The creator of “Babylon Five” has been hired to write the script for the updated “Forbidden Planet” according to the Hollywood Reporter.
J. Michael Straczynski will update the classic science-fiction screenplay for Warner Brothers. Joel Silver is set to produced the new “Planet.”
Warner Brothers quietly acquired the rights to the “Planet” remake earlier this year […]

Thanks to BBC Video, we are pleased to present you with a “Slice of SciFi” exclusive clip from the upcoming Primeval Season 1 DVD Box set.

This is a never-before-seen interview with Andrew Lee Potts (”Connor”) and Hannah Spearritt (”Abby”), so enjoy!

Hank Hill and the residents of Arlen, Texas are headed for retirement.  According to Variety, Fox will not order any new episodes of the animated series “King of the Hill.”
“Hill” is the second-longest running animated series of all-time, behind “The Simpsons.”  “Hill” has been on Fox for 13 years, though it has faced cancellation several […]

Ten years ago, Warner Brothers released the musical version of “Little Shop of Horrors” to DVD.   The original disc included the original filmed ending to the movie, involving an entire army of plants taking Manhatten.  The ending was similar to the original Broadway musical version and cost $5 million to produce.  The sequence also took […]

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Those muppets may have created “PIGS IN SPACE,” but the planet Mercury may turn out to be the home of “Smurfs In Space.”
The latest NASA flyby to our solar system’s closest planet to the sun has revealed that the tiny orb, once thought to be nothing more than a large rock and impact point for […]

On the heels of Yahoo’s announced downsizing comes news that videogame maker Electronic Arts will cut its staff by six percent.   The move is being down to cut costs according to the Associated Press.
EA is best known for its popular sports franchise games, Madden NFL Football and Tiger Woods Golf. The company has also recently […]

Pre-production has started on the sci-fi action thriller, “The Illuminati,” starring Kevin Sorbo and directed by David Winning (”Andromeda,” “Stargate: Atlantis,” “Earth: Final Conflict”) which will shoot in Canada in Spring 2009. The original screenplay was written by Mark Sevi (”Scanner Cop II,” “Pterodactyl,” “Arachnid”). The film will be produced by Elizabeth Fowler […]

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Loyd Bateman is best know around entertainment circles as a stunt performer in such films and TV shows like “Stargate Continuum,” “Stargate Arch of Truth,” “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” “Far Cry,” “The Eye” “Max Steel,” “The 4400,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Samurai Girl,” “Flash Gordon,” “L Word,” “Blood Ties,” and so many more.
Loyd is […]

The Simpsons’ producer Producer Al Jean predicts there will be least three more seasons of the animated series.
“The cast is signed for three more years, so I would now say it’s about a 90 percent chance we’ll come back for at least one of those three,” Jean said.  
“I actually think it’s better than a 50 […]

A proposed firmware upgrade means you’ll soon be able to listen to Slice of SciFi and any of our other FarPoint Media shows on your iPhone.
TG Daily reports a new firmware upgrade will include the abiity to directly download podcasts to your iPhone.
Earlier this year, Apple rejected the use of the Podcaster application at the […]

Seventy years ago today, Orson Welles scared the daylights of a nation, convincing millions of radio listeners that invaders from Mars were taking over the planet. 
One of the most famous broadcasts in radio history, “The War of the Worlds” was a radio adaptation of the popular H.G. Wells’ science-fiction novel for the “Mercury Theater of […]

The Phoenix Comicon has added two more sci-fi guests. They are Richard LeParmentier (“Admiral Motti” from “Star Wars”) and Marjean Holden (“Sheeva” from “Mortal Kombat: Annihilation”) — “Don’t mess with these people,” said Amy Black, Guest Liaison Director, “One is an Imperial Officer and the other a killing robot, so be on your […]

New images from NASA’s MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft are yielding a wealth of new information on the smallest planet in our solar system.
Earlier this year, a fly by of the planet  took hundreds of high-resolution pictures covering 30 percent of the planet’s eastern hemisphere that had never been seen before […]

Coming soon to a TiVo near you: streaming movies from Netflix.
The popular Internet movie rental service announced yesterday that it will begin offering TiVo users the ability to stream content by the end of the 2008.  Beta testing of the service will begin immediately for selected users with a full rollout scheduled for December according to CNet News.  […]

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The CW’s Thursday line-up freatures all new epiosdes of “Smallville” and “Supernatural” this evening, starting at 8 p.m EST.
SMALLVILLE” — (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) — Episode: “Identity”

JIMMY TAKES A PICTURE OF CLARK SAVING LOIS — Jimmy (Aaron Ashmore) snaps a picture of Clark (Tom Welling) super-speeding to save Lois (Erica Durance) from a mugger and manages […]

David Tennant officially announced that he would be stepping down from his most famous role yet, that of “Doctor Who,” the SF series that is the longest running television show internationally. His finale episode will happen at the end of 2009. “When Doctor Who returns in 2010 it won’t be with me,” Tennant […]

The new CBS series “The Mentalist” is this new season of shows first bonafide consistent ratings hit. While all other new shows, including the successful Fox venture called “Fringe,” are fluctutaing week to week or downright tanking, the Simon Baker starrer has seen nothing but a steady climb in its ratings with each new […]

Twelve players will square off to find out who is the “best all around gamer” in the United States in SciFi’s new competition-based reality series, “GameQuest.”
The network gave a green light yesterday to eight episodes of the series, which will air early in 2008 according to the Hollywood Reporter and Variety.
“GameQuest” will feature top game […]

HBO may have passed on adapting the popular comic book series “Preacher,” but that hasn’t kept the project down.   Variety reports that Acadamy Award nominated director Sam Mendes has signed on to direct the big-screen adaptation for the long-running comic book series.
“Preacher” is a supernatural project, which would be new ground for Mendes.  Mendes has […]

Actors Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine have helped Empire Magazine recreate one of classic Star Trek’s iconic publicity photos for the cover of this month’s issue.  Below are comparisons of the two images, courtesy of Empire’s website.

The new issue goes on sale in the UK Thursday and includes new photos from the upcoming J.J. Abrams’ […]

Anyone who has been stuck in the wilderness on a long cold night, or who has seen Tom Hanks dancing jubilantly in triumph after he was able to build his first fire in the film “Castaway” knows how important the discovery of fire was to the development and evolution of humankind.
Now it seems that discovery […]

At any given moment, there are thousands of man-made objects orbirting our planet.  Should an error occur and one come crashing back to Earth, we’re protected by our atmosphere.  Our atmosphere will burn up most objects before they impact the ground, except for the largest of objects.
But that’s not the case with the moon.
With our […]

Orson Scott Card returns to his bestselling series with a new Ender novel
“Ender in Exile” is the first direct sequel to Orson’s best selling book “Ender’s Game.” After twenty-three long years, “Ender in Exile” answers fans questions about “after battle school…the lost years”
At first, Ender believed that they would bring him back to Earth […]

French director Pascal Laugier is in final negotations with Dimension to helm a remake of Clive Barker’s popular horror-franchise “Hellraiser.”  Laugier has directed several horror films in France, including the controversial “Martyrs.”
“This is a dream project for me,” Laugier told the Hollywood Reporter. “I know Clive Barker’s work very well, and I would never betray […]

Israel has completed a section of its Sorek Applied Research Accelerator Facility, which will be used in civilian research as well as in the production of radioactive isotopes used in medicine.

The Swiss accelerator, the world’s largest, is intended to help researchers trying to learn more about the origins of the universe. Although Israel’s […]

Viewers in the Asian-Pacific market can look forward to seeing more British television programming on their screens. BBC Worldwide is looking to expand their presense in the region according to Variety.
“We are right at the beginning of this journey, and have a heck of a lot of catching up to do,” BBC Worldwide Channels  Darren […]

Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle have signed on to do more Marvel. Both actors will play their respective roles of Tony Stark and Col. Jim Rhodes for the upcoming “Avengers” movie, as well as “Iron Man 2.”

“Quarantine” director is set to direct a story written by M. Night Shyamalan called “Devil.” Shyamalan […]

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