JEWEL STAITE (FIREFLY), A.J. BUCKLEY (SUPERNATURAL), AARON DOUGLAS (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) AND PAUL CAMPBELL (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) WILL STAR IN AUGUST SYFY SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIES

NEW YORK - July 26, 2011 - Jewel Staite (Firefly) and A.J. Buckley (Supernatural) confront a devastating global catastrophe, while Battlestar Galactica alums Aaron Douglas and Paul Campbell take on a savage and legendary monster in the August Syfy Saturday Original Movies.

In Doomsday Prophecy, premiering Saturday, August 13, at 9PM (ET/PT), a book editor (Buckley) and an archeologist (Staite) hunt down a mysterious author of prophetic novels. When the writer is found dead, the editor obtains a device enabling him to see the future - an impending geological nightmare that will tear apart the planet. Doomsday Prophecy is a production of Cinetel Films.

In Killer Mountain - inspired by an ancient Himalayan legend - premiering Saturday, August 27, at 9PM (ET/PT), a team of climbers (Douglas, Campbell) is sent to a forbidden mountain to rescue a missing expedition. There, they discover that the mountain is the secret location of Shangri La -- protected by a bloodthirsty alien creature, the Druk. Killer Mountain is a production of ARO Entertainment.

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