RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a newsfeed that will let you access Sci Fi Wire with a newsreader such as Newsgator or Bloglines. Get Feed     Get SCI FI Wire News delivered to your Palm or other handheld device!     Comments or questions about SCI FI Wire? Send us feedback, news tips or queries!     Nightmare Before Christmas Trailer for the new Disney 3-D version   Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker Movie trailer   Exclusive Interview Hugh Jackman on his upcoming movie The Prestige   Exclusive Interview The Grudge 2 Interviews with the cast & crew     PLAY VIDEO   PLAY VIDEO   PLAY VIDEO   PLAY VIDEO     Jackman Defends The Fountain Hugh Jackman, who stars in Darren Aronofsky's epic science-fiction love story The Fountain, told SCI FI Wire that he was disappointed to read news reports of audience members booing at a screening at the Venice Film Festival, when there were much more interesting stories that could have been written about the event. More ...   Batman 2 Prep Is Easier Director Christopher Nolan—whose next film will be The Dark Knight, the sequel to last year's Batman Begins—told SCI FI Wire that the preproduction phase of the film has been easier this time around. More ...   Eragon Star, Author Meet Ed Speleers, star of the upcoming fantasy film Eragon, told SCI FI Wire that it wasn't until after the movie was complete that he actually got to meet young author Christopher Paolini, on whose best-selling book the movie is based. More ...   Bilson Jumps To Jumper Rachel Bilson (TV's The OC) is stepping in as the leading lady opposite Hayden Christensen in Regency Enterprises and 20th Century Fox's SF adventure movie Jumper, being directed by Doug Liman, Variety reported. More ...   Berg To Helm Smith's Tonight Columbia Pictures has set Peter Berg to direct Tonight, He Comes, the long-gestating film that will star Will Smith as a superhero in existential crisis, Variety reported. More ...   New Hellboy Comes To TV Hellboy: Sword of Storms, a new animated feature based on Mike Mignola's graphic novel series, continues the comic book and film series when it debuts Oct. 28 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block. More ...   It's A Shooter's Holiday Gamers will be ringing in the holidays to the sounds of gunfire, mortar explosions and alien roars as a bevy of SF and fantasy-based shooters for every next-generation gaming system and PC march into stores in the next few months. More ...   Flushed's Serkis Aped A Rat Andy Serkis, who played the giant gorilla in King Kong, told SCI FI Wire he had a hard time switching between Kong and his first fully animated role as a rat in the upcoming Flushed Away, which he filmed at the same time. More ...   Heroes Coming Together Tim Kring, creator and executive producer of NBC's hit series Heroes, told SCI FI Wire that audiences can expect the show's superpowered characters to start joining forces and working as a team in upcoming episodes. More ...   Eragon Star Saved The Film Ed Speleers, the young star of the upcoming fantasy film Eragon, told SCI FI Wire that he won the title role just as production was about to shut down because the filmmakers had had little success casting the all-important part of the hero, a fledgling dragonrider. More ...   Jericho Gets Full Season CBS has given a full-season order to Jericho, its hit post-apocalyptic drama, the network announced. The show, about the aftermath of a nuclear attack, has averaged 11.3 million viewers and a 3.4 rating among adults aged 18-49, boosting CBS' performance on Wednesday nights. More ...   Raimi Eyes CW Horrors Director/producer Sam Raimi is developing a hybrid horror/reality series House of Horrors for The CW network, Variety reported. Raimi and his longtime producing partner Rob Tapert are executive-producing. More ...   LaPaglia Develops Damnation Anthony LaPaglia, star of CBS' Without a Trace, is also developing TV shows at CBS and Fox via his new Last Straw Productions company, including a supernatural series called Damnation, Variety reported. More ...   Heroes' Larter Secret Revealed Ali Larter, one of the stars of NBC's new hit series Heroes, told SCI FI Wire that the details of her character's mysterious double life will be revealed in upcoming episodes. More ...   Eragon Star Did Own Stunts Ed Speleers, who stars in the fantasy-novel-turned-film Eragon, told SCI FI Wire that he performed as many of his own stunts as the filmmakers would allow. The 18-year-old English actor hung from wires, rode horses and fought with heavy swords in the movie, which brings Christopher Paolini's 2003 best-seller to the silver screen. More ...   ©2006, SCI FI. All rights reserved.   GET THE WEEKLY PODCAST Bloody-Disgusting.com reported that Joel Moore (Art School Confidential) has been cast as one of the leads in James Cameron's Avatar, which is aiming at a 2008 release, playing a paraplegic war veteran in the future who is brought to the planet of Pandora. Joel Silver's Dark Castle Productions has raised $240 million from half a dozen investment firms to make 15 films over the next six years, with Warner Brothers aboard to distribute the entire slate, Variety reported. Both of The CW's Thursday dramas, Smallville and Supernatural, delivered week-to-week growth in viewers and key demographics despite increasingly tough competition, the network announced. More ECW 1.8 Eureka 1.8 Doctor Who 1.1 Hercules part two 1.0 Dark Angel 1.2 Heroes 0.9 The Day After 0.9 The Hulk 0.9 Face/Off 0.9 Dead Like Me 0.8 Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 9/25/06 -- 10/1/06