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Syfy will have a huge presence at this year's Comic-Con, with special screenings of Channel Zero: No-End House and Blood Drive, as well as a plethora of panels, including Sharknado 5: Global Swarming:

Press Release: New York, NY – July 5, 2017 – As Syfy celebrates its 25th anniversary and its recent brand reboot, the network is headed to San Diego Comic-Con bigger and better than ever before. In addition to 15 Syfy series panels or screenings, the network is rolling out a host of events, activations and parties designed to leave no fan behind. And Syfy will once again extend the fun to fans nationwide, with a three-night live TV event, Syfy Live From Comic-con, hosted by Zachary Levi.

“San Diego Comic-Con is the pinnacle event of the year for sci-fi enthusiasts, and as the only network dedicated to the genre 24/7, we can’t wait to celebrate in a big way,” said Alexandra Shapiro,...

Ahead of its entire new third season airing between May 19th and May 21st, 12 Monkeys has been renewed for a fourth and final season by Syfy.

Press Release: New York, NY -- March 16, 2017 -- Syfy today announced that it has renewed critically-acclaimed original series 12 Monkeys for a fourth and final chapter ahead of its Season 3 premiere. The network also announced that the series’ entire 10-episode third season will premiere over three consecutive nights, from Friday, May 19 to Sunday, May 21 from 8-11Pm Et/Pt. The first four episodes will premiere on Friday, with three episodes airing each night on both Saturday and Sunday.

Produced by Universal Cable Productions in association with Atlas Entertainment, the beloved drama, developed by Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett (“Nikita”), is based on the 1995 Golden Globe® award-winning film of the same name. Said co-developer, showrunner and executive producer Matalas: “Universal Cable Productions and Syfy have given...

After witnessing the horrors of Candle Cove, viewers haven't even stepped into the No-End House yet, but Syfy and Universal Cable Productions have already renewed the anthology horror series Channel Zero for a third and fourth season, with Ucp also inking a deal with the series' executive producer Nick Antosca to create additional programming.

Each season of Channel Zero brings a creepypasta to life on screen, and while it's not yet known which creepypastas will be the focus of the show's third and fourth seasons, viewers can look forward to seeing the adaptation of Brian Russell's NoEnd House in season 2 of the series, premiering this October.

Antosca will continue to be the executive producer, showrunner, and writer for the third and fourth seasons of Channel Zero, with Max Landis also continuing to serve as executive producer. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for updates on the anthology series, and for more information,...

Thanks to VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for June 2016, including "Death Note",  "Juggernaut", "Prison Break" and a whole lot more:  

Feature Film:

Boundaries

Boundaries Pictures Inc.

Exec. Producer(s): Chris Ferguson, Kenneth Burke

May 02/16 - Jun 02/16

Death Note

Dn (Canada) Productions Inc

Exec. Producer(s): Brendan Ferguson

Jun 30/16 - Aug 30/16

Further Adventures Of Max & Banks 2 & 3

Gramercy Film Productions

Producer: Michael Deluca, Erika Mitchell, Dana Brunetti, Marcus Viscidi

Feb 16/16 - Jul 06/16

Hot Street

Hot Street Productions Ltd

Exec. Producer(s): Alex Tkach

Producer: Chris Brough

Co-Producer: Ralph Zondag

May 23/16 - Jun 10/16

Juggernaut

Forlorn Hope Productions Inc.

Exec. Producer(s): Ben Silverman

Producer: Matthew Cervi

May 16/16 - Jun 08/16

Max 2: White House Hero

Max 2 Productions Canada

Producer: Karen Rosefelt, Ken Blancato, Matt Bierman

Line Producer: Kelley Sims

Jun 13/16 - Jul 13/16

Status Update

Status Productions Inc.

Exec. Producer(s): Shawn Williamson, Arielle Boisvert

Jun...

How did Elmore Leonard manage to write such compelling page-turners? "I try to leave out the parts that readers skip," the author famously explained. It's no wonder that Hollywood turned to his work more than 40 times over the last 57 years in hopes of bringing that headlong, fast-moving, pulpy action sensibility to the big and small screens.

Alas, only rarely did filmmakers and TV producers get it right. "All the adaptations of my books sucked," he complained, until 1995's "Get Shorty." That film launched a mini-revival of Leonard's career as a screen source, one that continues to this day with the critically acclaimed FX TV series "Justified."

At the time of his death at 87 on August 20, there were two more Leonard-based movies in the can. He has an executive producer credit on "Life of Crime" (based on his novel "The Switch"), which stars Jennifer Aniston and Mos Def and will debut...