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Syfy's Alice will premiere Dec. 6!
Syfy's new four-hour movie event Alice has been given a Dec. 6 airdate. Here's the official announcement:
Syfy's contemporary re-imagined spin on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will premiere on Sunday, December 6th @ 9-11pm ET/PT and air over two consecutive nights. In this modern day spin on the classic stories by Lewis Carroll, Academy Award winner Kathy Bates (Misery) stars as the Queen of Hearts and Caterina Scorsone (Crash television series) as Alice.Rounding out the stellar cast are Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show) as Dodo, Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) as the King of Hearts, Philip Winchester (Crusoe) as Jack Chase, Matt Frewer (Watchmen) as the White Knight, Andrew Lee Potts (Primeval) as Hatter, Harry Dean Stanton (Big Love) as the Caterpillar, Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) as 9 of Clubs, Timothy Webber (Taken) as Carpenter, Alex Diakun (Sanctuary) as Ratcatcher, Zak Santiago (Kingdom Hospital) as 10 of Clubs, and Eugene Lipinski (Animorphs) as Doctors Dee and Dum.
For this re-imagined adaptation, writer/director Nick Willing mines the bizarre ingenuity and twisted logic of Carroll's work to create a daringly different, boldly colorful and delightfully skewed dreamscape of his own. Willing also directed the record-breaking, Emmy-winning miniseries Tin Man for Syfy in 2007. Serving as Executive Producers for this ambitious new event are Matthew O'Connor and Lisa Richardson from Reunion Pictures, Jamie Brown from Studio Eight and RHI Entertainment's Robert Halmi, Sr. and Robert Halmi, Jr.
Using the classic Lewis Carroll books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass as a jumping off point, writer/director Nick Willing has created the modern-day story of Alice Hamilton, a fiercely independent twenty-something who suddenly finds herself on the other side of a looking glass. She is a stranger in an outlandish city of twisted towers and casinos built out of playing cards, all under the rule of a deliciously devilish Queen who's not very happy about Alice's arrival.
By ghostmoth at 3:37 PM ON 10/07/09
I like 're-imagined" so I look forward to this being a huge Alice in Wonderland. Go ahead, be original! What I am not looking forward to is the supposed "I'm going to be true to the book" version that is yet another star-vehicle including my wife--again--as goofy characters not actual casting. Svankmajer's is still truest.
By Gia at 3:52 PM ON 10/07/09
BOO! Make another TIN MAN series!
By gorehound696 at 5:40 PM ON 10/07/09
well here goes another raping of my childhood.
By Noneofyourbusiness at 6:37 PM ON 10/07/09
It's amusing to see a reference to the Animorphs TV series (mediocre as that was, particularly in comparison to the books) after all this time.
By LiteratureLover at 6:52 PM ON 10/07/09
Another load of crap from RH. TIN MAN was truly dreadful, and this looks to be just as bad. Wait for Tim Burton's movie and don't waste your time with this. "Re-imagining" seems like a new catch phrase for "unfeeling butchery".
By janda at 7:52 PM ON 10/07/09
I didn't like the Tin Man movie initially, but it was better with a second viewing. Same thing with the Dune movies. I expect I may have the same feelings about this one. So, I'll give it a viewing. [or two :-)]
That said, I love the cast they have.
By divephotog at 12:09 AM ON 10/08/09
I was a big fan of Tin Man, and have enjoyed most all of the miniseries done in conjunction with SyFy (well, formerly Sci-Fi). The Lost room was VERY well done, as have been Peacekeeper Wars, Earthsea, and others.
Now, it is too bad the new Syfy site does not have a tab for these any longer in it's move from being Sci-Fi, but guess they don't like people remembering the great work they have done (FAR BETTER than the plethora of dumb horror movies they have been cranking out for Saturday Nights!!!!) and they just are pushing off the new stuff...
I for one will be looking forwards to this re-imagination of the epic,and wonder when they will get around to some other greats, ala 'The Grimm Brothers' style as they do. - kh
By Sithboy at 1:35 AM ON 10/08/09
Harry Dean Stanton as the Caterpillar?
That I GOTTA see.
They need to figure out a way to get him to say "Here, Jonesy!"
By TheGigaShadow at 3:10 PM ON 10/08/09
gorehound696 said
"well here goes another raping of my childhood."
@gorehound696
A raping of your childhood? Give it a rest drama queen. The story was published in 1865.
By c from illinios at 1:49 PM ON 10/09/09
Giga, you know how these fanboys are, they are never happier then when they are fussing about how their favorites are being screwed up.
By Hannah at 4:44 AM ON 10/10/09
@ghostmoth while I'm with you on not looking forward to Tim Burton's version, you know it's not meant to be 'true to the book' right? Tim Burton's version is set with Alice at 19, and a war between the Red and White queens. Sounds like a load of twaffle to me, but it should be pointed out that it's in no way like the books.
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