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‘Close Encounter Of The Third Kind’ Being Re-released For 40th Anniversary

Warner Bros. has announced the re-release date for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary. This classic sci-fi film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, François Truffaut, Bob Balaban, and Lance Henrikson. Electrical lineman Roy Neary (Dreyfuss) is one of several people who experience a close encounter of the first kind, witnessing UFOs flying through the night sky. He is subsequently haunted by a mountain-like image and becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents, much to the dismay of his family. Meanwhile, government agents around the world have close encounters of the second kind, discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors. Together, Roy and the agents follow clues leading them to an encounter of the third kind: contact. Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be re-released for a limited run on September 1, 2017.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 29, 2017
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Syfy Adapting George R. R. Martin’s NIGHTFLYERS For New Series

With Syfy approaching their 25th anniversary, they are aiming to celebrate by upgrading their content by “doubling down on premium original programming”. One of the new “premium” programs is the series adaption of George R. R. Martin’s supernatural novella Nightflyers. Published in 1980, the story, which was adapted for the 1987 film by the same name, is set in the future on the eve of earth’s destruction. A crew of 8 scientists aboard the possessed ship “The Nightflyer” are on a mission to intercept a mysterious alien spacecraft that may hold the key to their survival. As they approach their destination, they suspect that the ship’s artificial intelligence and their mysterious captain may be steering them towards unspeakable horrors. The Midnight Meat Train’s Jeff Buhler will write the adaption. Robert Jaffee who produced the 1987 film, will produce the series along with Gene Klein (Suits), David Bartis (Mr. and Mrs. Smith), Michael Gaeta (Jacob’s Ladder), Alison Rosenzweig (Jacob’s Ladder), and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2017
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Syfy Picks Up Two More Seasons Of The Creepypasta Inspired Series Channel Zero

In 2016 Syfy struck gold with season one of the hit creepypasta inspired anthology series, ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove‘. Today, we have great news. Syfy has picked up ‘Channel Zero’ for its third and fourth installments ahead of season two’s Fall premiere of ‘Channel Zero: No-End House’. SyFy and Universal Cable Productions have a signed executive producer Nick Antaosca (Hannibal) to stay on and both develop and produce the upcoming seasons as he did with the first installment, which was equally eerie and fantastic. From the Press Release: UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – February 9, 2017 — Syfy and Universal Cable Productions (UCP) today announced a pick-up of two more installments of the critically acclaimed horror anthology series,CHANNEL ZERO. In addition, UCP has signed an overall deal with the series’ executive producer, Nick Antosca (“Hannibal,” “Teen Wolf”). Under the agreement, Antosca will develop and produce scripted programming with UCP for the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment portfolio and for external networks and streaming

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 9, 2017
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Magic And Mayhem – Ricky Worthy Talks Season 2 Of The Magicians In An Interview

I had the pleasure of talking with actor Ricky Worthy who you may recognize him from one of his many roles including ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’,’Stargate SG-1′, ‘The Magnificent Seven’ (1998 TV series) , ‘The Vampire Diaries’, ‘Heroes’, ‘NCIS’, ‘Fallen’, ‘The Man in the Highcastle ‘, and his role as the “Alpha Vampire”, the first vampire in creation, in ‘Supernatural’. Worthy now stars as Dean Fogg in the hit Syfy series ‘The Magicians’ which follows a group of students recruited to a secretive academy. The students discover that the magic they read about as children is very real and more dangerous than they have ever imagined. Today, we talked about his role as Dean of the Brakebills University, a secret school of magic, where the best of the best hone their skills and learn to be more powerful magicians. As season two prepares to premiere, Worthy gives us insight into his character and the new season. Photo Credit: The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 21, 2017
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Exclusive: Channel Zero’s Creator Nick Antosca Talks Candle Cove & The Future Of The Series

Tuesday night Syfy’s new six-part series ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’ made its debut. The anthology series, inspired by Kris Straub’s creepypasta story ‘Candle Cove’, is directed by independent filmmaker Craig William Macbell. The first episode, penned by the series’ creator and showrunner Nick Antosca (Hannibal) serves as executive producer along side Max Landis (Victor Frankenstein). This dark series centers around child psychologist Mike Painter, played by Paul Schnider. When Painter returns to his hometown he learns that the murders of children have started again. His brother Eddie (Luca Villacis) was thought to be one of the victims as a child. Now it has all started again. Mike believes it is connected to a show called ‘Candle Cove’, a show that only kids can see. ‘Candle Cove’, a pirate puppet show, only shows up on dead channels, but Mike’s childhood friends remember the show. When the police chief’s daughter goes missing people look at Mike and believe he has something to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 13, 2016
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Watch Every Trailer And Clip For Syfy’s Channel Zero: Candle Cove – Premiering This Tuesday

Syfy’s upcoming six-part series ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’ will premiere on Tuesday. The anthology series is based on the Creepypasta legend created by Kris Straub. ‘Candle Cove‘ followed someone with obsessive recollections of a mysterious children’s television show from the 1980’s – and the show’s suspected role in a series of murders and deadly events from their childhood. Paul Schneider, Fiona Shaw, Shaun Benson, Natalie Brown, Cassandra Consiglio, Luisa D’Oliveria, Keenan Lehmann, Abigail Pniowsky, Luca Villacis, Conner Peterson, Kristen Harris, Greyden Bohotchuk, and Rachell Casseus star in season one. The series has already been renewed for a second season. Independent filmmaker Craig William Macnell is in the director’s chair for the first season of ‘Channel Zero’. ‘Hannibal’ scribe Nick Antosca penned the pilot and will serve as both showrunner and executive producer alongside Max Landis (Victor Frankenstein). Other writers include Don Mancini, and Harley Peyton, and others. From A Past Press Release: “You may have watched “Are You Afraid of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 10, 2016
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New Gallery For Earthtastrophe Shows..DRAMA!

As I caught wind that Nick Lyon’s Syfy TV-Movie Earthtastrophe aired in Asia last Wednesday, I found some new pics dropped from the very flick ON Syfy.com featuring some of the cast holding people at gunpoint, stalking others, hoarding cash and bunkering down. Earthtastrophe’ is said to star Tonya Kay as the lead among Paige Lauren Billiot, Malani Coomes, Rachel Coomes, Andrew J Kraters, Alex Mansour and Evan Sloan Weinstein In a white hot flash of light, and with no warning, one minute our moon is there, the next it’s gone. Then, a second flash. And that’s the last thing anyone on Earth can remember. 11 months later, it’s not post- apocalyptic; it’s apocalyptic as Earth has been sucked through a wormhole, literally ripping our planet from the inside out. With bizarre disasters and civilization collapsing, our heroes must find a way to survive and get to “safe ground” before it’s too late. The next air date for Earthtastrope stands

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Capt McNeely
Oct 3, 2016
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Hunters The New Series From SyFy Premieres This April

SyFy’s new series Hunters chronicles the disappearance of a Baltimore F.B.I. agent’s wife, which leads him to a highly-classified government unit – the Exo-Terrorism Unit (ETU) – assembled to hunt down terrorists that may or may not be from another world. The cast includes Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), Britne Oldford (American Horror Story), Mark Coles Smith (Old School), Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Pitch Black), Sarah Peirse (The Hobbit), Laura Gordon (Saw V) and Edwina Wren (Canopy). Gale Ann Hurd (The Walking Dead) and Emile Levisetti (Royal Pains) will be serving as executive producers for the series along with Natalie Chaidez (Heroes), who will also be showrunner for the series. The show is based on the best-selling Novel Alien Hunter by Whitley Strieber. Hunters premieres on SyFy on April 11, 2016 at 1opm ET/PT.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 19, 2016
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New Cast Announced For Sharknado 4 – Premiering this July

Syfy and The Asylum announced this week that Gary Busey has joined the cast of Sharknado 4. Busey is set to play the role of Wilford Wexler, the father of Tara Reid’s character and has been described as a robotics expert, which will play a big part in the story line of the sequel. Ian Ziering is returning to his role as Fin Shepard and Tara Reid as April. David Hassalhoff, who played Fin’s father, and Ryan Newman are also set to reprise their roles. As with all it predecessors Sharknado 4 will be filled with a horde of cameos. Some of the stars that will be spotted in them are Tommy Davidson (Black Dynamite), model Cheryl Tiegs, Iman Hakim (Everybody Hates Chris), Cody Linley (Hannah Montana) and many others who have yet to be announced. Sharknado 4, directed by Anthony C. Ferrante and written by Thunder Lavin, will premiere on Syfy this July. The last time we saw Fin

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 16, 2016
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SyFy Adapting Harrow County Comic For New Show

The SyFy channel is currently developing a new series based on Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook’s Dark Horse comic Harrow County. Dominion and Twelve Monkeys writer, Becky Kirsch, will be penning the adaption. Horror County focuses on Emmy, who has always known that the woods surrounding her home is filled with goblins, ghosts and the undead. On her 18th birthday, Emmy learns that she is the reincarnation of a powerful witch. Now the town’s people are set on killing her, again, like they did in previous life. To survive, she must embrace who she really is and her dark powers.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 11, 2015

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‘Close Encounter Of The Third Kind’ Being Re-released For 40th Anniversary

Warner Bros. has announced the re-release date for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary. This classic sci-fi film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, François Truffaut, Bob Balaban, and Lance Henrikson. Electrical lineman Roy Neary (Dreyfuss) is one of several people who experience a close encounter of the first kind, witnessing UFOs flying through the night sky. He is subsequently haunted by a mountain-like image and becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents, much to the dismay of his family. Meanwhile, government agents around the world have close encounters of the second kind, discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors. Together, Roy and the agents follow clues leading them to an encounter of the third kind: contact. Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be re-released for a limited run on September 1, 2017.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 29, 2017
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Syfy Adapting George R. R. Martin’s NIGHTFLYERS For New Series

With Syfy approaching their 25th anniversary, they are aiming to celebrate by upgrading their content by “doubling down on premium original programming”. One of the new “premium” programs is the series adaption of George R. R. Martin’s supernatural novella Nightflyers. Published in 1980, the story, which was adapted for the 1987 film by the same name, is set in the future on the eve of earth’s destruction. A crew of 8 scientists aboard the possessed ship “The Nightflyer” are on a mission to intercept a mysterious alien spacecraft that may hold the key to their survival. As they approach their destination, they suspect that the ship’s artificial intelligence and their mysterious captain may be steering them towards unspeakable horrors. The Midnight Meat Train’s Jeff Buhler will write the adaption. Robert Jaffee who produced the 1987 film, will produce the series along with Gene Klein (Suits), David Bartis (Mr. and Mrs. Smith), Michael Gaeta (Jacob’s Ladder), Alison Rosenzweig (Jacob’s Ladder), and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2017
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Syfy Picks Up Two More Seasons Of The Creepypasta Inspired Series Channel Zero

In 2016 Syfy struck gold with season one of the hit creepypasta inspired anthology series, ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove‘. Today, we have great news. Syfy has picked up ‘Channel Zero’ for its third and fourth installments ahead of season two’s Fall premiere of ‘Channel Zero: No-End House’. SyFy and Universal Cable Productions have a signed executive producer Nick Antaosca (Hannibal) to stay on and both develop and produce the upcoming seasons as he did with the first installment, which was equally eerie and fantastic. From the Press Release: UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – February 9, 2017 — Syfy and Universal Cable Productions (UCP) today announced a pick-up of two more installments of the critically acclaimed horror anthology series,CHANNEL ZERO. In addition, UCP has signed an overall deal with the series’ executive producer, Nick Antosca (“Hannibal,” “Teen Wolf”). Under the agreement, Antosca will develop and produce scripted programming with UCP for the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment portfolio and for external networks and streaming

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 9, 2017
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Magic And Mayhem – Ricky Worthy Talks Season 2 Of The Magicians In An Interview

I had the pleasure of talking with actor Ricky Worthy who you may recognize him from one of his many roles including ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’,’Stargate SG-1′, ‘The Magnificent Seven’ (1998 TV series) , ‘The Vampire Diaries’, ‘Heroes’, ‘NCIS’, ‘Fallen’, ‘The Man in the Highcastle ‘, and his role as the “Alpha Vampire”, the first vampire in creation, in ‘Supernatural’. Worthy now stars as Dean Fogg in the hit Syfy series ‘The Magicians’ which follows a group of students recruited to a secretive academy. The students discover that the magic they read about as children is very real and more dangerous than they have ever imagined. Today, we talked about his role as Dean of the Brakebills University, a secret school of magic, where the best of the best hone their skills and learn to be more powerful magicians. As season two prepares to premiere, Worthy gives us insight into his character and the new season. Photo Credit: The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 21, 2017
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Exclusive: Channel Zero’s Creator Nick Antosca Talks Candle Cove & The Future Of The Series

Tuesday night Syfy’s new six-part series ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’ made its debut. The anthology series, inspired by Kris Straub’s creepypasta story ‘Candle Cove’, is directed by independent filmmaker Craig William Macbell. The first episode, penned by the series’ creator and showrunner Nick Antosca (Hannibal) serves as executive producer along side Max Landis (Victor Frankenstein). This dark series centers around child psychologist Mike Painter, played by Paul Schnider. When Painter returns to his hometown he learns that the murders of children have started again. His brother Eddie (Luca Villacis) was thought to be one of the victims as a child. Now it has all started again. Mike believes it is connected to a show called ‘Candle Cove’, a show that only kids can see. ‘Candle Cove’, a pirate puppet show, only shows up on dead channels, but Mike’s childhood friends remember the show. When the police chief’s daughter goes missing people look at Mike and believe he has something to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 13, 2016
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Watch Every Trailer And Clip For Syfy’s Channel Zero: Candle Cove – Premiering This Tuesday

Syfy’s upcoming six-part series ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’ will premiere on Tuesday. The anthology series is based on the Creepypasta legend created by Kris Straub. ‘Candle Cove‘ followed someone with obsessive recollections of a mysterious children’s television show from the 1980’s – and the show’s suspected role in a series of murders and deadly events from their childhood. Paul Schneider, Fiona Shaw, Shaun Benson, Natalie Brown, Cassandra Consiglio, Luisa D’Oliveria, Keenan Lehmann, Abigail Pniowsky, Luca Villacis, Conner Peterson, Kristen Harris, Greyden Bohotchuk, and Rachell Casseus star in season one. The series has already been renewed for a second season. Independent filmmaker Craig William Macnell is in the director’s chair for the first season of ‘Channel Zero’. ‘Hannibal’ scribe Nick Antosca penned the pilot and will serve as both showrunner and executive producer alongside Max Landis (Victor Frankenstein). Other writers include Don Mancini, and Harley Peyton, and others. From A Past Press Release: “You may have watched “Are You Afraid of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 10, 2016
Horror Fuel

New Gallery For Earthtastrophe Shows..DRAMA!

As I caught wind that Nick Lyon’s Syfy TV-Movie Earthtastrophe aired in Asia last Wednesday, I found some new pics dropped from the very flick ON Syfy.com featuring some of the cast holding people at gunpoint, stalking others, hoarding cash and bunkering down. Earthtastrophe’ is said to star Tonya Kay as the lead among Paige Lauren Billiot, Malani Coomes, Rachel Coomes, Andrew J Kraters, Alex Mansour and Evan Sloan Weinstein In a white hot flash of light, and with no warning, one minute our moon is there, the next it’s gone. Then, a second flash. And that’s the last thing anyone on Earth can remember. 11 months later, it’s not post- apocalyptic; it’s apocalyptic as Earth has been sucked through a wormhole, literally ripping our planet from the inside out. With bizarre disasters and civilization collapsing, our heroes must find a way to survive and get to “safe ground” before it’s too late. The next air date for Earthtastrope stands

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 3, 2016
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Hunters The New Series From SyFy Premieres This April

SyFy’s new series Hunters chronicles the disappearance of a Baltimore F.B.I. agent’s wife, which leads him to a highly-classified government unit – the Exo-Terrorism Unit (ETU) – assembled to hunt down terrorists that may or may not be from another world. The cast includes Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), Britne Oldford (American Horror Story), Mark Coles Smith (Old School), Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Pitch Black), Sarah Peirse (The Hobbit), Laura Gordon (Saw V) and Edwina Wren (Canopy). Gale Ann Hurd (The Walking Dead) and Emile Levisetti (Royal Pains) will be serving as executive producers for the series along with Natalie Chaidez (Heroes), who will also be showrunner for the series. The show is based on the best-selling Novel Alien Hunter by Whitley Strieber. Hunters premieres on SyFy on April 11, 2016 at 1opm ET/PT.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 19, 2016
Horror Fuel

New Cast Announced For Sharknado 4 – Premiering this July

Syfy and The Asylum announced this week that Gary Busey has joined the cast of Sharknado 4. Busey is set to play the role of Wilford Wexler, the father of Tara Reid’s character and has been described as a robotics expert, which will play a big part in the story line of the sequel. Ian Ziering is returning to his role as Fin Shepard and Tara Reid as April. David Hassalhoff, who played Fin’s father, and Ryan Newman are also set to reprise their roles. As with all it predecessors Sharknado 4 will be filled with a horde of cameos. Some of the stars that will be spotted in them are Tommy Davidson (Black Dynamite), model Cheryl Tiegs, Iman Hakim (Everybody Hates Chris), Cody Linley (Hannah Montana) and many others who have yet to be announced. Sharknado 4, directed by Anthony C. Ferrante and written by Thunder Lavin, will premiere on Syfy this July. The last time we saw Fin

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 16, 2016
Horror Fuel

SyFy Adapting Harrow County Comic For New Show

The SyFy channel is currently developing a new series based on Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook’s Dark Horse comic Harrow County. Dominion and Twelve Monkeys writer, Becky Kirsch, will be penning the adaption. Horror County focuses on Emmy, who has always known that the woods surrounding her home is filled with goblins, ghosts and the undead. On her 18th birthday, Emmy learns that she is the reincarnation of a powerful witch. Now the town’s people are set on killing her, again, like they did in previous life. To survive, she must embrace who she really is and her dark powers.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 11, 2015
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