a science fiction epic! So what was Avatar then? According to the director himself, he is working on developing a script by Shane [...]
It is the same old story fans of a show can hardly believe the news that it will be cut, while those people who have never seen the show cannot understand what all the fuss is about. It seems that Fox have not been too impressed with the figures that Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse have been [...]
It looks as if we will be offered films and possibly new TV series that combine two very different genres, the western and science fiction. Although it is not unknown to see these two styles of story crossover as this has occurred in several of the Star Trek titles and it has been dabbled with [...]
20th Century Fox are rumoured to be auditioning for a new cast for the popular sci-fi animation series Futurama, the show is very successful and yet to produce this sort of show it takes a long time and a lot of money. It looks at as if Fox are looking to replace Billy West (“Fry”, [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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