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TV: ‘Ghost Hunters’ Spinoff Gets Educated
Say what you will about Jason and Grant, but I love Sci Fi Channel’s GHOST HUNTERS. Whether the experiences in the show are the real deal or not is beyond the point, the show is simply entertaining (if only they’d bring Brian back and get rid of that annoying Joe dude). After spinning off the series into “International” territories, Sci Fi is about the give the series a spinoff with a higher education. Read on for the skinny.
Sci Fi Channel has ordered a pilot for another spinoff of the popular reality franchise from exec producer Craig Piligian.
Tentatively titled “Ghost Hunters: College Edition,” the show features a group of students going around the country to seek out paranormal activity.
The students will be guided by an experienced ghost investigator. Producers have not determined if any cast members from the other shows will be involved in the new project.
“Hunters” launched in 2004 starring two Rhode Island plumbers who investigate purportedly haunted houses in their spare time. The show has since grown every season and is now Sci Fi’s second highest-rated series (after new drama “Sanctuary”). The Oct. 8 “Hunters” episode scored an all-time high of 2.7 million total viewers.
” ‘Ghost Hunters’ appeals to a wide demographic, and we felt the college edition would be a great asset to the franchise,” Piligian said.
The first spinoff, “Ghost Hunters International,” took the format around the world. The show debuted in January to record ratings and enjoyed a successful seven-episode run, averaging 2.4 million viewers. “International” has been renewed for a second season.
Sci Fi’s “Ghost Hunters” franchise has been an on-brand and relatively affordable success for the network. The new show is sure to prompt comparisons to A&E’s “Paranormal State,” where Pennsylvania college students investigate supernatural claims. A&E launched “State” last year and, along with Travel Channel’s U.K. impor
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Keanu Reeves Describes Untitled Time Loop Thriller from Director Tim Miller as ‘Groundhog Day’ With Sharks
At one point known as Shiver, Tim Miller‘s (Deadpool, Terminator: Dark Fate) next movie doesn’t yet have a title, but star Keanu Reeves offers a very intriguing tease this week.
Chatting with Collider, Reeves explains what drew him to the mysterious upcoming project from director Tim Miller. He tells the outlet, “Sharks. Time machine. Groundhog Day.”
That lines up with early plot details that surfaced earlier this year, with the film said to center on a “smuggler in the middle of a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea.”
That synopsis continued, “Surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries, and bloodthirsty sharks, the man finds himself in a time loop and scrambling to break the cycle.”
Callie Cooke (“The Stranger”), Stefan Kapičić (Deadpool), Steven Waddington (Sleepy Hollow), Nicholas Duvernay (“The White Lotus”), Abraham Popoola (Cruella), Anastasia Safonov, and Bobby Holland Hanton (Thor: Love and Thunder) also star.
Ian Shorr (Splinter, Infinite) penned the screenplay for the sci-fi thriller, which had previously been described as having shades of Edge of Tomorrow and The Shallows.
Stay tuned for more on the untitled Warner Bros. project.
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