When it comes to boy toys, Hasbro still has a lock with their line of Star Wars related action figures and playsets. The success of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on TV has brought a whole new generation of kids into the franchise, so you’ll continue to see merchandising for that series.
The big news in 2010, is the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Hasbro is celebrating with a line of special packaging and promotions that will take you back to the day you first saw it in theaters. Here are a few of …read more

Pontyvale Golf Club’s post-Christmas reopening hasn’t gone well thanks to some grisly killings… The site has been closed off, and Torchwood’s Captain Jack, Gwen and Ianto investigate. But they soon come face to face with the cause of the killings – and it’s not pretty!
It’s an all new Torchwood comic and you can read it online right now at Watch! The comic is part of Alien Invasion Week on the UK network and that means good stuff for all (even us Yanks in the US.) My favorite goodie is a quick interview with John Barrowman where he giggles his way …read more

This weekend, BBC America will launch their new apocalyptic series, Survivors. In this scenario, it’s a deadly virus that wipes out most of the world. The handful that are left must band together in order to survive, but you know how good we all are in a crisis situation.  . .
“You could call Survivors sci-fi,” says series star Freema Agyeman (Dr. Who), “but first and foremost it’s a very powerful human drama. It’s very raw and it feels real. People will watch it and imagine how they might react in the same situation. Do we know ourselves well enough to …read more

ABC has hired three people to replace the departing showrunner on FlashForward. Jessika Borsiczky, Lisa Zwerling and Tim Lea will take over and they’ll be one episode shy of a full season. ABC cut the order from 23 to 22 because of a premiere date pushback designed to escape the monster feet of American Idol.
Borsiczky and Zwerling are already producers on the series and Zwerling wrote several episodes where as Lea comes in new from CSI:NY.

Gotta spread the love for this enjoyable video with an important message. It stars Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory and Zach Selwyn and it comes from Selwyn Brothers productions (who I worked for this week.)

If things were a little quiet around here the last few days, that’s because I was off shooting a short horror film. Nothing like hanging around with a dessicated corpse to get you week off to a great start. But while I was in production heck, the scifi world continued to turn so here are some of the news bits I missed and maybe you did, too.
FlashForward – According to Hollywood Reporter, the series is about to get another show runner but no one knows who it is. The first show runner left early on and was replaced by David …read more

TVGuide has some great news for V fans. Scifi favorites Nicholas Lea and Lexa Doig will be joining the series when it returns this spring.
Lea is best known for his role as Krycek in The X-Files. He’ll be playing Erica’s ex-husband.
Lexa Doig played Dr. Lam on Stargate SG-1 and she’ll be a doctor on V. She has also guested on The 4400 and Eureka and she was Risa in Supernatural “The End.”
Also joining the cast is Charles Mesure who played the Archangel Michael on Xena, and has had a recurring role on Crossing Jordan. He also appeared in Boogeyman, …read more

Caprica: “Reins of a Waterfall”
Friday, February 5 at 9:00 on Syfy.
Following Amanda’s (Paula Malcomson) public revelation that their daughter was responsible for the MagLev tragedy, the Graystones must face the wrath of angry Capricans. For Daniel (Eric Stoltz) this includes a confrontation with Sam (Sasha Roiz) and Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) in which Joseph demands that Daniel reunite him with his daughter’s avatar — the essence of his daughter Tamara (Genevieve Buechner), living on in virtual space. Daniel also realizes he can’t deal with his grief in private — this is all going to play out on a public stage.

Remember back in the day when TV shows only had one finale a year? Or maybe that was a rule in that other universe we all lived in. . .
Fringe has a big one planned tonight. Here’s the official description:
A Manhattan office building is rattled to its core, leaving only one survivor, and the Fringe Team examines his otherworldly origins. Once Walter surmises that what shook the building was something he discovered many years ago, the team races to Jacksonville to help Olivia reconnect with her past in order to avert what they fear will happen next in the all-new …read more

All the Who’s down in Whoville like February 2 a lot because it marks the DVD release of Doctor Who: The Complete Specials! David Tennant winds up his tenure as the reigning Time Lord of TV with this fantastic box set.
This set is made up of the last four Doctor Who specials, The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars and The End of Time, Parts One and Two.
Having those complete and at your fingertips for multiple watchings is good enough but they’ve also packed on some excellent special features. You get the full Doctor Who Confidential …read more