The folks at SyFy Channel have always tried a tad too hard to come up with that one, cheesy, cult classic that they could milk for years to come. They had Dinosaurs, Tarantulas, Big Foot, Piranhas, and more. It took the old standby Sharks to give them their hearts desire. Who knew Sharknado would take […]
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Syfy’s 12 Monkeys Begins Production August 6th!
Syfy’s Television adaptation of 12 Monkeys will begin production in Toronto on August 6th with two new cast members: Tom Noonan and Emily Hampshire. Noonan will play the ‘mysterious villain who is the face of the enigmatic Army of the 12 Monkeys,’ while Hampsire will be Jennifer Goines, ‘a dangerous, unstable mental patient who might […]
Catching Up with the Cast of Sharknado 2: The Second One
New York is under attack by a Sharknado and only Ian Ziering, Tara Reid and Vivica A. Fox can save the day! I had a chance to catch up with the cast and Director Anthony Ferrante of Sharknado 2: The Second one to chat about the franchises enormous success, […]
Leads Cast for Killjoys!
Killjoys, a co-production between Syfy, Space and Temple Street Productions, has cast Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore and Luke Macfarlane for the space opera that revolves around three fun-loving, hard-living bounty hunters in a distant system on the brink of war. The series comes from the producers of Orphan Black and the creator of Lost Girl. […]
Thomas Jane Cast as Lead in Syfy’s The Expanse!
Syfy’s The Expanse – based on the international best-selling series of novels – has found its leading man/world-weary detective in Thomas Jane. Jane will play Detective Miller, ‘a native of “the Asteroid Belt” between Mars and Jupiter.’ He works for ‘a corporate security force operating as the law in The Belt,’ who is placed in […]
Syfy Greenlights The Magicians Pilot!
Syfy is attempting something that one of the Big Four couldn’t do – adapt Lev Grossman’s best selling fantasy The Magicians for TV. Prime Suspect’s John McNamara will write the script with Supernatural’s Sera Gamble. The one-hour drama series would follow a group of twentysomethings who, while studying magic in New York City, discover that […]
Sharknado Gets a Book and a Frelling Video Game!
Details follow the jump. Please… Just make it stop…
Syfy’s Z Nation Casts Harold Perrineau, Tom Everett Scott and DJ Qualls!
Syfy’s new zombie series, Z Nation has cast Harold Perrineau (Oz, Lost), Tom Everett Scott (Southland, Beauty and the Beast) and DJ Qualls (Supernatural, Legit) as part of the show’s ensemble cast – along with Michael Welch (Joan of Arcadia. Twilight Trilogy) and Kellita Smith (The Bernie Mac Show). In the series, a group of […]
Alphas Alum Joins Haven!
Laura Mennell, who played the persuasive Nina Theroux on the late and lamented Alphas, has joined the cast of Haven for its fifth season. She will play Dr. Erin Reid, a brilliant epidemiologist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who has unknowingly discovered a genetic marker found only in the Troubled. Haven […]
Cougar Town Vet Jumps Aboard Ascension!!
Brian Van Holt, who plays the easy-going Bobby Cobb on Cougar Town, has been cast as Captain William Denninger, the commander of the starship Ascension. Denninger became captain by rising through the ranks – though it was his quick actions during a fire that nearly destroyed the ship early in its journey that proved he […]
Syfy Summer 2014: Aliens and Angels and Wizards, Oh My!
Syfy has two new and two returning series set for summer, 2014 – along with a startling documentary. It’s angels versus humans in new series Dominion, which follows season two of alien invasion series Defiance on July 19th; sci-fi make-up effects series Face Off returns July 22nd, and competitive magic series Wizard Wars debuts on […]