Everyone knows that Roswell is the favorite vacation spot for aliens and monsters from all over the universe. So it was no surprise that the stars of DreamWorks’ Monsters vs Aliens stopped by to celebrate their DVD release this past weekend.

Gotta cultivate those new sci fi fans while they’re young and these kids look very alien friendly!

Monsters vs. Aliens, the DVD, will arrive on Earth September 29, 2009 and will include the world premiere of the brand new 3D adventure B.O.B.’s Big Break, starring everyone’s favorite gelatinous hero.

Photo Credits: Mark Wilson

Last night, luminaries from the world of sci fi and horror were honored at the 35th Annual Saturn Awards. The awards are given out by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for work in film, TV and on DVD. This years winners will join an illustrious list of former honorees including Vincent Price, Rod Serling, Dan Curtis, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, Robert Wise and Lon Chaney Jr. just to name a few.

The Dark Knight was the evening’s biggest winner, taking home five awards including Best Action Film, Best Writing, Music, Special Effects and Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger.

On the television side, it was Battlestar Galactica that took home the most awards winning Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series, Best Actor on Television: Edward James Olmos, and Best Actress on Television: Mary McDonnell. Lost received the Saturn Award for Best Network Series, beating out Supernatural, Fringe, Heroes, Life on Mars, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Battlestar was up against an odd mix of shows for Best Syndicated / Cable including The Closer, Dexter, Leverage and more predictable, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and True Blood.

Moonlight took the award for the best modern DVD with Invaders winning for retro DVD.

Several special awards were presented throughout the evening, Lance Henriksen took the Life Career Award, Jeffrey Katzenberg received the Visionary Award and Leonard Nimoy was handed the Lifetime Achievement Award.

You’ll find a full list of winners after the jump. You can find the list of nominees here at the Saturn Awards Website.

Photos by Newscom

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Turner Classic Movies has posted a list of the 15 Most Overlooked Classic Directors in movie history. Incredibly, only one, Jack Arnold, worked in the sci fi genre, but I will admit, he’s a good pick.

Jack Arnold is the man who made Creature From the Black Lagoon the classic that it is today. Atmospheric and creepy, Arnold delivered a story that made you believe that a gill man could fall in love.

Arnold also directed Tarantula, one of the best of the giant bug films, as well as The Incredible Shrinking Man. Later in his career, Arnold became a well-respected TV director on shows such as It Takes a Thief, Alias Smith and Jones and Brady Bunch, and he was one of the guiding forces behind Gilligan’s Island.

Jack Arnold, we salute you!

Now it’s your turn. Who do you think belongs on the list of Most Overlooked Classic Directors?

Photo: Amazon

This past weekend in Hollywood, several of our old favorite sci fi actors turned up at Mickey Sinardi’s ShowstopperStars Spectacular. Can you place these familiar faces?

These guys were on a mission to find a planet known as Earth.

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According to a report in Variety, Warner Brothers has spent some serious coin to acquire the big screen rights to the UK series Primeval.

The series, which currently airs on SCI Fi Channel and BBC America, deals with the concept of a time rift which is allowing dinosaurs to come through into modern-day London. On the movie front, Primeval would look a lot like Jurassic Park except that it has the time travel element.

Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster will produce through Goldsman’s WB-based Weed Road banner. Word is the setting will be switched to the US and the action will be cranked up quite a bit.

I’m a huge fan of Primeval on TV, so I’m excited by the idea of a major motion picture even though it obviously won’t be featuring the current cast or characters.

Photo: BBC America

He’s the best there is at what he does, and what he does is kick off the summer box office in grand style. X-Men Origins:Wolverine raked in $87 million over the weekend to of course, earn the no. 1 spot.

Doesn’t look like a leaked copy of the film sans special effects had any impact, unless it was to increase anticipation for the finished product. Bringing in that kind of cash, it’s almost a certainty we’ll see more X-films. As a matter of fact, as long as these things keep making money, X-Men Origins:That Mutant That Was In One Scene in X-Men 2 is not out of the realm of possibility.

Heroes star Ali Larter is turning heads in Obsessed, a thriller that paints her as a psychopath trying to steal Beyonce Knowles’ man.  Ali Larter or Beyonce? Only in the movies are men faced with such decisions. Obsessed cost only $20 million but has already pulled in nearly $50 million.

As for our favorite mutant, he will likely only have a one week reign at the top as a little Star Trek movie opens next week. It is a great time to be alive, SFUniverse faithful.

Image: Bauer-Griffin

The X-Men film franchise delves into the backstory of its most popular mutant, Wolverine today in cinemas everywhere.  X-Men Origins:Wolverine tells us just how he became the “best there is at what he does.”

We learn more about the history between Wolverine and Sabretooth, the Weapon X program and there are a few cameos from other mutants such as Cyclops, Deadpool and Gambit.

The commercials say that “summer begins here” and in terms of the summer box office, that is probably not an untrue statement. It’s certainly anticipated to be the summer’s first blockbuster. As journalists, we’re watching to see what impact the leak of an unfinished cut will have on the box office, if any. Readers, do you plan to spend at least part of your weekend with some X-Men?

Images: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, TM and Copyright 20th Century Fox Film Corp.

For one of our recent contests, we asked people when they entered to name their favorite B-Movie. Below you’ll find their replies ranked from most to least. The number following is the number of people that mentioned that movie.

Though a couple of my favorites like Killer Shrews made the list, there are a couple I’ve never heard of! Teeth, people? Really?

Have any flicks you’d like to add to the list?

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (6)
Evil Dead (5)
Evil Dead 2 (4)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (3)

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Why is Wolverine so popular anyway? Is it because he’s almost indestructible? Maybe it’s the shiny adamantium claws. No, probably the hair. It’s definitely the hair.

For the ladies, it’s probably a little something about Hugh “Sexiest Man Alive” Jackman going feral in fight scenes. It makes perfect sense that ol’ Logan, the reputed best there is at what he does, would be the first X-Man to get a solo film.

I have to say I’m pumped, as much for the event as I am for the film itself. This one is chock full of cameos from numerous mutants including Gambit, who can blow things up by touching them. He’s also one of a handful of heroes from Louisiana. The other notable one being Swamp Thing, who’s kind of a tree.

X-Men Origins:Wolverine will also show us fanboy favorite Emma Frost, who can transform herself into diamond and read minds. There’s The Blob, who can summon and harness gravitational fields and - oh heck, he’s really fat. The Blob got royally screwed on the mutant power scale. Readers, what are your thoughts about Wolverine? We’re assuming, of course, none of our readers would have downloaded that leaked copy we’re not supposed to know anything about.

This may look like an ordinary cell phone but this phone has lived the dream of many Supernatural fans – it was held by Jensen Ackles. Not only held, but squeezed, thumbed and fingered, too. . . and now, it can be yours.

The phone is just one of over 500 items up for sale at the Fangoria Live Auction hosted by Premiere Props. The auction will take place on Saturday, April 18 at the Los Angeles Convention Center but you can watch it live online. Not only will there be props from My Bloody Valentine 3-D, but they’re also selling props and costumes from The Wizard of Gore, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Mutant Chronicles, Quarantine and more.

The auction is just one event in a full weekend of horror fun that includes a special appearance by  My Bloody Valentine director, Patrick Lussier who will participate in a Q&A and sign autographs on Sunday, April 19.

Interested in bidding but can’t attend the con? You can place live bids online at http://www.icollector.com/ with the preview beginning April 18 at 9am and the live auction starting at 11am. For more information, please visit http://www.premiereprops.com or call (310) 322-PROP / (888) 761-PROP.

Photos courtesy of Premiere Props.

Click the cut to see photos of a few more My Bloody Valentine props that are up for sale.

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