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As science-fiction, fantasy and horror go more and more mainstream, the list of genre television shows covered by both SyFy Portal and its sister site Rabid Doll has grown to yet a new record number. New shows that will be covered by SyFy Portal for the 2008-09 season include "Dollhouse," "Fringe," "Knight Rider," "Life on Mars" and "Sanctuary." They will join a slate of returning shows that include "Battlestar Galactica," "Doctor Who," "Eureka," "Heroes," "Lost," "Pushing Daisies," "Smallville," "Stargate: Atlantis," and "Torchwood." On top of that, Rabid Doll will cover "Reaper," "Supernatural" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," which will then be picked up by SyFy Portal. Rabid Doll is in the process of repositioning itself with more of an independent ...

It seems very few lessons have been learned from the TrekUnited fan fundraising campaign from 2005. James Siminoff, a self-described entrepreneur and "Jericho" fan, says he is trying to put together a project that would raise money from "Jericho" fans in an effort to fund a third season of the twice-cancelled CBS series.

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Many Trekkies are hoping that J.J. Abrams' upcoming "Star Trek XI" film will help reinvigorate the franchise. Instead, some actors who have spent a couple of decades with the Star Trek phenomenon hope that it might help boost their careers -- and a return to Starfleet. LeVar Burton, who played Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and four movies, says that if the newest Star Trek movie is a success, it could mean a reunion of "Next Generation" proportions. "At the end of the day, I'm pretty certain that a lot of the fan base would like to see the 'Next Generation' cast do one more turn around the galaxy," Burton recently told Star Trek Magazine in excerpts made available by TrekMovie. "I guess the performance of this next movie will have a lot to do with ...

Until now, this column has focused on television series. Since we are now into the summer movie season, which is tends to be heavy with science-fiction and fantasy movies, and my week has been filled with exciting movie experiences (like having some of "Transformers 2" filming right outside the building at my day job), I thought I would take a look at the 10 best science-fiction movies in the past 10 years. That, as it turns out, is not easy undertaking! There were some years where there were a half-dozen really great movies, and some where we were lucky if there was even one passable flick. So I scrapped the idea of trying to list what I thought was the best for each year for the past 10 years. Instead, I chose movies based on how many times I watched a movie. The more I watched it, the ...

For probably the first time in its nine-year history, the SyFy Genre Awards have started on time! The official SyFy Genre Awards ballot went live June 25 at SyFy Portal allowing readers like you to vote on your favorite actors, television shows, movies and authors for the annual awards event, considered to be the first true virtual awards ever launched on the Internet.

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Wondering what television, movies and the stage would be like without actors is hard enough. But San Diego Comic-Con International without actors? That's just outrageous. But it's a very real possibility, apparently, as the Screen Actors Guild seem geared for a strike just months after the Writers Guild of America ended a 100-day work stoppage that hit Hollywood's bottom line. The contract SAG has with studios is set to end next Monday, and if the union decides it should strike to help it meet its demands, it would be almost impossible for those very actors to attend Comic-Con to promote upcoming fall projects, reports Collider. Studios are already gearing up for a possible strike, even planning on doing a lot of its special effects work on some films -- typically reserved for post-production ...

Guillermo del Toro, who will be directing the two-film adaption of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," wants the films to re-create the spirit of the book. "I'm trying to be faithful," del Toro said in a new interview with SciFi Wire. "I'm trying to re-create on the screen the feeling I had when I was 11 in my bed reading the book. How excited I got. How great I thought it was. That's what I'm trying to honor." The films will not be similar in style to the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, according to del Toro, nor will they be like other fantasy films he has directed, such as "Hellboy" and "Pan's Labyrinth." "I know that for a fact I gravitated towards the novel," said del Toro. "So there's something there that echoes with me very strongly, which is not the case with most fantasy." ...

If fans aren't successful in getting the twice-canceled "Jericho" back to television, it seems there might be a movie option in the works. Brad Beyer and Ashley Scott, who were stars of the show that lasted about a season-and-a-half thanks to a highly successful fan nut campaign, told SciFi Wire at the Saturn Awards ceremony they had been hearing rumors of putting the post-apocalyptic drama on the big screen. "We got here and caught win of a possible movie idea, which we thought was really good," said Scott, who played Emily Sullivan in the series. "I think Brad heard about it online the other day, and I just heard tonight, and I thought that would be really wonderful, wouldn't it? Kind of put a closing on it." CBS gave "Jericho" a chance to wrap up the storyline in seven episodes ...

It won't just be all action and testosterone for the upcoming "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" as rewrites have been ordered to help strengthen some character scenes with star Shia LaBeouf. That was among a number of tidbits about the Transformers sequel shared this week by Dark Horizons, a lot of it coming from LaBeouf's costar in the movie, Megan Fox, who promises that the new film will be "10 times as big" as the first one. Some scenes will apparently take place in Paris, or in actuality parts of Philadelphia that could be substituted for Paris, that involves the parents of LaBeouf's character played by Julie White and Kevin Dunn. It's been reported that the two are being chased by a silver Saturn Astra through the city. And finally, Paramount Pictures has made it clear that ...

The buzz on "Punisher: War Zone" is growing on the Web. Between the interviews and the trailer, fans are starting to give their opinions, both good and bad. So, how does this follow-up to 2004's "The Punisher" differ? First off, the role of Punisher/Frank Castle won't be played by Thomas Jane, instead Ray Stevenson ("Rome") gets to play vigilante this time around. Also, the film won't end up in Tampa, Fla., as it did the first time around. This time the writers are trying to get a little more adult with the content, finding themselves inspired by the style found in the "Punisher" comic books. "... (W)e went and started discovering the comics, the Garth Ennis series," co-writer Art Marcum told Sci Fi Wire. "We loved it. So immediately we just thought that sensibility -- Garth's ...

Call the coroner ... "Moonlight" appears to be officially dead. The Hollywood Reporter says that last-ditch efforts to bring the CBS show back from the grave were unsuccessful, and that sadly fans have seen the last of Alex O'Loughlin as their favorite vampire detective. Although there was some interest from other parties, which some have rumored to be everyone from The CW to DirecTV, it wasn't enough to get anyone to sign on the dotted line to take on the expense of continuing the show through a second season. "The sets have been dismantled. The stage is being taken over by CBS' upcoming drama 'The Mentalist.' The billowy shirts are packed up. It's done," the story from the trade magazine's blog said. Despite the failure, those close to the show said there was significant interest ...

Good news for "Lost" fans: The hit ABC show is one of 10 semifinalists up for the Best Drama Emmy. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences released its short list for the top primetime Emmy awards, a list that will be pared down to five nominees July 17 after its reviewed by a blue-ribbon panel. While "Lost" and William Shatner vehicle "Boston Legal" are still up for an award, as expected, SciFi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" is not on the short list, and at the very least, will not be up for a Best Drama Emmy. But making the short list is Showtime's popular series "Dexter." Both have stiff competition to make the final five as they will compete against "Damages," "Friday Night Lights," "Grey's Anatomy," "House," "Mad Men," "The Tudors" and "The Wire." In terms ...