17th July 2007 - Surprise!
The "universe" of Farscape is making a return, this time as a web
feature
- 10
episodes of a few minutes each - on SciFi. There is very little
information available at this time, such as casting and schedule,
but the net is buzzing with news and speculation. Could this lead
to full epidosdes, a fifth season or another mini? Stay tuned...
'Farscape's'
unlikely but welcome return by Maureen Ryan of the
Chicago Tribune
The "Farscape" franchise
will live on as a live-action Web series. Post-Gazette.com Arts & Entertainment
Original
press release from the Sci Fi Channel: Farscape Revived
on SciFi.com SCI FI Channel will revive its popular original show
Farscape
as
a Web-based
series
of
short
films
on SCIFI.COM's
SCI FI Pulse broadband network, part of a slate of new original online
programming.
SCI FI has ordered 10 webisodes of Farscape , to be produced by Brian
Henson and Robert Halmi Jr. and produced by The Jim Henson Co., in
association with RHI Entertainment.
The series will expand the Farscape universe, but the network had
no announcements on casting or premiere dates.
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