Sci Fi TV News of Note:
This weekend has seen quite a lot of sci fi TV announcements coming out of San Diego Comic Con, so I have split out the news section of the weekly Sci Fi TV Highlights column to its own post. This week’s listings are available here, and a post with the trailers coming out of SDCC is available at this link.
At the Star Trek panel, a new series was revealed and this one will be an action-comedy. It does not have a title yet, but following is the description provided by The Hollywood Reporter:
The new series is intended to be an action comedy that, according to Paramount, centers on Federation outsiders who are serving on a gleaming resort planet. Not only that, their day-to-day exploits are being broadcast to the entire quadrant.
Justin Simien (The Haunted Mansion) will be developing the series with Alex Kurtzman and Star Trek: Lower Decks voice actor Tawny Newsome will be onboard as well.
The Boys will be coming to an end at Amazon with its upcoming fifth season, but as I previously said, it will continue with spin-offs and one of those was announced at Comic-Con. To be titled Vought Rising, it will act as a prequel to the main series and following is the description that was given:
It’s a twisted murder mystery about the origins of Vought in the 1950s, the early exploits of Soldier Boy, and the diabolical maneuvers of a Supe known to fans as Stormfront, who was then going by the name Clara Vought.
Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash will headline the series, returning as Soldier Boy and Stormfront. There is no targeted premiere date at this point, but I would expect this one to arrive at some point in 2025.
And speaking of spin-offs, the Doctor Who-linked series The War Between the Land and the Sea, which on focuses on the military organization UNIT, is now officially moving forward at Disney+ and the BBC. Following is the logline:
When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, UNIT steps into action as the land and sea wage war.
This will be a five-part series which will star Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw and will see the return of Jemma Redgrave and Alexander Devrient. Russell T Davies has written the series with Pete McTighe (A Discovery of Witches) and it will feature the classic Doctor Who villians the Sea Devils. Production is set to begin in Fall and the show should premiere at some point in 2025.
Five renewals have come out of SDCC so far with The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (AMC) getting a third season announcement, Invincible (Prime Video) getting extended to a fourth season, Solar Opposites (Hulu) getting a sixth season, Krapopolis (FOX) getting renewed through a fourth season, and Blood of Zeus (Netflix) getting a third and final season.
In casting news, Steve Zahn (War for the Planet of the Apes) will be entering Apple TV+’s Silo for its upcoming second season. In addition, Daniel Diemer will be joining the cast of Percy Jackson and the Olympians in its second season as Tyson the cyclops. And Michael Patrick O’Brien will be coming onboard What We Do in the Shadows as a new vampire in that show’s upcoming sixth and final season. Also, Futurama will have some pretty notable guest stars in its twelfth season including Danny Trejo, Ana Ortiz, Bill Nye, Kyle MacLachlan, LeVar Burton, and Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Sci Fi TV Premieres:
Quite a number of premiere dates were announced at Comic Con, and following is a rundown of those.
Kaos (Netflix) August 29th
From Season 3 (MGM+) September 22nd
Krapopolis Season 2 (FOX) September 29th
The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3 (Prime Video) October 3rd
Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance (Netflix) October 17th
The Penguin (HBO) October 19th
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 (Paramount+) October 24th
Silo Season 2 (Apple TV+) November 15th
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The Star Trek action comedy show sounds like a god-awful idea.
Yeah, I thought it was an odd choice as well. But my guess is that it will be cheaper to produce than a drama (comedy shows usually are) and the the streamers are cutting costs of late.