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LATEST SCIENCE FICTION NEWS:SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014AVENGERS & X-MEN: AXISNeed a little help separating the Apocalypse Twins from Kang? Confused over just how Red Skull obtained Professor X's telepathic brain? You're not alone! Check out the informative and enlightening video below courtesy of Marvel Entertainment, which hopes to fill you in on the myriad storylines leading up to its massive Axis teamup event series starting in October. Readers can follow along with the incredible action until this fall's fateful launch in Marvel's Uncanny Avengers, Magneto, Captain America and Loki: Agent of Asgard titles. Study up and see how Red Skull brings on World War Hate when the blistering battle begins ... Avengers & X-Men: Axis #1 strikes comic shop shelves on Oct. 8, 2014.
CUB Directed by Jonas Govaerts, the film basically follows a troop of young Cub Scouts on a camping trip as they run across a wild, feral child. Turns out, that kid is the sidekick of a crazed killer — and you can guess where things go from there. Despite the fairly simple setup, the first trailer actually manages to pull off some nice scares and freaky cinematography, and it has us curious to see more from this little indie horror gem. The film is making its debut at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Sadly, there’s no U.S. distribution deal in place as of yet. Here’s hoping some TIFF buzz might change that. Here’s the official synopsis: Cub is a horror adventure in which a young imaginative twelve-year-old boy named Sam heads off to camp with his Cub Scouts pack, leaders Peter and Chris and quartermaster Yasmin. Once they enter the woods, Sam quickly feels something is not quite right. He soon stumbles upon a mysterious tree house and meets a shifty, masked feral-looking child. When Sam tries to warn his leaders, they ignore him: the boy often tells tall tales and Sam’s mysterious past which he refuses to talk about makes his leader Peter mistrust him. As Sam gets more and more isolated from the other scouts, he becomes convinced a terrible fate awaits them: the Feral Child, it turns out, is the helper of the Poacher, an evil psychopath, who has riddled the forest with ingenious traps and is intent on slaughtering the scouts… one by one…
NETFLIX ADDS SHOWS TO ITS LINE-UP As Netflix adds a hefty new crop of genre programming to its monthly Watch Instantly shakeup, here is a quick rundown of what's worth checking out, and while there are plenty of movies to catch on the streaming service in September, this list also features a particularly robust selection of TV shows. If you've been waiting to catch up on The Walking Dead, for example, the fourth season will hit Watch Instantly this month, along with the second seasons of Arrow and Revolution, and the third season of Comic Book Men.
Arrow's executive producer Andrew Kreisberg has been waiting for the perfect time to bring Cutter into the fold. The character previously appeared in his run of the Green Arrow/Black Canary comics. “I always loved the idea of Green Arrow having a crazed fan,” Kreisberg said. “When I was writing the comic book, my big goal was to create a villain who would last. Cupid has since appeared in the DC Nation shorts on Cartoon Network, and to have her fight our TV Arrow is so much more than I ever could have hoped for the character.” Gumenick is no stranger to genre television. Not only did she play Young Mary Winchester on Supernatural, but she also appeared on Grimm and No Ordinary Family. Her character is the latest in a long line of villains waiting to make Oliver/The Arrow's life more difficult. Gumenick joins the likes of Brandon Routh as Atom/Ray Palmer, J.R. Ramirez as Wildcat/Ted Grant and David Cubitt as Mark Shaw/Manhunter. Cutter/Cupid will make her big debut in the third season's sixth episode. Arrow returns Oct. 8 on The CW.
THE SCRIBBLER Based on Daniel Schaffer’s 2006 graphic novel of the same name, the film stars Katie Cassidy (Arrow) as Suki, a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. But what if the last personality left isn’t someone she wants to be? It's an intriguing pitch, and the more we see from this new trailer, the more we like the low-budget, steampunk style. Plus, Cassidy is joined by a who’s who of fellow genre alums in this straight-to-DVD sci-fi thriller. The extended cast includes Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse), Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Gina Gershon (Face/Off) and Billy Campbell (Helix). The latest trailer shows off a fair bit of new footage, mostly a lot of dark action and sci-fi-tinged insanity. There’s also some sexy NSFW bits toward the end, fair warning. The film is directed by John Suits and slated for DVD and Blu-ray release on Oct. 21.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2014
HOUDINIHistory's latest mini-series "Houdini" tells the story of the great magician Harry Houdini like no one has ever seen before, and there are juicy nuggets sprinkled throughout the two night event for even the most die hard of fans. Oscar winner Adrien Brody plays Houdini himself, while "House of Cards" actress Kristen Connolly plays his wife Bess, who was often his partner in magic as well as life. Zap2it got a chance to catch up with Connolly to find out just how she went about stepping into the role of Houdini's wife of 32 years. What can you tease about why people should tune in to this version of the story? Audiences might know a little bit about these historical people, but I guarantee the general population are going to see things that surprise them. I hope it sparks an interest in Houdini, because the more you dig into who they are, they are so fascinating. This is someone who became outrageously famous in a time where fame and the media was a very different thing. There were no viral videos or things like that. I think the way he manipulated the media and built a giant following in his career is really cool. As much as his ability as an escape artist was extraordinary, he also was really really gifted in keeping the public interested in him and changing with the times. His ability to constantly keep himself on the front page is a really interesting thing. HOUDINI airs Monday, September 1st and Tuesday, September 2nd at 9 PM on HISTORY.
The weekly Wil Wheaton Project has been canceled after 12 episodes, the host announced Friday. Syfy did not immediately return The Hollywood Reporter's request for comment. "I'm really OK with it," Wheaton recounted on his blog. "I'm super sad that I won’t get to work with my writers and producers, and I’m sad that we don’t get to keep writing jokes, but I did everything I could to help the show succeed. I promoted it the best way I could, I worked hard to write stuff that was funny, and I tried so, so, so hard to get the network executives in New York to understand how they could help the show succeed." Ultimately he said Syfy executives told him that the series did not have "enough viewers to justify more episodes" of the series. Syfy announced the series in April for a May debut. The show featured Wheaton dissecting sci-fil film, TV, video games, viral videos and news of interest to the geek community. The half-hour series hailed from Pilgrim Studios, with Craig Piligian and Mike Nichols (Ghost Hunters) on board as exec producers. The cancellation comes as Syfy has recommitted to going back to the more traditional sci-fi and fantasy genre that viewers had come to expect from the network. The NBCUniversal-owned network becomes the latest cabler to unsuccessfully attempt to enter the talk show space. While Comedy Central has found success with Chris Hardwick's geek-infused @Midnight and Bravo re-upped Andy Cohen and his Watch What Happens Live for two more seasons, FXX's W. Kamau Bell entry, Comedy Central's Anthony Jeselnik show as well as MTV's Nikki & Sara Live did not fare as well.
Elliott is to play Detective James Steptoe in the kidnapping thriller by writer-director Wilson Coneybeare of Los Angeles-based Canoe Lake Films. American Hangman has already cast Sherlock's Martin Freeman and Brian Cox as leads. The indie feature will shoot in Canada and the U.K. in November 2014, ahead of a 2015 release. Marina Cordoni of Toronto-based Marina Cordoni Entertainment has joined the project as executive producer, and will chase pre-sales at the Toronto Film Festival. Elliott, best known as JAG's Cmdr. Harmon "Harm" Rabb, is also set to play Hollywood legend John Wayne in Trumbo, the Dalton Trumbo biopic starring Bryan Cranston and directed by Jay Roach.
“I got to know one of the writers really well, Chris Terrio, and we were able to discuss things at length and figure out who this person is to create a real psychology behind what is, perhaps, in a comic book, a less than totally modern psychology,” Eisenberg told Total Film Magazine when asked about the role, adding “I can only say I've been asked to play an interesting role: a complicated, challenging person.” The Social Network star did spill the beans that he had to express interest in playing Superman’s long-standing nemesis before even seeing a script for the movie. “They asked me if I wanted to play the part before they sent me the script,” Eisenberg said. “You know, they don't just hand the scripts out.” Despite his success to date, Eisenberg said that he was prepared for Lex to propel him into another level of celebrity. “To say, I can't do that which will appear in thousands of theaters on opening day, but I can do this which will appear in this amount of theaters... It's arbitrary,” he reasoned, before turning the thought into a compliment for the production as a whole. “I realize how popular comic-book movies are, and now, working on one, I realize why they're popular — the story is really good, the dialogue is really good, the artistry behind every department is high, the acting is really good.” With the movie still more than a year away from release — and, indeed, still in production — it’s not surprising that we’ve not seen Eisenberg’s Luthor yet, but now that the actor is talking about the role, someone needs to ask the one question that really matters: Is he playing the role bald, as Lex Luthor should be, or in the Gene Hackman method of “supposedly wearing a wig throughout the entire movie for reasons of vanity”?
GREATEST AMERICAN HERO REMAKE Based on the ABC-TV series which ran from 1980 to 1983, "The Greatest American Hero" follows a nebbishy teacher who becomes a reluctant superhero after extraterrestrials give him a special suit with powers he can barely understand or control when he loses its instruction manual. The original stars William Katt, Robert Culp and Connie Sellecca. Lord and Miller are working alongside Tawnia McKiernan, the daughter of the original show's creator, Steven J. Cannell. The pair will executive produce alongside Seth Cohen and Rodney Rothman, who is also attached to write.
"It's basically the following the events of the books," says Fuller, "but expanding those events, and expanding the point of view to go above and beyond Shadow and Wednesday. In that way, as with 'Game of Thrones,' there are dozens of characters that you're tracking through the events and that's probably the biggest similarities between the worlds, in that there's a wide variety of characters at play." "American Gods" posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of biblical and mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society's modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon, is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities. Fuller goes on to reveal that the series may also include elements of Gaiman's 2005 quasi-sequel, "Anansi Boys" and jokes that Gaiman "god damn well better" write some of the series' episodes.
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7:00pm on FXX-Men: First Class In the early 1960s, during the height of the Cold War, a mutant named Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) meets a fellow mutant named Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender). Despite their vastly different backgrounds -- Charles grew up with a wealthy family, while Erik lost his parents at Auschwitz -- the two become close friends. As the world teeters on the brink of a nuclear war, Charles and Erik with other mutants join forces to save humanity. However, a situation soon tears the friends apart.
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PAT TALLMAN IN FINAL GIRLSHorror actor/director William Butler (LEATHERFACE: TCM III, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD remake, director of MADHOUSE) has just announced THE SURVIVORS, an upcoming horror ensemble, featuring quite an impressive cast of some of horrors most beloved final girls, all banding together to stop a serial killer. This is a horror lover’s dream, as it’s always been a topic of conversation among fans regarding what it would be like if all of horror’s final girls got together to kick some ass and thansk to Butler and his Transition Entertainment company, that topic is about to see the light of day. “Butler and writer Patrick J. Doody (Beneath) are currently penning the story for “THE SURVIVORS” a horror-action feature-film about a multi-generational group of strong female survivors who decide to get revenge as they ban to together and turn the tables on legendary murderer who, during their youth pursued them all. After the killer resurfaces, the women make a pack to track him down and end his twenty-five year killing spree. Starring in the project so far are an impressive cast of fan favorites including: Adrienne King (FRIDAY THE 13TH) Heather Langenkamp (NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) Jordan Ladd (CABIN FEVER) Amanda Wyss (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) Deborah Foreman (WAXWORK, APRIL FOOLS DAY) and Patricia Tallman (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ’90). Butler is also meeting with with Amy Steel (FRIDAY THE 13th 2), P.J. Soles (HALLOWEEN), Kelli Maroney (NIGHT OF THE COMET), Tuesday Knight (NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST 4) and Lisa Wilcox (NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST 4/5), Beverly Randolph (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) in hopes they will also join the dream team. 
THE ART OF BABYLON 5There was a fabulous panel at San Diego Comic Con to celebrate the art of Babylon 5. Follow this link to see the video and enjoy the exchange with John Iacovelli, Mark Walters, Tim Earls, Alan Kobayashi, Dark Hoffman and John Copeland. http://vimeo.com/channels/788028.
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PAT TALLMAN UPDATEPat is talking to you straight! Facebook has made it harder than ever for you to see the posts from your favorite Pages. If you follow Pat on FB, you know her brand of snarky sexy humor. Well now it's no holds barred! Sign up for Pat's newsletter on her site PatriciaTallman.com and get it unsensored.The newsletter has content that will not be on the Facebook page or the site. In this first issue, there is a special offer only available to those on the newsletter. Sign up by March 31st and be in the know. 
Here is a quote from J. Michael Straczynski about emotions. I had this theory that the more important and intimate the emotion, the fewer words are required to express it.
First it's in dating: "Will you go out with me?" Six words.
While Michael O'Hare (Sinclair), Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar), Rick Biggs (Dr. Franklin), Tim Choate (Zathras) and Jeff Conoway (Zach Allen) are no longer with us, we will not forget their wonderful personalities and talent -- as well as their significant contributions to the BABYLON 5 universe. Be sure to visit In Memory Of for more information about memorial efforts.
THE HOLLYWOOD SCI-FI MUSEUMHere's a project you may want to get involved with! About the Project: New Starship Foundation, the nonprofit behind the Enterprise-D Bridge Restoration, with board members including the greatest talents in science fiction, presents THE HOLLYWOOD SCIENCE FICTION MUSEUM. This will be the first museum in the world to exclusively show the history of sci-fi films, TV, art and literature through props, sets and costumes, as well as show advancements in space travel and teach Real Science through Science Fiction. It will be an interactive museum with fully immersive environments and touch screens that will incorporate old and new footage from actors, filmmakers and NASA astronauts and scientists, and will present both the fact and fiction of sci-fi. This will eventually teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) based education in a fun new way to all ages. The museum will include exhibits from: Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, 2001, Alien, Metropolis, Thunderbirds, Firefly, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, Blake's 7, Ghostbusters, Farscape, The Time Machine, Godzilla, X-Men, Avengers, Superman, Planet of the Apes, Back to the Future, Day the Earth Stood Still, V, Batman, Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, as well as Fantasy like Lord of the Rings, Labyrinth, Legend, Munsters, Herbie the Love Bug, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dark Crystal, Game of Thrones, Anime like Akira and Speed Racer, and anything else we can fit within our walls. This Kickstarter is to acquire the funds to develop our 2015 Hollywood Sci Fi Museum, which will be smaller than the future museum, but still significant and unique. This "concept art" of the giant Millennium Falcon and Enterprise-D is for our 2018 Hollywood Sci Fi Museum. Go to http://www.hollywoodscifi.org/ for more information. BABYLON 5 MUSIC VIDEOS AND TRIBUTESJohn Hudgens has created many Babylon 5 videos, but I believe this is the most moving. It was first shown at the Phoenix Comic Con 20th Anniversary and honors many of the Babylon 5 family who have passed on.
Here is a link to John's Babylon 5 videos: Richard Biggs memorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyD4L8yNtsA Andreas Katsulas memorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2UQ2l9NPIg - This is the extended version that I did for Andreas' widow ater the original cut was released on the net. It's never been seen online until now. For those of you who've never seen these, I hope you enjoy them - and for those that have (and emailed me many times over the years about releasing them), I hope they're as good as you remember. Working with Joe on these videos was one of the highlights of my career, and I'll be forever grateful to him for the doors these have opened for me. I'm proud to have them on my resume.
John Hudgens
 Worldcon, LONCON3 Dates: August 17-20, 2014 Place: London, England For more information, go to http://www.loncon3.org/index.php. DRAGONCON 2014 Dates: August 29-September 1, 2014 Place: Atlanta, GA Guests: Patrick Stewart, Peter Weller, Peter Williams, Richard Hatch, Wesley Eure - and many more For more information, go to www.dragoncon.org. HAWAII CON Dates: September 12-14, 2014 Place: Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, Hawaii Babylon 5 Guests: Pat Tallman, Claudia Christian, Walter Koenig Other Guests from Stargate Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Games of Thrones and more For more information, go to www.hawaiicon.com. CRYSTAL COAST CON Date: October 18, 2014 Place: Mac Daddys Family Entertainment Facility, Cape Carteret, NC B5 Guests: Pat Tallman and Bill Blair Pat will be a media signing guest. The facility located at 130 Golfin Dolphin Dr., Cape Carteret, NC 28584 For more information, go to http://www.crystalcoastcon.com/. LONDON FILM AND COMIC CON WINTER Dates: October 18-19, 2014 Place: Earls Court 2, Old Brompton Road, SW5 9TA Guests: Katee Sackhoff, Nicola Bryant, Ralph Macchio, Christopher Cousins, Colin Baker, David Prowse and many more For more information, go to http://www.londonfilmandcomiccon.com/ Spooky's Ultimate Horror Weekend Dates: Oct. 24-26, 2014 Place: Doubletree Universal Studios, Orlando, FL 32819 Guests: Michael Rooker - Walking Dead & Jeremiah; Stephen Pearcy - Ratt; Dee Wallace Stone - ET & Cuju; Tyler Mane - Halloween & X Men, and Tobin Bell - Dexter For more information, go to http://www.spookyempire.com/. MALTA COMIC EXPO Dates: October 31-November 2, 2014 Place: Mediterranean Conference Center, Valletta, Malta Guests: Richard Piccardo, Dirk Benedict,Silvester McCoy and many more For more information, go to http://maltacomicsexpo.com/. MAGIC CITY COMIC CON Dates: January 16-18, 2015 Place: Miami Airport Convention Center Comic Guests: John Romita, Jr., Allen Bellman, Adelso Corona, Greg Kirkpatrick, Dan Scott For more information, go to http://www.magiccitycomiccon.com/. STEEL CITY CON Dates: December 5-7, 2014 Place: Monroeville Convention Center, Monroeville, PA Guests: Linda Blair, Henry Winkler, Michael Dorn, Peter Mayhew, Terry Farrell, John Wesley Shippe, and more. For more information, go to http://www.steelcitycon.com/. FED-CON 24 Dates: May 21-24, 2015 Place: Maritim Hotel, Dusseldorf, Germany Guests: Sam Jones, Aaron Douglas, Grant Bowler and more to come For more information, go to http://www.fedcon.de/en/. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS! Wizard World Conventions has a large number of events planned for the year. Be sure to visit the page to see if there is a convention of interest near you. Creation Entertainment has a large number of conventions planned for the next several months. They include stars from TWILIGHT, SUPERNATURAL, STARGATE, FARSCAPE, XENA, SERENITY, STAR TREK, etc. Check out their calendar to see if one will be in your neighborhood soon. Don't miss their Videos page as well. It is full of some priceless video from a number of conventions. Be sure to visit the referenced sites to see if there have been changes in dates/guests attending. Visit our Convention Calendar for a full listing of upcoming conventions.
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