By
Robbie Graham
Post-contact society examined in new sci-fi series
April 2013 will see the debut of Defiance, an ambitious TV series and immersive MMO from Syfy and Trion Worlds. Defiance (series and game) will chronicle the world-changing events on Earth as seven alien races begin to settle on our planet, and the war that ensues when negotiations go pear-shaped.
Defiance promises to be a uniquely
interactive experience, allowing viewers to go inside the fictional universe,
making their own choices and blending videogame action with dramatic
television.
Check out these videos for more info
and some impressive, large-scale sets...
‘Area 52’
movie gets a writer
Summit Entertainment has hired rookie writer Johnny Rosenthal to draft the movie adaptation of Area 52. Published in 2001, the four-issue comic book miniseries told the story of a secret storage facility in Antarctica (as opposed to Nevada, where the real Area 52 is located) that houses the alien technology no longer being studied at Area 51. The original story followed an army nurse who is forced to save the day after a mercenary attack unleashes an alien beast.
Spiders from
space!
Behold! The trailer for the low-budget, Bulgaria-shot creature feature, Spiders 3D, the synopsis for which reads as follows:
“Following a crash of an old Soviet
space station in New York City's subway tunnel, a new species of poisonous
spiders is discovered. Inadvertently the spiders mutate to gigantic proportions
and wreak havoc on the entire city.”
Spiders 3D crawls into cinemas next
year.
Prometheus honest
trailer
Hot on the heels of the honest trailer
for The Avengers, here’s one for Prometheus...
ouch!
Wanna help James
Cameron mine asteroids?
Earlier this year, James Cameron
chatted to the press about mining
asteroids. The sci-fi director was not discussing the plot
for one of his forthcoming Avatar sequels, however (bearing in
mind that his original mega-blockbuster examined the devastating impact of
commercial mining operations on an exoplanet). No, in fact – and more than a
little ironically – Cameron was announcing his investment in a real-life
extra-planetary mining company called Planetary Resources...
Anyway, further to this announcement,
Planetary Resources is now actively recruiting space miners... well, paid
interns, at least.
This from company President Chris
Lewicki:
“Do you want to be an Asteroid
Miner?
Well, here's your
chance!
We're looking for passionate college
students for
paid coop positions to help us mine asteroids
this spring and summer...
paid coop positions to help us mine asteroids
this spring and summer...
If you love space and want to
contribute directly to
the development of the next generation of space
exploration technologies, we want to hear from you
(or from anyone you know that you think would be
interested).”
the development of the next generation of space
exploration technologies, we want to hear from you
(or from anyone you know that you think would be
interested).”
I wonder if Planetary Resources and
James Cameron have stopped to consider what else besides minerals could be
lurking inside those asteroids? How strange (and slightly worrying) that ET life
might eventually be discovered through a commercial endeavour...
“Extraterrestrial life – brought to you by Planetary Resources! In association
with Apple! Sponsored by MacDonald’s!”
X-Files creator back with new sci-fi series (plus another X-Files movie possible?)
Deadline reports that Chris Carter (right) is
developing a new “big idea” sci-fi TV series in the vein of The
X-Files called The
After. Question is “After” what? After ET contact? After Disclosure, perhaps? Maybe not quite,
but time will tell...
Deadline describes the series
as:
"[A] thriller which revolves around a
mysterious, unexplained event. In the vein of The X Files, The After
incorporates elements of science fiction, suspense, and real-world fear and
paranoia."
According to Georgeville CEO Marc
Rosen:“Chris has woven his mythology magic within a very human, grounded story
about the moment when we realize all of our worst fears about the world and its
future."
On the subject of The
X-Files, David Duchovny was asked recently by Collider if he thinks a third film
could ever happen. Duchovny said:
"I would love to do another film, or
more. I think we're all game for it. I know I'm kind of perplexed that Fox isn't
more [enthusiastic]. Here's a homegrown property that you don't have to go buy,
like #$@!-in' Green Lantern or something, to make it. Here you've got an actual
action franchise that's your own. It's weird to me, but I'm not an executive. I
don't know if they made the Green Lantern either, but I'm just using that as an
example of, "Why make that film? Why not make a homegrown franchise that is
excellent, and that has proven to be excellent and interesting?" I don't get it,
but that's not my business."
