US network NBC have renewed the still not available in Australia Quantum Leap continuation.

Following lacklustre reviews, this one is mildly surprising.

More than a year ago we scoffed at the "explanation" clip following the first six episodes of The Nevers, and are surprised to be reading that HBO have freshly cancelled it.

And along with Westworld, it will be removed from their streaming service.

Disney have dropped a season 2 trailer for The Bad Batch and it looks like a typical Clone Wars episode - an alien world, a plan gone awry, running away from local fauna / soldiers etc. and a ship dropping out of the sky with welcome rescue or relief.

But minus Jedi. In that scene at least. A wookiee youngling shows up later.

The Hollywood Reporter claims that newly appointed DC studio heads James Gunn and Peter Safran are preparing to draw a line in the sand and end planned sequels to most recent DC films.

Including Wonder Woman, Superman and Aquaman, but not Robert Pattinson's Batman.

In our last show for the year we take a first look at The Boys spinoff series Gen V, the third Guardians of the Galaxy is on its way, a G-O-T twist for zombie apocalypse series The Last of Us, the latest Transformers movie, a new Starship Troopers game, a new season of Japanese trapped-in-a game series Alice in Borderland and our North American correspondent has the latest sci-fi news from Hollywood.

Play as a cat in a futuristic city Stray was this year's big science fiction winner at The Game Awards, winning both Best Debut Indie Game and Best Indie Game.

For a small developer's (Blue Twelve Studio) first game, it packed a lot of punch. Or perhaps we should say scratch.

Tractor beams are a not often used but powerful tool in the arsenal of star ships and stations in major sci-fi franchises like Star Wars and Star Trek.

It doesn't look as impressive, but researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a new and more powerful method for moving objects with light and sound waves.

Fan site Gateworld have published a video chat with Jenny Stiven of Clio Consulting about the current state of Stargate at Amazon.

Not much is clear other than Brad Wright's pilot being off the table. Amazon are very keen to make something of the franchise but there are three different plans under consideration.

Games which allow you to play as a vampire are so numerous we couldn't even guess at their number. Vampires are sexy, strong and the posh nosh of the undead world.

Zombies are another matter. Typically mindless shotgun-fodder of the undead world, the gameplay trailer (warning - quite gory) for Dead Island 2 interestingly shows the player becoming one.