Red Faction’s Made For TV Movie May Spawn A Series

THQ’s plans for a Red Faction movie may be just the beginning for the Martian sci-fi smash ‘em up. The SyFy network-produced made for TV movie may eventually become its own ongoing series.

NBC Universal cable network Syfy is planning a “major expansion of its Syfy Games unit” this year, writes Broadcasting & Cable, which includes more than just the De Blob animated series and Red Faction movie. SyFy is hoping its “big Syfy Saturday movie” turns out to be a “great back-door pilot”.

Meaning, the Red Faction’s two-hour-long pilot begets a fully-fledged series, similar in style to the science fiction network’s Battlestar Galactica, which started life as a mini-series.

Broadcasting & Cable says the deal between THQ and SyFy goes even further, with the SyFy Games division helping to produce “the next iteration of the Red Faction video-game series”.

Syfy Expanding Video-Game Business [Broadcasting & Cable via Press the Buttons/Joystiq]