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    Sonya Walger Returning To 'Lost'

    While on the set talking about Flash Forward, Walger revealed that she will be returning to Lost this final season.

    "I have been back, and I will be going back," Walger said during a press day for "FlashForward," which stars both her and Monaghan. She also noted that she'll appear in the series finale on May 23. "It's so nice to go back to -- I really have such a fondness for Penny and that whole storyline," Walger said. "I'm delighted and honored, honestly, that they wanted to tie it up and have me come back and finish it out.

    Sonya Walger Talks James Callis' Role On 'Flash Forward'

    Sonya Walger - who fans know best as Penny on Lost - revealed that James Callis (Apollo from Battlestar Galactica) will be joining the cast as a mysterious stranger. So what's so special about this guy? It seems that he's had multiple flashforwards before.

     

    'Warehouse 13' Unites 'Firefly' Stars

    As proven last year, Warehouse 13 loves bringing on other sci-fi stars to guest on their series. The trend looks like it will continue this season too, as it was just announced that Firefly stars - Jewel Staite and Sean Maher will be guesting on the same episode this year. In a twist of fate, instead of Kaylee being in love with Simon and it not being returned, this time around Sean's character will be the one in love with Jewel, who doesn't return the love.

    Felicia Day To Star In Syfy's 'Red'

    I love Felicia Day. I would make a post just saying that and posting pictures of her loveliness and showing you videos of her talent, but luckily today there's also news to post regarding her. I'm not one to usually care about Syfy's crappy Saturday night movies, but Syfy just announced that Felicia Day will be starring in Red for them - an adult retelling of the Little Red Riding story.

    "In the action-packed Red, Red (Day) brings her fiancé home, where he meets the family and learns about their business - hunting werewolves. He's skeptical until bitten by a werewolf. When her family insists he must be killed, Red tries saving him."

    'Tron: Legacy' Trailer Now Live

    We've seen the teaser trailer already, but now the first official trailer for Tron: Legacy is now live for your viewing pleasure. If you want to see it, however, you've got to click on over to the movie's viral website, as we can't currently embed it yet onto our site.

    Somerhalder May Return To 'Lost' Again

    Ian Somerhalder has already been on Lost once this season, where we saw him on the plane in the sideways universe. For those Boone fans out there, it looks like we may be seeing him once again on Lost before the show is over. He wouldn't reveal one way or another, but all he would say is that, "It's in the works."

    'Fringe' Renewed For Third Season

    Fringe fans can now rest easy, as the fate of their show has been decided, and it will indeed be back next year for a third season. The show doesn't bring in amazing numbers, but the network apparently still has faith in it and its ability to perform.

    'Alice In Wonderland' Breaks Record

    Alice In Wonderland was the number one movie this weekend, taking in $116.3 million domestically to set a new record. As reported on Sci-Fi Wire, "Even accounting for ticket-price inflation, that's the biggest-ever (domestic) opening in the first quarter of the year, easily beating the record of $83.8 million set by The Passion of the Christ in 2004."

    'Smallville' Gets A Tenth Season

    As you can probably tell since we've yet to ever have a review of Smallville on this site, nobody on here really watches the show or likes it all that much. Of course, we know it's still got a very loyal fanbase, which is why it doesn't come as much of a surprise that Smallville will be returning next year for its tenth season.

    Smallville joins Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries as other sci-fi/fantasy genre shows returning to The CW next year.

    Michelle Rodriguez Returning To 'Lost'

    Other than Mr. Eko (so far), it seems that every major character in Lost's history is going to be making an appearance in one way or another on Lost during this last season. The latest castaway making a return appearance is Michelle Rodriguez as Ana-Lucia. My guess is that she'll be in one of the flash-sideways.

    'Futurama' Returns In June

    The straight to DVDs were fine and all, but fans really wanted Futurama to rise back up from the ashes and return as a TV show. Futurama was finally picked up by Comedy Central after the success of the DVDs and now we know when the first episode of the new season will begin airing - June 24th. The show will apparently air at 10PM Eastern.

    Has 'Conan' Found Its Villain?

    The more I read about the movie's story and casting, the more I get excited about this film. The latest news is that Stephen Lang - who played the villain in Avatar - is set to play the villain in Conan. So what role would he be playing?

    "According to a casting breakdown that leaked online last October...

    Khalar Singh is in his 40s to 50s, Asian or Middle Eastern, Central Asian, Mongol, Turkish, or Persian, open to all ethnicities; commanding in size and manner, a warlord and formidable warrior, brilliant, cruel, weathered and tanned by the many campaigns he has waged and won. He is driven in his quest to find the Queen of Acheron and has been building an empire to do so.

    His goal is to find the Queen whose blood will bring life to the demonic minions of Acheron while making himself king of this hellish power. With this power, Khalar will protect his legacy against the onslaught of master sorcerer, Thoth-Amon so that his weak son, Fariq may rule after his death. While riding into a Cimmerian village to recruit his old comrade, Corin, his large collection of mercenaries slaughters them to the last soul when Corin refuses to join them. The village’s only survivor was young Conan. When Khalar’s search has finally narrowed to the likely discovery of the queen at a monastery of female monks, he also learns Conan is older and hungry for revenge…"

    'Warehouse 13' Returns In July

    I was a big fan of Warehouse 13 last summer and apparently a lot of you did too, as it quickly became Syfy's most watched series. The show was quickly picked up for a second season, but no word was ever given as to when the show would be returning. Well, that changes today, as Syfy has officially announced that the second season of Warehouse 13 will be premiering this July.

    'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' Already In Works To Be A Movie

    Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was just released, but the book is already being optioned, and directors Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are set to produce the movie. Maybe they should hold off just a bit to make sure the book does become a hit, but if the preview trailer yesterday is any indicator of how good the book is or how awesome a movie version could be, consider me already sold.

    HBO Officially Orders 'Game of Thrones'

    The pilot has apparently been in the bag for a while now, but it's now official - HBO has ordered for A Game of Thrones to be made into a series. Reports are that the series is being geared for a release in the Spring of 2011.

    The cast includes Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings) as Eddard Stark, Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) as Cersei Lannister, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Virtuality) as Jaime Lannister, Jason Momoa (Stargate Atlantis and the upcoming new Conan film) as Drogo, Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister and Mark Addy as Robert Baratheon.