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SCI FI, Marvel team up
by Mike Whybark (Fri 01-10-2003)
The SCI FI Channel recently announced two projects developed from Marvel comic book properties, 1000 DAYS and BROTHER VOODOO. The science-fiction cable channel will turn to sister company Reveille to produce the shows. 1000 DAYS is based on a currently-un... Sci Fi and Futurists
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 02-20-2007)
After a lengthy hiccup in their publishing schedule, Tor Books finally got back on track this Tuesday with a slew of new novels from such powerhouse genre authors as Harry Turtledove, David Coe, and L.E. Modesitt, Jr. to round out a Weekly Book Buzz th... Sci Fi Channel wades into BLACKWATER
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 02-25-2004)
Proving that it's still the leader in making science fiction TV, The Sci Fi Channel will broadcast a new four-hour mini-series titled BLACKWATER. Based on the six volume series of books by the late Michael McDowell (the screenwriter of BEETLEJUICE), the p... 
Sci-fi Author Butler Passes
by News Editor (Fri 03-03-2006)
Last week sci-fi author Octavia Butler passed away. She was one of very few African-American women in the field.Butler was born in Pasadena, California. Her father, a shoeshiner, died when she was young; her mother, also named Octavia, raised her in a str... Women of Sci Fi
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 01-09-2007)
R.A. Salvatore’s The Hunter’s Blades trilogy gets a collector’s edition facelift, the Time Spiral Cycle wrenches out another installment with Planar Chaos, and two notable female SF authors get some well-deserved credit for their con... Science of Sci-Fi
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 12-10-2007)
Though largely neglected in the past, the link between science fiction and technological development is an important one; one that spurs scientific discovery and connects the world of grounded truth with the realm of infinite possibility. The pulp magazin... Magic Times Series on Sci Fi (Tue 02-13-2001)
Look for Sliders and Babylon 5 writer and producer Marc Scott Zicree to come out with a TV series based on the upcoming `Magic Time` fantasy novels he developed with his wife, Elaine. Former B5 producer John Copeland will produce the series, according to ...Douglas to Produce Sci-Fi Show Based on Jackson's Novels
by News Editor (Fri 04-15-2005)
The Sci Fi Channel has made a deal wtih actor/producer Michael Douglas to produce a series for them describes as "Desperate Housewives" meets "The Twilight Zone."The Douglas project will merge the life and work of late author Shirley Jackson. Alan Brenne... DUNE set for Sci-Fi Channel series?
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 07-22-2002)
Keep your eye out for this one. We will: In a short item reporting the wrap of the CHILDREN OF DUNE mini-series shoot in Prague (plan your party now) VARIETY is reporting the powers that be with the Sci-Fi Channel and the DUNE mini-series production are c... "Chip" off the Old Sci-Fi block
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 11-07-2001)
"I write the books that I've looked for on the shelves and haven't seen", says Samuel Delany. "I think that interesting books emerge from desire. Someone desires a certain book to exist, and because it doesn't, they have to bring it into being."If that's ... Giamatti SCREWS-ON for Sci-Fi Channel
by News Editor (Mon 06-27-2005)
The Sci Fi Channel has signed actor Paul Giamatti to voice the lead charater in a new animated series AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD, which is based on the comic book by Mike Mignola. Giamatti joins a cast that already includes the voices of David Hyde Pierce, Mol... Books and Boxes
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 09-27-2005)
The Prize Closet continues to dominate this territory. Well, dang it, we just love to give away fee DVDs! To win any of these prizes, you just have to send me an email to psycho@psychotronic.info and include a valid mailing address in the body. Once we ha... Saint Sinner Brings Barker Horror To SCI FI
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 09-11-2002)
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Can a man of ambiguous morality save the world from ravening
demons? That's the question that'll be... Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles' Wins Best Animated Sci-Fi Feature at the 2006 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival (Tue 09-26-2006)
Fort Worth, TX, September 26, 2006 -- FUNimation® Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation and the market share leader for home video sales of Japanese animation in the United States, and Harmony Gold are pleased to announce th...Sci-Fi London International Festival of Sci-fi & Fantastic Film
by News Editor (Wed 02-02-2005)
If you love film festivals and just happen to be in London over the next few days you might want to check out this film festival. From their webiste... "SCI-FI-LONDON is, a strictly non-geeky (tho' we are all geeks at heart), serious look at science ficti... Disney Grabs ALIENS FOR Books
by Frank Kurtz (Fri 11-16-2001)
Disney has acquired the film rights to three young-adult sci fi books written by Jonathan Etra and Stephanie Spinner. The books ALIENS FOR BREAKFAST, ALIENS FOR LUNCH and ALIENS FOR DINNER, tell the story of a 12-year-old boy who teams up with an alien be... Comic Books Free for a Day
by Adam Thur (Mon 04-22-2002)
In a time where it seems everything is getting more expensive, it's nearly impossible to get anything for free, especially ever-costly comic books. However, that all changes on Saturday, May 4th, a day being dubbed "Free Comic Book Day".
Free Comic Bo... Alien Voices Audio Books
by Anna L. Kaplan (Tue 11-16-1999)
Leonard Nimoy and John De Lancie have teamed up to laucnh their new audio book, STAR TREK: SPOCK VS Q, with a major promotional push at the Las Vegas Hiltons Star Trek: The Experience on November 19. Alien Voices--the science fiction, multimedia, product... Broccoli Books Announces Di Gi Charat Theater! (Tue 07-29-2003)
The characters of Di Gi Charat first captured the fascination of anime fans as the very cute and equally mean mean mascots for Gamers, an anime and game hobby store in Japan. Broccoli Books is proud to present the best of Di Gi Charat's adventures - Di G...SCI FI CHANNEL TO BROADCAST GURREN LAGANN (Mon 05-26-2008)
May 26, 2008 (Cypress, CA) - Aniplex and Bandai Entertainment Inc. announced today that they have licensed the television and digital distribution rights to the series GURREN LAGANN to Starz Media, which has set the series for its US premier on SCI FI Cha...New Year, New Books
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 01-08-2003)
If your New Year's resolution is to read more SF, you're in luck because January has brought a batch of interesting releases. If, instead, your resolution is to do less leisure reading so you can finally get some work done...well, you might be in trouble.... ANDROMEDA goes exclusive with Sci Fi Channel
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 01-14-2004)
The Sci Fi Channel and Tribune Entertainment have made an agreement to broadcast the fifth and final season of GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA next fall as an original series for the cable channel. The deal also calls for Sci Fi Channel to have the rights to... FARSCAPE: The Sci Fi Channel Show Without The Reset Button
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 12-06-1999)
David Kemper, executive producer of FARSCAPE, the Sci-Fi Channels prime time ratings star, issued a challenge to the uninitiated. He said, `Talk to someone who has seen this show, and look at it yourself. Just tune in once, and youll be hooked. Its ce... 5 Almost-Great Sci-Fi Films Worth a Second Look
by Joey Campbell (Thu 05-15-2008)
Ask your friend to tell you his favorite science fiction movie and you’ll probably get some combination of Star Trek-Terminator-E.T. We all know the classics, and even the most elitist contrarians among us are hard pressed to downplay the creative v... SCI FI CHANNEL TO BROADCAST GUNDAM 00 (Sat 07-05-2008)
July 4, 2008 (Cypress, CA) -Bandai Entertainment Inc. announced today that they have licensed the television rights to the series GUNDAM 00 to Starz Media, which has set the series for its US premier on SCI FI Channel. First season episodes will premiere ...The Telluride Film Festival Goes Sci-Fi
by Mark A. Altman (Thu 09-20-2001)
Despite its reputation as an extremely erudite festival far more inclined to show the latest Iranian docu-drama than the newest in genre films, the annual Telluride Film Festival, nestled in Colorado's bucolic San Jacinto Mountains, unspooled a diverse ar... Sci Fi Channel to air recap of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
by Karl Schneider (Thu 08-10-2006)
The SCI FI Channel and its sister NBC Universal networks will air a one-hour recap special of the original series Battlestar Galactica in advance of the show's October third-season premiere. It will incorporate footage from the original SCI FI miniseries ... It's WHO for Sci-Fi
by News Editor (Thu 01-12-2006)
SCI FI Channel and BBC Worldwide Americas announced a major licensing deal for the first series of the latest DOCTOR WHO adventures.The deal grants the SCI FI Channel the first run rights for series one with an option for series two. The series will premi... 'Masters of Sci-Fi' Series in the Works
by News Editor (Fri 07-15-2005)
IDT Entertainment has announced they are starting work on their next anthology series, "Masters of Sci-Fi," in hopes of turning the "Masters" brand into an ongoing franchise. The first anthology is the "Masters of Horror."IDT will provide all the financi... DEAD ZONE moving over to Sci Fi too
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 07-03-2002)
When it comes to televised science fiction, it looks like soon no other power on television will even be giving the Sci-Fi Channel a run for their money. The latest evidence: Only a few weeks after the television adaptation of Stephen King's classic psych... PITCH BLACK: Writer-director David Twohy on his Sleeper Sci-Fi Success.
by Denise Dumars (Tue 03-07-2000)
`Internet buzz helped make PITCH BLACK a successful film,` says screenwriter-director David Twohy of his hit film. `The film outperformed expectations--it made $14 million the first week, and debuted in 4th place. The next week it was in 5th place, and is... Universal Likes Sci-fi Pitch from Kinberg & Matthews
by News Editor (Wed 10-19-2005)
Universal Pictures has bought a sci-fi thriller pitch from Simon Kinberg and Brett Matthews. The story is being kept under wraps for now. Matthews will write the script.Simon Kinberg told Variety, "It's more thriller than big, broad action; more gritty th... Sci Fi increases "Battlestar Galactica" order
by Karl Schneider (Thu 03-22-2007)
According to Sci Fi Wire, the Sci Fi Channel has increased its episode order for the upcoming fourth season of Battlestar Galactica.The increased order, from the original 13 episodes to 22, will include a special two hour extended episode that will air du... Sci Fi Channel to air second season of DOCTOR WHO
by Karl Schneider (Fri 08-11-2006)
The Sci Fi Channel and the BBC announced a licensing agreement for the second season of the British SF series DOCTOR WHO in the United States.The series will air on the Sci Fi Channel starting September 29, beginning with a two hour premiere that includes... Toons and BONES
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 08-22-2005)
...ntasy and sci-fi books, tv, and movies.) "And more importantly, I am very VERY glad to see Stargate SG-1 "reinvented" rather than cancelled. True, I will miss Richard Dean Anderson, a lifelong favorite of mine, a very great deal. But it was time for ... Ridley Scott Enters Sci-Fi Again with FOREVER WAR
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 10-13-2008)
Well, it looks like the sci-fi classic Brave New World is getting pushed to the side for now by director Ridley Scott. Variety reports that another sci-fi novel has the director attached after Fox 2000 recently acquired the rights to Joe Haldeman's 1974 n... SCI FI Seals GATE
by News Editor (Tue 08-22-2006)
The SCI FI Channel has announced they will not renew the series STARGATE SG-1 for another season. They did announce though they will pick up its spinoff series STARGATE ATLANTIS for a fourth year.The channel said, "SCI FI Channel is proud to be the netwo... A THOUSAND DAYS set for Sci Fi
by Mike Whybark (Wed 12-18-2002)
VARIETY covers the Sci Fi Channel's announcement of a series adaptation of Marvel comic book STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI as A THOUSAND DAYS. The project is described as "one of two" Marvel collaborations for Sci Fi, although the article does not elaborate on th... FIRST WAVE Begins Season Two on Sci Fi Channel
by Dan Cziraky (Sat 01-08-2000)
On-the-run Cade Foster (Sebastian Spence) starts his second year battling the invading Gua aliens by facing their greatest warrior, Lucas (Sable). With her consciousness deposited into a human husk with 60% more alien DNA, Lucas is instructed to test ever... Music for Westerns and Sci-Fi
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-30-2004)
THIS WEEKS RECOMMENDATIONSFrom Intrada comes the first ever complete recording of Jerry Fieldings celebrated 1970 score for Michael Winners LAWMAN (Intrada Sp Coll Vol 17). The score contains one of the complex and modernistic composers most provocati... Sci Fi Picks Up Crusade
by Frank Garcia (Tue 02-13-2001)
In an announcement today, on a Babylon 5 newsgroup, series executive producer and creator J. Michael Straczynski announced that Sci-Fi Channel has picked up the 1999 Babylon 5 sequel series Crusade for broadcast on the network later this summer. `This wil... Sci Fi Friday
by Jason Davis (Mon 03-13-2006)
I'm of two minds this week, so the column will reflect that state with an abrupt change in subject halfway down. As you might have noticed from the title, SFC's Friday night line-up is the subject of this week's words and it's going to focus first on the... Viacom head weighs Sci Fi vs. STAR TREK
by Mike Whybark (Tue 12-10-2002)
VARIETY covers Viacom CEO Mel Karmazin's opinions on a number of topics, including the exec's remarks on the possibility of adding the Sci Fi Channel to Viacom's portfolio. Sci Fi is owned by Vivendi Universal, which is currently on the block.Karmazin sai... GOOD VS. EVIL Back on Sci-Fi Channel
by Anna L. Kaplan (Fri 03-10-2000)
GOOD VS. EVIL gets a new name and a new home, starting March 10, 2000. The critically acclaimed, quirky mix of action, comedy and demon-chasers aired its first eleven episodes on USA Network under the title GvsE. Eleven new installments will begin on USA... SCI FI Re-Ups FARSCAPE
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 10-02-2001)
The SCI FI Channel has officially announced that it has renewed its FARSCAPE series for two additional seasons of 22 episodes each. The series is currently slated to finish its third season in January 2002, with a fourth season set to debut later in the y... Sci-Fi Sets Sights on Darwin's Radio & Children
by News Editor (Mon 07-25-2005)
SCI FI Channel has partnered with Michael De Luca on his first-ever television endeavor. Two best-selling Del Rey novels by Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio and it's sequel Darwin's Children, will be developed as an 8 hour, original miniseries that portrays what... SCI FI eyes "broader" approach
by Mike Whybark (Thu 01-09-2003)
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER observes that the Sci Fi Channel has taken moves of late to preserve the substantial audience growth stemming in part from the success of TAKEN last month.Bonnie Hammer, president of the Sci Fi Channel, says, "We want to become more... Aronofsky's sci-fi flick gets Pitt, Blanchett?
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 06-27-2001)
It looks like the as yet unnamed but often talked about sci-fi film from Darren Aronofsky is attracting some high priced talent. In addition to Brad Pitt eyeing the flick, which Aronofsky has previously promised as a cutting edge, "post-MATRIX" sci-... The Grand Slam Show VIII: Celebrating Sci-Fi and Star Trek
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 04-10-2000)
Creation Conventions eighth Grand Slam STAR TREK and Sci-Fi convention, held the weekend of March 31st through April 2nd, 2000, offered something for everyone. In the main auditorium, actors from every incarnation of TREK appeared. This included VOYAGE... BABYLON 5 Falls Into Sci-Fi Channel Orbit (Tue 04-04-2000)
Sci Fi Channel has picked up the broadcast rights to BABYLON 5. The series will begin re-runs on the cable network on Sept. 25, where it will air Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET. In a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV, Cable and Newtork Features, ...Flash Gordon He save every one of us! (but can he save Sci-Fi?) (Sun 01-07-2007)
Flash Gordon has been around for over 70 years and it appears as if he might be back on the boob tube if the Sci-Fi Channel can get all their ray guns in a row. The belief is that Sci-Fi will greenlight a 3 to 4 episode mini-series event that will serv...Boston Globe Names Top 50 Sci-Fi Shows
by News Editor (Fri 09-30-2005)
Boston.com's entertainment staff decided to take a look at some of the sci-fi genre shows from yesteryear. Based on years of sci fi viewing experience and through a variety of online sources, they have come up with their picks for the Top 50 science ficti... B-MOVIE HORRORS: A PHOTO-FILLED JOURNEY INTO THE HORROR AND SCI-FI FILMS OF DIRECTOR DON DOHLER
by Dan Cziraky (Wed 02-16-2000)
Baltimore-based filmmaker Don Dohler is probably best known for 1977`s THE ALIEN FACTOR, a no-budget sci-fi flick that was sold to TV in a syndicate package on the heels of STAR WARS and ran for years on late-night television and cable. Dohler was also th... Eli Roth Goes PG-13 and Sci-Fi
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 04-25-2008)
It seems that director Eli Roth is dropping his R-rating fetish and entering the world of PG-13 sci-fi action films, reports Reuters. The director is finishing a sci-fi spec, aimed at the family crowds, that is somewhere between Cloverfield and Transforme... SCI FI Greenlights Painkiller Jane (Fri 07-14-2006)
SCI FI has greenlit production on Painkiller Jane, a female superhero actioner from Vancouver's Insight Film Studios and Kickstart Comics. Production on 22 one-hour episodes will begin next month at Insight Film Studios in Vancouver. The series will premi...We Who Are About To Die...on SCI FI
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 12-18-2002)
Today's Variety
reports that SCI FI Channel is working up a TV series based on the late-1980s
Marvel Comics title Strikeforce: Morituri. The show, which will
be called A Thousand Days is set to debut next year on the cable
outlet.
Strikeforce:
Mor... Sci Fi Magazine Chats with Smallville's Al Gough and Kristin Kreuk Listed a (Tue 02-10-2004)
Al Gough talks to SCI FI Magazine in their April 2004 issue and Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lana) is listed in their "25 Sexiest Women in Sci Fi." Click to read more...Abbess Directing Sci-Fi CODE
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 04-17-2008)
The time continuum is about to get a bit messed up for a new sci-fi thriller Source Code, reports Variety. Universal Pictures has selected Australian helmer Shane Abbess to direct the film with Mark Gordon's company in charge of production values. Scribe ... Two Sci-fi Trilogies in the Works for Cameron (Thu 07-06-2006)
James Cameron recently told MTV that he working on two would-be sci-fi trilogies.The director reported, "I have two franchises, if you will, or films that play out over an arc of a number of films that I am going to be making." He also noted he would not ...New Sci-Fi Series REVOLUTION Greenlit
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 10-19-2007)
SCI FI Channel has greenlighted a two-hour drama/action pilot entitled "Revolution," it was announced today by Mark Stern, Executive Vice President of Original Programming SCI FI. Much like our own revolution and the struggles of the American co... Cage Sets up FILES With Sci-Fi
by News Editor (Thu 10-06-2005)
Nicolas Cage has set up THE DRESDEN FILES, based on Jim Butcher's bestselling novels, with the Sci-Fi Channel. The two-hour pilot for the series will be written by Hans Beimler and Robert Wolfe.The story centers on Harry Dresden, a wizard who makes his li... Sci Fi Moves Forward With EUREKA
by News Editor (Mon 09-26-2005)
The Sci Fi Channel has greenlit thirteen episodes of EUREKA. The show will air in the summer of 2006.The show stars Colin Ferguson as a federal marshal who gets stranded in the small northwestern town of Eureka. He quickly discovers the town is composed o... Sci Fi Snags NOW & AGAIN
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 08-01-2001)
The Sci Fi Channel has landed the TV rights to the short-lived CBS TV series NOW & AGAIN. As part of the deal, Sci Fi is said to have paid $35K for each the program's existing 22 episodes. The deal allows the cabler to show the program exclusively for... Sci-Fi Channel to beef up Saturday night original programming
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Mon 11-04-2002)
VARIETY reports that the Sci-Fi Channel has given the green light for four original movies to debut on its Saturday-night movie showcase. The films are all produced in Canada by Playa Inc. and will be distributed by USA Cable, Sci-Fi's sister company. The... Sexy LEXX debuts on Sci Fi Channel
by Dan Cziraky (Thu 01-06-2000)
The Sci-Fi Channel is prefacing its Jan. 14 debut of LEXX with a one-hour introductory special RATED LEXX, on Jan. 7 at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, followed at 10 p.m. by the episode `Nook.` The show`s first episode, `Mantrid,` will be broadcast on Jan. 14 at it... Sci-Fi has more UFOs that it wants DECLASSIFIED
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 07-09-2003)
The Sci-Fi Channel has announced that it has two new installments in development for its SCI FI DECLASSIFIED documentary series. Following up on the network's earlier special THE ROSWELL CRASH: STARTLING NEW EVIDENCE from last year, the new shows will inv... Sci-Fi Channel announces THING mini-series
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 03-31-2003)
Late Monday afternoon The Sci-Fi Channel announced a long list of projects in development for broadcast in the 2004-2005 season (see our other stories for details on these new shows.) Among the new shows announced was a new mini-series that will "re-envi... Saint Sinner on SCI FI Saturday!
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 10-21-2002)
When a morally
ambiguous nineteenth century monk commits a fatal error he unleashes a pair of
deadly demons on modern-day L.A. in the SCI FI original movie Clive Barker
Presents Saint Sinner.
Greg
Serano (Legally Blonde) plays Brother Tomas, a care... Sci-Fi channel unveils big, big plans
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 04-03-2002)
It seems despite the back-burner talk from Bryan Singer about the BATTLESTAR: GALACTICA return to TV, the Sci-Fi Channel still has high hopes for the return of the franchise, along with quite a few other big ticket projects.According to several announceme... SCI FI Greenlights CHILDREN OF DUNE
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 12-04-2001)
The SCI FI Channel has, as expected, given the greenlight to a six-hour miniseries adaptation of CHILDREN OF DUNE, the third book in Frank Herbert's DUNE series.The project, which will be produced by Richard Rubenstein and New Amsterdam Entertainment, wil... Tim Allen's New Sci Fi Comedy (Wed 02-14-2001)
Tim Allen and Mel Gibson will team to develop Star Child, a sci fi comedy for Paramount Pictures.Allen may star in the film, according to Variety, hoping to capitalize on the success of Galaxy Quest.StarChild is described as a comedic sendup of the sci-fi...STARGATE, DREAM TEAM inbound from Sci Fi
by Mike Whybark (Mon 11-11-2002)
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER notes that the Sci Fi Channel has picked up another full season of STARGATE SG-1, ordering 22 episodes. It will be the show's seventh season.In other programming news at Sci Fi, the channel announced plans to introduce a new reality... BSG's Moore Has New Sci-Fi Trilogy
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 04-18-2008)
"Battlestar Galactica" showrunner Ronald D. Moore has signed with United Artists to create and write a sci-fi trilogy, reports Variety. UA is keeping details of the project under wraps. Moore has written extensively for TV and film, with featur... Set Photos Online for Proyas' Sci-Fi KNOWING
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 06-09-2008)
Director Alex Proyas (Dark City, I, Robot) is well underway into his next sci-fi thriller Knowing and judging from the set photos that have popped up online courtesy of a scooper at CS, there seems to be an explosive situation involving Nic Cage's charact... Sci Fi Channel acquires STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE
by Karl Schneider (Thu 08-03-2006)
According to SciFi.com, the Sci Fi Channel has acquired the rights to multiple made-for-television movies and series from CBS Paramount Domestic Television, including Star Trek: Enterprise, the prequel series starring Scott Bakula and Jolene Blalock, as w... More EUREKA and TRUTH Returning to Sci Fi
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 09-28-2007)
The SCI FI Channel apparently liked what they saw out of their television series EUREKA and DESTINATION TRUTH. The genre based network has ordered a return of both shows for 2008. Here's the press release...
"Eureka" will begin production on a ... Scorsese sees Sci-Fi
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 07-10-2003)
The director behind GANGS OF NEW YORK and GOODFELLAS is coming to The Sci-Fi Channel. Martin Scorsese will executive produce THE TWELVE, a six-hour (or more) science fiction mini-series that will be broadcast on the cable network sometime in 2005. THE TWE... SCI FI syndicates
by Mike Whybark (Wed 01-22-2003)
VARIETY surveys the emerging practice of syndicating first-run basic cable to local broadcast markets, with special attention to SCI FI Channel star performer CROSSING OVER WITH JOHN EDWARD.The supernatural reality show drew unexpectedly high numbers at b... The Greatest Sci-Fi, Horror & Fantasy Films of All Time
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 03-07-2000)
There are many fools errands in the world. You know you can never truly succeed, and yet the temptation is too much to resist. For example: picking the Greatest Baseball Player of All Time, or the Most Talented Musician, or the Most Beautiful Woman in th... Universal Grabs Sci Fi Comedy Pitch
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 08-16-2001)
Universal has snagged an untitled comedy-adventure-sci fi pitch made by writer Dan Schneider.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the potential film is described as being in the vein of BACK TO THE FUTURE. It will tell the story of a group of disenfranchi... Robert J. Sawyer to Host Sci-Fi Radio Show Pilot
by Chris Wyatt (Tue 09-17-2002)
The pilot for a new Sci-Fi radio show, hosted by SF author extrodinare Robert J. Sawyer (author of HOMINIDS and ILLEGAL ALIEN) will appear on Canada's CBC radio next week. Canadian fans will be able to tune into the show directly, called FASTER THAN LIGHT... Sci fi has never won Best Picture
by Mike Whybark (Fri 01-17-2003)
VARIETY takes a look at the longstanding preference of Academy voters to choose non-SF flicks for Best Picture in the Oscars.Passed-over films in the past have included 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, ALIEN, BLADE RUNNER, and ot... CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIES: IN THE YEAR 2889 / THEY CAME FROM BEYOND SPACE / TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE
by Tony Whitt (Fri 08-08-2003)
Remember those ratty videotape sets they used to sell at such fine stores as K-Mart, featuring six or seven grainy B-movies from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, recorded in EP mode? I'll bet you thought that the DVD revolution would get rid of that sort of junk... SCARE TACTICS bite Sci Fi
by Mike Whybark (Wed 02-19-2003)
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES reports that Kara Blanc, who was filmed as a part of the Sci Fi Channel's upcoming Shannon Doherty hosted reality series SCARE TACTICS, has filed suit against the channel and others involved in the production of the show, alleging em... TIN MEN recruited by Sci Fi
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 10-20-2004)
The Sci Fi Channel has a new mini-series in development based on the fantasy world of Oz. Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle, creators of the new TV series MEDICAL EXAMIATION and THE PRETENDER, are developing the four-hour project TIN MAN for the C... Smallville's Miles Millar Talks to Sci-Fi Magazine (Sat 04-03-2004)
In the new issue of Sci-Fi Magazine, executive producer Miles Millar talks about the last six episodes of the season, revealing that the season finale will break into two parts starting with "Forsaken" and continue on with "Covenant." Click to read more.Smallville in Brazilian Sci-Fi News Magazine (Sat 04-24-2004)
In a recent issue of "Sci-Fi News" magazine in Brazil, it cover features Smallville with cast interviews. Click to read it.Sci-Fi Puts on RING
by News Editor (Fri 10-21-2005)
The Sci Fi Channel has picked up the rigths to air Germany's most successful TV movie of 2004 -- RING OF NIBELUNGS RING was loosely based on of the Germanic myth about the magic ring of the Nibelungs and the Nordic Volsunga Saga.The movie stars Kristanna... 'Faust' on SCI FI
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 12-09-2003)
Look for 'Faust: Love of the Damned', the direct-to-video horror/action flick based on David Quinn and Tim Vigil's comic, to premiere on the SCI FI Channel Saturday, December 13, at 9PM ET/PT. (Thanks to The Comic Reel at CBR.cc)
Smallville: Tom Welling in SCI FI (Wed 04-06-2005)
Tom Welling is cover featured in Brazilian magazine, SCI FI. Check out the scans...James Cameron's King-Size Comeback: Two Sci-Fi Trilogies
by Rob M. Worley (Thu 07-06-2006)
"We're going to do 'Avatar' first, and we're in active pre-production on it right now," director James Cameron said of his comeback as a director. "I'm directing it; I'm directing all these films.
"And with 'Battle Angel,' also, we'll do the same thing... Meyer Joins Sci Fi Love Story (Wed 02-14-2001)
Breckin Meyer (Road Trip) is in final talks to star opposite Meg Ryan in Miramax Films` sci fi romantic comedy Kate and Leopold.The story revolves around a 19th century duke who falls in love with a 21st century New York businesswoman and must travel thro...'The Crow: Wicked Prayer' on SCI FI this month (Fri 08-15-2008)
SCI FI Channel is set to air the fourth moive based on James O'Barr's comics, 'The Crow: Wicked Prayer' on Thursday, Aug 28 at 3 a.m. The movie features Edward Furlong as the latest incarnation of the undead, vengeance seeking spirit.SCI FI breaks up with 'Painkiller Jane' (Wed 08-15-2007)
According to the Hollywood Reporter, SCI FI Channel is calling it quits on the comic-based original series 'Painkiller Jane'. The show is close to wrapping its 22 episode first season, which will run to completion on the cable channel. The final episod...The Greatest Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Films: Short Subjects
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 03-02-2000)
Its impossible to make a straight comparison between feature films and short subjects; nevertheless, many short films have achieved a level of greatness that warrants recognition. Instead trying to squeeze them in among the full-length features in our Co... Silverman Leading Sci-Fi PET
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 05-01-2008)
The Simpsons Movie director David Silverman has been enlisted to develop and direct The Pet, a new sci-fi family film being overseen by Disney. Matt Lieberman penned the screenplay. Sheila Hanahan Taylor and Mark Roybal are executive producing.Plot Conce... Perlman at Texas Superhero Sci-Fi Expo (Mon 08-09-2004)
Ron Perlman (Hellboy) will be appearing at the Texas Superhero Sci-Fi Collectors Expo on Saturday, October 9th.Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum at Sci-Fi Summit Images (Mon 03-29-2004)
Yesterday (Sunday, March 28), Michael Rosenbaum was at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California for Creation Entertainment's Sci-Fi Summit. Click to view images.Smallville and Hellboy at Grand Slam: Sci Fi Summit XII (Mon 03-08-2004)
Michael Rosenbaum and Smallville writer/producer Mark Verheiden will be at the Creation Entertainment's Sci-Fi Summit in Pasadena, California on March 28. There will also be a special presentation of upcoming film "Hellboy" during the convention.'Man-Thing' to bow on Sci Fi Channel (Wed 01-26-2005)
According to the release schedule of the Lions Gate Home Entertainment, on the Fangoria web site, the man-thing movie will premiere in April on Sci-Fi Channel and then be out on video on June 14.Columbia and Liebesman Leading Sci-Fi Action BATTLE: LOS ANGELES
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 10-02-2008)
Jonathan Liebesman (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Darkness Falls) is in negotiations to direct Battle: Los Angeles, a sci-fi actioner Neal Moritz and his Original Films are producing for Columbia. HR is reporting that the studio picked up th... Brother Voodoo on SCI FI!
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 01-08-2003)
Proving once
again that he's the hardest working man in comic-to-film business, Hans
Rodionoff has landed yet another comic based project. This time, Variety
reports that Rodionoff will pen the pilot script for a TV movie version of
Marvel's Brother V... Notenki Memoirs Vol.#01
by Jarred Pine (Fri 08-05-2005)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yasuhiro TakedaTranslated by:Javier Lopez, Jack Wiedrick, Brendan Frayne, Kay Bertrand, Gina Koerner, Sheridan JacobsAdapted by:What They SayThe story behind the greatest anime of all time!
A tell-all account of GAINAX and a b... New Sci-Fi Series Innocent Venus Premiers August 9 on Anime Network (Wed 07-18-2007)
Post-Apocalyptic Thriller to Debut on Anime Network! HOUSTON, TX " July 18, 2007 " Innocent Venus, the exciting sci-fi series that first aired on Japanese television last summer, is set to make its North American debut on August 9, 2007 on Americ...Olympus & Morrow Combine for Sci-Fi SPIN
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 05-20-2008)
Producer Rob Morrow---through his Bits & Pieces Picture Co. shingle---and Olympus Pictures are producing a new feature version of Robert Charles Wilson's sci-fi thriller Spin, reports Variety. The series is a planned novel trilogy with the first two n... Van Peebles Helming Sci-Fi UNITER
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 10-29-2007)
Mario Van Peebles is set to return behind the camera for a new sci-fi called UNITER, says Variety. The trade reports that Peeble has been developing this script for 6 years and the source of inspiration came from his travels to India mixed with ... GALACTICA to Continue, Says Sci Fi
by News Editor (Mon 05-14-2007)
The Sci Fi Channel has apparently decided not to end BATTLESTAR GALACTICA after the fourth season.
Producer David Eick has stated, in responsed to comments by actor Edward James Olmos, "For those of you have been paying attention over the yea... BOO Premieres on SCI FI Channel This Weekend
by Karl Schneider (Fri 06-02-2006)
BOO, the first feature film written and directed by CINESCAPE's own Anthony C. Ferrante will make its worldwide broadcast cable debut on the SCI FI CHANNEL on Saturday, June 3 at 9:00 pm EST. Check your local listings. BOO stars Dee Wallace-Stone and focu... Wolfgang Confirmed for Sci-fi UPRISING
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 03-12-2008)
Director Wolfgang Petersen has been confirmed for the sci-fi thriller Uprising for Columbia Pictures, reports Variety. Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher (Gladiator) are producing through their Sony-based Red Wagon shingle. Charles Leavitt (Blood Diamond) is p... Columbia Wants a Sci-Fi BATTLE
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 04-11-2008)
Look for a new alien invasion set for the streets of Los Angeles soon. Columbia Pictures has preemptively picked up a sci-fi spec from Chris Bertolini titled Battle: Los Angeles, says the Hollywood Reporter. The distributor has set Neal Moritz to oversee ... Sam Rockwell Mines in Sony's Sci Fi MOON
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 05-06-2008)
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has grabbed the distribution rights in all English-speaking territories for Liberty Films' sci-fi thriller Moon, which stars Sam Rockwell. This is the directorial debut of Duncan Jones, who also penned the ... Summit Takes on Sci-Fi ARENA
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 04-28-2008)
A new sci-fi action thriller is on the horizon courtesy of Summit Entertainment. The indie distributor acquired the rights for Arena from new screenwriters Toby Wagstaff and Darren Howell, reports Variety. Plot Concept: Story centers on a group of modern-... Sci-Fi Gives Go-Ahead for Spielberg's NINE LIVES Mini
by News Editor (Fri 01-13-2006)
SCI FI Channel has announced that it has given a greenlight for production of Steven Spielberg and Les Bohem's NINE LIVES.LIVES centers on several characters who discover a way to reunite with dead loved ones in the afterlife through near-death experience... Sci-Fi snags X-FILES, tries for ROSWELL
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 04-03-2002)
While it made big announcements concerning original programming for the next few years, the Sci-Fi channel also made news by revealing it has bought the rights for all nine years, 202 episodes of THE X-FILES. The deal, part of an ambitious move to make it... The Knaufs bring the Phantom to Sci Fi (Wed 08-06-2008)
From Newsarama: As costumed crusaders become further entrenched in mainstream entertainment, Sci-Fi Network is hoping to update one of the oldest comic heroes, The Phantom, for television. Created even before Superman in comic strips of the '30s, th...Saint Sinner On SCI FI This Year
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 02-15-2002)
A recent
write-up appearing on SCI FI Wire
indicates the TV movie version of Clive Barker's Saint Sinner will
air this year.
The SCI FI
Channel plans on airing movies never seen before on the network every Saturday
night at 9 p.m. ET/PT in 2002. T... STARGATE ATLANTIS Movie Greenlit by Sci-Fi
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 08-22-2008)
Building upon the successful "Stargate" franchise, SCI FI Channel today announced it has greenlit a two-hour movie based on the hit science fiction adventure series "Stargate Atlantis." SCI FI will have the exclusive worldwide televisi... THE SHINING Mini-Series Gets Encore on Sci-Fi, with TALISMAN on the Horizon
by Anthony C. Ferrante (Tue 06-19-2001)
It's been four years since ABC's THE SHINING mini-series has seen the light of day, but thanks to the Sci-Fi Channel the three-part adaptation of Stephen King's novel will finally get an encore presentation.The three installments will air consecutively st... Beltzer on Sci Fi
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 11-08-2001)
Besides acting, Richard Belzer has long had a passion of conspiracy theories, including UFO's, Illuminati, and other alleged dark secrets kept from us all. Now, he's going to get a chance to further pursue the subject on the Sci Fi Channel.The cable chann... Sci Fi making TREMORS into TV series
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 07-10-2002)
The Sci Fi Channel announced yesterday it is going to premiere a series based on the cult-hit monster flick TREMORS in January 2003. In a statement to the press at this year's Television Critics Association gathering, the network revealed the series is se... STRANGE WORLD On SCI FI
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 12-13-2001)
The SCI FI Channel has announced that they have acquired the rights to show the short-lived genre series STRANGE WORLD. The deal was for the program's entire 13 episode run, 10 of which have never been seen before.Executive produced and written by produce... Cameron Talks Sci-Fi AVATAR Technology
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 05-20-2008)
It's been a decade since director James Cameron stepped behind the camera and went to work on a new epic film and even longer since he entered the world of "sci-fi/fantasy adventure epic" (The Abyss, Aliens, Terminator). Well, that wait is nearl... Sci-Fi Channel Greenlights WAREHOUSE 13
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 10-25-2007)
A new genre show may be hitting the SCI-FI Channel soon after the network greenlit the pilot for WAREHOUSE 13, says Variety. The two-hour pilot will center on two F.B.I agents in charge of a top-secret storage facility in South Dakota. It's... Sci-Fi Channel announces 16 new shows for 04-05 year
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 03-31-2003)
The Sci-Fi Channel has released a list of what new programming it intends to broadcast in the 2004-2005 year. Among the new shows being offered are ongoing series, two new mini-series and a host of special programs for its out-of-this-world audience.Eigh... Battlefield Earth Goes To Sci Fi (Mon 02-12-2001)
With no crush of suitors trying to woo the film their way, Battlefield Earth will make its small screen debut on Sci Fi.The film, which was a box office flop, came for only $2 million, according to Variety. Sci Fi actually made the deal months ago but kep...Gurren Lagann Hits Sci-Fi (Tue 05-20-2008)
A new item at ICv2 is talking about Bandai Entertainment\'s series Gurren Lagann hitting the Sci-Fi channel this summer as the show will be part of their Ani-Monday\'s line-up.STARGATE Shifting Over to SCI FI
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 08-15-2001)
The SCI FI Channel has struck a deal with Showtime to pick up STARGATE SG-1 for a sixth season of the series. As part of the deal, Showtime will produce a full season of 22 new episodes for SCI FI.This new batch of episodes will premiere in June 2002. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA given greenlight by Sci Fi
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 02-10-2004)
Sci Fi Channel has announced that it has officially given a greenlight to the first season of the new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Instead of receiving an order for a minimum of six episodes (as one of our sources informed us last month), the network has committ... Sci-fi Channel Renews STARGATE:ATLANTIS
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 10-24-2007)
The Sci-Fi Channel has ordered a fifth-season renewal to their franchise STARGATE: ATLANTIS, says Variety. The new order calls for 20 additional episodes for next year. They've also recently brought Col. Samantha Carter (actress Amanda Tapping) to lead th... Sci Fi Channel orders script for "Phenomenon"
by Karl Schneider (Thu 03-22-2007)
The Sci Fi Channel has ordered a script for Phenomenon, a two-hour pilot executive-produced by Kiefer Sutherland."In Phenomenon, ordinary people have their assumptions about the natural world, their very belief systems, completely shattered when they... Sci-Fi Channel calls for UFO declassification
by Mike Whybark (Tue 10-29-2002)
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC notes that the SCI-FI CHANNEL last week joined forces with former Clinton White House chief of staff John Podesta in a call for greater access to government records of unidentified flying objects.Judy Varns, the Mutual UFO Network's d... Sci-Fi Channel finally announces STARGATE: ATLANTIS
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 03-31-2003)
Late Monday The Sci-Fi Channel announced that it had officially given the greenlight for the long-rumored spinoff series from STARGATE SG-1, STARGATE: ATLANTIS. Rumors of ATLANTIS have been floating around Stargate fansites and conventions for over a ye... First Trailer for Sci-Fi OUTLANDER Online
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 07-11-2008)
The first trailer for the upcoming sci-fi adventure Outlander has popped up online courtesy of the movie's official website. The film will star James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman and John Hurt. Director Howard McCain led the adventure ... ANACONDA 3 and 4 To Sci-Fi Channel
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 10-08-2007)
There really isn't a lot of genre news going on this morning but I ran across this story over at Moviehole and it should interest you, anger you or have you laugh out loud. Production is already planned for two more ANACONDA sequels, three and four, of th... Clip for sci-fi film SUNSHINE is online
by Karl Schneider (Thu 06-22-2006)
The blog for the upcoming Fox Searchlight sci-fi film SUNSHINE has released some rough trailer footage of the film.You can find the clip here.In SUNSHINE, the Sun is dying and mankind is dying with it. The last hope: a spaceship and a crew of eight men an... Waters Pens EARTHLINGS For Sci-Fi
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 10-11-2007)
A new series based around aliens is coming to the Sci-Fi Channel, says the Hollywood Reporter. Screenwriter Daniel Waters is in charge of penning a 90 minute pilot for a series called EARTHLINGS based around aliens living on our planet trying to save us f... Fox Goes For Sci-Fi Thrills in ZERO-G
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 04-29-2008)
Fox has pre-emptively grabbed the rights to an upcoming sci-fi thriller video game called Zero-G and plans to make a tent pole release out of it. The studio picked up the early rights, based on the game currently in development by Daniel Jevons, from Unio... Campbell inks two pic deal with Sci Fi
by Mike Whybark (Thu 10-31-2002)
VARIETY reports that Bruce Campbell, star of Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD films and a regular in other Raimi productions, has signed a deal with the Sci Fi Channel to write, produce, direct and star in THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN, one of two original films ... Ridley Scott Traveling Back to Sci-Fi?
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 06-04-2008)
It seems almost fitting that Maniac columnist Damon Brown is spotlighting the wonders of Blade Runner and now there's a new report which has director Ridley Scott saying he's going back to the world of sci-fi very soon. After a very long break, Scott has ... Steven Spielberg to helm Sci-Fi Film
by Karl Schneider (Thu 06-15-2006)
Steven Spielberg has selected a now untitled sci-fi film to direct for Paramount Pictures.The film is said to explore Caltech physicist Kip Thorne's theories of gravity fields. More specificaly: the film will explore the mind-bending territory of black ... Eric Johnson is Sci Fi Channel's "Flash Gordon"
by Karl Schneider (Thu 04-12-2007)
According to Sci Fi Wire, Eric Johnson has signed on to play the title role in the upcoming TV series, Flash Gordon.Johnson will play the space-traveling adventurer Gordon, who is joined by companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov. Ordinary people ... Sci Fi Announces BATTLESTAR Spinoff
by News Editor (Fri 04-28-2006)
Sci Fi Channel has announced a new spinoff series from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. CAPRICA will be set about 50 years before and will center on the cataclysmic events that inform the current series. The new series will be more about how the "bad guys' rise to ... FARSCAPE marathon on Sci Fi
by Mike Whybark (Mon 12-23-2002)
SAVEFARSCAPE.COM notes that the Sci Fi Channel is delivering at least one present to FARSCAPE fans this holiday season in the form of a FARSCAPE marathon, airing over eleven hours on the 24th.The marathon runs from 8am eastern or pacific time until 6pm, a... Sci Fi Abducts Stern
by Mike Whybark (Thu 12-12-2002)
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER notes the addition of Mark Stern to the executive stable at the Sci Fi Channel. The 15-year vet of Trilogy Entertainment oversaw THE OUTER LIMITS and THE TWILIGHT ZONE and moves into the head of programming slot for the science fict... Sex & Sci-Fi & Rock 'n Roll
by Randall Larson (Tue 04-19-2005)
Get out your Parental Advisory stickers Warp 11s new CD has been assimilated from all things STAR TREK into a massive powerblast of sex, sci-fi, and rock n roll. Based in Sacramento, California, Warp 11 has made the rounds of science fiction conventio... Sci Fi Channel goes supernova with new shows, series and specials
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 04-06-2004)
Yesterday The Sci Fi Channel unveiled its upcoming slate of new programming, featuring a lineup of new ongoing series, mini-series, movies and specials that will carry the network through 2004 and into 2005. Amongst the shows that will air will be the fo... Sci Fi to Ride in CHARIOTS OF THE GODS
by News Editor (Thu 04-27-2006)
Sci Fi Channel has announced they are developing a six-hour miniseries based on CHARIOTS OF THE GODS by Erich von Daniken.The story centers on a soldier returning from his tour of duty who brings with him an artifact that holds the key to uncovering one o... Debney's Passionate Sci-Fi Score Comes to CD Zathura CD due out Nov 22
by Randall Larson (Wed 11-02-2005)
From the author of THE POLAR EXPRESS and JUMANJI, the director of ELF, and the composer of SIN-CITY, ELF, THE SCORPION KING, CUTTHROAT ISLAND and THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, comes ZATHURA, a sci-fi adventure of two squabbling brothers who are propelled int... Sci-Fi Bottles FIREFLY
by News Editor (Wed 06-15-2005)
The Sci Fi Channel has acquired the rights to air Joss Whedon's FIREFLY this summer.The channel will be running fourteen episodes, including three that never aired, staring in July. Official Comic Con Schedule
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-09-2007)
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ... BSG Returns to Sci-Fi April 4
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 02-13-2008)
SCI FI's Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series "Battlestar Galactica" returns for its fourth original season on Friday, March 28 @ 10pm ET/PT with two back-to-back half-hour specials. The first new episode will premiere the following we... Sol Bianca: The Legacy Vol. #1
by Justin Emerson (Mon 02-18-2002)
... the best Sci-Fi books of all time) where Earth has been almost forgotten. I have a feeling that this will play an integral part in the story, but I don't want to reveal anything else.
Now, one thing that Chris didn't mention in his review is that thi... Sci-Fi's Hammer talks TREMORS series
by Christopher Allan Smith and Eric Moro (Thu 07-11-2002)
In an exclusive interview with our own Eric Moro, Sci-Fi Channel President Bonnie Hammer hinted Michael Gross, once of FAMILY TIES and then star of the cult-monster hit TREMORS, may be coming to the Sci-Fi channel when the monster movie series becomes a S... Return to Lovecraftian Horror
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 01-07-2008)
The New Year is officially here, and with it a new crop of science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature is beginning to spring up from the fertile minds of genre authors everywhere. But though 2008 is the year of the new, some authors from the past, ... Reaching the Limit
by Frank Garcia (Mon 06-19-2000)
With over half of its sixth and final season now broadcast on Showtime at the end of June, The Outer Limits will continue unveiling its remaining 10 episodes before reaching its final 132nd episode. The special two-hour final episode titled `Final Analysi... A Sea of Troubles
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 12-20-2004)
This is one dead week, folks. Seriously, unless you've been eagerly awaiting the return of FATHER OF THE PRIDE, your best bet is riffling through the barrage of Christmas-related programming to find the few gems (which I, your humble servant, have taken t... NYCC 2006: Interview with Dallas Middaugh
by Ed Chavez (Mon 03-06-2006)
Ed Chavez: Well, thanks for joining me today, Dallas. I have to say, at least for Anime on DVD and for my own podcast, Mangacast, it’s just been the general consensus that, over the past year, Del Rey has basically been the best publisher for, rea... Comicscape - April 28, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-28-2004)
OPINION: Last week, I asked for your opinions about whether the comics companies are doing enough to interest the next generation of comics readers and what approaches they should take. On the one hand, there weren't that many responses, but on the other ... Jeremiah: A Look At Season 1
by Jason Lethert (Wed 07-17-2002)
... Stirling, Turtledove, Clegg, & New Brits Hit the Scene
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 09-05-2006)
Harry Turtledove smacks the shelves again with another alternate history thriller, S.M. Stirling propels his Dies the Fire sequence, and Douglas Clegg returns from last week's paperback debut of Priest of Blood with a continuation of the Vampyricon series... Comicscape - February 8, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-08-2006)
Greetings, COMICSCAPE faithful, and welcome to another week of editorial content to keep you sane at work. Talking about men in long underwear beating the hell out of each other always trumps filling out TPS reports. For those of you checking in again, th... Dabel-ing in Comics
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Sat 02-10-2007)
In 2000, the Dabel Brothers were doing independent comic books that flew under just about everyone's radar. A short time later they were working with Image and then, when Devil's Due left that publisher, they brought the Dabel Brothers with them... DUNE: Reviving the Mythos
by Denise Dumars (Fri 09-08-2000)
Author of 45 books (20 of which are bestsellers) and well-known for his ability to `write in someone else`s universe,` Kevin J. Anderson seems the perfect choice of collaborator for Brian Herbert, the son of the late DUNE-creator Frank Herbert. The duo is... EARTHSEA Miniseries Scribe Set
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 08-08-2001)
Philippa Boyens has been given the nod to write a script for an upcoming TV miniseries based on Ursula K. Le Guin's first three EARTHSEA novels. The miniseries is being created for the Sci Fi Channel.The books tell the story of a reckless young apprentice... Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Wed 02-16-2005)
Genre:Science Fiction/Comedy.Studio:Hollywood Pictures.Production Company:Spyglass Entertainment.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Martin Freeman (Arthur Dent); Mos Def (Ford Prefect); Sam Rockwell (Zaphod Beeblebrox); Zooey Deschanel (Trisha "Trillian" ... Comicscape - August 10, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-10-2005)
A couple of weeks ago, a COMICSCAPE reader asked me to do a column about breaking into comics. Here, I present the first of a couple of columns on the subject. Many comics professionals began their career in self-publishing they created their own books, ... Sci Fi's Chi-Chian aims for big screen
by Mike Whybark (Mon 10-28-2002)
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER covers a deal between New York-based creator Voltaire and Lonetree Entertainment for the comic book and animated character Chi-Chian.Chi-Chian is described on Voltaire.net site as "a young, Japanese Betty Boop, unaware of her regal ... 'Heroes Anonymous' heading to Sci Fi (Thu 04-14-2005)
A new project detailed during the presentation at Sci Fi's New York headquarters were 'Heroes Anonymous,' a live-action drama that focuses on twentysomething superheroes who form a support group. Based on the comic book series by Scott Gimpel and Bill Mor...Looking Back at the Future: '60s Sci Fi Heroine Saves 2001
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 10-16-2002)
This Weeks RecommendationSReleased on DVD a couple weeks ago, Roman Coppolas CQ is as much a homage to such lovably quirky European 60s sc-fi/spy films as BARBARELLA and DANGER DIABOLIK as it is an intriguing film in its own right. Taking place in 1969... Comicscape - July 7, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-07-2004)
OPINION: I had hoped to do a column this week on Free Comics Day or on SPIDER-MAN 2 - both of which I experienced yesterday (Saturday, July 3) but you had so much to say about last week's column on the Revolving Door of Death that instead I'm turning the... Sci-Fi Announces New Genre Slate
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 07-21-2008)
At the Television Critic's Association Press Tour, Sci-Fi's Mark Stern has passed along information their new genre projects coming to the network. You can check out the titles and plot concepts below. BRYAN SINGER MINISERIES PROJECT SCI FI re-teams wit... I, WHO: THE UNAUTHORIZED GUIDE TO THE DR. WHO NOVELS
by Dan Cziraky (Tue 01-11-2000)
When the long-running British science-fiction TV series `Doctor Who` was unceremoniously cancelled by the BBC in 1990, rabid fans (a.k.a. Whovians) were soon treated to all-new adventures in the form of original novels. Virgin Publishing debuted the first... Berlanti lights up 'Green Lantern'
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 10-29-2007)
...s and the sci-fi books. The best part about it, anybody can be become one of the Green Lanterns because anyone can end up with that ring."
The Hollywood Reporter piece specifically mentions that Hal Jordan is the subject of this movie, which only se... Lukyanenko’s WATCH Returns
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-09-2007)
With Timur Bekmambetov’s latest Night Watch film adaptation smashing box office records in Russia (yet again) and the film still fresh in the states from its US debut this past June, author Sergei Lukyanenko has officially put Russia on the map for ... Breaking News: Sci-Fi's Hammer talks TREMORS series
by Christopher Allan Smith and Eric Moro (Wed 07-10-2002)
In an exclusive interview with our own Eric Moro, Sci-Fi Channel President Bonnie Hammer hinted Michael Gross, once of FAMILY TIES and then star of the cult-monster hit TREMORS, may be coming to the Sci-Fi channel when the monster movie series becomes a S... Ultimate Guides!
by Pat Ferarra (Tue 03-20-2007)
I don’t know what it is about the word ‘ultimate’ and franchise guides, but there’s no doubt that DK Publishing is one of the best in the business for in-depth and aesthetic guides on your favorite media series. This week Tom De... DUNE: Remaking the Classic Novel
by Steve Fritz (Mon 12-04-2000)
When it comes to reinterpreting sci-fi novels from print to screen, it would be hard to find a project more difficult to do than Frank Herberts Dune. And when producer Dino De Laurentiis released his theatrical film version of the sci-fi classic 15 years... Science Fiction Meets Religion…Round One
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 01-02-2007)
Mordred maneuvers for power in Douglas Clegg’s darkly reimagined Arthurian saga, Stephen Baxter unleashes his new time-shifting alternate history thriller with Emperor, and Pamela Sargent’s beloved Ship is back to sow the seeds of humanity&... Anime Expo - Yuki Kajiura Press Conference / Interview
by Jason Yeh (Fri 07-04-2003)
I had the opportunity to attend a press conference / group interview with Guest of Honor Yuki Kajiura. At the beginning of the interview, Kajiura briefly introduced herself as a composer in Japan. She mainly works on anime and game soundtracks (i.e. Noir ...