Alan Cumming Oils Up as Tin Man

Recently civil-unioned actor Alan Cumming is an old hand at science fiction, following his appearance in X2, so it's no surprise he's been tapped to star in the new SciFi Channel miniseries Tin Man, a fantasy re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz.

Cumming will star as Glitch, a man missing half of his brain; he's just one of a motley crew of people trapped in the Outer Zone (or O.Z., get it?) who want to find their way home.

Shooting begins in March with an eye to a December broadcast premiere date.

Also coming to SciFi is an action series from gay Sex and the City creator Darren Star.

The as-yet-untitled show is about convicts who get new teched-out bodies so they can go on secret government missions.