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General Sci/Fi Fantasy News #2 - Rise of the Genre

New Thread. Commence the news!

You should bold the entries for the 300. While it's based on history the film adds fantasy elements to the story so it basically falls into the genre of historical fantasy.

Thanks for adding that, I wanted to say that as well but I had no time to make a post for I had to go to work. :(

Termninator might be interesting, we'll see where it goes :P

Bad news for BSG fans, SEason 4 is it's last. Eddie Olmos stated as much in an interview with scifi.com

I like the news about heros....I have to say that I'm stoked about 24 episodes and 6 episodes of the Origin Series.

"ER" star Cardellini in "Heaven" - Yahoo! News

NBC picks up four dramas; "Friday" back - Yahoo! News - mentions Bionic Woman and Journeyman

Also, there are several positive mentions over at tvguide.com about the new series Pushing Daisies that will air on ABC in the Fall. Here's an excerpt from Matt Roush's dispatch:

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A wild pop-colored blend of comedy, fantasy and mystery, it's about a young man (the charming Lee Pace) whose touch can bring the dead back to life, and back to death just as quickly. What he does with this gift, and how it changes his life and those around him, is the gist of this series, which plays like the best Tim Burton fairy-tale fable ever.

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Fox Walden puts 4 films on its 1st calendar - Yahoo! News

LaBeouf, Fox role-play for "Transformers" - Yahoo! News
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Here's a complete list of winners for the 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards:

• Outstanding Film: Letters From Iwo Jima • Outstanding Actor, Film: Kal Penn, The Namesake • Outstanding Actress, Film: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel • Outstanding Actor, TV: Masi Oka, Heroes • Outstanding Actress, TV: Parminder Nagra, ER • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Film: Maggie Q, Mission: Impossible III • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Film: Dustin Nguyen, Little Fish • Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV: Mindy Kaling, The Office • Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV: Rex Lee, Entourage • Outstanding Comedy Performance: Margaret Cho • Favorite Reality TV Star: Yul Kwon, Survivor: Cook Islands • Outstanding Independent Film: Journey From the Fall • Lifetime Achievement Award: Chow Yun-Fat • Pioneer Award: Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa, restaurateur • Visionary Award: Vivienne Tam, fashion designer

Lost's Daniel Dae Kim and BSG's Grace Park were hosts and nominees.

One more item from today: 'Lost,' 'Heroes' Vets Join 'The Dark Knight' - Roberts and Carbonell are on board for supporting roles - Zap2it

Make that 2 items: Butler Lands 'Island,' 'Game' Roles - '300' Star is keeping busy - Zap2it The second movie mentioned is Scifi.

Thanx for the wealth of news, dukesmom. Going to take some time to digest this all.

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Originally Posted by Cryostar (Post 15445140)

Have you read their excuses, ahem, reasons for why some movies and television shows were not on the list? A couple of reasons were okay (i.e. Buffy is Fantasy not Sci Fi), but most of the others were pretty lame. :rolleyes:

No, and it scares me.....I mean technically, so little of Science Fiction, is actually ficiton....most is Science Fantasy....but come on.

You don't even want to know the reason Farscape wasn't on the list.

And now for some actual news: Sci-fi director takes wheel of "Spy Hunter" - Yahoo! News

Maybe Paul will redeem himself this time....then again, maybe pigs will fly.

No, I don't.....and I'm already ticked that it's not.

'Battlestar' Producer's 'Them' Lives at FOX - James D'Arcy, Ben Feldman, Rachel Nichols and Tricia Helfer starred in the pilot - Zap2it

Nominees for tonight's ALMA awards. (Since my Spanish is limited, to say the least, I'm not going to try to pick out the SciFi/Fantasy entries):

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OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE
Babel
Bobby
Quinceañera

OUTSTANDING ACTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Gael Garc�*a Bernal – Babel
Jesse Garcia – Quinceañera
Michael Peña – World Trade Center

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS – MOTION PICTURE
Adriana Barraza – Babel
Cameron Diaz – The Holiday
Eva Mendes – Trust The Man
Emily Rios – Quinceañera

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Alfonso Cuarón – Children of Men
Emilio Estevez – Bobby
Andy Garcia – The Lost City
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel

OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Guillermo Arriaga – Babel
Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata, Timothy J. Sexton,
Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby – Children of Men
Emilio Estevez – Bobby

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR TV MOVIE
George Lopez – ABC
Ugly Betty – ABC
“Walkout” – HBO

OUTSTANDING ACTOR –
TELEVISION SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR TV MOVIE
Santiago Cabrera – Heroes – NBC
Miguel Ferrer – Crossing Jordan – NBC
Carlos Mencia – Mind of Mencia – Comedy Central
Edward James Olmos – Battlestar Galactica – Sci Fi Channel
Michael Peña – “Walkout” – HBO

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS –
TELEVISION SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR TV MOVIE
America Ferrera – Ugly Betty – ABC
Constance Marie – George Lopez – ABC
Sara Ramirez – Grey’s Anatomy – ABC
Alexa Vega – “Walkout” – HBO

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR –
TELEVISION SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR TV MOVIE
Yancey Arias – “Walkout” – HBO
Jorge Garcia – Lost – ABC
Mark Indelicato – Ugly Betty – ABC
Benito Martinez – The Shield – FX
Tony Plana – Ugly Betty – ABC
Miguel Sandoval – Medium – NBC

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS –
TELEVISION SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR TV MOVIE
Tonantzin Esparza – “Walkout” – HBO
Aimee Garcia – George Lopez – ABC
Belita Moreno – George Lopez – ABC
Marisol Nichols – 24 – FOX
Ana Ortiz – Ugly Betty – ABC
Roselyn Sanchez – Without A Trace – CBS
Nadine Velazquez – My Name Is Earl – NBC
Lauren Vélez – Dexter – Showtime

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR –
TELEVISION SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR TV MOVIE
Linda Mendoza – Scrubs – “My Déj�* Vu” – NBC
Edward James Olmos – “Walkout” – HBO
Kenny Ortega –“High School Musical” – Disney Channel

OUTSTANDING WRITING –
TELEVISION SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR TV MOVIE
Marcus De Leon, Ernie Contreras, Timothy J.
Sexton – “Walkout”– HBO
Adam E. Fierro, Charles H. Eglee – The Shield,
“Enemy of Good” – FX
Silvio Horta – Ugly Betty, “Pilot” – ABC
Dailyn Rodriguez – Ugly Betty, “After Hours” – ABC

OUTSTANDING MADE-FOR-TV DOCUMENTARY
“Al Otro Lado (To The Other Side)” – PBS
“From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale” – PBS
“Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano” – PBS
“Pancho Gonzalez: Warrior of the Courts” – PBS

Warner Bros. buys "Shannara" books - Yahoo! News It's be a while since I read the first three books of this series.

ALMA award results (I highlighted the only one I know for sure is SciFi):

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FILM

• Motion Picture: Babel • Actor: Jesse Garcia, Quinceañera • Actress: Adriana Barraza, Babel • Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel • Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga, Babel

TELEVISION

• Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: Ugly Betty • Actor: (tie) Edward James Olmos, Battlestar Galactica and Michael Peña, Walkout • Actress: America Ferrera, Ugly Betty • Supporting Actor: Benito Martinez, The Shield • Supporting Actress: Ana Ortiz, Ugly Betty • Director: (tie) Edward James Olmos, Walkout and Kenny Ortega, High School Musical • Writing: Silvio Horta, Ugly Betty • Made-for-TV Documentary: From Mambo to Hip-Hop: A South Bronx Tale (PBS)

Television Critics Association nominees (partial list):

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Program of the year: "American Idol" (Fox), "Friday Night Lights" (NBC), "Heroes" (NBC), "Planet Earth" (Discovery), "The Wire" (HBO) and "When the Levees Broke" (HBO).

Achievement in drama: "Friday Night Lights" (NBC), "Heroes" (NBC), "Lost" (ABC), "The Sopranos" (HBO) and "The Wire" (HBO).

New program of the year: "30 Rock" (NBC), "Dexter" (Showtime), "Friday Night Lights" (NBC), "Heroes" (NBC) and "Ugly Betty."

Achievement in children's programming: "Dora the Explorer" (Nickelodeon), "Johnny and the Sprites" (Disney Channel), "Kyle XY" (ABC Family), "Lincoln Heights" (ABC Family) and "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Nickelodeon).

ownership change for SPACE channel?

I don't have a news link... but it looks like Canada's 'SPACE' cable channel will be taken over by CTV as part of the CTV-CHUM network deal.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. CTV is not a genre-friendly network, so I don't know how much SPACE programming will benefit from this. SPACE also shared programming(eg. Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, Stargate etc..) with it's sister station CityTV. However CityTV is being sold off to Rogers Cable. Confusing much? :spineyes:

Bad news for Canada...