Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (SoSF Producer & Managing News Director)
Quantum Mechanix (QMx) is astonishing in their ability to create entire lines of replicas that will simply blow you away. We’re talking the real deal in authentic replicas - thoroughly original.
Collectors can pick from well known scifi and monster franchises for some of the […]

You’re living in mid-21st Century Paris, France. The city has been cut off from the rest of the world and every move you make, every person you communicate with and every street you walk on is being monitored and recorded.
At the heart and head of the watchers is Avalon, the multi-corporate distributor of […]

Academy Award nominee David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck), has just signed on to lead the Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Movies adaptation of “The Spiderwick Chronicles”.”
Directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls), “Spiderwick” is about three siblings who move to their great uncle’s mansion where they find a magical book which opens up a whole new mystical […]

Source: IGN
Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
If you want to be in Michael Bay’s big screen production of “Transformers” he has put out a casting call for paid extras.
You will need to be available during the first week of October 2006 in Detroit, Michigan.
The extras casting notice is posted on ClickOnDetroit.com. Those interested […]

Submitted by: John Blue of Innovation Creation
Had a chance to observe the various playing styles of podcasters at poker and captured some pics at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo.
Poker Flickr pics
Michael R. Mennenga’s pic:
1000 quatloos that Podcast Pickle is bluffing; Mennenga ponders a bet at PMPE Poker tournament 2006.

Paul, a fan of Slice of SciFi told us about this word from the Official Blade: The Series Forum. It is reported to come from actress Jill Wagner, who plays Krista on the weekly vampire hunter series.
“Just wanted to say thanks again to all of you who supported me and Blade the Series. I […]

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) – Robert Downey, Jr. is suiting up to star in “Iron Man,” a superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics character.
Jon Favreau is directing the Paramount Pictures release. Filming is slated to begin in February in Los Angeles for a proposed May 2008 release.
Downey will portray Tony Stark, a billionaire […]

Source: BBC
Submitted by: Nigel in Melbourne (SoSF Fan)
Dr Who ‘longest-running sci-fi’. Doctor Who has been named TV’s longest-running sci-fi show, after 43 years and 723 episodes, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
“This achievement is all thanks to the remarkable production team who first created Doctor Who,” said Russell T Davies, who penned the […]

Submitted by: Cougar (SoSF Staff Reporter)
Michael Emerson, the actor who plays the enigmatic leader of The Others, Henry Gale, on ABC’s “LOST” said in an interview with The Associated Press (AP) that the show would be making some interesting moves this season, which began last night in the US.
Emerson said the show will move both […]

Source: Startrek.com
Edward Laurence Albert, who played “Zayra” in the early Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “A Man Alone,” died last Friday at age 55 after a battle with lung cancer, according to The Los Angeles Times.
Albert’s character was a Bajoran who accused Odo of killing a fellow Bajoran, and instigated a racist mob uprising […]

Robin Williams is MAN OF THE YEAR
From the mind of Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam)
Co-starring: Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Jeff Goldblum and Lewis Black
Everything was going according to plan, until he won.
Premieres in theaters October 13, 2006.

Source: Variety
Television is banking on murder-crime dramas, with a mixture of the supernatural and scifi to be the next big draw for the ratings race.
“X-Files” alum Frank Spotnitz is developing “Murder Incorporated” for ABC. A man discovers that although he comes from wealth, the family money came from some very unsavory business dealings.
Fox TV […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
Doctor Who executive producer Russell T. Davies told SCI FI Wire that production is underway on the spinoff The Sarah Jane Adventures, featuring Elisabeth Sladen in her role as the title investigative journalist, Sarah Jane Smith, who is known to Who fans as the companion to the third and […]

Renowned New Zealand based film director Peter Jackson and Microsoft have gone into business together to advance their little gaming enterprise known as Wingnut Interactive.
A gaming enthusiast himself, Jackson has had input into “HALO” and the soon-to-be-released “King Kong” and “Rings” projects for Xbox 360.
All of this became public knowledge at this year’s Microsoft Videogame […]

While we were at the San Diego Comic-Con we managed to catch a screening of ‘Clerks 2’, which just happened to have a trailer for the new Renny Harlin horror picture, ‘The Covenant’, attached to it. Perhaps it was all the fantastic footage of upcoming films we were privy to at the country’s biggest pop […]

Source: SFX Magazine
The writer behind the likes of Trek’s City On The Edge OF Forever and numerous tomes has launched two legal cases against publishers
There’s a law in science fiction: don’t get Harlan Ellison angry. You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. He’s not a man you want to feel you’ve slighted, because he’s […]

Written by: Tariq Malik (Space.com Staff Writer)
The pieces are coming together for NASA’s next spaceship Orion as space agency engineers begin working with lead contractor Lockheed Martin to shape the vehicle’s cockpit.
“We’re bringing the design teams together and looking at the features of this so that we can adjust and have one integrated concept,â€? […]

In a followup to a past story we did about certain stars from the ABC SF drama “LOST” and their propensity for acquiring traffic violations on Hawaii’s roads, we have just learned that traffic charges against Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje have been dropped after his nse attorneys proved he has a driver’s license.
If you remember from our […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
Actress Emma Watson who plays Hermione Granger, the heroine of all the current Harry Potter flicks, told Newsweek Magazine that she has yet to decide if she will continue with the franchise that made her a household name. In fact, the 16-year old thespian has indicated that she […]

One of Japan’s and the world’s most famous and prolific actors has died and the world of entertainment has lost one of its veterans and giants. Testuro Tamba is dead from pneumonia after an ongoing battle with heart disease.
Tamba won the Japanese Academy Award in 1981 for Best Supporting Actor in the film 203 […]

On This Week’s Show: Darker Projects

News Bytes:

USA Network renews “The Dead Zone”, “The 4400″, and “Psych”
Moviegoing audiences have been increasing
Tim Russ’ Of Gods and Men will explore the darker side of Star Trek

MovieTalk:
Buena Vista Pictures next supernatural thriller will be The Invisible, a story that centers around a young man who has […]

Source: BBC
Submitted by: Triplittleminx (SoSF Staff Reporter)
There is some concern over at the BBC with the 2007 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. It would seem that “Doctor Who,” the recognized leader as far as number of episodes, should be listed as the all-time number one SF show on television and […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
In an interview with Sci Fi.com’s SciFi Wire, actress Victoria Pratt, co-star of the new Taye Diggs SF ABC show “Day Break” has a problem with the SF handle being placed on the show.
“There is obviously an element of the unknown,” Pratt said in the interview. “I guess it […]

All genre films are in BOLD - and yes before you pummel me, I consider Jet Li’s new flick a part of the fantasy genre.
1. Jackass number two……………..$29,002,002
Engagements:3,059 Cume: $29,002,002
2. Jet Li’s Fearless………………$10,590,244
Engagements:1,808 […]

This Week’s Voicemail Show!
This is the show for our fans and listeners! 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!

Michael, Summer, Jack Mangan and Charlie the Beer Guy tackle the voicemails this week!

Tony in MN comments on BSG
Steven […]

Look for the new “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” series, not on your television set or big-screen theater, but on a comic book stand near you by March 2007.
Georges Jeanty has been commissioned to draw the famous heroine in fine toon fashion according to Dark Horse Comics.
The opener will be a 4-parter with a […]

The sister site to the original Save Enterprise website, Trek United, has just received an all new look and web-makeover. There are now many great features available to register users, including:
Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on their news articles, plus members can create their own blog, […]

Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (SoSF Producer & Managing News Director)
Mel Gibson, in less than two months after his arrest for DUI and his raving rant against Jews in general, made a public appearance at this year’s Fantastic Fest to promote his latest film project, “Apocalypto.” Of course being Mel, he couldn’t hardly […]

Source: CNN Science & Space
LONDON, England (CNN) – Who hasn’t looked up at the stars and wondered what it must be like to travel through space? Only a fortunate few have made the trip, and at enormous cost. But soon, the excitement and adventure may be within reach of many more of us.
After six months […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
Well, not the actual Jesus, but actor James Caviezel - the guy who played Jesus in “The Passion of the Christ” will play a fellow from another planet who crash lands on planet Earth in the SF creature drama “Outlander.”
Being touted as a SF Epic by the Weinstein boys, […]

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