Entertainment
Sci-Fi Literature and Film
This month, several notable science fiction authors are releasing new books. Additionally, the film industry is seeing significant developments with a major studio acquiring a key technology firm.
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New Scientist
From China Miéville to Brandon Sanderson via a tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin, there are some really huge names with new sci-fi novels out this month - as well as a new Doctor Who tale, says Alison Flood
2026-09-01 09:00 UTC
Variety
Vicon has acquired Captive Devices Ltd, a Manchester, U.K.-based maker of head-mounted camera systems for markerless facial performance capture. Vicon is the motion capture arm of Oxford Metrics. The founding team at Captive Devices has joined Vicon effective immediately. Ninja Theory, Nant Studios,
2026-09-01 09:00 UTC
Variety
Paris-based film and television studio SND, part of French media group M6, has picked up world sales on the high-end period drama “Alice: Pioneer of Cinema,” in which Oscar-nominee Bérénice Bejo (“The Artist”) stars as Alice Guy, the very first female fiction filmmaker. The six-parter, ordered by H
2026-09-01 09:02 UTC