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Day One and V to Premiere as 4-Hour Mini-Series Events

It seems a lot of major decisions have been made in regards to two highly anticipated sci-fi shows. Variety reports that NBC has decided to air Jesse Alexander’s Day One as a 4-hour mini-series event instead of a full-blown 13-episode season, as originally planned. Something similar is happening...

October 1st, 2009 | Read More

Transformers 3 Set for 2011, Megan Fox Returns, and TF2 DVD Exclusive Clip

A couple of “Transformers 3″ news for ya today, plus one exclusive clip from the upcoming “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” DVD release. After a lot of back and forth, Michael Bay has announced that “Transformers 3″ will be going into production soon for a July...

October 1st, 2009 | Read More

John Carter’s Mars is Getting Crowded, Three More Cast

You can add three more names to Disney’s upcoming “John Carter of Mars” in Thomas Haden Church, James Purefoy and Mark Strong. The trio join a cast that already includes leads Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins. THR says Church, Sandman in “Spider-Man 3″, will be playing Tal...

September 30th, 2009 | Read More

Smallville Clip: The Birth of Metallo

We all know Metallo is coming, and this week’s Friday episode of Smallville will officially introduce the Superman villain to the TV world. Brian Austin Green, formerly of The Sarah Connor Chronicles, will be playing reporter John Corben who becomes Metallo. Here’s a clip featuring, essentially,...

September 29th, 2009 | Read More

Two Sneak Peek Clips at the New V Pilot

You can’t help but wonder if ABC is screwing the pooch with their new V show. The network seems to think the show needs “fixing”, and the Interwebs is already abuzz with news of creative delays. This is not good. Bad word of mouth created by conjecture before the show even airs is not...

September 29th, 2009 | Read More

SyFy Channel’s Riverworld Mini-Series Trailer

RHI Entertainment recently put a full trailer for their “Riverworld” mini-series that is set to be released as a backdoor pilot on the SyFy Channel sometime in 2010 on YouTube. This is actually they second time the cable channel has tried to adapt Philip José Farmer’s story on the...

September 28th, 2009 | Read More

Predators Script Review Reveals Plot Details, Potentially Awesome Cameo

The boys at Latino Review have landed a current draft of the script for the Robert Rodriguez-produced and written “Predators”, and according to them, it’s better than a punch to the face. Well okay, they didn’t say that, but apparently it’s really good. Nimród Antal will...

September 28th, 2009 | Read More

Mini-Capsule Reviews: Aliens vs. Predator 2, Babylon A.D.

Sometimes you just don’t feel like reviewing the whole movie, thus the creation of the Mini-Capsule Reviews category. Up first, the sequel “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem”, and the Vin Diesel mess — er, I mean, sci-fi action film — “Babylon A.D.” “Aliens...

September 28th, 2009 | Read More

Megan Fox’s Transformers Skit on SNL

Megan Fox was the host on SNL last Saturday, but since I haven’t watched an SNL show since Will Ferrell left, I didn’t catch it. One of the sketches Fox did was “Transformers”-based. It’s like the movies, except with robot nudity. Plus, a guest star! You can check out more...

September 28th, 2009 | Read More

Surrogates and Pandorum Box Office Numbers Bode Poorly for Sci-Fi

It’s not every week that two big sci-fi Hollywood movies open in the same week, but that’s what happened this weekend with the Bruce Willis “Surrogates” and the Ben Foster/Dennis Quaid “Pandorum”. Unfortunately for sci-fi fans, neither film lived up to expectations,...

September 27th, 2009 | Read More

TV Review: FlashForward Pilot

Talk about high concept. You don’t get anymore high concept than the new ABC show FlashForward (one word) from movie producer/writer David S. Goyer (the “Batman Begins” and “Blade” films), who co-writes (with Star Trek’s Brannon Braga) and directs the one-hour FlashForward pilot. The concept...

September 25th, 2009 | Read More

Smallville Season 9 Premiere Clips

Smallville Season 9 (nine seasons!!!) starts up again tomorrow, Friday, with the episode “Savior”. Four clips from that episode below. Clark decides that he is ready to start his training at the Fortress of Solitude to become ‘Superman’. However, the spirit of Jor-El insists that...

September 24th, 2009 | Read More

Gattaca’s Andrew Niccol to Write and Direct Stephenie Meyer’s The Host

Wait, so it’s NOT a book about teen vampires? Huh, go figure. Instead, “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer’s first adult book, “The Host” is a sci-fi tale with aliens. Weird, parasitic aliens of some kind. Variety reports that Andrew Niccol is set to adapt Meyer’s...