SCI FI Channel Developing ‘Alien Nation’ Reboot
July 1, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Looks like another fan-favorite franchise will get the reboot: SCI FI Channel is developing a new version of Alien Nation, which originated as a 1988 movie written by Rockne O’Bannon and was spun off as a TV show and a series of TV movies.
Tim Minear—the writer/producer known to fans for his work on Angel, Firefly and Wonderfalls, among others—is writing the new take on the franchise, about the arrival of a group of refugee aliens and their integration into Earth’s population, with the focus on a veteran police detective and his "newcomer" partner and family.
Scifi Channel To Air ‘Rave Master’ Anime in March
January 20, 2009 by tcgames · 3 Comments
The Sci Fi Channel will begin airing the 51-episode Rave Master anime series on its Ani-Monday block starting on March 16th. Two episodes of Rave Master will follow repeated episodes of Gainax’s Gurren Lagann. The first season of Gundam 00, the current mainstay of Ani-Monday, will end with a flourish. Four episodes will be shown back-to-back on February 2nd, and the final episode will air on February 9th followed by the Appleseed anime movie. According to Nebs Blog, the 1996 anime movie X, directed by Rintaro, produced by Madhouse, and based on the Clamp manga will be shown on February 16th, followed by the Street Fighter Alpha movie on February 23rd, Manga Entertainment’s Straight Jacket on March 2nd, and the classic Ninja Scroll anime feature on March 9th. Gurren Lagann and Rave Master then take over on the 16th.
Rave Master, which was heavily edited for a previous run on the kid-centric Toonami and Miguzi blocks on the Cartoon Network, appears to be a rather bizarre choice for a midnight run. The Cartoon Network did show all 51 episodes of Rave Master (though the series ended its run buried on the milkman’s shift at 6am). Many anime fans were hoping that Sci Fi Channel would run the second season of Gundam 00, which is currently airing in Japan, right after completing the first season, but apparently they will have to wait and hope that unlike the Cartoon Network, which never ran Gundam Seed Destiny (after airing Gundam Seed), the Sci Fi Channel will follow through on its Gundam initiative. Certainly the Gundam anime with its science fiction plot and plentiful mecha action is an excellent fit for the Sci-Fi Channel.
Produced by Studio Deen, the Rave Master anime is based on Hiro Mashima’s 35-volume Groove Adventure RAVE manga series, which Tokyopop has published here in North America as Rave Master. Volume 32 in the series is due out from Tokyopop on February 3’rd.
Source: icv2.com
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Available On DVD 01/06/2009
January 5, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
The epic phenomenon returns with over 5 hours of explosive bonus features, including deleted scenes, featurettes, podcasts and more! Plus, see the unrated, extended version of “Battlestar Galactica: RAZOR” that didn’t air on TV!
On Tuesday, January 6th, Universal Studios Home Entertainment releases a 4-Disc DVD Special Edition set of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Season 4.0, featuring the first ten episodes of the popular 4th season. The set arrives just in time for fans excited to watch the season’s remaining ten episodes (known as Season 4.5) that will be broadcast beginning January 16, 2009 on The SCI-FI Network.
The Season 4.0 four-disc DVD Set (SRP $49.98) features a total running time of 526 minutes, which includes over 5 hours of bonus features. Unique to this set is the “Battlestar Galactica: RAZOR” movie presented in both the original 88-minute version, and 101-minute extended, unrated version never aird on TV. Executive producer Ronald D. Moore and writer Michael Taylor provide complete commentary for the “Razor” movie on the extended version.
Source: DVDTown.com
Scifi.com, Scifi Wire Expanding
July 21, 2008 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
SCIFI.COM announced a slate of new online programming and added that SCI FI Wire, the site’s daily news service, will be spun off as its own Web site.
The announcement follows SCIFI.COM’s best quarter ever, which saw record monthly traffic of unique users (3.4 million), visits (5.7 million), page views (36.8 million) and video streams (5.2 million). Details of the new ventures follow. Read more
