Sci-Fi Channels 2006 Movie Lineup

Hot on the heels of their hit film Alien Apocalypse SCI FI Channel announced a slate of 28 new original movies premiering on Saturday nights throughout 2006, the most of any year to date. Sci-Fi has been avearging 2million viewers for their saturday night movie night and Alien Apocalypse brought in a record of almost 3million. Anyone surprised? Its Bruce Campbell for crying out loud! Be sure and read MovieMavens Alien Apocalypse Movie Review or our interview with the director Josh Becker

The following projects are among the ones announced for 2006:

• Fire Alien, a tongue-in-cheek film about a fire-breathing alien starring William Shatner.
• Gryphon, an epic fantasy about a prince and princess from opposing sides of two warring kingdoms who must join forces to defeat a mystical gryphon conjured by an evil wizard.
• Heat Stroke, an action-adventure from Farscape executive producer David Kemper about an alien invasion which leads to massive global warming.
• Citadel, starring Corin Nemic as a member of an elite corps of American soldiers who must destroy a creature unleashed on Europe by the Nazis after D-Day.
• Black Hole Terror (working title), a thriller from director Tibor Takacs (Mansquito) about a failed experiment which threatens to swallow the entire Midwest. Kristy Swanson and Judd Nelson star.
• Squid/Tentacles (working title), a creature feature starring a giant squid which attacks the crew of a treasure-hunting expedition.
• Magma, a disaster film about a volcanic eruption, starring 24's Xander Berkley and Reiko Aylesworth along with Amy Jo Johnson (Felicity).