Sci-Fi Storm

The NBC reboot of The Munsters, Mockingbird Lane, finally has its Lily. Apparently NBC couldn’t get ABC to release Mariana Klaveno from her commitment to Devious Minds (which still hasn’t been picked up), so they’ve moved on, signing Portia de Rossi (Better Off Ted) to the role of Lily Munster, the vampire matriarch of the family.

Here is the trailer for the upcoming fifth season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and it looks like the fights are escalating, with Darth Maul and Savage Opress leading the charge – and it looks like the darksaber will return!

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Syfy’s hit drama series Being Human, starring Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath and Sam Huntington, begins production on its third season today in Montreal. Anna Fricke (Men in Trees, Everwood) is Executive Producer/Showrunner with Muse Entertainment producing thirteen 1-hour episodes for Syfy.

In Being Human, vampire Aidan (Sam Witwer), ghost Sally (Meaghan Rath) and werewolf Josh (Sam Huntington) share the creature comforts of their Boston brownstone while struggling to keep their supernatural secrets from the outside world. Together they strive to resist the temptations of their true paranormal natures and live lives that are as near to “normal” as possible.
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Is Paramount’s World War Z in serious trouble? The movie, which had already finished principle photography but recently announced that they were expecting 7 weeks of reshoots, reportedly had a third act that was so bad that Lost creator Damon Lindelof has been brought in to rewrite it.

World War Z, based on the novel by Max Brooks, was originally adapted by J. Michael Straczynski and then received rewrites by Matthew Michael Carnahan and stars Brad Pitt.

Actress Amy Aquino (The Finder, ER, Harry’s Law) has joined the cast of Syfy’s Being Human. Her character, Donna, run a local soup kitchen and helps to find Sally after her disappearance at the end of Season 2.

Warner Bros apparently sees some money still in the classic 60s Batman TV series, which starred Adam West and Burt Ward as the caped crusader and his sidekick Robin, in a very campy take on the otherwise Dark Knight of Gotham. Today Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced an all-new licensing program for the series, which for years only made available the Batmobile for licensing. But now the new program includes all sorts of art, gadgets from the show like the Bat-phone, as well as the likeness of the stars and many of their arch enemies, including Cesar Romero as The Joker, Burgess Meredith as The Penguin, Vincent Price as Egghead and Eartha Kitt as Catwoman.

What is interesting is that the original series still has yet to see a digital release of any kind – long rumored to be due to disagreements about the various rights holders. The theatrical movie that was released between the first and second seasons has both a [asin=B0016MOWPA]DVD[/asin] and [asin=B0016MOWOQ]Blu-ray[/asin] release, however, but this new licensing program makes no mention of the actual footage from theseries being available.

In next Monday’s Lost Girl, Bo’s efforts to help Trick find a stolen body uncover a lethal Lich. If you’ve ever played Dungeons & Dragons, you’ll know a Lich means trouble…tune in to Syfy and find out what happens at 10/9c!
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This just looks cool – so cool, they made a trailer for it. It’s a book about the first 150 years of history of the United Federation of Planets, in a nice book that also comes with a lighted stand which also has a recorded message from Admiral Hikaru Sulu. Check out the video, and [asin=1612184170]pre-order from Amazon.com today[/asin] (it will be released on November 30th, 2012).
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NBC’s pilot reboot of The Munsters, Mockingbird Lane, finally has a Herman and Lily Munster…or, at least, a Herman. Jerry O’Connell (Sliders) has been tapped for the role of Herman Munster, the clumsy patriarch and Frankenstein of the movie-monster-merged family.

The twist is that Mariana Klaveno (True Blood), who has been chosen to play matriarch Lily Munster, is currently committed to an ABC pilot, Devious Minds, which is now being considered for pickup by Lifetime. Klaveno had only a minor role in the pilot but is still under contract, and ABC Studios, which is the show’s producer, isn’t budging – even with NBC offering to allow her a recurring role on Devious Minds so long as they have priority.

Previously announced castings are comedian Eddie Izzard (United States of Tara) as Grandpa Munster; Mason Cook (Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D ) as 10-year-old werewolf son Eddie; and Charity Wakefield (The Raven) as the “normal” cousin.

In next Monday’s episode of Eureka, Carter’s romantic surprise for Allison turns deadly when they’re trapped in a sinking marine lab with time and oxygen quickly running out. Tune in next Monday at 9/8c!
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