The SciFi Channel has long been criticized for a low-budget b-film approach to their original material but I started to get a sense that change was in the wind of late, first with the two Dune mini-series, then with the announcement that Bruce Campbell and Mike Mignola were both shepherding original projects along for SciFi this year. Sure, Campbell's B, but he's precisely the right kind of B.
But here's some A list talent for you. The SciFi Channel have just announced that Tony and Ridley Scott will be supervising and executive producing a four hour version of The Andromeda Strain, from a script by a Pulitzer winner no less, while Oscar nominee Frank Darabont will produce a four hour remake of The Thing along with John Carpenter's Thing producer David Foster.
Yeah, they've just upped the talent quotient a bit. The full story is here.
