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It’s 2439 and things in the universe haven’t quite turn out the way Gene Roddenberry had envisioned. Life in space in the 25th Century is not at peace and there is no benevolent Federation holding everything together. What is real is the United Alliance of Independent […]

Jake Foley (Christopher Gorham), a computer technician for the National Security Agency, has dreamed all his life about becoming an NSA field agent. He’s about to get just what he asked for, and the NSA is about to find out that Jake is no ordinary computer geek.
A freak accident in an NSA lab floods Jake’s […]

Bill is at it again. First he introduced his William Shatner DVD Club and it was a rousing success. Now he is about to launch a new “enterprise” called ShatnerVision. If you don’t already subscribe to his online newsletter then do so at his website in order to watch out for an […]

Which one of these following 20 films slated for a 2007 release are you most excited about?

The Astronaut Farmer

TMNT

The Reaping

Blood and Chocolate

Ghost Rider

Superhero

Watchmen

Grind House

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Invasion

Hellboy 2

Spider Man 3

Sin City 2

Shrek the Third

One Missed Call

I Am Legend

Altered

Fantastic Four: Rise of Silver Surfer

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We have two guests for you on our next show. They are writer Matt Vancil and executive producer John Frank Rosenblum from The Gamers Dorkness Rising.
Matt Vancil (pictured 1st) is the writer and director of The Gamers: Dorkness Rising. His debut as a writer-director resulted in the wildly successful fantasy cult film, “The […]

Week Beginning:

December 3rd -
Which author would you rate as the greatest scifi/fantasy writer of the 20th Century?
Winner: Isaac Asimov

December 10th -
If you could have one of the Heroes as your best friend, which would it be?
Winner: Hiro Nakamura (by a landslide)

December 17th -
Is Dr. Gaius Baltar a Cylon?
Winner: NO

December 24th -
Which is your all-time favorite […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have finalized the script, Harrison Ford is ready to go and the shooting schedule has been set to start in 2007. As a result, the tentative release date for “Indiana Jones 4″ will be May 2008.
Lucas told reporters that “It’s going to […]

Source: New Voyages Press Release
A new episode for fan production series New Voyages entitled “The Sky Above, The Mudd Below�? will be written by veteran Star Trek author Howard Weinstein.
Howard Weinstein has delivered the script for “The Sky Above, the Mudd Below” to Star Trek: New Voyages producers. This special episode of New Voyages will […]

Author Neil Gaiman will not be involved with the “Silent Hill” sequel script.
Like father like son, Harry Osborn, played by actor James Franco, will be meaner and nastier than his dad, the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe) in the next installment of Spiderman (Spiderman 3), which is reportedly the last for Tobey Maquire.
Brittany Murphy, (Sin City, […]

Immediately on the heels of The Sun’s report that David Tennant was leaving the hit TV show “Doctor Who” the BBC was quick to deny the report. (See related story in previous article).
David Tennant is “committed” to Doctor Who, the BBC insists, despite a report that he is leaving the sci-fi drama……he was currently filming […]

The amount of energy it must take to maintain one human form for the Doctor must be enormous because it looks like David Tennant will be vacating the position during this current season’s mid-season shooting, according to UK paper and online news source The Sun.
After many denials over the last several months that he would […]

Universal Home Video may give the go to produce a “Battlestar Galactica” direct-to-DVD telefilm, according to Geek Monthly.
If it pans out, the 2-hour telefilm will begin shooting by March 2007 when the series begins its normally scheduled hiatus before (or better yet - if and when) season four goes into production 3 months later. […]

Some casting changes will be taking place on the set of 20th Century Fox TV’s new Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Serenity) vehicle called “Drive”. Kevin Alejandro (Sleeper Cell, Ugly Betty) and Mircea Monroe have been cast to star opposite Fillion, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The show chronicles an underground, illegal cross-country road race […]

Submitted by: Cougar (SoSF Staff Reporter)
SCI FI Wire is reporting that game developer Wizards of the Coast has reached an agreement with Lucasfilm Ltd. that will allow the Seattle-based company to continue producing the Star Wars Miniatures and Star Wars Role-Playing Game titles for several more years. The new contract also allows Wizards of […]

Source: SPACE.com
Written by: Leonard David (Space Staff Writer)
Progress is being made on defining a human mission to an asteroid.
Experts at several NASA centers are sketching out a prospective piloted stopover at an asteroid — a trek that could return samples from a targeted space rock as well as honing astronaut proficiency and test needed equipment […]

Source: Variety
“Fargo,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Groundhog Day,” “Halloween,” “Notorious,” “Rocky” and “sex, lies and videotape” are among the well-known films on this year’s National Film Registry by the Library of Congress list.
A place on the list — always made up of 25 films — guarantees the film will be preserved for posterity under the terms of […]

All totals are U.S. B.O. tallies only. Genre films are in Bold.
1. Night at the Museum……$42,212,651
2. The Pursuit of Happyness……$23,100,000
3. Rocky Balboa……$17,003,904
4. The Good Shepherd……$14,254,000
5. Charlotte’s Web (2006 Version)……$9,568,033
6. Eragon……$9,334,259
7. Dreamgirls……$8,953,734
8. We Are Marshall……$8,575,000
9. The Holiday……$7,050,000
10. […]

Actor Brent Spiner (Data from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” [TNG]) recently sat down with Film Focus in the U.K. and talked about his days on the set of TNG, the four Trek movies he did and his appearances on “Star Trek: Enterprise”. He even had a few words to say about “Threshold” and […]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)
Gaming Report is releasing the news that Margaret Weis Productions will be making available a new ‘low-tech’ RPG based on the popular award-winning SCI FI Channel series “Battlestar Galactica”.
“When we established our company we made the commitment to produce character and story focused role-playing games using the best […]

One of the biggest surprises for the end of the year is the hit that Ben Stiller’s slapstick feature “Night at the Museum” has turned into. The film, which co-stars Robin Williams is a bonafide box office winner in conventional and IMAX theaters. It is always nice to be surprised this time of […]

Aspiring authors/fans of the longest-running Sci Fi series on TV are being given the chance of a lifetime — or several lifetimes. Big Finish, publisher of a line of Doctor Who books, is presently holding an open call for manuscript submissions for Short Trips, a volume of original short stories to be published in 2007. […]

It’s a normal day at Jackie Tyler’s Powell Estates flat: The kettle’s on, the washing’s been done, and Rose’s grandfather will shortly be stopping by for a visit. There’s only one problem with that last bit — Granddad Prentis has been dead for a decade. Just as Rose suspects that her mother has lost her […]

PARIS, France (Reuters) – A French-led satellite launched on Wednesday to seek out new Earth-like planets beyond the solar system and to explore the interior of stars.

The COROT project sent into orbit a telescope capable of detecting planets smaller than is currently known — some maybe just a few times the size of Earth and […]

Holiday Replay: Interview with Samuel L. Jackson

Yes, this is a replay of Slice of SciFi #70…
News Bytes:

Hellboy 2 has been dropped by Revolution Studios, but picked up by Universal Pictures
Sam Raimi acquired the rights to Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series
WETA Digital tapped to work on Cameron’s “Avatar” project

MovieTalk:
Ben Affleck will portray George […]

You’ve heard us talk on the show and website about the possible big and small screen remake of the short-lived 1960’s “The Prisoner,” which originally starred Patrick McGoohan. We now can give you a few more details about the TV remake and when you can expect to see it in your living rooms.
AMC (American […]

Submitted by: Evo Terra (SoSF Co-Host)
If you like your comics and you like having all the info about your favorite comic book hero or heroine at your fingertips any time day or night, then we here at Slice of SciFi have found the comic wiki that will satiate that unfettered appetite.
ComicVine is the user generated, […]

“Afterlife is a new supernatural show now airing on BBC America. I know there may be the temptation to compare this series with the popular CBS show “The Ghost Whisperer” starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and the even more popular “Medium” starring the award winning actress Patricia Arquette over at NBC, but don’t compare. […]

Source: Space.com
Written by: Leonard David (Senior Space Writer)
NASA is on a flight path to replant astronauts on the Moon, looking to sustain a human presence on that cratered, airless orb on a “go-as-the nation-can-afford-to-pay� basis. That approach is seen as letting people step back onto the lunar surface no later than 2020.
Space engineers have honed […]

A Message from Trek To The Troops Founder Christopher Mulrooney:

I can’t believe the year is over and it’s time to start 2007. This past year has been a busy one for me and Trek to the Troops.
Tour Status and New Projects
The year started off slow at first with another Website design change and graphics […]

Two of the top three films over the Christmas weekend had been the brunt of a lot of talk-show host’s jokes and bad pre-release reviews for about a month now, but Ben Stiller’s “Night at the Museum” came out on top at theaters, debuting with $30.8 million. While not pop-the-cork on the champagne kind […]

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