According to an article in the March 28 Hollywood Reporter, the BBC’s crime-slash-science fiction drama, Life on Mars will be re-made for the U.S. ABC television network. The story revolves around a modern-day detective who somehow gets transported back in time to the early 1970s. The BBC ran an 8-episode series earlier this year to
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V for Vendetta (2005) NO SPOILERS V for Vendetta is a science fiction film made by the people who brought us The Matrix series and is based on the 1982 to 1985 graphic novels (long-form limited-run comics targeted to an adult audience) written by Alan Moore with the art of David Lloyd. The world that
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When news broke that Battlestar Galactica’s third season premiere was bumped back to October from Sci Fi Channel’s traditional July kickoff, the fan rumor mill started churning. Perhaps the most interesting theory, as reported on Digg.com, is that NBC wants to move Battlestar Galactica to the Peacock network instead of Sci Fi. That move seems
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With new deals this week, both new networks have increased their national reach. The full list: http://www.fandominion.com/2006/01/list_of_new_cw_my_network_affiliates.html
A little more than two months after SCIFI.com closed down its online science fiction portal, claiming the site was not a viable business, the void is partially being filled. Australia’s COSMOS magazine of science, which launched in 2005, is putting all of its back issue content online – including the magazine’s science fiction. Stories include
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Last week, producers and the TV network confirmed that long-running WB series Charmed will not be back for a ninth season. This came a few weeks after three of the series four leads said regardless of renewal, they had no intention of returning for a new season. Although Charmed will be no more after the
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Ultraviolet (2006) NO SPOILERS If you’ve been dying for the first big-budget live-action anime film, the good news is your wait is over. The bad news is that it comes in the form of Ultraviolet, the new wire-fu sci-fi flick from Sony’s Screen Gems genre studio. The plot revolves around a concept that sometime in
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CBS’s Friday night psychic series Ghost Whisperer will be returning for another year, according to a press release by the network and TV industry reports. The series is one of only three new shows on CBS to be picked up for a second season. Although the show will be returning, CBS did not confirm it
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The list of new CW Network affiliates has been updated. This is the new U.S. TV network that will replace the WB and UPN in September. List of CW Network Affiliates as of March 7, 2006
