Actors Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes have joined the cast of Louis Leterrier's remake of "Clash of the Titans" according to the Hollywood Reporter. Neeson will play Zeus, the wise yet sometimes ill-tempered king of the gods and father of Perseus, played by Sam Worthington. Fiennes will play Hades, ruler of the underworld who aims [...]
Russo Review -- "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008) Blu-Ray & DVD
Written by: Joe Russo (Film Critic/SoSF Contributor) The biggest highlight for consumers the inclusion of the original 1951 classic Russo Rating: 5/10 For some Science Fiction junkies the original 1950s The Day the Earth Stood Still is the Mecca of the genre. For myself, having grown up in an era of special effects blockbusters, I [...]
Remembering Dave Arneson
The co-creator of the popular role-playing game "Dungeons and Dragons," Dave Arenson has passed away at the age of 61. Arenson passed away Tuesday after a long battle with cancer reports SciFi Wire. He is survives by his wife and daughter. Arneson was an avid table-top gaming fan in the early 60's. He was introduced [...]
Nimoy to Guest on "Fringe"
Leonard Nimoy is coming back to television. The actor, best known as Spock from classic "Star Trek," will guest-star on the season finale of Fox's "Fringe" according to Zap2It. According to reports, Nimoy will take the role of William Bell, the founder of Massive Dynamics and former scientific partner of Walter Bishop. The report also [...]
Rumors Abound About "Buffy," "Iron Man 2"
While Slice of SciFi was off-line earlier today, the Internet was buzzing with two interesting rumors. The first was that Sarah Michelle Gellar was pushing for a new "Buffy" movie. The report started on ShowBizSpy and indicated the actress is negotiating to reprise her role as the Slayer. As of the publication of this report, [...]
Is "Terminator: Salvation" Rated PG-13?
While Warner Brothers hasn't confirmed that the rating for the newest "Terminator" installment, a Pizza Hut web site associated with promoting this summer's upcoming fourth installment is listing the rating as PG-13. This comes after news that director McG wanted an R-rated cut of the upcoming "Terminator: Salvation" released in theaters. All three previous "Terminator" [...]
Casting News for SciFi's "Riverworld," "Phantom"
On last week's Slice of SciFi, we brought you news that SciFi has optioned three new miniseries--a new look at Alice in Wonderland, "Riverworld" and a reboot of the Phantom. At the time of our report, we didn't know who would be cast in the upcoming miniseries from SciFi and RHI Entertainment. SciFi announced earlier [...]
Report: "Ninja Scrolls" Will Cast Japanese Band as Leads

Anime News Network is reporting that Leonardo DiCaprio is considering casting Japan's SMAP entertainment group as the main leads in Warner Brothers and Appian Way's proposed live-action adaptation of the Ninja Scroll anime. Yoshiaki Kawajiri wrote and directed the original 1993 anime, about a wandering ninja fighting a conspiracy of demons. Appian Way is DiCaprio's [...]
Web Site Lobbying for "Chuck" Renewal
Popular TV news and blogging web-site Give Me My Remote is going all "Chuck" all the time this week in the hopes of getting the NBC series a third season. Borrowing from the naming convention of all "Chuck" episodes, the site has declared this week "Chuck vs the Network Pick-Up" and is helping fans of [...]
NBC Moves "Kings"
Enjoy NBC's "Kings" while you can. It's not long for this world. After announcing that the series would inherit the prime Thursday at 10 p.m. slot vacated by "ER," NBC moved the new alternate universe drama to Sunday evenings, where it premiered to lower than expected ratings figures. Despite a big promotional campaign, the series [...]
Hubble Photo: Crown of Thorns Galaxy

It is very large with an alternating spiral to elliptical shape, obscured by dense cloudy dust and looks strangely familiar. What is it? The NGC 7049 galaxy, dubbed "Crown of Thorns" because of its eerily look-a-like to the crown of thorns pushed down on the head of Jesus of Nazareth 2000 years ago. The Crown [...]
"Green Lantern" Gets Release Date
GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT GETS NEW STREET DATE FIFTH DC UNIVERSE ANIMATED ORIGINAL MOVIE ARRIVES JULY 21, 2009 FROM Warner Home Video BURBANK, CA, (April 6, 2008) – The street date for Green Lantern: First Flight, the fifth entry in the popular DVD series of DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies, has shifted to July [...]
"Wolverine" Leak Fall-Out Continues
On this week's show, we reported about the leak of a working print of "X-Men: Origins: Wolverine" to the Internet. And while the FBI and the MPAA may not have any leads yet on who leaked the film on-line, there is still some major fall-out happening over the leak. SciFi Wire reports that peer-to-peer sharing [...]
"Ballistic Babes" Author John Zakour Has a Role for Bruce Campbell -- An AMC Interview
Written by: Clayton Neuman, AMC TV Novelist John Zakour has spent the past decade penning the adventures of Zach Johnson, the last freelance P.I. on Earth in the year 2057. As Ballistic Babes -- a collection of two of his novels -- goes on sale this week, Zakour discusses the series' pop culture inspirations and [...]
"Star Trek" Movie Makes World Premiere Down-under Today

The cast and much of the behind-the-camera crew of the new "Star Trek" movie greeted fans this past weekend in anticipation of the film's world premiere today, April 7, at the famous Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Paramount Pictures is going all out to ensure their latest in the 40-plus year-old franchise that put [...]










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