This week, one of the most revered story arcs in DC history becomes a direct-to-DVD feature. BATMAN YEAR ONE hits the shelves and we talk to Katee Sackhoff, Eliza Dushku and long time WB Director Andrea Romano about translating the comic to film. Then there was New York Comic Con – what a weekend – and do we have news for you!
We’ve got more secrets to share from SyFy‘s SANCTUARY, as Amanda Tapping gives us hints on this season’s shocking finale (still a few weeks away). Plus DC sells five million comics in just a few weeks, and NY Comic Con is ON and we are on the floor.
Evangeline Lily has found her way to the big screen again, starring this weekend with Hugh Jackman in this weekend’s REAL STEEL. We talk about the film, her passion for writing and life after LOST plus Horror Genius Wes Craven reports on how SCREAM 4 begins that francise all over again – plus NBC drops the axe on two shows.
Tonight at 10pm(9c), Syfy premieres ALPHAS – a new series involving y9ung people with extraordinary abilities. Sound familiar? Co-creator Zak Penn explains why this is one super hero epic that we haven’t seen so far. Plus a reprieve for the ABC Soaps and TRANSFORMERS 3 tops the list once again.
On Monday, Syfy kicks off their “Powerful Mondays” with Season 4.5 of EUREKA. Colin Ferguson and Salli Richardson-Whitfield catch us up on one of the network’s hottest shows,
plus news on the TV Barrage coming to ComicCon and it’s a classic Marvel Comics brawl coming to FEAR ITSELF.
Syfy’s Craig Engler Responds To Fans Of ‘Stargate Universe’ In Wake Of Cancellation: There’s no easy way to go after this without picking on Craig, but it seems to me he’s oversimplifying things here. Still, a decent primer for the average person on many of the points that go into a cancellation, with lessons that can be applied to why your favorite comic book got the axe.
Free Comic Book Day 2011: A Look Back | The Beat – Torsten Adair gives a balanced look back at the long-term success over the last ten years, at something I still think should be focused at Halloween as well.
Gregory Noveck has been named to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Production, Syfy Films, charged with launching projects for the new film company which the two companies announced in December. Noveck will report jointly to Mark Stern, President of Original Content, Syfy and Co-Head of Content for Universal Cable Productions, and Co-Chairman, Universal Pictures, Donna Langley. Noveck will work closely with the Universal and Syfy creative teams to find projects to develop by leveraging Syfy’s experience in developing genre content.
Noveck most recently served as Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs and Executive Producer for DC Comics where he established a new Film and TV division to help deliver quality content by mining the extensive DC Comics library. Feature projects included Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Watchmen, Red (for Summit Entertainment), and the upcoming Green Lantern, with television projects ranging from Smallville and Human Target to over ten animated DTV features. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President of Silver Pictures Television, developing and producing series and pilots for producer Joel Silver. Noveck previously served as Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs and Producer at Platinum Studios, where he established and grew the Creative Affairs department for Film and Television, overseeing all aspects of production and development. Projects included Cowboys & Aliens (Universal/DreamWorks) and Jeremiah (Showtime).
Syfy Ventures and Universal Pictures joined forces in December 2010 to create Syfy Films, a new film company that will develop and produce Syfy branded theatrical motion pictures to be distributed by Universal. The new entity will leverage Syfy’s genre expertise to produce human and relatable theatrical releases from the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, supernatural and horror. Beginning in 2012, Syfy Films will distribute one to two films a year through Universal Pictures. Mark Stern and Donna Langley jointly oversee the operation.
Very interesting. Diane Nelson is consolidating her position.
As for Gregory, he’s certainly shown the ability to do a lot with limited budgets, which will serve him well at his new job, as Syfy, and Universal’s new owner Comcast, have a reputation for keeping a tight control on purse strings. We wish him the best of luck.
After decades, the STARGATE franchise is winding down as SyFy runs the final episodes of STARGATE:UNIVERSE. We get reaction from the cast on how they feel about the shows remaining.Plus, it’s 1987 all over with reboots for Robocop and The Turtles!
Pop music fans – it’s the team-up you’ve been waiting for! Tiffany versus Debbie Gibson, at least on video. The former pop divas mix up up for a new SyFy Channel movie (airing tonight) and tell us what their friendship is really like. Plus we talk to Aisha Tyler and Adam Reed from ARCHER, where the second season is rolling now on FX!
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