Fringe showrunner J.H. Wyman is taking a particularly hands-on role in ushering the show into the sunset by directing the series finale. But when that sci-fi swan song will air is up for debate.

Earlier this week, Wyman himself told a fan on Twitter that the series finale would air Feb. 1, 2013. Fox declined to confirm that date; sources tell TVLine the finale will air sometime after Jan. 1, however.

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All told, Wyman envisions and is structuring Fringe’s farewell tour “as a 13-hour feature film type of thing, like a saga, because I feel that’s the best way to tell the…

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The release date of Season 2 of Star Trek The Next Generation has been released to retailers, which means the word got ’round quickly to the Internet. The release date is now known to be December 4th in the U.S.A.

Awesome.

Also awesome is this:

The highlight of the extras are “hybrid extended” and full HD extended versions of the episode The Measure of a Man recreated from original elements.

Audio commentary on the extended The Measure of a Man with writer Melinda Snodgrass, director Robert Scheerer, and Mike Okuda.

The first two seasons were real hit and miss in finding the…

I must confess that I have not seen any Game of Thrones but I keep hearing good things so I want to see it.

HBO has been pretty stupid about how it makes Game of Thrones available. The first season is on iTunes now so that’s probably my door in. I hope to dig into it soon.

But, even though I know nothing about Game of Thrones, I just had to post this video because it was too cool to pass up. I mean, Lindsey Stirling. Need I say more? If one of you all watches or is familiar with Game of Thrones, feel free to add some intelligent commentary in the comments.

“I don’t suddenly turn into a warrior,” says Stewart in this exclusive look at one of the behind-the-scenes features on the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman Blu-ray (out this Tuesday, Sept. 11). “She hasn’t learned how to fight, and she doesn’t want to.”

Click through to see the clip.

Blu-ray comes out tomorrow. This was a great film and I’m looking forward to seeing it again.

We open this week’s column with a bit of visual splendor: a first look at Season 5, which premieres Sept. 28. In this exclusive image from the final season’s first episode, titled “Transilience Thought Unifier Model 11,” you’ve got circa-2036 Peter, Astrid and Etta checking out a block of amber from which, it appears, at least a few people have been sawed out. Could it be that Olivia, too, was ambered for twentysome years? “You’ll have to wait and see,” showrunner Joel Wyman hedged during our fall preview Q&A. “If she got ambered, if she’s the same age, if she’s not…. You’ll have to wait…

Every day in Hollywood, filmmakers meet in rooms at production companies and movie studios, giving their take on potential upcoming projects. This process hasn’t changed much over the years, except for the advent of carefully crated trailers for nonexistent movies, meant to help executives visualize the final product. Fans often post their own mash-up trailers, but we rarely get to see these pitches from noted filmmakers. It’s even more rare to find them for major Hollywood blockbusters.

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When I first saw Kevin’s Hunger Games pitch trailer, I was blown away by how much different…

Last night I saw a couple people around the internet talking about the death of Morgan Freeman. Then I saw one of my Facebook friends liked a paged called R.I.P Morgan Freeman.

My first thought was, “my goodness how did I not know about this and why is it not on MovieByte?” So I started looking for the story. Turns out this is a complete hoax. Mr. Freeman has been the victim of a fake death scandal as he is actually alive and well.

The Examiner reports:

Morgan Freeman is a staple in pop culture so it only makes sense that word of his death would spread quickly. That is exactly what…

Fringe‘s latest Observer-centric teaser comes with a haunting message for anyone planning to rise against the fedora’d future-dwellers: “Heed. Obey. Serve.” — else be subject to a full cerebral scan, or (gulp) worse.

Press PLAY below for a first look at the PSA of sorts from the Fox drama’s fifth and final season (bowing Sept. 28 at 9/8c), and then hit the comments with your snappy judgements!

When Hannah asked if she’d be back to reprise the role of Peggy Carter, maybe even take on the next-gen guise of Sharon Carter, Ms. Atwell couldn’t manage even a proper non-denial denial, but she did say:

“I can’t say yet because it hasn’t been officially released, and Marvel are very protective of their franchise.

Which, according to the Bleeding Cool Translatatron, means she’ll be back. Probably.

Flashbacks? Or something more? The first movie was so good. But part of what made it good was the Captain’s relationship with Carter so it’s going to be interesting to see what they do…