Spy Kids’ Alexa Vega no longer a kid in first image from Machete Kills

Spy Kids star Alexa Vega is all grown up. She’s also turning heads with this first official from Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming Machete Kills, the sequel to Mexploitation cult action flick Machete. Vega plays the very non-childlike character KillJoy in Rodriguez’s sequel, the bodyguard of a whorehouse, presumbly the one presided over by Sofia Vergara’s Madame ….

Blade Runner prequels and sequels being developed

Variety reports that Blade Runner, Ridley Scott’s cult classic sci-fi noir, is being prepped for prequel and sequel development. Alcon Entertainment is in final discussions to secure film, TV and ancillary franchise rights to the 1982 thriller, which starred Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, ….

Edward James Olmos talks Green Hornet feature film

In an interview with the L.A. Times, Edward James Olmos revealed, among other things, the role he’ll be playing in Michel Gondry’s (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) upcoming The Green Hornet feature film. His character’s name is Michael Axford, a reporter for the Daily Sentinel, the newspaper run by Britt Reid’s (Green Hornet’s) father ….

Win a copy of the Battlestar Galactica Downloaded series companion book

Thought I’d end the weekend on a high note with news that the site Slice of SciFi is giving away a copy of the Battlestar Galactica series companion book Battlestar Galactica Downloaded. This official full-color edition follows the first and second seasons, and is packed with exclusive interviews, stunning photos, behind-the-scenes secrets, as well as ….