Sl-lost.com is reporting that the final season of Lost will not run straight through to completion. Carlton Cuse is indicating that while the season will start airing in January, it will then break once the Vancouver Olympics start, and pick back up in March. Ouch. Extra pathetic, considering that the Olympics aren’t even on ABC. [...]

The “It only does everything” campaign took one huge step closer to truth today. The AP is reporting that the PS3 will have Netflix streaming starting next month.  Up to this point the only console to do this was the Xbox 360. To access the service, PS3 users will need to use a Blu-Ray disc [...]

If you are anxiously awaiting the release of BioWare’s “Mass Effect 2,” then you will only have to wait another three months and change!    The game will get a January 26, 2010 release in the United States.  The European release is set for a few days later– January 29th.  Sorry– no chance of a “Mass [...]

In a column titled “Sony’s Big Steal”, Variety writer Peter Bart reveals not only that D-9 was the weekend box office winner, but at a recent packed Acadamy voter screening, the movie received a heck of a lot of applause from the folks that choose what movies will make it to the now-expanded Oscar Best [...]

Today we learned some wild stuff from Dark Horse. The most exciting news I heard today was Dark Horse’s announcement of the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service live-action movie by Dark Horse Entertainment. If that mouthful of a name isn’t familiar then it is time to check it out. “Kurosagi” as it is known by fans [...]

As Day Two of San Diego’s Comic-Con rolls into night (and don’t expect these attendees, and especially presenters, panelists and booth dwellers are turning in early any of these nights) let’s take a look of some of the day’s events and announcements. Mangablog has the roundups of the manga announcements so far (One and two). [...]

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2009/07/24/starwars-concert.html

A concert version of the film Star Wars is set to begin its North American tour in October, organizers announced Thursday.

Star Wars: In Concert will feature a live symphony orchestra, a choir and film clips displayed on a three-storey tall high-definition screen.

In surprising and satisfying animated sci-fi news this week, the once canceled Fox sit-com Futurama has found a new life and will see (at least) 26 more episodes broadcast. Although ratings were not high enough to keep Futurama on analog airwaves (so 2003) the Emmy-winning Matt Groening created show will start to air again next [...]