If things were a little quiet around here the last few days, that’s because I was off shooting a short horror film. Nothing like hanging around with a dessicated corpse to get you week off to a great start. But while I was in production heck, the scifi world continued to turn so here are some of the news bits I missed and maybe you did, too.
FlashForward – According to Hollywood Reporter, the series is about to get another show runner but no one knows who it is. The first show runner left early on and was replaced by David …read more

TVGuide has some great news for V fans. Scifi favorites Nicholas Lea and Lexa Doig will be joining the series when it returns this spring.
Lea is best known for his role as Krycek in The X-Files. He’ll be playing Erica’s ex-husband.
Lexa Doig played Dr. Lam on Stargate SG-1 and she’ll be a doctor on V. She has also guested on The 4400 and Eureka and she was Risa in Supernatural “The End.”
Also joining the cast is Charles Mesure who played the Archangel Michael on Xena, and has had a recurring role on Crossing Jordan. He also appeared in Boogeyman, …read more

TNT and AMC are both in development on shows that deal with life after an invasion.
The newest news is about AMC’s newest pilot “The Walking Dead.” The story is based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman which is set in the years following a zombie apocalypse.
TNT is moving forward their previously announced Unnamed alien invasion series and I’m beginning to wonder if that’s the actual name of the series! The series is being produced by DreamWorks Television and it stars Noah Wylie as a former college proffessor who becomes the reluctant leader of the resistance after aliens take …read more

James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter is saying that it is so – Russell Davies is writing the pilot script for a new American version of Torchwood and it’s going to Fox.
There are several good things in that statement. One, that Davies, the man who created Torchwood in the UK is the one adapting it for US TV. And two, that it’s going to Fox. Fox is the only network, outside of Syfy, who could handle the project. Yes, they’ve taken some flack for the handling of Dollhouse and a few other shows – but face it – Torchwood on …read more

The guys behind Fringe and the new Star Trek movie, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, have made a deal with CBS to bring back classic cop show Hawaii Five-O. What makes this move even more interesting for scifi fans is the fact that Moonlight star Alex O’Loughlin is seriously being considered for the lead.
O’Loughlin hasn’t had much luck on TV, weathering first the cancellation of his cult favorite vampire drama and then the dismal hospital drama Three Rivers. CBS execs say they’re determined to find a successful vehicle for the charming Aussie actor and this could be the one.
Hawaii Five-O …read more

NBC is up today and here’s a quote that should please:
The pilot for “Rex Is Not Your Lawyer” with David Tennant has finished shooting, and Bromstad says that “theoretically” it could be something that fills part of the 10 p.m. hole [the cancellation of the Jay Leno show]come spring.

And Heroes:
“Heroes”? Bromstad says NBC still likes the show but won’t make a decision until it sees the pilots.
And sadly, Alex O’Loughlin is out of work again. A quote from Nina Tassler of CBS:
She was, however, much more to the point about the Alex O’Loughlin-starring organ donation medical drama “Three Rivers.” When …read more

When I heard that Syfy had ordered 13 episodes of a series based on “The Colorado Kid” a novella by Stephen King, I thought, “sure, that works.” Then I saw the book cover for the novella in question and I went from ’sure’ to ‘huh?’ I love hardboiled crime novels and Hard Case Crimes is the best publisher of this kind of work, but how do we get from there to a supernatural drama for Syfy?
The plot goes like this:
Deep in the heart of Maine, Haven (the new name for the series)  is a town where people with supernatural abilities …read more

Syfy has decided to try something really different – a half-hour comedy series called Outer Space Astronauts. The series is a combo of live-action and 3d Animation, so that alone makes this a pretty special treat.
Right now, it’s only 5 episodes and they’ll run on Tuesday nights starting on December 8.
Here’s what Syfy has to say about the series:
Series creator and executive producer, Russell Barrett took a complete do-it-yourself / hands-on approach to the creation of the show by developing, executing and editing the series right in his very home. He also enlisted childhood and hometown friends as series …read more

Scifi fans know Carol Barbee as the executive producer and a writer on the cult favorite series Jericho. But these days, she’s making the Moonlight fans happy because she cast Alex O’Loughlin to star in her new medical drama, Three Rivers.
I met up with Carol at a recent press screening of her new show and here’s what she had to say about casting everyone’s favorite vampire as a top transplant surgeon.
“Alex had a holding deal for CBS and I was under contract to CBS. He met with lots of people, we met with lots of people. He want to …read more

X-Files scribe Frank Spotnitz (seen here with his cohorts Gillian Anderson, Chris Carter and David Duchovny at the “The X Files: I Want To Believe” World Premiere.) is in development on two sci fi shows for HBO.

According to Variety, Spotnitz is working on a series called Humanitas which is a futuristic medical thriller.  Spotnitz wants to take a look at the moral and ethical issues that arise out of our ever increasing ability to manipulate genetics.
He is also working on a TV adaptation of Robert Silverberg’s novel The World Inside which deals with overpopulation.
The ever busy Spotnitz is also penning …read more