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Saturn Awards feel the Force

The Force Awakens was the big winner at the 42nd Saturn Awards held on June 22nd. The seventh Star Wars movie won eight awards including Best SF Film and Best Actor (Harrison Ford). Outlander, Supergirl and Hannibal all received recognition in the TV categories. FILM AWARDS Best Science Fiction Film: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture: Ant-Man Best […]

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Under the Dome not returning for fourth year

[NB Spoilers for the final episodes of season 3] The upcoming season finale of Under the Dome, airing in the US on Thursday September 10, will be the series finale. “Two years ago, Under The Dome broke new ground in the summer and became an instant hit on CBS, as well as with viewers around the world,” Nina Tassler, Chairman, CBS […]

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Syfy cancel Haven

The Troubles are over. According to TheWrap, Syfy has decided not to commission any more episodes of Haven, the series based on the Stephen King novella The Colorado Kid. The final 13 episodes, comprising the “second half of the fifth season” (ie the sixth season in all but name) will air later this year. Showrunner Gabrielle Stanton told TheWrap that the end […]

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William Shatner visits Syfy’s Haven

Erstwhile Captain James T. Kirk William Shatner is heading to the mysterious town of Haven for a four-episode arc during the show’s fifth season. Described as “a pivotal character that has the potential to forever impact the fate of the town of Haven and its troubled residents”, Shatner’s debut will form part of the 13 episode second half to the […]

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Syfy orders 26 episodes of Haven

Haven‘s future is secure for the next couple of seasons, with the announcement today from Syfy that they have ordered 26 new episodes of the series based on Stephen King’s novella The Colorado Kid. The first 13 episodes of Season 5 are set to premiere this autumn with the remaining 13 episodes scheduled to air in 2015. Series stars Emily […]

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Haven renewed for third year

Syfy has ordered a further 13 episodes of its Stephen King-based series Haven, starring Emily Rose, to air next year – probably in the same summer slot. The second series, which has just begun airing on Syfy UK, reached a slightly bigger audience than the opening season, around 2.55 million viewers. Loosely based on King’s novella The Colorado Kid, the […]

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Jason Priestley joins King's Bag of Bones

Fresh from his stint on the Stephen King-based Haven, former Beverly Hills 90210 star Jason Priestley has signed up to play a literary agent on the new adaptation of the King novel Bag of Bones. True Blood‘s Mayor Norris, William Schallert, has also joined the cast to play Max Devore, an elderly man who is trying to gain custody of […]

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Haven tweets special 7-episode arc

The producers of Syfy’s Stephen King-based show Haven have created a seven-episode arc that will see newspaper owners Vince and Dave’s Twitter messages interact with events in the TV show. Syfy explains that “Vince (Richard Donat) and Dave (John Dunsworth), who run the newspaper in Haven, join Twitter as newcomers to the medium. Viewers who follow their characters (@VinceHaven, @DaveHaven) will […]

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Jason Priestley charms Haven

Beverly Hills 90210‘s Jason Priestley is one of many stars entering the sleepy town of Haven in the second season of the Stephen King-based Syfy show. Priestley will play Chris Weekly, who the network describes as “a handsome but anti-social marine biologist who is forced to deal with an affliction most would consider a blessing: everyone suddenly loves him and […]