Solar Flare: Science Fiction News

Now that the V For Vendetta movie adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel has had it’s world premiere in Berlin a few reviews are starting to filter through and right now there’s a real mix. On the one hand Aint It Cool News has posted what can only be described as a glowing review fresh from the Berlin screening.

The Variety review on the other hand pours more than a little…

The 2005/6 US television season was hailed as a great explosion of new programming by many science fiction fans. Unfortunately as 2006 rolled round that explosion was looking more like an implosion as show after show as either canceled or had its season ended early.

The cause of the sudden interest by broadcast networks in genre television shows can be placed almost entirely on the shoulders of Lost. While the SciFi…

Shooting for the third season of The 4400 for the USA Network will begin in Vancouver in late February. The 4400 features the stories of 4400 abductees who were taken at various points in the past and returned to Earth by an orb of light all on a single day. The abductees have no memory of their experiences and they have not aged while they were gone. Some have remarkable…

According to a report at SciFi Wire Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2, Superman Returns) is reuniting with writer Christopher McQuarrie, whom he last worked with on The Usual Suspects, to write the script for the remake of Logan’s Run.

Singer is now looking to start production on the movie (which was delayed in order for Singer to finish working on Superman Returns) in 2006 with a release in 2008. The new movie…

I recently found Sci-Fi Lists, a site which has lists of to Sci-Fi movies, books and tv shows. Out of curiosity I thought I’d create my own list of the things I haven’t seen/read. First up is the list of Top 100 Sci-Fi Films. For the original list, see the link at the bottom of this post.

Top Sci-Fi Movies I Haven’t Seen

I’ve got to say I’m pretty impressed with myself…

There’s a lot of buzz right now that Gary Oldman may not reprise his role as Sirius Black in the next Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix. The worries have been caused by an article in the UK’s Sun newspaper where Gary Oldman’s manager claimed that there is no contract for Oldman to apear in Order of the Phoenix:

Oldman’s manager Douglas Urbanski told The Sun:…

Greg Rucka will be over in the UK in March doing a signing at the Forbidden Planet store in Bristol. Rucka is there promoting his graphic novel The OMAC Project amongst other things and will be at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, Clifton Heights, Triangle West, Bristol on Saturday 18th March from 1pm to 2pm.

The signing is part of the grand opening of the new Forbidden Planet Megastore in Bristol which…

For more years than I can personally remember, fan fiction has been a staple element of science fiction fandom. And for just as long it has been looked down upon. Recently the creative element of fandom has been rejuvenated by the advent of the web and easy distribution of their works to other fans. Again fan-fiction was at the forefront of this but still remained ghettoized.

In the last couple of…

Rumors continue to swirl about the sequel to Batman Begins (which still doesn’t have an official title). Its important to emphasize that these are most definitely rumors and are completely unconfirmed.

I previously reported talk that Bob Hoskins might be up for the role of The Penguin, but now there is a new rumor that Hoskins is actually up for mob boss Sal Maroni. And speaking of The Penguin it…