'Bioshock,' which became one of last year's biggest console games, is making the expected move to the big screen with Gore Verbinski on board to direct, according to Variety || The last two seasons of 'Lost' will now be 17 hours each instead of 16 hours to make p for time lost because of the Writers Guild of America strike, says The Hollywood Reporter || Common, a rap artist, has decided to take a turn to acting and has been granted a role on 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,' according to Variety || For the first time, SciFi Channel will rerun episodes of the 1987-94 series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' joining 'Charmed' and 'Mork & Mindy' on the cable outlet, Variety reports || 'Star Trek: The Experience' may be running out of steam. Cedar Fair, which owns the Las Vegas attraction, says there are no plans to renew its contract with CBS Corp., which could close the event next year, TrekToday reports || 'Bioshock,' which became one of last year's biggest console games, is making the expected move to the big screen with Gore Verbinski on board to direct, according to Variety || The last two seasons of 'Lost' will now be 17 hours each instead of 16 hours to make p for time lost because of the Writers Guild of America strike, says The Hollywood Reporter || Common, a rap artist, has decided to take a turn to acting and has been granted a role on 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,' according to Variety || For the first time, SciFi Channel will rerun episodes of the 1987-94 series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' joining 'Charmed' and 'Mork & Mindy' on the cable outlet, Variety reports || 'Star Trek: The Experience' may be running out of steam. Cedar Fair, which owns the Las Vegas attraction, says there are no plans to renew its contract with CBS Corp., which could close the event next year, TrekToday reports ||

Sci-Fi Channel going?

Rumor report has USA Networks giving up on genre network

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: Sci-Fi 2000
Nov-04-2001

While this is only a rumor, SyFy Portal did a little checking of its own, and there is a possibility that there might be some truth to this report.

Sci-Fi 2000 has reported that a source it has close to USA Studios that the company has plans to get rid of the Sci-Fi Channel and replace it with something tentatively called The Adventure Network, AdventureUSA or USAdventure.

According to the rumor report, the channel would dump most of its current programming (assuming with the exception of "Star Trek," which it signed a somewhat long-term deal with) and run USA-produced programming like "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys," "Pacific Blue" as well as USA-produced films.

Sci-Fi 2000 said that the recent airings of "Cape Fear" and "Ravenous" were actually part of the company's experiment with a move toward that type of programming. And the cancellations of "First Wave" and "Invisible Man" are tell-tale signs of a dismantling operation. The site also reports that "Farscape" also could be next on the cancellation list after its fourth season.

Once again, please note that this is all unconfirmed. The SyFy Portal source (unfortunately for us, a very low-ranking source) did not say one way or another if any portion of this report was true. So please treat this above and beyond what you would any other rumor.

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