Rumours are whizzing around that the highly-anticipated Star Wars TV show now has its first writers attached. Currently, the favourite to be announced as one the TV series’ scribes is Australian TV producer and writer, John Edwards. If appointed, Edwards, who has been responsible for a clutch of successful domestic shows, including Out Of The … Continued
In an alternate reality where Chris Pine wasn’t chosen to be captain of the USS Enterprise, this chiller about a particularly monstrous pandemic would still be collecting dust on a shelf somewhere in Hollywood. Happily, though, we live in a universe where Pine has been allowed to charm his way into Trek lore and as … Continued
To celebrate the release of the Transformers™: Revenge Of The Fallen videogame from Activision, we’ve teamed up to offer five lucky readers the chance to win one of five copies of the game. Based on DreamWorks’ blockbuster movie, the game will propel you straight into an adrenaline-pumping battle for supremacy across the globe where every … Continued
Sometimes it’s just fun to blow shit up, or at least that’s what it seems disaster moviemaker Roland Emmerich must think. The new trailer for his latest big-budget destructothon, 2012, is now live and appears to star John Cusack as a regular guy trying to flee for safety as the world around him literally crumbles. … Continued
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There’s no question that zom-coms have been done to death recently but that’s not to say they shouldn’t continue making good ones, and on early evidence Zombieland certainly seems to be one of those. Following the adventures of an undead-killer (Woody Harrelson) as he tries to single-handedly save the world from the growing threat of … Continued
It’s Friday so the time to look at an old trailer butchering a classic film is once again upon us. This week: the best movie of 1987. You’ll notice it isn’t Predator.
To celebrate the release of Indiana Jones® and the Staff of Kings™, we’ve teamed up with Lucas Arts to offer five lucky winners the chance to win one of five copies of the game for the Nintendo Wii. Step into the shoes of the legendary hero, Indiana Jones, in this all new adventure. Set in … Continued
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Books Are you the next Isaac Asimov? Or perhaps the new Douglas Adams? There’s only one way to find out, and it starts with getting published… and SciFiNow and Tor are here to help. Millions of sci-fi and fantasy fans across the world dream of having their own novel on sale but unfortunately getting your opus … Continued
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So long as the world has an axis, Friday will be Timewarp Trailer Day (and, incidentally, Fried Chicken Day, but that’s beside the point). To celebrate this wonderful fact, here’s a trailer for a long-forgotten sci-fi movie from the late Seventies, Star Wars: A New Hope, courtesy of traileraddict.com.
To celebrate the release of Prototype, we’ve teamed up with Activision to offer five lucky winners the chance to win a copy of the game for the Xbox 360. Feel the power of being the ultimate shape-shifting weapon in this all-new, third-person open-world/action game. You are the Prototype: Alex Mercer – a genetically mutated man … Continued
We’re not sure how many sci-fi fans tuned in to BBC’s Holby City this Tuesday, but those who did might have noticed a certain sci-fi magazine being read by a no-doubt-terribly-important character in the background while two supporting, frankly irrelevant extras talked incessantly in front of him. You can check out the whole episode on … Continued
The first trailer for cinema legend Martin Scorsese’s new movie, Shutter Island, has gone live and it’s got more than tinge of supernatural horror about it. The film, due for release later this year, tells the tale of a US Marshal (Leonardo DiCaprio) who, while investigating an island-set asylum for the criminally insane, becomes involved … Continued
Are you the next Isaac Asimov? Or perhaps the new Douglas Adams? There’s only one way to find out, and it starts with getting published… and SciFiNow and Tor are here to help. Millions of sci-fi and fantasy fans across the world dream of having their own novel on sale but unfortunately getting your opus … Continued
We remember the most exciting, cool and downright iconic moments of one of the greatest ever sci-fi series…
It’s been yet another big, screaming blockbuster-stuffed summer so far, but for sci-fi fans less taken by expensive budgets there’s also an indie treat in the shape of Duncan Jones’ Moon. To get you in the mood, check out the TV spots below. Released nationwide on 17 July, Moon tells the story of a lone … Continued
The Force only knows when we’ll eventually see Lucas’ highly-anticipated TV spin-off of Star Wars, so in the meantime we’ve compiled a list of the five storylines we’d like to see it tackle… Organarama Seeing Jimmy Smits in full subversive mode would be a treat and certainly add a much deeper feel to the storyline … Continued
In a recent interview with Reed Tucker of The New York Post, producer Todd Black disclosed some interesting tidbits about the fourth Spider-Man film and hinted that the villain in the super sequel could well be The Lizard. Spider-Man 4 is set to be the first of the record-breaking series that Black is attached to … Continued
