Pretty sad that a talented guy like Justin Marks is credited with something like &8220;Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li&8221;. He&8217;s much better than that movie turned out. Hopefully, Rewind will let him show that.
The reality slate is terrible (no huge surprise there), but there are some interesting scripted dramas in the mix. VERY glad to see some space based sci fi, especially Robert Hewitt Wolfe&8217;s series. And a surprise from Bryan Fuller! Has there been any news at all about High Moon? If there was, I sure missed it, and I try to ferret out everything space opera-ish.
Matthew Jason Walsh
Chris Cox Project Young and charming, Chris Cox is the mind reader who cant read minds. Cox has the mind-manipulating abilities of Derren Brown, the mischief of Ferris Bueller and the comic eccentricity of Mr. Bean all wrapped in a style uniquely his own. In everyday situations and locations at a coffee shop, the post office, or just walking down the street Chris amazes and confounds real people. Production company: Mission Control Media. Executive producers: Dwight Smith, Michael Agbabian, Erich Recker.
I can&8217;t believe they&8217;re throwing money into all these new shows and they cancel Eureka. I&8217;m not watching Syfy anymore after Eureka is done. They obviously don&8217;t care about their ns.
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SYFY used to be such a good network but ever since they branched themselves out to stupid reality shows and WWE Smackdown, this network has been going downhill and will continue towards that trend.
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Hate that Eureka is ending, however I still enjoy warehouse 13. and the development of their scripted series looks pretty awesome for some, hope they got to series
Stranded In each episode of this frightening paranormal social experiment, a mily or group of friends moves into an inmously haunted location, self-documenting their experience in total isolation. Production company: Ping Pong Productions. Executive producers: Brad Kuhlman, Casey Brummels, Josh Gates.
All that wrestling you hate is paying for these scripts folks.
Steroid muscle heads performing stunts in a big ring while wearing unitard spandex outfits.
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Horrible slate of projects indeed. I&8217;m done with ghosts. How about letting one of these guys write a film for SyFy?
Ghost Town, USA Settled in 1677, Mount Holly, New Jersey, is a town teeming with reports of paranormal activity. And for the residents of this town, thats just the way they like it. Ghost Town, USA follows the colorful characters and real drama that plays out among the towns living residents, from renovating a haunted house to organizing the annual Witches Ball. Production company: Cream Productions. Executive producers: David Brady, Christopher Rowley.
Eyes Of The Dragon Based on Stephen Kings best-selling novel. A kingdom is in turmoil as the old king dies and his successor must battle for the throne. Pitted against an evil wizard and a would-be rival, Prince Peter makes a daring escape and rallies the forces of good to fight for what is rightfully his. Writers: Michael Taylor (Defiance, Battlestar Galactica) and Jeff Vintar (I, Robot). Executive producers: Michael Taylor and Bill Haber. A production of Universal Cable Productions and Ostar Productions.
Seriously,when you take into consideration that there&8217;s more reality on there than scripted-as sci-fi ns we are basically getting screwed. I understand they started abandoning the genre years ago with the wrestling & other things-but,come on! What they are doing now is pretty blatant. Unfortunately,what used to be sci-fi is being taken apart piece by piece. On regular broadcast tv we hardly have any worthy sci-fi (except for Fringe). Even though syfy is basic cable, it used to be (seemingly eons ago) at least the one place you could turn for good sci-fi genre programs i.e. Eureka. I won&8217;t be watching syfy after Eureka. Programs on that list must be a fkin&8217; joke! Eventually this syfy will become a 24/7 wrestling/paranormal/reality hellhole & it&8217;s a shame. The hell with them!
Buyer Beware What does someone do when they need to sell their house &8212; but its haunted? They call in a real estate professional who specializes in matching haunted properties with eager buyers. In each episode, viewers will see what it takes to sell a home &8212; still occupied by the spirits &8212; and what kind of buyers have the guts to take it off the market. Production company: Zodiak USA. Executive producers: Natalka Znak, Claire ODonohue.
Toy Traveler Shane Turgeon, the Indiana Jones of toy collectors, travels to remote corners of the world to find the rarest and most valuable toys and collectibles. Whether its in an old toy warehouse in a remote Guatemalan town or a small swap meet in the Ukraine, Shane will go to all lengths to find the most unique and collectible toys. Production company: Jarrett Creative Group. Executive producers: Seth Jarrett, Julie Insogna Jarrett.
Down in flames, Siffy. As soon as Eureka ends its run, I&8217;m done with you for good.
Superhumans Superhumans uncovers the secrets of unbelievable stunts, record-breaking abilities and exceptional feats of human power and skill by putting real people through physical on-location challenges and a series of tests in a high-tech lab to answer the question: How did they do that? Production company: BASE Productions. Executive producers: John Brenkus, Mickey Stern.
Seeing Things Based on the comic Grey Legion from Platinum Studios, after a cop meets his violent demise, he returns as a ghost to close his last case. But the only person who can help him is a socially awkward man who is realizing for the first time that his hallucinations may not be all in his head. Writers: David Slack (Person of Interest, Lie To Me) and Gabrielle Stanton (Haven, The Vampire Diaries). Executive producers: David Slack, Robert Cort and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. A production of Fox Television Studios.
Untitled Booster Gold Project Based onDragon Ball Online Syfy Thinks Big With Largest-Ever Development Slat the best-selling DC Entertainment Comic, this is the story of a washed-up athlete from the future who travels back to the present in hopes of becoming the greatest superhero of all time. But instead of chasing criminals, his main priority is chasing me and money. Booster Gold discovers that being a hero takes more than just a megawatt smile. Writer: Andrew Kreisberg (Arrow, Warehouse 13). Executive producers: Greg Berlanti (Green Lantern, Arrow) and Andrew Kreisberg. Producers: Greg Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television. The Booster Gold comic book series is published by DC Entertainment, which will also act as an executive producer.
The Adjustment Bureau In this drama, based on the hit movie starring Matt Damon, guardian angel-type agents work to keep the world according to The Plan. They create everything from plane crashes to coffee spills in order to steer people to realize their true destiny. But there is one thing the operatives and their Chairman cant control &8212; free will. Writers: Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer (Melrose Place, Smallville). Executive producers: George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau, The Bourne Ultimatum), MRC, Slavkin and Swimmer. A production of Universal Cable Productions.
Syfyunveiled a record 28 scripted and reality development projects during its upfront presentation today as part of a slate that includes its most original primetime hours ever. (We alreadytold you about the network&8217;s reality plans.) Said Mark Stern, President Original Content, Syfy, and Co-Head Original Content, Universal Cable Productions: Over its 20-year history, Syfy has always pushed the boundaries of our genre and the entertainment experience. This new crop of innovative, thought-provoking, emotionally-charged programming will propel us even rther as we imagine all the greater possibilities ahead for the powerful Syfy brand. Among the crop talked up at the American History Museum presentation is Defiance, a new scripted series written/executive produced by Rockne S. OBannon, Kevin Murphy and Michael Taylor and produced by Universal Cable Prods. Set to premiere in 2013, it was developed concurrently with an online video game; production on the pilot is set to begin this month in Toronto. Julie Benz and Grant Bowler star in the story set on a future Earth where humans and aliens live together on a planet ravaged by decades of war and transformed by alien terra-forming machines. Here&8217;s Syfy&8217;s full slate:
Yeah&8230;same thing. Good catch.
Mark Sevi
Master Control Master Control is a weekly competition that pits user-generated videos against each other in a battle for viewer popularity. Each week, self-submitted videos must entertain the host, celebrity panel and the entire viewing audience, who are all simultaneously rating the video and anointing a winner. Production company: The Gurin Co. Executive producers: Phil Gurin, Kevin Pereira.
Untitled Mark Burnett Project (wt) From acclaimed producer Mark Burnett comes a competition show where ns of science fiction/ntasy books and movies compete to create the most flavorful and inspired dishes from the foods featured in the imaginary worlds that they love. Production company: Mark Burnett Productions. Executive producer: Mark Burnett.
The Family For generations, an alien mily has hid amongst humans in plain sight using their advanced intellect to carve out a life for themselves as their mily grew. But when the mily patriarch that kept peace amongst the ctions dies, a war begins to brew with some members believing the time has come to reveal themselves, and their superior power, to the inferior human race. Writer/exec producer: Dan Harris (Superman Returns, X2). Executive producers: Neal Moritz (21 Jump Street, Total Recall), Mark Verheiden (Falling Skies, Battlestar Galactica). A production of Sony Pictures TV.
I&8217;m really interested in &8220;Defender,&8221; &8220;The Family,&8221; and &8220;One Mile Straight Down.&8221; I hope all of them make it. All of the reality shows look abysmal.
C. Courtney Joyner
Grave Sight From the best-selling author of True Blood, this Charlaine Harris book series follows Harper Connelly a young woman with a unique gift. After being struck by lightning as a teenager, Harper can sense the location and last memories of dead people. She teams up with her protective stepbrother, Tolliver Lang, to help find a missing teenage girl &8212; only to uncover a network of lies and murders throughout a small town in the Ozarks. Writer: Kam Miller (Law and Order: SVU). A production of Universal Cable Productions.
Scripted looks amazing! Nothing since Battlestar has really interested me at the Syfy channel but the projects in devo look like they have potential. Looking forward to some smart scifi on TV again!
Fan Girl/Fan Boy Project From the producer of Jersey Shore comes a docu-series that celebrates the incredibly unique, often misunderstood and infinitely scinating n girl and n boy cultures. Production company: 495 Productions. Executive producer: SallyAnn Salsano.
&8220;Untitled Booster Gold Project Based on the best-selling DC Entertainment Comic&8221;&8230; The one that was cancelled last year? Must be using a different definition of &8220;best-selling&8221;.
William C. Martell
Only Defiance was greenlit&8230; all the others will be scripts&8230; then they&8217;ll decide whether or not to make them, which of course they won&8217;t.
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Not sure why they&8217;re calling it the &8220;Untitled Booster Gold Project.&8221; Wouldn&8217;t they just call it Booster Gold? I know he&8217;s not a name character like Superman or Batman, but the name sticks with you and kinda flows,RuneScape gold. like how &8220;Being Human&8221; flows when you say it. Hopefully they won&8217;t come up with some lame title like &8220;Superstar&8221; or something like that. Stick with Booster Gold&8230;people will remember the name and know immediately what you&8217;re talking about.
Limitless Limitless is a cutting-edge series that recounts firsthand, true-life tales of ordinary men and women who discovered hidden powers that they never knew existed when ced with extreme life and death circumstances. Every story will explore the often unexplainable potential of the human body and psyche, leaving viewers to wonder what hidden abilities humans might possess. Production company: Karga 7. Executive producers: Kelly McPherson, Miriam Leffert, Sarah Wetherbee, Emre Sahin.
Redefining the genre? Last time I looked &8216;reality shows&8217; were not part of the Sci-Fi genre. &8216;Syfy&8217; channel stopped being &8216;sci-fi&8217; years ago when they started doing crap B-movies, reality shows, ghost investigations and wrestling. What ever happened to shows like &8216;The Invisible Man&8217; and &8216;Third Wave&8217;, I miss those days.
My partner Cyrus Voris and I are excited to be working on DARKFALL, but it&8217;s not our original project. It was first developed and written for SyFy by Daniel Knauf, creator of the HBO series &8220;Carnivale&8221;.
Even more paranormal crap, trying to sell haunted houses,&, a Mark Burnett cooking competition? I agree with Dustin. Nothing on that list really grabbed.A few of them sound like retreads/ripoffs of other shows. What the hell happened to this channel?
Defiance 2013 Defiance is in collaboration with Trion Worlds, with the Syfy series and Trions multi-platform shooter MMO poised to debut simultaneously. The series stars Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Fionnula Flanagan, Mia Kirshner and Oscar-nominee Graham Greene. Set in the near future, Defiance introduces a completely transformed planet Earth, inhabited by the survivors of a universal war. Forced to co-habitate, the disparate group struggles to build a new society among the devastation. The dramatic tapestry of the series and the intense action of the game will exist in a single universe where their respective narratives will inform one another and evolve together into one overall story. Defiance is directed by Scott Stewart (Legion, Priest) and written/executive produced by Rockne OBannon (Farscape), Kevin Murphy (Desperate Housewives, Caprica, Hellcats) and Michael Taylor (Battlestar Galactica). Kevin Murphy serves as showrunner. Defiance is produced by Universal Cable Productions.
Stranger than Fiction Stranger than Fiction is the only viral video clip show where comedians compete for laughs while commenting on and arguing over the strangest clips from the web. Good jokes earn points,April 2012. while lame jokes lose them. At the end of the show, one comedian is crowned the irreverent victor. Production company: BASE Productions. Executive producers: John Brenkus, Mickey Stern.
Divas of Dress Up This program follows the six hottest cos-play stars as they push the boundaries of creativity and costuming in this docu-series that takes viewers inside the amazingly creative world of cos-play competition. Each week, the top women competitors transform themselves into fictional characters with visually arresting costumes, pushing the boundary between ntasy and reality. Production company: Skip Films. Executive producers: Skip Chaisson, Brian Gallagher.
Defender In the aftermath of an intergalactic war between humans and transhumans, the starship Defender, populated by a combustible mix of former enemies, is sent on a seemingly goodwill mission, which turns into a fight for their lives and for the safety of the Universe at large. Executive producer/writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe (Alphas). A production of Universal Cable Productions.
Eureka was canceled by Comcast, the parent company of Syfy. Syfy did not cancel it, or choose to cancel it, Comcast made the decision for them.
With Syfy I always take a I&8217;ll-believe-it-when-I-see-it mentality. They&8217;ve announced great projects in the past that never saw the light of day. Defiance looks interesting, especially the stellar cast they&8217;ve put into it.
Eyes of the Dragon miniseries would be great&8230; on any other network. That Return to Oz reboot was devastatingly bad.
Awesome Foundation In this new project starring Destination Truths Josh Gates, each week inventors, artists and regular people from all over the country pitch their amazing and imaginative ideas to the Awesome Foundation, a group dedicated to turning awesome ideas into awesome reality. The members grant their own money to the lucky three people with the best ideas, leading to a race to complete the projects in the given time and budget. Production company: Idiot Box Productions. Executive producer: Dan Taberski.
Steve Latshaw
Darkll When, without warning, modern forms of power and technology become a thing of the past, Los Angeles, and the world at large, becomes a place where magic rules and life as we know it is turned upside down. Writers: Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris (Kung Fu Panda, Sleeper Cell). A production of The Jim Henson Company and Universal Cable Productions.
Tyger Torrez
One Mile Straight Down When a powerful earthquake hits California and opens up a chasm bigger than the Grand Canyon, it reveals an enormous hidden ocean lying deep beneath the earths crust. Billionaire adventurer James Exeter works with the government to take an advanced nuclear submarine down to explore it and discovers more than he ever could have imagined. Writers: Skip Woods (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Naren Shankar (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Deran Sarafian (CSI: NY). Executive producers: Skip Woods, Naren Shankar and Deran Sarafian. A production of Universal Cable Productions.
Deadfinder When the morgue drawer closes on a Jane or John Doe, rarely is it reopened. Deadfinder follows a group of mediums as they search through the vaults of cold cases using their paranormal skills to bring the mysteries of the murdered back to life. Production company: NorthSouth. Executive producers: Charlie DeBevoise, Mark Hickman.
The Genie The Genie follows Steve Sims and his extreme concierge company, Blue Fish, as they make outlandish experiences and imaginative adventures come to life for their clients. Whether its rebuilding the chocolate river from Willy Wonkas Chocolate Factory or experiencing life as a Hobbit, the impossible possible is the job of The Genie. Production company: Smart Dog Media. Executive producer: Craig Plestis.
EUREKA HAS BEEN ON FIRE THE LAST COUPLE SEASONS> MUST ADMIT THESE NEW SHOWS SOUND AWESOME, BUT I&8217;M AFRAID THEY WILL CANCEL THEM WITHOUT PROPER FINAL SEASON LIKE THE DID WITH EUREKA.
Eric Spudic
Exit Based on the hit Japanese format, Exit is a nail-biting game show where two teams of contestants battle to escape three diabolical rooms. To do so, they must beat the clock while solving rapid-fire brain games and navigating booby-traps and bottomless pits. Production company: Zig Zag Productions. Executive producer: Danny Fenton.
High Moon Based on the novel, The Lotus Caves, by John Christopher, this imaginative, out-of-this-world series explores a world where the countries of Earth have estabDragon Ball Onlinelished colonies to mine the Moon&8217;s resources. When a new life form is discovered, chaos erupts as various ctions race to uncover its powerful secrets. Executive producer: Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies). Co-executive producer: Jim Danger Gray (Pushing Daisies). Writers: Bryan Fuller and Jim Danger Gray. Executive producer: Granat Entertainment. A production of Universal Cable Productions.
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That&8217;s neither ir nor accurate. Booster Gold sold very well when it debuted and its &8220;cancellation,&8221; as you put it, happened at the same time as DC&8217;s &8220;cancelling&8221; of its entire line as part of the company-wide reboot.
Without it, SyFy would have been shuddered long ago.
The network thought you nerds would be happy &8212; beefy men in costumes mock fighting each other in a cage. It&8217;s the same Star Trek and Star Gate have been peddling for years.
Rewind Rewind revolves around a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter events and change the future &8212; and avoid a devastating terrorist attack. Shane McRae stars as Sean Knox, ex-Special Forces who ranks as a field operative in a special division of the Department of Homeland Security. The pilot also stars Jennifer Ferrin, Academy Award nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider), Robbie Jones and Keon Mohajeri, and is currently in production in Toronto. Jack Bender (Lost, Alphas) is directing the pilot, written by Justin Marks (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li), who will also executive produce with Tom Spezialy, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein. A production of BermanBraun and Universal Cable Productions.
Jean Luc Picard.
The Wrights Joe and Chris Wright are relatives of the mous Wright Brothers, but instead of building airplanes, this ther-and-son-duo build paranormal contraptions to communicate with the dead. Each week the show follows the Wrights as they use their inventing ability to gain answers from the other side. Production company: Jarrett Creative Group. Executive producers: Julie Insogna Jarrett, Seth Jarrett.
This is a joke release right? There is no way any of these shows were greenlit let alone all of them.
Love how the scripted slate is half the size of the &8220;reality&8221; slate. That should tell you everything you need to know about the future of this network.
