I’m not sure this is “hard” SF, but reading the book (back in grade school, even!) was one of my first really nifty experiences with fantasy/sf/speculative-fiction/whatever. Anyway. “A Wrinkle In Time” will be a two-part miniseries for ABC. You know what to do for more details.
Author Archives: David E. Smith
MTV Movie Awards: SF Stiffed Again
I’m not cool like fiziko, where I’m gonna retype the whole list of nominations. I’ll just direct you to this list and point out that, except for a couple token gestures to “X-Men,” sci-fi and fantasy have been left out of another awards show.
Those token gestures: X-Men for “Best Movie,” and Hugh Jackman (the dude with the claws) for “Breakthrough Male Performance,” where he’s up against stiff competition like Tom Green. Gods help us all.
How To Make A SF Movie
It’s been a slow week, news-wise, so I’m stretching a bit. Here’s a deep, insightful Web page on how to make a sci-fi movie. Enjoy.
Harry Potter: Eye Candy
Fresh from the Leaky Cauldron: more neat-o stills from the set of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” I’ve decided that the .uk title is cooler than the .us title, so I’ll use it for a while. Go get an eyefull.
Red Dwarf Cruising Towards Production
That last article really creeped me out, so here’s something a bit cooler from the BBC: There’s an actual script and everything for the “Red Dwarf” movie. This juicy tidbit straight from the source: Robert “Kryten” Llewellyn’s homepage.
Hugh Who?
This is so bizarre, it must be true. IGN FilmForce is reporting that actor Hugh Grant is the latest candidate to play the Ninth Doctor in the always-talked-about “Doctor Who” feature film. He may be British, but beyond that I’m a touch skeptical.
X-Lawsuit!
When I posted the X-Lawsuit story a few days back, it was a joke. Really. This one isn’t, though, and it’s even weirder.
After the X-Men movie of last summer, Marvel decided to capitalize on its popularity by rushing a new TV series, “Mutant X,” into production. 20th Century Fox says it’s got refusal rights on any X-series; Marvel claims that “The X-Men” aren’t related to “Mutant X” in any way.
I think. This is just too screwy for me…
Harry Potter: It’s Not Just For Brits Anymore
Okay, so it never was just for Great Britain,
but the power of this weird little phenomenon just
continues to amaze me. Not only are J.K. Rowling’s books
best-sellers in just about every English-speaking country
on the planet, but now they’re best-sellers
in Japan as well. Hey, at least it’s not Pokemon…
Horror’s Top Ten
What goes better with the bright sunny days of summer
than the dark creepy books of horror? IGN has posted
their list of the top horror books that we all need
to read (assuming we haven’t already, I guess). What
creepy classics should be on the list, but aren’t? Let us know!
Cheap DVDs? No Way!
No, really, it’s not gonna happen. In a lawsuit that’s really too bizarre to fathom, a whole bunch of DVDs (everything from “Amazon Women On The Moon” to the pilot episode of “Quantum Leap”) are being pulled from the market because – get this – they’re priced too LOW. Read all about it over here, then jump over to amazon.com and snag some of these cheap classics while you still can.