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#nycc #nycc2013 @lloydkaufman Troma to screen 5 minutes of Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 2 at New York Comic-Con 2013

Troma Entertainment has announced that co-founder Lloyd Kaufman will be screening five minutes from Kaufman’s Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 2 at the 2013 edition of New York Comic-Con. The screening will take place at the Troma Booth, #426, starting at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 12th, featuring a special introduction from The Toxic ….

Steven Spielberg futuristic thriller Extant coming to CBS next summer

Variety reports that Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television has nabbed a straight-to-series order from CBS for 13 episodes of a futuristic drama thriller titled Extant, set to air in summer 2014. The summer scheduling reflects the Network’s increased interest in original summer programming, following the successful debut of Amblin and Brian K. Vaughan’s Under the Dome ….

Win the revealing documentary Captains Close-Up With William Shatner on DVD

Before Star Trek Into Darkness hits home video, E-One Entertainment boldly follows Star Trek legend William Shatner for a brand-new 5-part EPIX series that travels the globe to sit with the elite group who’ve stood at the helm of the Starship Enterprise. To celebrate the release of The Captains Close-Up With William Shatner on DVD, ….

Tom Cruise sci-fi action thriller Yukikaze will be adapted from epic Japanese novel

Variety reports that Warner Bros. is taking Tom Cruise‘s sci-fi action thriller Yukikaze into production with Wrath of the Titans screenwriter Dan Mazeau set to adapt the original Japanese novel by Chohei Kambayashi. The Studio nabbed film rights to Kambayashi’s Yukikaze earlier this year and attached Cruise to star in the movie. The producers of ….

Starz to create show based on sci-fi novel series Outlander

Chris Albrecht of Starz Entertainment announced today that the network will partner with Sony Pictures Television to produce Outlander, an original show adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling sci-fi series of books. Starz has ordered 16 episodes of Outlander, which begins lensing in Scotland this fall. The show is expected to premiere in 2014. The series ….