Sci-Fi Storm

With 4 episodes still to air, Syfy has already ordered up a second season of their version of Being Human. Pulling in an average 1.8 million viewers each episode and being the most-watched scripted series premiere since Battlestar Galactica, President of Original Content Mark Stern said, “Being Human has proven to be a winner for Syfy on all fronts. Using the original format as inspiration, showrunners/writers Jeremy Carver and Anna Fricke – along with a superlative team of writers, cast, and production – have created an amazing, compelling series in its own right. We can’t wait to watch Aidan, Josh and Sally continue their struggle to be human in the second season!”

Being Human is also Syfy’s first female-skewed series, with women comprising of 53% of the audience (Sam Witwer and Sam Huntington can take pride in that!). No word on number of episodes at this point, but it seems likely that it will be another 13 episodes.

(I’m still waiting for a full press release and will update when it arrives, but I didn’t want to wait any longer.)
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I am just learning that British actor Michael Gough, perhaps best known in the U.S. as Alfred in the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies, and is also known to Doctor Who fans as “The Celestial Toymaker” as well as Councillor Hedin in “Arc Of Infinity”, passed away at the age of 94. He most recently was the voice of the Dodo Bird in Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland.

Michelle Ryan (Bionic Woman, Jekyll, Doctor Who “Planet of the Dead”) has signed on to star with Harry Treadaway (City of Ember) and Honor Blackman (The Avengers, Goldfinger) for a British zombiepocalypse comedy movie called Cockneys vs. Zombies.

In the next sneak peek clip of the all-new episode of Stargate Universe, Camile and Greer are arguing their own opinions on how the Lucian Alliance Threat was responded to, until a siren alarms. Camile begins to frantically run for cover until Greer pulls her into an office and the ceiling collapses on top of them. Watch the clip and tune in on Monday at 10/9c on Syfy to see if they were injured and trapped or if they made it out of harm’s way just in time.

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In the next sneak peek clip of the all-new episode of Being Human, Aidan tries to console Rebecca after she feels like she lost her only chance at a son, once Aidan tried to help save a boy and bring him to their side but the boy lost control. Aidan hates himself for what happened and they continue to get louder until Bishop walks in and tells them to take their problem elsewhere. Rebecca looks to leave and Aidan wants to make sure she is protected and warned about the vampire elders, but she says she doesn’t need protection, especially not from him. Watch the clip and tune in on Monday at 9/8c on Syfy to see if Rebecca runs into a tough situation or if Aidan is able to help.

Update: Recap clip for “I Want You Back (From the Dead)” has been added as well…
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With the extremely poor performance of Robert Zemeckis’ Mars Needs Moms movie, which only took in $6.9 million 5th place finish in its opening weekend against a reported $150 million budget, it appears that Disney has fired the final torpedo in the salvo that will sink Zemeckis’ planned remake of the Beatles’ classic Yellow Submarine, cutting the project loose even after the cast and crew were hired. Disney has reportedly also been disappointed with Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol as well as motion capture in general (which was used for Moms and was planned for Submarine) which contributed to the decision. However, Deadline has an inside source that says the decision was made some time ago. Zemeckis is free to find another studio should he choose to shop it around.

In the next sneak peek clip of the all-new episode of Merlin, Morgana is prompted down an eerie hallway by whispers into a room where Morgause appears. Morgana describes a dream that she fears is instead a nightmare of Gwen sitting next to Arthur on the throne and being named queen. Morgause tells her it must be a prophecy because Morgana has a true gift and it shouldn’t be ignored. Morgana says it can’t possibly become true because Gwen is simply a servant. Morgause wants to make it look like she is helping when really she is seeking to stir drama and claims Morgana must destroy Gwen no matter her relationship with Arthur. Watch the clip and tune in on Friday at 10/9c on Syfy to see if Morgana decides to carry out Morgause’s demand or if she decides to halt making her own drastic action.

And don’t forget that tonight there is a new Being Human followed by an interesting Stargate Universe!

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TheOneRing revealed a couple weeks ago (but flew under my radar until now) what is likely (but not confirmed) as the full titles of the upcoming two films based on The Hobbit – which is good, as it is awkward writing articles with the words “the two The Hobbit films”…whereas The Lord Of The Rings films were fortunate to have had names already to draw from, The Hobbit did not. So one of the titles will take it’s name from the subtitle of the novel, There and Back Again, while the other will adopt An Expected Journey (or possibly The Unexpected Journey – I personally prefer “An”.)

NBC announced earlier that the presumed final episode of The Cape would be screened online, with no plans to air it on television. The episode, “Endgame”, is now available online, and you can watch it right here!

Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz) has just signed on to direct an episode and guest star in 4 episodes in the second season of Syfy’s Haven. Production on the second season of 13 episodes picks up April 1st, with late summer the target to begin airing episodes. Priestley will play “a handsome but anti-social marine biologist who must deal with an affliction most would consider a blessing.”

Here is the full press release:
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