Archive for November 9th, 2006

KELLER’S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 11/3: Undertaker & Kane vs. Kennedy & MVP

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

Out walked Rey Mysterio with a crutch and a limp. JBL said people retire, noting that he did at the apex of his career. Cole said for a wrestler who made his career flying around the ring (before he got to WWE, that is), it’s tough to watch him limping around in the ring. A fan held up a sign that said, “Say it ain’t so, Rey.” A clip aired of Chavo making Rey scream, “I quit!” with a series of chairshots as he hung upside down in the rafter. Rey said he needed surgery…

Miller Awed At 300 Film

Thursday, November 9th, 2006


Frank Miller, the graphic novelist whose fantastical 300 has been adapted into a movie, told SCI FI Wire that the film may inspire youngsters in the same way that an earlier movie version of the same true story inspired him to create the book in the first place.

Medium Gets Animated

Thursday, November 9th, 2006


Glenn Gordon Caron, creator of NBC’s hit series Medium, told SCI FI Wire that the upcoming two-hour third-season premiere incorporates original 2-D animation, one of the techniques he’s been itching to exploit since his 1980s series Moonlighting.

Campbell Praises Casino’s Craig

Thursday, November 9th, 2006


Martin Campbell, director of the upcoming James Bond adventure Casino Royale, told SCI FI Wire that 007 newcomer Daniel Craig was the right man to play the British superspy in his revamped, tougher and low-tech reboot of the venerable franchise.

Dresden Files Begins Production

Thursday, November 9th, 2006


Production has started in Toronto on The Dresden Files, SCI FI Channel’s upcoming original series based on Jim Butcher’s series of best-selling fantasy novels, with Terrence Mann joining the cast, SCI FI announced.

Eick Invades With Them

Thursday, November 9th, 2006


Battlestar Galactica executive producer David Eick is teaming up with director Jonathan Mostow and writer John McNamara to develop Them, an SF alien-invasion series for the Fox network, Variety reported.

Prince Got Happy Feet

Thursday, November 9th, 2006


George Miller, director of the upcoming animated musical film Happy Feet, told SCI FI Wire that Academy Award-winning musician and songwriter Prince fell in love with the film’s penguins?so much so that he not only allowed filmmakers to change the lyrics to one of his songs, but he also wrote an original song for the movie.

Next Superman Flying In 2009?

Thursday, November 9th, 2006


The sequel to Superman Returns will likely hit theaters in 2009, executive producer Chris Lee told The Honolulu Advertiser, while the IESB.com Web site reported a rumor that the sequel’s working title will be Superman: The Man of Steel.

Son Messes With Birthright

Thursday, November 9th, 2006


Best-selling fantasy author Robin Hobb, who was a guest of honor at last week’s World Fantasy Convention in Austin, Texas, told SCI FI Wire that her current work in progress, The Soldier Son trilogy, is basically the story of a society in which what you will do is determined by your birth order.

Cast Fills Out Singer’s Trick

Thursday, November 9th, 2006


Brian Cox, Anna Paquin, Dylan Baker and Leslie Bibb are set to star in the horror movie Trick ‘r Treat, which Bryan Singer is producing for Legendary Pictures and Warner Brothers through his Bad Hat Harry Productions, Variety reported.

Palmer Helming Chameleon

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

Chris Palmer is attached to direct A Spell for Chameleon, a fantasy movie for Warner Brothers, with Wolfgang Petersen producing via his Radiant Productions banner along with David Benioff, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Time To Go Nuts In Jersey

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

Every school, theoretically speaking, should have that moment when everything is perfect and right, one of those nights were all students begin a four-day orgy of drinking, unbridled celebration and…