Jul 29, 2007

The following stories were gaining attention in the mainstream press and major blogs today: Hollywood Fest Honors Genre Flicks: Cinemateque kicks of 6th annual SF/F/H film fest. NY Ground Zeroed: Two new genre films have NYC in their destructive cross hairs. China Fansite Moves: The defunct The Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy has a new home at Twelve Hours...

Jul 29, 2007

Laura Vandervoort, the actress hired to play Supergirl in the upcoming season of Smallville told Sci Fi Wire a little background about her character and a relationship with Clark that has been unknown until now. Her character on the show is known as “Kara,” a direct nod to the comic book origins. It seems the storyline will introduce her character...

Jul 29, 2007

The Viacom-owned website, AfterElton.com,  released a reader poll of its picks for the sexiest male celebrities of 2007. Most of the men listed either are primarily known from their science fiction  and fantasy roles or have ties to notable science fiction and fantasy roles. For example, the No. 1 pick as hottest man is Jake Gyllenhaal, who was virtually...

Jul 29, 2007

Warner Bros. teased the masses at Comic-Con in San Diego this weekend in what must be Summer 2008′s most-anticipated release, The Dark Knight, the follow-up to Batman Begins. The studio unveiled the teaser viral website: WhySoSerious.com and new teaser trailer. You can see the trailer by clicking here. There is no footage from the film itself, but there...

Director Zach Snyder (300), told the crowd that he had finished the script of comic-to-movie The Watchmen and, like 300, he plans to take some of the iconic scenes from the graphic novel and translate them literally into the film. And after the stunning success of the adult themed, 300, Snyder said Warner Bros. OK’ed an R-rating for The Watchmen, which...