Comedy Central confirmed Tuesday that it had ordered seven episodes of a new animated series, Freakshow. It is slated to begin airing on the cable channel next winter (late 2006 or early 2007). The show will chronicle the adventures of a group called the Freak Squad, who work as circus side show freaks but are [...]
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February 28th, 2006 by Davodd
Super Freak: Comedy Central orders 2nd-rate hero vs. 2nd-rate villain cartoon series
February 27th, 2006 by Davodd
Satan becomes a cop in new Weinstein supernatural thriller, ‘Evilseek’
According to an article in Variety, The Weinstein Company has bought the rights to make Evilseek, a supernatural thriller starring Thomas Jane (The Punisher, Dreamcatcher, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). IN the film, Jane plays a police officer who commits suicide after being toyed with by a serial killer. Because of this final sin, the cop [...]
February 27th, 2006 by Davodd
TV Review: ‘Hard Pill’ is a good science fiction premise ruined by a muddled script and unfocused directing
Hard Pill {NO SPOILERS} Premise: A gay man unhappy with his life takes part in drug trials after a pharmaceutical giant develops a pill that may “cure” homosexuality. So, what would happen if scientists found the cause of homosexuality and said they developed a pill that could “cure” the condition. This is the premise of [...]
Well-known television actor Dennis Weaver died last Friday from complications of cancer. He was 81. Known as the last of the great TV cowboys playing cowboy-hat wearing heroes well into the 1980s, among science fiction and fantasy fans, Weaver may be best known for a single work; a little movie-of-the-week that wowwed critics and audiences [...]
February 26th, 2006 by Davodd
CBS developing superhero drama, ‘Ultra,” signs former ‘Threshold’ star
Actor Peter Dinklage’s hard feelings over CBS’ abrupt cancellation of Threshold don’t run very deep. He has signed on to costar in another genre series at the Eye Network. In he show, called Ultra, Dinklage will play a character known as “The Scientist.” In Threshold, Dinklage played a wise-cracking and hard-partying womanizer who also was [...]
Award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer Octavia E Butler died suddenly Saturday, a victim of an apparent stroke. At age 58, she had achieved much more than once would expect from a dyslexic African American lesbian born to a shoe shiner. For her work, she had been awarded two Nebula and Hugo awards. Below is [...]
After taking a couple weeks off during the month of February, the dark fantasy thriller, Supernatural, is set to return to The WB this week before moving to Thursday nights at 9 p.m. (8 central) starting March 16. The network is paring the show up with Smallville, a move many expect to be ported over [...]
February 26th, 2006 by Davodd
Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, Lost, Hercules stars, join DragonCon 2006 guest list
The organizers of Dragon*Con, the largest Science fiction and Fantasy convention in the world, are starting to announce the celebrity guest for D*C 2006, which runs over the Labor Day weekend in Atlanta (September 1-4, 2006). The preliminary guest list includes: James Callis, Battlestar Galactica (Relic Hunter, Jason and the Argonauts) Don S. Davis, Stargate [...]
February 26th, 2006 by Davodd
CW switches lead hunks on new Aquaman series, adds Ving Rhames and former Miss Universe to cast
Just days after taking over the reins of the soon-to-shutter WB network, development honchos at the new CW network are already tweaking shows in development for next year. Making news this week, CW execs are taking a closer interest in the new Smallville spin-off, Mercy Reef. In a move that bodes will for the show’s [...]
Prolific actor Darren McGavin died Saturday. Best known among science fiction and fantasy fans as the original Carl Kolchak from Kolchack: The Night Stalker in the 1970s, ironically, his last performance was an uncredited cameo in the pilot episode of ABC’s short-lived reincarnation of the series a few months ago. McGavin was featured in dozens [...]