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Batgirl Binned
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Warner Bros. have caused quite a stir by dumping a nearly completed film - Batgirl - at the eleventh hour.

Originally intended to release straight to streaming (HBO Max in the US) it's now going nowhere.

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Andor Delayed
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Previously scheduled to premiere on August 31, the Andor series, of Star Wars, has been bumped back to September 21.

Accompanying the announcement is its trailer.

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Big Girl Tiny Delay
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She-Hulk's premiere on Disney+ has been delayed by one day.

It and following episodes will release on Thursday (evening in Oz) instead of Wednesday because according to Marvel, "Wednesdays are so last season".

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More Lazarus
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Sky have renewed time-looping spy drama The Lazarus Project for a second season.

Which from a certain angle is ironic.

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Farewell Nichelle
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We're very slow getting to this one so it's unlikely news to many readers, but the death of Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols which was reported a few days ago can't go without comment.

Many tributes touch on a Whoopi Goldberg quote which speaks to the time she came into prominence.

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Ion Sci-Fi 2 August
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We’re back! This week the third and last series of Picard, a new season of For All Mankind announced, Stargate’s 25th anniversary, farewell to a sci-fi icon and a look ahead to this year’s Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival.

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No News Is No News
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Stargate SG-1's anniversary passed and there was not a peep from Amazon.

While we had speculated that this would be the perfect date to announce any kind of Stargate revival, the lack of news might not be a death knell.

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Farewell Grandad
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Bernard Cribbins who played Donna Noble's grandfather Wilfred Mott in Doctor Who has passed away.

Just recently he had been seen on set filming for Doctor Who's 60th anniversary special with David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

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Ripout at Gamescom
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It's a day for unusual games.

Before seeing Glaciered which impressed our socks clean off, we saw Ripout's trailer and though it wasn't as impactful several of its features made our eyes go wide.

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Glaciered Announced
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This one qualifies as something a bit unusual in the gaming department.

It's an announcement trailer for a new aquatic action roleplaying game called Glaciered in which you play a post-apocalyptic dino-bird.

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