Aussie Sci-Fi concept Welcome To The Cosmos already has its pilot shot; now it just needs funding to continue working on the series and hopefully launch another successful Australian Sci-Fi series. Got a few spare bucks? More »
Ever wonder how those damn dirty apes took over the planet, enslaved humanity and blew up the Statue of Liberty? Turns out it was all James Franco’s fault. More »
The venerable Star Trek tricorder, often imitated but never actually shown 100% emulating the one demonstrated in science fiction, could net an inventor $US10 million if they’re able to produce the real thing. More »
According to Douglas Trumbull—special effects director for 2001: A Space Odyssey —Warner Bros has found seventeen minutes of edited footage from Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi opus. The film—which was dropped from the final cut—was found in their Kansas salt-mine vault. More »
Although you’ve probably never heard of the Strause brothers, you’ve almost definitely seen their work. They’ve had their hand in the special effects of a whole heap of huge sci-fi films, like Avatar, X-Men 3, Wolverine, Terminator 3, 2012, Wanted and The Day After Tomorrow. Now they’ve created their own film, called Skyline. More »
There’s a lot of good Sci-Fi on TV these days. But sometimes if you miss even a single episode, the entire show seems to make no sense whatsoever. Fortunately for anyone who ever missed an episode of Stargate Atlantis, we’re giving away three complete box sets on DVD this week, worth about $280 each. More »
Sci Fi Wire makes a convincing argument, in both authoritarian pie chart form and debatable exposition, as to why Star Trek is cool (again). But what’s missing from the chart? Two words: Lens flare. More »
