On May 29th, riots erupted in Minneapolis, Minnesota following wide-spread protests over the killing of George Floyd. In the violence that followed, rioters damaged and set Uncle Hugo’s Bookstore, a long-standing fixture in the community, on fire. Now, the owner faces a long road to rebuild the store.
This year’s World Fantasy Convention was set to take place in between October 29th and November 1st in Salt Lake City, Utah.
However, like most of the major SF/F conventions set to run this year, concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have prompted organizers to cancel this year’s in-person event and move the convention online.
This weekend, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has been holding its annual Nebula Awards conference. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s panels, readings, and award presentations have been moved online.
Among this weekend’s events is this year’s Nebula Awards ceremony, which honor the best science fiction and fantasy writing published in 2019.
Paramount Pictures and Sega have officially put a sequel to this spring’s Sonic the Hedgehog into development, reports Variety. The sequel film will see the return of director Jeff Fowler, as well as writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller.
Scott Derrickson has signed on to direct a sequel to the 1986 film Labyrinth, according to Deadline. The film will be written by Maggie Levin, the writer/director of Hulu’s Into the Dark and My Valentine.
J.K. Rowling has a new novel coming soon, and she’ll be releasing it online as a serialized project: The Ickabog. Starting today and running through July, she’ll be posting up a small part of the story on her website for everyone to read.
Our latest look at Christopher Nolan’s next big film is finally here. Warner Bros. has released a full trailer for Tenet, showing off a movie that continues the director’s fascination with time.
Sony is still trying to build out its Marvel / Spider-Man theatrical franchise, and has reportedly brought on S.J. Clarkson to direct a “female-centric” film within the franchise, according to Variety.
Imagine if you will: a group of immortal warriors fighting throughout history to try and keep the world safe. What happens when they enter the modern day when there are cameras and surveillance everywhere?
That’s the premise of a new film from Netflix, The Old Guard, which stars Charlize Theron as the leader of such a group. The streaming service debuted its first trailer for the film today, which is set to debut on the platform on July 10th.
Institutions have often utilized science fiction as a method for imagining scientific concepts and new technologies. Everyone from the Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination to the US Army’s Mad Scientist Initiative to the Atlantic Council have generated their own anthologies that serve not only as fun reading for fans, but also as thought-provoking material.
The European Astrobiology Institute joins that group this month with a new anthology called Strangest of All. Best of all, it’s a free download.
CBS is expanding its line of original programming for its streaming service with a major Stephen King adaptation: The Stand. Today, Vanity Fair gave us our best look yet at the project, showing off a world ravaged by a deadly pandemic, and populated by people trying to rebuild society.
Gen Con, the US’s largest tabletop gaming convention, has announced that it will not take place this year, because of the ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, it will hold a virtual convention during the original show dates.
Netflix has released a new trailer for its upcoming comedy Space Force, which stars The Office‘s Steve Carrell as General Mark Naird as he’s promoted to lead the United States’ newest branch of the military, Space Force.
CBS has announced that it has handed down a straight-to-series order for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, its third live-action Star Trek series for its streaming platform, CBS All Access.
The show will feature Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock, Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One, all of whom are reprising their roles from the latest season of Star Trek: Discovery.
Mashup music videos are a dime-a-dozen on YouTube, but every now and then, you come across a gem that perfectly meshes the music with the video. Case in point, Jackson McKay’s Danger Zone: X-Wing Tribute, which features just about every space battle in which the venerable starfighter appears.
Most of all, it makes me really want Lucasfilm to greenlight a live action series about Rogue Squadron.
