Taking a look at the Oscar winners
The 77th Annual Academy Awards are over, but some of the people walking away with Oscars are no strangers to science-fiction.Sure, the genre is not very popular with the Oscars -- "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" was the first fantasy film to ever win ... last year -- it seems that so ...
Read MoreWriter to take on 11th Star Trek film
Paramount Pictures continues to claim that despite the cancellation of its low-rated UPN series "Star Trek: Enterprise," the Star Trek franchise really is alive and well. So much, a prequel movie project -- the 11th Star Trek film -- is in the works for 2007.Erik Jendresen has been named the movie's ...
Read MoreSays sex scene wasn't all that bad
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has been quite busy with tons and tons of complaint, and apparently the backlog has affected "Angel," which has been off the air for nearly a year now.The FCC deemed that a sex scene involving David Boreanaz (Angel) and a female character in a November 2003 ...
Read MoreEmotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers with Scott Nance
It's been a long, twilight struggle. We've lost many more battles than we've won, and the names of the fallen are legion."Angel," "Farscape," "Firefly," and "Invisible Man" are just a few science-fiction series that died early deaths in the face of what seemed to be a never-ending onslaught of reali ...
Read MoreEmotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers with Scott Nance
One of the things folks have long loved to complain about when watching a science-fiction series on television is, "How come all the aliens speak English?"The right answer, of course, probably is, "Because you're watching an American TV show, buddy."But can you imagine a future in which folks of all ...
Read MoreBale considers the subject matter particularly relevant to these times
Christian Bale, the star of the upcoming "Batman Begins" movie, considers the Caped Crusader hes portraying to be part Jesus Christ, part "American Psycho," according to Sci-Fi Wire.In an interview at the recent WonderCon in San Francisco, Bale said that hes uniquely qualified to combine those eleme ...
Read MoreBakula talks about the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise
Its the last of a long line of shows based on Star Trek, which first aired in the 1960s. But now that the series is coming to a close, Star Trek: Enterprise star Scott Bakula (Capt. Jonathon Archer) talks about the show's cancellation.Well, I'm disappointed, and everyone involved with the show is di ...
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Campaign gets 10 percent of goal in one contribution
Fans wanting to keep "Star Trek: Enterprise" on the air have been figuring that if they were to raise the money themselves to fund the show, they would have to cough up $30 million.One "Enterprise" campaign says they are 10 percent there after three anonymous donors have pledged $3 million toward a ...
Read MoreSee episode '33' cut free, commercial free ... and for free
Missed the first episode of "Battlestar Galactica's" first season? Sci-Fi Channel is giving you an opportunity to watch it at your convenience ... absolutely free.All you need is an Internet connection. And if you're reading this, you've already got that base covered.Sci-Fi Channel is offering the e ...
Read MoreWill follow similar schedule as Stargates
More than a year passed between the first airing of the "Battlestar Galactica" miniseries, and the first season premiere. But fans won't have to wait as long to start seeing the second season of Sci-Fi Channel's hit show.TrekWeb is reporting that the cable channel is preparing a summer premiere of t ...
Read MoreCould be writer's next project after 'Serenity'
Comic book movies seem to be the in thing these days in Hollywood.With classic tales like X-Men, Batman and Superman all doing rather well, it makes sense for the trend to continue. Among those continuing tales is the one and only Wonder Woman.According to film producer Joel Silver, his No. 1 choice ...
Read MorePatrick Stewart confirms new film is in the works
It is commonly believed that it was Bryan Singer who carried the first two X-Men movies to fruition. His departure, along with a couple of cast members showing a reluctance to return, left considerable doubt as to the feasibility of a third movie in the comic-based franchise.But according to an inte ...
Read MoreGet a peek at SyFy's new look for one hour only!
We've been working real hard on the new look of Airlock Alpha. We've actually spent the last several months on the design, and while we had hoped to have the new look up by the beginning of the year, we want to make it to be perfect, so we're taking a little bit more time on it.But we know many of y ...
Read MoreSays he has another series in the works outside of Trek
Just hours after he tried to rile up Star Trek fans to help get his series idea launched (story), "Babylon 5" creator J. Michael Straczynski is now pulling back, asking fans not to waste their time.Straczynski was trying to get some support for a Star Trek series idea he had pitched to Paramount las ...
Read MoreWill Hermione and Ron being visiting Cupid?
Producer David Heyman and actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) recently discussed "The Goblet of Fire," the next in the series of movies based on the Harry Potter novels, in a chat with Empire Online, describing the film as being more Britain-centric than previous installments."There are certain t ...
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