May 2012
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Men in Black 3 Opens at Number 1
Men in Black 3 bumped The Avengers from the number one spot Friday with an $18 million first day take. That’s on par for the series, with the first film making $18.9 million and Men In Black 2 earning $18.6 million. However, when taken in context of ticket price inflation and 3D premiums the film’s ticket sales are significantly more tepid than its box office indicates. Regardless,...
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Star Wars The Old Republic Layoffs
BioWare and EA’s Star Wars The Old Republic MMORPG had a very successful launch last December, quickly growing to 1.7 million users. Subscriber numbers have dwindled sharply since then, down by an estimated 400,000 from its peak. While 1.3 million is still an exceptional subscriber result, the game is far from the “Warcraft killer” that so many predicted it could be and such a...
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James Doohan’s Ashes Successfully Launched Into... →
“After a delay last Saturday, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was successfully launched this morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The Dragon capsule is now in orbit and headed to the ISS. Part of the payload includes the partial remains of Star Trek’s original Scotty, James Doohan.”
RIP Mr. Scott
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2011 Nebula Award Winners
The 2011 Nebula Awards were presented on Saturday, May 19, 2012 in a ceremony at the Nebula Awards Weekend, held in Arlington, Virginia. Walter Jon Williams was Toastmaster, and Astronaut Michael Fincke was the keynote speaker.
Novel Winner: Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
Other Nominees
Embassytown, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey; Subterranean Press)
Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace Books)
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Syfy Cancels Sanctuary
Syfy has canceled its first run series Sanctuary after four seasons.
From Mark Stern, Syfy President of Original Content:
“We’re honored to have been part of this incredible series. In addition to garnering unmatched devotion by fans worldwide,” Stern said in a release, “Sanctuary was a bona fide trailblazer, setting new standards with its highly innovative production techniques–including...
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Avengers Sinks Battleship
The Friday showdown of comic juggernaut The Avengers and the Science Fiction action drenched Battleship turned out to be no contest. The Avengers raked in another $15.3 million, easily crushing Battleship which its disastrous $9 million premiere.
The Avengers is now predicted to easily win its third weekend in a row, pulling in somewhere around $55 million. That will drive its domestic total...
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Avengers Passes $1 Billion Mark
The Avengers juggernaut continues, becoming the 12th film in history to earn over $1 Billion at the box office only 19 days after its release. It is the second fastest reaching that milestone after Avatar, which did it in only 17 days. Had the film not been released a week earlier in overseas markets its strong domestic showing probably could have out paced Avatar in reaching the milestone. The...
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Awake and The Secret Circle Canceled
More genre show casualties on TV as NBC cancels “Awake” while The CW axes “The Secret Circle.”
Both shows have struggled in the ratings. “Awake” started strong with 6 million viewers for its premiere, but tumbled quickly to a 2.5 rating/4 share average. That put it at a dismal rank of 21 out of 29 shows on NBC.
“The Secret Circle” was low rated...
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ABC Renews Once Upon A Time
ABC has officially renewed its highest rated new show and best Sunday night performer, Once Upon A Time. The fairy tale inspired drama has averaged a 5.3 rating/8 share over the last three weeks, which is good enough for 6th place on ABC’s schedule.
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The Avengers Sets Opening Weekend Record
Marvel’s The Avengers soared to a record breaking opening weekend with $200.3 million in domestic box office. That easily sets a new record for best opening ever, crushing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 which opened to $169.2 million last summer. The Avengers was unable to edge out Deathly Hallows: Part 2 for best Friday opening day, but a slim 13% drop in Friday to...
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The Avengers Assembles the 2nd Best Opening Ever
Marvel Comics latest hero adventure The Avengers had the second best opening day ever, earning $80.5 million in its domestic debut on Friday. Last year’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 holds the number one spot with $91.1 million on its first day on the way to a record opening weekend of $169.2 million.
The Avengers opened a week earlier overseas where it has had massive...
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Will Netflix Give Jericho (Another) New Life? →
TV Guide Magazine confirms that Netflix has approached CBS about reviving cult fave Jericho — and the network, through its CBS TV Studios production arm, is considering it. The drama, which followed the residents of a small Kansas town in the wake of a nuclear attack, has been off the air since 2008.
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WatchThe Amazing Spider-Man trailer #3.
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April 2012
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Fringe Gets a Final Renewal
Fox has renewed Fringe for a fifth, and promised last, 13 episode season. That should be good enough to ensure Fringe makes the rounds in syndication.
Fox Broadcasting’s President of Entertainment Kevin Reilly said:
“Fringe is a remarkably creative series that has set the bar as one of television’s most imaginative dramas. Bringing it back for a final 13 allows us to provide the climactic...
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Game of Thrones Renewed for Third Season
Surprising nobody, HBO has announced the renewal of it’s mega-hit series Game of Thrones for a third season just two episodes into the second season. The ratings for those first two two episodes have been astronomical, with the season opener setting new high, up 74% from the series premiere.
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Ender's Game Release Date Pushed Back
Lionsgate has pushed the release of Ender’s Game back from March 2013 to November 1. That is just three weeks before the release of Catching Fire, the sure to be a hit sequel to The Hunger Games.
The studio is reportedly doing this so they can cross promote the less widely known Ender’s Game with Catching Fire in hopes that it will generate a bigger audience.
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BSFA Award Winners
Winners of the 2011 British Science Fiction Awards winners:
Best Novel
The Islanders, Christopher Priest (Gollancz) winner
Cyber Circus, Kim Lakin-Smith (Newcon Press)
Embassytown, China Miéville (Macmillan)
By Light Alone, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
Osama, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
Best Short Fiction
“The Copenhagen Interpretation”, Paul Cornell (Asimov’s July 2011) winner
“The...
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New Star Trek Transporter App « TrekToday →
The Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo and Vulcan Tourism Transporter App will allow Star Trek fans to “beam themselves or their friends up” courtesy of a “transporter room” bus shelter and their iPhone or iPad.
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Hunger Games Dominates, Wrath Settles for Second...
The Hunger Games crushed genre competitors Wrath of the Titans and Mirror Mirror in its second weekend, grossing another $61.1 million and pushing its domestic take to an incredible $251 million. That makes it the fastest nonsequel to cross the $250 million in only 10 days.
The 3D action sequel Wrath of the Titans came in second grossing a respectable $34.2 million, just shy of its $35 million...
March 2012
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Hunger Games Sets 3rd Highest Opening Weekend
The good news for The Hunger Games continued after its stellar first day receipts. The film built on its opening over the weekend, climbing to a massive $155 million debut weekend. That gives The Hunger Games the third highest opening weekend of all time behind the final Harry Potter movie and The Dark Knight. The best opening for a Twilight Saga film was New Moon at just shy of $143 million.
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Hunger Games Scores a $68M Opening Day
The Hunger Games pulling in $68.25 million on its first day of release, putting the film on track for a $140 million opening weekend. That would shatter the record for best March opening, currently held by Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland with $116.1 million.
Friday’s haul was good enough for 5th best opening day ever. While the astounding $91.1 million all time record set by last...
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WatchThe demo reel for SyFy’s Blood & Chrome. The official synopsis:
“Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome” takes place in the 10th year of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, the sentient robotic Cylons, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a young, talented fighter pilot, William Adama (Luke Pasqualino), finds himself assigned to one of the most...
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