Syfy has opted not to proceed with its artificial intelligence drama pilot The Machine.  The decision took awhile — the pilot was cast back in February. I hear that is because there was an effort by Syfy brass to rework the pilot. I hear the recut pilot was better received but in the end came short of a series…

Battlestar Galactica alumna Katee Sackhoff, Lance Henriksen (Aliens) and Jaeden Bettencourt (Hotel Transylvania 2) have joined the voice cast of Syfy's artificial intelligence drama pilot The Machine. Based on the 2013 cult film, The Machine is set in a world that is being transformed by the emergence of artificial…

Bridger Zadina (Law & Order: SVU) and Olly Rix (Of Kings and Prophets) are set as series regulars and Malachi Kirby (Roots) as recurring on Syfy's artificial intelligence drama pilot The Machine. Additionally, Game Of Thrones’ Indira Varma is rumored for a lead role in the project, from Universal Cable…

The Americans alumna Annet Mahendru has signed on to Syfy’s artificial intelligence drama pilot The Machine in a regular role. The Machine, from Universal Cable Productions, is set in a world that is being transformed by the emergence of artificial intelligence. The project explores the epic conflict between man and…

Syfy is stepping up its development efforts with three pilot orders to artificial intelligence drama The Machine, based on the 2013 cult hit film; supernatural horror-drama Haunted; and Happy! based on Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson’s graphic novel. All three hail from sibling Universal Cable Prods. After several…

Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are in final negotiations to write The Machine, the Vin Diesel-starring action comedy that is also the first new production for the restructured MGM. Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant wrote the original script, about a human-like machine created in secrecy by the…