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News brief: Syfy orders monster pilot from Bryan Singer

Cable net Syfy has ordered a 90-minute pilot from X-Men director Bryan Singer. Creature at Bay will be a modern day Kaiju (giant monster) series about a small town that becomes the focus of world attention after a giant creature is found there and killed by the military. Singer will work on the pilot, which […]

News brief: Syfy buys werewolf series Bitten

NBCU-owned cable net Syfy has acquired Canadian produced werewolf series Bitten. The Entertainment One distributed thirteen part series will debut on Syfy next year. The series is based on the New York Times best-selling Women of the Otherworld novels by Kelley Armstrong and stars Laura Vandervoort (Smallville) as Elena Michaels, the lone female werewolf in […]

News brief: Syfy buys Vampire Diaries spin-off from Warner Bros.

NBCUniversal’s Syfy channel has taken UK rights to The Originals, the upcoming spin-off from hit US series The Vampire Diaries. The show will debut on US net The CW as part of its fall season. It follows vampire siblings Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah as they embark on a power struggle for their home city of […]

Syfy developing Brad Pitt movie remake

NBCUniversal-owned Syfy has greenlit a cast-contingent drama pilot based on 1995 science fiction feature films 12 Monkeys. The 1x60mins pilot will be produced by Universal Cable Productions and Atlas Entertainment, the latter of which was behind the original movie. 12 Monkeys followed Bruce Willis as a time traveler that appeared in the present day to […]

Syfy launches catch up app, other NBCU nets to follow suit

NBCUniversal-owned US cable net Syfy has launched an app allowing viewers to watch shows a day after their TV transmission. NBCU said that its other cable networks will also launch branded catch-up apps soon. A Bravo app has already rolled out. The Syfy Now app is for Apple devices and downloadable through the App Store. […]

Vikings drives MGM growth as Tellem joins board

Strong worldwide sales of scripted drama Vikings helped Hollywood studio MGM report revenue growth of 164% in its second quarter. MGM parent MGM Holdings reported revenue of US$339 million for the three months to June 30, 2012, up from US$128.4 million in 2012, news that was compounded by the announcement Microsoft Studios chief and former […]

Johnsons becomes first Kiwi drama to travel to the US

NBCUniversal-owned cable net Syfy has acquired Kiwi series The Almighty Johnsons, marking the first time a show from the country has aired in the US. The series follows four ordinary brothers who have inherited the powers of Norse Gods. Syfy has acquired the show from All3Media International, the sales arm of UK super indie All3Media, […]

Syfy’s Fandemonium becomes Fangasm

Syfy has greenlit Fangasm, a reworked version of pop culture show Fandemonium. The NBCUniversal-owned US cable net has ordered the six-part series from 495 Productions, the US indie that makes Jersey Shore. It will follow a tight-knit group of pop culture-obsessed fans living in an LA apartment as they try to “find their place in […]

News brief: Syfy Kids set for Asia, SA launch

International children’s channel KidsCo will launch its Syfy Kids programming block in Asia and South Africa on Monday. The fully dubbed block, which KidsCo and NBCUniversal stablemate Syfy jointly programme, will include original content and shows from parents NBCU and Corus Entertainment. These will include The Future is Wild, Z-Squad, Back to the Future, Dino […]

Syfy follows Sharknado with Ghost Shark

US cable channel Syfy is tapping into the wave of enthusiasm around its disaster telemovie Sharknado with another original movie, Ghost Shark. Sharknado’s debut on July 11 lead to one of the biggest social media maelstroms in cable television history, with 5,000 tweets a minute about the programme being sent at its peak. Interest in […]