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British Adventure Mini Eyes Idris Elba
UPDATED: British producer Vivek J. Tiwary (The Fifth Beatle) and writer Warren Ellis (Red) have teamed for adventure/thriller miniseries Ascension, which revolves around the history and future of...
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Syfy Greenlights Space Travel Miniseries ‘Ascension’
With event programming making a comeback, Syfy signaled its return to the arena last year when it ramped up miniseries development with such projects as Warriors Of Oz, from director Timur Bekmambetov...
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Syfy Upfronts: ‘Sharknado 3’ Gets Greenlight, Unscripted And Miniseries...
Syfy said today that it has given a green light to Sharknado 3 to air in summer 2015, and it looks like more of the same except in a new city — which is being kept under wraps. The network also...
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Syfy’s New Series Trailers: ‘Dominion’&‘Ascension’
Check out the new trailers for the upcoming Syfy drama Dominion, which premieres June 19, and space opera Ascension, which bows in November: Dominion: Produced by Universal Cable Productions and Bold...
View ArticleTrio Join Syfy Miniseries ‘Ascension’
Brandon P. Bell, Tiffany Lonsdale and Jacqueline Byers will co-star opposite Tricia Helfer and Brian Van Holt in Syfy‘s six-hour event series Ascension. Set aboard the starship Ascension, it centers on...
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Devon Aoki Joins CW’s ‘Arrow’; Syfy’s ‘Ascension’ Rounds Out Cast
Devon Aoki has landed a major recurring guest role on the hit CW drama Arrow from Warner Bros TV. Aoki will play Tatsu Yamashiro, a character that first appeared in the Green Arrow origin series...
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TCA: Syfy’s ‘Ascension’ Departs From Jason Blum’s Microbudget Film Formula
Syfy‘s miniseries Ascension continues Jason Blum‘s development of intriguing TV projects, and unlike the low budget horror thriller films he’s made his mark with, i.e. The Purge and Insidious, he...
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Tom Lipinski Upped To Regular On Cinemax’s ‘The Knick’; Wendy Crewson Joins...
Tom Lipinski (Suits) has been promoted from a recurring character to series regular for the recently announced second season of Cinemax's period drama The Knick. Lipinski plays Phillip Showalter, a...
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‘Ascension’ Review: Dominic Patten On Space Epic That Never Quite Takes Off
Launching tonight for the first of a three-night run, Syfy's Ascension projects a world where the Moon landing was just a Sixties sideshow to a secret mission to deep space. Unfortunately, even with...
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‘Ascension’ Not Going To Series At Syfy
When last year Syfy ordered Ascension as its first event series/miniseries in six years, it was with an eye towards continuing the mini as a regular series the way the network did with Battlestar...
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Fox Buys ‘Ascension’ Spec As Potential Matthew Vaughn Vehicle
EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox has acquired for mid-six against seven figures Ascension, a Shannon Triplett spec script that is taking shape as a potential film for Matthew Vaughn to direct and produce....
View ArticleDavid Blaine’s ‘Ascension’ Live Stunt Breaks YouTube Record
David Blaine’s live stunt Ascension, in which he flew over the Arizona desert using helium balloons, has shattered a YouTube record. Today’s stunt was the most-watched YouTube Original Live Event to...
View ArticleTribeca Festival Winners: ‘Catch The Fair One’ And ‘Blind Ambition’ Nab...
UPDATED with audience award winners. The Tribeca Festival has announced its Audience Award winners: Catch the Fair One for Best Narrative Feature, Blind Ambition for Best Documentary Feature and...
View ArticleHamptons Film Festival Winners Include ‘Murina’, ‘Ascension’
Murina, the Croatian drama directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović that world premiered earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, was named the Best Narrative Feature at the Hamptons Film...
View Article‘Ascension’, ‘Summer Of Soul’, Nat Geo’s ‘The Rescue’ And ‘Becoming Cousteau’...
Notably leading the pack of nominees revealed Monday for the sixth annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards are a pair of films from directors making their debut as documentarians. Ascension’s Jessica...
View ArticleDirector Jessica Kingdon Dissects Scenes From ‘Ascension,’ Award-Winning Doc...
EXCLUSIVE: Ascension keeps rising as awards season advances. The documentary directed by Jessica Kingdon earned a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination today as Best Documentary, after snaring a...
View ArticleSmile, With 8 Teeth Showing: Remarkable Portrait Of China Emerges In...
In just a few days the Winter Olympic Games begin in Beijing, a massive event China will use to present an idealized image of itself to the world. For a truer picture of China, in all its complexities...
View Article“A Huge, Huge, Huge Honor”: Filmmakers Of Color Predominate In Oscar...
It’s happening. The expected Oscar showdown between Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) and Flee became a reality today with the announcement of the nominees for Best...
View ArticleOscar-Nominated ‘Ascension’ Filmmaker Jessica Kingdon Signs With Anonymous...
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Jessica Kingdon, who recently earned her first Oscar nomination for Ascension, has signed with Anonymous Content for management. Kingdon directed and produced the Best Documentary...
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