Australia-wide Lord of the Rings Online Movie Marathon Is Coming September 8
If you’ve ever dreamed of a Lord of the Rings movie marathon, shared with hundreds of your friends and like-minded fans, then I have the event for you. To coincide with the release of the trilogy on blu-ray, Roadshow have a special event scheduled for the 8th of September - a giant online Australia-wide viewing party of all three extended edition films. Just in time (whew) The Lord of the Rings trilogy will be released on Blu-Ray on 28th of August, and then the online party will get...
Assassin’s Creed III Has a Radical New Game Engine
Welcome to the Un-United States of America! Where Connor, the conflicted hero of Assassins Creed III, has got some radical new technology to tell the untold story of the American Revolution. This new tech comes on the form of the redesigned game engine - AnvilNext, designed just for Assassin’s Creed III. Apparently it took three years to build and includes breakthroughs in motion-capture, animation, and AI technology. There are more character interactions and animations, and an expanded...
The Jake Lloyd Interview - A Decade after The Phantom Menace
Of course, all Star Wars fans know that Jake Lloyd was the little boy who played the young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace. But after the film came out - much to the disappointment of older Star Wars fans - Jake Lloyd gave acting away, went to school and got on with his life. It was a decade later that he was coaxed to Australia, in 2009, as a guest of Supanova, and I was there to see if I could snap up an interview. He was happy to speak to me and was candid - but...
The Week in Geek Issue # 113
Greetings dear readers! I’m declaring this week to be an Olympic free zone, cause let’s face it something needs to be. Mind you, we did submit an idea for the opening, but I guess they weren’t ready for a ceremony that had zombie Queen Elizabeth fighting ninjas with the aid of time travelling William Shakespeare. Alas, true genius is never appreciated in it’s time… Anyhow, on with the news! It was first a rumour, was swiftly denied and is now confirmed...
Chewbacca: The Movie
Chewbacca - The Movie, is happening. Sadly it is not a Star Wars spin-off starring Chewbacca, but a movie about the guy who played our favourite Wookie is a good thing, right? According to The Hollywood Reporter, a film about Peter Mayhew, who played the Han Solo’s hirsute sidekick, is in the works. Mrrrraaoorrggrrrhg. Inferno Entertainment and director Kyle Newman are developing 'Chewie', which is set against the backdrop of the making of the 1977 sci-fi...
The Final Frontier
As you may have guessed by the shift from www.scifitv.com.au to www.SFTV.au, and the recent advertisement calling for someone with my skill set, when the shift occurs on August 27, it will be occurring without The Captain. That said, I'll still be on, officially, until August the 26th. During the next few weeks, as well as covering what's going on in the world of Sci Fi-related goodness, I'll be looking over the last five years, since the beginning of Sci Fi Pi, in November of...
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Check Out Tom Hardy's Screentest for Star Trek: Nemesis!
Before Tom Hardy became a movie star and Christopher Nolan obscured his face behind a black, pain-relieving mask in The Dark Knight Rises, he appeared in Star Trek: Nemesis. Of course, you know that, o Sci Fi fan! Nemesis made a paltry US$67 million worldwide after its release in December 2002 and it took seven years and JJ Abrams to resurrect and reboot the franchise. But now footage of Tom Hardys’ screen test opposite Patrick Stewart has surfaced. As you may remember, Tom Hardy plays Shinzon,...
The Hobbit Will Now Be A Trilogy
Peter Jackson is taking a not so unexpected journey, confirming that The Hobbit is too big for just two movies and will now become a trilogy. Jackson took to Facebook to explain his decision. "It is only at the end of a shoot that you finally get the chance to sit down and have a look at the film you have made. Recently Fran, Phil and I did just this when we watched for the first time an early cut of the first movie - and a large chunk of the second. We were really pleased with the way the...
38th Saturn Awards Announced - Best SF&F of 2011
Is it Award Season Already? Saturn Loves Apes, AEAF Gives Gold to Prometheus It’s months away until Hollywood’s award season goes into hyperdrive but the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films likes to celebrate all things genre a little early. The winners for 2011 have been announced, with two movies coming out on top. At the 38th Annual Saturn Awards, Rise Planet of the Apes and Super 8 received three awards apiece. Rise of the Planet of the Apes was named Best Science...
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