If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! While there’s another Star Trek movie warping in next year – probably later in 2012 rather than mid-year – rumours continue to persist regarding a new outing for the famous sci-fi franchise on the smaller screen (the last being [...]
Paramount has unveiled a Star Trek game at E3 due for release next year. Simply called Star Trek, it will follow on from the story of JJ Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek film, with Kirk and Spock attempting to stop an enemy race who wish to conquer the galaxy. Kirk and Spock will tackle the alien [...]
The sequel to 2009′s Star Trek movie is supposed to be lining up for release in a year’s time. However, according to TrekMovie.com, there’s a chance it will be delayed to the end of 2012. This news actually comes from a source who spoke to Deadline, claiming that there’s good news – JJ Abrams is [...]
Publisher Simon and Schuster has announced its November releases, including two blockbuster collections from names familiar to readers of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Coming in November Full Dark, No Stars from Stephen King. In the tradition of his early collections Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, Full Dark, No Stars includes four stories from [...]
Captain James Tiberius Kirk fans, set your phasers to stun and lock in transport co-ordinates. And T.J. Hooker fans, load your guns and, erm, do something else a bit policeman-like. Tell someone the time, maybe. Not to mention Third Rock from the Sun fans, and TekWar addicts (there must be some of the latter out [...]
Star Trek fans will love the new app developed for the brand new Apple iPad, now for fans of Star Trek The Next Generation, this app will make perfect sense, as it will turn the iPad into a PADD (Personal Access Display Device). These devices can be seen being used by the officers and crew [...]
Mention Star Trek, the Millennium Bridge & The Guinness Book of World Records and you have given all of those Trekkies an excuse to get dressed in their favourite uniforms and outfits before heading off to London. This was the idea of Namco Bandai and Star Trek Online, to celebrate the European launch of the [...]
The actor that brought a different style of captain to Star Trek is to be awarded one of the highest honours by the Queen in the New Years Honours List. Patrick Stewart or as he will now be known as “Sir Patrick”, will be knighted by Queen for his services to acting and drama. He [...]
For any actor being in a major role is significant especially for the career, but landing a top part in toe of the year’s most successful science fiction films is likely to get the actor typecast. Is this what lies ahead for Zoe Saldana is she about to become the next Sigourney Weaver? Having played [...]
The voice of Leonard Nimoy is fairly distinctive after all you can always tell when it is him doing the voiceover for his animation in The Simpsons and Futurama. Maybe this is why he has been asked to play the role of Mr Spock once more, but not in a movie but for Star Trek [...]
If ever there was case for the fight against pirated movies then results of the 2009 Bit Torrent file sharing league table would be enough to drive the film studios into a mad rage, although it has also been found that the most of the people that download illegal content also go to the cinema [...]
Could the next Oscar ceremony be the one where science fiction rules? Maybe not rule exactly but this time Star Trek is looking good for a nomination to the awards, but like all films no matter what the genre, it is the top prize that the producers want. In its favour is the fact that [...]
Harlan Ellison is not really one of those high flying writers that everyone knows about, but all that may have been a different story for he wrote, The City on the Edge Forever. This story was the second from last episode of the first series, the one that starred Joan Collins! However the story was [...]
When we say 2012 for the next Star Trek film, that is the earliest that a film will be ready, in fact as nothing has been put in place yet it would seem that the actual date is going to be much later than that. The trouble with the sequel is so much will be [...]
For some people the induction of the late and great Gene Roddenberry into the US Television Academy’s Hall of Fame should have happened a long time ago. But finally, the people that seem to make all of the important decisions have seen sense and finally allowed Gene Roddenberry in the Hall of Fame. There was [...]
At last, it is what all fans of Star Trek have been waiting for, the official launch of Star Trek Online. The official launch date has been given as being the 2nd February 2010 and Starfleet wants you to sign up. In fact, the site has been running in closed beta for a while and [...]
It is probably one of the worst kept secrets in science fiction film history, but finally news is coming out from the JJ Abrams camp that Captain Kirk or how he is also known as, William Shatner, will be appearing in Star Trek 2. The director has made it no secret that he wanted William [...]
The Scream 2009 awards have been an exciting event for science fiction fans and at the same time gave the industry itself a major boost. One of the most interesting and it has to be said rather unexpected turn out, was when Captain Kirk or William Shatner as he is now known as, was on [...]
The recent Star Trek film was a shot in the arm for science fiction, but there were many fans of the long running series that felt a little let down. The main complaint being that the film was more gloss and less science fiction, this is something that is going to be turned around when [...]
The rebirth of Star Trek will boldly go where many men and women have gone before, and that is to produce a run of films. Star Trek 2 has been in the pipeline for some time, but according to screenwriter Roberto Orci, Star Trek 3 is also being planned, in fact there is a rumour [...]
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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