Mar 14, 2012

Buffy and Angel alumna Julie Benz has been tapped to lead the cast fo the new Syfy series, Defiance, created by Farscape scribe, Rockne O’Bannon with Battlestar Galact ica‘s Michael Taylor and  Kevin Murphy of Desperate Housewives and Caprica fame. The story revolves about a bustling frontier mining town in a post space-war apocalyptic future...

Mar 14, 2012

Syfy announcd Wednesday that it cast 34-year-old actor Shane McRae as the lead in the two-hour pilot for possible new time travel suspense series, Rewind. McRae will play the lead in a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter past events in order to change the future and avoid a...

Mar 14, 2012

One of the three genre shows on the CBS network will live to see another season. The network announced that 18 of its shows will return next year, including freshman science friction crime drama, Person of Interest. The two other genre dramas, Unforgettable and A Gifted Man seem destined for the scrap heap as both are pulling in abysmal ratings. The official...

Aug 14, 2010

Starting this Labor Day, PBS stations will start airing a slice of fandom with the one-hour documentary, Four Days at DragonCon. Filmed by Atlanta- based documentarians, Jack Walsh and Gordon Ray during the 2009 con, the film is set to debut 9 p.m. (ET) Aug. 28 on WPBA PBS 30 in Atlanta and then roll out nationwide to other PBS member stations in the following...

Aug 12, 2010

BSG’s Callum Keith Rennie is set to guest star on the “Alphas” pilot. (Image by kmgsquidoo via Flickr) The following press release is published as a service to the readership: New York, New York – August 12, 2010 – Syfy has announced additional casting for its previously announced pilot Alphas, inking actress Azita Ghanizada...

Aug 12, 2010

The Syfy channel announced today that it has picked up Merlin for its third season with 13 new episodes planned for Bradley James as Prince Arthur on BBC/Syfy’s “Merlin.” (Image via Wikipedia) spring 2011 after first airing on BBC One in the UK starting in September 2010. “We are thrilled that Syfy will be broadcasting the third...