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Brian Damage · 06-22-2010, 12:40 AM

Syfy is giving online fans a chance to write and design every aspect of an upcoming Saturday night creature feature.

The network is launching a production site, B Movie Mogul, where fans can vote and pitch ideas for the film -- from the title, creatures, wardrobe, dialogue and character deaths to promotional taglines.

The resulting script will be shot as a two-hour Syfy original movie that will air next year.

"We constantly have fans e-mailing with compliments, complaints and questions about our movies, and this is a way of involving the fans in a new way," said Thomas Vitale, executive vp programming and original movies for the network. "This is where entertainment is going and just the start of many more things of this nature for Syfy."

Syfy is teaming with entertainment site IGN on the site; the partnership will last 15 months and launch Friday.

The first stage will have fans voting on one of three overall concepts for the movie: a 2010 apocalypse story, a Bermuda Triangle-set creature feature or a Roswell, N.M.-set alien movie.

But the venture raises the question: What if fans create a lousy movie?

"When you have a lot of people working on something, good ideas will come out of it," Vitale said. "We will have something that will be entertaining."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...sion/index.jsp

robyrob · 06-22-2010, 07:33 AM

it really couldn't possibly be much worse than some of their recent original movies.

06-22-2010, 12:40 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Syfy Channel Letting Viewers Create New Movie! Syfy is giving online fans a chance to write and design every aspect of an upcoming Saturday night creature feature. The network is launching a production site, B Movie Mogul, where fans can vote and pitch ideas for the film -- from the title, creatures, wardrobe, dialogue and character deaths to promotional taglines. The resulting script will be shot as a two-hour Syfy original movie that will air next year. "We constantly have fans e-mailing with compliments, complaints and questions about our movies, and this is a way of involving the fans in a new way," said Thomas Vitale, executive vp programming and original movies for the network. "This is where entertainment is going and just the start of many more things of this nature for Syfy." Syfy is teaming with entertainment site IGN on the site; the partnership will last 15 months and launch Friday. The first stage will have fans voting on one of three overall concepts for the movie: a 2010 apocalypse story, a Bermuda Triangle-set creature feature or a Roswell, N.M.-set alien movie. But the venture raises the question: What if fans create a lousy movie? "When you have a lot of people working on something, good ideas will come out of it," Vitale said. "We will have something that will be entertaining." http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...sion/index.jsp
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robyrob certified wackball#3 Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 03, 2003 Location: hiding under the third booth at Arnold's Posts: 58,180	it really couldn't possibly be much worse than some of their recent original movies.
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