• ABC is halting production of its time travel drama FlashForward to "boost the writing." So much for this being the network's successor to Lost.
• John Hillcoat's post-apocalyptic Cormac McCarthy adaptation The Road is aiming for that elusive scifi Oscar.
• Firefly creator Joss Whedon has been honored with a Producers Guild of America award.
• J. Michael Straczynski says his Silver Surfer movie takes place right after the events of Fantastic Four 2. I'll go out on a limb and say this is not a good starting spot.
• Wonder how William Shatner might have taken part in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek? Here's the script for his alternate scene.
• We can consider it a tad belated, but this week was the birthday of the late Mister Boris Karloff, the original Frankenstein. So happy birthday, sir!
• Will Lobo be the next big scifi comic hero? One can only hope.
