This past Tuesday, CinemaSpy and several media outlets were treated to a behind-the-scenes peak at several Syfy Channel properties, including Stargate Universe, Caprica, Sanctuary and Alice. (Yours truly also detoured mid-afternoon to get a little peak at the sets of Fringe, including Walter’s lab and the Massive Dynam [...]
Set Visits
Exclusive: Brad Wright Takes Us Inside ‘Stargate Universe’
In August, CinemaSpy was invited to take an exclusive tour of the brand new sets for Stargate Universe, Syfy’s hotly anticipated science fiction series that marks the third entry in the popular ‘Stargate’ television franchise.It’s been an extraordinary journey that began more than a decade ago, when Wright — along wi [...]
Set Visit: ‘Stargate’
No one can argue that Stargate has grown into one of the most successful and enduring franchises in television history, sci-fi or otherwise. The first series, SG-1, which premiered in 1997, ran for an impressive 10 seasons, while its spin-off, Stargate Atlantis, has just recently debuted its fifth season. A third ser [...]
‘The 4400′ Set Visit
Vancouver, BC (CinemaSpy) — Yours truly was invited to spend some time on the set of the hit USA Network/SPACE series The 4400 this year, during its American broadcast window, and chat briefly with Patrick Flueger, Conchita Campbell and Jacqueline McKenzie. (To read my extensive one-on-one interview with creator/produ [...]
‘Battlestar Galactica’ Set Visit, Part II
It may be raining on this dull, winter afternoon in Vancouver, but inside the soundstages at Vancouver Film Studios — on the set of Battlestar Galactica — thoughts of being soaked by ubiquitous winter deluges are far from my mind. They seem far from the minds of the cast and crew as well. While not quite ebullient, [...]
‘Underworld: Evolution’
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CinemaSpy) — Last January I was invited to spend an afternoon on the Vancouver set of Underworld: Evolution, the forthcoming sequel to 2003′s Underworld, a sort of contemporary “Romeo and Juliet” set against the backdrop of feuding vampire and Lycan (read: werewolf) clans.Despite a modest [...]
‘Battlestar Galactica’ Set Visit, Part I
Over the past two years, I’ve spent a lot of time waxing poetic — some might argue ad nauseum — about the new Battlestar Galactica, pushing adjectives like “innovative,” “groundbreaking” “superlative,” etc. I’ve talked on several occasions about how the series began as one man’s (Ron Moore) vision to reinvent the [...]
‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose’
Vancouver, BC (CinemaSpy) — Ask Paul Harris Boardman how to “out Exorcist” The Exorcist, and you’re likely to get a look of dismay from the young writer/producer of The Exorcism of Emily Rose; a candid admission that it can’t be done, shouldn’t be attempted, and is probably even folly to consider.Amen…sort [...]
A Visit to the Vancouver Set of ‘Final Destination 3′
Vancouver, BC (CinemaSpy) — Suppose, just for a moment, that death is not merely an act of nature—a bad thing that happens to good and bad people alike…that it’s not merely biological entropy or a bridge to spiritual ascendance. Instead, imagine for a moment that death itself is an entity, a malefic force that c [...]
From the Vancouver Set of ‘The Fog’ Remake
Vancouver, BC (CinemaSpy) — Halloween, The Thing (1982), Christine, Prince of Darkness, Village of the Damned, Vampires, Ghosts of Mars—John Carpenter is unquestionably at home in the world of cinematic horror. And though the prolific writer/producer/director/composer has been attached to several non-horror vehicles [...]
