Andrew Liptak

Here’s The Trailer For Jongo, A Johannesburg-Set Superhero Show

This looks like a really awesome television show, recently previewed at DISCOP AFRICA 2015. Jongo is a television series set to premiere in 2016 in South Africa, following a young man who gains supernatural abilities after discovering an alien crystal. Jongo is set in Johannesburg, following Eli King after he finds a crystal left to…

Toddler Singing The Imperial March Shows Off Parenting Done Right

This is awesome: Jonathan Liu had been watching Star Wars with his children, and after putting his two and a half year old daughter to bed, he found that she really liked it. Liu writes about introducing Star Wars to his kids over on Geek Dad, noting that she’s particularly a fan of Darth Vader…

When Soldiers From Halo and Destiny Come Together, Hilarity Ensues

Here’s a delightful fan film featuring two Bungie properties: Halo and Destiny. What happens when the two collide? Hilarity.

When Frozen hit theaters, stores quickly ran out of merchandise, caught by surprise at the popularity of the film. This year, Disney has been working carefully with their merchandise rollout for The Force Awakens, to avoid a repeat.

With The Passage Of Amendment 10/60, Scientists Are Hunted Down 

Here’s a really interesting short film out of Greece. In an alternate history, scientists are blamed for nuclear annihilation, and intellectuals are hunted down and killed. Amendment 10/60 reminds me quite a bit of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. It features some excellent direction and it’s a fascinating short film that’s well worth 20 minutes of…

Watch A Mad Scientist Transplant His Son’s Brain Into A Cyborg In The Colossus Of New York

Here’s a classic movie for you to enjoy for Sunday: The Colossus Of New York, from 1958. When a surgeon’s son dies, he transplants his brain into the body of a cyborg, with tragic and unintended consequences. Watch, and weigh on on what you think in the comments!

Here’s Another Television Spot For The Force Awakens

Can you piece together The Force Awakens yet? Disney has released a fourth television spot for the upcoming Star Wars film, which has a couple of new snippets of footage that we haven’t seen yet. This trailer seems to emphasize more of the action, and shows Kylo Ren in action, as well as a couple…

Nominations For the 2016 Nebula Awards Are Now Open

If you’re a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, you can now present your nominations for the 2016 Nebula Awards. The nomination period runs through February 15th, 2016. All works published between January 1st, 2015 and December 31st 2015 are eligible, in the following categories: Short Story: less than 7,500 words;…

Paul Rudd Is A Cable Repair Guy In This Deleted Scene From Ant-Man

Marvel has released a brief deleted scene from Ant-Man before its home release. In it, Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang scouts out Hank Pym’s house in guise of a cable repair guy. The voiceover you hear is from Rudd and Peyton Reed, the film’s director, who explain why the clip was cut from the film.

Open Channel: Who Would Direct An Adaptation Of Your Favorite SF Novel?

Here’s your open channel challenge of the weekend. Take favored science fiction or fantasy novel, and imagine that it’s been picked up for a film. Who would be the best director (living or dead) to helm the project? For my money, I’d love to see Linda Nagata’s Red trilogy (The Red: First Light, The Trials…

Zombies have been all the rage for a while now: there’s television shows, movies, books, and so forth, but how did we get to this point of zombie overload? The Barnes and Noble SciFi and Fantasy Blog looks back at some of the history.

Check Out The Expanse With An Early Screening Hosted by James S.A. Corey 

Want to check out SyFy’s upcoming show a bit early? James S.A. Corey (equal parts Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) will be hosting a screening of the pilot on December 3rd at the Jean Cocteau theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The pair will be holding a signing at the theater for George R.R. Martin,…

There’s Even More New Force Awakens Footage In This Featurette

A new featurette for the Disney Channel’s On The Set has dropped, this time focusing on The Force Awakens. It’s a quickie, just a minute long, but there’s quite a bit of new glimpses from the main characters. Edit: there’s even more new footage in the UK version:

This Cosplay Music Video Highlights BlizzCon’s Extraordinary Cosplayers

If you missed BlizzCon last weekend, Sneaky Zebra has put together one of their fantastic cosplay music videos, highlighting some of the really awesome costumes that they spotted throughout the weekend.

As dystopias have proliferated throughout science fiction, more optimistic authors such as Kim Stanley Robinson have tackled a brighter future for humanity. The New Republic has a fascinating article on the subject that’s well worth reading.

War Stories From The Future Is A Fantastic Military Science Fiction Anthology From The Atlantic Council

We’ve highlighted the Atlantic Council’s Art of Future Warfare project a several times this year, and we’re big fans of their work. Now, they’ve got a new project that they’ve just released: an anthology titled War Stories From The Future. Best of all? It’s a free book! War Stories from the Future is a new…

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus Sequel Gets Another Name Change

First it was Prometheus 2, and then Alien: Paradise Lost. Now, Ridley Scott’s followup to Prometheus apparently has a new name: Alien: Covenant. Cinema Blend speculates a bit on what the name change means for the story of the film: Prometheus is, of course, a reference to the legend of how a man “stole” fire…

Orbit Books Will Publish An Astonishing 90 Books A Year Starting In 2016

Who says that science fiction publishing is dead? Not Orbit Books. The Hachette company announced yesterday that they were expanding their SF/F line by 50% next year to publish a whopping 90 books starting in 2016. Tim Holman, Orbit Publisher and Hachette Book Group SVP, said: “There is a huge and diverse audience for SF…

So You Want To Join The Empire: Abs Made Of ABS

I’ve been a little behind in actually doing anything in the last week, but this weekend we’ve got some progress! The suit is almost done: there’s a little more to do, then adjustments. I’ve been working on finishing up the webbing (for which I need more supplies), and I need to do a proper test…

At The End Asks: Would You Become A Slave To Escape A Doomed Earth?

In this short film, a nearby supernova spells certain doom for Earth, and an alien fleet offers a choice: humans can escape, but only if they agree to become enslaved in space. The film follows one couple who have to come to grips with what it will cost to survive. Jason Whitmore’s film splits its…