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Voice Actor Tom Kane Dead at 64: How Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Powerpuff Girls Costars Paid Tribute

Tom Kane lent his voice to dozens of animated projects over the years, portraying Yoda, Professor Utonium and other fan-favorite characters.

By Stephanie Case 2 months ago

How A Depressing Marriage Statistic Inspired The Twilight Zone's Series Finale

In true Twilight Zone fashion, Rod Serling's boundary-pushing anthology ended its five-season run by tackling a major taboo in American society: divorce.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

Sam Raimi to Direct New Adaption of Ventriloquist Horror Movie Magic

Sam Raimi, the filmmaker behind The Evil Dead and Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man trilogy, will present a modern adaptation of William Goldman's ventriloquist horror novel, Magic. The book was previously adapted in 1978 with a young Anthony Hopkins.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

SIDE BY SIDE: Edward James Olmos as Commander Adama on Battlestar Galactica, and Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation.

How Battlestar Galactica Wound Up Inspiring Major Parks and Recreation Moment

Battlestar Galactica wound up inspiring a major moment for Parks and Recreation in the mockumentary sitcom’s season six finale, “Moving Up.”

By Joe Bergren 2 months ago

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This Unused Twilight Zone Pilot Became 2 Different Episodes of Rod Serling Anthology

While this pilot script for Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone was never filmed, nothing went to waste as the series creator repurposed elements into two different episodes.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

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Why Harrison Ford Apparently Had No Clue He Was Auditioning for Star Wars

While he had previously worked with George Lucas on American Graffiti, Harrison Ford was far from landing a role in Star Wars when casting first began.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

Claire (Caitríona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) in promotional art for Outlander's eighth and final season.

Will Outlander Series Finale Match Diana Gabaldon's Final Book? Producers Say... (Exclusive)

Spoilers ahead! Outlander producers and cast detailed the series finale in an exclusive chat with SYFY Wire, reacting to the Starz adaptation ending before the last book of Diana Gabaldon’s romantasy series hits shelves.

By Joe Bergren 2 months ago

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Steven Spielberg Would Make This One Change to Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The idea of Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) leaving his family behind at the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind began to sour for Steven Spielberg as started raising children himself.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

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SpongeBob SquarePants' Original Patrick Star Was a Totally Different Starfish

Patrick Star, the lovably dim-witted starfish of SpongeBob SquarePants fame, was originally going to be a much different character than the one fans met in Stephen Hillenburg's Nickelodeon classic.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

Eric Kripke with an inset image of a poster for season five of 'The Boys.'

The Boys Showrunner Details [Spoiler]'s Shocking Death in Penultimate Episode (Exclusive)

Spoilers ahead! The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke detailed the penultimate episode’s most shocking moment in an exclusive chat with SYFY Wire ahead of the series finale, premiering May 20 on Prime Video.

By Joe Bergren 2 months ago

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Why Didn't Jurassic Park's Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler End Up Married? Sam Neill Says...

Perhaps the most unbelievable element of the Jurassic Park franchise is not that science can resurrect dinosaurs 65 million years after they went extinct, but the fact that paleontologist colleagues Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) didn't end up married after the first movie.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

The Mist’s Thomas Jane Explains His Take on the Film’s Polarizing Ending

Few films offer the same emotional gut punch as Frank Darabont's The Mist, which brought an incredibly dark conclusion to the Stephen King-inspired material. Here's how the movie's star Thomas Jane interprets David Drayton's horrific mistake.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal Thought He’d Been Cast As a Random Droid

Having played a slew of supporting characters for much of his career, The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal assumed he'd be in the periphery of Lucasfilm's first-ever live-action Star Wars show.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

Yee-Haw! Westworld Saddles Up For Film Reboot Just 4 Years After Hit HBO Series Ended

David Koepp, whose longtime partnership with Steven Spielberg gave us Jurassic Park and War of the Worlds, is heading back to the Michael Crichton well for a new Westworld movie.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

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How Rod Serling Paid Tribute To His Father's Butcher Business in The Twilight Zone

One of the harebrained schemes pitched by insufferable blowhard Patrick McNulty (Richard Erdman) in The Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of a Stopwatch" was actually a nod to the father of series creator and host, Rod Serling.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

Brendan Fraser Teases Mummy 4 Will Finally Bring Franchise Back to Egypt

It sounds like The Mummy 4 (starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz) is coming back to the well of pyramids, scarab beetles and booby-trapped burial chambers.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

Richard Hatch as Apollo Adama side by side with Tricia Helfer as the Cylon Six.

Inside Battlestar Galactica Reboot's Frakking Dispute With Original Cast Actor Who Blasted Series

Battlestar Galactica reboot creator Ronald D. Moore faced serious pushback from actor Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo on the original 1978 series.

By Joe Bergren 2 months ago

Sleeping Dog: How New UFO Documentary Could Bring Us Closer To Real-Life Disclosure Day

Sleeping Dog, a new documentary from director Michael Lazovsky, explores the UFO/UAP community through the eyes of journalist and filmmaker Jeremy Corbell.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

This Iconic Twilight Zone Visual Was a Last Minute Add By Art Department

The Devil bobble head found in the classic Twilight Zone episode "Nick of Time," which starred a pre-Star Trek William Shatner as a man beholden to a fortune-telling machine, was not mentioned in Richard Matheon's original script.

By Josh Weiss 2 months ago

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Dan Stevens Details Filming The Terror Inside "Haunting" Former Prison (Exclusive)

The Terror: Devil in Silver actor Dan Stevens and director Karyn Kusama spoke exclusively with SYFY Wire about filming in a former prison.

By Joe Bergren 2 months ago

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