Farscape is returning as a 10-part webisode series. No news on casting or when they webisode's will air. This was the announcement from the SciFi Channel’s Television Critics Association event.
"Sci-Fi.com has ordered a 10-part webisode series based on the multi-award-winning “Farscape” the fan and critical darling that has been widely recognized as one of the greatest sci-fi series in television history. Executive-produced by Brian Henson and Robert Halmi, Jr., and produced by The Jim Henson Company, in association with RHI Entertainment, the series will revive and expand the beloved “Farscape” universe."

More infomation can be found at
Sci Fi Wire
the futon critic

Well it looks like Farscape did it again. It won some Saturn Awards. On May 3, 2005 the Farscape's mini-series The Peacekeeper Wars won three awards. One for 'Best Television Presentation', Ben Browder one for 'Best Actor' and Claudia Black for 'Best Actress'. It amazing that this show has been off the air for a few years now and still yet manages to win awards....

Source: The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films

The Peacekeeper Wars has received three nominations for; best television presentation, best actor on television series (Ben Browder) and best actress on television series (Claudia Black).

Lets cross our fingers and lets hope that Farscape wins these awards. You can help by voting, become a member.

Source: Saturn Awards

La-La has released a limited edittion (1200 units) of Farscape Classics: Volume1.

Presenting the first volume in a very special Limited Edition series of “FARSCAPE CLASSICS” releases. FARSCAPE CLASSICS: VOL 1 features acclaimed FARSCAPE composer Guy Gross’scomplete scores to the beloved episodes EAT ME and REVENGING ANGEL. These episode scores highlight the diverse musical talents of Mr. Gross, which have helped elevate this creative sci-fi television series, produced by the Jim Henson Company, to its cult phenomenon status. From the playful Carl Stalling-like cartoon antics of “Revenging Angel” to the otherworldly horror of “Eat Me”, these richly textured scores are among the best musical moments the FARSCAPE experience has to offer. 12-Page Collectable CD-Booklet is packed with exclusive liner notes and awesome FARSCAPE art.

Get it before its gone
La-La Land

Sci Fi Wire has an article that Ben Browder is joining the cast of Stargate SG-1 in the upcoming ninth season.

Source: Browder Joins SG-1

Creation Entertainment is taken pre-orders for the Farscape: The Peackekeeper Wars DVD. Here is what you get

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (mini-series) DVD The incredible mini-series that Scapers worldwide demanded is now coming to DVD for release January 18, 2005. And, when you pre-order your copy (hot off the presses) from Creation we're offering an OUTRAGEOUS special exclusive that makes us "THE" place to get your DVD. Packing over 4 Hours of show, plus extras,: - "The Making of The Peacekeeper Wars " (30-minutes) - Interactive Conceptual Art Gallery - Authentic Production Storyboards - Spacecraft Gallery - And much, much more! The specs on this are: Widescreen Video, English 5.1 Dolby Audio, English 2.0 Surround Audio, and English & Spanish Subtitles. Available only to customers in USA and Canada! AND HERE'S THE CREATION EXCLUSIVE: Every order will include a hand signed autographed licensed Farscape photo! That's right: EVERY order will get an autographed photo and it gets even better: ONE in TWENTY-FIVE orders (selected randomly) will include a Ben Browder or a Claudia Black or a photo signed by both Ben and Claudia. These autographs are VERY tough to get, so this is quite the deal! But remember, EVERYONE is a winner! This special offer is time-limited, so order today!

You can order at Creation Entertainment

Sci Fi Wire has posted the ratings for the mini-series.

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars delivered a 1.5 household rating and 1.7 million viewers in its Oct. 17 premiere, an 81 percent ratings improvement and a triple-digit increase in key demographics versus the time period average for October 2003. The second night, Oct. 18, drew even more viewers, with a 1.9 household rating and 2.1 million viewers. Overall, the four-hour miniseries, a continuation of the Farscape series, averaged a 1.7 household rating and drew 1.9 million viewers in its 9 p.m.-11 p.m. timeslot, making SCI FI the number-one nonsports cable network among adults aged 25-54 and 18-49 for the two nights.

Among viewers aged 25-54 and 18-49, SCI FI beat out TNT, TBS and Spike TV. Peacekeeper Wars delivered a total audience of 6.9 million viewers over the two nights, with four telecasts of the first two-hour installment and three telecasts of the second.

Source: Sci Fi Wire

VisMag has an inteview the the man, David Kemper

Kemper Fidelis
Farscape producer David Kemper kept the faith after the show was cancelled – and has received his just rewards. He talks to us about the upcoming mini-series…

When Farscape was suddenly cancelled at the end of its fourth season, perhaps no one was as stunned as executive producer David Kemper. Not only did the show’s head writer already have most of the major beats for season five already mapped out, but he’d just had dinner with producer Brian Henson the night before, and everything was looking good in terms of getting started. Just a day later, news of the cancellation came down, and Farscape was officially over.

So, in many ways, the upcoming mini-series Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars is unfinished business for Kemper. In addition to tying up a number of major story points from the original series, it also sets the stage for a possible follow-up project if all goes well.

“I originally figured it was a five-year show,” says Kemper, “but I was ready for six and seven, and I psychologically knew we could get through seven. I didn’t necessarily know where it was all going to go, but I had all the big marching points that I was going to hit along the way. I knew that Season Five would end with certain events and Season Six, if there was one, would end with a certain event and so would Season Seven, and wherever the show got cancelled or ended was fine. It would work either way; at the end of Season Five, Six or Seven.”

About seven months after the cancellation, Kemper got a call from Henson, who had been working behind the scenes to get a mini-series up and running. “I think it was March of ’03, and I happened to be in Australia at the time. I was having lunch with [director] Andrew Prowse when Brian called and said, ‘Start thinking’. He asked if we could do the story in four hours, and I said, ‘Sure, we can do anything!’ so that was the first phone call.

“What happened was, Brian basically said, ‘Look, it’s needs to be huge. It needs to be an event, that wraps up this chapter, and it has to get us to a place where it feels satisfying that the journey of Farscape has some closure.’ So being able to end this chapter was very appealing, because at the same time, we figured that it also allowed us a way open other doors for a potential future.”

Kemper got together with long-time collaborator and series creator Rockne O’Bannon, and together they began the laborious process of hammering out four hours of mini-series material. “I was originally going to write one hour of the first night and one hour of the second night, but we ended up switching hours. I think I was going to write hours one and four and Rock was going to do two and four, and after we switched, I wrote hours two and four. But honestly, that kind of stuff never matters because we always collaborate right up until the end, so it gets to the point where I sometimes don’t know who wrote a specific line.

Source: VisMag

Today in the New York Daily news in the television section there is create review of the mini-series.  Be warned, it contains spoilers.

New 'Farscape': Outta this world
David Bianculli

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars. Sunday and Monday, 9 p.m., Sci-Fi Channel.
The rebirth of "Farscape," an imaginative sci-fi series returned from the dead by fervent fans, dedicated collaborators and a few passionate investors, is an amazing story.

But that's nothing compared to the story told in "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars," the four-hour miniseries that picks up where the abruptly canceled Sci-Fi Channel series left off a few years ago.

The new adventure tackles nothing less than the sort of epic mythology, battles, quests and morals explored in George Lucas' "Star Wars."

And I know I'm opening myself up to way too many E-mails, both angry and enthusiastic, from fantasy-genre acolytes, but this new miniseries does it just as well - maybe better.

"Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" (Sunday and Monday at 9 p.m.) doesn't offer easy entry for those sampling "Farscape" for the first time.

The narrative begins with the hero, Ben Browder's John Crichton, lying motionless on a slab. We hear random snatches of dialogue from various characters, but out of context and with no apparent meaning.

Even the requisite expositional recap, which explains how Crichton came to this strange new galaxy and the rest of his "Farscape" activities, doesn't arrive until about 15 minutes in.

This demands a lot of an audience. As always, though, this new "Farscape" rewards those who stick with it, and delivers, once again, a very entertaining and engrossing genre drama.

Cleverly written by Rockne S. O'Bannon and David Kemper, and resourcefully directed by Brian Henson, "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" tells stories both large and small while advancing the cliff-hanger from the series finale.

That's no easy feat, because the last time we saw Crichton and his true love, pregnant Peacekeeper warrior Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black), they were dead - blown into pieces by an enemy ship.

As "Peacekeeper" begins, those pieces are collected, reconfigured and eventually revived, just in time to put the two of them, and their loyal traveling companions, smack in the middle of a galactic war between the predatory Peacekeepers (Aeryn has been much softened by Crichton's influence) and the even more ruthless Scarrans.

Crichton isn't just swept up by this battle, he's central to it: He alone possesses the knowledge, given to him by alien guardians during the "Farscape" series, to identify and navigate galactic wormholes, and perhaps even turn them into the universe's most devastating weapon.

To summarize the story further, especially to the uninitiated, would be counterproductive. Suffice it to say there are epic love stories (not only between Crichton and Aeryn, but between two of their fellow travelers, Anthony Simcoe's brutish D'Argo and Gigi Edgley's sexy Chiana).

And formidable villains: Duncan Young's lizardlike Emperor Staleek, Rebecca Riggs' manipulative Drayza and Crichton's most familiar adversary, Wayne Pygram's inscrutable Scorpius. There are lives lost, and lives begun. Old friends reunited and lessons learned.

"Farscape" has returned, not with a vengeance, but with a triumph.

Send an email to David Bianculli

I'm a little late on this, but the official soundtrack for the Peacekeeper Wars comes out on October 12.

You can buy it at La-La Land

On Sci Fi's Farscape site there is another video interview with Wayne Pygram (you know Scorpius/Harvey the neuro-clone).

Sci Fi Wire has an article up about Claudia Black (Aeryn Sun) discussing the Peacekeepers War.

Article: Sci Fi Wire

Aint it Cool News has a review up on the Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.

Be warned it has spoilers, Click to read

UGO has an exclusive interview with Farscape creator Rockne O'Bannon and actor Ben Browder about the mini-series.

Video: [click here] (2:41 - windows media)

The Jim Henson Company has made an annoucement that they are going to release the Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars trailer on Apple's movie trailer site on August 25, 2004 @ 12:00 (pst). All I have to say is, Thank You!

On Sci Fi's Farscape site there is a video interview with David Kemper, check it out.<

Looks like the Sci Fi channel is going run all 88 episodes of Farscape (how nice of them). They will run on the Daytime Rotation from 9am-4pm (est) starting Oct. 1 through Oct. 15.

Was reading over at darkhorizons that Guy Gross (the original Farscape music composer) is finishing up the music.

"Composer Guy Gross will be finishing in the next couple of weeks scoring the final eps of Farscape i.e. since the score is usually the last thing done on a project, it should be finished soon."

Sci Fi Wire has another article talking to Clauda Black (Aeryn Sun) about the Farscape miniseries

In the August issue of the Sci Fi magazine, there is a nice article about the Farscape mini-series.  Here are the pictures from the article

Sci Fi Wire has a small article up with some comments from Ben Browder (John Crichton) about coming back to do Farscape.

Ain't It Cool News has an excerpt of what was discussed at the Farscape panel

So you have a hankering from some images for the new Farscape mini-series? Take look here and here (please keep the drooling to a minium)

SCI FI Brings Back Farscape

SCI FI announced it will be bringing back Farscape with an all-new miniseries — called Farscape: Peacekeeper War — slated to air in the fourth quarter of this year. The four-hour miniseries picks up where the cliffhanger series finale left off and will reunite John Crichton (Ben Browder), Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) and the rest of the Moya crew.

Farscape creator Rockne O'Bannon and executive producer David Kemper wrote the miniseries, which was directed by Brian Henson. Peacekeeper War was produced by the Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, and executive produced by Robert Halmi Jr.

SCI FI will make the official announcement at noon on Monday, April 5, during the channel's advertising sales "upfront" presentation.

Link to article SCI FI Brings Back Farscape


From TVGuide

FAR OUT!: Farscape is returning home to the Sci Fi Channel. The cabler has finalized a deal to air Farscape: Peacekeeper War, the highly anticipated four-hour miniseries that will tie up all the loose ends left dangling when the network axed the acclaimed drama last year. The project has already wrapped production and is slated to air at the end of the year.

Can we make it four times in a row? Lets hope so, Farscape has been nominated yet again for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series.

For a small fee you can become a member and vote for Farscape. It would be nice to see it win for the 4th consecutive time.

Ok, I found this on SciFi Wired Our beloved show goes back into production on Dec 15.

SCI FI Wire has learned that production will begin Dec. 15 in Australia on a new four-hour Farscape miniseries, with stars Ben Browder, Claudia Black and others reprising their roles. A source close to the production told the Wire that series creators Rockne O'Bannon and David Kemper are readying a script for the miniseries, which as yet has no air date and no TV distribution deal. The SCI FI Channel, which originally aired four seasons of Farscape, had no comment on the report. A spokesperson for Jim Henson Co., which produced the series, also had no comment.

The proposed miniseries will probably wrap up the events of the show, which ended with a cliffhanger. The source added, "I believe it will certainly air on television. At this point, it's in the early stages of finding that home."

Link to the article Farscape Miniseries In Works

Another bit of information from TV Guide

That Farscape press conference we told you about yesterday, during which producers were going to "announce an exciting new development in the campaign to continue" the franchise, has been postponed, a rep for the Jim Henson Company confirms. But never fear, 'Scapers. Sources tell me the media event will be rescheduled for sometime next week. (And trust me, it'll be well worth the wait.)

Being there is a Farscape Covention this weekend we might here the awsome news then, if not next week. Keep your fingers crossed.

I caught this little tidbit off of Dark Horizons

"The cancelled but highly acclaimed Sci-Fi Channel series which had its plug pulled earlier this year may be making a comeback. Last week an insider sent along this rumour: "Farscape is back in production - the series is to be wrapped up in 4-6 new episodes with the usual crew, cast and producers. The props and sets are being dusted off and are being assembled in preparation for filming in Sydney. The new mini-season will complete the story arc and bring closure". An interesting story and a solid source but still it sounded almost like wishful thinking and as there still hasn't been any official announcement about it I held off. After all, you would've thought Sci-Fi would have shouted it from the rooftops that its coming back to appease the ravenous fans of the show (incl. me). Then some people I know connected with the show started mentioning it's coming back and its confirmed that the Sydney production office is open again. I placed three separate calls to them on Tuesday to confirm/deny the rumours and all three calls were not only summarily cut off at their end but the secretary hurled nasty insults (courtesy is a dying art) - I've never had problems with these guys before so best guess would be they've been advised not to speak to press at all (which would explain the lack of coverage locally). That would also explain that when I got in contact with a US publicity rep for Sci-Fi, they said they couldn't comment on it at this time but will be releasing details when they're available soon. Something IS stirring, I guess we'll have to wait to find out what exactly."

We will just have to keep our eye and ears open on this one and hope SciFi will announce something soon (I am thinking after the Battlestar Galactica preimer ).

IGN FilmForce Exclusive: Farscape May Be Ready for a Return

Could a new mini-series be announced as early as this weekend?

July 15, 2003 - Farscape, the ratings-challenged Sci-Fi Channel series that prompted an international rescue campaign, may be getting a chance to go out on its own terms. A reliable source told IGN FilmForce this week that a 4-hour mini-series was currently being prepped for production by Henson. Set to lens in Australia, the home to the original series, the mini would be a continuation of the final episode and a possible wrap-up that would tie all of the dangling plot threads together.

This comes as good news to fans who were dismayed by the "To Be Continued..." tag at the end of the final episode in the series, "Bad Timing." With most of the cast set to appear at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, there is a possibility that Henson Company could make an announcement during the convention. Series star Ben Browder's appearance at the Comic-Con's Farscape panel has added to the speculation that an announcement may be forthcoming.

Predictably, Henson Co. is being cagey with information about a potential Farscape mini. After asking the company for a response for this story, they took four hours to come up with, "Though there are currently no plans for any immediate Farscape projects to be produced, the 'To Be Continued' ending in the final episode signifies The Jim Henson Company's commitment to the property and our belief that there are future opportunities for it to grow. We truly appreciate all of the continued fan support and commitment to Farscape." Which is a really fancy way of saying "no comment."

The cast of Farscape – are they making a return to television?

If Henson is getting ready to produce a Farscape mini-series, the big question could be, "Who are they producing this for?" A representative for the Sci-Fi Channel confirmed to IGN FilmForce that the network knows nothing about a Farscape mini-series. If Sci-Fi is not involved with a new Farscape mini, then where would it run? Most networks aren't interested in running a mini-series based on a series they didn't run and Sci-Fi's contract has quite a bit of time left on it, so there are some questions that will need to be answered if or when an announcement is made. One thing is certain, though: if there is a possibility for any kind of continuation of Farscape, it will be welcome news to the fans that have tried to keep the series alive through television ads, e-mail & letter campaigns and outright threats. For more information, keep checking out IGN FilmForce.

Link to the article Farscape May Be Ready for a Return

Our beloved program Farscape won best syndicated cable series.

Some images of Ben Browder on WireImage
The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films (Saturn Awards)

Gigi's secrets are revealed
By GARRY WILLIAMS
30mar03

MICHAEL Edgley's daughter is about to eclipse her father in the fame stakes.

Gigi Edgley, 25, makes her debut in The Secret Life Of Us next week, a role that could put her at the top of the celebrity circuit in Australia.

But the daughter of one of the nation's most high profile promoters is no stranger to fame.

She has earned a cult following in the United States with her role in the sci-fi series Farscape.

Although Farscape did not take off in Australia, despite being made in Sydney, it built up a massive following in the US and Britain - and Gigi's character, "space trollop" Chiana, was a fan favourite.

"I was at a US convention and saw a line that ran across the room and out the door," Gigi said. "I asked if Buffy the Vampire Slayer was here and I was told, 'No that's the line for you (to sign autographs), dear'.

"It was madness," she said, producing an action figure of her character out her bag.

"I couldn't believe all the merchandising. I was on plates, and forks, comic books - you name it."

She admits her dad was not impressed when first told of the role.

"After I did Water Rats a few years ago, I played a junkie, a hooker, then an alien. And Dad said, 'When are you going to get some real work'?"

But Gigi said her father could not be more supportive and, unlike many celebrities with famous parents, is happy to talk about him.

It was her idea to have her father in a photo shoot for the Sunday Herald Sun.

"He made me what I am, why wouldn't I want to talk about him?

"We are so open with each other. I ring him every time I have a problem. He's on the end of the phone going, 'What am I, the bloody complaints department'?"

Gigi said she was destined to go on stage.

"I never stopped dressing up and playing make-believe," she said.

"You couldn't help it with my home life. With dad's job I was living with circuses, living with the Marcel Marceaus, living with the Tina Turners and the Olivia Newton-Johns.

"There was a lot of plate-throwing, but there was also a lot of love.

"My parents split up a long time ago, but it's hard to tell. They're great mates. They gang up me all the time. They are complete opposites - my mum (Jeni, a former Miss Australia) is into alternative lifestyles and is always telling me to follow my passion, while dad has a work-till-you-drop then work-some-more ethos - but they both give great advice."

Gigi's character in The Secret Life Of Us, George, is an industrial design student. She returns from overseas to rekindle her relationship with Christian (Michael Dorman). But there is a unexpected romantic twist coming up.

Gigi's other TV credits include the recent critically-acclaimed telemovie BlackJack, starring Colin Friels.

She played Friels' daughter, Liz, confined to a wheelchair because of spina bifida.

"It was good meaty role," she said. "I did a lot of research interviewing women who suffered from the condition.

"It must have been intense for them with this fit, young chick coming in and asking them if they can go to the loo or make love."

Ten has commissioned three more scripts for BlackJack based on the success of the original.

© Herald and Weekly Times
Link to the article Gigi's secrets are revealed

He we go for the series finally. The rating for 'Bad Timing'. Thanks to saska who posted the ratings on Save Farscape's community.

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Farewell to a Phenomenon
The last 'Farscape' airs tonight, but the drama lingers on
Diane Werts

March 20, 2003

It's the end, sad to say. "Farscape" airs its final original episode tomorrow night at 8 on Sci Fi, the cable channel that last fall announced it was terminating its commitment to a fifth and final season by cutting funds to the critically acclaimed show after its already- filmed fourth.

But this month also marks a beginning for one of TV's best dramas - not just best sci-fi, but best drama, period. Those of us obsessed with "Farscape," and those who've yet to discover its depth, can now live the thrills right from the amazing pilot hour as Sci Fi starts repeating the entire series, Monday night March 31 at midnight. All 88 episodes then air Sunday through Thursday nights at midnight.

And that may be the real start for Farscape the Phenomenon. Look at the most obvious TV model. "Star Trek" didn't really live until it was dead. Cancellation was what turned space- the-final-frontier into an eternal oeuvre. The weekly tale needed daily delivery to build its fan base, through constant immersion and the chance to absorb episodes repeatedly. It wasn't until we were all parroting "Beam me up, Scotty" that "Trek" truly found its way into pop culture afterlife.

"Farscape" has even more going for it. The core story of lost American astronaut John Crichton takes place in our own time frame, name-checking Yoda and Steven Spielberg in the first episodes and referencing 1-800 numbers in tomorrow's finale. Crichton might be a space cowboy, but he's no love-'em-and-leave-'em chieftain Kirk. Rather than handily handling plot devices, actor Ben Browder gets plunged into a loosey-goosey cauldron of alien appetites. He moves through full- bodied humor, rage and desire as his adventures unfold in stunningly theatrical production values. And they evolve on a continuing basis, forming over weeks and even months, which enables the show's striking dramatic substance (and also, unfortunately, makes plots hard to pick up in progress).

But series creator Rockne S. O'Bannon's great masterstroke was designing a behavioral dynamic that raises the emotional stakes to extremes. Crichton is utterly alone in space. So are the ragtag cohorts with whom he falls in on the living ship Moya - escaped prisoners or renegades in their own worlds, each searching for something, living without rules but with their own individual senses of morality, which may or may not dovetail with anyone else's. With the aliens on equal footing with the human, their characters vibrantly manifest their own aspirations and agendas. They're often at cross-purposes. They act on passions and prejudices, which makes for intense entertainment. Even the animatronic characters from the Jim Henson Creature Shop can be astonishingly expressive.

It's that nervous edge - and contemporary irreverence - that drew "Farscape" a more broad-based audience than most sci-fi, most of it adult, much of it female, and decidedly non- geek. The richness of the storytelling radiates to the end, when Crichton and warrior Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) reach a critical juncture in their relationship, when Crichton again faces that id/ego challenge of having the evil Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) implanted inside his head, when we're not sure who's betraying whom or whether Earth is going down for the count. Yes, there are spaceship battles. Yes, there are creepy aliens. But most of all, there's a humanity that's heart-rending. Crichton is lost in oh-so-many ways. And just when it looks tomorrow like he might be found - well, you'll have to see for yourself.

And you'll have to wonder what might have been. Browder and Black are back looking for work stateside ("Farscape" filmed in Sydney), and all parties to the production have moved on. Fans mounted an impressive campaign to revive enough interest to continue (www.savefarscape .com), but the series seems sincerely dead. Oh, well. Maybe 30 years from now, we'll all be whining about how limp the ninth "Farscape" movie and fifth TV spinoff are, and how long-in-the-tooth old Browder is getting. If only.

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