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Cult Science Fiction series Farscape has been influenced by Blake's 7, only with more kink subtext and muppets. "Framed for crimes he did not commit, freedom fighter Blake (Gareth Thomas) escapes a prison ship and enlists a crew of rogue heroes to fight back against the tyrannical Federation With Avon, Vila, Jenna, Cally, and Gan, Blake[...]

Shout! TV is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the cult-classic television series Farscape in style with with a marathon airing on March 19 on Shout! TV and the 24/7 Farscape channel beginning at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET The marathon will feature an exclusive introduction from executive producer Brian Henson and include all-new interview[...]

Their Farscape 25th Anniversary Comic Book Celebration campaign with The Jim Henson Company still has 14 days to go and is about to cross the half-million mark. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ The campaign is offering both exclusive editions of[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? HBO's House of the Dragon, CBS's S.W.A.T., Amazon's Reacher, FOX's WWE SmackDown, The CW's The Flash, TNT's AEW Rampage, Disney/WGA, BBC's Doctor Who, Shout! Factory TV's Farscape marathon, Adult Swim's Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, Disney+'s The Acolyte, Disney+'s Secret Invasion, Paramount+'s Special Ops: Lioness, Netflix's Wednesday, James Gunn/DC[...]

It's not like Farscape fans need a second invitation to attend a streaming marathon of their beloved sci-fi series But Shout! Factory TV found a way to up their game in a big way Set to air today on Shout! Factory TV & Farscape TV at 9 pm EST / 6 pm PST (encore presentation[...]

And that's great news for Farscape fans, with the award-winning sci-fi drama making its global AVOD premiere (along with the follow-up miniseries, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars). Image: Farscape (Credit: NBCUniversal) The titles that are being released by Shout! Factory from The Jim Henson Company includes Jim Henson's World of Puppetry; Monster Maker; Lighthouse Island; Living with Dinosaurs; Dog[...]

The same can apply to any and every space opera now: Star Wars, Star Trek, Blake's 7, Farscape, Red Dwarf, you name it! Any time the writers need to get rid of a character for whatever reason, they can just have them travel at extreme speed, including warp speed without protection, and Boom! Stroke! Dead![...]

Here's an unexpected panel for Comic-Con@Home: "Farscape… To Be Continued" brought together some of the original cast and the writers to talk about the show The main reason? Farscape is now on Amazon Prime and there has been talk of its return Series creator Rockne S Bannon (who also wrote the first Alien movie directed[...]

A fan asked director James Gunn if he was influenced by space opera series Farscape for Guardians of the Galaxy movies Gun replied, "People are always bringing up a million films asking me if they're inspirations Usually the answer is no In the case of Farscape it is most definitely YES." To anyone who has watched[...]

This week, Sony officially released the Farscape – The Complete Series on Blu-ray as part of the show's 20th Anniversary celebration The show has been released onto home media a few different ways since it was dropped onto Australia's Nine Network and North America's old Sci-Fi Channel back in the late '90s And while every[...]

Farscape fans can spend their money on something of yet again with the leviathan transport Moya This special spacecraft is more than just any ordinary spacecraft as it is a living breathing thing In celebration of Farscape 20th anniversary, Chronicle Collectibles is giving us the ability to own a replica of Moya[...]

TMNT, Ghostbusters, Dark Crystal, Farscape, even Plan 9 From Outer Space! Other exclusives include a Beast Kingdom Phoenix figure, a Mego Star Trek Spock figure with swappable Mirror Universe Spock parts, and multiple Funko ThinkGeek exclusives, including the Office Space poster guy. Check a couple of these out below, and if you are at the show, make[...]

2019 will be the 20th anniversary of science fiction series Farscape Amazon is celebrating by bringing the ENTIRE series to their streaming service beginning tomorrow, March 19th, the anniversary of the show's first airing. Chairman of The Jim Henson Company Brian Henson commented about the release, saying: "Farscape is one of my most favorite productions, and I am so[...]

It takes place significantly earlier than when the movie took place." We're super hopeful this The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance  partnership will result in something special, and judging by Henson's comments on what he's seen of the production so far, it sounds like a real possibility. Brian Henson during the Dragon Con 2018 interview session, photo by Bill[...]

Brian Henson hates to sound like a broken record, but he does want to assure fans that he hasn't forgotten about Farscape. Brian Henson during the 2018 Creature Shop Challenge Live at Dragon Con, photo by Mary Anne Butler Two years ago, also at Dragon Con no less, Henson confirmed the longstanding rumor that he was indeed working[...]

Contestants had 27 days to build puppets inspired by Henson's Farscape, and/or space [Most chose the former] The contest was hosted by Gigi Edgley (who played Chiana on Farscape), and was judged by Kirk Thatcher (Dinosaurs, Gremlins, Star Trek: III), and President of Television for The Jim Henson Company Halle Stanford (The Dark Crystal:  Age of Resistance). [All photos by Mary Anne Butler] #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1[...]

eBay certainly has, its a twelve dollar book. But now, courtesy of Bleeding Cool, you can read the whole thing for free, below, including a new Farscape story that might indicate a whole new future for that project… The FCBD 2014 Mouse Guard 56 page hardcover from Archaia was allocated, as you may have noticed[...]

Farscape, the late nineties sci-fi TV show has been through a number of comic book adaptations. In 2002, Wildstorm produced a two-part Farscape comic And that was it for six years until Boom and Jim Henson Company did a deal for a series of mini-series in 2008 and on ongoing series from 2009 before finishing in 2011. And that was[...]