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2010
[edit]- 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.[1]
- December 17: Syfy cancels Stargate Universe effective the end of season two.[2]
- December 14: Neva Patterson, best known in the genre for her role as Eleanor Dupres in the original V and V: The Final Battle, dies at age 90.[3]
- 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.[4]
- December 14: Golden Globe Award nominees announced, including several speculative fiction films and television series.[5]
- December 13: Incomplete story by Roald Dahl has been found and is being auctioned off.[6]* December 7: Iron Man 3 is slated to be 2013 sequel to Thor (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and The Avengers (2012).[7]
- December 7: Google becomes a player in the e-book field with its new Google eBookstore.[8]
- December 6: The nominees for the 2010 Annie Awards are announced.[9]
- December 3: Brandon Sanderson will be continuing his Mistborn series with a book titled The Alloy of Law.[10]
- December 3: Nominees for the Black Quill Award, given annually to celebrate excellence in horror fiction, have been announced.[11]
- 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.[12]
- November 27: Irvin Kershner, director of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, dies at 87.[13]
- 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.[14][15]
- November 18: Doctor Who films in Utah's Monument Valley, the first time the series has filmed in the United States.[16]
- November 16: Author David Marusek wins the 2010 Endeavour Award.[17]
- November 12: Photos and other memorabilia from the 1957 Worldcon in London are made available online.[18]
- November 11: Realms of Fantasy not folding after all.[19]
- November 10: Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer of genre works such as Barbarella, King Kong, and Conan the Barbarian, dies at 91.[20]
- November 1: Mervyn Haisman, a scriptwriter for several Doctor Who serials, dies at about 82.[21]
- October 31: The 2010 winners of the World Fantasy Award are announced.[22]
- October 28: The Texas Supreme Court cites Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in a decision.[23]
- October 28: The 1996 US television film, Doctor Who, is announced for release on home video on February 8, 2011.[24]
- October 28: Caprica is cancelled by Syfy.[25]
- October 24: Paranormal Activity 2 has the highest-grossing opening weekend for a supernatural horror film.[26]
- October 22: Alex Anderson, creator of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Bullwinkle, and Dudley Do-Right, dies at 90.[27]
- 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.[28]
- October 18: Realms of Fantasy, an American fantasy magazine, is shutting down.[29]
- October 16: Barbara Billingsley, best known as June Cleaver in Leave It to Beaver, dies at 94. She also had many genre roles.[30]
- October 14: Simon MacCorkindale, known for starring in the short-lived TV series Manimal, dies at 58.[31]
- October 14: Brian Lumley, Terry Pratchett, and Peter Straub to receive lifetime achievement award at the World Fantasy Convention.[32]
- October 13: Finalists for the National Book Award have been announced.[33]
- October 6: Peter Jackson set to direct The Hobbit films.[34]
- 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.[35]
- October 5: Author J. K. Rowling hints there may be more Harry Potter books.[36]
- October 5: The Hobbit may be released in 3D.[37]
- September 30: Stephen J. Cannell, known for writing and producing works such as The Greatest American Hero and Demon Hunter, dies at age 69.[38]
- September 30: Christopher Nolan confirms he will direct the next Batman film.[39]
- September 29: George Lucas announces that all six Star Wars films will be released in 3D.[40]
- September 28: British scriptwriter and producer Louis Marks, who wrote four scripts for Doctor Who serials, dies at age 82.[41]
- 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).[42]
- September 23: Jennifer Rardin, author of the Jaz Parks urban fantasy series, dies at the age of 45.[43]
- September 21: Gavin Hood is announced as director of possible Ender's Game film adaptation, currently working on script.[44]
- September 20: Discworld author Terry Pratchett is to be knighted this year, and has made his own sword for the event.[45]
- September 20: Rumors surface that Pixar may animate a Doctor Strange film adaptation.[46]
- 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).[47]
- September 15: The winners of the 26th Annual Writers of the Future and 21st Annual Illustrators of the Future awards are announced.[48]
- September 11: Kevin McCarthy (b. 1914), the actor known for his role in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, dies at the age of 96.[49]
- September 10: Edwin Charles Tubb (b. 1919), a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels, dies at the age of 90.[50]
- 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).[51]
- September 5: The 2010 Ditmar Award winners include Kaaron Warren (best novel), Paul Haines (best novella/novelette), and Catriona Sparks (best short story).[52]
- September 5: The 2012 Worldcon will be held in Chicago.[53]
- 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.[54]
- September 3: Larry Ashmead (b. 1932), a prolific American editor of science fiction, dies at the age of 78.[55]
- 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.[56]
- 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.[57]
- 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
[edit]- January 11, 2009: Mother Goose and Grimm cartoonist sued by Columbian coffee growers over strip (more...)