Star Wars fans are the best. Today we learned from director J.J. Abrams via a note on Twitter that the charity Star Wars: Force for Change (the one that offered a set visit and a walk-on role in Star Wars: Episode VII) raised a ton of money for UNICEF. We also got a little sneak peek at a robotic hand. (See the final paragraph for what this could...
Archive - August 2014
Tiffany Smith is the host of DC All Access along with Blair Herter, hosts for places like Fandango and G4 and does a zillion podcasts, including Schmoes Know, Game of Thrones (along with yours truly) and Far Far Away. She’s also one of the biggest fans of geekdom out there! Check out what she has to say about getting into the business...
Doctor Who Season 8 will have its first female director since 2010. Now, I’m a huge Doctor Who fan. I’ve done a podcast for AfterBuzz TV and I’m about to do one for Geek Nation. I was just speaking about the wonderful female characters in the show on the Geek Girl Authority Poll Cats podcast yesterday. (River Song forever...
Heck yeah, Scully! Gillian Anderson who is best known for playing Agent Scully on The X-Files has written a sci-fi novel, according to the New York Times. The book is called “A Vision of Fire,” and was co-written with bestselling author Jeff Rovin. It’s described as a “supernatural/science fiction thriller.”...
Earlier this week, Amy Ratcliffe over at Geek with Curves delivered a pretty comprehensive post about the lack of Gamora in the new outpouring of Guardians of the Galaxy toys and merchandising. Over at the Mary Sue, they’re bringing more awareness to the public outcry among fans who want the opportunity to spend their hard-earned cash on some...
This past week, Deadline reported that Warner Bros. may be taking on Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series as a new franchise. I almost lost my mind with happiness. More than anything else besides Star Wars, the Pern series has shaped who I am and what I chose to do for a living. When Anne McCaffrey passed away a few years back, I...
Hi everyone! Jenna Busch here. I’m going to be doing some more stories for the Legion and today I wanted to talk about some new female fronted movies coming our way. I cannot begin to tell you how happy it makes me to write this article! Over the past few days, we’ve gotten some seriously good news about a female fronted Spider-Man...
Bonnie Burton is an all-around geek goddess! She’s written a ton of books, including the Star Wars Craft Book, been on web series like “Geek DIY” for Stan Lee’s YouTube channel, created awesomeness with Anne Wheaton like VandalEyes nail wraps for Espionage Cosmetics, worked for StarWars.com and written for sites like CNET...