"Shutter Island" Tops Box Office

The combination of Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese proved to be golden at the box-office this weekend with the opening of "Shutter Island."  The movie, based on a novel by Dennis LeHane, debuted in the top spot, taking in $40.2 million. The romantic comedy "Valentine's Day" did $17.2 million, good for second place and $87.4 [...]

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Slice of SciFi #253: Interview with Rick Schroeder, Director of "Hellhounds"

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Slice of SciFi #252: An Interview With Rick Schroeder, Direct of "Hellhounds" In the News: "Trenches" has made its online debut. Actor Kevin McKidd talks about his role in "Percy Jackson". "Star Trek" fans set a record on Valentine's Day This Slice of SciFi show is sponsored by GoToAssist.com/podcast — Get a Free Trial. Movie [...]

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NBC Looks To Revive "Nine Lives" Mini-Series

In the shuffle to fill primetime programming hours, NBC may be looking to an abandoned mini-series project helmed by Steven Spielberg. According to Variety, NBC is considering updating and bringing back the proposed mini-series "Nine Lives." Originally developed for SciFi as a follow-up to "Taken," the series was passed several years ago. Executive producer Les [...]

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Cameron Thinks "Terminator" Is Done

If you ask director James Cameron, the bidding war over the "Terminator" franchise is a lot of sound a fury, signifying nothing.

Cameron says that he thinks the franchise has run its course.

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Cameron Doesn't Want Oscar for "Avatar"

There's the old adage that when it comes to an Academy Award, it's an honor just to be nominated.

Director James Cameron, who is up for the award this year, says he feels that way and that he doesn't want an Oscar for his work on "Avatar."

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Slice of SciFi #252: VoiceMail Show

Welcome to this week's  Slice of SciFi Voice Mail Show! This is the show where our loyal, adoring, and inquisitive fans and listeners get to hear us comment on their comments abour our stories and comments... it's the Circle of Entertainment Life! So go ahead and call in with your questions and comments. Just call [...]

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SFX Names Best of 2009

British genre magazine SFX has announced their annual list of the best in sci-fi and fantasy. Here are the winners:

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U.S. District Court Dismisses Equal Rights Claim Over "EverQuest"

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A U.S. District Court has dismissed a complaint brought by a visually impaired gamer who claimed that Sony games like "EverQuest" violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by denying him "full and equal enjoyment." Judge Percy Anderson ruled in favor of Sony over the defendant Alexander Stern. The plaintiff wanted Sony to provide him with [...]

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Warner Brothers Sued Over "Mortal Kombat" Movie

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Warner Brothers' attempt to reboot the "Mortal Kombat" franchise may have hit a legal speedbump.

Larry Kasanoff's Threshold Entertainment has filed a new breach of contract lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming the company has a deal to develop the third "Kombat" movie but that Warners "has avoided communicating with Threshold and has in bad faith prevented Threshold from utilizing the interest they have in the" franchise.

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Fox Looking at Spielberg Dinosaur Series

Director Steven Spielberg may be looking to get back into the dinosaur game. Spielberg and Peter Chernin are negotiating with Fox to bring a weekly series called "Terra Nova" to the network.

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Missile Command: The Movie

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The big-screen version of "Frogger" gets closer with each passing day...

The Los Angeles Times reports that video game maker Atari is pursuing a big-screen version of the 80's game "Missile Command." The game involved defending six cities against attack against ballistic missiles, represented by squiggly lines, using anti-missile technology.

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Slice Queen Report #005: Valentine's Day Wrap-Up

Brooke gives us a report on the "Hearts for Haiti" Valentine's Weekend red carpet charity event that she attended.

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Coming Soon: Erector Set The Movie

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Hollywood's current fascination with taking popular toy lines of the past and present and turning them into a movie continues.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the next toy to movie transition will be the popular building toy, the Erector Set.

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Hollywood Reporter Lists Shows on the Bubble

It's that time of the year--time to start worrying about the future of various television shows. The Hollywood Reporter has published their list of shows that are considering on the bubble for next season.  Among them are many of the freshmen genre series. The death watch could be on for "V," "Flash Forward," "Heroes" and [...]

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Marvel Launching New Comics Line

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Love the characters but don't have time to catch up on a couple of decades of continuity?

Marvel has an answer for you, coming to a comic book store this May.

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