Actor George Takei, who played helmsman and later Captain Sulu in the Star Trek TV series and six movies has publicly come out as a gay man. In interviews with the Associated Press and the Los Angeles-based Frontiers magazine he said his current role, playing a psychologist in a stage version of Equus helped him [...]
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Get your geek on.Archive for October, 2005
According to New Scientist magazine, results of a global online poll show that Joss Whedon’s universe that was the setting for both the Firefly television series and the 2005 film Serenity is more loved than science fiction classics such as Dune, 2001 and Blade Runner. The poll lumps each work of science fiction together regardless [...]
October 26th, 2005 by Davodd
Farscape creator begins production on fandom-inspired series for The WB
After just having wrapped post production on the Sci Fi channel miniseries The Triangle (to air in Dec. 2005), Rockne O’Bannon (Farscape, Alien Nation) has begun casting his next series; one based on science fiction fandom. Named Cult, the new series is being made for The WB for the 2006-2007 season. O’Bannon says after Farscape, [...]
Following are links to a few headlines SF has made in recent press: Jason Connery Plays Lead in SCI FI Channel’s Original Film, Stan Lee’s Lightspeed Press Release Stan Lee’s LightSpeed is an original film for Sci Fi Channel based on a new character. Jason Connery (Merlin , Robin of Sherwood) stars with Lee Majors [...]
A decade after being exiles from primetime network TV, the Muppets are returning with a new, six-episode limited-run series in 2006. Called America’s Next Muppet, the miniseries, made by the Disney-owned Jim Henson production shop, targets its satirical eye on the much overdone reality TV genre. Henson creators think they have found fertile ground for [...]
Genre shows ranked by number of seasons: Dr. Who (26 seasons: 1963-1989) 700 episodes Stargate: SG1 (10 seasons: 1997 – 2007) 184 episodes (to date) [214 at end of 10th season] Touched By an Angel (9 seasons: 1994 – 2003) 212 episodes X-Files (9 seasons: 1993-2002) 202 episodes Bewitched (8 seasons: 1964-1972) 254 episodes Charmed [...]
As we enter the holiday movie season, film companies are pumping out more trailer preview teasers to the Internet. Here is a collection of the latest offerings for SF/F type films opening within the next few weeks: Chicken Little [Latest Trailer] Source: Apple Trailers Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy Opens: November 4, 2005 Notable Cast/Crew: [...]
Cable TV industry magazine MultiChannel News reports that the Sci Fi channel has renewed both Stargate: SG1 and spin-off series, Stargate Atlantis. Although new episodes for the current season are scheduled to resume in January, episodes for next season are to debut in the summer of 2006 after the Memorial Day weekend. This will mark [...]
20th Century Fox has set July 4, 2007 at the date for the sequel to this summer’s box office hit, Fantastic 4. The studio has confirmed that all the actors of the original cast have signed on for the sequel. (Although Julian McMahon (Dr. Doom) has said Fantastic 4 II will be his last film [...]