NewsAnime/manga Believe it: Lionsgate greenlights its live-action Naruto film, with Sony chipping in for the ramen (film news). Lionsgate has greenlit its live-action Naruto film with Sony co-financing. Destin Daniel Cretton directs, and Charles Melton is in talks to play Kakashi. ColonelFrog / 4 Nov 2026
NewsBooks ZX Spectrum history book loads in 98 minutes, no tape errors reported. The Rubber-Keyed Wonder, Kim Justice's 45th-anniversary history of the ZX Spectrum, hit its Kickstarter target in 98 minutes. Last orders close on 2… ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
ReviewCri-Fi Back Issue #26 February 2006 (magazine review) Another back issue of ‘Back Issue’. With the sub-title of ‘Spies And Tough Guys Issue’, it’s easy to see why this issue is… UncleGeoff / 12 Oct 2026
NewsCulture Death To The Deepfakes: Sladen’s Daughter Calls Time On AI Sarah Jane. The uploader has now removed the original version featuring Elisabeth Sladen’s AI likeness. DigitalogMedia says the version now online is the reworked edition,… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsFantasy The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel: Bethesda names its next fantasy epic after eight years, and points it at the deserts of Hammerfell (games news). Bethesda has revealed The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel, set in Hammerfell, eight years after the 2018 teaser. No date, no platforms, and "some… ColonelFrog / 4 Nov 2026
NewsHorror Dead-End Job clocks in at No. 2 on Netflix’s global chart, proving the gig economy really is a horror show (TV news). Korean horror Dead-End Job hits No. 2 on Netflix's global chart and tops 14 countries. Lee Jae-wook's deadly part-time jobs, the reviews and… ColonelFrog / 3 Nov 2026
NewsAnime/manga Yokoso Scooby-Doo! sends Shaggy and Scooby to Japan to eat everything in sight and accidentally release hundreds of yokai (anime news). Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, the first original Scooby-Doo anime, sends Shaggy and Scooby to Japan to chase yokai, with OLM animating for Tubi and Cartoon… ColonelFrog / 3 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Teghaza 001: a rose-pink rock from the Sahara turns out to be a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars (science news). Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in Mali in 2022, is a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars with evidence of ancient water, a NASA-led study… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
SF /MagazinesIdeas worth exploring NewsScifi Starlog beams back after seventeen years, now in handy annual form. Starlog returns in print on 13 November 2026 as an annual, with Annalee Newitz as editor-in-chief. Yes, there's a poem. ColonelFrog / 4 Nov 2026
NewsCons Physint at Beyond the Strand: Kojima shows his homework, and it looks suspiciously like Metal Gear (games). Kojima Productions' tenth-anniversary show in Tokyo puts Physint's 150-page script, five Bill Skarsgård busts and some very familiar mechs on display. ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Teghaza 001: a rose-pink rock from the Sahara turns out to be a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars (science news). Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in Mali in 2022, is a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars with evidence of ancient water, a NASA-led study… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsDoctor Who John Leeson (1943–2026): the voice of K9, Rainbow’s first Bungle, and the Doctor’s most loyal companion (obituary). John Leeson, the actor who gave Doctor Who’s robot dog K9 his clipped, faintly pompous and thoroughly lovable voice, has died at the… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Godzilla Minus Zero: the big lad turns 72 by stomping into Japanese cinemas, with America next on Friday (monster movie news). Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus Zero opens in Japan on 3 November, Godzilla's 72nd birthday, and in North America via GKIDS on 6 November. ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsOffworld Report Clayface Oozes To The Top, Warcraft Rolls For Initiative And Essen Runs Out Of Halls (Offworld Report, 22–31 October 2026). Clayface tops the box office, Yaga lands, D&D meets Warcraft, Essen sets a record and PSA's stolen cards get a checklist. Genre news,… ColonelFrog / 31 Oct 2026
NewsCulture Make it so, Ma’am: the Guards play Star Trek, NASA finds a starship and the West End dims its lights for Sir Patrick Stewart (news). West End theatres dim their lights for Sir Patrick Stewart at 7pm on 3 November, after a Guards band played Star Trek at… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
TrailerGames Fate of the Galaxy: the free Star Wars dogfighter that spent nineteen years in the hangar (trailer). Fan-made Star Wars space combat sim Fate of the Galaxy, built on FreeSpace 2, is out free for PC, Mac and Linux after… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Bass X Machina: Netflix’s steampunk Bass Reeves rides in tomorrow, packing a mechanical West and Brian Tyree Henry (TV news). LeSean Thomas's six-part steampunk western Bass X Machina, with Brian Tyree Henry as lawman Bass Reeves, premieres on Netflix on 3 November. ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsComics Holy puppet strings: Mason Thames becomes Dick Grayson in DC’s stop-motion hybrid Dynamic Duo (film news). Mason Thames will voice Dick Grayson in DC Studios' animated Dynamic Duo, made by Swaybox with a mix of CGI, stop-motion and real-time… ColonelFrog / 4 Nov 2026
