By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com We’ve been going through space withdrawal since NASA retired its last space shuttle a few months ago, but relief is on the way soon. Though manned missions are still a little further in the future, the agency has announced that it plans to launch the
Announcing Halo 4’s existence at E3 was a bold move by Microsoft. On the one hand, more Halo! On the other, what system would the next game and trilogy be for? Neither Microsoft or Halo 4’s new developers 343 Industries made any confirmations. It’s now out in the open —
By Nathalie Caron, Source: Blastr.com Eve Myles, who plays kick-ass Torchwood character Gwen Cooper, thinks neither she nor Torchwood will be part of Doctor Who’s upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations in 2013. Why? Because she thinks Torchwood’s more adult themes would be inappropriate for Who.
By Nathalie Caron, Source: Blastr.com Actor Russell Tovey, who plays lovable werewolf George on BBC 3’s hit series Being Human, has just announced he’s leaving the popular British sci-fi series. After four seasons of werewolf transformations and running around naked on Being Human, Russell Tovey has announced on Twitter—and through
By Raymond Wong, Source: Dvice.com Did you think Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 wouldn’t crush every previous record in sight? Because it did. Tuesday’s Modern Warfare 3 launch was so large, Activision managed to sell 9.3 million copies across four platforms — shattering last year’s day one sales Black
By Matthew Reynolds, Source: Digital Spy.com Star Trek Online will relaunch as a free-to-play game early next year. Originally scheduled for this year, the title will make the transition on January 17, 2012. Current monthly subscribers will receive 400 free Cryptic Points each month. The first payments will take place
by Kiel Phegley, Source: Comic Book Resources DC Comics’ classic sci-fi adventure team the Challengers of the Unknown has had a way of excaping the grim death of comic book cancelation for too long. Since their mid-century heyday at the hands of creator Jack Kirby and the artists who followed
by Liza Foreman, Soucre: Indiwire.com The time may be right for William Gibson’s 1984 cyberpunk classic Neuromancer (which won the Nebula, Hugo and Philip K. Dick awards) to get made. Producer Peter Hoffman has been trying to turn this influential dystopian novel (which coined the word cyberspace) into a film
By AMANDA LEE MYERS, Assoicate Press Source: Yahoo.com Bil Keane, the cartoonist whose “Family Circus” mixed humor with traditional family values, entertaining readers for nearly a half-century, died Tuesday. He was 89. Claudia Smith, a spokeswoman for the comic distributor King Features Syndicate, said no other details were immediately available.
By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com Director Julie Taymor left the massive Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark back in March, but she’s still tussling with the show’s producers in court. After filing a claim for royalties from the show earlier this year, Taymor has now filed a lawsuit
by Kevin Melrose, Source: Comic Book Resources Eisner-winning comics writer, and Lost alum, Brian K. Vaughan will adapt Stephen King’s 2009 novel Under the Dome for Showtime, Deadline reports. Announced in late August, the DreamWorks-produced drama series is based on the sci-fi thriller about a picturesque town in Maine that
by Rich Johnston, Source: Bleeding Cool.com It’s one thing to have your truck stolen. It’s another when the contents of the truck are far more valauable than the truck itself. That’s what happened to Andy McMahon of Duncanville Book Store. His truck on its way to Wizard World Austin Comic
