Sci Fi green lights new reality show January 11, 2007 10:30 am
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Sci Fi Channel has given the go ahead for a new reality tv series titled Destination Truth.
The series, which will air six episodes in its first year, features Josh Gates visiting a different location each week said to be home to supernatural, mysterious stories.
Destination Truth is currently in production for a Q2 release this year.
Source: — [The Hollywood Reporter] — ‘Truth’ comest out at Sci Fi net
Star Trek: Enterprise begins tonight on the Sci Fi Channel January 8, 2007 5:00 pm
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Just a friendly reminder that Enterprise begins its off-network basic cable run tonight on Sci Fi. A four hour, in broadcast order, block of episodes airs this evening from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. ET.
The future schedule appears to follow the same airings: 4 a week, every Monday.
Possible renewal for ‘Galactica’ close January 3, 2007 5:34 pm
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SyFy Portal is reporting, but stressing the news should be viewed as rumor, that Sci Fi is close to renewing the critical hit Battlestar Galactica for a fourth season, possibly even before the switch to Sunday nights happens this January.
“Moving a show to Sunday nights might at first glance appear to be an act of desperation, but SciFi Channel is expected to officially give the greenlight to a fourth season of “Battlestar Galactica,” possibly even before the show makes its Sunday night debut on Jan. 21.”
The site is also reporting that news isn’t so good for the proposed spinoff Caprica: “Anyone expecting to see ‘Caprica’ before 2008 is fooling themselves,” a SciFi Channel source told SyFy Portal. “There is still quite a bit to be worked out.”
The site also goes on to report that Sci Fi is not expected to grant a greenlight for the recent mini-series The Lost Room which aired at the end of December and averaged a 1.8 household rating over its three nights (1.9, 1.7, 1.7), well below previous mini-series by the network (3.0+ from Mini’s such as Battlestar Galactica and more recently The Triangle).
Battlestar Galactica averaged a 1.5 household rating during the first half of its third season. The show is down nearly 30% from the 2.0 it averaged over the first 10 episodes of season 2.
Source: — [SyFy Portal] — ‘Battlestar Galactica’ To Get Renewed, ‘Caprica’ Struggles
New Stargate series in development December 15, 2006 12:51 am
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According to GateWorld.Net, a third television series in the Stargate franchise is now in development.
The series is still early along in the concept phase, and is being worked on by the creative forces behind “Stargate SG-1” and “Stargate Atlantis”. The premise behind the show is still not yet known.
Gateworld reports that the series is not likely to be put into production until 2008 at the earliest.
“Stargate SG-1” returns in April of next year to where it will air its remaining 10 episodes of its 10th, and final, season.
It was reported about two months ago that though this will be the final season of ‘SG-1’, the series will continue on in two Direct-to-DVD (most likely) productions which should premiere in the fall of 2007.
“Stargate Atlantis” returns to finish off its third season this April, and a fourth season has already been greenlit for a as yet determined 2007 premiere.
Source: [GateWorld] — Third Stargate series in development
Matt Damon says he’s open to playing Kirk in Trek XI December 11, 2006 2:45 am
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Matt Damon told Sci Fi Wire that he would be open to playing Captain James T. Kirk in the new Star Trek movie tentively titled “Star Trek XI”, but denied the rumors that he was already cast in the role.
“If the script was good, I’d do it,” Damon said in an interview while promoting his latest film, The Good Shepherd. “But, yeah, I heard that [rumor]. I think J.J. Abrams or somebody said that at press junket or something, and it got picked up [by the media and Star Trek fans].”
Many details are still being fleshed out surrounding the next Trek movie, which has a planned release date sometime around 2008/2009.
J.J. Abrams (of Lost and recently Mission: Impossible III fame) is set to co-write and produce “Trek XI”. Abrams is said to be mulling a directing role in the film as well.
Sci Fi and RHI Entertainment announce “Wizard of Oz” spinoff mini-series titled “Tin Man” December 3, 2006 1:01 am
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Sci Fi has teamed with RHI Entertainment to create a six-hour mini-series based on “The Wizard of Oz” tentively titled “Tin Man” set for a December 2007 premiere.
A sometimes psychedelic, often twisted and always bizarre take on ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ SCI FI’s ‘Tin Man’ is the epic tale of DG, a young woman plucked from her humdrum life and thrust into The Outer Zone (the O.Z.) – a fantastical realm rife with wonder, but oppressed by dark magic. In the adventure of a lifetime, DG discovers her true identity, battles evil winged-monkey-bats, and attempts to fulfill her destiny. Her perilous journey begins on the fabled Old Road that leads to a wizard known as the Mystic Man. Along the way, she is joined by a decidedly strange trio of companions – “Glitch,” an odd man missing half his brain; “Raw,” a quietly powerful wolverine-like creature longing for inner courage, and “Cain,” a heroic former policeman (who are known in the O.Z. as “Tin Men”) seeking vengeance for his scarred heart. Ultimately, DG’s destiny leads her to an emotional and terrifying showdown with the scintillatingly wicked sorceress Azkadellia, whose ties to DG are closer than anyone could have imagined. DG’s life, as well as the very future of the O.Z., hang in the balance.
Casting is underway for the mini which will be written by Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle (creators of “The Pretender”).
The mini will go into production in Vancouver sometime in early 2007.
‘Enterprise’ to begin airing on Sci Fi in January November 18, 2006 3:24 pm
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Sci Fi has announced a premiere date for “Star Trek: Enterprise”, the fifth series in the Star Trek franchise which aired on the UPN network from 2001 to 2005, for January 8, 2007.
The series will run in four-hour blocks from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM ET every Monday.
Earlier in the year Sci Fi purchased the rights to air all four seasons of the series, and were expected to begin airing the series in the fall of this year before settling on the early January launch.
The series went off the air with its fourth season finale back in May of 2005. It spent one year in weekend syndication where it averaged a 1.4 household rating through 26 original episodes (with a low of 1.2 and a high of 1.7) selected mainly from the fourth season but also including selected episodes from other seasons.
“Star Trek: The Original Series” is currently airing in weekend syndication, where it is averaging a 1.3 household rating with a low of 1.2 and a high of 1.3.
‘Enterprise’ is also airing on the high-definition network HDNet.
New “Bablylon 5” Direct-to-Video Movie in 2007 November 14, 2006 4:14 pm
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Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Television have announced that production has begun on “Babylon 5: The Lost Tales”, a made-for-video movie targeted at fans of the Babylon 5 franchise set for release in 2007.
The DVD movie will include two new stories entitled ‘Voices of the Dark’, with both stories written, directed and executive produced by original Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski. The story of “The Lost Tales” picks up several years after the original series.
Brandon Routh talks about ‘Superman Returns’ sequel November 6, 2006 8:31 pm
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Speaking with Rotten Tomatoes Brandon Routh, star of “Superman Returns”, shed a view details on the sequel to the successful franchise.
Speaking on making the movie more action packed, Routh had the following to say: “Bryan [Singer] said at Comic-Con they were going to add some more fighting elements and stuff like that. “That might be kind of interesting to throw some punches or throw something, I don’t know, a little more active.”
Production on the movie seems to be some time away: “I think I’ve got a while. We probably won’t start for another at least six months. They’ve got to get things written so I’m still in the gym. I still work out a little bit but certainly not as much as I had been.”
Routh goes on to state his excitement for the project: “I’m extremely excited, even though I don’t know what the story’s going to be, to find out what the story’s going to be and excited for them, Bryan, Dan [Harris] and Mike [Dougherty] to go start writing and continue the story. I’m excited to see what happens, where the characters are going to go.”
Brandon Routh Looking For More Fights In “Superman Returns 2” [Rotten Tomatoes]
“Star Trek: Voyager” Set To Begin Off-Net Run On Spike TV October 27, 2006 3:50 am
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Acquired a few years back, “Star Trek: Voyager” is finally set to make its off-network debut on Spike TV.
The network will premiere the series with a five day marathon starting on December 18th at 9:00 AM and running to 7:00 PM on December 22nd (all times eastern).
The 3rd installment of the Star Trek television franchise examines the USS Voyager and her crew, who have become stranded in the Delta Quadrant, seventy thousand light-years from Earth. Unless they can find some kind of shortcut, it will take them seventy-five years to return to the space of the United Federation of Planets. Starring Kate Mulgrew.
Spike TV currently airs repeats of two other Star Trek series’; “The Next Generation” and “Deep Space Nine”.
Stargate SG-1 To Be Continued Via Direct-To-DVD Films October 11, 2006 8:22 pm
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Executive producer Brad Wright told TV Guide that MGM has given him the green light and enough money to film two SG-1 movies, which likely would be made available by DVD.
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