Television

Win a free trip to San Diego Comic-Con and join G4 Attack of the Show event coverage

Yesterday, G4 and Dark Horse Comics kicked off a search for the ultimate Comic-Con fan who will receive the opportunity of a lifetime – the chance to appear in G4’s special coverage of this year’s 40th Anniversary Edition of San Diego Comic-Con. One lucky winner will be selected as a “Special Correspondent” to G4 and ….

Free retail exclusives available with Star Trek purchase starting today

As Star Trek takes its place among the great sci-fi films, Paramount Home Entertainment has released the Original Motion Picture Collection and Trilogy on Blu-ray and DVD today. They have also released the The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series, along with The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation on DVD.

Dominic West to star in true account of miracle drug developer

Dominic West (The Wire, The Devil’s Whore, The Forgotten) will star as straight-talking Australian scientist Professor Howard Florey in Breaking The Mould for BBC Four, it was announced yesterday. It is widely recognized that Alexander Fleming was the man who discovered penicillin but the truth is a bit more complicated than that – and the ….

Blu-ray release of Star Trek: The Original Series giving hardcore Trek fans exclusive this weekend

Owners of Star Trek: The Original Series on Blu-ray will be able to access daily reports from FEDCON, Europe’s largest Star Trek convention, for direct download from the disc’s BD-Live portal. Apart from the additional information and exclusive videos and trailers provided via BD-Live, videos of the highlights at FEDCON will be available for download. ….

Viral campaign for sci-fi show Flash Forward explained (at least to me)

During Lost’s 100th episode last night, which I thought was one of the best episodes in a long while, there were a number of mysterious on-screen references to something, before and after commercials, that totally eluded me, in between the amazing new clips from Star Trek, Transformers 2 and Terminator Salvation. At one point, I ….

David Newman to receive Richard Kirk Award during BMI Film & TV Awards

Prolific composer David Newman will receive the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at BMI’s annual Film & Television Awards on Wednesday, May 20 in Los Angeles. Staged at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the black-tie, invitation-only dinner will also honor the composers of the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and ….

What sci-fi TV shows are getting shot out the skies next season?

Well, according to a report on Sci-Fi Wire, 11 cult sci-fi shows are on the edge of a very deep cliff. According to reports, shows including Fringe, Dollhouse and Medium, are in varying degrees of danger of being cancelled for the upcoming Fall season. Sadly, it looks almost certain now that the low-rated Terminator: The ….

Win a copy of the 4 Disc DVD Collection of the animated cult classic Gigantor

On May 5, 2009, E1 Entertainment will release the cult classic series Gigantor, including 26 episodes of the classic animated series, in their original air-date order, plus fascinating bonus features, issues 1-6 of the Gigantor Comic, and a 16 page collectible booklet, all in a Deluxe 4-DVD Set. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is getting ….

New poster today and a sequel coming for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot

Paramount has greenlit a sequel to the new Star Trek relaunch, and Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof are set to write the screenplay, according to Variety. J.J. Abrams, who directed and produced the most recent film, will produce the follow-up. No details have been released on whether Abrams will also lens the future ….