Actor John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox on Star Trek: Enterprise) was a special guest this evening [07-31-2005] on the Trek Fans United chat room Website.
He took questions from many of its members who attended the chat. Slice of Sci-Fi was represented by our News Manager and several of our News Consultants. The […]

Source: BBC Entertainment News
Guest Contributor: trek_dude
David Tennant and Billie Piper will star in the new Doctor Who series at a time when it has been voted the best British fantasy TV show by viewers.
The sci-fi drama, which began in 1963 and became a hit with a new audience when it was recently revived, beat […]

Written by: S.K. Sloan
Well, I did it my band of sci-fi aficionados. I coughed up $40.00 some-odd bucks and ordered two of Dean Haglund’s “Chill Paks” that he spoke about on our Slice of SciFi Podcast on June 30th.
Apart from this really scary and creepy picture of Dean on the box, I gotta tell […]

Source: TrekWeb
Submitted by: Sevens
The latest issue of STAR TREK Magazine, just out in the UK, features an exclusive interview with STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE star Scott Bakula. Here are a few excerpts :

Written by: S.K. Sloan

Terry Gilliam is a mastermind. I think anyone who is even slightly familiar with his past works as , artists and actor with Monty Python, and his skill as a director and storyteller will attest to that.

Source: SciFi Wire
Submitted by: Kyle Nin
Richard Taylor, who supervised the designs of armor and weapons for the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the upcoming film adaptation of Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, said that although both stories were adapted from British novels of the same period, the styles of […]

Source: Space.com
submitted by: S.K. Sloan
Astronomers have discovered an object in our solar system that is larger than Pluto. They are calling it the 10th planet, but already that claim is contested.
It is the first time an object so big has been found in our solar system since the discovery of Pluto 75 years ago.
The […]

Everyone who bought the Battlestar Galactica Season One early release set this week from Best Buy will be slightly dismayed to learn that the wider release to other retailers on September 20 will have more features and extras than the one that came out on July 26.

On This Week’s Show: Patricia Tallman of Babylon 5 fame. Check out Patricia online at Galactic Gateway.

Other Topics:

The website is back, thanks to our crack SoSF staff. We give credit where credit is due!
Don’t forget to vote for us at the Podcast Awards site!
The SciFi Podcast Network — are you listening […]

Source: ComingSoon.net
Submitted by: Kyle Nin
Nicole Kidman is set to play the lead in Invasion, German director Oliver Hirschbiegel’s remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, reports Production Weekly.

Source: The Wall Street Journal
Written by: S.K. Sloan
Speculation is running high that NBC Universal is squaring itself to buy Steven Spielberg’s (co-founder) fledgling movie studio Dreamworks SKG.

JM from the Geek4×4 Podcast dropped this little tid-bit in my mailbox:
For video gamers, LucasArts’ “Star Wars Battlefront II” will be available for Sony’s PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, Microsoft’s Xbox and Windows platforms. It is the sequel to the best-selling “Star Wars” video game of all time and adds all-new space combat, playable Jedi […]

Hold on to your seats boys and girls. Thanks to our Firefly reporter, Sevens, and our good friends at The Hollywood News, we have some never-before-seen pictures at the shooting of Serenity on the set with full cast, crew, and Whedon directing.
Enjoy!

SPECIAL NOTICE:
Light sabers used by Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” movies are expected to fetch around $60,000 each at a Beverly Hills movie memorabilia auction on Friday.
Collectors cam bid in person in Beverly Hills, by phone, fax or live on the Internet through Ebay Live Auctions

Those of you who are Browncoats may have already seen this message posted on some of the major boards, but for the rest of y’all, here’s the scoop:
In an interview two years ago, Greg indicated he had supplied 54 minutes of music in 22 tracks to Fox for a potential CD release. While nothing […]

Source: Live Science
Guest Writer: Bjorn Carey (Live Science Staff Writer)
Chemotherapy ‘Bomb’ Developed in Cancer War

Scientists have developed a cancer drug that kills with James Bond stealth.
It breaks its way into a cancer cell, seals the exit, cuts off the cell’s blood supply, and then detonates a chemotherapy bomb.

Source: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, ComingSoon.net and Bloody-Disgusting
Submitted by: Kyle Nin
Up-to-the-minute news stories for those with only a minute to read.
1. Harrison Ford is now fully onboard for the Indy 4 movie and will do most of his own stunts…..you go grandpa!
2. Kevin Heffernan hires Socrates to tutor him in Jay […]

Source: BBC News
Submitted by: Triplittleminx
Ex-Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith will return in the new series of the sci-fi show, it was revealed as the Doctor’s new costume was unveiled.
Popular 1970s character Sarah Jane, played by Elisabeth Sladen, will join new Doctor Who actor David Tennant.
However Rose, played by Billie Piper, will remain […]

Source: Worldscreen
Submitted by: Lesmond
The UK is gearing up for its fall season with the acquisition of five Sci-Fi titles.
This fall, viewers will be presented with the U.K. premieres of The Dead Zone (Series 4) and the fact based Psychic Detectives, as well as She Spies, Profiler and Odyssey 5. In addition, the Channel’s successful MOVIE […]

Listed below are the Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror Events, Conventions, Rallies and Meetings scheduled worldwide for August 2005.
Got an event you want posted on Slice of Sci-Fi? Contact me HERE

Submitted by: Cougar
The rumor mill is running rampant on the unconfirmed report that George Lucas’ small screen adaptation of his Star Wars franchise has been put on the back burner until sometime in 2008.
The only source I can find for this unsubstantiated rumor is a blurb on The Can Magazine Website where they quote another […]

Source: StarTrek.com
What happens when you merge two great passions — cartooning and Star Trek? You get a new regular feature on STARTREK.COM called “The Trek Life,” written and conceived by award-winning cartoonist David Reddick.

Source: Trek Today and CBC Arts News
Submitted by: Dan (ST47)
D.C. Fontana spoke about her enthusiasm for Star Trek’s neglected female characters, why she decided to write for the fan series Star Trek: New Voyages and the fact that she does not believe Gene Roddenberry chose Rick Berman to succeed him in a new interview with […]

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Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
POSSIBLE STRONG SUNSPOT COMPLEX TO ROTATE INTO VIEW SOON
Roughly two weeks ago, an active region known as Region 10786 (or simply Region 786) increased in complexity as it approached the western limb of the Sun. As it rotated out of view behind […]

Written by: S.K. Sloan
Mel Gibson seems to have a passion (forgive my pun) these days for producing and directing films where not one word of English (his mother-tongue) is spoken.

Source: ComingSoon.net
Submitted by: Kyle Nin
Production is underway on the sequel to the Turner Network Television’s (TNT) successful original movie The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, with Noah Wyle set to reprise his role as the protector of humanity’s greatest secrets, according to an announcement by Michael Wright, senior vice president of original programming for TNT. […]

Submitted by: Summer Brooks
Here is a quick peak at the new V for Vendetta Movie Trailer with a shaved-headed Natalie Portman.
Movie website: Warner Brothers
V for Vendetta Trailer page:
Looks like the Wachowski brothers may actually succeed in making up for those horrendous Matrix sequels.

Written by: S.K. Sloan
Well, I finally broke down and went to see “War of the Worlds” this weekend.
I figured, it must be good, right? I mean, Spielberg directed it, three of the top names in show-biz are starring in it - Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins and Dakota Fanning. The critics gave it […]

Source: ComingSoon.net
Submitted by: Kyle Nin
Ray Liotta will play the villain, Gallian, in director Uwe Boll’s video game adaptation, Dungeon Siege. He joins Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies, Matthew Lillard, Leelee Sobieski, Burt Reynolds, Ron Perlman and Kristinna Loken in the film.

“Old engineers never die, they just melt into the machinery.” James Montgomery Doohan

The word is given Scotty - WARP SPEED - You will never be forgotten!

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