We haven’t had a regular book review in a while, so lest we seem ill read, here you go.
Enjoy!
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director chosen
Chris Columbus opted out of directing the third
Harry Potter movie some time ago. Well, according to
this
Cinescape article, Alfonso
Cuaron has stepped up to take over.
Fox Announces Fall Premier Schedule
The Fox premier schedule has been announced and is
summarized in this
Ain’t It Cool News article. Firefly is
due out on September 20, and Futurama is due
out on November 10.
“Thunderbirds” Movie Coming
The 1960s cult british show featuring "Supermarionation" will be turned into a live-action film with TNG’s Jonathan Frakes at the helm.
The show was kinda cool, but the puppets just gave me the willies as a kid. For those out of the loop, check out the show’s IMDB data, and this cool official site. True die-hard fans can just go and buy the whole thing on DVD.
Final Fantasy 1 and 2 coming to PlayStation in Japan
According to this
RPGamer article, the first two installments in
the Final Fantasy series (one of which has never been
released in English) are on their way to the
PlayStation in Japan. There’s no word about number
three (which is the best of the 8 bit games, IMO) for
any system, or whether they’ll be releasing 1 and 2
for the English-speaking world in any form.
Nicholas Brendon to play Green Lantern?
Ain’t It Cool News has this
article which contradicts this
updated report on Superhero Hype.
Video Game Review – “Final Fantasy X”
The second of our (all-too-rare) video game reviews
is now up. This games been out half the year, so I’m
sure that some of you have opinions that you’d like
to share.
Continue reading →
Emmy Nominations announced
The complete list of Emmy nominations can be found
here.
You’ll notice that there were no major nominations
for genre shows, although some of the minor
nominations have genre entries, particularly in the
mini-series categories.
“Enterprise” Spoilers
Brannon Braga, co-creator for the latest Trek series, spilled the beans as to what’s in store for Archer and company next season.
Looks like they listened to fan comments and are moving forward on some very positive things.
"Enterprise" resumes on September 18th.
“Birds of Prey” Bits
Sci-Fi Wire has some info on the upcoming Birds of Prey.