The press release below emphasizes the fairy tale double feature, but here in the TV Department of SciFi Mafia, we are over the moon about the Mark Sheppard-directed and -starring Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island, premiering a week from Saturday. Mr. Sheppard has been in just about every favorite sci-fi tv show since the X-Files in 1993. We’ll have more about the movie next week, including an interview with Mr. Sheppard and his co-star, and a review of the movie.
And oh yeah, they’re having a fairy tale double feature two weeks later! Here’s the press release:
January 30, 2012
TINSEL KOREY (THE TWILIGHT SAGA) AND SHANNEN DOHERTY (90210) STAR IN SYFY’S FIRST EVER ORIGINAL FAIRY TALE DOUBLE FEATURE IN FEBRUARY
NEW YORK – January 30, 2012 – Tinsel Korey (The Twilight Saga) and Shannen Doherty (90210) become embroiled in two dark takes on the increasingly popular fairy tale genre – the first ever Syfy Original Movie Double Feature – while Gina Holden (Flash Gordon) is trapped on a deadly deserted island, in a special three-pack of February Saturday Original Movies.
In Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island, premiering Saturday, February 11 at 9PM (ET/PT), a group of travelers become stranded on a mysterious island. Confronting vicious pirates, terrifying creatures and an active volcano, they must find a way to escape. The movie, a production of K2 Pictures, stars Gina Holden and Mark Sheppard (Supernatural).
Black Forest, starring Tinsel Korey and Ben Cross (Chariots of Fire), tells the chilling story of tourists lost in a magical forest, who battle evil fairy tale creatures plotting to kidnap one of their babies and slaughter the rest of them. A production of UFO Films, Black Forest airs Saturday, February 25 at 7PM (ET/PT).
Shannen Doherty and Paul McGillion (Stargate Atlantis) star in Gretl: Witch Hunter, premiering Saturday, February 25 at 9PM (ET/PT). Twenty years after his encounter with the witch, a grown-up Hansel returns to the haunted forest, seeking revenge. But there’s a surprise waiting — his sister Gretl (who he thought had been killed) is the witch’s protégée. Gretl: Witch Hunter is a production of Vesuvius Productions and distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island, starring Mark Sheppard and Gina Holden, airs Saturday, February 11 at 9/8c on Syfy.
Black Forest, starring Tinsel Korey and Ben Cross, airs Saturday, February 25 at 7/6c on Syfy.
Gretl: Witch Hunter, starring Shannen Doherty and Paul McGillion, airs Saturday, February 25 at 9/8c on Syfy.
