This season Syfy premiered their new reality show Town of the Living Dead, which follows a group of people in Jasper, Alabama trying to make a zombie movie. Using their sweat and tears and not much in the way of a budget, the group struggled for six years to try to create their film Thr33 Days Dead when Syfy came to the rescue. The quirky team eventually made it through, taking the knowledge with them that the network would air their film upon completion. The documentary is their story.

The producer Tina Teeter recently talked to Jamie Ruby in an exclusive interview about their time making the film.

Teeter talked about how she became involved in creating the film. "Originally I had acted for many years; I did theater. And I actually got involved with this by going into RadioShack to buy my daughter a phone for Christmas. And I met John M. Ware; he's the director and the writer. I met him, and he mentioned to me he had a little bit part that he would like for me to do, which is mom in the movie, and I wanted to be a zombie. So that's how I became involved; I basically just wanted to be a zombie, a bit part.

The third panel during the Syfy Press Tour was Helix. After an introduction by Bill McGoldrick, star Kyra Zagorsky, who plays Dr. Julia Walker, and executive producer Steven Maeda took the stage.

First off, Maeda talked a bit about the new location the series takes place in in season two. “One of the things we always talked about doing with the show, if we were fortunate enough to have a second season, was changing up the location. And because the show is so self-contained, it really occurs in one space for all 13 episodes.

“Obviously, season one, we were in the arctic at Arctic BioSystems, and it all blew up at the end of last year, so we can't go back.

The first talent panel of the day at the Syfy Press Tour was 12 Monkeys. The panel was attended by stars Aaron Stanford, who plays time-traveler Cole, and Amanda Schull, who plays Dr. Cassandra Railly, Co-Executive Producer Travis Fickett, as well as EVP of Original Content of Syfy, Bill McGoldrick, who did the introduction.

McGoldrick gave the journalists some information on the series, and talked about how it is based on the film, which commemorates its 20th anniversary next year, and features the character of Cole who time travels from 2043 to present day. As in the film, Cole is on a mission to stop a deadly plague.

After a trailer of the show, Fickett talked about why it’s a perfect time now for the show. “I think because the audience was ready for a serialized time-travel show, something that Terry [Matalas] and I always wanted to do, and they, I think, were educated. The audience is educated now as to the intricacies of that kind of narrative style. Lost tricked everyone into doing a time travel show. At the start of season four, they're like, "Oh, by the way, we're a time travel show now," and it worked really well.

First up during the Syfy Press Tour was a sit-down panel with President of Syfy, Dave Howe, and EVP of Original Content at Syfy, Bill McGoldrick. Joining them was fellow journalist and editor at Blastr, Aaron Sagers, who gave the introduction.

First news of note was about Sharknado. Unfortunately due to conflict, Ian Zierling couldn’t be at the press tour, so there was no panel. However, Howe had some exclusive news for the journalists. “Next year, Sharknado 3 will be storming the east coast. It will make landfall and attack America's favorite institution, Washington DC, and finally, Washington is getting what's coming to it. And then it will swallow the entire eastern seaboard, head down the coast, and end up, miraculously, in Orlando, Florida, where it will take out some of Orlando. And we're calling it "Sharknado Takes on the Feast Coast."

This past weekend SciFi Vision attended the Syfy Press Tour in Orlando, Florida. As time progresses and articles and photos are published, this page will be updated to make it easier to find everything in one place. First will be photos and overall recaps and impressions of the events. Eventually there will be information from each of the panels. Keep checking back as more of the following become links to content.

These photos were taken during the visit to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the press tour. More photos will be added, keep checking back.  Also coming are other photos of the park during other days of my stay. You can view the gallery after the jump. Don't forget to follow along on with @scifivision on Twitter for live updates and quotes!

These photos were taken during the Z Nation panel at the press tour. More photos will be added, keep checking back. You can view the gallery after the jump. Don't forget to follow along on with @scifivision on Twitter for live updates and quotes!

These photos were taken during the Ascension panel at the press tour. More photos will be added, keep checking back. You can view the gallery after the jump. Don't forget to follow along on with @scifivision on Twitter for live updates and quotes!

These photos were taken during the Face Off lunch at the press tour. More photos will be added, keep checking back. You can view the gallery after the jump. Don't forget to follow along on with @scifivision on Twitter for live updates and quotes!

These photos were taken during the Town of the Living Dead panel at the press tour. More photos will be added, keep checking back. You can view the gallery after the jump. Don't forget to follow along on with @scifivision on Twitter for live updates and quotes!