Mar 7, 2006

A little more than two months after SCIFI.com closed down its online science fiction portal, claiming the site was not a viable business, the void is partially being filled. Australia’s COSMOS magazine of science, which launched in 2005, is putting all of its back issue content online – including the magazine’s science fiction. Stories include...

Mar 7, 2006

In case you missed it, Star Wars‘ Natalie Portman’s Gansta Rap from last weekend’s Saturday Night Live is available on the Devil Ducky site. In the video, the actress responded to the question. “What’s a day in the life of the real Natalie Portman like?” with an answer that spoofs celebrity-crazy news magazines such as...

Mar 7, 2006

Variety is reporting that Warner Brothers film studios has acquired the film rights to 1996 novel, The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell The studio has turned over production to Plan B, the film company owned and operated by Brad Pitt. The story involves a space-age mission by Jesuit priests to make first contact with life on another planet and whether a priests...

Mar 7, 2006

Last week, producers and the TV network confirmed that long-running WB series Charmed will not be back for a ninth season. This came a few weeks after three of the series four leads said regardless of renewal, they had no intention of returning for a new season. Although Charmed will be no more after the series finale in May, it should be noted that as of its...

Mar 7, 2006

Ultraviolet (2006) NO SPOILERS If you’ve been dying for the first big-budget live-action anime film, the good news is your wait is over. The bad news is that it comes in the form of Ultraviolet, the new wire-fu sci-fi flick from Sony’s Screen Gems genre studio. The plot revolves around a concept that sometime in the future, scientists will stumble...