Nathan Fillion has just signed a talent holding deal with Fox Broadcasting Co. and 20th Century Fox TV, says The Hollywood Reporter. Under this new agreement the studio and the network will develop a comedy or drama script for Fillion. If, however, the pilot is not picked up, Fox and 20th TV will then be [...]

Source: MSNBC - Newsweek Periscope Written by: Jenny Hontz Oct. 23, 2006 issue - Listen up, "Battlestar Galactica" fans. A war is brewing, fiercer than anything involving Cylon robots. The battlefield: the Internet, where fans can get their "Battlestar" fix with three-minute mini-episodes created especially for the Sci Fi Channel's Web site, SciFi.com. NBC Universal, [...]

YouTube.com has landed a couple big deals that will make it a continuing driving force in user media internet entertainment. Today, Universal Music Group signed a distribution deal with the top online video site that will end months of legal disputes over the protection of artist's rights online. The group will offer YouTube users the [...]

Source: StarTrek.com Star Trek: The Experience, the attraction at the Las Vegas Hilton featuring Klingon- and Borg-themed virtual rides, will be taken over later this year by Cedar Fair, an Ohio-based amusement park operator. It is part of the divestiture of Paramount Parks by CBS Corp., which inherited the theme park division when it split [...]

On the heels of the recent agreement that BitTorrent made with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to no longer allow film piracy on the landmark downloading site, the Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Group has joined with Bit to leverage the company's peer-assisted delivery system. This unprecedented agreement allows Warner Brothers to become the [...]

PRESS RELEASE FROM Co-FOUNDER TIM BRAZEAL: I am sure that many of you have seen Project X and have wondered what exactly all the fuss is about for some time. Today, you find out! We sincerely hope that Sci Fi Studios was worth the wait. Hollywood professionals, TrekUnited staff members and I have been working [...]

Due to what the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) called content material deemed unsuitable for players under 17-years of age and citing excessive gore and violence, a stricter, tougher "mature" industry rating label is being placed on Bethesda Softworks' and 2K Games' (Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.) "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" vidgame. Neither company will [...]

*Gamers News Flash* Xfire has agreed to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MTV Networks, part of the Viacom family. This merger will we guarantee Xfire an overlap between both audiences and will provide Xfire with the ability "to offer even more exciting events and activities." So, says the management of Xfire. The Xfire team is [...]

Genre Movies are in BOLD: 1. Scary Movie 4......................$40,222,875 Engagements:3,602 Cume: $40,222,875 2. Ice Age: The Meltdown..............$20,026,625 Engagements:3,873 Cume: $147,226,916 3. The Benchwarmers....................$9,913,291 Engagements:3,282 Cume: $35,881,922 4. The Wild............................$9,684,809 Engagements:2,854 Cume: $9,684,809 5. Take the Lead.......................$6,783,697 Engagements:3,009 Cume: $22,601,019 6. Inside Man..........................$6,427,815 Engagements:2,477 Cume: $75,421,180 7. Lucky Number Slevin.................$4,752,800 Engagements:1,989 Cume: $14,297,147 8. Thank You [...]

1. Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" release date has been moved from the summer blockbuster slot to the big end-of-the-year holiday month (December 8, 2006) premiere docket. Disney cited production costs as the reason for the move, but it seems more likely that the all-Mayan language film made its move to increase its audience since this year's [...]

Source: Variety Netflix has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Blockbuster asking the federal court to not only shut down its competition's online rental service but also award Netflix damages. China's Movie Censor Department quickly gave the thumbs up for "The Da Vinci Code" release throughout all of China. A federal judge in Los Angeles has [...]

Paizo Publishing, LLC. has announced it has formally ceased publication of AMAZING STORIES Magazine. AMAZING was first published in April of 1926, created by Hugo Gernsback, who the HUGO awards were named for, considered by many the 'father' of Science Fiction. He coined the term word "scientifiction", which was eventually smoothed into science fiction. After [...]