Entertainment Weekly got hold of Joss Whedon to offer a preview of the Buffy ‘season 8’ comic.
Hide your eyes!
The Sci-Fi Channel is doing a makeover on The Wizard of Oz. I’ll let the article speak for itself:
Using adjectives such as psychedelic, twisted and bizarre to describe “Tin Man,” Sci Fi said the mini turns Dorothy into a young woman named DG, who finds herself plunged into a netherworld called the Outer Zone. Other celebrated characters are reimagined in “Tin Man”: the cowardly lion as a wolverine-like creature without backbone, the wicked witch as a sorceress called Azkadellia and the wizard as a larger-than-life figure called the Mystic Man.
Umm…
The Internet now hates you, Mike.
Something Awful interviews Mike Nelson of MST3K and Rifftrax. In MP3. Sigh. (via Fandom Lounge)
Lego commercial animaters win award
Brain Zoo Studios has received a Davey Silver Award for Animation for work done on the Lego Star Wars II commercials.
BSG moves to Sundays!
Starting with the second half of the third season in January, Battlestar Galactica will air Sundays at 10 p.m. Works for me!
TV News: VMars, Heroes, Betty, Lost
It’s a good day, Silent Bob: Veronica Mars gets an (almost) full season and George Takei will play Hiro’s father on Heroes.
Also, Ugly Betty. No, it’s not genre, but it is TV’s best new show. And there’s a mystery. And the guy who plays Daniel looks kinda like Jamie Bamber.
Another hope for Babylon 5?
It was our last, best hope for peace. And the station itself might have gone away. But there are apparently still stories to tell.
SciFi Wire is reporting that a straight-to-DVD production is underway for Babylon 5 to tell a couple more stories. Sheridan, Lochley and Galen are already due to participate.
I can see Beth preparing to get her hands on that sucker right now….
Dare to geek on national television?
ABC is looking for “families who are Extreme Star Wars Enthusiast” to appear on Wife Swap. Interested? You can apply here. Again, thanks to Bonnie for the inside info!
Starbuck vs. Starbuck
Entertainment Weekly pits old, crusty 70’s Starbuck again new, young, hot Girl!Starbuck. Who wins? It’s 50/50 right now.
BSG spin-off closing in on reality
First draft scripts for Caprica have shown up at Sci-Fi’s offices. The show, a spin-off/prequel to Battlestar Galactica, has been described as a “family drama and a political drama about corporations and politics” surrounding the creation of the Cylons.