Wow! ASTROBOY is my MUST-SEE movie this fall, and if you still have doubts about the awesome factor of this film, watch the trailer below and you’ll see what I mean.

Simply put, ASTROBOY is the story of a young robot (Freddie Highmore) with incredible powers, created by a scientist Dr. Tenma (Nicholas Cage) wanting a son, and who had to learn what it means to be truly human. The story itself makes for great family drama, with some rather colorful characters, and great actors behind them – Nicholas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Freddie Highmore and Kristen Bell to name a few. But it’s the CG animation that makes this a cool action-adventure! Plus, the story is set in futuristic Metro City.

So set your calendar for October 23, 2009 when ASTROBOY gets to theaters nationwide. Meantime, here’s that action-packed extended clip I spoiled about .  It looks like Astro Boy (Highmore) just found out he isn’t human, when machines called Yellow Jackets started hunting him down at the command of  Dr. Stone (Sutherland). The machines shoot out green cables that follow Astro like guided missiles but they can’t hold the robot down. One pilot falls from his cockpit and Astro saves him (and did you see that funny caption on the pilot’s helmet?). Finally, Stone sends out a gigantic vessel called The Spirit of Freedom to kill the robot.

After the cut are some high-res images featuring some of the main characters, including Jackon’s Zog and Kristen Bell’s Cora.

Courtesy of Summit Entertainment
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Primeval: Volume One  is the latest edition to BBC’s science fiction repertoire, will street on November 4, 2008.  From the creators of the Emmy Award winning documentary series, Walking With Dinosaurs, this groundbreaking series features a crew of scientists that discover an anomaly through which prehistoric creatures escape and turn the natural world upside down. Samuel Sloan of FarPoint Media reviewed the series for Slice of Sci-Fi:

After watching the entire 4-disc DVD package of “Primeval” I can hardly wait until series 3 begins. The direction the show is taking will be exciting, different, daring and WOW!

I’m giving away 3 copies of “Primeval: Volume One“, who wants one? Just answer this – “Why is science fiction your favorite genre?”, then click on read more to join –

• One entry per person per day. Just comment if you want one.
• It’s open to residents of the US only.
• Contest ends 11:59 midnight EST on November 4, 2008 (Tuesday).
• Three winners will be randomly chosen and announced via blog and email the week after.
• If a winner does not reply within 3 days, he/she forfeits her winnings and an alternate entry will be chosen.
• REMINDER #1 : In previous contests, I have had several winners forfeited for failure to reply to my emails.  Please make sure your settings don’t put my email into the junk folder, otherwise you’ll have no idea you won. Better yet, please check this blog for the winners’ list after the contest ends. Best bet, come back often and stay a reader!

And check out the rest of contests going on this week at the Superhero Profiles Treasure Chest!

image: BBC Video

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The Teen Choice Awards 2008!

“Heroes” and “Smallville” are vying for Choice TV Show: Action Adventure. Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) and Tom Welling (Smallville) are among a few going for the Choice TV Actor: Action Adventure. In the female category, Hayden Panettiere (Heroes), Ali Larter (Heroes), and Kristen Kruek (Smallville) have nods for Choice TV Actress. Best Villain for television include Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville) and Zachary Quinto (Heroes). Hayden Panettiere is also nominated for Choice Female Hottie and Red Carpet Fashion Icon Female

In the movies category, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull“, “Iron Man” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” vie for the top award for action adventure.  Unfortunately, the other summer flicks and possibly blockbusters “The Incredible Hulk” and “The Dark Knight” didn’t get included since the movies are too late for the list.

The event is hosted by teen sensation Miley Cyrus at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City , CA and will air on Monday, Aug. 4 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Starting today, fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day for their favorite TEEN CHOICE 2008 nominees at www.TeenChoiceAwards.com. “Gossip Girl” leads the pack with 14 nominations. Host Miley Cyrus scored 4 nominations, Chris Brown has 9, and Justin Timberlake, the reigning TEEN CHOICE champ, has 3 nominations.

(UPDATE: My apologies to everyone who thought that nominations for the Teen Choice Awards are still open. They are not. The nominees have been chosen as listed below. Voting is now ongoing.)

Following is the list of categories and nominees for Wave One of TEEN CHOICE 2008. (PDF).

source: Fox press release

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