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To start the week: Heroes, Douglas Adams, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Lego and more! It's today's sci-fi news digest...
To start the week: Heroes, Douglas Adams, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Lego and more! It's today's sci-fi news digest...
• Everything is awesome! Yes, there's going to be a sequel to The Lego Movie , planned for 26 May 2017.
• Heroes is coming back to TV, in the form of a 13-episode mini-series called Heroes Reborn . Original creator Tim Kring is in the exec producer role, although currently all story details are under wraps. The mini-series will air in 2015 with digital episodes hitting the web before then to introduce the characters. Here's the tiniest of video teasers:
• Don’t Panic! It's been 30 years since The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy text adventure game came out. And in a special celebration, BBC Radio 4 Extra is bringing listeners an "Anniversary Edition" of the game online - and broadcasting series one and two on the radio . Both will launch on Saturday 8 March 2014. The world’s most devious game will now be in high definition thanks to refreshed illustrations and graphics, and will be a web-based game accessible via the Radio 4 Extra site.
• Warner Bros is making Space Jam 2 , for some reason. LeBron James will be starring, and Willie Ebersol (who won an Emmy for the London Olympics) is writing the screenplay. [UPDATE: Although Warner Bros hasn't commented yet on that script , LeBron James's people have said it ain't happening . Just a widely reported rumour then?]
• The English adaptation of Shadows Of Esteren , a 2010 French role-playing game inspired by Celtic mythology, is rocking Kickstarter . The medieval horror universe of the game is also set to spawn an adventure videogame and a soundtrack, and is now at over $70,000 on the crowdfunding platform. The series' starter kit can be freely downloaded too.
• Want to get your head around Guardians Of The Galaxy ? Membase kindly created a summary of who all the characters are , and the prevailing theories about how they fit into the Marvel universe.
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• Following the weekend's news that the role of Constantine has been cast for a TV pilot, artist Stephen R Bissette took to Facebook to claim that the character's original creators don't stand to receive any payments for this.
• And finally, the latest issue of Comic Review is available for download now with a five-star Terminator review giving you your cover image. Remember our chums on Comic Heroes mag also produce this weekly iPad/iPhone mag and it's just 99p (or free if you already get Comic Heroes via Apple Newsstand ).
Netflix hit legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer is coming back for season 4 and this time Scream star Neve Campbell will be in every episode
The Night Agent star admits that he isn't too concerned about it being one of Netflix's most watched shows of all time: "If the whole world hated it but all the crew was proud of it, I'd be fine"