This Week’s Voicemail Show!
This is the show for our fans and listeners! Voicemails, emails, we want to hear your comments and feedback… No, really, we do! Pay no attention to how much Mike grumbles about them…

This week, Michael, Summer, Brian, and Tim respond to the questions posed by your voicemail submissions, and once again […]

Written by: Derek Kessler (Trek United News Manager)
According to the latest issue of Starbust Magazine, George Takei will be appearing in the new Star Trek movie (due in theaters on December 25, 2008). In an interview with Takei about his work on “Heroes” and “Star Trek” (mostly discussing/promoting the Star Trek Remastered HD DVD […]

Written by: Lora Friedenthal (Dark Magess)
According to Tanya Huff’s blog, the last two episodes of “Blood Ties” will only be shown online. Additionally, because she is standing with the WGA in their strike, Tanya won’t be blogging about the episodes on Lifetime’s blog.
Here was Tanya’s official word to Lifetime on the matter:
“While I’ll certainly […]

Kimmel Intl. has inked a two-year Canuck distribution deal with Equinoxe Films. With the deal, Montreal-based Equinoxe will distribute all Kimmel Intl. films in all media — theatrical, pay and free TV and homevid — in English and French in the country. Agreement covers Sidney Kimmel Entertainment production and Kimmel Intl. acquisitions.

‘Shrek the Halls,’ […]

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the 12000 members it represents spent all night looking over the new proposal sent to them late yesterday afternoon from the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP), and have flatly turned it down.
The AMPTP proposal would would have given the writers more than $130 million in […]

In a world where evil walks the Earth, where super villains are taken over by demonic beings; they want one thing and one thing only — To take over the World!
There’s only one man who can stop them, one man with the power and ability to kick some serious demon ass.
In a race […]

One lucky winner will get a copy of “Manticore,” a SCI FI Channel DVD starring two of your favorite Star Trek alum.
In war-torn Iraq, rugged Army soldiers learn that the battles they face every day have only been a warm-up to the unspeakable terror awaiting them. Dispatched to find a missing news crew, the […]

The Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) has turned over a proposal to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) for its members to consider that could, if accepted, bring an end to the strike, now closing in on its 1st full month.
The new deal from most of the big studios and networks is […]

Paramount Pictures has released these three new “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” pics. Enjoy.
The film is set for a May 22, 2008 premiere.

[Click on each image to enlarge view]

If the rumor holds up to be true here is the face of Knight’s new K.I.T.T. for the updated “Knight Rider” due out on television next year.

It’s a 550-horsepower Mustang with the Shelby GT500KR body kit. Click on the image to learn more.

Keep “Journeyman” on the air by letting NBC know through your People’s Choice Award vote that this show is one of the finest new programs for the 2007-08 season.
As the old saying goes — Vote early….vote often!

But, the important thing is to vote….and vote for “Journeyman.” Voting deadline is December 5, 2007.
The People’s Choice […]

September Films is on the move gaining over $6 million with new business in the U.S., including an order from the History Channel for a two-hour documentary dealing with the long-lost Ark of the Covenant, according to Variety.
“The Lost Ark of the Covenant” will follow University of London professor Tudor Parfitt, described as the “British […]

Written by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Staff Journalist)
The good news is NBC has decided to go ahead and air the last two produced episodes of “Journeyman.” There was some speculation and worry among fans and the show’s creator, Kevin Falls, that NBC might pull the plug on the series early, leaving the last two completed […]

Written by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Staff Journalist)
Yesterday, after the actress reportedly made comments at a BSG Con indicating her displeasure with “Bionic Woman,” TVGuide, IGN and Slice of SciFi reported that Katie Sackoff would be leaving the struggling-NBC series. Today, however, it appears reports of her depature were pre-mature.
“I have no plans to leave […]

Humans have a problem….we like to fight each other. If it isn’t an all out mano-o-mano, then its one nation against another, or one group fighting another with a different set of philosophical, religious or political point of view. After 5 million years of human evolution, I’ve become convinced that war is simply […]

The union representing stagehands and theater support staff, and leaders of the group representing Broadway theater owners and producers have come to an amicable agreement bringing an end to the strike that has virtually shut down the Great White Way for nearly three weeks. The strike ended up costing New York City and Broadway […]

Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media Executive News Director)
Slice of SciFi show #137, ready for download on Saturday, December 1 and on XM-Satellite Radio’s The Sonic Channel on Monday, will have actor/producer/writer Walter Koenig and producer Sky Douglas Conway as our very special guests.
Walter is a legend in the sci-fi world, having played the […]

In just 4 days the SCI FI Channel will be offering its new miniseries “Tin Man” to viewers, and if the channel’s past track record for quality miniseries entertainment is any indication, then viewers will be in for an exciting treat come this Sunday.
L. Frank Baum’s 18th Century The Wonderful Wizard of Oz gets a […]

Genre: Suspense/Horror, Thriller and Adaptation
Running Time: 127 min.
Release Date: November 21st, 2007 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for violence, terror and gore, and language.
Directed By: Frank Darabont
Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones
“Ultimately the film is about faith, and the monsters are just a layer of horror placed over the morality […]

Source: Fox SciTech News
Japan Expo Showcases Latest Humanoid Robots

A robot math whiz breezes through a Rubik’s Cube, using metal hands to twist and turn the colorful toy.
A panda robot uses sensors to detect when people are laughing, and joins in.
A dentistry student peers into the mouth of a new patient — a humanoid practice robot […]

Reviewer: Grant Burton (SoSF Fan from Melbourne Australia)
As was mentioned on the show a few weeks back about Mass Effect, (the new sci-fi game for the Xbox 360), is simply the best game you will play to date on any platform.
Its simply the best sci-fi movie/game/FPS/RPG you can get on any console right now, with […]

Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media Executive News Director)
Rocky returned to the ring last year in an exhibition movie bout that actually turned out to be one of actor Sylvester Stallone’s best performances in his long 30+ year career. “Rocky Balboa” turned in critical and fan praise as well as a substantial box […]

Source: CBC News
TiVo finally comes to Canada — TiVo, the popular U.S. television-recording device, is finally arriving in Canada in early December
The TiVo set-top device, which allows viewers to record shows and skip commercials, will be available across Canada — except in Quebec — through Best Buy, Future Shop, The Brick and London […]

The NBC show “Bionic Woman” had one good thing going for it — Katee Sackhoff. But, that may be about to end, which could spell the end of BW.
At a recent Battlestar Galactica CON Sackhoff indicated that her days on the Bionic show as Sarah Corvus, a recurring character and nemesis of Jamie Sommers […]

The BBC News Service has confirmed that Billie Piper will definitely be returning to “Doctor Who,” laying to rest the long-awaited speculation. She will reprise her role as Rose Tyler for three episodes of the sci-fi drama.
The new season for “Doctor Who” will begin in March 2008 for 13 episodes. Then there […]

China is now officially a main player in the international race back to the Moon. And, to show just how serious they are to stay in the race for the long haul, the country displayed its first Moon images captured by the Chang 1 lunar probe it launched just last month.
Chang 1 is currently […]

“G-Force” is a new live-action/CGI film about a group of ultra-intelligent animal commandoes working for the government. Their standing orders are to track down and prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the planet.
Behind this film is the odd pairing of Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Pictures — so this movie should prove interesting.
On […]

Only yesterday we reported how the talks between striking Broadway stagehands and producers and theaters was going so well. When the parties involved decided to take a 12-hr break in negotiations to rest up, both sides came out of the meeting all smiles and with nothing but positive remarks about the forward progress being […]

All totals are U.S. Box Office only. Sci-fi and genre-related films are in BOLD.
Title (Distributor)….Reported Weekend Box Office….Engagements….This Week Per Screen Average Cumulative
1. Enchanted (DISNEY)….$34,440,317….3,730….$49,060,281
2. This Christmas (SONY)….$17,958,183….1,858….$26,341,492
3. Beowulf (PAR)….$16,538,666….3,218….$56,633,821
4. Hitman (FOX)….$13,180,769….2,458….$21,094,148
5. Bee Movie (PAR)….$11,813,502….3,507….$111,860,810
6. Fred Claus (WB)….$10,575,400….3,603….$52,869,835
7. August Rush (WB)….$9,421,369..,..2,310….$13,243,069
8. American Gangster (UNIV)….$9,013,925….2,799….$115,550,290
9. The Mist (MGM)….$8,931,973….2,423….$12,861,800
10. Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (FOX)….$7,936,035….3,168….$22,179,439
Source: Variety […]

So, where exactly do we stand as far as the number of episodes of some of our favorite shows goes? How long do we have to go before the WGA writer’s strike causes those TV gems to go dark? TVGuide just updated the list today and we have a few SF and genre-related […]

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