Category: NEWS

[ad_1] The Season 2 countdown is almost over for The Ark, with the hit SYFY original series set to return this week with brand-new episodes. Expect things to get hectic right from the start on Wednesday, July 17, when the season premiere picks up right where an epic cliffhanger left the crew hanging by a disastrous…

[ad_1] You’re having a nice day at the beach. The Sun is out, the water is cool, and then you see a triangular fin sticking out of the water. It’s a classic shot seen in countless shark-themed movies, from Jaws to The Shallows. In the latter film, med student Nancy Adams (Blake Lively) goes surfing in…

[ad_1] Steven Spielberg’s 1975 shark-themed horror, Jaws (now streaming on Peacock and SYFY), took viewers to the fictional seaside town of Amity Island. Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beach following a deadly shark attack, but it’s tourist season, the town’s lifeblood, and he’s overruled. What follows is an accelerating sequence of attacks and a fight to…

[ad_1] Shannen Doherty, 53, likely best known to sci-fi and fantasy fans for her turn on breakout 1998 hit series Charmed, has died of breast cancer. The actress was first diagnosed with breast cancer a decade ago in 2015. Doherty starred in the hit drama Charmed as oldest sister Prue Halliwell for the first three…

[ad_1] If there’s a rulebook somewhere for Jurrassic World survival, we’re guessing that “don’t get eaten” probably rates right at the top of the all-important stay-alive list. Aside from being a total no-brainer (hey, you can’t save the day if you end up as dinosaur food!), it’s an admonition that franchise newcomer Scarlett Johansson needs…

[ad_1] The highly anticipated summer blockbuster Twisters is, of course, a disaster movie. Like the original Twister from 1996, it’s about powerful tornados that lay waste to Oklahoma. However, Lee Isaac Chung, director of the upcoming July 19 release, says there’s an element of science-fiction to the movie as well, and that he hopes the movie will inspire science-fact. …

[ad_1] Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell’s 2018 sci-fi thriller Prospect (now streaming on Peacock) follows a spacefaring father-daughter duo searching for valuable gems on an alien moon. The air is toxic, and the environment is deadly, but those are only the expected dangers. Finding their fortune among the stars turns out to be more difficult and more…

[ad_1] When the Sci-Fi Channel’s Sliders (now streaming on Peacock) was in production back in 1994, prop designers Steven Genser and Mike Caluori were tasked with designing a device that looks like it might be able to open a portal to another world, while also looking like something a college-aged Jerry O’Connell could slap together with parts from…

[ad_1] We love animation here at SYFY WIRE, so we’re always delighted to scroll through the Peacock library to mine the huge collection of animated kids originals ready to be newly discovered or happily revisited. In the Kids TV section on NBCUniversal’s streaming service, you’ll find everything from popular contemporary shows to nostalgic classics that families can get to know and…

[ad_1] Veteran actor Kevin Bacon has been famous for a very long time. It’s been four decades since Footloose hit theaters and catapulted him to stardom, and before that other roles in films like Friday the 13th and Animal House ensured that even if everyone didn’t know his name, he’d at least get recognized on the street.  So recently, Bacon decided to…