Headlines for June, 2008

Guillermo del Toro, who will helm two Hobbit movies, downplayed the idea that he will shoot them back to back, as has been previously reported.

Guillermo del Toro premiered Hellboy II: The Golden Army at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 28 and told fans that he aimed for a sense of awe in the movie.

Futurama executive producer David X. Cohen told SCI FI Wire that the next DVD movie will be called Bender's Game--and Cohen admitted that he'd long wanted to use that title, a pun on Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Helena Bonham Carter is in talks to board McG's Terminator Salvation, the fourth installment in the franchise kicked off by James Cameron in 1984, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“Wonder Woman can come home and have gorillas in her living room and you go, OK, cool. If Professor X comes into his room and theres gorillas in there, thats going to be weird. Brian Reed (explaining the difference between Marvel and DC) ACT I As the Big Two comic book publishers, Marvel and DC fans have always pit the two in an imaginary fight. So, how is that fight going? Well, lately it looks like Marvel is giving DC a pounding in both the big screen and in comic books. If we take a look a the top 10 money makers (in theaters) of comic book adaptations we find a top 10 list with only two DC properties (“Batman” and “Batman Begins”). But, I wouldn’t be surprised if the upcoming “Dark Knight” also makes the top 10 or at least comes close. We also have six Marvel properties (the …
In May TrekMovie first reported that the future of the Star Trek The Experience at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas was in doubt after its contract ended in December. Recently we reported that talks were continuing to the end of this month, but apparently a decision has been made in the last couple of [...]
According Nichelle Nichols, the original Uhura, there was talk about her getting a cameo role in the new Star Trek movie. Nichols, who has previously spoken enthusiastically about visiting the movie set and meeting both the new Uhura (Zoe Saldana) and director JJ Abrams, made this new revaluation Saturday at the Supernova Pop Culture [...]
This week we have good news on the follow-up to to 300 and bad news on the follow up to Cloverfield. Plus details on the Transformers and Dark Knight sequels along with more new trailers, images and movie posters than you can handle. In TV Land Jericho is still making news, plus we got Heroes [...]
Summer seems to be the time for Fan Productions to do their filming. For this belated FanMade we have production updates from the producers of Phase II, Starship Farragut and Hidden Frontier, including some exclusive preview photos. We also have an update on the Filmation-style fan made animated series and a new Enterprise fan production [...]
Two episode titles for the early part of Pushing Daisies‘s second season have been revealed! Find out what they are after the jump, along with teeny-tiny plot details.
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This week, Celeb spied with its little eye an out of this world chat with the Shat, a Trek composer named as one of Michael Giacchino’s major influences, J.J. Abrams being political, the new Kirk and Spock out on the town, a new movie for Alexander Siddig, a potential series for John Billingsley, The Doctor [...]
This week is an exciting one for Mars scientists who found evidence for water ice and nutrients necessary for supporting life on the surface of Mars. Also in Mars news, the mystery of the "two-faced" planet might have been answered. This plus an accidental ‘electron spin’ discovery in the laboratory could lead to faster computers, [...]