i09 have uploaded an ominous article on the mutation of the H3N8 virus, a type of bird flu that has successfully mutated to seals and is causing havoc. The mutation raises fears that a similar process could occur in humans, […]
Entertainment Weekly have shared a very interesting video, showing Tom Hardy (recently Bane in The Dark Knight Rises) during a screen test for Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). The video begs the question: was his screen test performance better? It is quite clearly a […]
It’s been coming.  It’s been talked about.  Now it’s been confirmed: there will be a third Hobbit film.  It appears Jackson et al. wish to ‘flesh out’ the story with additional materials to make it more ‘complete’. Cash grab?  Or an excellent […]
First Contact Conventions on Facebook have announced that Jonathan Hardy, who voiced Rygel in Farscape, has passed away. On their feed, they wrote: …it is with the greatest sadness I have known that I have to inform you that Jonathan Hardy has […]
According to Nellie Andreeva over at Deadline.com, preliminary discussions are underway with regards to bringing Marvel’s Avengers to the television screen. The talks seem to be at an embryonic stage – or as Andreeva puts it, “a kernal of an idea” – and […]
There’s a nice little article over at Giant Freakin’ Robot, commenting on the most memorable prisons in sci-fi. Have to say, it’s hard to look past Rura Penthe, but I’d imagine the prison from The Dark Knight Rises should probably appear somewhere […]
Matt Damon, appearing in the upcoming sci-fi film Elysium, has finished filming a story about the ultra-rich leaving a dying Earth, to inhabit an orbiting platform, free of poverty and disease. In today’s recession-hit world, we don’t have the luxury of […]
I’m convinced the man is now doing this to wind me up. JJ Abrams has announced yet another project that he’s gearing into production, Earthquake. It’s been in the works at an early stage for four years, and Abrams has said […]
I’m ashamed to say I didn’t notice when I saw the film…
I’m not generally one to hear the latest news about Peter Jackson’s work from my father. Â When he told me today that The Hobbit could be three films, I assumed he’d misread something. Â Perhaps heard a bad connection on […]
