Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Harrison Ford Officially Joins Ender's Game, Helen Mirren Wants to be Doctor Who, and More

News and Updates December 22nd:

Hollywood Reporter: Harrison Ford Officially Joins Ender's Game - The actor will appear opposite Abigain Breslin, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld and Ben Kingsley in the sci-fi adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel.

ScienceFiction.com: Helen Mirren Wants To Be The First Female Doctor In Doctor Who - She played a Mossad agent in ‘The Debt,’ a retired CIA operative in ‘Reds’ and even the Queen of England in ‘The Queen,’ but now Oscar award winner Helen Mirren has set her sights to play the next Doctor in the long running British television show ‘Doctor Who.’

See the Latest Deals on Science Fiction and Fantasy DVDs and Blu-rays from Amazon.com.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Full Mid-Season Schedule for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Shows

Hollywood Reporter: American Horror Story Finale: Burning Questions Answered

Sci Fi Mafia: True Blood Showrunner Gives a Tiny Peek into Season Five

TrekNews.com: JJ Abrams Says Star Trek Sequel Will be Shot in 2-D Then Converted to 3-D

Deadline Hollywood: Terra Nova Makes Moves to Prep for Second Season

ScienceFiction.com: Doctor Who: Worlds In Time’ MMO Game Now Open To Players

Hollywood Reporter: Stan Lee to Create Indian Comic Superhero 'Chakra - The Invincible'

io9.com: Why is the U.S. government trying to control the contents of scientific journals?

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Ridley Scott Reveals More About Prometheus, Terra Nova Producer Optimistic on Renewal, and More

News and Updates December 19th:

Filmophilia: Interview: Ridley Scott Talks Prometheus, Giger, Beginning of Man and Original Alien - An interview with legendary director Ridley Scott, who is now working on one of 2012′s most anticipated blockbusters, sci-fi thriller Prometheus.

Hollywood Reporter: Terra Nova' Executive Poducers 'Guardedly Optimistic' For Season 2, Tease Finale's 'New Mysteries' - Rene Echevarria and Brannon Braga discuss talks for a second season, whether they could move the series from Australia and the death of a beloved character.

Blastr.com: Steven Moffat says Yates Who movie would be 'a heathen thing to do' - Steven Moffat [says] . . . that David Yates' Who movie reboot is not gonna happen on his watch, calling the whole project "a heathen thing to do" and a "heresy."

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Hollywood Reporter: Star Wars-Inspired Religion Gaining Popularity in the Czech Republic

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch: Person of Interest Still Hanging On

Vulture: Did Lost End the ‘Golden Era’ of Television?

Hollywood Reporter: Daniel Craig In Talks To Star In Five More Installments of Bond Series 007

New York Times: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Wins Honors as Worst Christmas Movie Ever

Hollywood Reporter: Ender's Game Casts Canadian Teen Star Brendan Meyer

TrekNews.com: William Shatner’s One-Man Show Headed to Broadway

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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: Christian Bale Hangs Up His Batman Cape, Robert Kirkman Talks Walking Dead Mid-Season Finale, and More

News and Updates November 28th:

Hollywood Reporter: The Dark Knight Rises Marks the End of Christian Bale's Batman Era - In a new interview, the actor recalls hanging up his cape for "the last time," calling it the end of "that Batman era."

Hollywood Reporter: The Walking Dead Dissection: Robert Kirkman Talks Death and What's Ahead - The comic book creator discusses Sunday's midseason finale and teases next year's "explosive" second half of the season.

io9.com: The ancestor of all life on Earth might have been a gigantic planetary super-organism - All life on Earth is related, which means we all must share a single common evolutionary ancestor.

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: R.I.P. Filmmaker Ken Russell

Blastr.com: Terry Gilliam trashes Transformers: 'What's the point?'

Sci Fi Mafia: Game of Thrones Season One DVD and Blu-ray Details Revealed

Deadline Hollywood: Analyst Warns: Pay TV Will Fade As Young Viewers Look For Cheaper Alternatives

TrekWeb.com: Marina Sirtis on Recasting the Next Generation Cast, Fans Wish for More TNG Movies, Her Favorite Episode and TNG on Blu-Ray

Deadline Hollywood: YouTube Pacts To Rent 100s Of Disney Films Including Pixar & DreamWorks

Hollywood Reporter: Lucasfilm's Indiana Jones Ventures Into Social Gaming With Zynga's Adventure World

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Star Trek 2 Gets Release Date, Abrams Says the Sequel Will 'Start Over', More

News and Updates November 26th:

Hollywood Reporter: Paramount's Star Trek Sequel to Open May 17, 2013 - The release date slots the sci-fi franchise into a very busy tentpole-filled May 2013, coming right after Marvel/Disney's Iron Man 3 and Warner Bros.' Guillermo del Toro-directed Pacific Rim.

TrekMovie.com: JJ Abrams: Star Trek Sequel Will 'Start Over’ - A new comment from producer/director JJ Abrams indicates that the sequel will stand on its own.

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

EW.com: American Horror Story: Rubber Man revealed! We talk to [SPOILER] about the major plot twist!

Hollywood Reporter: Why Harry Potter Might End Its Long Streak of Oscar Snubs

EW.com: Walking Dead producer responds to abortion outcry

Hollywood Reporter: James Bond Skyfall's Gadget Maestro Q to Be Played By Ben Whishaw

ScienceFiction.com: Epileptic Seizures Reported During Twilight: Breaking Dawn

Reviews and Other Points of Interest from the Web:

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Sci Fi Trifles: Doctor Who Transforms to Save a Show

io9.com: Movie Review: Our future robot overlords will be obsessed with Martin Scorsese’s Hugo

Geeks of Doom: Comic Review: Pilot Season: Seraph #1

io9.com: Movie Review: The New Muppet Movie is The Real Thing

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: 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: 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.

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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:

io9.com: What are the absolutely essential episodes of Farscape?

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Sci Fi Trifles: The Outer Limits Was Almost Called Please Stand By and More Sci Fi TV Tidbits

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: First Look at Philip K. Dick’s Unpublished Work, Lost Writer to Adapt Stephen King's Under the Dome, Bryan Fuller Working on The Munsters and Hannibal, and More

News and Updates November 8th:

io9.com: A First Glimpse at Philip K. Dick’s Mesmerizing, Previously Unpublished Work - Philip K. Dick, author of Scanner Darkly and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is perhaps one of the most lauded science fiction writers of our time (And certainly one of the most adapted).

Hollywood Reporter: Lost Scribe Tapped for Showtime's Adaptation of Stephen King's Under the Dome - The well-known comic book writer (Y: The Last Man) has been tapped to adapt Stephen King's 2009 novel Under the Dome, which is in development at Showtime.

Deadline Hollywood: Bryan Fuller’s NBC Double: Daisies Creator Has Two Projects Eyeing Series Orders - Within the next month or so, Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller may have two series on NBC. He is behind two high-profile projects, The Munsters and Hannibal, both of them on a script-to-series track.

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

Publishers Weekly: Publishers Weekly Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2011

ComingSoon.com: José Padilha Talks About His Robocop Remake

ScienceFiction.com: Harlan Ellison Wins In Time Lawsuit

Deadline Hollywood: Hayley Atwell Joins Captain Nemo

Geeks of Doom: Banned Star Trek Nazi Episode Boldly Goes On TV For First Time In Germany

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Clash of the Titans 3 in the Works, George Clooney Compares New Movie to 2001 A Space Odyssey, Skyfall Name of New Bond Movie, and More

News and Updates November 3rd:

Hollywood Reporter: Warner Bros. is Already Planning for Clash of the Titans 3 - The studio, which is in post-production with Legendary Pictures on Clash of the Titans sequel Wrath of the Titans, is developing the next installment of the tales inspired by the Greek myths, even though Wrath doesn’t open until March 30, 2012.

ScienceFiction.com: George Clooney Compares New Movie Gravity To 2001: Space Odyssey - It’s been awhile since George Clooney donned a space suit, but he’s put one back on to star in the new Alfonso Cuarón movie Gravity.

Deadline Hollywood: Skyfall Confirmed As Title Of New Bond Movie and Will Bring Back Daniel Craig - Shooting on the latest James Bond movie starts Monday, Daniel Craig revealed at this morning’s press conference for Skyfall, the 23rd 007 movie.

Wired.com: Stephen King's Rules for Time Travel - If you’re going to travel back in time, author Stephen King says, preparation is everything. The further back you go, the more you have to think about.

SciFiIdeas.com: A Guide to Science Fiction Subgenres - The world of science fiction literally epic and incredibly complex. The genre can be divided into dozens of subgenres, each with their own unique themes and attributes. Any one science fiction story can cross the boundaries of several of these subgenres, or even break off into its own cult category.

io9.com: NASA says we’ve been looking for Martian life in all the wrong places - Don't worry—if we do find evidence of Martians, it will still be on Mars, we'll probably just have to dig a little deeper to find it.

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: Andy Serkis Closes Big Planet Of The Apes Deal

Blastr.com: Jonathan Frakes calls Enterprise finale 'an unpleasant memory'

EW.com: American Horror Story: Ryan Murphy talks Tate's backstory and previews next week's 'pivotal' episode

Hollywood Reporter: Entertainment One Seizes Post-Apocalyptic Thriller The Day

ScienceFiction.com: Real Life Superhero Phoenix Jones Fired From Day Job

Hollywood Reporter: Captain America Overtakes Pirates of the Caribbean for No. 1 on DVD Charts

Blastr.com: Ron Howard says not to hold your breath for that Dark Tower movie

Hollywood Reporter: Ashley Greene Horror Movie The Apparition Gets a Release Date

Interesting Fact of the Day:

The Telegraph: Science Shows That Swearing Can Help Relieve Pain

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: NBC's Grimm Delivers a Ratings Surprise, Chronicles of Riddick Sequel in Trouble, Syfy Films Picks Up George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards, and More

News and Updates October 31st:

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch: Will the Nielsens Deliver a Happily Ever After for NBC’s Grimm? Last Sunday, ABC’s fairy tale-tinged series Once Upon A Time debuted, against expectations, to very strong ratings, and then this past Friday, NBC’s dark turn on fairy tales Grimm also delivered surprising ratings in its debut.

ScienceFiction.com: Chronicles Of Riddick Sequel Shut Down Because of Financial Difficulties - We’ve waited seven years for the next installment in the ‘Riddick’ franchise, and it looks as though the sequel is in danger.

Deadline Hollywood: Syfy Films Finds Its First Project: George R.R. Martin’s Anthology Wild Cards - Syfy Films, the company created by Syfy Ventures and Universal Pictures, has acquired rights to Game Of Thrones author George R.R. Martin’s superhero anthology Wild Cards with an eye on launching a franchise.

Hollywood Reporter: Once Upon a Time Stars Lana Parrilla and Josh Dallas Talk Show Creators' Secretive Ways - The actors describe how the former Lost producers unveil their story lines on the new ABC series.

Deadline Hollywood: James Cameron Updates Progress Of Planned ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Remake - Cameron says it’s about two thirds of the way there in the development process. Also See: James Cameron To Remake Fantastic Voyage As A Love Story (ScienceFiction.com)

Hollywood Reporter: YouTube Announces TV Initiative With 100 Niche Channels - In a low-budget early effort to compete with satellite and cable TV providers, YouTube announced Friday that it has partnered with several entities to roll out television-style channels with professionally produced shows.

About.com: Will Amazing Stories Rise Again? The previous claimant's right to the trademark finally lapsed in September and Davidson pounced, acquiring the mark and announcing plans to resurrect Amazing Stories as an online magazine

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

Sci Fi Mafia: Fox May Move Forward On Independence Day Sequels With or Without Will Smith

EW.com: Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman talks about the latest episode and THAT shocking death: 'It was a somewhat justifiable homicide'

Hollywood Reporter: Ryan Gosling's Logan's Run Remake Enlists New Screenwriter

Blastr.com: That Evil Dead reboot is EXACTLY like Evil Dead [with drugs]


Hollywood Reporter: Foregn Box Office: Spielberg's Adventures of Tintin Opens Solid No. 1 Overseas

ScienceFiction.com: New Dan Fogelman (Cars, Tangled) Alien Comedy Pilot Picked Up By ABC


Hollywood Reporter: The CW Inks Five-Year Deal With Hulu

Blog Posts, Commentaries, Opinions, Etc:

StarTrek.com: What Were Trek's Creepiest Creatures?

TV.com: A Few Predictions for ABC's Once Upon A Time, Based on Its Parallels to a Possibly Forgotten Miniseries Called The 10th Kingdom

Showrunners for NBC's Grimm (Which Premieres Tonight) Answer Some Questions About the Show

Sci Fi Mafia: Jim Kouf (National Treasure, Angel) and David Greenwalt (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) recently took some time to answer questions from the press about their new show. Read

Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman talks last night's episode: 'Bloodletting'

EW.com: Robert Kirkman talks about the episode, why Shane (Jon Bernthal) is “a good guy,” and his enthusiasm for the idea of a Walking Dead breakfast cereal. Read

The Walking Dead star says "anybody could go at any time"

Blastr.com: Though The Walking Dead has remained relatively faithful to its source material—Robert Kirkman's comics—so far, it remains far from predictable even for the cast. Read

DS9 & Voyager Writer Lisa Klink Looks Back

StarTrek.com: Lisa Klink lived the dream of countless Star Trek fans who yearned to write adventures for their favorite shows and characters. It was back in the day, when Star Trek's producers allowed aspiring scribes to submit spec scripts and pitch stories. Read

Interview with Star Trek's Zachary Quinto

StarTrek.com: Zachary Quinto has been in the news the past few days. Perhaps you’ve heard: Star Trek (2009)’s Mr. Spock has a new movie coming out, called Margin Call, and, very quietly, he just came out, announcing to the world that he is a gay man. Read

Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman talks season premiere (and that traumatic ending)

EW.com: Last night’s special, 90-minute episode of the Walking Dead got the second season of AMC’s zombie show off with a bang. Read

The director of The Thing reveals the alien’s secret backstory

io9.com: While writing and shooting the prequel to John Carpenter's ice-cold horror story The Thing, director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. had a chance to explore the original movie's backstory. Read

Robert Downey Jr.: Iron Man 2 'dissatisfying and disappointing'

Blastr.com: Though he's had an acclaimed career that includes a number of challenging roles, Robert Downey Jr. knows being cast as Tony Stark changed his life forever. But even he's willing to admit that while Iron Man was a great superhero film, Iron Man 2 was, well ... not. Read

American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy talks premiere, his favorite scene, and identity of Rubber Man

EW.com: By now many of you watched the first episode of FX’s new shock-a-palooza and have many questions. Read