Solar Flare: Science Fiction News

I’m a little slow posting this one, but oh well. The Harry Potter News Aggregator has some set pics for the latest Harry Potter film, Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire.

These are set pics taken from a distance so don’t expect too much, but if you’re a Harry Potter fan (and aren’t we all) then you should find it interesting. It looks like all the pictures relate to the…

For those of us who haven’t had a chance to see it (or downloaded it from Bittorrent) About.com has updated its Battlestar Galactica picture gallery to include pictures from Season 1.

The Battlestar Galactica Picture Gallery has over 200 images, some of which might possibly be considered spoilers depending on just how particular you are about these things.

Arrested Development, returns for its second season tonight! This is probaby the cleverest comedy on tv, certainly on network tv and if you haven’t watched before you really want to start watching now. Those of you with Tivo just follow this link to set up your recording.

With tv networks playing safe in their programming I really hope this season gets more viewers than the last.

Sci-Fi Wire is reporting that The Village by M. Night Shyamalan has dropped to second place and suffered a considerable drop in its box-office takings. They also note that its a good $30 million below where Sings was at this point two years ago.

While its clear that the film is not doing as well as Shyamalan’s previous film, the negativity in the reporting is a bit unbalanced. The Manchurian Candidate for example has…

SciFi Wire is reporting on a rumor that work has begun on a script for a second movie based on C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia.

Making of the second movie appears to depend entirely on the success of the first one, though they may actually film the next two at that point.

Its not clear from the reports which book the second film is being based on, though most likely it would…

Season 8 of Stargate SG-1 opened with a 2 hour episode. Those of you expecting to see it set up for the new series Stargate: Atlantis will be sadly dissapointed. It does however resolve the biggest cliffhanger from the last season.

We’re also treated to the return of the Replicators and the Asgard. Not to mention some general filling in of backstory as far as what the System Lords are up…

Are we seeing a smackdown renaissance? Well probably not anything that dramatic. But what we got this week was a definite step up on recent performances. It still seemed rather unfocussed, but at the very least someone seems to have recognized that what they were doing wasn’t working and they’re moving in another direction.

The Eddie/Bradshaw feud is still a weak link, but to their credit WWE gave me the most…

A smattering of Harry Potter news for any of you that care. Over at the Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator has a story about Warner Bros. getting brass beds for a scence in The Goblet of Fire. Why is this important? Because that scene relates to the Quidditch World Cup and if that scene is there, so presumably is the World Cup.

A release date has been set for The Prisoner…

Courtesy of SFSignal here is a link to an excerpt from Vernor Vinge’s new story Rainbows End at IEE Spectrum.

I’m a big fan of Vernor Vinge’s previous stories so this is a must see as far as I’m concerned.

Its been over the comics news sites for a few days now that Bruce Jones has signed an exclusive deal with DC Comics. Which is great for him, but raises a question. Who will take over writing the Hulk? Now I was a big fan of Jone’s work on Hulk so I’m not happy to see him go, but it does raise an opportunity to see a new approach for…