Tagged: Syfy

Roger Corman Attacks Comics

Roger Corman Attacks Comics

Adding to its line of big names to present their stories, Bluewater Productions has announced Roger Corman Presents. Similar to their Ray Harryhausen Presents and the just launched Vincent Price Presents, the new series, debuting in 2009 will feature all new stories based on Corman’s vast library of properties.

The first title will be Roger Corman Presents Black Scorpion which will involve co-creator Craig J. Nevius. The series will feature photo covers of Michelle Lintel, who played the character on the Sci Fi Channel series. Other properties planned for the series include Death Stalker, The Barbarian Queen, Humanoids from the Deep, and several of the horror classics based on the Edgar Allen Poe stories.

“Comic books have given me so much over the years that it’s time I gave something back to the medium,” the legendary Corman said in a release.

Corman and Nevins both imagined Black Scorpion to be a comic book after two Showtime telefilms with Joan Severence proved successful. Instead, it became a one season wonder for the Sci Fi Channel and finally, years later, is becoming a comic book.

Talent for the new series is said to include Paul Salamoff, Shon Bury, Neal Bailey, Ed Brisson & Daniel Cuchacovich while each will include interviews, behind the scene pictures and reminiscing about the titles from Corman himself.
 

Online Animation: An Olympic Train Wreck?

Online Animation: An Olympic Train Wreck?

Cartoonist / animator / musician Joe Fournier has been doing some sweet stuff online, including this clever black-and-white cartoon about Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics… something about a… train wreck?

Joe’s illustrations have appeared in all sorts of places – Playboy, Forbes, Premiere, and all sorts of newspapers – and he plays a vital role in the burgeoning online animation field. His cartoons have been seen on the Sci-Fi Channel, at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, and the National Gallery of Art.

It’s good stuff. Check him out. 

UPDATE: Doctor Who Review: Season Four, Episode #1 – New Companions, Old Feelings

UPDATE: Doctor Who Review: Season Four, Episode #1 – New Companions, Old Feelings

Holy time-wimey, wibbly-wobbily bits, Doctor! It looks like the BBC/Sci-Fi Channel schedules got the best of us here at ComicMix, so  in the interest of preventing any  more spoilers, we’re pulling this article off the site and re-posting it on Monday , April 28.

Thanks to ComicMix reader David and our own John Ostrander for catching the time-traveling mistake!

Be sure to check out the Season Four premiere (here in the U.S., that is) of Doctor Who on Friday, April 25, at 9 PM EST on Sci-Fi Channel, then return here the following Monday for our analysis of the episode!

 

ComicMix Radio: Battlestar Galactica Takes Off For The Final Season

ComicMix Radio: Battlestar Galactica Takes Off For The Final Season

After this week’s marathon broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel, Battlestar Galactica begins its final voyage — but where is it headed? Executive Producer Mark Verheiden fills us in on all he can dish here on ComicMix Radio and in an exclusive interview you’ll find on ComicMix later this week, plus:

— An historic court decision may change Superman as we know him

Calling All Robots begins production

— The Lone Ranger back in the movies – Hi Ho!

—  And an  exclusive Graham Crackers Comics variant could be in the mail to you — if you win by e-mailing us at: podcast [at] comicmix.com

So live a little… and just  Press The Button!

 

 

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Slices of Galactica Pie

Slices of Galactica Pie

In what is certain to be received with shock and awe, the vaguely innovative Sci-Fi Channel is going to precede the November 24th broadcast of the two-hour Battlestar Galactica teevee movie Razor with a bunch of two-to-three minute "mini-sodes" (their term, not mine) that will "provide background and context" for the movie special and, no doubt, help round-out their DVD release.

The micro-story will revolve around the first Cylon War and a young William Adama (Nico Cortez). The gumball-sized mini-sodes will be broadcast on Sci-Fi in October and November. Consult your local listings for time, but don’t be too surprised if you discover nada en detalle.

Remember, while watching, you can blink, but don’t dare sneeze.

Sci-Fi starts anime Mondays

Sci-Fi starts anime Mondays

According to Broadcasting & Cable magazine, the Sci Fi Channel will be launching a two-hour anime block on Monday nights starting on June 11 from 11:00 PM to 1:00 AM. Yep, that’s right up mear-daily against Adult Swim’s manga block.

The cable channel owned by NBC Universal will be turning to Starz Media’s Manga Entertainment. The schedule has yet to be set in stone, but they’ll be kicking off with Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society, and airing Noein, Tokko, and Macross Plus for at least the following two weeks.

Unless they change their minds.

Doctor Who 3 hits Sci-Fi this summer

Doctor Who 3 hits Sci-Fi this summer

The third season of the new Doctor Who series will hit the U.S. cable channels in July, starting with the 2006 Christmas Special, "The Runaway Bride".

The new series will run on the Sci-Fi Channel, home to the previous two seasons of shows. Ultimately, it will be syndicated and appear alongside its "adult" spin-off show Torchwood on BBC America.

The week following "The Runaway Bride" U.S. fans will meet the Doctor’s new companion Martha Jones in the season’s opening episode "Smith and Jones."

 

Chiller debuts

Chiller debuts

Chiller, a new cable TV channel from NBC Universal, launched today. It offers horror and thriller programming like Twin Peaks, Tales From the Crypt, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Night Gallery, American Gothic, Friday the 13th: The Series and other shows that never really fit on the Sci-Fi Channel. It also, as you would expect, be running movies in the same, uh, vein — Psycho, The Haunting, Showgirls, the usual.

But here’s the fun part. Earlier today, here’s what their website said tonight’s schedule was:

The Shinning? Och! The wee lad who’s been coding the website’s seen the Treehouse of Horror one taa many times! (Sadly, it’s been fixed now. Very hard to be chilling when people are laughing, I guess.)

Chiller is airing on Direct TV, channel 257; otherwise, complain to Dish TV or your local cable provider.