It’s been a good couple of weeks for actor Mark Valley. Last week came the news that he and “Fringe” co-star Anna Torv had tied the knot. Now comes news that the actor has secured the lead role in the upcoming pilot for Fox’s new sci-fi drama, “Human Target.” Based on the DC comic, “Target” [...]
If you can’t get enough “Heroes,” you might want to visit NBC’s official web site for the hit series. A new interactive story called “Evolutions” launches today. “You are the main character of an evolving interactive story. Meet the characters from Evolutions and the show, shape the rest of the Heroes story, and experience the [...]
Written by: Joe Russo (Film Critic/SoSF Contributor) Russo Rating: 6/10 While far from being the caliber of his Academy Award-winning picture, City of God, Fernando Meirelles’ latest cinematic effort, Blindness, is a fascinating look at just how much the human spirit can endure before reaching a breaking point. Based on the best-selling novel of the [...]
The book hasn’t even hit stores yet, but already several studios want to make it into a movie. The book in question–”Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” Combing the sensibility of Jane Austen and the brain-eating goodness of zombies, author Seth Grahame-Smith takes the orginal text of Jane Austen’s novel, “Pride and Prejudice” and injects a [...]
At last weekend’s New York ComicCon, Marvel Comics editor Joe Quesada announced that the company is working on bringing a series of “motion comics” out in the next several months. And first up could be the X-Men and Spider-Woman. The Motion Comic format would feature traditional panel-based structures that are set in motion. Instead of [...]
Congress may have voted to allow more time for the mandatory switch to digital broadcasting, but that’s not stopping some stations around the country from making the switch next week. According to the Associated Press, about a quarter of all broadcast stations in the country will go ahead and make the change over next week [...]
Can’t decide which you like killing more–virtual Nazis or virtual zombies? Thanks to the good folks over at Activision, you won’t have to make that choice when the first round of downloadable content for the popular “Call of Duty: World at War” is released later this year. The creators have put a hidden level into [...]
Jason Lee is out but Zachary Levi is in for the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” sequel according to Variety. Levi will play a cousin to Jason Lee’s character from the first film and will tangle with the famous “trio” of Alvin, Simon and Theodore. Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney returns as the chipmunks’ voices. [...]
Brian Michael Bendis, the architect of a lot of the Marvel Comics universe these days, is working with Michael Avon Oeming on a television adapation of his comic book series, “Powers.” “Powers” explores a superhero-populated world via the conventions of police procedural drama and was announced by Bendis last year. Now at last weekend’s New York [...]
Less than a month until “Watchmen.” That’s what I have to keep telling myself every time I come across something cool like… The latest video journal on the upcoming Zach Snyder film details the creation of Rorschach’s famous mask. It’s a fascinating look behind-the-scenes at the upcoming film and will (if you’re like me) only [...]
Buffy and Firefly creator Joss Whedon addresses the controversy behind his new series, Dollhouse, and fans’ demands for a Dr. Horrible sequel. Q: Where did the inspiration for Dollhouse come from? A: It came from me and Eliza [Dushku], and talking about how versatile she is and realizing that somebody ought to prove it. We [...]
“Star Trek” fans Detail Man 60 is taking classic “Trek” where it’s never gone before…into the world of Legos. Detail Man is re-creating the original pilot, “The Cage” in Legos and showing the results to the world on his Flickr! feed. While he hasn’t completed the entire story yet, he has made a good dent [...]
Actor Michael Chicklis (“The Shield,” “Fantastic Four”) has signed a deal with IDW Publishing to develop a new graphic novel, “Olympus.” Based on an idea by Anny Simon Beck, the series will tell the story of ancient Greek gods who return to a ravaged, chaotic present-day Earth where they battle for the future of mankind [...]
While she may not be playing her in a live-action version of “Wonder Woman,” actress Keri Russell says that bringing the superhero to life for the upcoming DC animated feature was “living my dream.” “I was completely obsessed with Wonder Woman when I was a kid,” she told SciFi Wire. “I have great photos. I [...]
Here’s another cool application for your iPhone. Users can now download their own version of the Hal9000, made famous in Stanley Kubrick’s classic movie, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The new application will set you back ninety-nine cents and was designed by Jonathan Mulcachy. The HAL 9000 app consists of that creepy glowing-red-eye panel. When you [...]
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