Greenland becomes a prison in Syfy’s 51st State
Greenland is going to become an American prison in the new series from Syfy, 51st State. The series, created by Oscar nominee Craig Borten, takes John Carpenter’s Escape from New […]
McMahon & Betts join Childhood’s End
Syfy’s epic adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End has added further stars to its cast. Former Fantastic Four foe Julian McMahon (he played Doctor Doom in the FF movies a few years back) and Daisy Betts will be appearing alongside Mike Vogel, Charles Dance, Ashley Zukerman, Osy Ikhile and Yael Stone. McMahon will play Rupert Boyce, an enigmatic American […]
Syfy adapting Clarke’s 3001: The Final Odyssey
Syfy has announced that they have greenlit an adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s novel 3001: The Final Odyssey, to be executive produced by Ridley Scott. Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the […]
Syfy orders Strieber's Hunters straight to series
Hunters, based on Whitley Strieber’s series of novels featuring Flynn Carroll, Alien Hunter, has been ordered straight to series by Syfy. The series will be executive produced by The Walking Dead‘s Gale […]
Day of the Doctor's Nick Hurran directing Clarke's Childhood's End
Day of the Doctor director Nick Hurran will be helming Syfy’s new six hour miniseries written by Life on Mars’ Matthew Graham based on Arthur C. Clarke’s classic SF novel Childhood’s End. […]
Syfy's Killjoys enlists Warehouse 13's Aaron Ashmore
Warehouse 13’s Aaron Ashmore is staying with Syfy for his next TV job, the 10 part SF series Killjoys from Temple Productions and Lost Girl creator Michelle Lovretta. Killjoys follows a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant system on the brink of a bloody, […]
Grossman's The Magicians cast a spell on Syfy
Syfy has given the green light to a pilot based on Lev Grossman’s fantasy trilogy The Magicians, according to a report at Deadline. The pilot for the proposed one-hour series, […]
Syfy developing quintet of new adaptations
Syfy are once again turning to graphic novels and fantasy literature for three new series and two miniseries which they are currently developing. Clone will be based on the graphic novel by […]
Syfy enter the zombie market with Z Nation
Hot on the heels of the announcements of a 12 Monkeys TV series, and Olympus, Syfy has revealed that they will also be airing Z Nation, a 13-episode zombie series […]
Syfy take on Greek gods in Olympus
Nick Willing is teaming up once more with Robert Halmi Sr to tackle the Greek gods for Syfy in a new 13 part series, Olympus, coming to the channel next year. Olympus will tell the story of how a few brave men and women banished the Gods to the realm of the unconscious – a place they called the Underworld or the […]
Syfy greenlight 12 Monkeys TV series
Syfy has confirmed that it has given a full 12-episode season order for the TV version of 12 Monkeys, based on Terry Gilliam’s 1995 movie to add to the pilot […]
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 […]
Syfy greenlights Legion spin-off Dominion
Syfy has confirmed that it has given a season order to Dominion, their continuation of the story begun in the 2010 movie Legion. “Following the critical success of Defiance and the upcoming Ron Moore thriller Helix, Dominion will be the next major addition to Syfy’s growing slate of high quality scripted series,” Syfy President Dave Howe announced. “Dominion will continue […]
Syfy preparing live-action Beowulf adaptation
The US Syfy Channel is working on an adaptation of the Old English epic poem, Beowulf. Matt Greenberg, best known for his reworking of Stephen King’s short story ‘1408’ into […]
Tony Head joins Syfy’s Dominion
Buffy and Merlin star Anthony Stewart Head has joined the cast of the pilot for Syfy’s Dominion, the continuation of the mythology begun in the 2010 film Legion. Head will play David Weel, the power hungry president of the Senate of Vega (formerly Las Vegas) who is frequently at odds with General Rysen, the city’s military leader. David is willing to […]
Syfy’s Legion spin-off Dominion sets cast
Chris Egan will join Alan Dale and Tom Wisdom in Dominion, Syfy’s pilot continuation of the mythology begun in the 2010 film Legion. According the channel, Dominion “is an epic supernatural […]
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