Friday, October 21, 2011

SciFi News For 10-21-11

In A Busy Year In SciFi Film "In Time" Next Up (Poster & Directors Audio):
http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2011/10/17/director-andrew-niccol-occupies-sci-fi-in-a-timely-manner/ 

10 Biggest Missed Opportunities in Science Fiction: 
http://io9.com/5841940/10-biggest-missed-opportunities-in-science-fiction-and-fantasy

Hopes For A New Space Exploration Plan Are In The Air:
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1952/1 

What's This About Windmills And Science Fiction? (Video 5:29):
http://singularityhub.com/2011/10/19/endless-windmills-in-the-ocean-powering-our-cities-its-not-scifi-its-here-at-least-in-the-eu/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SingularityHub+%28Singularity+Hub%29

Taking Another Look At Nuclear Energy:
http://www.futureincredible.com/2011/is-it-time-to-reconsider-the-nuclear-option/

Ridley Scott's "Prophets Of Science Fiction" Coming To The Science Channel (Videos): 
http://sciencefiction.com/2011/10/18/prophets-of-science-fiction-by-ridley-scott-to-debut-on-science-channel-in-november/

Fan-made Video Of Alternate "Back To The Future" Ending (Video 1:38):
http://io9.com/5851812/the-only-way-back-to-the-futures-ending-could-have-been-cooler 

Marty McFly Hoverboards Possible Through Quantum Levitation (Video 1:56)
http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/Hoverboards-Could-Real-Thanks-Quantum-Levitation-36181.html

You'd Never Guess What They're Using For Prop Weapons in "Terra Nova"!:
http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/television/terra-nova-fights-dinosaurs-nerf-guns.html

OTHER NEWS
In November Zachary Quinto will start preparing to take the "Spock" character to new physical heights for the next movie. “There’s a big sequence for me that I have to prepare for in this movie physically so I’m training, working on getting in some serious shape, building my cardio endurance, preparing to run a lot,” Quinto said. The sequel starts production in January. 

Here comes a totally new Battlestar Galactica...again!  Director Bryan Singer’s “Battlestar Galactica” movie has its screenwriter, John Orloff. "Don’t worry, I’m not gonna frak it up" said Orloff in an interview. Orloff declined to elaborate on the project and would not specify whether the new film would update the original TV series or be a take off from Ronald Moore’s Battlestar!

Lana and Andy Wachowski, the writing and directing team behind "The Matrix" trilogy, are set to return to the science fiction world with an original project called "Jupiter Ascending". Although there are no details about the plot as yet, the film is being set up at Warner Bros, who are on the look out for an A-list star to head the cast. It is scheduled to start production next spring.

"Limitless" star Bradley Cooper is close to signing on to the role of superspy Napoleon Solo in Steven Soderbergh's update of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."  The show, which focused on the fictitional United Network Command for Law Enforcement played on television in 1964-68 TV. No word if Soderbergh's U.N.C.L.E. will have an Illya Kuryakin. 

Universal Pictures has signed Dan Trachtenberg to direct a sci-fi action heist film titled "Crime Of The Century". Not much is known about the project, however Deadline reports that the story "revolves around a high-octane heist with a science fiction twist."

Isaac Asimov’s work is getting a lot of attention lately. We just heard about "The Caves Of Steel" being developed and now there’s more news regarding Sony’s much anticipated "Foundation" adaptation directed by Roland Emmerich. Originally published as a short story series in 1942 before becoming a novel, "Foundation" is a story of a human dominated galaxy living under the rule of a Galactic Empire whose power is rapidly fading

SFRevu is looking for reviewers of science fiction books. Operators of the UK site say they get more books each month than they have readers for. If interested, contact them with a brief bio about yourself and send an approximately 500 word review of a book that you have recently read. Contact editor Gail Surrette on this page: http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=12689

The exhausted 2.7-ton German ROSAT satellite is slated to make a fiery, uncontrolled re-entry to our atmosphere sometime Saturday or Sunday (Oct. 22 or 23). Experts say the broken-up bits of ROSAT have a roughly 1-in-2,000 chance of hitting someone somewhere on Earth, though they won't know where until a few hours before it enters the atmosphere.

"Out Of This World" - Mike Ashley:
http://io9.com/5849580/a-coffee-table-book-that-traces-the-earliest-history-of-science-fiction
"The Complete Vader" - Ryder Windham & Pete Vilmur:
http://roqoodepot.com/2011/10/07/star-wars-the-complete-vader-interview-with-ryder-windham-and-pete-vilmur/
Author Interviews: http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2011/10/06/the-complete-vader-author-interviews/

SCIFI NEWS QUOTE OF THE WEEK 
"What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous" -  Actor Steve Buscemi

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