First Trailer For New Syfy Space Series, 'The Expanse'

Coming to Syfy this year is a new hour-long, ten-episode outer space series based on the New York Times bestselling book series collectively known as "The Expanse." It will be called, appropriately, "The Expanse." The book series was written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (under the pen name James S. A. Corey) and they'll also serve as show producers.

The series is described by Syfy as, "A thriller set two hundred years in the future, 'The Expanse' follows the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship’s captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history." It will star Thomas Jane ("The Mist") as Detective Miller. He is "a native of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter" who "works for a corporate security force that operates as the law in the asteroid belt." Cool job, right? We get to see him in action in the first released trailer for the series and brace yourselves, this trailer features zero-gravity space sex. The future looks pretty cool.

The series also stars Shohreh Aghdashloo as Chrisjen Avasarala and Steven Strait as an officer named Holden. There's no air date scheduled as of yet but we'll keep you updated.



-Larissa Mrykalo

Robert Kirkman to Produce Sci Fi Thriller 'Air' Starring Norman Reedus

Courtesy THR

An exclusive over at The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Robert Kirkman (creator of "The Walking Dead" comics) will be taking a stab at producing a science fiction film. Ironically, the thriller, titled "Air," will star "Walking Dead" fav, Norman Reedus as well as Oscar nominee, Djimon Hounsou. According to THR, "Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions is in final negotiations to acquire the project."

Also attached to this "low-budget pic" are Christian Cantamessa (who wrote the script) and Chris Pasetto who will make his feature directorial debut. Joining Kirkman (who's producing under his Skybound Entertainment banner) on producer duties will be David Alpert (the Circle of Confusion partner that also exec produces "The Walking Dead"), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones ("Insidious") and Chris Ferguson.

THR describes the film's plot:

The story is set in an underground cryogenic facility after a nuclear fall-out renders the atmosphere unbreathable. Air centers on its two custodial workers (Reedus, Hounsou) who take care of the cryogenically sleeping personnel that are to re-establish society but they struggle to preserve their own sanity and lives while maintaining the extremely fragile environment of the last livable place on earth.

We'll keep you posted on any new developments. We just hope this doesn't mean Norman will be too busy to fulfill his walker-killing duties.

-Larissa Mrykalo