Vampires, demons and space opera will figure big this year on SciFi Channel UK. The David Boreanaz series “Angel” has been acquired for its entire 5-season run along with the “Friday the 13th” franchise of movies. Four Stephen King novel-to-miniseries programs will get aired, including, “Salem’s Lot,” “The Langoliers,” “Rose Red,” and “Storm of the […]
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Slice of SciFi #49: Interview with Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica)
Interview: Jamie Bamber, Commander Lee “Apollo” Adama of Battlestar Galactica, joins Mike, Lorrie and Summer for a chat. [Listen to the show…]
Buffy and Angel Not Down For the Count – Yet!
According to Hollywood.com Joss Whedon isn’t ready to count out a possible return of Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel just yet. The guru of everything fun to watch recently hinted that both of his cult TV creations may find new life in one of several formats: home entertainment (straight-to-DVD or pay-per-view), or TV series […]
2005 Nebula Nominees Named
The final ballot for the 2005 Nebula Awards was announced on Feb. 24 by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The Nebula Awards are voted on and presented by active members of the SFWA. The awards will be announced at the Nebula Awards Banquet in Tempe, Arizona, on May 6. A list of […]
DVD Sales Push “Serenity” Over The Top
Newsarama is reporting that the combined sales of theater tickets and DVD sales has turned Serenity out of the red and into the black. The total production costs for the Joss Whedon film was $39 million with a rumored advertising cost at approximately another $10 million making the total out of Universal’s pocket at around […]
Firefly/Serenity Browncoat Documentary Highlighted This Weekend At Wonder CON
Have you ever wondered how the worldwide network of Browncoats achieved the insurrmountable? How, after a little known FOX-TV program that aired only eight out-of-order episodes with little to no network promotion or advertising ended up being one of the biggest things to hit the fanbelt since the STAR TREK franchise? Those and many more […]
Slice of SciFi #43: Interview with Wil Wheaton
Interview: Wil Wheaton chats with Michael and Evo about poker, alternative delivery methods for media, why Joss Whedon is our master now, and more. [Listen to the show…]
Joss’ Official Word On the “so-called” Firefly Project 2
Will Firefly Season Two Fly? A spokesman for Joss Whedon, creator of Firefly and its spinoff movie, Serenity, told SCI FI Wire that Whedon hasn’t heard of Ace Underhill, an entrepreneur who said he is trying to acquire the rights to the SF TV franchise for purposes of mounting a second season to be distributed […]
The Firefly Season 2 Project
Got this from Dave and wanted to get it out there for all of our Browncoat listeners and viewers of Slice of SciFi. NOTE: This article is for information only. Slice of SciFi, after some extensive research could not completely verify those involved with the project save one Ace Underhill listed in the IMDB Database […]
Serenity And Beyond
Browncoats around the world cried out in despair when, due to an underwhelming performance at the box office, Joss Whedon announced that the saga of Serenity had ended. No sequels, no follow-ups, no hope. But Whedon isn’t a man to let his brain-child die; the man’s already resuscitated the franchise once and there’s still hope for a third coming. [Continue Reading…]
Slice of SciFi #38: News and Movies
News Bytes: Joss Whedon corrects the current crop of Serenity rumors Samuel L. Jackson honored for commitment to education with Dreamkeeper Award SciFi Trivia: Doug Kress sends us 3 more trivia clips submitted by Doug Kress, and there was stumping going on. Movie Talk: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children sequel on tap as a CG […]
IGN 2005 Sci-Fi Awards
The end of 2005 has come, and IGN celebrated the arrival of 2006 with their Best Sci-Fi Of 2005 awards. Did your favorite TV show or movie win? BEST NEW SCI-FI TV SHOW WINNER: Invasion and Surface (tie) We started out with three contenders, but when Threshold goes and gets canceled, you can’t very well […]