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03-31-2003, 07:28 PM
Press Release Source: SCI FI Channel
Minis Are Big on SCI FI
Monday March 31, 5:01 pm ET
NEW YORK, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- SCI FI Channel, which has almost single-handedly revived the miniseries format for television in the past few years, has announced two new major original miniseries projects in development for '04. They include:
6 Days 'til Sunday (6-hour miniseries) -- SCI FI takes another yet
scheduling risk with this big event miniseries, which unfolds over six
consecutive nights. In this intriguing premise, J.T. Neumeyer stumbles
upon a mysterious briefcase foretelling his own gruesome murder -- in
just six days. In this high stakes race against time, J.T. scrambles to
uncover the truth and change the course of the future -- if he can.
Brought to SCI FI by executive producer David Kirschner (Frailty, Earth:
Final Conflict and The Flintstones), the miniseries is produced by Lions
Gate Films (USA's The Dead Zone).
The Thing (4-hour miniseries) -- It's everywhere. It's anything. And it
can't be stopped. SCI FI re-envisions the terrifying suspense classic,
The Thing, which follows a team of American scientists who discover a
bloodthirsty alien life form in the frozen expanse of Antarctica. Swift,
stealthy and cunning, this shape-shifting monster assumes the appearance
of its victims with the aims of earning the scientists' trust -- and
decimating the group from the inside. Who can be trusted, and who is a
threat? The miniseries, written by Gary L. Goldman (Minority Report,
Total Recall), will be distributed by USACE.
Recent highlights of SCI FI's big event miniseries strategy include ratings winners like the Emmy award-winning Frank Herbert's Dune, the 10-night alien adventure Steven Spielberg Presents TAKEN, and the critically-acclaimed literary adaptation of Children of Dune -- all of which have met with unprecedented success for the Channel.
Other previously announced projects currently in development include Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, A Tale of Two Cities, MYST, The Forever War, as well as Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy series and literary classic Left Hand of Darkness.
Additionally, SCI FI begins production April 1 on the 4-hour miniseries Battlestar Galactica, a re-imagining of the classic series. The project stars Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, among others, and is slated to premiere in December '03.
SCI FI Channel transmits fantastic images to 80 million human homes. Launched in 1992, SCI FI features a continuous stream of cinematic hits, new and original series, and special events, as well as classic sci-fi, fantasy, and horror programming. Check out SCIFI.COMŽ, the SCI FI Channel's award-winning Web site, at www.scifi.com. SCI FI Channel is a program service of Universal Television Networks, part of the Universal Television Group (www.universalstudios.com), a division of Vivendi Universal Entertainment (VUE), the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company.
Ashley
Minis Are Big on SCI FI
Monday March 31, 5:01 pm ET
NEW YORK, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- SCI FI Channel, which has almost single-handedly revived the miniseries format for television in the past few years, has announced two new major original miniseries projects in development for '04. They include:
6 Days 'til Sunday (6-hour miniseries) -- SCI FI takes another yet
scheduling risk with this big event miniseries, which unfolds over six
consecutive nights. In this intriguing premise, J.T. Neumeyer stumbles
upon a mysterious briefcase foretelling his own gruesome murder -- in
just six days. In this high stakes race against time, J.T. scrambles to
uncover the truth and change the course of the future -- if he can.
Brought to SCI FI by executive producer David Kirschner (Frailty, Earth:
Final Conflict and The Flintstones), the miniseries is produced by Lions
Gate Films (USA's The Dead Zone).
The Thing (4-hour miniseries) -- It's everywhere. It's anything. And it
can't be stopped. SCI FI re-envisions the terrifying suspense classic,
The Thing, which follows a team of American scientists who discover a
bloodthirsty alien life form in the frozen expanse of Antarctica. Swift,
stealthy and cunning, this shape-shifting monster assumes the appearance
of its victims with the aims of earning the scientists' trust -- and
decimating the group from the inside. Who can be trusted, and who is a
threat? The miniseries, written by Gary L. Goldman (Minority Report,
Total Recall), will be distributed by USACE.
Recent highlights of SCI FI's big event miniseries strategy include ratings winners like the Emmy award-winning Frank Herbert's Dune, the 10-night alien adventure Steven Spielberg Presents TAKEN, and the critically-acclaimed literary adaptation of Children of Dune -- all of which have met with unprecedented success for the Channel.
Other previously announced projects currently in development include Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, A Tale of Two Cities, MYST, The Forever War, as well as Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy series and literary classic Left Hand of Darkness.
Additionally, SCI FI begins production April 1 on the 4-hour miniseries Battlestar Galactica, a re-imagining of the classic series. The project stars Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, among others, and is slated to premiere in December '03.
SCI FI Channel transmits fantastic images to 80 million human homes. Launched in 1992, SCI FI features a continuous stream of cinematic hits, new and original series, and special events, as well as classic sci-fi, fantasy, and horror programming. Check out SCIFI.COMŽ, the SCI FI Channel's award-winning Web site, at www.scifi.com. SCI FI Channel is a program service of Universal Television Networks, part of the Universal Television Group (www.universalstudios.com), a division of Vivendi Universal Entertainment (VUE), the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company.
Ashley