{"id":2156,"date":"2010-12-20T02:39:04","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T02:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2010-12-20T02:39:04","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T02:39:04","slug":"after-dark-films-to-produce-saturday-night-original-film-for-syfy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/after-dark-films-to-produce-saturday-night-original-film-for-syfy\/","title":{"rendered":"After Dark Films To Produce Saturday Night Original Film For Syfy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/storage\/page-images\/adf%20white1.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1292618963602\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/storage\/page-images\/syfy.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1292618811784\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"125\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>FANS SELECT \u201cROSWELL\u201d CONCEPT FOR SYFY AND <a href=\"http:\/\/ign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IGN.COM<\/a> <\/strong><strong><em>B MOVIE MOGUL <\/em><\/strong>SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIE. <strong>JASON <\/strong><strong>CONNERY (<em>THE DEVIL\u2019S TOMB, 51) <\/em>WILL DIRECT THE <em>AFTER <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>DARK <\/em><\/strong>CO-PRODUCTION FROM A SCRIPT BY TIM TORI\u00a0<strong>(<em>PROWL, HYSTERIA, DRAGON EYES<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Fans Can Use Their Imagination in Next Round of Voting at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/syfy\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ign.com\/syfy\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>From the Press Release:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New York, NY \u2013 December 16, 2010 \u2013 After more than 20,000 votes for three possible<\/p>\n<p>choices, fans have selected a \u201cRoswell\u201d story line for <strong>Syfy <\/strong>and <strong>IGN.com<\/strong>\u2019s <em>B Movie<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mogul <\/em>\u2013 the online development and production site that lets fans weigh in on an<\/p>\n<p>upcoming <strong>Syfy <\/strong>Saturday Original Movie.<\/p>\n<p>The winning concept will be: <em>Another spaceship crash lands in Roswell, New Mexico,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>and a dangerous alien creature escapes. Authorities soon realize there is something <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>under the earth in Roswell that has been attracting spacecraft since 1947, and maybe<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>even before. Now they have to uncover that secret while they hunt and kill the creature.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Directing the \u201cRoswell\u201d movie will be Jason Connery, son of the legendary former James<\/p>\n<p>Bond star Sean Connery, whose credits include <em>The Devil\u2019s Tomb <\/em>and the upcoming<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syfy <\/strong>Saturday Original Movie <em>51<\/em>, premiering in First Quarter 2011. Tim Tori, whose<\/p>\n<p>credits include <em>Prowl<\/em>, <em>Hysteria <\/em>and the upcoming <em>Dragon Eyes<\/em>, is attached as the writer.<\/p>\n<p>Independent motion picture studio After Dark Films, which created the popular<\/p>\n<p><em>Horrorfest: 8 Films to Die For <\/em>Festival, will produce the movie<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But now the fun <em>really <\/em>begins! Running through the end of the year at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/syfy\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ign.com\/syfy\/<\/a>, <em>B Movie Mogul <\/em>will ask fans to use their imagination and vote<\/p>\n<p>on specific plot points of the movie:<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>How does the first character who dies meet his or her grisly demise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Decapitated<\/p>\n<p>B. Swallowed<\/p>\n<p>C. Squashed<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Before our Comic Relief character becomes a reluctant battler of aliens, what is<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>his or her day job?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Socially inept scientist with wild conspiracy theories that link Roswell to the JFK<\/p>\n<p>assassination<\/p>\n<p>B. Slacker college student who learned everything he knows about aliens from first-<\/p>\n<p>person shooter games<\/p>\n<p>C. Stressed-out waitress who blames a shift in Earth\u2019s vibrational energies for the<\/p>\n<p>breakup of her last relationship.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>The biggest, baddest guy on the sweep team should be named:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Marion<\/p>\n<p>B. Tweety<\/p>\n<p>C. Freckles<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Somewhere in the film, which completely random object is used to get our main<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>characters out of a sticky situation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. A glow in the dark yo-yo<\/p>\n<p>B. A Turkey baster<\/p>\n<p>C. A bowling ball with only two holes<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Who is the token character of wisdom who saves our asses with a crucial piece of<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>info?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Sarcastic Preacher with a crossbow<\/p>\n<p>B. Creepy Roswell Museum owner<\/p>\n<p>C. Homeless man who was once abducted<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Somewhere in the film, a character will say the following line of dialogue:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. \u201cLet\u2019s go get gooey!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>B. \u201cBring me the alien\u2019s head. If it has one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C. \u201cNo wonder they do so much anal probing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These six questions will roll out two at a time. The results of all the poll questions will<\/p>\n<p>be announced in early 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syfy <\/strong>is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round<\/p>\n<p>acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy<\/p>\n<p>programming, a dynamic Web site (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.Syfy.com<\/a> <\/strong>), and a<\/p>\n<p>portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), <strong>Syfy <\/strong>is a passport to limitless<\/p>\n<p>possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in more than<\/p>\n<p>98 million homes, <strong>Syfy i<\/strong>s a network of NBC Universal, one of the world&#8217;s leading media<\/p>\n<p>and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)<\/p>\n<p>IGN Entertainment, a unit of News Corporation, is the leading Internet media and<\/p>\n<p>services provider focused on the video game and entertainment enthusiast markets. Its<\/p>\n<p>flagship site IGN.com is the #1 website for video games information, and collectively,<\/p>\n<p>IGN&#8217;s video games-related properties reached more than 37.8 million unique users<\/p>\n<p>worldwide in June 2010, according to comScore Media Metrix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FANS SELECT \u201cROSWELL\u201d CONCEPT FOR SYFY AND IGN.COM B MOVIE MOGUL SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIE. 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