Sci Fi News Daily Digest: New Blade Runner Film Will Be Sequel, But w/o Original Cast, John Barrowman Wants to do Doctor Who Movie, But w/o Matt Smith, and More

News and Updates November 7th:

ScienceFiction.com: Ridley Scott Reveals New Details For Blade Runner Movie - It looks like this project is moving farther along than first thought as Scott has now given more details about the movie that may be his next project after ‘Prometheus.’

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch: Terra Nova Gets a Halloween Trick, Takes a Slide in the Ratings - Trick or Treat brought the former to FOX’s Terra Nova last Monday as the show saw a significant drop in its numbers slipping to a 2.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic and just over six and a half million viewers.

Blastr.com: John Barrowman wants to do a Who movie (but not with Matt Smith) and Tells Us What's Happening with Torchwood - Poor Matt Smith. Seems that Torchwood's John Barrowman—who is, as always, more than willing to reprise his character of immortal Captain Jack Harkness in anything Who-related—is ready to do a Doctor Who movie ... IF it's done with David Tennant as the Doctor.

Geeks of Doom: Benicio Del Toro Joining Star Trek 2 as the Villain? If there was ever a way to make the impending Star Trek 2 any more interesting than it already is, JJ Abrams and his crew may have just done it.

Deadline Hollywood: Is Martin Scorsese’s Quasi-Steam Punk film Hugo a Best Picture Contender? Another piece of this year’s Oscar movie puzzle was unveiled in a big way this weekend when Paramount rolled out Martin Scorsese’s 99.9%-finished version of Hugo, an ode to the early days of cinema and the eye-popping possibilities of movies.

Cancellation Watch from Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Tracking the weekly ratings and the cancellation prospects of the science fiction and fantasy shows currently airing on broadcast and cable networks.

Deadline Hollywood: Fantasy Novel Tailchasers Song by Tad Williams Headed For Animated Feature

BleedingCool.com: Marvel Cancels Destroyers Series From Fred Van Lente And Kyle Hotz

Deadline Hollywood: Robert Zemeckis Sets Writers For Garden Gnome Attack Film

EW.com: The Walking Dead: Writer Robert Kirkman talks about the latest episode, 'Cherokee Rose'

Deadline Hollywood: Relativity Titles Its Snow White Film Mirror Mirror

BleedingCool.com: Nook Tablet Announced – And It Has Marvel Comics On It

Reviews:

Cybermage: Book Review: Daring (Kris Longknife 9) by Mike Shepherd

BleedingCool.com: Comic Book Reveiw: Uncannily Fascistic – Uncanny X-Men #1

Interesting Fact of the Day:

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