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After learning of Jeremy Renner and Tom Cruise’s involvement in the future of the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE franchise, we now have word that Kristin Kreuk, Lauren German and Paula Patton are being considered for the role of a “young female operative.”

Jeff Bridges returns to the game grid, Harry Potter faces down some deathly hallows — whatever the hell those are — and Jacques Tati gets animated as CHRONIC RIFT producer/host John Drew and I pick up our discussion of the cinematic goodness that will be greeting us as the year raps up. And if TRON: [...]

Check out the new trailer for Universal Home Entertainment’s upcoming release of the BACK TO THE FUTURE: 25TH ANNIVERSARY TRILOGY on Blu-ray and on DVD.

Debased franchise yields a startlingly brilliant gem

With all the artificial hype designed to sell PIRANHA 3D as the horror hit that delivered for audiences (despite a sixth place bow that barely topped $10-million), now is a good time to pay homage to the film that truly delivered for fans of cinefantastique: PREDATORS. Thought the film [...]

In anticipation of my assuming the role of movie critic for THE CHRONIC RIFT — the legendary discussion show of all things science fiction, fantasy and horror that’s beginning its third year as a podcast — John Drew invited me on to discuss what genre fans should be looking forward to [...]

Here’s the first trailer to Universal Studios’ science fiction thriller, SKYLINE.
“Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth…”
Starring Eric Balfour, David Zayas, Donald Faison, and Brittany Daniel.
Directed by Colin [...]

In this week’s EUReKA, Carter and Kevin head off on a camping trip, but end up dealing with a problem that threatens their excursion in Momstrosity.
EUREKA airs Fridays at 9:00 PM ET/PT on SyFy.

BBC’s OUTCASTS promises to be an addictive new space western, and now we have six new stills to back it up

Multichannel News reports from the TCA press tour that BBC America’s OUTCASTS will be “soft” sci-fi.
The series, described as a kind of space western, stars GALACTICA’s Jamie Bamber and Eric Mabius (RESIDENT EVIL, UGLY BETTY).
The premise is that Earth is no longer habitable,  and shipload of refugees  have come to a planet named Carpathia (which could be a [...]

ABC has revealed that Jane Badler, who was the lizard leader we loved to hate in the original V, will have a recurring role in the secoind season of the rebooted series.
“Actress Jane Badler, best known for her role on the original “V” series, will join the cast of ABC’s “V” as a recurring guest [...]

The Straz/BBC miniseries will be both called and shot in THE NEW WORLD. Creator Russell T Davies reveals more character information.

On his blog, science fiction author Joe Haldeman revealed that Ridley Scott’s film version of his classic novel The Forever War has a screen writer, and that several drafts have been completed.
Who’s is the writer? From Haldeman’s clue, it’s got to be David Webb Peoples, who wrote the screenplay for Scott’s BLADE RUNNER, adapted from [...]

Variety reports that the financially-embattled MGM has retained SAW series writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan to write a feature film version of THE OUTER LIMITS.
In a scenario that sounds a a bit more like THE TWILIGHT ZONE, the company that is unable to raise the cash to make another James Bond film or greenlight [...]