Sci-Fi Storm

So the first panel from the weekend’s Syfy Digital Press Tour was for the shows Eureka and Warehouse 13, with a preview of their special holiday episodes (sorry, I don’t have video of that), but you can find a full length video of the panel, along with a higher-resolution video (but poorer audio quality and lighting – the camera had trouble with some of the backlighting) of a particular question.

Mark Stern, Executive VP of Original Content, said that, “Ever since we’ve been doing Warehouse and Eureka I’ve wanted to do Christmas episodes or holiday episodes, also wanted to do musical episodes.” And there are upcoming musical episodes, apparently…but for now we get a holiday episode of each show, on December 7th, starting at 9pm with Eureka, and 10pm for Warehouse 13.

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Syfy.com will present the steampunk based digital series Riese: Kingdom Falling, a series of 10 seven to eight minute long episodes, narrated by Sanctuary‘s Amanda Tapping and featuring the voices of Christine Chatelain (The Bone Collector); Sharon Taylor (Stargate Universe); Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island), Allison Mack (Smallville); Ryan Robbins (Caprica); Patrick Gilmore (Stargate Universe); Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) and Emilie Ullerup (Sanctuary). Read on for the press release.
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Here is an exclusive sneak peek at next week’s Caprica episode, “Things We Lock Away”, featuring Lacy (Magda Apanowicz) and Sister Clarice (Polly Walker) debating the Sister’s morality, and determine if Zoe had a backup of her resurrection program, and if so, where it is.

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The BBC is now confirming rumors that the first two episodes of the upcoming 6th season of Doctor Who will indeed be filmed in the U.S., in Utah.

Just wanted to give a quick recap of dinner last night…it was pretty informal (but a REAL nice restaurant – Bice at Portofino Bay Resort at Universal Studios), with a group of about 40 or so digital press partners and the Syfy executives. At our table we had Mark Stern, the head of programming development, and got to ask various questions. Here is a bit of recap, paraphrased somewhat as it was fairly noisy.
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Just a reminder – this is probably the last post for a few days as I head down to Universal Studios Florida to take part in a Syfy press event…I will be giving rapid-fire updates on Twitter (@scifistorm) and Facebook, so be sure to follow us there – both places would probably be good in case there are problems keeping them linked together, and I’ll be uploading pictures and possibly video to Facebook. Most of the stuff takes place on Monday, and depending on battery life, etc. some stuff may appear Tuesday morning, and a full recap here on Wednesday.

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We should have plenty of info on Warehouse 13, Sactuary, Caprica, and the upcoming Being Human series, as well as some other things like Destination Truth, Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, Hollywood Treasures, Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen, and even a little WWE Smackdown…and perhaps a preview of some upcoming Syfy plans.

If you’ve got a few questions about any of the above, and I get the chance I’ll ask them!

The lead actress list for Gravity is still growing. Sandra Bullock is now reportedly in negotiations, after it was reported a month ago that Natalie Portman was the likely candidate, and previous to that Angelina Jolie was expected to be the lead. Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, is about a woman trapped alone aboard a space station after an accident kills the rest of the crew.

If you were hoping to see a complete 3D Harry Potter film – you’re going to wait longer. Warner Bros. announced today that when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 is released on November 19th, it will only be in 2D – because the 3D conversion will not be completed in time and still meet the “highest standards of quality”. No word about a later release, or what will happen with Part 2.

SyFy announced today that their original series Haven, which concludes it’s first season tomorrow, has been renewed for a 13-episode second season, which is expected to air next summer, and all three stars (Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, and Eric Balfour) will return.

To tide you over for a few minutes at least, here are a couple of previews for Caprica‘s season premiere and one for Stargate Universe…
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Michael Ausiello is reporting that Ron Moore’s next target for a remake may be the 1965 SF-tinged western series The Wild Wild West, which started Robert Conrad and Ross Martin as Secret Service agents James West and Artemis Gordon who worked out in the “wild” west and had cool Bond-like gadgets. If I get the chance next week, I’ll try and see if I can get confirmation from Moore and tweet it as soon as I can.