There’s a new sheriff in town, Silicon Valley town that is, and this newcomer wants to shake things up in the videogame industry.
Ageia Technologies Inc. has created what they call the PhysX Processor and its claim to fame is that it takes creations in the virtual world and simutlates them to appear and feel like […]

One of the most beloved superstars of STAR TREK , LEONARD NIMOY, has graciously accepted an invitation from Creation Entertainment to appear at the organization’s Official STAR TREK Convention on August 17-20, 2006 at the fabulous Las Vegas Hilton.
For over 50 incredible years Leonard has shared his immense talent with the public and he has […]

A simple-minded, two-legged robot named RunBot can’t run. But boy, can it walk!
The 1-foot tall European speed demon moves at 3.5 leg-lengths per second [Video].
That’s the equivalent of a human walking almost 10 feet per second; and more than twice as fast as its closest running mate, Spring Flamingo, who hails from the Massachusetts Institute […]

“Torchwood,” the “Doctor Who” spinoff which begins later this year on the BBC has added some new members to its ensemble cast.
Of course John Barrowman will be reprising the lead character of Captain Jack Harkness, the role he made popular on Doctor Who last season. Joining him will be Burn Gorman (Bleak House) playing […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
The BBC is reporting that the faithful K-9 of the Doctor Who series will be getting his own gig on the Jetix Europe Children’s Television Channel.
The series will feature K-9 in an up-to-the-date re-imagine of the mechanical character who first burst on the scene in 1977 with Tom Baker […]

J.J. Abrams is putting distance between himself and the original Variety news feed about the next STAR TREK installment, which he was reportedly to direct.
In comments to Empire Online on the 26th of April, he stated that the statements concerning the project and his part in it were somewhat erroneous and premature.
“The whole thing was […]

Marvel Comics icon “Iron Man” is coming to the big screen as a live-action feature for Paramount and Jon Favreau (Zathura: A Space Adventure & Elf) is set to direct. No set date for release is cast in iron just yet, but the studio is hoping for distribution sometime in 2008.
Also on Marvel’s docket […]

First it was Wayne, Austin and Dr. Evil, and then the big green lovable orge known as Shrek. Now Mike Myers, one of only a handful of really successful alum of Saturday Night Live, will be starring in “How to Survive a Robot Uprising” for Paramount Pictures.
The comedy film is based on Daniel H. […]

The re-vamped StarTrek.com website is back on the map as the premiere site for everything Trek. In that regard a new phase of the service is the feature called “FIRST PERSON” in which video interviews from their new headquarters at CBS Studios will be done with actors, directors, other personalities and behind-the-camera crew members […]

James Farr, creator of Flash cartoon Xombie will be our special guest on the next Slice of SciFi Show #055 on Tuesday, May 2, 2006.
Xombie is an animated cartoon set in post-apocalyptic Earth where a germ called Nekrosis has caused dead humans and animals to become zombies within three minutes after they die.
Xombie is a […]

Jeff Bader, executive VP for ABC entertainment programming told TV Guide that the fate of “Invasion,” the scifi show about strange goings-on in the waters off the coast of Florida, is not as solid for renewal as first presummed.
With May, the month when the traditional networks decide what will be on their slate for the […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
This week Stargate SG-1 reached a landmark only achieved by one other American scifi program in continuous production, that being “The X-Files.” The critcally acclaimed show celebrated the shooting of its 200th episode and the producers aptly titled it “200.” Once the 202nd episode is in the […]

Critics are not happy with the vampire musical from Elton John and Bernie Taupin. “Lestat,” starring Hugh Panaro opened on Broadway this week and the critics of the “Great White Way” brought their stakes and spared little time in trying to lay this one to rest before the next full moon.
The play tells the […]

Source: SciFi Wire
SCI FI Channel announced that its new content-rich online broadband channel, SCI FI Pulse, will go live on May 8. Bonnie Hammer, president of USA Network and SCI FI Channel, and Dave Howe, executive vice president and general manager, SCI FI Channel, made the announcement at the network’s presentation to advertisers in New […]

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Submitted by: Lesmond (SoSF Staff Reporter)
One of the biggest selling books to ever be written about extraterrestrial visits to planet Earth was penned by author Erich von Daniken and titled “Chariots of the Gods.” It was published in January 1969 and became an overnight sensation spawing several more books by Daniken, TV appearances, movies […]

Miramax wants to turn the contorted life of Timothy Francis Leary into a big budget bio pic and I say hooray to them for it.
You might be saying, “Sam, what in the world does Timothy Leary have to do with scifi?” Well, if you were a product of the 60’s counterculture as I was […]

Will Smith has taken a project that has been left to lay dormant for nearly 10-years and wants to breath new life into it.
“Legend” is the story of the last healthy man living in a post-apocalyptic New York City after a virus has ravaged most of Earth’s population. During the day he forages the […]

This Week’s Voicemail Show!
This show is for you! We’re receiving so much voicemail and email feedback commentary that it just won’t fit in one show anymore. But that’s okay… Keep it coming!

update on the Slice of SciFi entries for the Shatner DVD Club
Musical selection: Jonathan Coulton’s “Re: Your Brain”
Mark from Memphis not impressed with […]

Submitted by: Lesmond (SoSF Staff Reporter)
The SciFi Channel promised viewers this would be a record breaking year for the miniseries on the cable network and they weren’t kidding. So far we have seen the Stephen King weird skid into the “Kingdom Hospital,” a trip into Norse legend with “Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King” and […]

A prequeal to Battlestar Galactica called “Caprica” has been given the greenlight from the SciFi Channel. For full details tune in Tuesday on May 2nd for our Slice of SciFi Show #055.

News Briefs from our SoSF Staff Reporters from around the globe:

From Nina (Germany): Director/Producer James Cameron has been encouraging other moviemakers to seriously consider 3D technology for their future films. Cameron is no sloutch in the biz and is responsible for some of the biggest blockbusters to ever hit the silver screen, films […]

Sam,
You want a heads-up on something else?
According to the SciFi Channel, now in development is the new television series Caprica, a spinoff of Battlestar Galactica.
According to the info released on GateWorld, the series will be set over 50 years before BSG and will follow the early lives of the Adama family on Caprica around […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)

SciFi.com is now offering a wiki of its own for all of us who aren’t geeked out enough on scifi quite yet.
Dubbed Scifipedia, this brand new resource for everything scifi will is hoping to become the science fiction online encyclopedia of note for anything and everything scifi and genre […]

Two weeks ago on Slice of SciFi Show #052 we revealed that “Underdog: The Movie” would be a live-action flick about the famous cartoon canine superhero. Today we can report that Jason Lee (The Incredibles, Dogma, Clerks II) will be providing the voice of the caped-puppy.
Lee can currently be seen in his big hit […]

Submitted by: Cougar (SoSF Staff Reporter)
Michelle Rodriquez will be spending a few days behind bars for her conviction of driving while under the influence and speeding. She opted for the short sentence and a $500 fine over 240 hours of community service.
According to her attorney her choice of jail time over community service was […]

Mars Rovers Power On
Those long-lived NASA Mars rovers—Spirit and Opportunity—remain in fairly good shape, with one robot in survival mode as martian winter arrives while its twin snakes its way across a taxing terrain of sand dunes to reach a striking target.
“Both rovers are doing really well right now,” said Steve Squyres of Cornell […]

Sam,
Just thought I’d send this to you since it is no good on a podcast,
i.e. pictures. Found it through a randomly generated picture program
that pulls random pictures off recently updates LiveJournals.
Funny stuff. Keep up the great work.
Ben from Chapel Hill

Bill Shatner is making available for purchase the STAR TREK: The Motion Picture Commemorative Plaques signed by the man himself.
There are a very limited number of these and once they are gone….well, they’re gone.
They are a must for the real collector of STAR TREK memorabilia.
To get one of these limited edition plagues go to Bill’s […]

Stargate and Serenity fans will be getting a special treat when Stargate-SG1 Season Ten begins this summer. The beautiful Morena Baccarin (Inara Serra), who we all loved on Firefly and Serenity will be joining the cast as a semi-regular playing Claudia Black’s daughter in the recurring role.
******** SPOILER ALERT ********
At the close of Season […]

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