Weed Road and Imagine Entertainment are seeking the rights to Stephen King’s seven-book series The Dark Tower. An intermingling of spaghetti westerns and fantasies like Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings, The Dark Tower is set in an alternate world which resembles the Old West, but adds magic into the mix. The series focuses on [...]

SyFy’s Battlestar Galactica follow-up prequel series, Caprica, doesn’t hit atmosphere until Jan. 22nd, but they’re streaming the pilot episode online right now for free in a feeble attempt to redeem themselves for changing their network name (presumably for the purposes of better creating a marketable brand for themselves).  As much as I’m not a fan [...]

There is a certain miraculous effect in the world of movies and television. Somehow, when a certain TV show or film is bad enough, it circles back around, becoming good. It’s the same scientific principle that draws gawkers to circus sideshows; we can’t believe something so ridiculous could possibly exist, we must see it with [...]

Quick, when I say the words “SyFy Original Movie,” what images immediately rush to mind? Hokey CGI effects? Laughable character motivation? Bafflingly obtuse plots and stories? Now imagine this heralded brand, responsible for such masterpieces as “Ice Spiders” and “S.S. Doomtrooper,” attempting to interpret one of the most beloved pieces of western fiction ever. This [...]

The episode begins when the trouble-making soldier, Sgt. Spencer, fails to show up for duty. When Greer investigates, he finds Spencer in his quarters, dead from a gunshot wound to the head. At first CJ thinks it was a suicide, but Greer tells them he found no gun at the scene. When the crew realizes [...]

While the crew of the Destiny is gradually getting used to life aboard ship, back home on Earth the chain of command is getting restless. They have soldiers waiting in shifts at the ancient communications stones, but there has not yet been a peep from the Destiny. Further agitating his current dislike for the way [...]

Syfy will air its new comedy series “Outer Space Astronauts” on Tuesday, Dec. 8 before the “Scare Tactics” season finale. The five-episode series employs live-action, 2-D and 3-D animation techniques. “Outer Space,” from creator/executive producer Russell Barrett and executive producers David O. Russell and Scott Puckett, centers on the galactic adventures of eight misfit astronauts [...]

As the situation continues to worsen aboard the Destiny, Col. Young is called back to Earth via the communication stones. When he arrives, Col. O’Neil informs him that the IOA back on Earth has come up with a seriously risky plan to get the crew aboard the ship home. In short, the plan is to [...]