Solar Flare: Science Fiction News

So we already know that there’s going to be a sequel to the Fantastic Four movie that was released last year to mixed reactions. For the moment at least that sequel is going by the name Fantastic Four 2. For a while now there have been rumors swirling around this movie and what the plot might be.

The majority of those rumors have firmly centered on the possibility that the…

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that the computer animated movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children will be released on DVD and UMD on April 25th 2006. The 100 minute movie is a spin-off from the hugely popular RPG Final Fantasy VII and features many of the characters from that game.

The US release of the movie will feature the voices of Steve Burton, Rachael Leigh Cook and Mena Suvari. Final…

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…