Only two months before the scheduled start of production on X-Men 3, director Matthew Vaughn has left the project, citing personal reasons, in not wanting to uproot his family from London for a year while he worked on the project. Maybe Fox can still bring back Bryan Singer, since Joss Whedon's going to be busy [...]
The 4400: Season 2 trailer
May 31, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Sunday, June 5th, USA will be running the entire 1st season miniseries, followed a couple hours later by the 2hr season 2 premiere. Trailers, previews, overviews and contests can be found at USA's "The 4400" website, and if you pay close attention to the Season 2 trailer, you might notice Summer Glau (River Tam, from [...]
Firefly news!
May 20, 2005 By Leave a Comment
According to the newswire at The Futon Critic, SciFi Channel has acquired the syndication rights to Firefly and will begin airing the show as the lead-in to their SciFi Friday original programming, begining July 22, 7pm Eastern. (3rd paragraph down) Whoo-hoo! (hat tip to Mur Lafferty for the heads up)
More SF related items being auctioned for charity
May 18, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Over at eBay, you can find a special auction going on now through May 25th, with the proceeds to benefit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The genre related items still available to bid on: "Superman" button-down shirt signed by Dean Cain "Lois and Clark" crew jacket signed by Dean Cain Two Tickets [...]
Cry Foul, and let slip the rage of fans
May 17, 2005 By Leave a Comment
[ This is my commentary on the Enterprise finale. Spoilers may ensue. ] Finally watched the series finale of Enterprise. Well. How was I ripped off by that? Let me count the ways... okay, Shakespeare mode off. I was only a casual viewer of the show, and I still felt horribly ripped off. I can [...]
How much is that Jawa in the closet?
May 16, 2005 By Leave a Comment
According to CNN, the market for Star Wars collectibles is still hot. Original Jawa figures with the vinyl capes for $3000? Yow. I don't have many Star Wars collectibles... they were way out of my price range by the time I was old enough to want to get them. But I do have an original [...]
Star Trek rarity up for Charity Auction
May 16, 2005 By Leave a Comment
There's a copy of the original media marketing kit for the 1979 Washington DC premiere of Star Trek: The Motion Picture up for auction to benefit charity. It contains the following items in pristine condition: Original Production notes Original poster Original Publicity photos Original Book and screenplay It was donated by a former Paramount executive, [...]
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