Submitted by ionscifi on November 30, 2021 - 21:00
In this week's edition: Dune is nearly here, we witness a Discovery recovery and more great sci-fi on the way for December! Ahead of this weekend’s Oz Comic-Con in Sydney Raymond talks to panelist and comic artist Daniel Picciotto about what to expect at the event.
Submitted by ionscifi on November 16, 2021 - 21:00
In this week’s edition Raymond is joined by our North American correspondent Christian Baines for his take on Dune and the latest sci-fi news from Hollywood - including a possible reboot of Stargate. We see what's hitting Australian screens this week and take a look ahead to what's coming in January.
Jane Campion did quite well this weekend with her The Power of the Dog winning best film at both the Directors Guild of America Awards and the British Academy Film Awards, and her best director at the BAFTAs.
Dune missed out on best film at the DGAs but cleaned up at the BAFTAs with five wins - cinematography, original score, production design, sound and special visual effects - out of eleven nominations.
Submitted by ionscifi on February 22, 2022 - 21:00
In this week’s edition, Doctor Strange is back to fix the multiverse, Steam shows off upcoming games, new time-bending sci-fi from the UK and the first technical category for the Ion Sci-Fi Awards.
Submitted by ionscifi on February 17, 2022 - 07:43
It has been a good week for Dune. The film surpassed 400 million in global box office takings and Funcom also released the first gameplay trailer for their upcoming real time strategy (RTS) game, Dune: Spice Wars.
Set on Arrakis you control one of four factions - House Atreidies, House Harkonnen and two not yet revealed - to battle for territorial control.
A welcome sight in the newstream this morning is a small avalanche of articles whose titles declare Dune leading the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award nominations.
Dune received an impressive eleven nominations out of a total of twenty-five categories.
