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Press release:

Space: 1999 Fans Celebrate the Past and Look to the Future

Producer of a re-imagining of the cult-classic television show joins convention roster of guests

Jace Hall, President of HDFILMS, Inc., and Executive Producer and Creative Lead of Space: 2099, a re-imagining of the British cult-classic television series Space: 1999, will give fans their first opportunity to hear his plans by joining an impressive roster of guests attending Alpha: 2012, a three-day convention to be held at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel on September 14-16, 2012 in Burbank, California. Hall will be joining Australian actor Nick Tate and Glasgow-born Prentis Hancock, co-stars of the original series, as well as revered actors Roy Dotrice and Judy Geeson, both of whom made pivotal guest appearances in the series’ first season. More guests are likely to be added.
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In next Monday’s Being Human, Josh is in the midst of making dinner when two cops burst into the kitchen yelling at him to put his hands up. Taken by surprise, Josh is handcuffed while the cops tell him that they have found his “stack of dead”. Tune in Monday, February 20th at 9/8c on Syfy.
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If you saw the end of last night’s episode of Ghost Hunters (which hit season-high ratings, you saw that Grant Wilson, who helped found TAPS with Jason Hawes, announced he would be leaving Ghost Hunters to focus on more personal things. If you didn’t see it, catch the video below, followed by the official statement from Syfy:
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Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield) and Zoe Kazan (Fracture) have been tagged to star in Joss Whedon’s In Your Eyes, described as a “sci-fi/romance” which is “a metaphysical love story about two seemingly polar opposites who are deeply connected in ways neither could have ever imagined.”

Stahl-David playes Dylan, an ex-con convicted of robbery and living in a trailer in New Mexico, while Kazan plays Rebecca, an awkward woman married to an older doctor and living in Connecticut. The two share a connection in which they each can hear and see the other, yet they have never met.

In the next episode of Lost Girl, we see Bo and Lauren searching for a cure for a disease that’s killing Kenzi. In this sneak peek, Bo uses her powers to subdue a security guard and even manages not to suck all the life out of him. However, while she is congratulating herself on not killing the man, he regains enough strength to stand up and point a gun at her. Will she have to resort to killing another person to save Kenzi? Find out next Monday at 10/9c. Then after that preview, check out the inside look of Lost Girl narrated by Anna Silk (Bo) and Zoie Palmer (Lauren), and see some of your favorite moments and what’s in store…
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Jonny Lee Miller (Eli Stone) has reportedly been tapped to play Sherlock Holmes in the pilot for CBS’ modern day retelling of Sherlock Holmes, called Elementary. The script for the pilot comes from Robert Doherty (Medium), who will produce along with Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly (Justified), with Michael Cuesta (Homeland) directing.

An interesting bit of trivia about this casting – Miller was recently playing the monster on stage in London for an adaptation of Frankenstein, which was split with another actor – Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes in the BBC’s modern-day version, Sherlock – and the producers of that version are not happy about the CBS version…

In this week’s Merlin, Morgana has kidnapped Gaius because she believes he knows the whereabouts of Emrys. When Merlin goes searching to find Gaius, Morgana corners him in the cave and threatens to kill him. Little does she know that she already has Emrys trapped. Will Merlin be able to escape with his secret intact? Tune in Friday at 10/9c to find out.
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The Walking Dead returned last night from the mid-season break and the heartbreaking ending it left viewers with to huge numbers, pulling in 8.1 million viewers for the main airing, and a total of 10.1 million including the two encore airings, hitting a series high. Perhaps more amazing is that it did this against the Grammy Awards, which were the second most watch Grammys ever on television.

Just a few days ago news broke that a Space: 1999 reboot was in development in the form of Space: 2099…and already executive producer Jace Hall has graciously answered some of our questions about the project! Jace and his company, HDFILMS, have partnered with ITV Studios America on the production, which will update the classic ITV production.

SFS: There have been many grass-roots efforts on updating Space: 1999 over the years, even using the name “Space: 2099”, but this appears to be the
first with buy-in from the studios – why is the time right to bring back this classic show?

Jace: My general belief is that any time is ALWAYS the right time to bring a truly compelling story to audiences. From my perspective, the timing of a new Space: 1999 franchise related project coming into existence has primarily related to ITV being presented with a concept that they could feel strongly enough about to warrant and authorize the effort. Now finally, that time has come and we hope to work closely with them to bring something engaging to audiences!
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Thanks to Wil Wheaton, I just learned that 7 issues of the classic SF magazine Amazing Stories have been put online here, thanks to the Pulp Magazine Project. This includes the very first 6 issues. Now you can read some of the stories by H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe and others, just like a kid at the drug store ice cream counter in 1926…