New York, NY – March 16, 2010 – During the 2010-11 season, Syfy, one of television’s most prolific producers of original films, presents a talent-rich Original Movies lineup showcasing stars such as Hill Harper (CSI NY), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings), Lauren Holly (NCIS), Colin Ferguson (Eureka), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet), Jewel Staite (Stargate Atlantis), Alan Cumming (Tin Man), Felicia Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Ryan Carnes (Desperate Housewives), Lance Henriksen (Aliens) and Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch).

Movies include Riverworld, starring Cumming in an epic adventure based on the award-winning series of Philip Jose Farmer novels; The Phantom, and 24 of the popular Saturday Original Movies, including Red, a re-imagining of the Little Red Riding Hood story, Roger Corman’s Sharktopus and Lake Placid 3 – sequel to the most watched Saturday Original Movie ever (Lake Placid 2)

Syfy Original Movie Highlights

Riverworld – Four hours, premieres Sunday, April 18, from 7-11PM (ET/PT) -- Matt Ellman (Tahmoh Penikett/Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse) is an American war zone reporter, killed along with his fianceeJessie (Laura Vandervoort/Smallville) by a suicide bomber. They awaken separated in a mysterious world where everyone who has ever lived on Earth seems to have been "reborn" along the banks of a seemingly endless river. Determined to locate Jessie, Matt joins forces with a 13th century female samurai warrior Tomoe (Jeananne Goossen) and American novelist Sam “Mark Twain” Clemens (Mark Deklin). Produced by RHI Entertainment.
 
The Phantom – Four hours, premieres in June -- Ryan Carnes (Desperate Housewives, Dr. Who) stars as The Phantom and his alter ego Chris Walker in this re-imagined version of the classic comic strip transported to present day. A favorite costumed hero for more than six decades, The Phantom relies on his wits, physical strength and skill with weapons instead of superhuman powers. Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet) guest stars in a villainous turn as Lithia, the head of an experimental mind control program. Also starring are Cameron Goodman as Chris Walker’s love interest, Renny, and Sandrine Holt (24,The L Word) as The Phantom’s trusted advisor Guran. Director: Paolo Barzman (The Last Templar). The Phantom is produced by Muse Entertainment and RHI Entertainment.

Saturday Original Movies:

MEGA PIRANHA – Premieres Saturday, April 10, at 9PM (ET/PT) -- An unusual alliance tries to stop a mutant strain of giant ferocious piranhas that have escaped from the Amazon and are eating their way to Florida. Stars Barry Williams, Tiffany and Paul Logan.
 
MOTHMAN – Premieres Saturday, April 24, at 9PM (ET/PT) – The legendary West Virginia monster returns to exact revenge on five childhood friends who covered up an accidental killing. Stars Jewel Staite.
 
MONGOLIAN DEATH WORM – Premieres Saturday, May 8, at 9PM (ET/PT) -. A treasure hunter who has been searching for a tomb containing Genghis Khan’s treasure teams with a humanitarian UN health worker to stop the Mongolian Death Worms, awakened by experimental oil drilling in the Mongolian desert. Stars Patrick Flannery and Victoria Pratt.
 
WITCHVILLE – Premieres Saturday, May 22, at 9PM (ET/PT -- This first Syfy production in China is a sweeping fantasy tale of a kingdom besieged by witches who are sucking the very life out of the land.  Only the new King can save his people, but his mysterious connection to the Red Queen of the witches may be his undoing.  Stars Luke Goss. 
 
SHARKTOPUS – Genetically engineered as a stealth weapon, a shark/ocotopus hybrid escapes captivity and goes on a killing rampage on the beaches of Mexico.  Stars Eric Roberts and Hector Jimenez.
 
RED – A descendant of Little Red Riding Hood brings her fiancé home to meet her family and tell him about the family business – they are werewolf hunters.  When the fiancé is bitten by a werewolf, he finds himself the hunted.  Stars Felicia Day, Kavan Smith and Stephen McHattie.
 
LAKE PLACID 3 – In this sequel, a game warden, his wife and their young son move into their aunt’s cabin on Lake Placid, where the lonely boy starts feeding baby crocodiles he views as pets.  Three years later, the crocs start looking at him and his family as their food.  Stars Colin Ferguson.
 
STONEHENGE APOPCALYPSE – When the giant stones of Stonehenge begin to move and cataclysms occur all over the earth, only a fringe radio talk show host who’s an expert in UFOlogy figures out that the ancient monument is really alien technology.  Stars Hill Harper, Misha Collins and Peter Wingfield.
 
THE LOST FUTURE – In a post-apocalyptic world, both humans and animals have devolved back to the Stone Age.  But a small group of wise men knows there is knowledge in the mysterious artifacts called books. Now they have found a young man who knows how to read.  If they can defeat the warlord who rules the city where the books are kept, the young man can help them defeat the disease that decimated the world and restart civilization.  Stars Sean Bean.
 
SCREAM OF THE BANSHEE – An archeology professor unearths a dangerous relic, releasing a creature that can kill with her bone-splitting scream.  Stars Lauren Holly and Lance Henriksen.
 
MORLOCKS – An experimental time machine opens a window into the future and mutated monsters (the Morlocks) use it to come back to the present and go on a murderous rampage.  Stars David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis). 
 
 8^TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD – Sinbad searches for the golden head of the long lost Colossus of Rhodes and instead finds an island where the mythical Minotaur still rules, protecting a vast treasure.  Sinbad and his crew have to battle the creature and its minions to get the treasure and save their own lives. Stars Manu Bennett.

March 17, 2010 - Fox has made it's official announcement for the April 22, 2010 Earth Day release of Avatar. Read the press release below!

March 16, 2010 - Here are Blu-ray Disc Quick-Views of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior and Magnolia Home Entertainment's Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning.

March 15, 2010 - Here is a TV review of the season premiere of the Syfy original series Destination Truth, which will premiere on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at 10pm/9pm CT.

March 12, 2010 - Here is a Blu-ray Disc review of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment's Stargate Universe SG-U 1.0: 2-Disc Set. Below is information on the series premiere of the Syfy original series Riverworld.

SYFY’S SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE JUST GOT SUPERSIZED WITH THE 4-HOUR PREMIERE OF RIVERWORLD ON

SUNDAY, APRIL 18 FROM 7-11 P.M. (ET)

Alan Cumming, Tahmoh Penikett and Laura Vandervoort Star

NEW YORK, NY – March 12, 2010 – Syfy sets sail this spring with the 4-hour Sunday night television movie, Riverworld premiering Sunday, April 18 from 7-11 p.m. (ET). Starring Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica/Dollhouse), Laura Vandervoort (V/Smallville) and Alan Cumming (Tin Man). Riverworld is an epic adventure featuring familiar characters in an unfamiliar world and is based on the popular award-winning series of novels by Philip Jose Farmer.  Riverworld is produced by Reunion Pictures and will be distributed internationally by RHI Entertainment.

Matt Ellman (Penikett) is an American war zone reporter who has witnessed the worst of humanity first-hand, yet still grasps on to an optimistic spirit. When a suicide bomber kills both Matt and his fiancé Jessie (Vandervoort), they awaken separated in a mysterious world where everyone who has ever lived on Earth seems to have been "reborn" along the banks of a seemingly endless river. Determined to locate Jessie, Matt joins forces with a 13th century female samurai warrior named Tomoe (Jeananne Goossen) and American novelist Sam ‘Mark Twain’ Clemens (Mark Deklin). Together they sail upriver in search of its source, and to discover where they are and who put them there.  Cumming guest stars as the mysterious ‘Caretaker.’

March 10, 2010 - The fifth series of Doctor Who will premiere on BBC America on April 17, 2010. View the teaser trailers by clicking here. R.I.P. Corey Haim. 

March 9, 2010 - Here is a TV review of the SyFy original movie Dinoshark, which will premiere on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 9PM (ET/PT).

March 8, 2010 - After visiting Oz and Wonderland, SyFy now sets it sights on Red. Read about it below!

NEW SYFY SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIE RED TO STAR FELICIA DAY (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, THE GUILD, DR. HORRIBLE’S) IN RE-IMAGINING OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

New York, NY – March 8, 2010 – Felicia Day, star of web videos The Guild and Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog, who also played “Vi” in the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will portray a werewolf-hunting descendant of Little Red Riding Hood in the new Syfy Saturday Original Movie, Red.

Scheduled to premiere in 2011, Red is Syfy’s latest re-imagining of classic fairy tales, legends and pop culture characters. The new line of films launched with Beauty and the Beasts: A Dark Tale, which starred Estella Warren, on February 27.

Syfy, one of television’s most prolific producers of original movies, is also developing films around the stories of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Hansel & Gretel, among other projects.

In the action-packed Red, Red (Day) brings her fiancé home, where he meets the family and learns about their business – hunting werewolves.  He’s skeptical until bitten by a werewolf.  When her family insists he must be killed, Red tries saving him.  Red also stars Kavan Smith (Stargate Atlantis) and Stephen McHattie (Watchmen).  Red is produced by Angela Mancuso and Vesuvius Productions in association with Chesler Perlmutter Productions.

In addition to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Felicia is most widely known for her work in web video. She co-starred in Joss Whedon’s Internet musical Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog, which was voted the Best Web TV of 2008 by Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and People Magazine.

Currently she stars in the web series The Guild, which she created, writes and stars in. The Guild was the winner of the YouTube, Yahoo and SXSW Best Web Series Awards for 2008. The series has generated more than 50 million views web-wide.  Day also has a hugely popular Twitter following, reaching more than 1.7 million fans.

March 5, 2010 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment has announced the release of Stargate: Atlantis: The Complete Series on DVD for release on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Check out the artwork and press release below.

March 4, 2010 - No sooner than I remark about it in my BD/DVD review of Doctor Who: The Complete Specials do I see Amazon.com already taking pre-orders for the CGI animated Doctor Who: Dreamland, which will debut on Tuesday, October 5, 2010.

March 3, 2010 - Here is a combined Blu-ray Disc and DVD set review of BBC Video's Doctor Who: The Complete Specials.

February 26, 2010 - Here is a Quick-View at Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment's Gary Unmarried: The Complete First Season and information on the final Battlestat Galactica auction below.

FINAL “BATTLESTAR GALACTICA” PROPS & COSTUME AUCTION LAUNCHES TODAY

Raptor Flight Suit, “Helo” Dog Tags and Viper Blueprints Are Among The Items Available To Fans & Collectors In The Last Auction For The Iconic Series

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – February 26, 2010 – The final online auction for “Battlestar Galactica” begins today!  In the last of the historic props and costume auctions for Syfy’s powerful drama, fans and collectors will have one last chance to purchase the remaining items that helped bring the series to life.  The auction will be live at 6:00 p.m. PT at http://shop.ebay.com/propworx/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=200&_sop=3  and will run through March 7, 2010.

Key items in the last auction include Lee Adama’s Viper model, a pair of  “stunt duty blues” for Admiral Adama, a Raptor flight suit, a pair of Karl “Helo” Agathon’s dog tags, Colonel Saul Tigh’s dog tags and Chief Galen Tyrol’s dog tags, Viper cockpit blueprints, a resin FN 5-7 pistol and an architectural schematic of New Caprica. 

“It has been a very gratifying experience to work on these auctions over the past year – to see the passionate fan support and to be able to give so much to great charities, said Kurt Ford, Senior Vice President, Production Services, NBC Universal.  “We really want to thank the fans and collectors who have embraced the auctions and made them such a success.” 

"The Battlestar Galactica auctions have been an awesome experience for all of us at Propworx and for the fans who we have had the pleasure to serve." said Alec Peters, Propworx CEO. "These auctions have truly set the standard for how studios can interact with fans to give them the opportunity to own a piece of the show they love."

NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group partnered with Propworx for the series of live and online events over the past year.  Thousands of fans and collectors have taken part in the auctions and thousands of dollars have been raised for charities including United Way and organizations designated by the actors.  Some of the key items that have resonated with fans during the auctions include the “Number Six” red dress, the Cylon Resurrection Tub, Admiral Adama’s desk and the Cylon War painting.  “Battlestar Galactica” concluded its successful run on Syfy (formerly the SCI FI Channel) on March 20, 2009.

February 25, 2010 - You can now get mobile link updates by following me on Twitter!

February 23, 2010 - Here is my GENRE ONLINE.NET Interview with Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis/Stargate Universe SGU Series Co-Creator/Writer/Executive Producer Brad Wright. I have also updated the Coming Soon Calendar.

February 17, 2010 - Here is a Blu-ray Disc review of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment's Surrogates.

February 7, 2010 - I have been doing some website housekeeping here before I start posting new media reviews. I moved my TV reviews of Children Of The Corn (2009), Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season 2, Rise Of The Bounty Hunters, and the series premiere of Stargate Universe SG-U to the Archived TV Reviews Page. I have also created an Archived 2007 DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc Release Reviews Page as well as an Archived 2008 DVD And Blu-ray Disc Release Reviews Page too. Thank you.

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