Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Two Characters Will be Leaving Doctor Who, American Horror Story and Game of Thrones Among Golden Globe Nominees, and More

News and Updates December 16th:

ScienceFiction.com: Steven Moffat Confirms Karen Gillian And Arthur Darvill Are Leaving Doctor Who - Executive producer Steven Moffat made it official: Amy and Rory Pond will be exiting the series next season and the Doctor will have a new companion.

Geeks of Doom: American Horror Story and Game of Thrones Among Golden Globes Best TV Series Nominees, Hugo Gets Best Motion Picture Nod - Nominations for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards have been officially announced.

Deadline Hollywood: R.I.P. Joe Simon - Captain America co-creator Joe Simon has died. The legendary Simon, who collaborated with Jack Kirby on other characters as well, died Wednesday night in New York City after a brief illness. He was 98.

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Deadline Hollywood: B-Movie King Roger Corman At Age 85 Busy As Ever On Eve Of Documentary About Him

EW.com: The Avengers movie to get four-issue comic book prelude

Hollywood Reporter: Box Office in Free Fall: Why December Numbers Are Tanking and How 2012 Could Improve

Sci Fi Mafia: January Premiere Set for G4′s New Anime Series BLADE

ScienceFiction.com: The Amazing Spider-Man Website Opens With New Hi-Res Photos, Character Descriptions And Official Sypnosis

Blastr.com: Could Michael Chabon's Kavalier & Clay become an HBO series?

BleedingCool.com: Dynamite To Publish The Bionic Woman Comic In March

Observations and Commentaries from Around the Web:

Geeks of Doom: Could Netflix Be The Savior Firefly Fans Have Been Waiting For?

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Netflix Developing Its First Genre Series, but a Firefly Revival Seems Like a Stretch

io9.com: Why Person of Interest is a Superhero Show Done Right

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Listen to a Rare Star Trek Radio Special from the 80's, Philip K. Dick's Now Wait for Last Year Movie on the Way, and More

News and Updates December 14th:

TrekNews.com: Listen to a Rare 60-Minute Star Trek Radio Special from 1982 - Before the Internet and tablets, radio programs were a popular source of entertainment and a potent promotional strategy.

Sci Fi Mafia: Philip K. Dick’s NOW WAIT FOR LAST YEAR Is Headed to the Big Screen - Variety reports that Lila 9th and Electric Shepherd Productions are joining forces to bring Philip K. Dick‘s 1966 sci-fi novel Now Wait For Last Year to the big screen.

BleedingCool.com: Exactly One Year Before The Hobbit Opens, The Official Blurb Is Unveiled - One year from today, the first in Peter Jackson’s pair of Hobbit films will finally be playing in cinemas.

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Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch Update: Once Upon A Time Slips Again, Terra Nova Still Languishing

Hollywood Reporter: Screen Gems to Adapt Supernatural Cyberbully Short Viral

Deadline Hollywood: Stephen Hopkins To Direct NBC Futuristic Drama Pilot Beautiful People

Blastr.com: Rise of the Planet of the Apes director shares his sequel plans

Hollywood Reporter: Pierce Brosnan's Bag of Bones Miniseries Boosts Ratings for A&E

ScienceFiction.com: Masters Of The Universe’ Film Still A Go

Deadline Hollywood: Warner Bros Buys Action/Sci-Fi Pitch Rise

Hollywood Reporter: American Horror Story Mansion on Sale for $4.5 Million

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Sci FI News Daily Digest: Netflix to Produce Original Horror Series, Scientists Closing in on the God Particle, and More

News and Updates December 13th:

Hollywood Reporter: Netflix Prepping Eli Roth-Directed Horror Series - The company is nearing a 13-episode order for Hemlock Grove, a thriller based on Brian McGreevy’s upcoming horror novel by the same name.

MSNBC.com: Long-sought 'God Particle' cornered, scientists say - Physicists are closer than ever to hunting down the elusive Higgs boson particle, the missing piece of the governing theory of the universe's tiniest building blocks.

io9.com: The Best Unproduced Science Fiction Screenplays of 2011, According to Hollywood Insiders - Find out what movie scripts Hollywood is bouncing up and down about — but not actually ponying up money to produce — right now.

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: The Amazing Spider-Man And The Dark Knight Rises Release New Movie Posters

Blastr.com: George Takei urges Star Wars and Trek fans to unite against Twilight

Radio Times: Two long-lost episodes of Doctor Who uncovered

Geeks of Doom: Justice League Doom will be next DC direct-to-DVD animated feature

Deadline Hollywood: Legendary Pictures Postpones January Start Of Alex Proyas-Directed Paradise Lost

Vulture: George Lucas Is Still Puzzling Over Indiana Jones 5

io9.com: BBC Challenging Studio Ghibli with its own Borrowers Adaptation

Deadline Hollywood: Universal Makes Deal On Luc Besson-Angelina Jolie Sci-Fi Film

BleedingCool.com: The Biggest Comic Convention In America… Is In South America?

Hollywood Reporter: IFC Acquires The Moth Diairies, Starring Lily Cole and Sarah Bolger, Based on Mary Harron's Vampire Novel

BleedingCool.com: How Digital Could Help Comic Publishers Build Their IP Empire

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: 8-Minute Dark Knight Rises Preview to Hit IMAX, Ben Kingsly May Join Ender's Game, and More

News and Updates December 9th:

Hollywood Reporter: Christopher Nolan Debuts 8-Minute Dark Knight Rises Preview - Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan showed off about eight minutes of footage from The Dark Knight Rises on Thursday night, a preview that will be seen later this month in select IMAX theatres before Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol. Also See What the Media Is Saying

Hollywood Reporter: Ben Kingsly in Talks to Join the Cast of Ender's Game - Ben Kingsley is in talks to join the cast of Ender’s Game, Odd Lot’s sci-fi film adaptation of the novel by Orson Scott Card.

Hollywood Reporter: Former James Cameron Employee Sues Claiming Avatar Was His Idea - Filmmaker James Cameron and his Lightstorm Entertainment were sued Thursday by a former employee who claims he spent two years developing a movie that became the basis for Avatar.

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Deadline Hollywood: Are These The Most Anticipated 2012 Films?

TrekNews.net: Edgar Ramirez & Jordi Molla Possibilities for Star Trek Sequel Villain

TrekWeb.com: John Billingsley Blames Enterprise Cancellation on Studio Greed

Deadline Hollywood: Dan Gilroy Signs On To Pen Stan Lee’s Chinese Superhero Pic The Annihilator

Blastr.com: Mark Strong wants Green Lantern 2 to chronicle Sinestro's fall

Hollywood Reporter: Guy Ritchie and Lionel Wigram in Talks to Make Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Sci Fi Mafia: Comedy Central is Developing Robots

Hollywood Reporter: Hot Sci-Fi Movie Project Rosa Lands at Fox

io9.com: H.P. Lovecraft’s leading scholar prepares his ultimate look at the master’s weird life

Hollywood Reporter: Redbox to Team With Verizon on Internet-Streaming Business

Geeks of Doom: Evil Dead Remake Gets An Official Release Date; Plot Details Surface

Hollywood Reporter: Grimm EPs Reveal 4 Things That Make a Fairy Tale Ripe for Adaptation

Reviews:

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: The Dollhouse Epitaphs Comic is the Way That Joss Whedon Should Have Gone With This Story from the Start

Hollywood Reporter: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Cybermage: Book review: K55 Lögnernas Valv [English:K55 Vault of Lies] by Erika Oscarius

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Avengers vs. X-Men Will Be the Big Marvel Event Next Year (See the Livestream Event), Thor 2 Director Exits, and More

News and Updates December 7th:

Geeks of Doom: The Avengers Vs. The X-Men: It’s Happening - Pretty much every year, comic book publishers unleash a monthly event comic to boost excitement and sales in their comics. And this week Marvel Comics announced that event as The Avengers vs. The X-Men. Check Out The Livestream Event

Hollywood Reporter: Thor 2 Director Patty Jenkins Exits - The Monster helmer, who is leaving the project due to "creative differences," tells THR that she and Marvel parted "on very good terms."

NASA.gov: NASA's Kepler Mission Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-like Star - NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface.

Sci Fi Trifles from Axiom's Edge: Useless but essential pop culture tidbits and trivia from the worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch Update: Are the Ratings Declines of Terra Nova and Once Upon A Time Deja Vu Back to FlashForward and V?

Hollywood Reporter: Final Destination 5 Poster Scares Up U.K. Ad Ban for Upsetting Children

TrekNews.com: William Shatner Added to Wizard World’s New Orleans Comic Con Also More Guests Announced for 2012 Las Vegas Star Trek Convention

Deadline Hollywood: Verizon Plans To Take On Netflix With Web Service

ScienceFiction.com: Looks Like Michael Bay Is Returning For A Fourth ‘Transformers’ Movie

Hollywood Reporter: Morgan Spurlock's Comic-Con Documentary Picked Up for Distribution

BleedingCool.com: Ridley Scott On “The Only Way To See A Film” And Why

Sci Fi Mafia: Zoe Kravitz and Sophie Okonedo to Join the Cast of Shyamalan’s After Earth

Deadline Hollywood: ABC Gives Pilot Green Light To Dan Fogelman’s Alien Family Comedy

Sci FI News Daily Digest: Syfy's X-Mas Episodes Air Tonight (See the Animated Eureka Sneak Peek), Del Tor Drops Out of Star Trek 2, but Kahn Will be the Villain, and More

The Christmas episodes of three of Syfy's Summer shows air tonight. The Holiday mini-marathon kicks off at 8 PM EST with Eureka, followed by Warehouse 13 at 9 PM and Haven at 10 PM. Here's a hilarious sneak peek at the Eureka inspired by well-known animated Christmas specials:



News and Updates for December 6th:

Blastr.com: Khan is IN (but Benicio Del Toro is OUT) as Star Trek 2's villain - Bad news is: Benicio Del Toro (The Wolfman) is out of the running as Star Trek's next villain. Good news is: Khan Noonien Singh will be the Big Baddie.

Vulture: A Starship Troopers Remake Is in the Works - Break out the bug spray! Sony Pictures Über-producer Neal Moritz has decided that the time has come to reboot Paul Verhoeven's 1997 fascist classic Starship Troopers.

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.

BleedingCool.com: Andrew Stanton Has Already Started Prepping For John Carter 2 And 3

Deadline Hollywood: Sienna Miller Is Tippi Hedren, Toby Jones Is Hitchcock In BBC2 Drama About The Birds

Hollywood Reporter: Glee's Christmas Episode Guest Star: Chewbacca

io9.com: Nichelle Nichols reveals that the original Spock was a woman

Deadline Hollywood: Star Wars Camera Fetches Record $625K At Auction

AOL TV: Castiel Will Return to Supernatural

Hollywood Reporter: Larry King Shocks Guests With Cryogenics Revelation: 'I Wanna Be Frozen When I Die'

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest - Peter Weller Joins Star Trek 2 in Undetermined Role, Bill Willingham Talks Fables vs Once Upon A Time, and More

News and Updates December 5th:

Deadline Hollywood: Peter Weller Joins Star Trek 2 Cast - Peter Weller’s reps confirm he’s joining the cast of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek sequel, in what is a principal role but one they would not specify.

Comic Book Resources: Bill Willingham on his Fables comic vs ABC's Once Upon A Time TV Series - Both series explore the notion of popular fable, folklore and fairytale characters, native to a fantasy medieval setting, but still living today in modern day America. Let's discuss.

Geeks of Doom: Dark Horse Comics Going Same Day Digital - Dark Horse Comics announced that starting December 14, 2011 the company will be releasing every comic book on the same day digitally as the print version hits store shelves.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch: Could Supernatural be on its Way Out? It’s worth taking a look at CW mainstay Supernatural, which has struggled in the ratings this year, to consider if its time might be running out.

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BleedingCool.com: Bryan Q Miller To Launch Smallville Season Eleven As A Novel

Hollywood Reporter: Comic Book Legends Alan Moore and Frank Miller Feud Over Occupy Movement

Deadline Hollywood: Paranormal Activity 2 Helmer Kip Williams Will Write/Direct Adaptation of Horror Novel Those Across The River

Sci Fi Mafia: Buffy Season 9 Gets Collected, First Volume Hits Shelves in August

io9.com: Read the first drafts of the Star Trek opening monologue

Blastr.com: Why John Carter's director axed the words 'of Mars' from the title

Hollywood Reporter: Chris Columbus' Production Company Acquires Sci-Fi Novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

Deadline Hollywood: X-Men: First Class Scribe Jane Goldman Scripting Tim Burton's Adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children

BleedingCool.com: Tintin 2 To Go Into Production In The Summer? Jurassic Park 3D Re-Release On The Cards?

Hollywood Reporter: Robot Chicken Duo Seth Green and Matthew Senreich Launch Animation Studio

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Premiere Dates for Alcatraz and Touch, Any Doctor Who Movie Would Not Be a Reboot, and More

News and Updates December 2nd:

Hollywood Reporter: FOX Gives Premiere Dates for Alcatraz and Touch - Touch will have a preview on January 25th at 9 PM EST then continue in its scheduled Monday 9 PM timeslot beginning March 10th. Alcatraz will have a two-hour premiere January 16th at 8 PM EST then take up its scheduled Monday 9 PM timeslot the following week

BleedingCool.com: Any Doctor Who Movie Would Star The TV Doctor And Not Be A Reboot - Steven Moffat just tweeted: To clarify: any Doctor Who movie would be made by the BBC team, star the current TV Doctor and certainly NOT be a Hollywood reboot.

The Guardian: Can science fiction lead us away from economic collapse? - Recent SF novels dealing with the fall of western capitalism seem right on the mark. But do they offer any answers?

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Hollywood Reporter: 10 Hot Visual Effects Teams Reveal How They Made Movie Magic on Harry Potter, Captain America, Transformers

Deadline Hollywood: 70mm Imax Theaters Set For Dec. 16 Bow Of 6-Minute Prologue Of Dark Knight Rises

ScienceFiction.com: Paramount In Talks To Acquire Daughter Of Smoke And Bones

Blastr.com: Tom Cruise + Groundhog Day + aliens = All You Need Is Kill

Hollywood Reporter: Hailee Steinfeld Joins Cast of Summit's Ender's Game

Deadline Hollywood: Comic Book Author Sues Over Cowboys & Aliens Movie

Sci Fi Mafia: Interview with the Cast and Creator of Syfy’s Neverland

Hollywood Reporter: Teen Wolf Adds Michael Hogan and Two More to Cast for Season 2

Reviews:

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Looking Back, This Season Has Delivered a Mostly Mixed Bag of Genre Shows Thus Far

TrekNews.net: Trek Nation: A Star Trek Documentary Like No Other

ScienceFiction.com: Comic Book Review: Avengers Origins: Thor #1

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Harrison Ford May Join Ender's Game Movie, Rare Interviews Reveal a Different Direction for the Star Wars Prequels, and More

News and Updates December 1st:

NextMovie.com: Harrison Ford May Dust Off His Space Boots For Ender's Game - After nearly three decades, Harrison Ford may finally be returning to where he truly belongs… outer space.

The Official Star Wars Blog: Rare Empire Cast Interview Surfaces - Reveals a very different direction originally intended for the prequels.

ScienceFiction.com: Action Comics #1 Now The Most Expensive Comic After Selling For Over $2.1 Million - A few days ago, we reported that a copy of ‘Action Comics’ #1, was up for auction at ComicConnect.com. The comic, featuring the first appearance of Superman, has a 9.0 CGC rating making it the highest graded copy of this particular issue in existence.

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.

Cybermage: New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books December 2011

Blastr.com: FOX exec attacks Prometheus leaks as 'heartbreakingly unfair'

EW.com: Game of Thrones scoop: DVD release date, details, photos

Deadline Hollywood: Cross Creek And Hammer Films Acquire Steampunk Novel Boneshaker For Feature Film

Geeks of Doom: Start the Countdown To Christmas With the ‘Cthulhu Christmas Calendar’ App

Hollywood Reporter: NBCUniversal Plans Harry Potter Attraction at Second Theme Park

EW.com: American Horror Story: Ryan Murphy talks The Black Dahlia and whether Violet is alive... or dead

Hollywood Reporter: Alice Eve in Talks for Big Role in New Star Trek Film

io9.com: Steve Martin has to explain to Fox News the difference between a solar system and a galaxy

Hollywood Reporter: Sony to Release Remake of Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead

Blastr.com: Barrowman says Who's 50th without Capt. Jack would be a 'travesty'

Hollywood Reporter: Harlan Ellison Drops Lawsuit Claiming In Time Ripped Off His Story

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: New John Carter Poster, Man Finds Amazing Fantasy #15 in Attic, Bryan Singer to Direct Munsters Reboot, and More

News and Updates November 30th:

Disney has release a new poster (click to see it larger) for their upcoming John Carter film which stars Taylor Kitsch and adapts the famous science fiction and fantasy novel series by Edgar Rice Burroughs.  The film will hit theaters March 9, 2012.  Stay tuned to the Sci Fi Scroll site for our 2012 science fiction and fantasy movie preview.

Hollywood Reporter: Man Finds Amazing Fantasy No. 15 (The First Appearance of Spider-Man) in His Attic - The issue, featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man, could be worth $10,000 to $12,000.

Deadline Hollywood: Bryan Singer To Direct And Produce NBC’s The Munsters Reboot - NBC’s The Munsters will be brought to you by The Bryans. X-Men and Superman Returns helmer Bryan Singer is finalizing a deal to direct and executive produce Bryan Fuller’s reboot of the 1960s comedy

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.

io9.com: December in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Your Ultimate Survival Guide!

Hollywood Reporter: Director of Hot Sci-Fi Short Rosa Signs With Verve

TMZ.com: Chronicles of Riddick New Movie BACK ON After Cash Starts Flowing

Winter is Coming: Rumor: HBO to order two more seasons of Game of Thrones, film them back-to-back

ScienceFiction.com: Akira Casting Notice Reveals Plot Changes

Blastr.com: Ray Bradbury relents, allows Fahrenheit 451 to be released digitally

io9.com: One of the universe’s fiercest black holes is hiding inside this galaxy

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: More Mad Max Sequels Than Expected On the Way, Neil Gaiman Talks About His Audio Book Label, and More

News and Updates November 29th:

BleedingCool.com: George Miller Preparing Not Two But Three New Mad Max Films - Set for production next year, it seems, is Fury Road. Furiosa has been scripted and storyboarded, and now, Miller has gotten deep into the writing of a third part.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch: Terra Nova Meets The Grinch, Once Upon A Time Drops - FOX’s Terra Nova slipped yet again in the ratings and could not even beat out repeats of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Shrek the Halls over on ABC.

Salon.com: Neil Gaiman Talks About His New Audiobook Label - The best-selling author talks about introducing his new, hand-picked lineup of favorite books to American ears

Sci Fi Trifles from Axiom's Edge: Useless but essential pop culture tidbits and trivia from the worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

ScienceFiction.com: Is Producer Roy Lee Going To Reboot The Grudge, The Ring And Poltergeist

Sci Fi Mafia: First Trailer for The Hobbit Will Debut In Theaters This December

Hollywood Reporter: 24's Jon Cassar to Direct Canadian Futuristic Cop Drama Pilot Out of Time

Deadline Hollywood: Microsoft Eyes Entry Into Scripted Television

Hollywood Reporter: Once Upon A Time's Raphael Sbarge Teases Jiminy Cricket's Deep Dive

Reviews:

Cybermage: Book Review: The Ninth Circle (Tour of the Merrimack 5) by R. M. Meluch

Geeks of Doom: DVD Review: Doctor Who – Day Of The Daleks

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: New Avengers Poster, Syfy Orders Booster Gold Pilot, Anne McCaffrey Passes Away, and More

Disney just issued this poster to tease fans for the upcoming Avengers movie which opens May 2012:

News and Updates November 23rd:

Hollywood Reporter: Syfy Orders Script Based on DC Comics' Booster Gold - The project, which will be penned by Fringe's Andrew Kreisberg, hails from Greg Berlanti's production company.

Sci Fi Mafia: Renowned Author Anne McCaffrey Dies at Age 85 - Sci-Fi/Fantasy author Anne McCaffrey, who published almost 100 books, was the first woman to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, and the creator of the planet of Pern has died in her home after a massive stroke, at the age of 85.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: The Development Report: Netflix Opens a Can of Worms Plus a Look at Some Other Sci Fi TV Development Projects - Video/DVD service Netflix had already made the move toward developing original productions, but now they have also decided to get into the business of saving cancelled shows.

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Deadline Hollywood: Who’s Faking ‘Mirror Mirror’ Praise? Hmm…

Sci Fi Mafia: Rumor Has It! Gary Oldman Passing On AKIRA; Ken Wantanabe Offered His Role

Deadline Hollywood: The Walking Dead's Gale Anne Hurd Developing ‘Area 51′ Series

Blastr.com: Viggo Mortensen was asked to cameo in The Hobbit, but then ...

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Latest Trailer for Darkest Hour, Fly Sequel is Squashed, Tomb Raider Reboot Will Be a Prequel, and More

The Darkest Hour, which looks a lot like Skyline set in Moscow, opens on December 23rd. Stay tuned to the Sci Fi Scroll site for our 2012 science fiction and fantasy movie preview.



News and Updates November 22nd:

io9.com: Fox officially pulls the plug on Cronenberg’s sequel to The Fly - Back in early October, we reported that David Cronenberg had written a script for his sequel to The Fly — but whether the movie actually got made was up to Fox, who were taking a look at the script.

Geeks of Doom: The Tomb Raider Reboot Will Be a Prequel, According to the Producer - The Tomb Raider reboot that entered development not long ago has yet to evolve beyond the embryonic stage, but recently producer Graham King discussed the likely direction the new film will likely be taking with in an interview with Coming Soon.

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.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch Update: Terra Nova Slips Again, Grimm Gets Full Season Order and Thursday Try Out

Blastr.com: Terry Gilliam says his time-travel Quixote movie ain't dead yet

ScienceFiction.com: Nolan Reveals The Dark Knight Rises Details And Images

Blastr.com: 18 amazing storyboards for a Neuromancer film that never happened

ScienceFiction.com: Doctor Who Stars Discuss The Series, The Movie, And More In Online Interview

TrekMovie.com: William Shatner: Star Trek Costar Complaints Are “Nonsense”

TrekNews.com: Star Trek Consultant, Michael Okuda on Remastering TNG

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: ABC's The River Gets Premiere Date, Michael Fassbender Talks Prometheus Role, and More

News and Updates November 21st:


Hollywood Reporter: ABC's The River Gets Its Mid-Season Premiere Date - from the creators of Paranormal Activity, will launch on Tuesday at 9 p.m. starting Feb. 7.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch: Grimm Stays Steady, Person of Interest Fading - It looks like NBC’s Grimm has leveled off after two straight weeks of declining ratings. That show pulled a 1.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic this past Friday with 5.4 million total viewers.

Blastr.com: Michael Fassbender's Prometheus role: Less Alien, more Blade Runner - While promoting his latest film, Shame, Fassbender spoke with MTV about how he prepared for the highly anticipated Prometheus.

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Hollywood Reporter: Game of Thrones Star Kit Harington Nabs Role of King Arthur in Arthur & Lancelot

Deadline Hollywood: Dwayne Johnson To Star In Monster Hunter’s Survival Guide

EW.com: The Walking Dead: Writer Robert Kirkman talks about tonight's episode and teases next week's 'shocking' finale

Deadline Hollywood: SyFy Developing Paranormal Procedural Comedy Spoof Ghost Ghirls Produced By Jack Black

Sci Fi Mafia: Akira: Ezra Miller Has Passed On the Role of Tetsuo; More Actors Line Up

Deadline Hollywood: HBO's True Blood Gets Two New Recurring Characters

Wired: The Problem With Landing Humans on Mars (and How to Fix It)

Deadline Hollywood: American Horror Story Two-Hour Finale Will Be Trimmed To 90 Minutes

Deadline Hollywood: Steven Soderbergh Drops Out of Man From UNCLE Movie

Commentaries, Reviews, and Other Interesting Bits from the Web:

TrekNews.com: Could Today’s Television Climate Support a New Star Trek Series?

ScienceFiction.com: Movie Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Sci Fi Tifles: American Television Considered Anime Strictly for Kids Early On

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Ender's Game Movie Gets Its Lead Actor, FX Retools Powers Pilot, SFWA Guide to Small Presses, and More

Deadline Hollywood: Hugo Star Asa Butterfield Chosen For Title Role In Ender’s Game - Asa Butterfield, the 14-year old title star of Martin Scorsese’s 3D film Hugo, has been offered the title role in Ender’s Game

Hollywood Reporter: Paranormal Activity and Paranormal State Producers Option Supernatural Mag - Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions and Picture Shack Entertainment's George Plamondon and Betsy Schechter plan to mine Fate magazine for spooky stories.

Deadline Hollywood: FX Retools its Superhero Pilot Power - Powers, based on the comic book of the same name, will undergo retooling and reshoots.

SFWA: Writers Guidelines for Evaluating Small Presses and What to be Wary Of - SFWA offers an overview of issues to consider if you're thinking of submitting to a small press.

Sci Fi Trifles from Axiom's Edge: Useless but essential pop culture tidbits and trivia from the worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

Movie Talk: Joss Whedon Discusses His Upcoming Avengers Movie

BookSumo.com: New Science Fiction Book Releases for December 2011

Blastr.com: New Marvel TV series Hulk and AKA Jessica Jones to take place in Avengers universe

Geeks of Doom: Marvel Cancels X-23 and Ghost Rider, Black Panther and PunisherMax To End

Hollywood Reporter: Chuck Star Yvonne Strahovski to Play Scientist in I, Frankenstein

io9.com: Robin Williams explains the totally random origin of Mork and Mindy

Deadline Hollywood: David Fincher’s Se7en Scribe Andrew Kevin Walker Joins 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Geeks of Doom: Frank Miller Rages Against The Occupy Wall Street Movement

Reviews:

Hollywood Reporter: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1 Delivers An eventful but bloodless first half of the smash series' finale

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: The New Fairy Tale Based TV Shows Once Upon A Time and Grimm are a Mixed Bag

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Are Bryan Singer and Leonardo DiCaprio Rebooting The Six Million Dollar Man? Plus, the Search for Lost Doctor Who Episodes Continues, and More

News and Updates November 16th:

BleedingCool.com: Does Bryan Singer Have The Technology To Make DiCaprio His Six Billion Dollar Man? Bryan Singer is in the frame to direct the film for the Weinsteins and Universal, and he’s had meetings with Leonardo DiCaprio to take the lead role.

Deadline Hollywood: It’s Official: NBC Picks Up Bryan Fuller’s Reboot Of The Munsters To Pilot - Less than 2 weeks after receiving Bryan Fuller’s script for The Munsters, NBC has given a pilot order to the Pushing Daisies creator’s reboot of the 1960s comedy.

Wired: The Search for Lost Doctor Who Episodes Continues - Some calamities are so great that even a Time Lord can’t resolve them. Like the way the BBC thoughtlessly erased more than 200 episodes of Doctor Who to make room in the British broadcaster’s archives.

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TrekNews.com: Star Trek Sequel Begins Shooting on January 15th

Deadline Hollywood: NBC’s Grimm Gets Order For 2 Scripts

Geeks of Doom: Ron Perlman Confirmed For Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim

Hollywood Reporter: Woody Woodpecker Movie in Development at Universal, Illumination

Blastr.com: Director reveals details on the Black Widow film that didn't happen

Deadline Hollywood: Lionsgate Courts Slumdog Millionaire Writer Simon Beaufoy To Script The Hunger Games Sequel

Sci Fi Mafia: Warner Bros. Hires Robot Chicken Director to Helm Lego: The Movie

Hollywood Reporter: American Horror Story's Denis O'Hare Answers Burning Questions About Larry

Blog Posts and Commentaries:

Blue Yonder: Are Fairy Tales the New Vampires?

Geeks of Doom: How An Odd KISS Album Influenced The Matrix

Reviews:

Geeks of Doom: Comic Review: Captain Victory #1

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

Geeks of Doom: Book Review: Grant Morrison’s Supergods

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Preview of Justice League Dark, Trek Nation to Debut on Science Channel, and More

News and Updates November 16th:

io9.com: An exclusive preview of Justice League Dark, starring John Constantine, Shade the Changing Man, and other magical lunatics! What happens when a mysterious fortune teller, a chain-smoking British mage, a fishnet-clad magician, a wiseacre ghost, and a fellow with the most deranged wardrobe on Earth pool their forces to save reality?

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch Update: Terra Nova Drops Again, A Gifted Man Gets More Episodes - FOX’s high profile series Terra Nova took one more step toward extinction as its ratings decline continued this past Monday.

Sci Fi Mafia: Rod Roddenberry Produced Trek Nation to Premiere on Science This Month - Fans of the Star Trek franchise will have something else to celebrate as we head into the holiday season. Science will be premiering the two-hour special Trek Nation, which will explore Gene Roddenberry’s life and vision, and the impact of both on his family, on science fiction, on space travel, and more.

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.

Hollywood Reporter: Kristen Stewart Has an Offer to Star in Akira, Will She Accept?

ScienceFiction.com: Voltron: Defender Of The Universe Coming To Xbox Live Arcade And Playstation Network

ScienceFiction.com: BioShock Movie Dead in the Water?

Deadline Hollywood: Breaking Dawn Predicted To Debut As High As $125M

Sci Fi Mafia: Immortals Director Tarsem Singh Wants To Make a Live Action Samurai Jack Film

Deadline Hollywood: Fox’s J.J. Abrams-Produced Drama Series ‘Alcatraz’ Undergoes Showrunner Change

Hollywood Reporter: AMC Plans Walking Dead Marathon Sunday November 27th Leading Up to the Mid-Season Finale

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: New Darkseid Design, A Doctor Who Movie is in the Works, A Secret Star Wars Project, and More

News and Updates November 15th:

ScienceFiction.com: Unveiled: Jim Lee’s New 52 Darkseid Design - When DC Comics relaunched its comic line at the end of this past summer, their entire line of heroes and villains were given revamped looks courtesy of the art of Jim Lee.

io9.com: What secret Star Wars project is Lucasfilm working on? Has the latest Lucasfilm online activity just revealed a big Star Wars project on the rise?

Variety: Harry Potter Director David Yates to direct bigscreen Doctor Who - Harry Potter director David Yates is teaming up with the BBC to turn its iconic sci-fi TV series Doctor Who into a bigscreen franchise.


Deadline Hollywood: Tim Burton Circles Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children - In a match that seems ideal, Tim Burton is in early talks to come aboard Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, the Ransom Riggs novel that 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment acquired last spring.

Sci Fi Trifles from Axiom's Edge: Useless but essential pop culture tidbits and trivia from the worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

Hollywood Reporter: Hunger Games Trailer Sparks Strong Reaction From Fans of the Book Series

TrekNews.com: William Shatner Talks About His New Album Seeking Major Tom

Blastr.com: Best-selling author says Fringe 'ripped off' his shapeshifter story

Deadline Hollywood: NBC Greenlights Futuristic Drama Pilot Beautiful People

Wired: 6 Guys in a Capsule: 520 Days on a Simulated Mars Mission

Blastr.com: Abandoned Alan Moore comic would have destroyed the DC Universe

Deadline Hollywood: Channing Tatum For Man From U.N.C.L.E.?

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: AMC Buys New Sci Fi Project from David Eick, George Miller Talks Mad Max 4, and More

News and Updates November 14th:

Deadline Hollywood: AMC Buys Sci-Fi, UFO-Oriented Drama From Paul Boardman, Scott Derrickson & David Eick - After hitting gold with horror series The Walking Dead, AMC is looking to expand its genre portfolio with a sci-fi drama.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch: Grimm is Fading, Fringe Hits a Series Low - NBC’s dark fairy tale series Grimm started out a few weeks ago with surprisingly strong ratings for a Friday night, but its numbers have dropped notably for a third week in a row meaning that its prospects now seem pretty . . . well, you know.

IndieWire.com: George Miller Says New Mad Max 4 Movie Essentially Same Story As Aborted Max Film In 2003 - For the better part of the past two decades, George Miller has made films that veered sharply away from his earliest triumphs, opting for decidedly more family-friendly fare like “Babe: Pig in the City” and “Happy Feet” than the unforgiving adventures of the “Mad Max” series.

io9.com: Will there be more Stargate? Dr. Rodney McKay answers! Is Stargate gone forever? We asked beloved Stargate actor David Hewlett, aka Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay, what the chances are for more Stargate.

Black Days of November Sale at TFAW.com: Save 50% - 80% on comics, graphic novels, toys, and more!

TrekNews.com: Carrie Fisher Responds to William Shatner’s Star Wars vs. Star Trek Video

ScienceFiction.com: BBC Announces Official Doctor Who Convention

Blastr.com: Russell Tovey leaves BBC Being Human!

Sci Fi Mafia: MAN OF STEEL: Supernatural’s Julian Richings Joins the Cast

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

Sci Fi Mafia: The Evil Dead: Bruce Campbell Explains Why There Is No Ash Character In the Remake


Blog Posts and Other Interesting Tidbits from Around the Web:

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Reviews:

Hollywood Reporter: Movie Review: The horror pic 11-11-11 offers nothing intriguing

Geeks of Doom: Movie Review: Melancholia

Geeks of Doom: Comic Review: Axe Cop Bad Guy Earth

Sci Fi news Daily Digest: 3 Game of Thrones Video Games on the Way, Do TV Series Deserve a Second Chance, and More

News and Updates November 10th:

Blastr.com: 3 Game of Thrones videogames coming—with George R.R. Martin's help - According to USA Today, the RPG is based on an original story by Martin. HBO plans to share video with the developers so that the game parallels the series. ...

ScienceFiction.com: World Of Warcraft Has Lost Over One Million Subscribers In The Last Six Months - World of Warcraft has lost 1.1 million subscribers worldwide since May 2011. Most of the subscription losses occurred in the eastern market, leading many to speculate that Blizzard’s legal problems in China are the source of the loss.

Hollywood Reporter: Do TV Series Get or Deserve Second Chances? In the modern TV world, the answer to both is mostly 'no,' but some patience still exists from viewers.

Sci Fi Trifles from Axiom's Edge: Useless but essential pop culture tidbits and trivia from the worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

TrekNews.com: Star Trek Online Free-To-Play Date Announced + Details on Changes to the Game

Hollywood Reporter: Paramount Developing Ideas for Paranormal Activity 4, Transformers 4

Sci Fi Mafia: Oz: The Great and Powerful – Bruce Campbell Nixed from the Film

EW.com: American Horror Story: Ryan Murphy on Vivien's blood-craving baby and next week's 'most sexual episode' yet

Hollywood Reporter: Legendary's Godzilla Remake to Be Written By Max Borenstein

EW.com: Vampire Diaries targets Twilight fans with sexy new trailer

Hollywood Reporter: Universal's Asteroids to Be Written By Snow White Scribe

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