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Four studios are in a high-stakes bidding battle for film rights to a new hell-themed video game from Electronic Arts that hasn't even been publicly announced yet, Variety reported.

Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, who also wrote Clint Eastwood's upcoming Changeling, is writing a long-in-the-works update of the SF classic Forbidden Planet for Warner Brothers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Joel Silver is producing via Silver Pictures.

David Tennant announced that he will quit as the title character in the BBC's Doctor Who, after becoming one of the most popular Time Lords in the history of the BBC science fiction show, the BBC reported.

In the last week a couple of unique items have come out that are firsts for Star Trek merchandising. Firstly we have The Original Series finally realized as Pez candy dispensers. And in addition the first Kurt Adler Christmas statue is out, featuring Spock and some tribbles. Reviews, pictures and details below.

A could days ago Empire magazine released new exclusive photos from the Star Trek movie that accompanied their cover story this week. Now the issue is out and it includes a lot of interesting quotes from Star Trek director JJ Abrams along with some thoughts from the new Kirk and Spock (Chris Pine and Zachary [...]

There certainly won’t be any looms with prophecies or death orders; what you will have though is a grand, arced story crossing the many generations of Superman’s life. Mark Millar, the writer responsible for the summer blockbuster “Wanted,” which starred Angelina Jolie and James MacAvoy, has revealed to Empire Online that he and a “big Hollywood action director” are poised to make a pitch for Warner Bros. that would take The Man Of Steel in new directions for a three-part saga. Their grand plan would be to have the Superman story told over three consecutive movies, each of which will be released a year a part in a similar fashion to “Lord of the Rings.” And, the story will begin with the fall of Krypton and end with the death of the Human race. “I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years …

This review contains MODERATE SPOILERS for “Dim Sum Loose Sum,” the fifth episode from the second season of ABC’s “Pushing Daisies.”Stories of Pie Maker’s (Lee Pace) father have been floating about since the opening of the season, but until now these have been restricted to flashbacks, stories and subtle nudges to a future reunion. “Dim Sum Loose Sum” though brings the life of Ned’s father to the forefront of the series.And to the episodes credit, even at the forefront of the episode, Ned’s complicated relationship with his father are tastefully kept to the sidelines in favor of a more random and typically “Pushing Daisies” storyline; the death of a chef at the hands of a food steamer.This bizarre death of being killed by an exploding steamer is another creativity notch on the “Pushing Daisies” …

Since the late 1970s, the reigning trio of boogeymen — Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, and Jason Voorhees — have become staples during the Halloween season. People in need of a good scare during this time can find plenty of classic horror films on various cable channels, or simply wait for the next installment of the “Saw” franchise to hit theaters. Needless to say, horror films and Halloween go together like, well, horror films and Halloween. For viewers looking for a good scare, it would be a mistake to dismiss the science-fiction genre. While the scares this genre serves up are different from the visceral, bloodletting we see in the popular horror franchises, science-fiction has certainly played its part in serving up some genuine fear. Mary Shelly’s novel “Frankenstein” and the 1931 …

SCI FI Wire visits the set of the upcoming Friday the 13th reboot movie and watches a new Jason Voorhees chase a new group of kids around Camp Crystal Lake.

The final trailer is live for Twilight, the upcoming teen vampire movie, based on Stephenie Meyer's best-seller, in HD. The movie opens Nov. 21.

Mickey Liddell, who makes his directorial debut with the upcoming supernatural horror film The Haunting of Molly Hartley, told SCI FI Wire that it was time to step behind the camera after years of producing such movies and television programs as Go, Jack & Bobby and Everwood--and to do so with a scary movie.

Princes William and Harry were on the London red carpet on Oct. 29 for the world premiere of the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace, in which Daniel Craig reprise the role of superspy 007, the Reuters news service reported.