Dragon*Con is Proud to Announce the Addition of Scott Bakula, Brandon Routh, James and Oliver Phelps, and More!Dragon*Con may only be twenty-two days away, but we are far from done! Just a few of our exciting new guests and performers are: Scott Bakula best known for his portrayal of Sam Beckett in the series Quantum Leap for which he won a Golden Globe and four Emmy nominations, has gone on to play such memorable parts as Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek Enterprise and Stephen Bartowski on Chuck. He can currently be seen TNT’s series Men of a Certain Age. Former fashion model, Brandon Routh is best known for his role as Clark Kent/Superman in Superman Returns. Currently, he can be seen portraying Daniel Shaw in seasons 3 and 4 of Chuck, and inScott Pilgram vs. the World as Todd Ingram an arrogant, narcissistic bass player that derives psychic powers from his vegan lifestyle. James and Oliver Phelps are identical twin English actors, best known for playing Fred and George Weasley, respectively, in the Harry Potter film series. Recently, they helped plant trees at the National Forest, in Leicestershire—ensuring the wood that makes the Harry Potter broomsticks would be around for the next generation of wizards! Don’t miss any of the late night action! Come rock out with WEEP featuring Doc Hammer,Pandora Celtica, Gavin Goszka, Ego Likeness, Leslie Fish, and join steam-punk madness with The Extraordinary Contraptions! More than forty other guests added just this week! For a complete listing of the 2010 guests and performers, visit the Dragon*Con Guest List today! Dragon*Con Joins the Madness at the High Museum of Art Madman or genius? Whatever you call him, Salvador Dalí was a master of the unexpected. From melting clocks to an éclair on Alice Cooper’s head, Dalí rebelled against convention like no one else. A purple velvet suit? He wore it. A crazy, twisty mustache? He sported it. A little black book that read like a who’s-who of 1970’s pop culture? He had one. Immerse yourself in Dalí’s world Labor Day weekend. Bring your Dragon*Con badge to the High September 2nd through the 5th and get $5.00 off an adult admission to see Dalí: The Late Work. Enter Dalí’s world now! Super Heroes, and Star Trek, and Steampunk, Oh My!Look up in the air… it’s a bird… it’s a plane… no! It’s a super hero changing history while boldly going where no one else has gone and breaking world records along the way! Last year, 903 of you came out and helped us make it into the Record Holder’s Republic book for the largest number of people dancing to Thriller! It was so much fun we decided to give it another THREE tries! And no, it is not for the record number of Stormtroopers we can fit into an elevator! Although… just kidding! For more information, vist us atworldrecords.dragoncon.org today! Forget to Book a Hotel Room? Afraid You Are Out of Luck?Don’t be! All of the fabulous overflow hotels below still have a few rooms left, but don’t procrastinate much longer, because they won’t last forever! Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel Midtown Atlanta Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown Regency Suites Hotel Twelve Hotel and Residences Limited Early Bird Autograph Tickets for the Amazing Stan Lee Announced A LIMITED NUMBER of Early Bird tickets will be offered for Stan Lee’s autograph. The early bird price for this special opportunity is $50.00 per autograph. Ticket will be available until they are sold out or until Sunday, August 29th at 11:59 pm PST. For more information, visit Desert Wind Comics. Dragon*Con Parties with Pop Icon Shag and the Cemetery Surfers at the Georgia Aquarium Dragon*Con invites you to celebrate the inaugural appearance of pop art icon Shag at this year’s show by joining us for a Shag-themed party at the Georgia Aquarium! There will be music by the Cemetery Surfers, limbo, and surprises as we swing the night away, Shag-style! Break out your best vintage loungewear and join us Saturday, September 4, 2010 starting at 9:00 pm at the Georgia Aquarium! Get your advance tickets to the Aquarium for only $17 at Georgia Aquarium Dragon*Con Night! Dragon*Con’s Got Talent!Thank you for your many, many colorful submissions for our newest event, Dragon*Con’s Got Talent! Dragon*Con’s Got Talent will take place on Monday, September 6, 2010 at 1:00 pm in the Centennial ballroom at the Hyatt Regency. We will have prizes…cash prizes! And not just for first place. We will have prizes in multiple categories. You do not want to miss this! Submissions are now closed! However, iIf you have a special talent and you think you could be the most talented con-goer out there, let us know by sending an email todctalent@dragoncon.org. For more information on these and all of the exciting guests, performers, games, and events at Dragon*Con, visit us today at www.dragoncon.org!

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In its second weekend, X-Men Origins: Wolverine ticket sales fell more than 68% to $27 million for the No. 2 spot on the Genre Top 10..

the only genre film set to debut next week, the supernatural religious thriller Angels and Demons is the follow-up to the DaVonci Code and is set for wide release.

Following are the Top 10 speculative fiction movies in release in North America for the weekend of May 8-10, 2009.

RANK #. (Overall Rank) Title – Weekend Gross | Total Gross [Budget]

1. (1) Star Trek – $72.5 million | $76.5 million [N/A]
2. (2) X-Men Origins: Wolverine – $27 million | $129.6 million [$150 million]
3. (3) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – $10.5 million | $30.2 million [N/A]
4. (5) 17 Again – $4.4 million | $54.2 million {N/A]
5. (8) Monsters vs. Aliens – $3.4 million | $186.9 million [$175 million]
6. (20) The Haunting in Connecticut – $0.19 million | $55.3 million [N/A]
7. (21) Battle for Terra – $0.18 million | $1.5 million [N/A]
8. (25) Crank: High Voltage – $0.12 million | $13.6 million [N/A]

Source: Box Office Mojo – list only includes science fiction, spy fi, fantasy and dark fantasy/horror titles.

The site esurance.com has an exclusive preview with footage and interview clips the the director, writers, and actors of the upcoming Star Trek film, located here: http://www.esurance.com/welcome/landing/startrek/welcome.aspx?promoid=StarTrekHP

Coster-Waldau will play “Commander Pike” (a not-so-subtle nod to Star Trek fandom), the highest-ranking officer on an interstellar spaceship named Phaeton.

The premise of the new show follows the crew of the first manned spaceflight on a 10-year journey from Earth to a nearby star system. Being that the trip will take years in cramped quarters, the crew are mostly kept sane by tapping into an on-board computer to allow their minds roam free in computer simulated adventures. And, of course, SOMETHING GOES HORRIBLY WRONG!! (Viola, a science fiction TV series)

The concept was created by TV power producer team Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel).

The concept was developed into a two-hour TV pilot by the writing team of Battlestar Glactica veterans, Michael Taylor and Ronald B. Moore. [Moore also either created or wrote scripts for Carnivale, Roswell and Star Trek: TNG, DS9 and Voyager.]

The director is Peter Berg, who is best known for creating the critically-acclaimed Friday Night Lights on NBC and is currently in pre-production for re-making Dune as a feature film to be released in 2010.

Officially being promoted as a 2-hour science fiction television movie set to air in early 2009, media newspapers are calling Virtuality a “backdoor pilot.” This means is enough people watch it, it could be ordered to full series.

Other actors cast to be in the show include:

• James D’Arcy (Exorcist: The Beginning), the “psych officer” who creates the virtual reality programs the crew engages in.
• Joy Bryant (Spider-Man 2) as “Alice Thibadeau”
• Sienna Guillory (Eragon) as “Rika Goddard”
• Nelson Lee (Blade: The Series) as “Keni Yamaguchi”
• Richie Coster (The Dark Knight) as “Jimmy Johnson”
• Omar Metwally (Rendition) as “Dr. Eyal Meyer”
• Jimmi Simpson (Carnivale, Rose Red) as unknown character
• Kerry Bishé (Sex and the City) as unknown character

Note to fen: This has very, very light K/S fanfic themes and is PG-rated.

Producers of the show have added two more former Trek actors to the roster for the upcoming season – which debuts Monday, September 23 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

The biggest of the two coups is Nichelle Nichols (Uhura from the original 1960s Trek), who will be joining the series for at least five or six episodes.

Similarly, Dominic Keating (Malcom on Enterprise) will be playing the role of an Irish mob boss in the upcoming season.

Of course, the Trek crossover includes Zachary Quinto, who plays the evil Sylar in Heroes. He was cast last month as the new Spock for the re-imagined Star Trek, which is set to hit theatres on Christmas Day 2008.

(Via SyFyPortal)

The new film, which is going by the code name Star Trek XI at Paramount, is being directed by J.J. Abrams, a personal friend of Cruise. The report says Cruise would do the role – a brief cameo, as a favor to Abrams despite his animosity with Paramount.

Last year, Cruise was “fired” from his production deal with Paramount after the star became too controversial for the studio due to his preaching of some of the more bizarre preachings of his Scientology beliefs.