Ralph McQuarrie: 1929– 2012

Ralph McQuarrie: 1929– 2012

The best known production artist in cinematic history and one of the founding fathers of a galaxy far, far away has died. Ralph McQuarrie’s website announced this week that the artist responsible for the look of the Star Wars universe and many other films, passed away at the age of 82.

Artist Spotlight: Studio Ghibli Composer Joe Hisaishi

Today we pay tribute to Joe Hisaishi, one of the greatest composers of our time, and certainly among the best loved of the aficionados of fantasy, science fiction, anime and adventure film genres. Western audiences have been hearing and being enthralled by his music for decades often without knowing who had created this particular brand of magic.

Never Filmed Lost Star Trek Script Found After 45 Years

Never Filmed Lost Star Trek Script Found After 45 Years

A script written for the original Star Trek television series by famed science fiction writer Norman Spinrad has resurfaced after 45 years. Entitled “He Walked Among Us”, it was to have been a vehicle for a serious role for the late Milton Berle before Spinrad himself had it scuttled in 1967. Spinrad had written one other Trek script, the fan-favorite episode “The Doomsday Machine”.

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