Hamm Joins "Sucker Punch"

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On last week's Slice of SciFi, we told you about the workouts the actresses in Zac Snyder's "Sucker Punch" were undergoing to get ready for filming. Now comes news of another actor joining the upcoming project--the star of AMC's award-winning series, "Mad Men," Jon Hamm. Hamm will play High Roller in the upcoming movie.  Beyond [...]

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Big Finish Renews "Doctor Who" Contract

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Good news for fans of the audio adventures of the Doctor. The popular Big Finish audios will continue until at least December of 2010. Big Finish, who has published monthly audio dramas featuring all of the remaining Doctors from the classic series (with the exception of Tom Baker) for several years now, recently extended their [...]

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"Ghost Hunters" Returns Tonight

A new season of SyFy's "Ghost Hunters" kicks off tonight at 9 p.m. EST. SyFy has sent over two preview clips for the episode and the upcoming season. EMBED LINK: EMBED LINK:

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Cheadle Reveals Possible "Iron Man 2" Cameos

On last week's Slice of SciFi, we brought you news about actor Don Cheadle suiting up to play War Machine in next summer's "Iron Man 2." Now the actor is spilling the beans on which Marvel Universe characters might make a cameo in the upcoming film.  As you may recall, the first movie created waves [...]

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First Look at Brian Austin Green as Metallo

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The ninth season of "Smallville" is shaping up to have some interesting guest appearances from the popular D.C. universe. Yesterday we brought you the story about who could guest in the fifth episode and we've previously brought word that actor Brian Austin Green has signed on for a guest spot in the upcoming season. Green [...]

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"Wolfenstein" Returns

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Some of you may be too young to remember a time when we didn't have 3-D first-person shooter games. But there are some of us who may recall the early excitement of seeing the games hit computers for the first time. The granddaddy of them all was id Software's popular and groundbreaking game, "Wolfenstein 3-D." [...]

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Ticket Requests Crash "Avatar" Site

In what should be encouraging news for 20th Century Fox, interest in free tickets to the upcoming preview footage of "Avatar" crashed the movie's web site yesterday, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Tickets were made available at noon yesterday for screenings this week of the 16 minutes of preview footage. After 17,000 of the 68,000 available [...]

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Weekend Box Office Final -- August 14 - 16, 2009

All totals are U.S. box office only. SF and genre-related films in bold. Title ....Reported Weekend Box Office....Gross Since Premiere 1. District 9...$37,354,308...$37.350 2. GI Joe....$22,324,341....$98.580 3. Time Traveler's Wife, The....$18,623,171....$18.620 4. Julie & Julia....$12,055,918.....$43.340 5. G-Force....$6,915,642....$99.060 6. Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince....$5,141,072....$283.880 7. Ugly Truth, The ....$4,448,232....$77.450 8. Ponyo ....$3,585,852....$3.590 9. Funny [...]

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Report Indicates Over Half of X-Box Systems Fail

If you're an X-Box gamer and you've experienced the red ring of death, odds are you aren't alone. A new survey by Game Informer magazine finds that the systems fail 54.2% of the time. To add insult to injury, those who have their system repaired find that it fails 41.2%. The results came from a [...]

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It's Official: Singer Will Direct "BSG" Movie

Last week, we told you about reports that director Bryan Singer was looking to resurrect his vision for "Battlestar Galactica" on the big-screen. Now it's official. According to Variety, the director has signed on with Universal Pictures to create an all-new "Battlestar Galactica" for the big-screen. And no, it won't have anything to do with [...]

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More "Stargate" Movies Coming, Just Not Soon

If you're holding your breath for the more direct-to-home-theater movies featuring the cast of "Stargate SG1" and "Stargate Atlantis," you might want to exhale before you pass out. Producer Robert C. Cooper recently told SciFi Wire that the ideas are there for more direct-to-DVD movies set in the first two universes of the "Stargate" franchise, [...]

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Guess Who May Crop Up on "Smallville" Next Year

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Iconic D.C. characters appearing in "Smallville" is nothing new.  In the past eight seasons, we've had Aquaman, Flash and Doomsday just to name a few.  That doesn't even take into consideration the long-running rumor that Bruce Wayne might make a guest appearance (despite producers routinely denying the story). And the series hasn't shied away from [...]

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Hulu Launches Animated "Apes" Site

If you're a "Planet of the Apes" completist or maybe you've just never seen teh animated series based on the popular movies and tv show, then we've got some good news for you. Hulu is offering all thirteen episodes from the first season of the animated seris for free viewing. Just surf over to Hulu's [...]

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Winds of Dune Author Brian Herbert on Flipping the Myth of Jihad -- An AMC Interview

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Interview by AMC's Clayton Neuman Dune author Frank Herbert's son discusses picking up his father's threads in Winds of Dune, out this month, and his hopes for Peter Berg's film adaptation of the saga. Q: The Winds of Dune is part of your Heroes of Dune series of prequels. What was the inspiration to go [...]

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McQuarrie To Write "Wolverine" Sequel

Actor Hugh Jackman has been talking about a sequel to "Wolverine" since it opened in theaters earlier this summer.   Now the sequel has taken another step closer to becoming reality with the news 20th Century Fox has hired Christopher McQuarrie to pen the sequel. The sequel will adapt a popular storyline that first appeared in [...]

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