The Sci Fi Channel has announced several new series and mini-series in development, including several of interest to pop culture retailers.   Stargate: Atlantis is a new series spun off from the successful Stargate SG-1 series, which was just renewed (see 'Stargate SG-1 Renewed on Sci Fi Channel').  A new team finds a secret base left by the originators of the Stargate under the ruins of Atlantis, which leads them to a distant universe where they find a primitive human civilization threatened by a sinister new enemy. 

Suture Girl is a new series based on the Gretchen Culver character from Todd McFarlane's Spawn; she's violently murdered by a serial killer, then stitched back to life and given special powers by a mysterious gypsy woman. 

Clive Barker's The Evil One is told from the viewpoint of a demon.  A battle between good and evil will be held every week, and the bad guy will often win.  Created and executive produced by Barker. 

Painkiller Jane is a two-hour pilot based on the Event Comics series, which features a young marine officer who is exposed to a biochemical weapon that endows her with incredible self-healing powers.  Other comic series currently in development for Sci Fi include brother Voodoo (see 'Sci Fi Channel Plans Second Marvel Series').

The Thing is a four hour miniseries based on the 1951 film; written by Gary L. Goldman (Minority Report, Total Recall).  

An air date has been announced for the Battlestar Galactica miniseries (see 'Sci Fi Channel To Do Battlestar Galactica') -- December 03.