Next on Earth Station One…

Next week, the Earth Station One crew is hanging out at the Quick Stop with Jay and Silent Bob as we dive into the world of Kevin Smith with special guests Dr Q, Richard Ewell, and the return of ESO’s Dan Rynn.
We assure you, the ESO station is open for business.

THE GREEN HORNET: STILL AT LARGE AUTHORS ANNOUNCED

Over at Win Scott Eckert’s blog, Win announced the writers for the upcoming release, Green Hornet: Still At Large. The authors for this book are Matthew Baugh, Thom Brannan, Win Scott Eckert, Ron Fortier, Greg Gick, Rich Harvey, CJ Henderson, Howard Hopkins, Bobbie Metevier, Will Murray, Mel Odom, S.J. Rozan, John Allen Small, Richard Dean Starr, Patricia Weakley, Dan Wickline, and ESO’s own Bobby Nash.

From http://woldnewton.blogspot.com/2012/03/green-hornetstill-at-large-authors.html
The Green Hornet: Still at Large – authors announced!
The Green Hornet: Still at Large!
Coming Summer 2012!

Earth Station Who Episode 2: The Tenth Planet

Join us as we travel all the way forward…er…back to 1986 and discuss the last William Hartnell story and the first appearance of the Cybermen, The Tenth Planet. Mike, Mike, and Dave return for the second episode of ESW and are joined by Articles of the Shadow Proclamation cohost, Scott Viguie, as they continue to review the adventures of the BBC’s beloved Timelord, one regeneration at a time.

A Jonny Quest movie seems like a no-brainer; what’s taking so long?

By Marc Bernardin, Source: Blastr.com

There’s been talk of a live-action adventure starring Hanna Barbera’s great boy explorer for a good long while—back in 2009 Zac Efron and Dwayne Johnson signed on as Jonny and Race Bannon—but nothing’s ever happened. Wrath of the Titans’ screenwriter Dan Mazeau, who is also on the Quest quest, explains why.

As always, big-budget movies like this have a ton of moving parts, and they all have to align in just the right way.

Rosario Dawson, Walking Dead producer bringing occult comic to TV

By Trent Moore, Source: Blastr.com

After helping make AMC’s The Walking Dead one of the biggest shows ever, producer Gale Anne Hurd is bringing another dark comic property to the small screen—and she’s teaming up with Rosario Dawson to make it happen.

The duo is developing the graphic novel Occult Crimes Taskforce, co-created by Dawson, as a cable series at A&E. The show will be called O.C.T., and it will follow officers in the NYPD’s occult crimes division as they investigate incidences involving black magic and other wicked voodoo. The task force will face off with a demon group hell-bent (pun intended) on taking over Manhattan.

Why that plan to film a 45-year-old Star Trek script may be dead

By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com

Just a few weeks ago, we Trek fans were rejoicing at the news that Norman Spinrad’s long-lost original series script “He Walked Among Us” would find new life on the acclaimed web series Star Trek Phase II. Sadly, we’re now hearing the project may be lost forever thanks to that unshakeable buzzkill: A network cease and desist letter.

Spinrad, a Hugo and Nebula-winning sci-fi writer who also scripted the 1967 Trek episode “The Doomsday Machine,” was paid about $5,000 for the “He Walked Among Us” script, but asked series creator Gene Roddenberry to kill the episode after producer Gene Coon “rewrote it into an unfunny comedy.”

Earth Station One Episode 104: Flash a-ah, Savior of the Universe

This week, the ESO crew hurls themselves into the void and travels to the planet Mongo to discuss the adventures of Flash Gordon. Can our intrepid heroes of Mike, Mike, and Bobby with guests Dan Johnson and Scott & Debbie Viguie, help Flash save the universe? Or will they face the mercy of Ming? Tune in to the next episode of Earth Station One to find out! Plus, Chris Hardwick and the Nerdist crew came to Atlanta and Christine Hoffman gives us a full report! All this, plus the usual Rants, Raves, Shout Outs and Khan report!

Join us for yet another episode of The Earth Station One Podcast we like to call: Flash a-ah, Savior of the Universe

Could there be ‘billions’ of habitable planets in our galaxy?

By Trent Moore, Source: Blastr.com

We may not have to look too terribly far to find a habitable alien planet out there. It turns out, there could be a few billion just in our own neighborhood. According to a new study, there are likely a lot more rocky – but habitable – planets out there orbiting red stars within our Milky Way galaxy.

The only problem? They can be tough to spot. We’ve managed to find a few, but scientists are now saying there are probably quite a lot more out there that we’re missing. Even better, many of them are solid candidates to house extraterrestrial life.

Movie review: ‘The Hunger Games’

By Ashley Bergner
Box Office Buzz

I’m pretty sure by now, I’m one of the last people on the planet to read “The Hunger Games” novel. However, I finally picked up a copy last week, and since then, I haven’t been able to stop reading it. It’s a smartly-written, fast-paced and thought-provoking novel, and the good news for fans is, the film version is just as powerful.

The story takes place in a civilization called Panem, a post-apocalyptic society in North America that’s divided into 13 districts. Years ago, the districts of Panem tried to rebel against the oppressive government but were brutally crushed (the 13th district was even obliterated). As punishment for the rebellion, the government started the “Hunger Games,” a televised gladiator-style competition where teenagers are forced to fight to the death.

Don’t worry—that big screen Flash movie ain’t dead yet

By Don Kaye, Source: Blastr.com

We haven’t heard much about that Flash movie in recent months, but don’t worry: the Scarlet Speedster’s big screen debut has not been consigned to movie studio limbo yet.

The Flash was one of the major DC characters expected to be rolled out as part of an effort by Warner Bros. Pictures (which owns the comic book giant) to create its own onscreen universe similar to what Marvel has been doing for the last five years.

However, something got in the way of that plan: the color green. As in Green Lantern, and all the green cash money that that movie did not make last summer as hoped.