Portal:Speculative fiction/News/Archives/2010

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2010

December 25: The BBC and BBC America are working to air series six of Doctor Who on the same day in the UK and the US.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/12/25/bbc-america-working-to-air-doctor-who-series-six-same-day-as-uk/]
December 17: Syfy cancels Stargate Universe effective the end of season two.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/12/17/syfy-cancels-sgu/]
December 14: Neva Patterson, best known in the genre for her role as Eleanor Dupres in the original V and V: The Final Battle, dies at age 90.[http://sfscope.com/2010/12/actress-neva-patterson-dies.html]
December 14: Adrienne Roy, who worked as a color artist on (mostly) DC Comics series such as Batman and Detective Comics, dies at age 57.[http://sfscope.com/2010/12/comic-artist-adrienne-roy-dies.html]
December 14: Golden Globe Award nominees announced, including several speculative fiction films and television series.[http://sfscope.com/2010/12/2011-golden-globe-nominees-ann.html]
December 13: Incomplete story by Roald Dahl has been found and is being auctioned off.[http://sfscope.com/2010/12/unfinished-roald-dahl-story-re.html]* December 7: Iron Man 3 is slated to be 2013 sequel to Thor (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and The Avengers (2012).[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/12/07/iron-man-3-will-be-sequel-to-four-movies/]
December 7: Google becomes a player in the e-book field with its new Google eBookstore.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/12/07/google-launches-e-book-service/]
December 6: The nominees for the 2010 Annie Awards are announced.[http://sfscope.com/2010/12/asifas-2010-annie-nominees.html]
December 3: Brandon Sanderson will be continuing his Mistborn series with a book titled The Alloy of Law.[http://sfscope.com/2010/12/brandon-sanderson-continuing-m.html]
December 3: Nominees for the Black Quill Award, given annually to celebrate excellence in horror fiction, have been announced.[http://sfscope.com/2010/12/dark-scribe-magazines-4th-annu.html]
November 28: Actor Leslie Nielsen, known mostly for his comedy work but also known for a large number of genre works, dies at age 84.[http://sfscope.com/2010/11/actor-leslie-nielsen-dies.html]
November 27: Irvin Kershner, director of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, dies at 87.[http://sfscope.com/2010/11/director-irvin-kershner-dies.html]
November 21: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I sets both a non-US box office opening record and a US opening record for the film franchise.[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2992&p=l.htm][http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2991&p=.htm]
November 18: Doctor Who films in Utah's Monument Valley, the first time the series has filmed in the United States.[http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsvulture/50695693-56/doctor-smith-season-bbc.html.csp]
November 16: Author David Marusek wins the 2010 Endeavour Award.[http://sfscope.com/2010/11/david-marusek-wins-endeavour-a.html]
November 12: Photos and other memorabilia from the 1957 Worldcon in London are made available online.[http://sfscope.com/2010/11/1957-worldcon-now-online-with.html]
November 11: Realms of Fantasy not folding after all.[http://sfscope.com/2010/11/realms-of-fantasy-remaining-in.html]
November 10: Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer of genre works such as Barbarella, King Kong, and Conan the Barbarian, dies at 91.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/11/11/remembering-dino-de-laurentiis/]
November 1: Mervyn Haisman, a scriptwriter for several Doctor Who serials, dies at about 82.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/11/01/remembering-mervyn-haisman/]
October 31: The 2010 winners of the World Fantasy Award are announced.[http://sfscope.com/2010/10/2010-world-fantasy-award-winne.html]
October 28: The Texas Supreme Court cites Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in a decision.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/10/28/star-trek-cited-by-texas-supreme-court/]
October 28: The 1996 US television film, Doctor Who, is announced for release on home video on February 8, 2011.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/10/28/doctor-who-tv-movie-gets-u-s-release-date/]
October 28: Caprica is cancelled by Syfy.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/10/28/caprica-cancelled/]
October 24: Paranormal Activity 2 has the highest-grossing opening weekend for a supernatural horror film.[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2958&p=l.htm]
October 22: Alex Anderson, creator of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Bullwinkle, and Dudley Do-Right, dies at 90.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/10/26/remembering-alex-anderson/]
October 20: Bob Guccione, publisher of the science fact and fiction magazine Omni, dies at 79.[referencelink]
October 19: Tom Bosley, best known as Howard Cunningham on Happy Days, dies at 83. He also had many genre roles.[http://sfscope.com/2010/10/actor-tom-bosley-dies.html]
October 18: Realms of Fantasy, an American fantasy magazine, is shutting down.[http://sfscope.com/2010/10/realms-of-fantasy-is-dying-aga.html]
October 16: Barbara Billingsley, best known as June Cleaver in Leave It to Beaver, dies at 94. She also had many genre roles.[http://sfscope.com/2010/10/actress-barbara-billingsley-di.html]
October 14: Simon MacCorkindale, known for starring in the short-lived TV series Manimal, dies at 58.[http://sfscope.com/2010/10/actor-simon-maccorkindale-dies.html]
October 14: Brian Lumley, Terry Pratchett, and Peter Straub to receive lifetime achievement award at the World Fantasy Convention.[http://sfscope.com/2010/10/lumley-pratchett-and-straub-to.html]
October 13: Finalists for the National Book Award have been announced.[http://sfscope.com/2010/10/national-book-awards-finalists.html]
October 6: Peter Jackson set to direct The Hobbit films.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/10/06/jackson-directing-hobbit/]
October 5: Roy Ward Baker, known for directing TV series and films such as Quatermass and the Pit and Scars of Dracula, dies at 93.[http://sfscope.com/2010/10/british-filmmaker-roy-ward-bak.html]
October 5: Author J. K. Rowling hints there may be more Harry Potter books.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/10/05/could-we-get-more-harry-potter/]
October 5: The Hobbit may be released in 3D.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/10/05/could-the-hobbit-be-3-d/]
September 30: Stephen J. Cannell, known for writing and producing works such as The Greatest American Hero and Demon Hunter, dies at age 69.[http://sfscope.com/2010/10/tv-writer-and-producer-stephen.html]
September 30: Christopher Nolan confirms he will direct the next Batman film.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/09/30/nolan-confirms-hes-directing-next-batman-movie/]
September 29: George Lucas announces that all six Star Wars films will be released in 3D.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/09/29/3-d-rage-star-wars/]
September 28: British scriptwriter and producer Louis Marks, who wrote four scripts for Doctor Who serials, dies at age 82.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/09/28/remembering-louis-marks/]
September 27: The winners of the 2010 Sunburst Award were announced as A. M. Dellamonica (adult, Indigo Springs) and Hiromi Goto (young adult, Half World).[http://sfscope.com/2010/09/2010-sunburst-award-winners.html]
September 23: Jennifer Rardin, author of the Jaz Parks urban fantasy series, dies at the age of 45.[http://sfscope.com/2010/09/author-jennifer-rardin-dies.html]
September 21: Gavin Hood is announced as director of possible Ender's Game film adaptation, currently working on script.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/09/21/enders-game-back-in-development/]
September 20: Discworld author Terry Pratchett is to be knighted this year, and has made his own sword for the event.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/09/21/pratchett-makes-his-own-sword/]
September 20: Rumors surface that Pixar may animate a Doctor Strange film adaptation.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/09/20/pixar-could-work-on-doctor-strange-movie/]
September 19: The winners of the 2010 British Fantasy Award include Conrad Williams (best novel), Sarah Pinborough (best novella), and Michael Marshall Smith (best short fiction).[http://sfscope.com/2010/09/2010-british-fantasy-award-win.html]
September 15: The winners of the 26th Annual Writers of the Future and 21st Annual Illustrators of the Future awards are announced.[http://sfscope.com/2010/09/writers-and-illustrators-of-th-3.html]
September 11: Kevin McCarthy (b. 1914), the actor known for his role in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, dies at the age of 96.[http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/09/13/remembering-kevin-mccarthy/]
September 10: Edwin Charles Tubb (b. 1919), a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels, dies at the age of 90.[http://sfscope.com/2010/09/author-ec-tubb-dies.html]
September 5: The 2010 Hugo Award winners include Paolo Bacigalupi and China Miéville (tie, best novel), Charles Stross (best novella), and Peter Watts (best novelette).[http://sfscope.com/2010/09/2010-hugo-award-winners.html]
September 5: The 2010 Ditmar Award winners include Kaaron Warren (best novel), Paul Haines (best novella/novelette), and Catriona Sparks (best short story).[http://sfscope.com/2010/09/2010-ditmar-award-winners.html]
September 5: The 2012 Worldcon will be held in Chicago.[http://sfscope.com/2010/09/2012-worldcon-in-chicago-illin.html]
September 3: HarperCollins combining its Eos (U.S.) and Voyager (U.K., Australia, and New Zealand) imprints into one to create the Harper Voyager imprint as of January 2011.[http://sfscope.com/2010/09/harpercollins-merging-its-us-u.html]
September 3: Larry Ashmead (b. 1932), a prolific American editor of science fiction, dies at the age of 78.[http://sfscope.com/2010/09/editor-larry-ashmead-dies.html]
August 27: Toy Story 3 becomes the first animated film to gross $1 billion USD. This is also Disney's second $1 billion USD film in 2010, making it the only studio to ever achieve this feat.[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2904&p=.htm]
August 17: Toy Story 3 becomes Disney's highest-grossing movie overseas ($539.3 million USD) and the top-grossing animated movie ever worldwide with $940.1 million USD.[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2892&p=.htm]
June 30: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse sets new box office records: for biggest midnight opening in US/Canada, and for widest independent release
May 10: Frank Frazetta (b. 1928), an award-winning American fantasy and science fiction artist, dies at the age of 82
March 9: Alice in Wonderland snags $210 million worldwide over opening weekend
February 5: Chinese animator Te Wei dies at age 95 (more...)

2009

January 11, 2009: Mother Goose and Grimm cartoonist sued by Columbian coffee growers over strip (more...)