From Cinescape:
Here are some of the shows in the works for the Sci Fi Channel.
First up, a Farscape mini-series to wrap up the cancelled show. It’s going to be called “Farscape: Peacekeeper War.”
Other shows include:
- Dresden Files (working title), based on novels by Jim Butcher, pitched as “The Rockford Files” meets “Harry Potter.” Eric Dresden, a detective, has the powers of a wizard, and his clients include strange people ranging from goblins to vampires.
- Witchhunter Robin, a live-action adapation of the anime series. A special task force of cops are assigned to stop witches from abusing their powers. Apparently they’ve changed the premise slightly so that nobody knows Robin is herself a witch.
- Motel Man follows a police detective that happens upon seemingly everyday objects that have strange powers, such as a comb that can stop time or a pencil that creates 1961 pennies from thin air when tapped. What are these objects, where do their powers come from, and why are there dangerous and mysterious groups willing to kill to own them?
And Bruce Campbell will star in a couple of features for the cable channel.
- THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN: When a upscale banker suffers a traumatic head injury, part of his brain is replaced with that of a street hustler. The movie will be written, directed and stars EVIL DEAD’s Bruce Campbell. Shooting begins this spring.
- ALIEN APOCALYPSE: Another Bruce Campbell action fest, this time with Campbell playing a deep space explorer who returns to Earth years after leaving it, only to find the planet has been invaded by an alien race and mankind reduced to slaves. Campbell and his fellow astronauts try and mobilize a rebellion.