***The following contains spoilers for the fourth season premiere***

Paul Zbyszewski (Lost, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Helstrom) joined Snowpiercer as showrunner in 2022 and has guided the fourth and final season through a convoluted and dramatic path to our TV screens. It’s been two years since Snowpiercer and Big Alice parted ways, and in that time Zbyszewski produced the season, suffered TNT’s cancellation of the show, weathered the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and finally saw Snowpiercer picked up by AMC. Melanie Cavill couldn’t do better!

When SciFi Vision spoke with Zbyszewski, the first thing we asked is how he feels about fans finally seeing the final season.

“Incredibly grateful and satisfied. Just very grateful to AMC,” he said, “for coming along and rescuing not just season four, but the entire series. There are three terrific seasons before season four ever starts and everyone should go back and watch that, because Graham [Manson] and Aubrey [Nealon] did some great work. I'm just very grateful that things turned out the way they did.”

***The following contains spoilers for episode five***

Tonight’s new episode of Orphan Black, “Do I Know You,” finally sheds some light on why Kira (Keeley Hawes) created the printouts, with flashbacks of her time with Eleanor Miller, who would later become her wife and mother to their son. After some devastating news that Eleanor has developed early onset Alzheimer’s, Kira starts work on research for duplicating neurons.  When the transplant is unsuccessful and Eleanor passes, Kira goes to Paul Darros (James Hiroyuki Liao) and agrees to create a bio-printed human as a way to bring back her beloved.

Rya Kihlstedt, who plays the elder version of Eleanor recently spoke with SciFi Vision about joining the cast of the series. While the actress did play in a way a different version of the same character as both Krysten Ritter and Amanda Fix, since she came into the middle of the season, she more had to create her own version of the character. “As far as Amanda and Krysten, really, we talked about it, and mostly I just watched them,” the actress explained to the site. “They were already in and working. So, in some ways, it was my job to pick up what they did, what they had started, and then figuring out how to kind of have it feel subtle and…just enough that even if people weren't conscious [of it], it drew a line.”

Christina Chong, who you may know as series regular La'an Noonien-Singh from the Paramount streaming series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, lends her voice acting talents to a different kind of sci-fi project, Audible Original, Impact Winter.

Chong, who recently spoke with SciFi Vision, joins Impact Winter for Season three playing Kexian, a vampire who is part of the high council family. She describes her character as an explorer who tends to leave for long periods of time on adventures. When Kexian is first introduced in the series she has just returned home from a personally traumatic adventure. Since she has been away for such a long amount of time, she comes across as an outsider. Kexian is starting to break from her family and seems to be hiding something. Kexian is mysterious but as season three progresses, she reveals something which helps to drive the rest of the season and has potential in carrying over to a season four.

The following contains slight spoilers for the premiere

Tonight, season two of The Ark premieres on Syfy. Set one hundred years in the future, the fate of the human race relies on planetary colonization. Space crafts called arks have been created to send people across the galaxy from Earth to other planets. In the second season, after Ark One reaches their destination only to find it uninhabitable, they must find a new home for themselves and all the other ships.

Recently, SciFi Vision spoke with stars Stacey Read, who plays Alicia Nevins, and Ryan Adams, who plays Angus Medford, about season two, including how they feel now that they have a season under their belt, what’s next for their characters’ relationship, how Alicia will deal with Kelly (Samantha Glassner) this season, and more.

The following contains slight spoilers for the premiere

Tonight, Syfy premieres season two of it’s series, The Ark. Set one hundred years in the future, in order to secure the survival of the human race, space crafts called arks have been created to transport people away from an uninhabitable Earth to other planets for colonization. In season two, after Ark One discovers their destination is inhospitable, they must find a new home for everyone.

Recently, SciFi Vision spoke with star, Christie Burke, who plays the captain of Ark One, Sharon Garnet, as well as creator and executive producer, Dean Devlin and executive producer Jonathan Glassner, who also directed again this season. During the interview, the three teased season two, including working with Samantha Glassner, Jonathan’s daughter, who plays Kelly on the series, how season two is different than season one, and much more.

Starz TCA Summer Press Tour

SciFI Vision attended the TCA Summer Press Tour for Starz in Pasadena, CA. Starz has been the home of many sci-fi projects and so much more. Check out what is currently airing or coming soon to the network below.

Starz highlighted The Serpent Queen and Three Women during the TCA Summer Press Tour.

The Serpent Queen

Creator, Showrunner, Executive Producer Justin Hayth, Executive Producer Erwin Stoff, along with Stars Samantha Morton and Minnie Driver, spoke about the recently released season two.

Samantha Morton plays Catherine de Medici and Minnie Driver is Queen Elizabeth I in the Starz series.

Descendants: The Rise of Red is a spinoff centered on the Queen of Hearts’ daughter, Red and Cinderella’s daughter, Chloe. The Rise of Red introduces new characters and includes familiar, beloved Descendants. The film mainly focuses on Red and Chloe traveling back in time to stop an event that has caused a negative effect in the future.

Kylie Cantrall plays Red, the daughter of Queen of Hearts. Red rebels against her mother’s dictatorship over Wonderland. Malia Baker plays Chloe, the teenage daughter of Cinderella and Prince Charming, who arrives for her first year of Auradon Prep. The first day at Auradon Prep begins with the introduction of the new principal. It wasn’t in the cards for the day to go as planned and Red and Chloe travel back in time and must work together for a better future.

SciFi Vision had the opportunity to get the inside scoop on Kylie Cantrall’s and Malia Baker’s filming experience during a roundtable where they reminisced about filming the “Fight of Our Lives” scene and recalled Malia’s professionalism in staying in character even when she tripped and fell but continued singing.

The Serpent Queen returns to Starz tonight for its highly anticipated second season. The hit historical drama promises plenty of action, with its protagonist Catherne de Medici (Samantha Morton) taking on the equally formidable Elizabeth I, Queen of England (Minnie Driver).

It’s no secret that season two opens with a time jump. About a decade has passed and the Queen Regent has her hands full with the usual political backstabbing, religious conflict and family drama. If that’s not enough, a series of powerful new women show up at court, ready to match wits with the Serpent Queen.  

SciFi Vision asked the show’s creative team – creator/showrunner/EP Justin Haythe and co-EP Erwin Stoff – what Catherine has on her plate this season. 

Descendants: The Rise of Red is a spinoff centered on the Queen of Hearts’ daughter, Red (Kylie Cantrall), and Cinderella’s daughter, Chloe (Malia Baker). The Rise of Red introduces new characters and includes familiar, beloved Descendants. SciFi Vision was able to interview a few of the new faces to the Descendants Universe: Dara Reneé, Ruby Rose Turner, and Morgan Dudley.
 
Dara Reneé plays Uliana, the little sister of Ursula and Uma’s Aunt. Uliana is a new addition to the Descendants universe. Uliana lives up to the villain status in Rise of Red as the main antagonist.

Ruby Rose Turner plays Bridget, the younger version of the Queen of Hearts, whom Chloe and Red meet when traveling back in time. Rita Ora stars as the easily angered Queen of Hearts in the present-day; her younger self Bridget is sugary sweet.

Morgan Dudley stars as Ella, the younger version of Cinderella. Chloe and Red interact with Ella to gain insight into how they can stop the event that makes the Queen of Hearts mean.

The Apple TV+ series, Me, which premieres today, follows twelve-year-old Ben (Lucian-River Chauhan), who is dealing with the ups and downs of middle school and adjusting to his new blended family when his mother (Dilshad Vadsaria) remarries and he gains not only a new parental figure (Kyle Howard), but a new stepsister (Abigail Pniowsky) as well. Things get even more difficult for Ben when he suddenly develops super powers. The new spin on a superhero origin story plays out over ten episodes as Ben goes on a journey of self-discovery of his powers as well as what it really means to be Ben.

Stars Chauhan and Pniowsky recently spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the series, including what attracted them to the roles, connecting with the characters, who their favorite super heroes are, who they’d love to be, and more.