Legendary has announced the go ahead for the second Dune film with an ETA of October 20, 2023.

At the cinemas only. No same-day streaming release.

Having already performed strongly overseas prior to the US premiere, ticket sale expectations were high but tempered by uncertainty because of the simultaneous release on HBO Max.

Plans for two commercial space stations have been unveiled recently, both expected to be in operation this decade.

Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin announced that they are developing the first free-flying commercial space station called Starlab which should begin operation by 2027.

NASA may have discovered  the first evidence of a planet outside of the the Milky Way.

In the Messier 51 (M51) Whirlpool Galaxy.

It's an exciting discovery but more data is required to confirm the planet candidate's location and the method use here may not be viable again for another 70 years because of its wide orbit.

While early reviewer impressions for Eternals looked promising, reviews and scores are now coming in and ScreenRant report that they're a bit on the low side.

Focusing on Dune's sandworms, this Wired piece looks at how the visual and sound effect teams tackled the gargantuan task.

In the visual department they converted their greenscreens to sandscreens so they could shoot in the desert to allow all of the beauty shots to look their most natural.

EditorX interviewed Dune's production designer, Paul Vermette to learn how its massive world was constructed.

This is an interesting piece which details how designers tried to make each planet's architecture and style be a realistic response to its environment and sometimes also politics.

And also weave together a range of different historical styles from Earth's history.

Apple TV+ have announced their new sci-fi drama Dr Brain will premiere globally on November 4:

Several weeks ago we wrote about an interesting development in DC's Superman - a super same-sex kiss.

Dean Cain who played Superman in TV's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman also had some thoughts to share on the topic which more or less boil down to DC are super late to this party.

Several weeks ago.

Xinhua report that Australian author Chris Winspear has received the grand prize Golden Pen in the Writers of the Future awards for his short story, The Trade.

Though he won the prize last year. Because of COVID, the event organisers combined the 2020 and 2021 awards.

The Writers of the Future contest was created by L Ron Hubbard, of Scientology fame.