Source: Fox SciTech News
LOS ANGELES — The chance of a football field-sized asteroid plowing into Mars next month has been increased to 4 percent, scientists said Friday after analyzing archival data.
Though still a long shot, some researchers are hoping for a cosmic smash.
“I think it’ll be cool,” said Don Yeomans, who heads the […]

If you had a choice between staying up and watching the unpredictable madness of Robin Williams or the…yawn…of Governor Mike Hucklebee, which channel would you tune in?
Robin Williams will be David Letterman’s first guest upon the return of his “Late Show” on CBS this coming Wednesday (Jan. 2) while Leno will have the Presidential hopeful […]

Author and creator of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, 42 told the London Daily Mail that an eighth Potter book is not out of the question.
The biggest reason for a possible return of the famous boy wizard comes from Rowling’s 14-year old daughter Jessica. The author hinted that she has been getting some […]

One of the pioneers of internet browsing is preparing to ride off into the sunset. According to PC World AOL will discontinue development and active support for the Netscape browser. Netscape was the original mass-market Web browser.
AOL will keep delivering security patches for the current version of Netscape until February 1, 2008. […]

The young actor now sitting in the center seat once held by the iconic William Shatner, sat in the interview chair for Hollywood Today and talked Trek. Pine is starring as the legendary James T. Kirk for the 11th film in the famous Star Trek franchise.
“It’s a ‘Batman Begins,’” stated Pine. “You get […]

The new year will begin with the release of two DVD’s to seriously consider for your collection.
The first on the list is Jet Li’s “War.” Co-starring Jason Statham, this East meets West action film from Lionsgate pits the two action superstars against one another with a backdrop of rival gang wars and an FBI […]

“Cloverfield” premieres in theaters nationwide on January 18, 2008.

This has been another year that has seen the loss of many great and talented people throughout the SF/fantasy/horror and genre-related entertainment industry. As 2007 comes to a close we bid them all a final farewell in this memorium.

Joe Murphy - Podcaster, reviewer and good friend

Dick Wilson (Charmin’s Mr. Whipple)
Verity Lambert (1st Doctor Who […]

This weekend’s box office winners changed little from last weekend. “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” continued its hold on the top spot with Will Smith’s “I Am Legend” moving to the third slot. The surprise has to be “Alvin and the Chipmunks” which looks to be in second after a 3-week total of […]

Of the listed independent SF features we have showcased on our show this year, which would you rate the “Best of 2007″?

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Joe Mallozzi is the executive producer and a writer for the popular series “Stargate: Atlantis.” This Vancouver, British Columbia resident was also a prominent writer for Atlantis’ parent show, “Stargate: SG-1,” the longest running U.S. sci-fi program in television history. Mallozzi was one of the writer’s responsible for SG-1’s highly praised and fan-popular […]

Genre: Art/Foreign, Suspense/Horror and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 45 min.
Release Date: October 11, 2007 (Spain), December 28th, 2007 (Limited)
MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing content.
Directed By: Juan Antonio Bayona
Starring: Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep, Geraldine Chaplin, Montserrat Carulla
“Few cinematic moments rival The Orphanage for sheer terror”
Bone chilling terrors with a hint of the fantastic […]

The Best of: 12 Top Stories from 2007
Summer, Mike, Brian and Tim recorded this episode LIVE in the studio presenting the Best of 2007 news stories that Sam and his entire international news team brought to the show over the past year.
For the last 12 months we have done literally hundreds of stories on the […]

Just as Steve Jobs and his Apple iTunes is gearing up with its new online movie service Wal-Mart Stores Inc. began dismantling its own online video download service after only a year in business.
On Thursday of this week the giant retailer closed own its download site after Hewlett Packard stopped the technology used to power […]

David Letterman and the leadership of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have reached a landmark agreement that will allow the King of Late Night to open his doors to his entire writing staff. This paves the way for Dave to be able to return with all new shows next week in head to […]

Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Sequel
Running Time: 1 hr. 26 min.
Release Date: December 25th, 2007 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for violence, gore and language.
Directed By: Greg Strause, Colin Strause
Starring: Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, Gina Holden, David Hornsby, Johnny Lewis
“Terror, tension, and suspense all lose their effectiveness when we just don’t care what happens to the […]

“Torchwood,” is a bonafide hit. The “Doctor Who” spinoff has seen its worldwide audience explode in size over the last year and in America, season one of the show can be seen on BBC America and in high definition on the HD tier of most cable and satellite providers.
Season Two promises to be even […]

Written by: Derek Kessler (Trek United News Editor)
Star Trek memorabilia collector Ted Moustakis has filed a $7 million lawsuit against Christie’s auction house and CBS, alledging that items sold at the highly-publicized Trek auction last year were not authentic. Moustakis won three items through the auction - a uniform worn by Brent Spiner (Data) on […]

iTunes is getting set to step up its programming with a movie deal it has just signed with both Fox and Disney.
The new pact will allow iTunes to make movie rentals available from the two studio giants. Full disclosure will take place at the company’s big MacWorld con on January 14, 2008 with Steve […]

Written by: Emilio D’alise (SoSF Staff Journalist)
Science Fiction involves buying into the premise of a scientific “reality” that often pushes, even shatters, the boundaries of what we know. As fans we accept this. As fans, we realize the vehicle need not be 100% feasible to transport us to good entertainment, with believable […]

Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media Executive News Director)
“InAlienable” is the new film written by Walter Koenig, the legendary actor from the classic Star Trek series. Koenig has reached iconic status having portrayed his Trek character Pavel Chekov for 40 years in the 1960’s series that spawned the historical franchise, seven films featuring […]

One of the highest honors any film can receive is to be chosen to be placed in the United States’ National Registry in the famed Library of Congress and this year will see 25 such films so honored.
“Even as Americans fill the movie theaters to see the latest releases, few are aware that up to […]

Written by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Staff Journalist)

The good Doctor was back on TV screens in the U.K. earlier this week for the 3rd annual “Doctor Who” Christmas special. This year’s offering was “Voyage of the Damned” written by series producer and show-runner Russell T. Davies and set on-board a starship named Titanic.
The […]

If and when the WGA writer’s strike comes to an end, and if the DGA and SAG negotiations are completed without delay, then 2008 looks to be another exciting year for SF and genre-related films.
Some studios have released their SF/fantasy/horror docket for 2008 and here are some of the films we can expect to stand […]

Yesterday we laid to rest the rumor that actor-turned-director Peter Berg would be helming a remake of Frank Herbert’s “Dune.” He will!
It would seem Berg is Hollywood’s newest ‘Golden Boy.’ After the nominal success of the high-powered spy-war film “The Kingdom,” he has now become Tom Cruise’s choice as director for his […]

The whole crew is on hand in the studio and will be presenting the Best of 2007 news stories on this week’s Slice of SciFi Show #141.
Over the last 12 months we have done literally hundreds of stories on the show and thousands for the Slice of SciFi Website. We will revisit 12 of […]

Source: Fox News
JERUSALEM — Israeli scientists have inscribed the entire Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible onto a space less than half the size of grain of sugar.
The nanotechnology experts at the Technion institute in Haifa say the text measures less than 0.5 square millimeter (0.01 square inch) surface. They chose the Jewish Bible […]

In a move that could end up hurting more than helping and possibly be a stumbling block once the negotiations begin on the renewal of the upcoming Screen Actors Guild (SAG) contracts, one network in particular put heavy-duty pressure on one on-air talent with threats of being fired along with 75 of his staff members.
NBC […]

DAREDEVIL #158
Frank Miller makes his Daredevil debut! No, he wasn’t writing yet, just producing powerful pictures to the tune of writer Roger McKenzie’s words. Revel in Miller’s style as Matt Murdock gets swooped up by the Unholy Three and DD’s compatriots – including the beautiful Black Widow – devise a plan to rescue him. Delivered […]

Chileans will have to wait an additional 3-months at minimum before their country has the benefits of digital television. The delay is being caused by the government’s failure to decide on which format will be used. The standards in competition for the Chilean market are American, Japanese, and the European Union’s, each differing […]

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