Portal:Speculative fiction/News/Archives/2010

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2010

 * December 25: The BBC and BBC America are working to air series six of Doctor Who on the same day in the UK and the US.
 * December 17: Syfy cancels Stargate Universe effective the end of season two.
 * December 14: Neva Patterson, best known in the genre for her role as Eleanor Dupres in the original V and  The Final Battle, dies at age 90.
 * December 14: Adrienne Roy, who worked as a color artist on (mostly) DC Comics series such as Batman and Detective Comics, dies at age 57.
 * December 14: Golden Globe Award nominees announced, including several speculative fiction films and television series.
 * December 13: Incomplete story by Roald Dahl has been found and is being auctioned off. * December 7: Iron Man 3 is slated to be 2013 sequel to Thor (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and The Avengers (2012).
 * December 7: Google becomes a player in the e-book field with its new Google eBookstore.
 * December 6: The nominees for the 2010 Annie Awards are announced.
 * December 3: Brandon Sanderson will be continuing his Mistborn series with a book titled The Alloy of Law.
 * December 3: Nominees for the Black Quill Award, given annually to celebrate excellence in horror fiction, have been announced.
 * November 28: Actor Leslie Nielsen, known mostly for his comedy work but also known for a large number of genre works, dies at age 84.
 * November 27: Irvin Kershner, director of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, dies at 87.
 * November 21: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I sets both a non-US box office opening record and a US opening record for the film franchise.
 * November 18: Doctor Who films in Utah's Monument Valley, the first time the series has filmed in the United States.
 * November 16: Author David Marusek wins the 2010 Endeavour Award.
 * November 12: Photos and other memorabilia from the 1957 Worldcon in London are made available online.
 * November 11: Realms of Fantasy not folding after all.
 * November 10: Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer of genre works such as Barbarella, King Kong, and Conan the Barbarian, dies at 91.
 * November 1: Mervyn Haisman, a scriptwriter for several Doctor Who serials, dies at about 82.
 * October 31: The 2010 winners of the World Fantasy Award are announced.
 * October 28: The Texas Supreme Court cites Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in a decision.
 * October 28: The 1996 US television film, Doctor Who, is announced for release on home video on February 8, 2011.
 * October 28: Caprica is cancelled by Syfy.
 * October 24: Paranormal Activity 2 has the highest-grossing opening weekend for a supernatural horror film.
 * October 22: Alex Anderson, creator of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Bullwinkle, and Dudley Do-Right, dies at 90.
 * October 20: Bob Guccione, publisher of the science fact and fiction magazine Omni, dies at 79. [referencelink]
 * October 19: Tom Bosley, best known as Howard Cunningham on Happy Days, dies at 83. He also had many genre roles.
 * October 18: Realms of Fantasy, an American fantasy magazine, is shutting down.
 * October 16: Barbara Billingsley, best known as June Cleaver in Leave It to Beaver, dies at 94. She also had many genre roles.
 * October 14: Simon MacCorkindale, known for starring in the short-lived TV series Manimal, dies at 58.
 * October 14: Brian Lumley, Terry Pratchett, and Peter Straub to receive lifetime achievement award at the World Fantasy Convention.
 * October 13: Finalists for the National Book Award have been announced.
 * October 6: Peter Jackson set to direct The Hobbit films.
 * October 5: Roy Ward Baker, known for directing TV series and films such as Quatermass and the Pit and Scars of Dracula, dies at 93.
 * October 5: Author J. K. Rowling hints there may be more Harry Potter books.
 * October 5: The Hobbit may be released in 3D.
 * September 30: Stephen J. Cannell, known for writing and producing works such as The Greatest American Hero and Demon Hunter, dies at age 69.
 * September 30: Christopher Nolan confirms he will direct the next Batman film.
 * September 29: George Lucas announces that all six Star Wars films will be released in 3D.
 * September 28: British scriptwriter and producer Louis Marks, who wrote four scripts for Doctor Who serials, dies at age 82.
 * September 27: The winners of the 2010 Sunburst Award were announced as A. M. Dellamonica (adult, Indigo Springs) and Hiromi Goto (young adult, Half World).
 * September 23: Jennifer Rardin, author of the Jaz Parks urban fantasy series, dies at the age of 45.
 * September 21: Gavin Hood is announced as director of possible Ender's Game film adaptation, currently working on script.
 * September 20: Discworld author Terry Pratchett is to be knighted this year, and has made his own sword for the event.
 * September 20: Rumors surface that Pixar may animate a Doctor Strange film adaptation.
 * September 19: The winners of the 2010 British Fantasy Award include Conrad Williams (best novel), Sarah Pinborough (best novella), and Michael Marshall Smith (best short fiction).
 * September 15: The winners of the 26th Annual Writers of the Future and 21st Annual Illustrators of the Future awards are announced.
 * September 11: Kevin McCarthy (b. 1914), the actor known for his role in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, dies at the age of 96.
 * September 10: Edwin Charles Tubb (b. 1919), a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels, dies at the age of 90.
 * September 5: The 2010 Hugo Award winners include Paolo Bacigalupi and China Miéville (tie, best novel), Charles Stross (best novella), and Peter Watts (best novelette).
 * September 5: The 2010 Ditmar Award winners include Kaaron Warren (best novel), Paul Haines (best novella/novelette), and Catriona Sparks (best short story).
 * September 5: The 2012 Worldcon will be held in Chicago.
 * September 3: HarperCollins combining its Eos (U.S.) and Voyager (U.K., Australia, and New Zealand) imprints into one to create the Harper Voyager imprint as of January 2011.
 * September 3: Larry Ashmead (b. 1932), a prolific American editor of science fiction, dies at the age of 78.
 * August 27: Toy Story 3 becomes the first animated film to gross $1 billion USD. This is also Disney's second $1 billion USD film in 2010, making it the only studio to ever achieve this feat.
 * August 17: Toy Story 3 becomes Disney's highest-grossing movie overseas ($539.3 million USD) and the top-grossing animated movie ever worldwide with $940.1 million USD.
 * June 30: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse sets new box office records: for biggest midnight opening in US/Canada, and for widest independent release
 * May 10: Frank Frazetta (b. 1928), an award-winning American fantasy and science fiction artist, dies at the age of 82
 * March 9: Alice in Wonderland snags $210 million worldwide over opening weekend
 * February 5: Chinese animator Te Wei dies at age 95 (more...)

2009

 * January 11, 2009: Mother Goose and Grimm cartoonist sued by Columbian coffee growers over strip (more...)