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Competition: One Copy Of Planet 51 PS3 Game Up For Grabs

SciFiPulse has gotten its hands on a copy Planet 51 for the Playstation 3, and all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this spectacular piece of space age swag is send an email  with your name and shipping address and title it “This is not the Planet you are looking for”

More details on how to enter below.

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Lost Boy — Corey Haim Dead!

TV Guide reports that Corey Haim has sadly passed away at the age of 38. The actor, who is best known to genre fans for his role of Sam the younger brother of Michael in The Lost Boys by Joel Schumacher, died on Wednesday morning of a drug overdose.

Haim has often struggled with a drug problem, and was taken to Burbank Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 3:30 AM PST.

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Robin To Appear In ‘Arkham Asylum 2′ Game

Though it is still in the early stages of creation, the video game Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 will include Robin, the Dark Knight’s sometimes sidekick, according to VG247.

As listed on the IMDB website, Robin will be brought to life by Vincent Martella, who played Hope in the Final Fantasy XIII game released this week.

Of course, other voices from the first game will be returning, like Mark Hamill as The Joker, and Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn. Read more »

Sneak Peak At ‘Battle Amongst The Stars’ Comic

Featured in this weeks SFP Radio show is Martin Fisher, who has kindly send along the following preview images from his forthcoming comic book prequel to Battle Beyond The Stars, which will be released on 28 March and is titled Battle Amongst The Stars.

See more images after the jump.

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Search For Captain America Continues

When the rumor recently surfaced that The Office’s John Krasinski had a lock on the role of the lead in The First Avenger: Captain America, some fans of the character went apoplectic.

Krasinski, who honestly looks more like the pre-Super Soldier formula Steve Rogers than the guy after the experiment, was considered by some a shoo-in.  Here’s the original post by Fox 411 on SciFiWire:

“John has read 4 times and is doing screen tests,” the person said. “He has screen tested 2 times so far. It’s very likely that he will be the new Captain America. He is a favorite among the key decision makers and has been asked to come back for more this week.” Read more »

Day Snags Lead Role In ‘Red’

Felicia Day, a veteran of many Joss Whedon productions, has been cast as the lead character of SyFy’s re-imagining of “Little Red Riding Hood,” according to MTV.

Day, who has appeared in Buffy The Vampire Slayer as Vi, in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog as Penny, and as Mag in Dollhouse, will play a werewolf-hunting descendant of the first Little Red Riding Hood in Red, scheduled to air next year.

According to the press release, SyFy’s version will be the twisted take on the classic fairy tale. In the film, Red brings her fiance home to meet the family and learns about the business of hunting werewolves. “He’s skeptical until bitten by a werewolf. When her family insists he must be killed, Red tries saving him,” the synopsis says. Sounds like Day may be drawing some inspiration from Buffy herself!  Also starring in the movie is Kavan Smith and Stephen McHattie. Read more »

Robert Cooper Chats ‘Stargate Universe’

The new issue of the Official Stargate Magazine features a revealing interview with Producer Robert Cooper who has played a key role in all three Stargate television series.

The good folks at Titan have provided us with the following excerpts:

Dr. Nicholas Rush looks through the microscope and examines the tiny droplets of water on the specimen slide. Frowning, the scientist sits back in his chair; clearly his findings are not good. He and Lt. Tamara Johansen explain to Colonel Everett Young that the ice brought back to the Destiny from a planet they recently visited is contaminated. Everyone, including the three of them, has been infected and unless a cure is found and soon, they are all going to die.

“Cut! That was great; let’s try it one more time,” says Stargate Universe co-creator/executive producer and on this episode, director, Robert C. Cooper.

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Latest ‘Tron Legacy’ Trailer Looks Good

The latest official trailer for Tron Legacy, the sequel to the much loved 1982 movie, has finally hit the internet, and it looks fantastic. Also nice to see a brief glimpse of Bruce Boxleitner reprising the role of Alan Bradley. Read more »

‘Six Million Dollar Man’ And ‘Bionic Woman’ To Return To Cable?

One show from the seventies which has not had the remake treatment as of yet is The Six Million Dollar Man, which starred Lee Majors as Steve Austin and Richard Anderson as his boss, Oscar Goldman.

Back in the 1970s, The Six Million Dollar Man was big business and had a loyal following. Yet after several “bionic” television movies, which ended with the 1994 film Bionic Ever After, nothing much has really happened other than a lot of talk.

For some time Richard Anderson has long held the firm belief that The Six Million Dollar Man can and should live again.

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Comix Portal: Hardcover Heaven!

Every once in a while, some trend comes along and changes how I buy comics—most likely, forever.

It wasn’t that long ago we started seeing trade paperbacks in the “mainstream” bookstores.  I was worried that the local comics shops would go under when the “trades” (as we call them in comic-book fandom) caused a mass exodus to the nearby Borders or Barnes & Nobles.  I was happy to discover that my fears had been unfounded.  Instead, the local stores did better because readers who hadn’t read some issues could catch up by reading this compilation. Also, those folks who preferred to read these “extended stories” would stop by every few months to pick up their “trades” and catch up with those of us who are weekly addicts. I even could sample comics I hadn’t read before, so I bought my share of “trades.”

But there has been a new development in the last few years that has significantly altered how I buy comics, and for the better, I think.

What is this new phenomenon?  Well, comics companies discovered that if some of us really, really liked a storyline, we’d shell out the extra bucks to buy an edition that would last longer than the “trades.” Thus was born the comics hardcover! Read more »

Ciaramello To Play The Riddler In Third Batman Film

Apparently, it pays to read the IMDB website … very carefully.

That’s what Cara did at allieiswired.com, who noticed that a new name had been added to the list of people associated with the “Untitled Batman Project.” Of course, the usual suspects were there, including Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Michael Caine. Imagine her surprise when she discovered the roster had increased to include Benjamin Ciaramello, who was now supposed to be playing Edward Nygma aka The Riddler.  “There is no rumor status next to the name, so one would deduce that it’s a done deal,” she said.

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