SyFy's Dark Matter Brings The Badass Ladies In Force: http://www.themarysue.com/dark-matter-interview/ Space Opera is Set for a New Dawn with Dark Matter: http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/television/space-opera-is-set-for-a-new-dawn-with-dark-matter/ "Dark Matter’s 13-episode first season is destined to be an action-packed mix of drama, humour and adventure in the mould of Stargate and Firefly. Any similarity to the former is not coincidental given that Mallozzi and…
June 10, 2015: 2 Days to the Dark Matter world premiere! The Space Stations!
"Where," you no doubt are asking, "is that awesome VFX -laden trailer you promised us?" Well, they're stuck in the pipeline (like Homer Simpson in that waterslide) and, hopefully, will be coming your way BEFORE the premiere - because, after all, that's the whole point of releasing this trailer: to get you even more excited…
June 9, 2015: 3 Days to the Dark Matter premiere! Videos! Pics! Our hero ship!
Another short video from the gang at Space Channel: "Death. Despair. Chaos. So what?" More early reviews: http://scifiandtvtalk.typepad.com/scifiandtvtalk/2015/06/dark-matter-gets-two-thumbs-up.html http://www.scifistream.com/2015/06/review-dark-matter-blasts-off-this-friday/ I talk about the show with Greg David at TV, eh?: http://www.tv-eh.com/2015/06/09/dark-matter-launches-canadas-summer-of-sci-fi/ "There is a lot of dark sci-fi out there that is great,” he explains. “But a lot of fans are missing a fun sci-fi…
June 8, 2015: 4 Days to the Dark Matter Premiere! Tons of Dark Matter goodies: cast featurettes, videos, and behind the scene pics!
4 days to the Dark Matter series premiere! Some of the cast and I will be live tweeting the premiere (both east and west coast airings!) on Friday, June 12th at 10 p.m., so get ready! Let's start by meeting the crew courtesy of these individual behind-the-scenes featurettes... http://io9.com/meet-the-memory-wiped-astronauts-of-syfys-new-show-dark-1709920345 A shot from one of my favorite scenes…
June 7, 2015: 5 Days to the Dark Matter world premiere! Checking out the ship’s underbelly! And a couple of Stargate tidbits to boot!
Comin' at ya in five (WITH FIVE!)! Space Channel here in Canada is counting down toward the Friday premiere in delightful fashion. Each day ticks off with a different Dark Matter, appropriately enough... Who's next? Can't wait to find out tomorrow! SyFy UK and SyFy Australia, meanwhile, have launched this terrific campaign that asks... Zoie Palmer (Dark…
June 6, 2015: 6 Days to the Dark Matter Premiere! Sneak peek and behind the scene goodies!
The excitement continues to mount as we approach the Dark Matter premiere, less than a week away (Friday, 10 p.m. on SyFy/Space)! I'll be live-tweeting the event with various to-be-announced cast members, pulling double duty with both the east and west coast airings. Who'd like to join us? A slightly different Dark Matter trailer from Space Channel: https://www.facebook.com/SPACEchannel/videos/10153037388371225/ Some…
June 5, 2015: 7 Days to the Dark Matter Premiere!
Jay and I are putting the finishing touches on a VFX-laden trailer that will blow your socks off. It'll go wide next week - along with an assortment of other Dark Matter-related goodies in the lead-up to the premiere. Fun, ship-based scifi makes it's triumphant return in a week! Help spread the word! Oooh, lookit the…
May 31, 2015: Dark Matter episode #101 review! The gang from the production office take over the bridge!
The advance reviews for Dark Matter are going to start rolling in. Here's one from Aimee Hicks at Spoilertv.com: http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/05/dark-matter-pilot-advance-preview.html Dark Matter makes another must watch list. 15 Shows You Need To Watch This Summer: http://www.lolwot.com/15-shows-you-need-to-watch-this-summer/ See, this is why we need 24 hour security. When no one was looking, the gang from the production offices gained…
May 29, 2015: Two weeks to the Dark Matter world premiere! A Jelly update!
"If this series not popular, I really can't believe." - Akemi last night after watching the producer's cut of episode #113, our season finale. Her words echo the sentiments of my writing partner who said pretty much the same thing, in less economical fashion, after viewing prod cuts of our first two episodes: "So, having seen…
April 14, 2015: My girl! And my show!
My sweetheart seems to be feeling under the weather tonight. No, my OTHER sweetheart. Well, technically, my first sweetheart. At 16 years, Jelly is my longest relationship. She's getting a bit fussy in her old age, more demanding, less inclined to suffer fools (mainly my other pug, Bubba), but I think that just makes her…
April 13, 2015: A final Dark Matter location scout! And one more Thank You!
I spent most of today out and about, checking out possible locations for our last few episodes. We were on the lookout for: a high-tech facility, cool corridors and stairwells, operating theaters, a dining room, and a field emitter room... This chamber offers a great-looking entrance and exit - when it's not being used to…
April 12, 2015: Dark Matter – A 7+ year journey!
I was actually developing Dark Matter as far back as 2007. That year comes to mind because, in 2007, we were producing Stargate: Atlantis's fourth season and I remember walking the corridors of the ship we constructed for episode #405, Travelers, and saying to Paul: "We've got to find a way to keep these sets. They'd be perfect for…
August 6, 2014: Closing in on that first draft! Beware food! Eat cardboard and live longer! (Wait. Now there’s a new study that says cardboard is bad for you too?)
Well, I'm exhausted. Although I only wrote seven pages today, I also ended up rewriting another twenty. By the time the dust settled on my laptop this evening, I'd hit the 50 page mark. All I have to do now is finish off this conversation, completing Act V, then write the tag which will include…
July 30, 2014: Fade in…humor!
It NEVER gets any easier. Inevitably, the jubilation of convening with your fellow writers and hashing out a terrific story is extinguished by the prospect of having to actually write the damn script. You sit down, type FADE IN and then...What? Oh, you know what the scene is going to be (You just broke it the other…
July 28, 2014: 12 down! 1 to go!
Another day, another story. This episode, like episodes #7, 9, 10, and 11, was envisioned as a tough one that would take a couple of days to break. But, like episodes #7, 9, 10, and 11, we ended up breaking it over the course of a single day. And that leaves us with one final…