SyFy reboots Alien Nation

Great news for science-fiction fans, looks like SyFy (That’s the new name of the SciFi Channel for those that missed it) are doing a reboot of classic scifi series Alien Nation. Tim Minear is said to be penning the series, which is fairly good news given his portfolio includes Dollhouse, Angel and Firefly.

I always thought the movie of Alien Nation (with Mandy Patinkin and James Caan) was way better than the TV series (with Eric Pierpoint and Gary Graham), but either way the cop / buddy / alien / drama thing works really well and lord knows cop shows are booming right now. We’ll definitely be covering this one as it grows.