Farscape news to disucss at August's Meetup!

In case some of you haven't heard ...

FARSCAPE WEB SERIES
It's the return everyone's been frelling waiting for! SCIFI.COM has ordered a 10-part webisode series based on the multi-award-winning Farscape, the fan and critical darling that has been widely recognized as one of the greatest sci-fi series in television history. Executive produced by Brian Henson and Robert Halmi, Jr., and produced by The Jim Henson Company, in association with RHI Entertainment, the series will revive and expand the beloved Farscape universe.
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The new live-action content will "revive and expand the beloved 'Farscape' universe," according to the channel's press release. According to Sci Fi general manager Dave Howe, the current thinking is that each of the 10 segments will be few minutes long.

The Web series will be executive produced by Brian Henson and Robert Halmi Jr and produced by the Jim Henson Company in association with RHI Entertainment.

?In terms of what part of that [?Farscape?] universe it encompasses, I don?t know,? said Mark Stern, executive vice president of original programming for Sci Fi, who added that the deal for the online series had just been closed days ago, so very little was known about the new venture.

Stern also didn?t know who?d be starring in the series, but he did say that ?Farscape? star Ben Browder was ?just finishing up the ?Stargate [SG-1]? movies, so he?s available.?

Browder, like ?Farscape? co-star Claudia Black, were series regulars on ?Stargate SG-1,? which just finished up its run for good.

I asked if the online ?Farscape? content might possibly end up in Sci Fi?s on-air schedule.

?I would love to see that happen,? Stern said. ?That would be really interesting, wouldn?t it, if it found a whole new life online and then we could put them on air,? possibly all in one single broadcast.
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TV Guide just learned that Browder has talked with Henson about appearing in the webisodes. Browder's spokesperson says, "there's nothing concrete," but, if asked "Ben will absolutely try to make time. Ben has always been in love with the character John Crichton and the Farscape series."