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The 100 Prequel Canned
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TV Line report that US TV network The CW have decided to pass on The 100 prequel.

Warner Bros. could try to find another service to pick it up but there's no information about that right now.

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Stranger Things 4 Teaser
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Netflix have released their latest teaser for Stranger Things season 4.

We see Eleven starting life at a new school with ubiquitious bullies, men in black types trying to restrain her, armed soldiers and explosions.

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Long Live The Old Republic
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PCGamer have published an interview with Star Wars: The Old Republic creative director Charles Boyd.

As their article title sugggests, they have no plans to shut down.

Is that news?

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When is Sci-Fi not Sci-Fi?
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When it's Station 11.

What's that? A new HBO show which they dropped a trailer for earlier this week.

Initally we dismissed it. While it's being described by some as "sci-fi" we could see no trace of it in the trailer.

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Ozzies Claim A First
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That first being an electric VTOL drag race in the South Australian desert which has been published on YouTube.

Yay us!

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Star Trek Doco Interview
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Space.com has published an insightful and frank interview with Brian Volk-Weiss, the director of the new Star Trek documentary, The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek' series.

It's much more than a standard documentary film. It's a 10 part docu-series airing on The History Channel in the US.

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Doctor Who Writer Dies
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Reported today via Twitter, former Doctor Who writer Bob Baker has died.

While probably a not a recognisable name except maybe to the most die-hard of Doctor Who fans, Bob co-created the Doctor's widely adored robot dog K9.

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Sydney Sci-Fi Film Festival
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While we saw and shared info about the then upcoming and now live (November 3 - 21) the Sydney Film Festival (SFF), we were unaware that there's also a separate, younger (now in its second year)  Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival (SSFFF).

Running simultaneously.

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Snowpiercer Season 3
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Netflix has graced us with a release schedule for season 3 of Warner Bros. Snowpiercer.

Beginning from January 25, it will release one episode a week for 10 weeks.

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Tom Hanks Not In Space
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The List has reported on a recent appearance by Tom Hanks on Jimmy Kimmel Live and include a link to said segment on YouTube.

In it he reveals that Jeff Bezos offered him a seat for a space flight before Shatner, but with a $28 million ticket price:

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