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SyFy has renewed their SF “dramedy” EUREKA for a fifth season — MORE

According to The Playlist ,  Danny Elfman (BATMAN, SPIDER-MAN) will not be scoring Michel Gondry’s THE GREEN HORNET, as previously announced.
Apparently, there is a scheduling conflict, now that the film has been pushed back to January of 2011.  The delay is to allow for 3-D effects work and post-processing for the film, originally shot in [...]

In this week’s EUReKA, Carter and Kevin head off on a camping trip, but end up dealing with a problem that threatens their excursion in Momstrosity.
EUREKA airs Fridays at 9:00 PM ET/PT on SyFy.

Somewhat to my surprise, SyFy is announcing a whole bunch of scripted shows.
From their press release:
“Building upon solid ratings and critical acclaim for returning hits WAREHOUSE 13 and EUREKA, and newcomer HAVEN, Syfy today announced a rich development slate of seven scripted projects featuring television icons Lee Majors and Kevin Sorbo; the SANCTUARY creative team [...]

James Gunn’s Blog has his report on his Comic Con panel for SUPER, in which Rainn Wilson (THE OFFICE) dons the costume of The Crimson Bolt.
The panel consisted of me, Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, and producers Ted Hope and Miranda Bailey. I was so excited that everyone changed their [...]

According to SFX , Ben Browder (FARSCAPE, STARGATE: SG-1) is set to star in NAUGHT FOR HIRE, a web series based on John E. Stith’s (Redshift Rendezvous) SF detective stories.
Nick Naught is a private detective in the relatively near furture, a 1930’s throw-back with a well-earned distrust of the semi-sentient machines that complicate his life and [...]

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EUREKA’s Season Four premiere, Founder’s Day, was a pleasant surprise for me.
During the second and third years, I found myself less interested in the SyFy series, feeling it had become predictable and repetitive.
Never having been a faithful viewer of the generally amiable show, I pretty much just stopped watching, catching maybe two or three [...]

STAR TREK’s George Takei guest stars on this Thursday’s FUTURAMA. (Well, his cartoon head and neck, anyway…)
The episode is ‘NO On Infinity’ , in which Professor Farnsworth warns against “the gathering storm of robosexual marriage”.
FUTURAMA airs Thurday at 10 PM (9 Central) on Comeday Central.

According to The Hollywood Reporter
David Tennant (DOCTOR WHO) has been cast in the role of Peter Vincent in Dreamworks’ FRIGHT NIGHT remake.
The former TV Time Lored will be teaming up with movie STAR TREK alumni Anton Yelchin, who is playing the role of Charlie (William Ragsdale in the `85 version).
In the original, Roddy McDowall’s [...]

Dear God in heaven, what have I done to myself?!  I just threw away two precious hours of life watching a “horror comedy” (at least they tell me it is so) called TRANSYLMANIA.  I feel like…well, doing what three dopey characters do ad nauseum during one particular obnoxious, uh, vomit scene.  I also wanna take [...]

Here’s a new Trailer for action-conedy SCOTT PILGRIM Vs. THE WORLD, based on
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s surrealistic sci-fi/fantasy video game-influenced graphic novel series.
Slacker-rocker Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) takes on the League of Evil Ex-Boyriends in order to win over sub-space traveling delivery girl Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead).
Also starring Chris Evans (FANTASTIC FOUR) and Brandon Routh [...]

The sci-fi animated comedy FUTURAMA is back from ‘the dead’, a fate to be shared by most of it’s characters.
Canceled by the Fox Network in 2003, and having an afterlife in Direct-To-Video movies, it’s being resurrected by Comedy Central, in 26 new half-hour episodes, begining June 24th.
Entertainment Weekly interviewed Executive Producer David X. Cohen about [...]

A still from the Robot Chicken Star Wars parody
That’s right, not quite content to leave his favourite galaxy just yet, director George Lucas (INDIANA JONES, STAR WARS) is planning yet another entry for the STAR WARS franchise; an animated comedy series. According to The Hollywood Reporter Lucasfilm Animation have announced their plans to a air [...]