Slice of SciFi #58: Interview with Anthony Gallela (GAMA Exec Director)

News Bytes:

• J. J. Abrams puts speculation on an “Alias” big screen adaptation
• Sci-Fi to Sci-Fact: using nanotechnology to create insect spies
• creative team behind “Star Wreck” have begun work on a new project, “Iron Sky”

Movie Talk:

• Walt Disney Pictures has acquired the rights to scifi action story Game Boys
• Ivan Reitman’s new project, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, is about a superheroine wreaking vengeance after being dumped

Slice of Trivia

TV Talk:

• Ron Perlman is starring in the TV adaptation of Stephen King’s “Desperation”
• The bell tolls for scifi on television

Interview: Anthony Gallela, Executive Director of the Game Manufacturer’s Association, and SF author and game designer Michael Stackpole drop by to chat about the latest games, future hot projects, and Origins

Future Talk: What’s Coming Up?

• The Mutant Chronicles set cast includes Thomas Jane, John Malkovich, Ron Perlman, Benno Furman and Stephen Rea
• Ghostbusters 3 is still in development, even after 22 years.

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