Headlines for January, 2010
Yesterday we reported that Zachary Quinto said he was taking a break from Star Trek for a couple of years. For some this caused a bit of confusion as Quinto was expected to work on the Star Trek sequel next year. Quinto has now clarified his remarks, saying he is ready to put on the [...]
PLUS: Roddenberry memorabilia heading to Las Vegas auction
Now the the beta test for Star Trek Online is over (see earlier report) the game is preparing for its official launch next Tuesday (and ‘head start’ this Friday). Today Cryptic posted a new ’state of the game’, including comments dealing with bugs, some details on new content, and hints for for the first big [...]
This week’s Sci-Fi Movies features news on 3D releases of Clash of the Titans and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, a possible delay for The Hobbit, a breakdown of characters to be featured in The Avengers, an update on the planned Planet of the Apes reboot Caesar, casting decisions for Conan and Dracula: Year [...]
Darren and David jump back into the history of Stargate to talk about the first season of Atlantis.
One of the cool features of the new Star Trek Online MMORPG is the voice of Zachary Quinto (Spock in 2009’s Star Trek), who plays the role of an EMH who guides you through the STO tutorial when you first start in the game. However, in a new interview the actor says he is now [...]
Today was the long-anticipated introduction of Apple Computers new Tablet device. Apple’s new ‘iPad’ is being touted as a revolutionary device that will shake up the industry, just like the iPod and the iPhone. And when Apple CEO Steve jobs made his big announcement and showed off the multimedia capability, he showed the Star Trek [...]
In Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed, a child is told that he can't have a sunbeam of his own. "It is to share," a matron says, "If you will not share it, you cannot use it." Yesterday, Le Guin and 367 other authors sent Google their own message about sharing, by preparing a petition opposing the legal settlement that would allow Google to scan, display and sell electronic versions of millions of books without prior permission of the copyright holders.
When we heard this news, we squeed all over ourselves: The CW has ordered a pilot for a remake of La Femme Nikita, the 1990s USA Network show based on Luc Besson's French movie, from Supernatural producer McG.
Remember that live-action
Lobo movie that producer Joel Silver was getting ready for
Sherlock Holmes director Guy Ritchie? Well, scratch Ritchie from that, according to the Los Angeles Times'
Hero Complex blog.
Michael Bay—who last said that
Transformers 3 would be a character piece—is now saying the upcoming sci-fi sequel will be different from the first two installments in other ways and gave us a glimpse of where the movie will take place.
As production gears up on the live-action
Green Lantern movie, we're getting a cool look at what looks like concept art for the film, which stars Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, below.
