09th Jul2014

‘Sharknado’ swims onto iOS

by Phil Wheat

Syfy and The Asylum have partnered with game developer Other Ocean and publisher Majesco Entertainment Company to release Sharknado: The Video Game for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Designed in the popular ‘infinite runner’ genre, players assume the lead role as Fin as they race to destroy a series of shark-infested tornadoes threatening New […]

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16th May2014

‘Warehouse 13’ – Series Finale Review (Spoiler Free)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti, Aaron Ashmore | Written by John-Paul Nickel | Directed by Jack Kenny Series creator Jack Kenny gets behind (and in front of) the camera for the last-ever episode of one of my (and Nerdly’s) favourite sci-fi/fantasy shows of all-time, Warehouse 13. Coming hot on the heels […]

30th Apr2014

Comics to TV: ‘Pax Romana’ and ‘Ronin’ come to Syfy

by Phil Wheat

Syfy have today announced that it is set to develop two new mini series based on Pax Romana, Jonathan Hickman’s graphic novel about a time traveling clash of ages and arms, and Ronin, based on Frank Miller’s (300) comic book series, about an avenging samurai. Pax Romana is about a Special Forces team that travels […]

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30th Apr2014

Syfy and The Asylum announce ‘Sharknado 3’

by Phil Wheat

Los Angeles and New York were not enough and so Syfy and The Asylum have today announced that yet another city will be devoured by flying sharks when the new “original movie” Sharknado 3 premieres on Syfy in Summer 2015. But which city will it be…? Sharknado 2: The Second One, starring Ian Ziering, Tara […]

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02nd Apr2014

Wil Wheaton to host new weekly show on Syfy

by Phil Wheat

Syfy have today announced they have greenlit a 12-episode summer series, The Wil Wheaton Project (working title), a weekly topical comedy show hosted by actor, blogger and champion of geek culture Wil Wheaton. The 30-minute show will offer a fast-paced, lighthearted exploration and celebration of all things within the realm of science fiction and genre […]

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27th Mar2014

Interview: Brian Henson talks Syfy’s ‘Creature Shop Challenge’

by Phil Wheat

Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge is the latest SFX show from Syfy, following their successful make-up competition show Face/Off. In anticipation of the series debut we talked to Brian Henson, chairman of the Jim Henson Company and also the head judge on the Syfy series, about the new creature building competition series. Can you tease a bit […]

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26th Mar2014

‘Warehouse 13’ – Season 5 trailer

by Phil Wheat

One of my favourite Syfy shows ever, Warehouse 13, is returning to our screens in April (well at least in the US) and in anticipation of the fifth season debut Syfy have released a trailer for the new season, taking a look at what’s in store for fans in the shows fifth and [sadly] final […]

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30th Jan2014

Ian Ziering & Tara Reid to reprise roles in ‘Sharknado 2’

by Phil Wheat

Syfy and The Asylum have today announced that Ian Ziering and Tara Reid will reprise their roles as Fin and April in the eagerly awaited Sharknado sequel, Sharknado 2: The Second One, which begins filming in New York on February 13th. In Sharknado 2: The Second One, a freak weather system turns its deadly fury […]

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13th Jan2014

Interview: ‘Bitten’ star Laura Vandervoort & creator Kelley Armstrong

by Phil Wheat

Syfy’s new “werewolf” series Bitten stars Laura Vandervoort and is based on the bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld series of novels. In anticipation of the shows US debut tonight we sat down with the pair to discuss the show, its origins and state of genre television… Kelley, I wondered – I noticed that the show […]

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09th Jan2014

Interview: ‘Helix’ star Kyra Zagorsky and Executive Producer Steve Maeda

by Phil Wheat

Helix is a brand new TV thriller from Executive Producers Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) and Steve Maeda (Lost, CSI: Miami, The X-Files) and tells the story of a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only […]

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08th Nov2013

Syfy’s ’12 Monkeys’ pilot gets first cast members

by Phil Wheat

Syfy’s pilot 12 Monkeys has cast Aaron Stanford and Amanda Schull in the project’s two lead roles. Based on the classic hit film, the series follows the journey of a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that […]

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22nd Sep2013

‘Sharknado’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ian Ziering, Jaason Simmons, Tara Reid, Cassie Scerbo, John Heard, Alex Arleo, Neil H. Berkow, Heather Jocelyn Blair | Written by Thunder Levin | Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante When a freak tornado swamps Los Angeles, thousands of man-eating sharks are sucked into the swirling vortex, terrorizing the waterlogged populace and flooding the city with shark-infested […]

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17th Sep2013

Interview: Eric Balfour talks Syfy’s ‘Haven’

by Phil Wheat

With season four of Haven premiering in the US this past weekend we got a chance to sit down with star Eric Balfour, who plays Duke on the Syfy original series. So can you talk a bit about kind of how things just are going to change, all the dynamics of everybody, considering that Audrey […]

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16th Sep2013

Interview: Haven’s Lucas Bryant talks season 4

by Phil Wheat

With season four of Haven premiering in the US this past weekend we got a chance to sit down with star Lucas Bryant, who plays Nathan on the Syfy original series. This season starts off a bit bleak and Nathan seems to be this dejected version of himself, not the confident guy he used to […]

10th Sep2013

First look at Syfy’s ‘RoboCroc’

by Phil Wheat

Set to premiere on September 14th on the Syfy in the States here’s your first look at the cheese-fest that is the Syfy Original movie known as RoboCroc! Top secret nanotechnology transforms a zoo’s crocodile into a massive, deadly Robocroc that wreaks bloody havoc on an adjacent water park!

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20th Aug2013

Interview: Richard Moll & Griff Furst talk ‘Ghost Shark’

by Phil Wheat

Last Fourth of July, teenager Christy Bruce disappeared from a high school beach party. Her severed arm washed ashore a day later. Drunken sea captain Blaise Shaw became a hero to the small seaside community of Harmony after killing the great white shark that was deemed responsible, but the Christy Bruce murder was no shark […]

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12th Aug2013

‘Sharknado’ gets a sequel… which gets a title!

by Phil Wheat

For those that haven’t seen it yet, Sharknado see regulars of a beachside bar including owner Fin (Ian Ziering), bartender Nova (Cassie Scerbo) and local drunk George (John Heard) team up with Fin’s ex-wife April (Tara Reid) to investigate the ecological nightmare that has sharks swimming through the streets of Los Angeles and falling from […]

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04th Apr2012

‘Dark Relic’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: James Frain, Clemency Burton-Hill, Tom Basden, Alyy Khan, Samuel West | Written by Andy Briggs | Directed by Lorenzo Sena When a film starts and you see “Syfy” it’s often that moment that you start to sigh. These films are often CGI fests with weak stories, the kind of thing you would watch late […]

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