Liv Tyler, Matt Bomer, Patrick Wilson and Marisa Coughlan have all just finished shooting Jack Plotnick's sci-fi dramedy "Space Station 76" says Heat Vision. The film was shot over three weeks in Los Angeles on the quiet and is set in a 1970's interpretation of a space station in the future. Tyler is the newly arrived assistant captain causing … [Read more...]
“Transformers” In Space With Less Money
June 22, 2012 by
Despite the film still being written and a long way off from production, Michael Bay is still talking up the fourth "Transformers" project and how the plan is for the franchise to be "moving on to something different". Speaking with The Los Angeles Times, Bay refuses to call the film a reboot - “I don’t want to say reboot because then people will … [Read more...]
MDA signs $4.2M space camera contract
February 27, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - Space technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA) signs $ 4.2-million contract involving high-definition cameras to be installed on the International Space Station.MDA said the contract with Earth Video Camera Inc. — operating as UrtheCast — will provide them with information solutions to be incorporated into … [Read more...]
New SFU complex to make some space
February 21, 2012 by
A $ 65-million student- union building is in the works at Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus that would add 100,000 square feet of student space, as well as an outdoor stadium, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) announced Monday. The addition will be built in the Lorne Davies Complex at the south end of the Terry Fox Field. It will … [Read more...]
“Space: 1999” Rebooted Into “Space: 2099”
February 10, 2012 by
ITV Studios America and HDFILMS have announced plans for "Space: 2099", a contemporary re-imagination of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's classic 70's British sci-fi series "Space: 1999" says The Hollywood Reporter. The original series follows the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha after a catastrophic accident involving nuclear waste from Earth knocks the … [Read more...]
CES 2012 sets all-time records for attendance, exhibitors and claimed floor space
January 14, 2012 by
CES 2013 has already been scheduled (it's January 8 - 11, for those curious), and it'll have new records to break once things get going again. A source close to the CEA informed us today that CES 2012 has broken a trifecta of records already, and the final tallies aren't even in yet. For starters, more people attended CES this year than ever … [Read more...]
Europhysics Letters publishes first paper submitted from space, your homework excuses now deemed invalid
November 15, 2011 by
Couldn't find the resources? Too much commotion? Had to run your pup to the vet? Save it. Alexander Alexandrovich Skvortsov took the time to detail a series of experiments aboard the International Space Station back in July of 2010, and rather than just noting 'em in his flip-pad, he worked with Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov to submit the work to a … [Read more...]
Cop Meets Space Opera In “Hyperdrive”
October 14, 2011 by
Paramount Pictures has acquired Morgan Jurgenson and David Daniels' sci-fi spec script "Hyperdrive" says Heat Vision. The story follows a tough cop who recruits a geeky sci-fi author to help him track down a mysterious murder witness. While on their search, they find themselves in the middle of a space opera playing out on Earth. The film is … [Read more...]
