Slice of SciFi News Briefs

Musician Jonathan Coulton will be performing at the The Birchmere in Hunt Valley, MD on August 31, 2007 at 7:30PM EDT.

DreamWorks and Paramount have decided to go wide with director Tim Burton’s big screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway musical “Sweeney Todd,” starring Johnny Depp on December 21, 2007.

George Lucas has called on screenwriter John Ridley to adapt his story “Red Tails,” a WWII action adventure about the Tuskegee Airmen. Lucasfilm will executive produce.

Intrepid Pictures has acquired the rights to distribute the supernatural thriller “The Fourth Horseman,” penned by Marshall Uzzle and Perry Fair. “The Fourth Horseman” centers on a young priest’s battle to thwart the rise of the fourth horseman of the apocalypse after the onslaught of three of the horsemen, War, Pestilence and Famine stand by awaiting the birth of the fourth horseman, Death, so they can fulfill their Biblical destiny and bring about the end of times.

The hugely popular pirated content search engine TorrentSpy has shut out all U.S. users to avoid complying with a court order that it must log information about its users, according to Variety.

Life Size Entertainment announced today it will give away a Puzzlehead jigsaw puzzle autographed by the movie’s director, James Bai. Those who wish to enter may do so by sending an email to: contest[at] lifesizeentertainment[dot]com with “autographed puzzlehead jigsaw puzzle” in the subject line. The deadline to enter is September 7th with one entry per person. A winner will be chosen at random.

The Emmy nominated Prom Queen is back with the summer series, Prom Queen Summer Heat!
Prom Queen Summer Heat Episode 1: Lost & Bound. Ben reflects on the past few months, only to find that tragedy is right around the corner… again…Summer Heat is only 15 episodes, so catch it before it’s over!

Jason Bourne shot to the top slot overseas, with “The Bourne Ultimatum” leading the foreign box office with $14.4 million at 2,100 playdates in 25 markets, according to columnist Dave McNary.

Say goodbye to analog television. As of February 19, 2009, if you don’t have it hooked up to a digital converter it will only display static. On that date all 1,800 U.S. TV stations are required to broadcast only in digital mode, according to the mandate issued by the Federal Communications Commission.