<!-- document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2012/DC-spends-a-million-dollars-on-new-logo-16522.php" target="_blank"><strong>DC spends a million dollars on new logo</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('DC Comics has revealed its new brand identity, which is, they say, "reflective of the company\'s mission to fully realise the value of a rich portfolio of brands, stories and characters, distinguished by incredible breadth and depth across publishing, media and merchandise." Well, if they say so.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/NASA-discovers-first-Earth-size-planets-beyond-our-Solar-System--16466.php" target="_blank"><strong>NASA discovers first Earth-size planets beyond our Solar System </strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('NASA\'s Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be in the so-called habitable zone where liquid water could exist on a planet\'s surface, but they are the smallest exoplanets ever confirmed around a star like our sun. </p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Steelhaven-16467.php" target="_blank"><strong>Steelhaven</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('John Wordsworth, Commissioning Editor at Headline, has concluded a pre-emptive three-book World rights deal for an epic fantasy series by UK author Richard Ford with the agent John Jarrold. The first volume is provisionally titled Steelhaven.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/The-Amazing-Spider-Man-16464.php" target="_blank"><strong>The Amazing Spider-Man</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Here\'s the latest suite of photos from the next Spidey reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man. Directed rather appropriately by Marc Webb!</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Doctor-Who-named-top-TV-show-in-US-charts-16454.php" target="_blank"><strong>Doctor Who named top TV show in US charts</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Series six of the world’s longest running science fiction TV series Doctor Who has pipped US home-grown favourites such as Dexter, The Walking Dead and Glee to become 2011’s most downloaded show (season) on iTunes in America.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Mrs-Dickens-family-Christmas-16455.php" target="_blank"><strong>Mrs Dickens\' family Christmas</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('As the nation prepares to celebrate the festive season, there’s one man whose name is synonymous with Christmas and whose prose depicted the season as a wonderful time for the family to get together and forget about their troubles. </p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Matt-Smith-interviewed-in-the-wardrobe-16456.php" target="_blank"><strong>Matt Smith interviewed in the wardrobe</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe is Matt Smith’s second Christmas outing as the Doctor and this time he doesn’t have his trusted companions, ‘The Ponds’, by his side. However, it hasn’t stopped him relishing in another Christmassy adventure and here he reveals what Doctor Who has in store for festive viewers. </p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Claire-Skinner-interviewed-Dr-Who-Xmas-2011-16457.php" target="_blank"><strong>Claire Skinner interviewed: Dr Who Xmas 2011</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('An interview with actress Claire Skinner (of Outnumbered fame), who plays Madge Arwell in the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special. This is the seventh Christmas special since the show’s revival in 2005.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Alexander-Armstrong-interviewed-Doctor-Who-Christmas-2011-16458.php" target="_blank"><strong>Alexander Armstrong interviewed: Doctor Who Christmas 2011</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('An interview with Alexander Armstrong who plays Reg Arwel in the Doctor Who Christmas Special. The story is set during World War II and is about a family of Blitz refugees, Madge Arwell and her two children, Lily and Cyril, who have to relocate to Dorset, where they meet the Doctor.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/BBC-to-launch-new-series-of-Doctor-Who-games-16459.php" target="_blank"><strong>BBC to launch new series of Doctor Who games</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('The BBC has released the details of a new gaming development for the Doctor Who TV prog. Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will be the first of a series of Doctor Who console games developed by BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment and Games.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Solaris-buys-Gaie-Sebolds-Hunters-Moon-16461.php" target="_blank"><strong>Solaris buys Gaie Sebold\'s Hunter\'s Moon</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Jonathan Oliver, commissioning editor of Solaris Books, has acquired Hunter’s Moon by Gaie Sebold, a sequel to Babylon Steel - the opening volume of a fantasy series to be published in January 2012.  </p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Hero-Of-The-Empire-steampunk-from-David-Barnett-16462.php" target="_blank"><strong>Hero Of The Empire: steampunk from David Barnett</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Claire Eddy, Senior Editor at Tor Books in New York, has concluded a three-book World English Language rights deal for British author David Barnett, for a strong five-figure sum in US dollars. The agent was John Jarrold.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Drakenfeld-16409.php" target="_blank"><strong>Drakenfeld</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Bella Pagan, Senior Commissioning Editor at Tor UK, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, has acquired world rights to the first two volumes of a new fantasy series called ‘Drakenfeld’ by Mark Charan Newton. The agent was John Jarrold.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Captain-Nemo-steampunked-by-Kevin-J-Anderson-16410.php" target="_blank"><strong>Captain Nemo steampunked by Kevin J. Anderson</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Author Kevin J. Anderson’s newly released novel Captain Nemo (Titan Books) tells a steampunk version of Jules Verne’s creation, Captain Nemo, builder and captain of the Nautilus and secret benefactor to the castaways on the Mysterious Island.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Liam-Neeson-in-new-War-of-The-Worlds-16411.php" target="_blank"><strong>Liam Neeson in new War of The Worlds</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Jeff Wayne\'s musical version of The War of The Worlds is returning with "The New Generation" worldwide tour in November 2012, SFcrowsnest was told this morning by Jeff Wayne and Liam Neeson.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/A-borrower-be-Kindle-gets-lending-16408.php" target="_blank"><strong>A borrower be? Kindle gets lending</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Amazon has now launched its Kindle Owners\' Lending Library. With an Amazon Prime membership, Kindle owners can choose from a selection of books to borrow for free - including 100 current and former New York Times Bestsellers - as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates. With an annual Prime membership, the Kindle Owners\' Lending Library is included at no additional cost. </p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Snow-White-And-The-Huntsman-16402.php" target="_blank"><strong>Snow White And The Huntsman</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Snow White gets the Lord of the Rings treatment? Get out of here. Thor lead man Chris Hemsworth gets it on with Twilight\'s Kristen Stewart as Snow White, in this new fantasy movie very loosely based on the classic fairy tale.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Goodbye-Smurfs-Hello-Popeye-16403.php" target="_blank"><strong>Goodbye Smurfs. Hello Popeye.</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Sony Pictures Animation has hired screenwriters Jay Scherick & David Ronn to write the screenplay for the new Popeye animated movie, based on the characters of the comic strip. Popeye is the second project for Scherick and Ronn with Sony Pictures Animation following their movie take on The Smurfs. Sony Pictures Animation and Arad Productions are producing the stereoscopic 3D animated feature.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Skyfall-16404.php" target="_blank"><strong>Skyfall</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have announced the cast of the 23rd James Bond adventure, entitled Skyfall. The film, from Albert R. Broccoli\'s Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, is directed by Sam Mendes and stars Daniel Craig, who returns for his third film as James Bond 007.</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/Jack-Black-in-Bailout-16405.php" target="_blank"><strong>Jack Black in Bailout</strong></a><br>');
document.writeln('Ealing Metro has struck a multi-territory deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions on Michael Winterbottom\'s (Trishna, The Trip, 24 Hour Party People) new comedy movie Bailout starring Jack Black (School of Rock).</p>');document.writeln('<p><a href="http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/portablenews.php" target="_blank"><strong>Grab Stephen Hunt\'s SFcrowsnest.com news widget for your site or blog</strong></a><br>');//-->
