Source: StarWars.com
Lucasfilm Ltd. filed suit today in United States District Court against William Osburn and his Maryland-based company High-Tech Magic, calling for an immediate halt to the production and sale of infringing lightsaber laser sword replicas that violate Lucasfilm’s long-held Star Wars trademarks and purport to be authentic.
Lucasfilm’s lawsuit alleges that Osburn, High-Tech Magic and […]

Submitted by: Cougar (SoSF Staff Reporter)
Some Afraid Favorites Won’t Survive the Break
Yesterday, TV.com’s Colin Mahan made an interesting suggestion that television shows that go on a mid-season vacation might end up on the hit-list of a serial killer.
Unlike sitcoms, reality TV, talk shows or specials, the serialized television program, especially those with convoluted plotlines and […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
NBC has announced that its new supernatural detective series “Raines” will be postponed from its original January 2007 premiere date until March. The show centers around a homicide detective played by veteran actor Jeff Goldblum who can see and communicate with the victims whose murders he is investigating. […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The next time you talk on your cellphone in a movie theater, beware: Your neighbors are listening.
Regal Entertainment Group), the largest U.S. movie theater chain, is arming moviegoers with a new gadget that allows them to call in the ushers and remove unruly audience members with the press of a button.
“Cellphones […]

A new medical study, using MRI technology to measure brain activity shows that there appears to be a definite link between aberrant and negative behavior in teens and their playing of violent video games.
The results were made public this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. The results of […]

Another huge STAR TREK Convention to celebrate the iconic franchise’s 40-Year Anniversary continues into the new year with a blockbuster lineup of guests all meeting in London, England on January 5-7, 2007. If you are planning on being there here is who you will be seeing and the day they are scheduled to […]

New rubber suit lets sweat out, blocks chemicals
Washington (Reuters) - A new rubber material laced with microscopic channels could be used to make more comfortable, less bulky protective gear for people who work around hazardous chemicals, scientists said on Wednesday.
The new material combines rubber with liquid crystals to block dangerous chemicals while allowing sweat to […]

Check out the following story submitted to us by Kurt, a Slice of SciFi fan. The article comes from CBC News. After reading it, see if it doesn’t make you cross your eyes and go….Huh?
HDTV a threat to Canadian culture, critics warn
The push to provide consumers with high-definition television is a threat to […]

Submitted by: Kevin Bachelder
BitTorrent, the groundbreaking peer-to-peer company will soon be distributing movies and TV shows for such entertainment giants like Paramount, 20th Century Fox, MTV Networks and Lionsgate in early 2007.
The company will also be debuting its online video store by February 2007 with flicks from the studios listed above, as well as Warner […]

Written by: Angela Charlton
Doctors deem year-old face transplant a success
Paris (AP) - A year after a French woman received the world’s first partial face transplant, doctors say the operation was a success and she is gaining more and more sensitivity and facial mobility.
As British and U.S. doctors work on plans for a first full-face transplant, […]

Anna Faris has made a very decent living starring mostly in one major film franchise known as Scary Movie (Scary Movie 5 has just been announced). Most recently she starred opposite Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson in “My Super Ex-Girlfriend.” Until production on the next installation of Scary Movie begins Anna is moving […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
In a follow-up on today’s Slice of Scifi show #085, we have further details on the “Babylon 5: The Lost Tales” piece we did. Actress Teryl Rothery ( Dr. Janet Fraiser on Stargate SG1) has been cast in the direct-to-DVD movie.
“What I can say about the […]

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Wearing Superman pajamas and covered with his Batman blanket, comic book illustrator Dave Cockrum died Sunday.
The 63-year-old overhauled the X-Men comic and helped popularize the relatively obscure Marvel Comics in the 1970s. He helped turn the title into a publishing sensation and major film franchise.
Cockrum died in his favorite chair […]

On This Week’s Show: Interview with Tricia Helfer
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Microsoft is disappointed with their Zune MP3 player sales figures
On December 12, 2006, Trek to the Troops will be hosting their 2nd Annual Meet and Greet in the famous Bob Hope Hollywood USO at Los Angeles International Airport. The event will run from 1:00PM to […]

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) — After a three-year drought, gamers can again boldly dive into a new series of “Star Trek” games now in stores.
Bethesda Softworks enlisted Dorothy “D.C.” Fontana, a veteran “Star Trek” scribe, to guide these new adventures. She worked on the original 1960s series and wrote the story lines for Bethesda’s […]

Without sounding like we are blowing our own horn ( cause if we could we’d never leave the house), but we are…actually - The SCI FI Channel has been gracious enough to select the Slice of SciFi Website and podcast as their favorite Site of the Week with a great recommendation for all to pay […]

Source: Sci-Fi Studios
Producers Roger Corman and John Davison will make Space 3001, a $20 million Sci Fi action picture, with Irish government subsidies, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The deal, announced at the American Film Market, will see Corman and Davison finance the production through their respective companies, New Horizons and Cowboy Outfit Llc., in conjunction […]

Source: Trek United
Written by: Derek Kessler
Following on the heels of the recent Star Trek auction at Christies, CBS/Paramount is putting more Star Trek props and costumes up for sale and auction via It’s A Wrap!, a Los Angeles-based Hollywood memorabilia company. More importantly, the auction will be open on eBay and organizers are […]

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The United Kingdom will have to throw out the current DVD first week record holder because there is a new sheriff…er, pirate in town. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” has squashed the previous U.K. DVD sales records to become the fastest-selling DVD of 2006. It went on sale […]

New York (AP) – YouTube videos will be viewable on cell phones for the first time under a deal with Verizon Wireless, which will also allow users to upload videos shot with their camera phones.
The partnership to be announced Tuesday marks the first big distribution deal for YouTube since the young video-sharing Web site […]

Written by: Buck Wolf for ABC News
Producer Tells German Web Site Director He Will ‘Definitely’ Shoot ‘LOTR’ Prequels
It may take another quest to the Crack of Doom, but there’s new hope that Peter Jackson will return to direct “The Hobbit” and another “Lord of the Rings” prequel.
“Lord of the Rings” fans were in a […]

All figures are U.S. totals only. Genre films in BOLD.
The number 1 and 2 slots are reversed in the international markets with Royale at #1 and Feet #2. Listen for our story on this development in our December 6th Slice of SciFi Show #086.
1. Happy Feet…………………….$37,038,046
Engagements:3,804 […]

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Written by: Parija B. Kavilanz (CNNMoney.com staff writer)
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – Wal-Mart Stores announced Tuesday that it will launch its own video downloads service this week beginning with an exclusive “Superman Returns” DVD bundle containing a video download option with purchase of the physical DVD.
CNNMoney.com first reported in September that Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
As we reported earlier, the rumored Stargate: Atlantis cast shakeup has become a reality.
Actor Paul McGillion, who portrays Dr. Carson Beckett, will no longer be a regular cast member after the completion of season three of the Stargate SG1 spinoff series.
We knew that with the addition of Amanda Tapping’s […]

Source: Fox News
Hong Kong - A theme park with a statue and memorial hall will be built at Bruce Lee’s southern Chinese ancestral home of Shunde, the president of the fan club said on Monday.
The park will also contain a martial arts academy and conference center. Wong Yiu-keung, chairman of the Hong Kong-based Bruce […]

Courtesy of IGN TV
Threshold: “The Crossing”, “Outbreak”, “Vigilante” & “Alienville” — Starting at 8:00pm ET/PT on The Sci-Fi Channel. The last four unaired episodes of this popular show, are all going to finally be shown. In case you haven’t seen the show, it is described as such: Threshold focuses on a team of experts who, […]

Many may be wondering just what Tom Baker, considered by millions of Doctor Who fans to be the best Doctor in the history of the 43 year old franchise, is up to these days.
Well, he has traded in the tardis for a blog with Blockbuster. Huh? That’s right, Tom is got his own […]

If you’ve wanted another chance to jump on the “Heroes” train from the beginning, your chance is now.
SciFi Channel will be running a marathon of the first six episodes this Wednesday, November 29, starting at 6pm Eastern.

Heroes: NBC Website
Heroes: SciFi Channel Website

When tensions run high on all the ships in the colonial fleet, with those who went to New Caprica pitted against those who remained with the fleet, old friends become new enemies, and everyday arguments turn into real threats.
Adama commissions a rank-free boxing match aboard Galactica and televised across the fleet. His goal?….to allow […]

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