Take a peek at BBC America's upcoming history of sci-fi

About the Show

From Star Wars to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and from Jurassic Park to Doctor Who, each program is packed with contributors behind these creations and traces the developments of Robots, Space, Invasion and Time. Narrated by Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who writer, actor, and co-creator of the BBC’s Sherlock, the series determines why science fiction is not merely a genre… for its audience it’s a portal to a multi-verse – one that is all too easy to get lost in.

Among those taking part are: William Shatner (Star Trek), Nathan Fillion (Firefly), Zoe Saldana(Avatar, Star Trek), Steven Moffat (Doctor Who), Richard Dreyfuss (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), Chris Carter (The X-Files), Ronald D Moore (Battlestar Galactica), John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, Schlock), David Tennant (Doctor Who), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), John Carpenter (Dark Star, The Thing), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), Neil Gaiman (The Sandman, Stardust), Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars Trilogy), Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise), Ursula K Le Guin (The Left Hand of Darkness), Syd Mead (Blade Runner), Kenny Baker (Star Wars), Anthony Daniels (Star Wars), Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek), Peter Weller (Robocop), Edward James Olmos (Blade Runner, Battlestar Galactica), and many more.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/real-history-of-science-fiction/guide/

Again it appeared I am fire I am death oh Smaug the magnificent.

Again it appeared I am fire I am death oh Smaug the magnificent.

Weta has released a sneak peak again for the book Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon.

This spread is page 44-45 in the upcoming book it is a feature with commentary by Myriam Catrin, Weta Digital Senior Texture artist.

Are you ready to go to Sherlocked?

Are you ready to go to Sherlocked?

In 2014 the famous TV show Sherlock will have his first convention although it was already announced a couple of weeks ago. They ask you to submit your details and you will get announcements when they are ready to do the convention. They also ask you on Twitter to think about place to have the convention.

When I first found out about the event I was thinking about how many fans of Sherlock that are fan of the books would actually go to that event. Which fans are actually served at that event? Only the ones who want to meet the cast. Is the cast able to go to every event due to schedules of films or did they schedule nothing to be there. What are the ticket prices? How about the prices for a meet and greet and photograph with the cast and crew? Time will tell if these questions will be answered.

I agree that one of the convention need to be in the UK. The TV series and books are set on Baker Street 221B in London. So normally you would say it needs to take place somewhere in London. As Baker Street 221B is way too small and little to do a big event like this.  

Will this event be at a new to build Sherlock Holmes theme park?

How about you would you go there? I would. 84% would go there if you believe the votes.

How about a grand opening with cast/crew and convention at the same time it would be the outcome of this great event.

The event will be taking place over three day’s, cast/crew members will be there and different activities that has to do with Sherlock.

The event will not only take place in the UK but also throughout Europe and USA. So catch it if you can and a fan of Sherlock.

For more information and to get notifications about the convention go to:

massiveevents.co.uk/sherlocked

About the Theme Park go to:

popwrapped.com/2014/02/18/sherlock-holmes-is-getting-his-own-25-million-theme-park

Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon art book first look

Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon Art Book first look

Photo by Weta

Photo by Weta

Today the first sneak peak of the art book Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon came out. Pictures are from Weta and theonering.net The photo’s you see above is one of the first concepts by Nick Keller. The book will come out in April.

If you pre-order you will get a signed one. Then you will get a code and with this code you could win a discount on products of Weta.

Are you interested in the digital part of Smaug or Motion Capture go and see this video: http://j.mp/1fibecU#sthash.iJwlJNyu

In the video you will see how Smaug and Benedict Cumberbatch unite after it will digitalize in the computer.