Sci-Fi Storm

Aaron writes “I recently rounded up the latest ‘V’ remake news and corresponded with ‘V’ creator Ken Johnson about the remake, his plans for the ‘V’ movie, and his classical training. Check it out if you have a second.

You can read it here“

Family Guy will continue doing parodies of Star Wars beyond the upcoming (in the Fall) Episode V parody, “Something-Something-Something Dark Side”. The cast just completed a read-through of their version of Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi, tentatively titled “Episode VI: The Great Muppet Caper”.

ABC has canceled Life On Mars, but will allow it to continue to air to receive a proper finish. 5 episodes remain and should stay in its current 10pm Wednesday time slot until its over. In the mean time, BBC America premieres its follow-on to the original Life On Mars with Ashes to Ashes, set to debut 9pm ET on March 7th. This time a female detective is shot and awakens in 1981.

The economy makes everything uncertain – including show renewals. Two shows are wrapping up their second seasons, and their finales may be pretty final, but they want to leave room for more. Chuck intends to end with a “game-changer” to launch into a third season, but if that doesn’t happen, it will at least be the finale “we’ve been wanting to do for a while, and we’ve had this planned since the beginning of season one,” according to exec producer Josh Schwartz. On the more serious side, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will wrap things up but leave the door open for more.

The Caprica DVD is now available for [sfs=922]pre-orders[/sfs], and box art and stills are available Yahoo Movies. You can even catch the trailer here. You can even get a full synposis from this earlier article. Caprica hits the colonies on April 21st. The series is set to debut on the SCI FI Channel in 2010.

Fox animated comedy Family Guy, which has already had a brilliant turn with their “Blue Harvest” Star Wars Episode V spoof, will reunite all the major actors of Star Trek – The Next Generation for a March 29th episode in which Griffins attend a Trek convention in Quahog.

Joss Whedon’s new series Dollhouse, which premiered on Friday after the mid-season return of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in the Friday night “death slot” – failed to meet even Fox’s meager expectations, losing to Supernanny and only scoring 4.7 million 2.0/6 rating. Terminator didn’t fare well either, barely beating Howie Do It with a 3.7m 1.3/5). Hollywood Insider puts a different spin on it though – looking at the increase in viewers over Terminator and that it took in double the female viewers versus its lead-in and scored second among males 18-34. I actually found Dollhouse decent for its first episode – Alias-esque with a bit more SF and a ton of potential for star Eliza Dushku to show off her acting skills in a variety of roles.

The TV mini-series remake of the classic Day of the Triffids is filling out with some well-known names. Dougray Scott (Desparate Housewives) is taking the lead as Dr. Bill Maysen, who leads the humans against the killer vegetables. Also appearing will be Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Jason Priestley (Tru Calling), Brian Cox (X2), Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie), and Vanessa Redgrave have all been announced. The show will air on BBC1 and BBC HD sometime this year…rights to the U.S. airing are held by RHI Entertainment but no further word on when or where it will air are available.

Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper), along with director Euros Lyn spoke with SCI FI Wire about the upcoming third series of Torchwood, and how the deaths of characters Owen and Tosh will affect the show. The third series, which will change formats to a 5 episode “miniseries” and is titled “Children of Earth”, has not had a airing date scheduled yet, but is expected to air this summer both in the UK and US.

The Cartoon Network announced today that Star Wars: The Clone Wars will have a second season starting in the Fall. The show has been a “blockbuster” for the network so far, and is allowing the network to build around it.