According to a report in Variety, NBC has signed on to a deal with Ronald D. Moore (the new Battlestar Galactica) to bring a new time travel adventure series to the Peacock Network. to be called, The Pen and the Sword, the story revolves a temp worker who discovers a portal at his job that
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According to a report in Variety, NBC Universal (NBCU) has struck a deal to keep Ronald D. Moore around for another two years. Under the terms of the deal, Moore will continue to lead the production of the new Battlestar Galactica (BSG) on the NBCU-owned Sci Fi channel. In addition to that, NBCU will produce
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King Kong (2005) NO SPOILERS This movie is proof that director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) is no one trick pony. This newest – and possibly best – version of King Kong had even the most jaded movie goers squirming in their seats and jumping at startling moments. Somehow this film pulls
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NOTE: Sci Fi has not officially confirmed this. The following story is provided thanks to an alert from SFTV.org. According to the January Sci Fi channel schedule, reruns of former Fox series John Doe will be added to the cable network’s Friday night lineup at 7/6c p.m.. starting January 20, 2006. This move is more
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Nightstalker will live again on the Sci Fi channel – at least temporarily. According to a report in television industry magazine Broadcasting & Cable, the ABC network and Touchstone Television have reached a deal to sell all nine episodes of Nightstalker to Sci Fi. The episodes are set to air of Friday Nights at 7/6c
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Pooh loses his oldest friend as Walt Disney “kills off” Christopher Robin by replacing him with a new Disney-created character for 2007. Last week, with a major court victory under its belt, The Walt Disney Company consolidated its hold on the film rights the Winnie the Pooh stories and characters. The media giant had been
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Hunky men and beautiful babes are set to invade the Sci Fi channel and spice up the mornings starting the first Monday in February. In a press release issued Friday, Sci Fi said it has bought the repeat rights to air the NBC soap opera Passions starting Feb. 6, 2006. The channel plans to air
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005) NO SPOILERS If only I were 30 years younger, I’d probably adore this film. First of all for the avid C.S. Lewis fans, rest assured, that by far this is the best film adaptation of this book ever, it easily eclipses previous TV
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Just in time for holiday shopping, Apple Computer’s iTunes downloading service announced that NBC Universal will start porting over episodes from its catalogue for viewing on the new video iPod – or on a user’s home computer. With this latest move, the number of sci fi-flavored shows available for download has grown from three to
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Aeon Flux (2005) Aeon Flux is a hit-and-miss live-action big screen adaptation of a series of animated shorts that first appeared on MTV’s Liquid Television series (which also spawned Beavis and Butthead and the film Office Space) in 1991. The film succeeds in capturing the look and feel of the original cartoon, which was virtually
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