The Quantum Leap reboot has leapt ahead of the competition to be the first of this year's US Network pilots to get a series order, i.e. season 1 production has been approved.

NBC made the announcement 29 years to the day after the final episode of the original show aired in the US.

Warning. You may want to skip this one if you are at all squeamish.

A trailer - from which we pulled our blog title - has been released for upcoming Cannes contender Crimes of the Future.

You've probably seen a great many ads for terrifyingly expensive cosmetics which claim to reverse the signs of aging, full of terrifyingly beautiful people smiling and rubbing ointments into their skin.

Scientists report having successfully reversed several key signs of aging in mice in a manner which may challenge the cosmetic companies' marketing teams. Poo.

Former Stargate cast are re-uniting again for a table read of an AI generated script though this time they promise the script is better.

Also, Richard Dean Anderson is at this virtual table and tells us that this is the first dialog he's read since leaving.

Warner Bros. have released a trailer for their upcoming animated film, Green Lantern: Beware My Power.

"Beware my power" is feistier language than we typically hear from hero types but derives from the standard Green Lantern oath.

DC may be second fiddle in the superhero business but they're not rolling over and playing dead as Doctor Strange does his multiverse thing this week.

Instead, they're rolling out the pets and trying to bowl you over with puppy power giving us their second DC League of Super-Pets trailer.

All eyes being on Star Wars and Doctor Strange this week, many might regard it as not the best time to put out a trailer.

But what about a "special look"? Does that grab your attention?

It's an interminably slow news week courtesy of a few of the big players dominating the field so please forgive us for sinking into the murky realms of politics.

The Australian Labor Party yesterday tweeted three Star Wars themed campaign images to coincide with the Star Wars May the 4th (as in may the force with be you) celebrations.

That Netflix have designs on breaking into gaming is well known and they've already published a small collection of mobile games, but in the description for a newly announced animated kids title is the word we've been watching for.

Interactive.

Paramount's rollout in Europe proceeds but possibly not optimally.

Sci-fi fans would likely be aware that Star Trek is one of Paramount's key properties and that Strange New Worlds premiere's today globally. But Paramount+ won't launch in the UK and Ireland until June 22.