AP - Franklin Cover, who became a familiar face as George and Louise Jefferson’s white neighbor in the long-running TV sitcom “The Jeffersons,” has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 77.
Timur Bekmambetov, the director of the Russian vampire movie Night Watch, told SCI FI Wire that the fantasy-horror film is the first part of a trilogy, the last installment of which will be shot probably in the United States in English.
Producer Wes Craven told SCI FI Wire that he was so impressed with French director Alexandre Aja when remaking his 1977 horror classic The Hills Have Eyes that he agreed to team up with him again for a ghost story called The Waiting.
Comic-book writer Landry Walker, co-author of the upcoming Tron: The Ghost In the Machine series, told SCI FI Wire hat it took five years for him and co-writer Eric Jones to snag the rights to the seminal 1982 Disney SF movie Tron.
Two-time World Fantasy Award-winning author Jeff VanderMeer told SCI FI Wire that his forthcoming novel, Shriek: An Afterword, was eight years in the making.
Adrian Hon, executive producer of game developer Mind Candy Design, told SCI FI Wire that the alternate-reality game Perplex City now has more than 15,000 players worldwide, with planned live events in New York and London.
Halo 2, the first-person combat and multiplayer action sequel game, is being developed for PCs exclusively on the Windows Vista platform, Microsoft announced.
Jennifer Beals (The L Word) has joined the cast of The Grudge 2, a sequel to the 2004 horror hit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Mandalay Pictures has tapped Marc Schoelermann to make his directorial debut on the supernatural thriller Hexxx, Variety reported.
Queensland researchers are closer to coming up with a control for the age-old rural problem of blow flies.
Reuters - Those who want to know
what influenced the comedy of Dave Chappelle and who he looks
to for inspiration will be well-served by the latest episode of
“Inside the Actors Studio,” extended to two hours.
Reuters - It may star Chris Evans,
a.k.a. the Human Torch in "Fantastic Four," and Jason Statham,
a.k.a. the title character in the "Transporter" movies, but
there's absolutely nothing fantastic or transporting about
"London," an endlessly ponderous relationship picture that also
has zilch to do with the British capital.