The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, established in 1994 and currently located in Seattle, has just announced their 2014 inductees. The nominees include Stanley Kubrick, famous for a number of ground-breaking movies, Frank Frazetta, prominent graphic and comic books artist, as well as Hayao Miyazaki, known for his animated movies. The final nominees will be chosen by the institute’s panel consisting of science fiction and fantasy authors, editors, publishers and other artists. Previous members include David Bowie, J.R.R. Tolkien and George Lucas.
Read the full story and full bios of the inductees at GeekWire
Film producer David Puttnam last night attacked the ‘forces of reaction’ at Westminster after peers refused to allow a new version of Tarzan to be filmed in the House of Lords.
Warner Brothers, the makers of the film, Tarzan The Untamed, had planned to use the ornate Chamber because in the original Tarzan Of The Apes novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the hero is the son of a British lord and lady. Facebook
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A great list of the most interesting Safari’s to go to for the wildlife fanatics, courtesy of Yahoo news.
If you’re looking for a one-of-a-kind adventure, go on an African safari. Observing wildlife in its natural habitat from inside an open-air 4×4 — or luxury mobile camp, boat, or even hot-air balloon — is worth the miles, cost, and planning that it takes to get you near a lurking leopard or migrating herd of wildebeest. Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia are home to some of the best safari spots to get your up-close-and-personal fix of the Big Five (the lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, and buffalo), and the list goes on. So grab your khaki-colored gear, check out the 10 most-searched destinations by Yahoo’s jungle junkies, and start planning.
Full story at Yahoo Travel.
This inter-planetary sci-fi adventure film, based on ‘A Princess of Mars’, with live action elements has over 2,000 visual-effects shots. American soldier John Carter’s (Taylor Kitsch) nephew reads his journal, which mentions how Carter came across a 12-foot-tall being called a ‘Thern’ and after killing him he finds a medallion which transports him to Barsoom (Mars).
See the full article at: The Free Express Journal
Did you know we recently launched a brand new John Carter web comic in English and Spanis? On top of that we have 11 Golden / Silverage online comics available immediately online inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs classic and behind-the-scenes Bonus Materials such as artist sketches, old adverts and deprecated comics! All our strips are online under just a single subscription of $1.99/ month or $21.99 /year!
Scientists have described the communications of chimpanzees and bonobos in new and unsurpassed detail, offering a lexicon for our closest living relatives and even a glimpse into the origins of human language.
The research, contained in two new studies published July 3 in Current Biology, focuses on physical gestures. These are the primary form of communication in bonobos and chimps, used more readily than vocalizations.
Read the full article at: Wired
In the first systematic study of a non-human primate language, scientists from St. Andrew’s University have deciphered the meaning of 66 wild chimpanzee sign language gestures. Ranging from flirting requests to grooming instructions, the gestures may reveal how language evolves.
Read the full story at: io9
THE rumour-mill in Ashbourne has gone into overdrive over filming for the new Tarzan blockbuster which has come to Kedleston Hall.
The film stars Alexander Skarsgard, Samuel L Jackson and Margot Robbie but it is not clear who is at the stately home this week. The grounds have been shut off, with only the small entrance, off the main road, open.
Read more: Ashbourne News Telegraph
Two years after planting a flag in the U.K. with the opening of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, Warner Bros. will expand its facilities there with three new soundstages and an additional 100,000 square feet of office space.
WB announced the expansion at the same 10 Downing St. event where the studio announced that helmer David Yates’ new take on “Tarzan” — starring Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz — began shooting today at Leavesden, joining Joe Wright’s “Pan,” which has been shooting there since late April.
Leavesden’s trio of new soundstages will consist of one 35,000-sq.-ft. building and two 17,000-sq.-ft. edifices, with along with adjacent office space. When the new spaces are completed at the end of this year, Leavesden’s tally of soundstages will rise to 13.
Read the full story at: Variety
KEDLESTON Hall is rumoured to be playing host to cast and crew from Hollywood this week for the filming of a new movie.
It is understood that the attraction will be playing host to Tarzan, starring Alexander Skarsgard, Samuel L Jackson and Margot Robbie.
An insider has told the Derby Telegraph about the preparations for the filming that will mean the hall and grounds will be closed to the public until Friday.
The source said: “They’ve cleared out some of the rooms entirely and put their own furniture in them.”
Read the full story at: Derby Telegraph
