A new promotional image poster for Legendary Pictures/Warner Bros. Godzilla "demand to know" the truth.
Godzilla - World Premiere Sweepstakes (Airfare, Hotel & Tickets Included!)
From Legendary Pictures
WIN A TRIP TO THE WORLD PREMIERE of GODZILLA
Legendary is sending one lucky fan and their friend to LA to join the cast and crew of GODZILLA for the red carpet premiere on May 8, 2014.
Grand Prize includes:
Two tickets to the GODZILLA World Premiere
Round-trip flights to Los Angeles
Hotel accommodations for two
Legendary apparel
Gift card
Two tickets to the GODZILLA World Premiere
Round-trip flights to Los Angeles
Hotel accommodations for two
Legendary apparel
Gift card
Entering is easy - just head to Legendary's Facebook page and enter your contact info for your chance to win. The more you share with your friends, the more entries you can receive!
Winners must be available from Tuesday 5/6 to Friday 5/9.
GODZILLA is in theaters May 16th.
GODZILLA is in theaters May 16th.
Star Wars Sith Lord Darth Vader Standing As President Of Ukraine
From Huffington Post
The leader of the Ukrainian Internet Party (UIP) is running in the country’s presidential campaign – in the guise of Sith Lord Darth Vader.
‘Vader’ won the primaries of the UIP, his group said in a statement and was officially proposed for the candidacy on Saturday.
He told Russia's RT News: “I am prepared to take responsibility for the fate of this country, if fellow citizens do me this high honour.
“I alone can make an empire out of a republic, to restore former glory, to return lost territories and pride for this country.”
Ukraine's presidential elections will take place on 25 May.
Vader and other activists also dressed as Star Wars characters including Stormtroopers, have previously made appearances on the Ukrainian political scene.
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Kamen Rider Ooo Hitting Malaysian Market Soon
From BERNAMA
Malaysian fans of the Japanese superhero, Kamen Rider can prepare themselves for the arrival of the most popular Kamen Rider character - Kamer Rider 000.
For the first time in South East Asia, Litt Tak Sdn Bhd (Litt Tak) together with Bandai Namco Group (Bandai) will introduce the character that has been described as the most successful one in the history of the series.
Set up in 1985, Litt Tak is the main distributor of Japanese action figures and toys.
Litt Tak, along with Bandai, are also the distributors of other superhero action figures including the Power Rangers, Ultraman and Ben 10.
Bandai (H.K) Co. Ltd Sales Manager, Yun Keichin said that the Bandai toy industry was valued at US$5 billion, 14 per cent of which came from the sales of toys and products related to the Kamen Rider series.
THE ORIGINS OF KAMEN RIDER
Kamen Rider (translated as the Masked Rider) is a weekly Japanese fictional drama by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, featuring a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who protects the world by battling off supervillains.
The television series premiered in 1971. The popularity of the series has spawned many television, theatrical and film sequels, as well as turned it into a large network of product franchise.
"Of all the variations of Kamen Rider, the OOO version, with 48 episodes, is the most popular one. We are also fond of it because one of its episodes served as the 1000th episode of Kamen Rider series since it premiered 43 years ago", added Yun.
In Japan, the Kamen Rider OOO series recorded the highest percentage of viewership in television history, capturing the attention of over 25 per cent of children aged between four and six.
Kamen Rider OOO differs from his predeccessors due a new ability to collect special coin-like medals called the O-Medal. The medals are the centre of the superhero's different powers, enabling him to transform and face different battle scenes accordingly.
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The Conquest of the Plan ... I Mean Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Trailer
War is on the horizon in the first TV spot for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which you can watch directly below. It doesn't include much, but a few shots of a ravaged Earth and the apes making ready for battle as thier growing nation, led by Caesar (Andy Serkis), is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. Set 15 years after the events of 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, apes and humans have reached a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species. In various human and ape roles the film stars Jason Clarke, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Judy Greer, Toby Kebbell and Enrique Murciano and was directed by Matt Reeves.
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J.J. Abrams Wants To Cast Relative Unknowns In Star Wars: Episode VII
From Cinemablend
Before A New Hope, Harrison Ford was best known as a carpenter, Carrie Fisher was Debbie Reynolds’ daughter, and Mark Hamill was an aspiring actor and the son of a Naval captain. Star Wars put these three relative unknowns on the map, and it sounds like J.J. Abrams wants to do something very similar with Star Wars: Episode VII.
Lost and The Lord of the Rings co-star Dominic Monaghan appeared on the video podcast Dweebcast, and opened up about his relationship with Abrams and the director’s approach to this material. He said that, in conversations with Abrams, it’s always been clear that he wants to make stars out of newcomers, not look for massive celebrities (like Zac Efron) who will distract from the story with their presence. Monaghan says:
"We’ve talked a few times about it and he said, ‘We’re putting together a cast of unknowns – we want to follow the ’77 New Hope cast because obviously Harrison Ford wasn’t well known at that point, Mark Hamill wasn’t and Carrie Fisher wasn’t either. What he said was, we don’t want to fall into that mistake of people going, ‘Oh it’s that guy from that thing!’ and then you’re completely out of the Star Wars universe."
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Godzilla 2014 Movie: Godzilla Deluxe Attack and Roar Action Figure
Godzilla Deluxe Attack and Roar Action Figure
Price: $34.99 - Entertainment Earth
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Bring the fight home as you become Godzilla with the 10-inch tall Godzilla 2014 Movie Godzilla Deluxe Attack and Roar Action Figure! Godzilla comes to life in this collector level detailed large scale figure. Bring Godzilla to life as he blasts his powerful atomic breath and lets out his iconic trademarked roar. Ages 4 and up.
Age: 4+
Size: 10-inches tall
7 Best Sci-Fi Films With Social Commentary
From What Culture
It’s shocking that science fiction isn’t considered literary or even highbrow – because it’s certainly raised a few. For decades, sci-fi writers have not only used their texts to predict the technology of the future (re: Prophets of Science Fiction), but they’ve also made strong social criticisms on the way we’d use it.
Sometimes these novels say even more on screen. Writers such as H.G. Wells created the masterworks War of the Worlds and Time Machine with messages so strong, one made the big screen twice. There’s no doubt, sci-fi films with collective critiques can reach a broader audience.
Read on for some of the best sci-fi films with social commentary, from the new classics to a couple of contemporary favorites.
7. Avatar (2009)
20th Century Fox
Avatar offers up some pretty strong social commentary about war. The Los Angeles Times reported the director, James Cameron, saying, “This movie reflects that we are living through war. There are boots on the ground, troops who I personally believe were sent there under false pretenses, so I hope this will be part of opening our eyes.”
There’s a message about the environment, too. It’s a central aspect of the film, which focuses on an invasion of a planet for resources, showing the audience the perils of destroying our own planet. However, even the environmental aspect may still be linked back to Cameron’s views on modern war since, likewise, many believe the Iraq invasion was a battle for resources.
6. Children Of Men (2006)
Universal Pictures
Director Alfonso Cuarón creates a torn version of the UK set in the year 2027. The film features fractured social commentary; the kind that’s broad and hard to pin down. There are themes of war and terrorism. But there are also notes on gender.
After all, the film is about the demise of the human race and women’s inability to reproduce. It shows how strongly our society relies on heteronormative culture and the control that many (sometimes desperately) seek to gain over a woman’s womb.
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Troopers - Star Wars - Stormtroopers - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Signed and Numbered Poster Print
Troopers - Star Wars - Stormtroopers - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Signed and Numbered Poster Print
$10 - View Obscura
This is a poster graphic print featuring an image of an Imperial Stormtroopers from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The print looks amazing matted to 8 x 10 to 24 x 36 and framed and will make a great addition to your movie memorabilia collection. A must for all Star Wars fans!
This image was created by renowned California photographer Ken Hulsey.
Each image is a limited edition that is signed by the artist and numbered (1-50).
The image is printed on professional studio grade glossy paper by a professional photography studio not a home printer.
The item will be shipped in an acid free bag with a protective board to prevent folding or creasing.
Larger items will be shipped rolled in a protective tube.
Limited Edition: 50 numbered pieces.
Stormtroopers were the elite soldiers of the Galactic Empire. Like Imperial-class Star Destroyers and TIE fighters, stormtroopers served as ever present reminders of the absolute power of Emperor Palpatine. These faceless enforcers of the New Order were considered an extension of the Emperor's will, and thus they often used brutal tactics as a way to keep thousands of star systems throughout the galaxy in line. At the height of the Empire, stormtroopers had effectively become symbols of brutality and terror. With few exceptions, they were distinguished from all other military units by their signature white armor.
The Imperial stormtroopers were the evolution of the clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic. By the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY, the Galactic Republic was reorganized into the first Galactic Empire. As a result, the Grand Army was reformed into the Stormtrooper Corps and the clones were renamed "stormtroopers." Under the Empire, stormtroopers operated alongside Imperial Army and Navy units, and some were stationed on Naval ships where they served as marines. Although the Corps was overseen by Stormtrooper Command, a military agency that was independent from Imperial High Command, all stormtroopers ultimately answered to Emperor Palpatine with unconditional loyalty and subservience.
Members of the Rebel Alliance SpecForce had several slang names for stormtroopers, including whitehats, plastic soldiers, snowmen, The Boys in White, bucketheads, plastic boys." Another term was "Stormies," often used by Wedge Antilles and Corran Horn.
Although the deaths of both Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader in 4 ABY caused the collapse and fragmentation of the original Galactic Empire, stormtroopers were retained as elite soldiers under several successor states, such as the Imperial Remnant, the Second Imperium, and the Empire of the Hand. By the year 138 ABY, stormtroopers still existed in two Imperial states: the New Galactic Empire of the Sith Lord Darth Krayt, and the "Empire" of the exiled emperor Roan Fel. - Wiki
Warnog, official Klingon beer launched by Star Trek, with 'notes of clove, banana and caramel'
From The Guardian
Star Trek's warrior race the Klingons may be more famed for drinking the alarmingly red bloodwine in outer space, but on Earth at least, they have a new official booze of choice: Warnog, a beer with notes of clove, banana and caramel.
The Federation of Beer, a Canadian company who have an official partnership with the Star Trek franchise, has commissioned the 'Roggen Dunkel' style ale, to be brewed at the Tin Man Brewing Company in Indiana. It's their second themed beer, following their Vulcan Ale last year, an Irish Red chosen to match the red planet of Vulcan where Spock hails from.
Warnog "incorporates rye malt into a modern Dunkelweizen grain bill, creating a flavor profile that is both familiar and unique," the Federation explains in a statement. "Warnog's aroma is predominantly mild banana and clove produced by the German wheat yeast, supported by subtle sweet malt character from the use of Munich malt. The flavor draws heavily from the blending of the rye malt and traditional clove character, creating a very rich and unique flavor. The inclusion of wheat and caramel malts help to round out the mouthfeel of this beer, making this Dunkelweizen hearty enough to be called a Klingon Warnog." Warnog was drunk by Klingons in both The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine TV series.
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Universal Monsters Son of Frankenstein Diamond Select Action Figure
Universal Monsters Son of Frankenstein Diamond Select Action Figure
$22.99 - Entertainment Earth
The monster returns! Diamond Select Toys revisits Frankenstein's Monster with this exciting figure depicting the monster in his outfit from 1939's Son of Frankenstein. This 7-inch scale action figure features an all-new sculpt with all-new articulation, and can strike multiple poses on his deluxe display base, featuring equipment from Dr. Frankenstein's lab. The Monster and his base come packaged in Select-style display packaging, with spine artwork. Sculpted by Jean St. Jean!
Godzilla Front View Poster
Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures have released a new "full frontal" version of Godzilla poster. The movie is set to be released May 16.
Here's a textless version of the poster:
Here's a textless version of the poster:
Star Wars VII 'will return to ice planet Hoth'
From The Week (UK)
THE next film in the Star Wars series could include scenes on the ice planet of Hoth, last seen in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, according to reports.
Filming is not officially set to begin until May but Icelandic news site Visir reports that the Star Wars crew may begin work on scenes in Iceland as early as next month.
Hoth was the setting for an epic clash between the rebel alliance and the evil Galactic Empire, led by Darth Vader. The battle between rebels and the imperial forces on the snowy planet is one of the best loved sequences in the sci-fi series.
Director JJ Abrams has filmed in Iceland once before, recording "plate shots" for the 2013 picture Star Trek Into Darkness, Visir says.
Plate shots are background images, often used alongside green screen recordings or computer animation to create composite sequences that superimpose actors or props over a particular setting. If it does go ahead, filming in Iceland is expected to capture background imagery of this kind for Star Wars VII.
Icelandic film production company True North has been linked to the project. Members of the Star Wars crew were reported to be scouting for locations in Iceland alongside True North in October last year, although True North declined to comment on any involvement with the picture.
Disney and Lucasfilm have also released no new information about the upcoming film since the revelation last week that Star Wars VII would be set 30 years after Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
Many believe that the new films will see the return of Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill in their roles as Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Luke Skywalker.
Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o and Girls star Adam Driver have also been tipped for roles in the new film.
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Jurassic World's Stunning, Futuristic Concept Art Just Went Public
From Cinema Blend
Maybe you’ve been to Jurassic Park, but are you ready for Jurassic World? The fourth film in the Jurassic Park series is hitting theaters next year, and everyone is curious about the storyline, particularly with the only returning cast member apparently being B.D. Wong of the first film. So with every new Jurassic World morsel comes the hope, and the theories, of what’s to come.
This latest peak comes courtesy of Nathan Schroeder, a concept artist who has worked on blockbusters like Star Trek and The Avengers. Universal is apparently quite alright with him releasing these images to the public, which paint a very peculiar picture of the Jurassic world we know and love. These are peeks at the island of Kauai, which is apparently doubling as the infamous Isla Nublar.
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America's Monster Hunters: BBC Four Documentary to Delve into 'Cult of Bigfoot Hunting'
I hope my impression is wrong, but as I said before, the latest press coming out of the UK has me concerned.
Check it out for yourself:
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A BBC Four documentary is to look into the "culture of Bigfoot hunting".
Shooting Bigfoot: America's Monster Hunters will follow filmmaker Morgan Matthews as he accompanies three American Bigfoot search parties on the lookout for proof of the elusive missing link.
A BBC synopsis says the show will look into "the religiously obsessive, competitive and bitterly divided cult of Bigfoot hunting."
Tom Biscardi is one of the men Matthews tails. He has been hunting down the ape-like creature for 37 years (some would probably take a hint after 5 years so extra credit for persistence), turning his hobby into a career.
His website (which is quite something, check out the hilarious Bigfoot Photoshop job at the top) lists him as CEO of Searching for Bigfoot inc. He and his team "adopts a military approach" to finding the creature, utilising thermal imaging cameras and tasers as part of their ever-increasing arsenal.
Two more hunters, Dallas and Wayne from Ohio – are unemployed and think Native American chanting will help them lure Bigfoot.
The success rates of each are the same.
Finally there's Rick Dyer, who found fame earlier this year for allegedly killing Bigfoot in 2012 and posting pictures of the "beast" online.
"I've heard people say it's fake. They haven't seen the body. They haven't studied it," he told the New York Daily News. "They're just guessing. They're not an expert in what they're talking about."
Shooting Bigfoot: America's Monster Hunters airs Monday 24 March at 9pm.
Ralph Bakshi’s son brings deleted Lord of the Rings footage to light!
From Movie Pilot
Fans of Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 cult animation of The Lord of the Rings can rejoice at some interesting discoveries rescued from the cutting room floor.
The artist's son, Eddie Bakshi has been rifling through the archives hunting out long lost scenes, and a couple of them are of particular interest. Anyone who has seen the film will vividly remember the scene featuring the confrontation between Gandalf and the Balrog in Moria.
The lion-headed creature with the ungainly body of an ape, butterfly wings and a whip paired with a flaming sword for good measure, remains one of the classic renditions of Tolkien’s monster, but there is no sign of Balrog in its worm form.
Now, however the scenes featuring Gandalf's battle through the fall in Moria’s abyss and on the Endless Stair have been discovered and restored to their former glory.
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Universal Monsters Creature from the Black Lagoon Diamond Select Action Figure
Universal Monsters Creature from the Black Lagoon Diamond Select Action Figure
$22.99 - Entertainment Earth
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water! Diamond Select Toys revisits the Black Lagoon with this all-new figure depicting the world-famous Creature, first seen in 1954's Creature from the Black Lagoon. This 7-inch scale action figure features a new sculpt with over 16 points of articulation, and can strike a wide variety of poses on his deluxe display base, which features a skeleton and an undersea rock formation. The Creature and his base come packaged in Select-style display packaging, with spine artwork. Sculpted by Jean St. Jean!
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Godzilla Movie Chibi Figure 2-Pack with Godzilla (Version A) and MUTO (Version A)
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Godzilla Movie Chibi Figure 2-Pack with Godzilla (Version A) and MUTO (Version A)
$8.99 - Amazon.com
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Godzilla takes on an anime look in these highly collectible chibi-style figures! Two different 2-packs available (each sold separately). Each 2 pack includes unique figures of Godzilla and MUTO. Collect all four figures.
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New "Godzilla" Posters and Banner
by Armand Vaquer
Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures have released two new posters and a banner for the upcoming Godzilla.
Looking at these reminded me that I detested the green color scheme of the TriStar Godzilla of 1998 with the silly tag line, "Size Does Matter."
The new art conveys, at least to me anyway, the serious tone of the new movie. I like these.
This is definitely Godzilla, not some oversized iguana.
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Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures have released two new posters and a banner for the upcoming Godzilla.
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Bigfoot Would Be Easier To Find If He Glowed In The Dark ... Like This Model Kit
Bigfoot Glow-in-the-Dark 1:7 Scale Model Kit
$22.99 - Entertainment Earth
The hunt ends with this glow-in-the-dark Bigfoot!
Stands 10-inches tall in 1:7 scale.
Snap-fit kit means no paint or glue required!
The hunt for the mysterious Bigfoot ends here! You're guaranteed to catch the hairy guy because this one glows in the dark. The Bigfoot Glow-in-the-Dark 1:7 Scale Model Kit stands 10-inches tall when assembled. Because it's a snap-fit kit, no glue or paint are required, making it a great starter kit. Parts are molded in brown and glow-in-the-dark, and those glow-in-the-dark parts are optional, too. The sculpt and parts are highly detailed right down to Bigfoot's fangs! Ages 10 and up.
Age: 10+
Size: 10-inches tall
The Endless Parade Of Godzilla Posters Continues: Banner Poster Unleashed
What is more overwhelming than a titanic monster destroying one of America's largest cities? The answer, an endless parade of movie posters used to promote said monster, all generally based on the same theme, and hardly showing said monster at all.
Really, how many Godzilla posters do we need to see that only show his tail or backside as he walks away?
From Flicks and Bits
Warner Bros. Pictures has unveiled this latest poster for the much-anticipated ‘Godzilla.’ Described as an epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic ‘Godzilla,’ the adventure pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
The key cast for ‘Godzilla’ includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Sally Hawkins and Bryan Cranston. This new take on the classic ‘Godzilla’ franchise is set to kick off the Summer movie-going season on May 16th. Gareth Edwards (Monsters) is directing the creature feature centered on the giant city-destroying and monster-fighting lizard. The filmmaker directs from a screenplay by Max Borenstein, Frank Darabont and Dave Callaham.
An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
Gareth Edwards directs “Godzilla,” which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Kick-Ass”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” ”Inception”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”), Oscar® winner Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient,” “Cosmopolis”), and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”), with Oscar® nominee David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck.,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Bryan Cranston (“Argo,” TV’s “Breaking Bad”).
Edwards directs from a screenplay by Max Borenstein, story by David Callaham, based on the character “Godzilla” owned and created by TOHO CO., LTD. Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni are producing with Mary Parent and Brian Rogers. Patricia Whitcher and Alex Garcia are serving as executive producers, alongside Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira.
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IDW GAMES TO RELEASE THE X-FILES BIG BOX BOARD GAME
From IDW Entertainment
This summer, fans of The X-Files will have a brand-new way to search for the truth, with the release of a brand-new big box board game! Players will get the chance to take on the role of Mulder, Scully, and the X-Files team as they work to uncover global conspiracies and threats while going up against various members of the Syndicate.
"To me, there's no more exciting title than The X-Files," says IDW Director of New Business, Jerry Bennington. "Who wouldn't want the chance to play as the wise cracking Fox Mulder or the incredibly intelligent Dana Scully? And what show created more classic villains than The X-Files? I still remember the first time I laid eyes on Flukeman, now we'll give fans the chance to lose sleep all over again!"
The X-Files board game will focus heavily on material from the first three seasons of the television series, giving fans a chance to start from the beginning of the phenomenon. IDW Games has enlisted top-notch designer, Kevin Wilson (Arkham Horror, Descent, Civilization) to bring The X-Files to the strategy board game community. Acclaimed gallery and comic book artist, menton3 (Memory Collectors, The X-Files: Season 10) brings his talents to the board gaming world by providing art direction for this project as well as the stunning box art. Designed for a playtime of between sixty and ninety minutes, two to five players will face off against one friend who will control the Smoking Man and his nefarious network.
IDW Games will release The X-Files game in July with a suggested retail price of $59.99. Get ready to find the truth on your tabletop!
Teen Titans DC Comics New 52 Batgirl Action Figure
Teen Titans DC Comics New 52 Batgirl Action Figure
$22.99 - Entertainment Earth
Based on her design from the monthly Teen Titans comic book! This Teen Titans DC Comics New 52 Batgirl Action Figure joins the DC Collectibles lineup. Measures nearly 6 1/2-inches tall.
War of the Gargantuas and Creature from the Black Lagoon 60th B-Day Celebration Highlight Monsterpalooza
From Monsterpalooza
One of the most beloved art/horror fests on the West Coast is Monsterpalooza, which celebrates the "Art of Monsters." The fest will hit Burbank once again on March 28-30. Save the date!
As usual, Monsterpalooza will feature award-winning F/X artists, special presentations, a walk-thru monster museum, and monster-related artwork on display and for sale. The list of celebrity guests is large and impressive. Take a look at whom you can expect to see at this year’s Monsterpalooza.
Special Celebrity Guests From The Genre And Beyond!
Kenji Sahara – War Of The Gargantuas, Destroy All Monsters, Rodan, Godzilla vs The Thing, The Mysterians, King Kong vs Godzilla
Harou Nakajima – Godzilla, Rodan, Destroy All Monsters
Russ Tamblyn – “Twin Peaks”, War Of The Gargantuas
Rutger Hauer – Blade Runner, The Hitcher, “True Blood”
Dee Snider – Twisted Sister, Strangeland, Van Helsing’s Curse
Tippi Hedren – The Birds, Marnie, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”
Nancy Allen – Blow Out
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"Godzilla" International Trailer Released
Warner Bros. released their international trailer for Godzilla today and it appears to contain some additional footage that we haven't seen before.
Godzilla Gets Grumpy When He Doesn't Get His Snickers! - Godzilla Takes It Out On A Taxi! - 8 x 10 Godzilla Photo From Famous Commercial
$6 - View Obscura
This is a 8 x 10 print of a still from the very popular Snickers candy bar commercial featuring Godzilla.
Note: Watermark Does NOT Appear on actual photo!
Star Wars: Episode VII Looking At 12 Years A Slave Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong'o
From Cinema Blend
Thanks to yesterday's shortlist we know that Jesse Plemons, Attack The Block's John Boyega, Downton Abbey's Ed Speleers, and stage actors Matthew James Thomas, and Ray Fisher are the actors who are being heavily considered to play the young male hero in Star Wars: Episode VII, but now a new story from The Hollywood Reporter has given us some insight as to what the production is looking for in its female roles. According to the trade's sources, actress Lupita Nyong'o - who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress just a few weeks ago for her turn in Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave - has taken at least one meeting with director/co-writer J.J. Abrams about potentially playing a key part in the next chapter of George Lucas' sci-fi epic.
Insanely heavy security surrounding the project prevents us from knowing anything concrete about both the story and the characters in Star Wars: Episode VII, though THR may have some insight as to who the Oscar winning actress may play. Apparently there is a possibility that the film will feature a descendent of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the trade says that the part is for a "non-Caucasian role." Fans will probably notice that Nyong'o doesn't look a whole lot like either Sir Alec Guinness or Ewan McGregor, but it's possible she's just a very, very distant descendant - if that is indeed her part.
As things stand, the only actor who we're 99% sure is going to be in Star Wars: Episode VII is Girls' star Adam Driver, who will reportedly be playing a villain with a role similar to the one played by Darth Vader in the original trilogy. We haven't even heard anything about Mark Hammill, Carrie Fisher or Harrison Ford. Presumably we will be hearing a lot of official announcements in the next few weeks, as production on the new Star Wars movie is scheduled to start up this spring in London.
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Doctor Who Day of the Daleks Gold Edition Dalek Statue
$99.99 - Entertainment Earth
Gold Edition Dalek!
From the original "Day of the Daleks" design for BBC's Doctor Who.
Limited edition statue is exact in every detail!
Taken from the original plans for this tank-like cyborg.
The Daleks return! Inspired by the 1972 Doctor Who 4-part adventure starring Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor that saw the Daleks return after a 5-year absence, Titan Merchandise presents the limited edition Doctor Who Day of the Daleks Gold Edition Dalek Statue. This 8-inch sculpt is exact in every detail, perfectly replicating the super-iconic "Day of the Daleks" design. Taken from the original plans for this tank-like cyborg, the Doctor Who Day of the Daleks Gold Edition Dalek Statue is a must for serious Doctor Who collectors.
Size: 8-inches tall
BBC AMERICA Premieres New Original Docu-Series The Real History of Science Fiction on April 19
Source: BBC America
As told by the genre’s greatest pioneers, the four-part docu-series explores recurring science fiction themes: Robots, Space, Invasion and Time
New York –, 2014 – BBC AMERICA delves into the real history of science fiction with filmmakers, writers, actors and graphic artists looking back on their experiences and on how their obsession and imagination has taken them into the unknown. The new original documentary series is a BBC AMERICA and BBC Two co-production. The Real History of Science Fiction premieres Saturday, April 19, 10:00pm ET.
From Star Wars to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and from Jurassic Park to Doctor Who, each program is packed with contributors behind these creations and traces the developments of Robots, Space, Invasion and Time. Narrated by Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who writer, actor and co-creator of the BBC’s Sherlock, the series determines why science fiction is not merely a genre… for its audience it’s a portal to a multi-verse – one that is all too easy to get lost in.
Among those taking part are: William Shatner (Star Trek), Nathan Fillion (Firefly), Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek), Steven Moffat (Doctor Who), Richard Dreyfuss (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), Chris Carter (The X-Files), Ronald D Moore (Battlestar Galactica), John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, Schlock), David Tennant (Doctor Who), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), John Carpenter (Dark Star, The Thing), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), Neil Gaiman (The Sandman, Stardust), Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars Trilogy), Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise), Ursula K Le Guin (The Left Hand of Darkness), Syd Mead (Blade Runner), Kenny Baker (Star Wars), Anthony Daniels (Star Wars), Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek), Peter Weller (Robocop), Edward James Olmos (Blade Runner, Battlestar Galactica) and many more.
On one level, sci-fi can deliver a ‘white knuckle-ride’ – jaw-dropping special effects, and thrills that have cinemagoers flying out of their seats. But also, it is possibly the only area of pop culture that engages with big ideas. Good science fiction engages audiences on a deeper level than mere spectacle; it becomes a place to discuss not just the universe and how it works – but what it means to be emotional, sentient human beings.
EPISODE SYNOPSES
SEASON PREMIERE
EPISODE 1 – ROBOTS
What if our creations turn against us? The idea of creating life has fascinated society since the earliest days of science fiction. The first installment of the four-part series, Robots transports viewers from the first steps of Frankenstein’s monster to the threat provided by the Terminator and the world of Cyberspace. Find out how Rutger Hauer created one of the greatest speeches in all of science fiction for Blade Runner. Discover from Kenny Baker the challenge of acting in Star Wars while inside the body of R2D2, and learn how Anthony Daniels was drawn to the role of C-3PO by concept art modeled closely on the robot from the silent classic Metropolis. Douglas Trumbull (2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner) discusses how he managed to create a whole new approach to robot design. The creators of the original Robocop describe how its hidden depths have given it enduring appeal and William Gibson reveals the origins of his seminal novel Neuromancer. From HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey to the Cylons of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica and the world of The Matrix, this is a journey that asks – what does it mean to be human?
Episode 1 premieres Saturday, April 19, 10:00pm ET
EPISODE 2 – SPACE
What if we could explore the vastness of Space? Science fiction has always fed upon our need to explore – to wonder what is out there. Space journeys from Jules Verne’s earliest ideas about attempts to leave our planet, to the Star Wars far away galaxy through to Nichelle Nichols revealing how her groundbreaking role as Lt. Uhura in Star Trek led to her participation in the recruitment of NASA’s astronauts. It explores the deep sea inspiration for Avatar, finds out why Ursula K Le Guin wrote The Left Hand of Darkness and discovers how Stanley Kubrick was able to make 2001: A Space Odyssey seem so believable. In addition, the program looks at the way Dune and The Mars Trilogy embraced the challenge of world building and discusses the appeal of the beaten up ‘dirty space’ of Dark Star and Firefly. From the horrifying scenes of Alien, to the epic spectacle of Star Wars, this is a journey to the stars and the alien encounters that await us there.
Episode 2 premieres Saturday, April 26, 10:00pm ET
EPISODE 3 – INVASION
What if aliens landed on Earth? Much of science fiction explores the moment of first contact – what will people do when the aliens land? From H. G. Wells’ pioneering The War of the Worlds to Independence Day, Men in Black and District 9, Invasion deals with our fears of alien invasions of earth. David Tennant explains the appeal of Doctor Who’s Daleks and Cybermen while John Carpenter and Chris Carter explore the rich appeal of the paranoia fuelled by hidden aliens with The Thing and The X-Files. It also asks, what if the monsters were our own creation? With the aid of rarely seen animation tests, Phil Tippett takes us behind the scenes in the creation of the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park. But not all invasions are hostile. Peter Coyote and Richard Dreyfuss discuss the creation of Spielberg’s spellbinding classics E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. There is more than one kind of invasion.
Episode 3 premieres Saturday, May 3, 10:00pm ET
EPISODE 4 – TIME
What if we could travel not just through space, but through time itself? If you could travel through time, would you change the past or the future? What if you found it couldn’t be changed? What price does the time traveller – and the people they are closest to – pay? This is a journey from H. G. Wells The Time Machine through ideas like The Grandfather Paradox and The Butterfly Effect to the professional time traveller that is the ever popular Doctor Who. Steven Moffat, David Tennant, Karen Gillan and Neil Gaiman offer a unique perspective on the Doctor. Edward James Olmos reveals the hidden meaning of the language he created for the vision of the future that is Blade Runner. Bob Gale and Christopher Lloyd take us behind the scenes of Back to the Future, while Ed Solomon describes the joy of solving a time travel conundrum for Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. But what would be the physical and emotional cost to the time traveller? Audrey Niffenegger explains what inspired her novel The Time Traveller’s Wife. And what if someone from the future tried to travel back in time to warn us? Would we believe them? From the apocalyptic tones of 12 Monkeys to the drama of Quantum Leap and the comedy of Groundhog Day, time travel is a subject that has been irresistible to the creators of every type of science fiction.
Episode 4 premiere TBC.
BIOGRAPHIES
BRIAN ALDISS – AUTHOR
Brian Aldiss is one of the most respected British science fiction authors and historians. He has been extraordinarily prolific, writing over 20 science fiction novels and 320 short stories. He has edited a great deal as well as writing serious criticism about the genre. His novel Super-toys Last All Summer Long was the basis for Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg’s movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence. He has published a history of science fiction entitled Billion Year Spree – latterly revised as The Trillion Year Spree. Aldiss has given both intellectual rigor and critical nuance to the genre of science fiction. Aldiss has also published other non-fiction and fiction outside of the genre.
CHARLIE JANE ANDERS – AUTHOR/COMMENTATOR
Charlie Jane Anders writes about science fiction for io9.com as well as other science fiction anthologies. She is also a published novelist. io9.com is a daily publication that covers the latest developments in science and science fiction.
KENNY BAKER – ACTOR
Kenny Baker is a British actor who has starred in all six Star Wars films portraying the robot R2D2 in live action sequences. Baker was also in Terry Gilliam’s 1981 film Time Bandits.
SCOTT BAKULA – ACTOR
Scott Bakula is an American actor known for his role as Sam Beckett in the television series Quantum Leap and for the role of Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise.
DONALD P. BELLISARIO – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER
Donald P. Bellisario is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and wrote for the science fiction TV series Quantum Leap, about a man who leaps through time.
JOHN CARPENTER – DIRECTOR
John Carpenter is a film director, screenwriter, producer and composer most commonly associated with horror and science fiction films from the 1970s and 1980s. John Carpenter and his co-writer Dan O’Bannon began their careers in 1974 with the science fiction dark comedy Dark Star – now considered central in the science fiction canon. Dark Star paved the way for Carpenter’s later film The Thing and proved an important testing ground for O’Bannon who went on to write Alien.
CHRIS CARTER – WRITER/PRODUCER
Formerly a freelance journalist and editor of Surfing magazine, Chris Carter began his career as a screenwriter in 1985 at The Walt Disney Studio. In 1992, Carter began developing projects for Twentieth Century Fox Television, creating The X-Files during his time there. Carter went on to receive three Golden Globes® for The X-Files.
RICK CARTER – PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Rick Carter is an American production designer and art director. He has worked on seminal science fiction films A.I. Artificial Intelligence, War of the Worlds, Jurassic Park, Avatar, Back to the Future part 2 & 3 and Avatar. He has worked with Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas and James Cameron.
VERONICA CARTWRIGHT – ACTOR
Veronica Cartwright is an English-born American actress who has worked mainly in American film and television. Cartwright acted in Alien and was present during the legendary “chestburster” scene, which is one of the most horrifying moments in cinematic history. According to Cartwright neither her nor the other actors really knew what would happen when the alien erupted from John Hurt’s chest. The scene was done in just one take – all the actors were genuinely terrified.
PETER COYOTE – ACTOR
Peter Coyote is an American actor with a background in radical political street theatre having joined the San Francisco Mime troupe in the mid 1960s. Coyote was also a founder member of the anarchic group The Diggers. He was cast by Steven Spielberg to play the mysterious scientist Keys in the 1982 film E.T. Keys famously tells Elliot that he wished an alien had come to him when he was a little boy.
ANTHONY DANIELS – ACTOR
Anthony Daniels is an actor and mime artist who played the android C-3P0 in all six of the Star Wars feature films. Given the difficulties of the proposed costume, George Lucas was interested in Daniels because of his combined acting and mime skills. However, Daniels was initially uninterested in the part but a concept painting of C-3P0 painted by Ralph McQuarrie captured his attention. He found the script incomprehensible but liked the golden droid so he took the part. Daniels also voiced C-3P0 in the Star Wars radio serial based on the original trilogy and voiced C-3P0 for three animated series.
JOE DANTE – DIRECTOR
Joe Dante is a director and film critic who began his career writing reviews for Film Bulletin before editing trailers for Roger Corman’s New World Pictures. Dante has directed numerous B-movies including the worldwide hits Piranha and Gremlins. He directed a segment of The Twilight Zone: The Movie along with Steven Spielberg and John Landis. Dante has directed various episodes of the science fiction TV series Amazing Stories and Twilight Zone. He has also directed several science fiction films including Explorers and Innerspace (a remake of the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage). Dante is a science fiction and horror fan and a creator. He also produces the critically-acclaimed webisode/mobile phone series Trailers from Hell.
RICHARD DREYFUSS – ACTOR
Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor who rose to prominence in the late 1960s and 70s starring in films such as George Lucas’s American Graffiti and Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. Steven Spielberg cast Dreyfuss again in Close Encounters of the Third Kind because of the childlike sensibility he brought to the role.
KEIR DULLEA – ACTOR
Keir Dullea is an American actor best known for portraying the astronaut Dave Bowman in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey – a film that changed the status of science fiction forever. Although it’s not known as an “actor’s film”, Dullea’s all-American, handsome visage brought this enigmatic film some humanity.
ROLAND EMMERICH – DIRECTOR
Roland Emmerich is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films, most of which are Hollywood productions filmed in English, have grossed more than $3 billion worldwide. He is famous for creating spectacular science fiction invasion epics such as Independence Day and Godzilla .
NATHAN FILLION – ACTOR
Nathan Fillion is a Canadian-born actor who gained critical acclaim and a large cult fan base when he starred as Captain Mal Reynolds in Joss Whedon’s science fiction TV series Firefly. When Firefly was cancelled in late 2002, the show’s cast and creator resurrected it as a feature-film entitled Serenity in 2005.
NEIL GAIMAN – AUTHOR/SCREENWRITER
A revered British fantasy, graphic novel and science fiction writer, Neil Gaiman made his name with his Sandman series. He went onto write bestselling novels Neverwhere and Stardust and to win both Hugo and Nebula awards for American Gods, Anasi Boys and Good Omens. Gaiman has also written episodes of BBC AMERICA’s hit series Doctor Who.
BOB GALE – SCREENWRITER/PRODUCER
Bob Gale is a screenwriter, producer and director most famous for co-writing and co-producing the Back to the Future trilogy with his writing partner Robert Zemeckis. Bob Gale came up with the premise for Back to the Future when looking through his father’s old high school yearbook.
WILLIAM GIBSON – AUTHOR
William Gibson is a leading American-Canadian science fiction writer. Gibson has the rare ability to preempt global trends and advances in technology in his fiction. His novel Neuromancer imagined the internet and cyberspace years before its invention, as well as the effects of prosthetics and technological augmentation of the human body. He was an early proponent of the ‘cyberpunk’ genre, a term that was ascribed to him latterly. He refuses to acknowledge the label. He is however a fan of punk and recognizes its influence on his style. Gibson also guest wrote episodes of The X-Files.
KAREN GILLAN – ACTOR
A Scottish actress best known for playing Amy Pond in BBC AMERICA’s hit series Doctor Who, from season 5 in 2009 to season 7 in 2013. She initially appeared in a guest role in 2008.
RUTGER HAUER – ACTOR
Rutger Hauer is a Dutch actor, arguably best known for his portrayal of replicant Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s science fiction masterpiece Blade Runner. Hauer famously improvised the unforgettable “tears in rain” soliloquy at the end of his character Batty’s life. Hauer expressed that he wanted to add human qualities to his robot character, giving Batty a sense of poetry, sexuality and soul. Because of Hauer, Roy Batty is amongst the most iconic characters in science fiction history.
GALE ANNE HURD – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Gale Anne Hurd is responsible for producing The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Aliens. She is also series producer of the hit TV series The Walking Dead.
RIAN JOHNSON – DIRECTOR
Rian Johnson is an American writer and director. Johnson wrote and directed the time travel action thriller Looper. Looper was Johnson’s first time travel movie and his most successful film to date.
DR. MICHIO KAKU – SCIENTIST
Dr. Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, best-selling author, acclaimed public speaker, and popularizer of science and self proclaimed science fiction fan.
ALAN LADD JNR – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Alan Ladd Jr. is an executive producer responsible for green lighting Star Wars and Alien. In 1973, Ladd became Head of Creative Affairs at Twentieth Century Fox and within three years was President. Two of the classics he produced during his tenure at Fox were Star Wars in 1977 and Alien in 1979. In 1979, Ladd left his position as President at Fox to found his own production company, The Ladd Company, which produced Blade Runner in 1982. Ladd joined MGM/UA, eventually becoming Chairman and CEO of Pathé Entertainment. Ladd reformed the Ladd Company with Paramount Pictures in 1993. He is now producing independently with The Ladd Company.
JOHN LANDIS – DIRECTOR
John Landis made his first film at 21 – Schlock – an affectionate tribute to monster movies. Clad in the Rick Baker-designed gorilla suit Landis starred as ‘Schlocktopus’ – the monster in his own monster movie. Landis went on to make his name as a comedy and horror director with films like An American Werewolf in London but his affinity for science fiction remained – directing episodes of Weird Science, Sliders and the film Honey I Shrunk the Kids.
URSULA K LE GUIN – AUTHOR
Ursula K. Le Guin is an American science fiction writer receiving both Hugo and Nebula awards for her writing. One of her best known novels is The Left Hand of Darkness, which is among the first major works of feminist science fiction. The Left Hand of Darkness marks the point when science fiction came into its true political strength. In Le Guin’s story the world of Winter is a world unlike any other, its inhabitants neither male nor female. The construction of identity – of gender, race and class – is at the heart of today’s political and social struggles. Le Guin’s aim was to show how science fiction could be a powerful tool for dissecting and reconstructing those identities.
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD – ACTOR
Christopher Lloyd played the unforgettable Emmett “Doc” Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy. When Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis were looking for the right actor to portray Dr. Emmett Brown, their first choice was John Lithgow – who was unavailable. Instead they chose Christopher Lloyd, Lithgow’s earlier co-star from the science fiction film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Christopher Lloyd first made his name on the hit TV series Taxi.
SYD MEAD – CONCEPT ARTIST/VISUAL FUTURIST
Syd Mead is a ‘visual futurist’ and concept artist best known for his designs for science fiction films such as Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, Aliens, Tron and most recently Elysium.
NICHOLAS MEYER – SCREENWRITER/DIRECTOR
Nicholas Meyer is an American screenwriter and director best known for directing the Star Trek feature films: Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country. Meyer also wrote or re-wrote aspects of the screenplays for Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (2), The Voyage Home (4) and The Undiscovered Country (6). He also wrote and directed time travel feature film Time After Time.
STEVEN MOFFAT – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER
Steven Moffat is a Scottish television writer and producer. Moffat wrote numerous episodes of BBC AMERICA’s hit series Doctor Who before taking the position of showrunner at the beginning of the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith’s) era. Moffat was the show’s most award-winning writer and is known for creating some of the show’s scariest monsters, such as the Weeping Angels, Vashta Nerada and The Silence. Moffat is a lifelong Doctor Who fan.
RONALD D MOORE – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER
Writer Ronald D Moore has taken science fiction television to its most challenging places. In the 1990s, thanks to bleak multi-episode arcs on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, he earned a reputation as the go-to guy for war, despair, and Klingon angst in the Star Trek universe. He is best known for recreating Battlestar Galactica in 2003, rebuilding it into one of the most critically acclaimed reboots in science fiction history. The plots were clever, the characters morally ambiguous, and the galaxy full of spaceships and killer robots.
ED NEUMEIER – SCREENWRITER
Ed Neumeier is an American screenwriter best known for his work on the science fiction movies RoboCop and Starship Troopers. Neumeier came up with the idea for RoboCop when walking through the Blade Runner set.
NICHELLE NICHOLS – ACTOR
Nichelle Nichols is an American actress and singer – she sang with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton before acting. Prior to being cast as Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek, she appeared on Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s first series, The Lieutenant. Nichols was later cast on Star Trek and initially considered leaving the show only to be convinced otherwise by Martin Luther King, who told her she was a vital role model for young black women in America. Needless to say, she stayed with the show and appeared in the first six Star Trek movies. Nichols became an ambassador for NASA, helping recruit women and minorities for the Space program.
AUDREY NIFFENEGGER – WRITER/ARTIST
Audrey Niffenegger is an American artist and author. She trained as a visual artist at the Art Institute of Chicago and received her MFA from Northwestern University. She has exhibited artworks, drawings and comics at the Printworks Gallery in Chicago since 1987. In 1997, Niffenegger had an idea for a graphic novel about a time traveler, but eventually realized she could not visually depict her character’s sudden shifts in time with still images – so she began the project as a novel – and published The Time Traveler’s Wife in 2003. It quickly became an international bestseller and was made into a feature film. Her book offers a new perspective on time travel – time travel as a genetic disorder.
EDWARD JAMES OLMOS – ACTOR
Edward James Olmos is an actor who played William Adama in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica and Detective Gaff in Blade Runner. The character of Bill Adama is a dutiful, prideful protector of the last survivors of the human race. In Blade Runner, Adama created Detective Gaff – a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual character armed with a vocabulary of his own known as “city-speak”.
HALEY JOEL OSMENT – ACTOR
Haley Joel Osment is an American actor who came to prominence as a child star in the 1990s and early 2000s. Osment starred in Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, that was based on British science fiction author Brian Aldiss’s story Super-toys Last All Summer Long.
OWEN PATERSON – PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Owen Paterson is an Australian production designer who was chiefly responsible for the design and look of The Matrix trilogy. Paterson continued to work with the Wachowski siblings on V for Vendetta. Paterson has most recently worked with director Gareth Edwards on the highly anticipated 2014 Godzilla remake.
JANET PEOPLES – SCREENWRITER
Janet Peoples co-wrote, with her husband David Webb Peoples, 12 Monkeys – a film inspired by Chris Marker’s 1962 French short film La Jetee. 12 Monkeys displays themes now associated with the People’s oeuvre – characters fighting against all odds amid ruined futures, struggling against malevolent bureaucracies.
DAVID WEBB PEOPLES – SCREENWRITER
David Webb Peoples is an American screenwriter, best known for his work on the classic science fiction films Blade Runner and Twelve Monkeys. As well as his work in science fiction, Peoples has had a varied and successful career. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay of the critically acclaimed western, Unforgiven starring Clint Eastwood.
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON – AUTHOR
Kim Stanley Robinson is generally acknowledged as one of the greatest living American science fiction writers. Collectively, the three novels of his Mars trilogy – Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars – have won major science fiction and fantasy accolades, including Hugo and Nebula awards. Kim Stanley Robinson is known for using science fiction to address social issues such as history, politics, sexuality and gender – arguing that science fiction is an inherently political genre because it offers the possibility of alternate futures and histories. In the Mars trilogy, Robinson used Mars as a template to create a credible utopia.
ADAM ROGERS – COMMENTATOR
Adam Rogers is senior editor at Wired magazine, a publication covering latest developments in science and technology. He is a science and technology journalist, cultural commentator and science fiction fan.
DANNY RUBIN – SCREENWRITER
Danny Rubin is an American screenwriter, perhaps most famous for writing time travel classic Groundhog Day, for which he received a BAFTA.
ZOE SALDANA – ACTOR
Zoe Saldana is a Dominican-American actress. She plays the young Lieutenant Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek and the 2013 Star Trek: Into Darkness. She also plays Neytiri in James Cameron’s Avatar and its upcoming sequels.
WILLIAM SHATNER – ACTOR
William Shatner is a Canadian actor, musician and singer. He gained worldwide recognition and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T Kirk, Commander of the Federation starship USS Enterprise in the TV series Star Trek from 1966-1969 and in seven subsequent Star Trek feature films.
ED SOLOMON – WRITER
Ed Solomon came to form one half of the writing duo that created the 1989 film Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and its sequel with Chris Matheson. Ed Solomon went on to faithfully adapt Lowell Cunningham’s comic book The Men in Black, which became a huge blockbuster hit starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.
DAVID TENNANT – ACTOR
David Tennant played the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in BBC AMERICA’s hit series Doctor Who. Tennant played the Doctor for three seasons as well as nine specials between 2005 and 2010.
PHIL TIPPETT – VISUAL FX
Phil Tippett, founder of Tippett Studio, has had a varied career in visual effects spanning more than 30 years. He has won two Academy Awards, one BAFTA and two Emmys. He was initially inspired by the work of special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen. Tippet created stop motion miniatures for Star Wars: A New Hope as well as modeling and casting alien heads and limbs for this first Star Wars film. By 1978, Tippet brought to life the sinister Imperial Walkers and the alien hybrid Tauntaun for The Empire Strikes Back. In 1983, he began work on Return of the Jedi, designing Jabba the Hut and the Rancor Pit Monster as well as animating the two-legged Walker. The Tippett Studio went on to create top-notch stop motion animations for various television and film projects including Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, the RoboCop trilogy, Jurassic Park and Starship Troopers. Both Jurassic Park and Starship Troopers marked Tippett’s departure from stop motion to computer generated animation.
DOUGLAS TRUMBULL – VISUAL FX SUPERVISOR/DIRECTOR/INVENTOR
Douglas Trumbull is a film director, visual effects supervisor and inventor – responsible for the special photographic effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Blade Runner. He also directed the movie Silent Running. He is the son of Donald Trumbull who created visual effects for The Wizard of Oz.
PAUL VERHOEVEN – DIRECTOR
With RoboCop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers, Paul Verhoeven established himself as the maestro of the subversive science fiction blockbuster – he successfully married big-budget populism with stealthy but trenchant satire. These movies delivered spectacle and thrills but consistently targeted corporate greed, unbridled militarism and the perils of allowing escapism and propaganda to dominate public discourse.
PETER WELLER – ACTOR
Peter Weller is an American actor who played the lead in Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop, a part initially intended for Rutger Hauer. However, it was the lithe Weller who got the part, he was previously known for playing the lead in 1984 science fiction oddity The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Weller prepared formidably for the role, spending four months in training with the New York mime artist Moni Yakim to perfect Robocop’s movements.
ALEX WINTER – ACTOR
Alex Winter is an English-born American actor, director and screenwriter, best known for his role as Bill S. Preston Esq. in the 1989 film Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and its 1991 sequel Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.
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Benedict Cumberbatch hints at Star Trek 3 return
Benedict Cumberbatch has hinted that he will return for Star Trek 3.
The actor revived iconic villain Khan in Jj Abrams's Star Trek Into Darkness last year, and the film ended with the character being placed in cryogenic sleep along with his crew, leaving the door open for a return.
"That was a stupid thing to do," Cumberbatch joked during an interview with The New York Times. "They should have just blown me up."
Abrams will not return to direct the third instalment in his rebooted Trek series, owing to his commitment to Disney's upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII, but will stay on as producer.
Attack the Block director Joe Cornish was in line to replace Abrams last year, but has now reportedly departed the project. Roberto Orci will return to pen the script alongside new writers Jd Payne and Patrick McKay.
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