SF Signal: (Mostly) Tube Bits for 04/02/2008

(Mostly) Tube Bits for 04/02/2008

Great news for anyone who likes steampunk, Philip Reves' novel, Larklight (SF Signal review) has been greenlit as a movie by Warner Bros. Shekah Kapu is the director and it will have a $200 million budget! Holy smoke. They must be going all out to get it to look right. If they do this right, this movie should rock as hard as the book did. It's sequel, Starcross is just as awesome. You have to love time-traveling top hats... [via Sci Fi Scanner]

Lars Glenson of By Common Consent goes off on a rant against all the current writers of science fiction TV who happen to be former writers for Star Trek. He's basically blaming the writers for the networks reluctance to make any SF show that isn't, in some way, a reflection of Star Trek. I think that anger is misplaced. All he sees is what gets on the air, not what is pitched. Blame the studios. THEY are the ones calling the shots.

Did you know that Amazon has a new Sci-Fi store? It's called Cosmotopia, and to celebrate, Amazon has picked seven influential retro SF movies. A nice list indeed, even picking John's favorite movie, Blade Runner.
And if you haven't seen it yet, you can view the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull TV ad here. Not much different from the original trailer, but we do get a few new peeks. Continue 'Operation Countdown to May 22nd'.

"Lars Glenson"???

Given the date of the posting at By Common Consent and the fact you can make "Lars Glenson" into "Glen Larson"...well...

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Wednesday April 02, 2008 at 10:56 AM