Sci-Fi Buzz

Dreams With Sharp Teeth

2007-09-07T17:07:00.000-07:00

Dreams With Sharp Teeth, the Harlan Ellison film doc, looks to be quite fantastic. Unfortunately, there is still no DVD release date. To view the trailer and much, much more, visit the link below. You won't be dissapointed.

http://www.creatvdiff.com/harlan_ellison.php

New Fahrenheit 451 Movie On The Way

2007-08-11T11:17:00.000-07:00

Frank Darabont has written the screenplay and is set to direct the adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. And the rumor posted over at AICN is that Darabont has chosen Tom Hanks to play Guy Montag, the fireman.

This will be the second film adaption of Bradbury's story. The first was the 1966 François Truffaut film.

For any Bradbury fan, this article on the misinterpretation of Fahrenheit 451 should be required reading. In it, Bradbury explains that it's not a story about censorship, but rather the dumbing down of society through television. And the parallels between the television "walls" in Fahrenheit and today's giant flat-panel TV's are interesting.

Bionic Woman

2007-08-10T07:53:00.000-07:00

You have to be impressed with BSG producer David Eick's ability to seemingly be able to take any campy 70's sci-fi television show and make it interesting. His new project is a remake of The Bionic Woman. The new version, premiering this fall on NBC, stars Michelle Ryan as Jamie Sommers and Battlestar Galactica's Kattee Sackhoff in a recurring role.

Check out NBC's Bionic Woman website here.

Ellison Is A Mutant

2007-08-05T13:32:00.001-07:00

Haha. Yes, the man on the right with the "finger sack" hanging off neck is Harlen Ellison. The picture is from 'The Discarded', part of ABC's new summer anthology series 'Masters of Science Fiction'. Read more about the series in my previous post about it here.

Also check out STARTREK.COM's latest article on the series.

And of course, the second picture is John Hurt and his "twin" from 'The Discarded'. lol. Brilliant.

The Sarah Connor Chronicles

2007-08-01T09:06:00.000-07:00

One of the most highly anticipated new sci-fi television series' this year is The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which is set to debut on the Fox network in January 2008 and stars Leana Headey (300) as Sarah Connor, Thomas Dekker (Heroes) as John Connor and Summer Glau (Firefly/Serenity) as Cameron Phillips, a high school student whom turns out to be more than she appears.

The Sarah Connor Chronicles is set 2 years after the events of T2: Judgement Day and in an alternate timeline from the one we saw in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. In this time, Sarah and John find themselves isolated and on the run from the law as well as more enemies from the future when they are suddenly granted the protection of an adolescent-looking female Terminator from the future.

The series sounds pretty promising. But then when you think Fox, you think cancellation. Read more on Fox's page.

Blade Runner - The Final Cut on Dec. 18th

2007-07-31T19:54:00.000-07:00

The long awaited Final Cut of Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic Blade Runner is set for release on December 18th and will be available in no less than 7 versions. Here's a run-down.

-Blade Runner: The Final Cut Special Edition (2-Disc DVD)

-Blade Runner: Collector's Edition (4-Disc DVD)

-Blade Runner: Ultimate Collector's Edition (5-Disc DVD)

-Blade Runner: Collector's Edition (4-Disc HD-DVD)

-Blade Runner Ultimate Collector's Edition (5-Disc HD-DVD)

-Blade Runner: Collector's Edition ( 4-Disc BD)

-Blade Runner: Ultimate Collector's Edition (5-Disc BD)

The 5-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition come packaged in it's own custom Blade Runner briefcase. At first, I had thought the price tag on that version would be incredible, but at $54.99 on Amazon.com, it's pretty reasonable for what you're getting. I'm getting the briefcase. HD. Heh.

Read the full details at The Digital Bits.

'Masters Of Science Fiction' Coming To ABC In August

2007-07-28T00:19:00.000-07:00

Beginning Saturday, August 4th (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) and running throughout the month of August, ABC will be airing 'Masters of Science Fiction' a mini-anthology series featuring the talents of many acclaimed writers, directors and actors. Prof. Stehphen Hawking will provide narraration bookends for each episode of the series. The following episode descriptions are from STARTREK.COM.

'A Clean Escape' (August 4th) - A dying Dr. Deanna Evans (two-time Oscar nominee and double Emmy-winner Judy Davis; Life With Judy: Me and My Shadows, Marie Antoinette) refuses to believe that her patient, Robert Havelmann (Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Sam Waterston; Law & Order, The Killing Fields), cannot remember the last 25 years of his life. It remains unclear why she has been so obsessed with this particular patient until the final, shocking conclusion that may just have resonance with the current global crisis.

The premier episode is based on a short story by Nebula Award-winner John Kessel (Another Orphan, Buffalo), scripted by Emmy nominee Sam Egan (The Outer Limits, Jeremiah) and directed by Oscar-nominated director Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond, For the Boys).

'The Awakening' (August 11th) is set in the middle of a ferocious firefight outside of Baghdad, where U.S. soldiers discover a mysterious body — one that they can't even identify as human. Swiftly, all over the earth, more such creatures appear and begin to communicate. With this contact, the world is forced to choose between peace and destruction.

This episode is based on a short story by Howard Fast (Spartacus) and written and directed by Michael Petroni (The Dangerous Life of Altar Boys). It stars Emmy nominee Terry O'Quinn (Lost, Stepfather, Star Trek: TNG) and Elisabeth Rohm (Law & Order).

'Jerry Was A Man' (August 18th) tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Van Vogel (Golden Globe nominee Malcolm McDowell; A Clockwork Orange, Star Trek: Generations, Heroes; and Emmy nominee Anne Heche; Men in Trees, John Q), a wealthy couple for whom pleasure is their only work; mundane or dangerous chores are done by anthropoids. Somehow, Mrs. Van Vogel's dormant compassion is awakened by an anthropoid named Jerry. What traits would prove that Jerry is, indeed, a man?

'Jerry Was A Man' comes from a short story by seven-time Hugo Award winner Robert A. Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers) and was written and directed by Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Michael Tolkin (The Player, The Rapture).

'The Discarded' (August 25th) stars James Denton (Desperate Housewives), two-time Oscar nominee John Hurt (The Elephant Man, Contact, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones 4) and Emmy and Tony Award-winner Brian Dennehy (Assault on Precinct 13, Cocoon) in a story of despised minorities forever adrift in the darkness of outer space. As a last resort — born out of their loneliness and despair — they are forced to make an ominous pact with those responsible for their plight, in the hope that they will finally be offered refuge at home on Earth.

This story is based on a short story by seven-time Hugo Award winner, three-time Nebula Award winner and Science Fiction Grand Master Laureate Harlan Ellison (A Boy and His Dog, Star Trek, Babylon 5), written for the screen by Ellison and Oscar nominee Josh Olson (A History of Violence) and directed by Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection).

Read more about the series here at ABC.com and STARTREK.COM.

I'm definitly looking forward to this series. Especially Ellison's 'The Discarded'. Oh and if you didn't catch it in that second link, he has a cameo playing a mutant. Haha... You don't want to miss that.