Dave Howe, SyFy, President announced that the full two hour pilot of Caprica is now available online. Check it out after the break.
Tag: Syfy
Hollywood Insider: Dave Howe, President of SyFy Speaks!
On Monday I took part in an hour long conference call with Dave Howe the President of SyFy. He’s quite a talker and had a lot of good things to say, I drilled him about SyFy’s recent penchant for “reimagining” everything under the sun and I followed with him regarding his dream of getting SyFy […]
Syfy Renews Stargate Universe and Sanctuary!
Syfy announced pickups for a second season of Stargate Universe and a third season of Sanctuary today. Both series are shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – with SGU being shot on sets and locations, while Sanctuary is shot mostly on green screen and in CG. Filming for both series will commence in early 2010 […]
TELEVISION: Syfy’s Annihilation Earth Is Explosive!
Annihilation Earth [tonight, 9/8C] harkens back to the allegorical science fiction B-movies of the ‘50s with its technology may doom us all stance. When one of the three supercolliders in the world is sabotaged, it destroyed the French city of Orleans and the surrounding area resulting in the deaths of thirty million people. The result […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: Outer Space Astronauts – Syfy’s Demented New Space Sitcom Is Quark For The 21st Century!
Syfy has gone the homemade route for its odd little space sitcom, Outer space Astronauts [Tuesdays, 9:30/8:30C]. The series, about the “highly distractable” crew of the O.S.S. Oklahoma, is the brainchild of Russell Barrett, who created the series and co-writes, shoots, edits, scores and plays a supporting role [Captain Bruce Ripley], among other things. The […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Exploring Alice’s Unconscious with Nick Willing and Caterina Scorsone!
With Syfy airing their miniseries event, Alice [Sunday & Monday, 9/8C], beginning tomorrow evening, they held a conference call with writer/director Nick Willing and his Alice, Caterina Scorsone where they talked about the experience of making the miniseries and some of the themes that were explored against the canvas of this updated version of the […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: Syfy’s Alice Underwhelms!
Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is a classic tale for two reasons – it functions as a cheerfully demented children’s story and it is also a genuinely wicked satire of politics and England’s nineteenth century society through the innocent Alice’s inability to understand the bizarre behavior of Wonderland’s inhabitants. Alice [Sunday, Dec. 6 & Monday, […]
TELEVISION: Beyond Sherwood Forest – Robin Hood, Maid Marian and a Dragon!
After more film and TV adaptations than any character other than Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes, Syfy has come up with a rather nifty fantasy version in Beyond Sherwood Forest [tonight, 9/8C]. Even before the opening credits, it’s apparent that this not your standard Robin Hood movie. In the first sequence, we see a young Robert […]
TELEVISION: Syfy Picks Up Home Made Sitcom Outer Space Astronauts!
And now for something completely different – Outer Space Astronauts, a sci-fi sitcom that mixes CG and live action in a new and twisted way. The series, which premieres on Syfy on December 8th, is a futuristic comedy series about eight vaguely courageous, highly distractable military personnel who journey to the far reaches of the […]
The TV Roundup – Holiday Marathon Edition: Bond, Legend of Seeker, 80s Flashbacks, oh my.
For today’s TV round up we have news on SyFy’s Holiday movie line-up including another one of their weird made for TV Movies. TV.com happenings, and Starz announced its December/January slate. Let’s start with SyFy news because, as you all know I’m in the tank for SyFy (still think the name is dumb). Legend of […]
TELEVISION: Syfy Scares Up American Take on Brit Hit Series Being Human!
Syfy today announced that they have ordered thirteen episodes of an American version of the BBC hit series, Being Human [pictured]. The series tells the story of a ghost, vampire and werewolf who share an apartment – and a tendency to want to deny what they are and just be accepted as people. The British […]