Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi Writer: Adrian Cruz Network: Syfy Air Date/Time: December 15, 2014, 9/8 (1st 2 hours of 6, 3 consecutive nights) Synopsis: Ascension is an ambitious original drama following a covert U.S. space mission launched in the 1960’s that sent hundreds of men, [...]
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We've been telling you about Syfy's Ascension since they first announced it back in March as a limited series about a mystery in space. And we were especially enthusiastic about the casting of Tricia Helfer, announced shortly thereafter. We were [...]
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Syfy has announced that production has begun in Montreal on space-based limited series Ascension, starring Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) and Brian Van Holt (Threshold). Included in the announcement is an expanded cast list featuring first mate Brandon P. Bell, pictured [...]
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We've told you a little, which is as much as we know, about Syfy's upcoming original event series Ascension, starring Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) and Brian Van Holt (Threshhold), coming to our screens in November. Here's a reminder of the [...]
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We at SciFi Mafia are quite looking forward to Syfy's Ascension for a number of reasons. One, it's a six hour "event series," so it will be a complete story. Two, it's billed as an intergalactic mystery, combining two of [...]
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Today is Syfy's Upfront presentation, when they announce and promote series to major advertisers, and they are issuing press releases right and left. I'll space them for you, though I expect they'll also put out one big announcement at the [...]
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When you think of Ron Moore’s Battlestar Galactica the image of Dr. Gaius Baltar and Six is undoubtedly one of the first images that comes to mind. We were lucky to have Tricia Helfer and James Callis be amongst the [...]
Read moreIf you haven't seen the very excellent animated series Tron: Uprising, you owe it to yourself to check it out. It comes from Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (Tron: Legacy, Lost), has uniquely stylized animation that makes it a visual [...]
Read moreTron: Uprising is one of the coolest animated shows currently in production. The stylized animation is stunning, the stories are big, the voice cast is illustrious, and the Tron mythology expands with every episode. Their panel at Comic-Con last weekend [...]
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Chuck is heading into its final, abbreviated season starting October 21. It is going to have a lot of help, and we don't just mean because Morgan is now the Intersect. Just this week it was announced that Jeff Fahey [...]
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Ron Moore’s new series, 17th Precinct, with NBC has added a little Smallville to the Battlestar Galactica alumn-laden cast. Kristen Kreuk has been cast in the series pilot as “Susan Longstreet, the wife of Jamie Bamber’s crime scene expert.” Kruek [...]
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Two more Battlestar Galactica actors have joined up with Ron Moore on his new sci-fi series with NBC, called 17th Precinct. Tricia Helfer and James Callis join Jamie Bamber on the cast of the pilot of the ensemble cop drama [...]
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