Jan 19, 2012 | Forbes
Image: Wikipedia When Richard Garriot de Cayeux, the founder of the Ultima series of computer games and the world’s sixth space tourist, went to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2008, he didn’t just kick back and bask in zero gravity. No, during his twelve-day...
Jan 19, 2012 | Forbes
George Lucas, whose headstone will surely read, “I created Star Wars…and Greedo shot first,” has announced that he will be retiring from big-budget movies in order to make smaller art-house films. The New York Times wrote, “I’m retiring,” Lucas said. “I’m moving away...
Jan 19, 2012 | Forbes
Arrow-wielding DC Comics character Green Arrow is getting a pilot, courtesy of the CW. Entitled Arrow, if this pilot is successful, it could very well fill CW’s live-action superhero gap, created when Smallville vacated the air in 2011. But out of all the characters...
Jan 17, 2012 | Forbes
Via Geek.com Movie budgets have been skyrocketing to absurd rates ever since Kevin Costner spent $175 million in 1995 dollars to make Waterworld. But you know which movie’s budget wasn’t absurd? Star Wars. As we all know, George Lucas spent $11 million to make his...
Jan 17, 2012 | Forbes
Oh gods, behind you! Take a look at this picture of actress Noomi Rapace (via L.A. Times). It’s from the upcoming Ridley Scott movie, Prometheus. And it’s scaring the hell out of me. One of the reasons I adored the Alien movies (well, some of them, anyway) is because...
