Tony Curran: 'Defiance' news and updates

 

Tony Curran of "Defiance" attends Syfy 2013 Upfront at Silver Screen Studios
at Chelsea Piers on April 10, 2013 in New York City. Source: Zimbio

 

From Twitter:
Tony Tellado, host of Sci-Fi Talk, in conversation with Tony Curran of Defiance from SyFy Up Front - here
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Defiance - Syfy Video Featurette: 'VFX Before & After' - Episode 1Take a look at the before & after visual effects from episode 1 here.

Defiance - Syfy Video Featurette: Episode 1 Recapby Antiopodalarapaima

Online Magazine - Guaranteed Post: Defiance Reviewed
by Geeks versus Nerds


Tony Curran's Favorite Scene from the PilotWatch the video at SyFy.com


Tony Curran Reveals What Really Happens in the BathVideo interview at SyFy.com

New Stills and Another Promo for Defiance Episode 1.02 - Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Goat Dread Central


Defiance Actor Tony Curran Talks Defiance TV Series And Video Game
Actor Tony Curran reveals Syfy new TV Series Defiance and his portrayal of Datak Tarr.
Watch the video interview here.


Defiance - Game Hub: Tony Curran Video Interview
Defiance Actor Tony Curran Talks Defiance TV Series And Video Game


Watch the interview here.



Defiance - Syfy Video Featurette: Tony Curran Video Interview
Tony Curran (Datak Tarr) reveals what really happens in the bath with Jaime Murray (Stahma Tarr).
Watch the interview here.

Defiance Trailer: Beast
New Earth, New Rules. The world is your oyster.
Watch the trailer here.


3 Behind the Scenes Featurettes
at SF Series and Movies.

Intro to the AliensVideo at Defiance.com

Get to Know DatakVideo at Defiance.com


Defiance [1x01] "Pilot" Opening Creditscourtesy of YouTube



Actor Tony Curran sneaks off film set to watch the Celtic game still wearing his alien costume
Actor Tony Curran sneaked out of filming his new sci-fi telly show to catch Celtic vs Barcelona - dressed in his full alien costume. The Doctor Who star was given a couple of hours off from filming Defiance to catch the game.But the die hard Celtic fan was warned by producers not to remove his make up or costume.And ex pats watching the game at McVeigh’s Tavern in Toronto were stunned when he walked in dressed as his character in the new show Datak Tarr.

The Celtic-mad actor was in the middle of shooting a new science fiction programme in the Canadian city, and had begged the producers for a few hours off to watch his team play Barcelona in the Champions League.But with a hectic shooting schedule, Tony was told he could only nip out if he agreed to keep his full make up on so he had to head to the pub dressed as alien gangster Datak Tarr from the new series Defiance.

Despite trying to hide his ghostly white face with a bunnet and scarf, he spent the whole night explaining to the members of the Downtown ...
Read much more at Daily Record

Defiance Review: New Sci-fi Drama Premieres Monday
From Cinema Blend:

We've had a long time to anticipate the arrival of Syfy's new drama series Defiance, and in that time, many of us have likely set our expectations high for what will hopefully be a new must-watch original sci-fi drama for the cable channel. The series premiere does not disappoint, bringing us into a story about human and alien characters who are trying to co-exist in a city that was once St. Louis and is now known as Defiance. Developed by Rockne S. O'Bannon, Kevin Murphy and Michael Taylor, Defiance's tone blends western with sci-fi and tells the story of humans and aliens as they attempt to co-exist with one another on what's left of Earth.

The history of the setting is explained throughout the premiere. Aliens showed up decades ago thinking earth was uninhabited, they were wrong, war broke out and after earth was torn apart by the battles and drastically changed by alien technology, humans and Votans (the collective term for the various alien species) eventually laid down their arms and have attempted to share what's left of the planet. There's a bit more to it than that, and we begin to learn the details as the first episode gets going.

Read much more at Cinema Blend


'Defiance' Review: New Syfy Drama Comes Out With Guns BlazingFrom Huffington Post:

"Defiance" (9 p.m. ET Monday, Syfy) is not just a smart, well-crafted TV show with a good cast and an adventurous flavor, it's also indisputably science fiction, which is a relief.

Read much much more at Huffington Post

Defiance: TV Review
by Hollywood Reporter


Meet the Aliens of Defiance
We love horror, which pretty much translates into loving aliens since they are often scary (exceptions include E.T., Stitch, Gleek the Monkey and that alien from Mac and Me that loved Sears). A new alien epic is coming via Syfy's Defiance (Airing Mondays at 9/8c on Syfy), where sheer terror is substituted with pure sci-fi, but that doesn't make these aliens any less tough. In the show, life on Earth is cataclysmically changed by the arrival of the Votanis Collective, a conglomeration of alien races fleeing the destruction of their world. After your standard issue alien war apocalypse, we're left with a world in which humans exist alongside a rash of extraterrestrial races.
Castithans: Of all the Votan races, Castithans are closest to humans. They are characterized physically by their white skin and hair, and culturally by their adherence to a strict caste system.
Irathient: Irathients are a proud, tribal and spiritual race possessed of excellent combat skills. They have broad and flat nasal bridges, reddish skin, and large eyes. They are sometimes seen as feral due to their love of nature and their aggression.
Indogenes: Indogene have bright, white skin laid with hexagonal patterns, and no hair. An intellectual race, they value science above all and upgrade themselves with cybernetic implants.
Gulanee: Gulanee are rarely seen, and are beings of pure energy.
Sensoth: Somewhat simian in appearance, Sensoth tend to be on the larger side, and are the longest-lived of the Votan races. Their size and strength makes them well-suited for use as muscle and manual labor.
Liberata: Short in stature and generally fairly hairy, the Liberata are a servant class with a lower social standing than the other races.
Volge: A frightening, war-like race, the Volge make use of Cold Fire weaponry and pose a threat to both Votans and humans, alike.
Source: Chiller TV


'Defiance': Everything You Need To Know
Huffington Post's very comprehensive guide to everything Defiance is here.


'Defiance': Syfy Attempts To Blend TV Series, Video Game
Earth is recovering from an apocalyptic event, alien races cooperate warily, a wise-cracking outsider suddenly finds himself shouldering new responsibilities.

Yes, the world of "Defiance" features familiar sci-fi touchstones, but it's taken an ambitious approach to how you can experience them: Through both a weekly TV series and an online-only video game.

Five years in the making, the joint project is the most high-profile and big-budget attempt at ongoing "transmedia" entertainment, promising characters and storylines that crisscross between the Syfy network show and Trion Worlds game.

Set in 2046 on a "terraformed" Earth where humans live alongside seven alien species, the series premiering Monday displays a space Western vibe with bar brawls, interspecies politics and love, plus actors familiar to genre fans like Julie Benz and Jaime Murray. The already-released game, a multiplayer third-person shooter, has plenty of guns to upgrade, quests for supplies, and boss battles in which players cooperate to bring down giant monsters.

Though they can be experienced separately, somebody who both plays the game and watches the show will gain an extra layer of insight to each, promises actor Grant Bowler, who appears in both. Bowler said he was impressed and a bit wary of that idea when he signed on to play lead Joshua "Jeb" Nolan, who becomes "lawkeeper" of the city of St. Louis, renamed Defiance by survivors.

Read more at Huffington Post




Popular video game 'Defiance' inspires SyFy TV series examining the uneasy co-existence of aliens and humans
Read more at Daily News


Defiance - Yahoo! TV: Monday's Picks Apr 15 '13 - NEW Series Syfy 9/8CRead more at Antipodalarapaima


Defiance - Syfy Video: "Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go' Episode Trailer - Airs Apr 22 '13
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Defiance - Syfy: NEW Series - April 2013 ScheduleRead more at Antipodalarapaima


'Defiance' Ratings: Syfy Series Hits High NotesRead more at Huffington Post


Syfy's 'Defiance' travels between media worlds with TV series and online gameRead more at Zap2it


TV Ratings: Syfy's Pricey 'Defiance' Gives Network Best Demo Premiere Since 2006Read more at Hollywood Reporter


Defiance Behind the Scenes: Tony Curran Talks about Castithan Honor
Source: YouTube

Doctor Who - BBC America: Season 5 Marathon Schedule Apr 18 '13

04:00PM Vincent and The Doctor

Visiting a museum, the Doctor (Matt Smith) and Amy (Karen Gillan) are especially excited with the gallery for Vincent van Gogh (Tony Curran). Many of van Gogh pieces are displayed, including "The Church at Auvers (1890)". However there is something irregular discovered on the painting - a small alien image within a window pane. The Doctor quickly takes Amy back to 1890 where they locate the troubled artist that upsets the locals, cannot pay his bills, and is able to see an invisible monster that no one else is able to see.

Guest stars include Defiance's Tony Curran, Nik Howden, Chrissie Cotterill and Sarah Counsell.
Source: Antipodalarapaima

Tony Curran: 'Defiance' updates, photos, interviews, etc

Sci-fi TV series 'Defiance' launches with video game: 'one world, two ways in'

Cast members of the television show "Defiance," (left to right) Tony Curran as Datak Tarr, Jaime Murray as Stahma Tarr, Julie Benz as Amanda Rosewater, Mia Kirshner as Kenya Rosewater, Grant Bowler as Joshua Nolan, Stephanie Leonidas as Irisa Nyira and Graham Greene as Rafe McCawley are shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Shaw Media-Joe Pugliese/Syfy

What will Earth look like in the year 2046? Pretty beat up if a sprawling outdoor backlot for a new sci-fi TV series, tucked out of sight in an industrial section of Toronto's east end, is any indication.
"Defiance" launches simultaneously in Canada and the U.S. April 15 as both a TV series and a video game. Both Showcase and the U.S. cable channel Syfy will premiere it over two hours Monday at 10 p.m.
Earlier this year before TV critics in Los Angeles, Syfy president Dave Howe called it "one world, but with two ways in." Five years in the making, the series was planned all along as a way to unite "high-quality scripted television and online gaming in an unprecedented way."
Read more at Brandon Sun

Tweets (and photos) from Tony Curran: Great night at Syfy up Fronts New York City
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Datak&Stahma having a moment 3 days till launch
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It wouldn't be the Syfy Upfront if it wasn't a star studded event, and the stellar cast of Defiance surely delivers
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Up Fronts NYC
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In MYM Magazine out April 18th in UK
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Defiance Trailer: Datak
Cunning, intelligent, and ambitious, Datak Tarr has a firm grip on Defiance's underworld. How long can they stay on top? Defiance premieres Monday at 9/8c only on Syfy.
Watch the trailer here.


Defiance - Syfy Video Featurette: 'Datak' Promo - NEW Series Apr 15 '13Read more at Antipodalarapaima.


DEFIANCE: Jaime Murray and Tony Curran Plan To Prosper In New Sneak Peeks
Full article at Seriable


Another Trailer for Syfy’s Defiance
The 2-hour premiere arrives April 15th.
Read more at SciFi Cool

Nice Boy of the Week: Tony Curran
The Nice Boy of the Week this week is actor Tony Curran, who is one of the cast members of the upcoming Syfy series Defiance that will debut on Monday, April 15.

Tony Curran was born in Glasgow, Scotland and graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He got his first break on television in 1986 in the British children’s series called Dramarama.

A few years later he had small roles in the box office films Captive that starred Julia Ormond and Tim Roth and Being Human that starred Robin Williams. Over the course of the next four years, he appeared in the British and Scottish TV series Soldier Soldier, Grange Hill, Taggart, The Bill, A Touch of Frost, This Life and Touching Evil.
Read more at Nice Girls TV


NBCU's $100 Million Gamble on Syfy's 'Defiance'
The first TV series and video game to launch in tandem, the multiplatform event marks a critical test for the cable network.
Syfy is welcoming a two-headed baby into the world. The NBCUniversal-owned network in April is launching Defiance, a risky experiment in transmedia that pairs the most expensive series in the cable net's history with an equally pricey massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game. Each can be enjoyed on its own, but NBCU, which has invested close to $100 million in Defiance, needs both sci-fi fans and gamers -- two fickle groups -- to show up in big numbers to justify the expense.
Read more at Hollywood Reporter


Defiance - The Gate Mag: Cast Video Interview - NEW Series Apr 15 '13 on Syfy
The cast of SyFy's series, Defiance, introduce themselves and actor Grant Bowler talks about the inspiration for his character, Chief Lawkeeper Jeb Nolan.

Video includes interviews with Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Jaime Murray, Mia Kirshner, Tony Curran and Graham Greene.

Set on a transformed Earth thirty years in the future, Defiance is the story of courage and survival in a frontier town where feuding factions of humans and aliens must stand together against outside forces that threaten their existence. Defiance premiering Monday April 15 at 9/8c on Syfy.
Watch the interviews at Antipodalarapaima



Defiance - The Gate Mag: Cast Video Interview Part 2
The cast of SyFy's new series, Defiance, talk about the languages of the alien races, the Votan, and how it impacted their performances. David J. Peterson developed the languages for the series.
More here.


Loving The Aliens - Article in TV & Satellite Week
Read a scan of the article here.


Michael Nankin interview: Defiance, latex, TV pilots and more
With the launch of the Defiance series and TV show imminent, we spoke to producer and director Michael Nankin about its making...

The Syfy Channel is about to air what is surely its biggest experiment yet. Called Defiance, it’s a sci-fi series which not only employs some proven industry talent - not least writer Rockne S O’Bannon, of Alien Nation and SeaQuest DSV fame, director and producer Michael Nankin, who previously helmed episodes of Battlestar Galactica and Alphas - but also coincides with the launch of the online shooter of the same name.

In a media first, Defiance the TV series and Defiance the videogame will share characters and storylines, with events in the show replicated in the online experience, too. It’s a concept that has roped in the creative minds from both Syfy and Trion Worlds, cost an undisclosed sum of money, and will, if successful, no doubt pave the way for further ‘transmedia’ collaborations in the future.

Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth where multiple races of aliens live uneasily among humans, Defiance takes place in the ramshackle town of the same name. Roguishly handsome newcomer Nolan (Grant Bowler) provides our way into this grubby community, in which bitter rivalries and cultural chasms constantly threaten its stability. As much a Western as a sci-fi show, Defiance is infused with a lightness of touch and a faintly kitsch sensibility, which is far removed from the brooding, post-911 atmosphere of Battlestar Galactica, whose success Syfy will no doubt be hoping to replicate here.

Ahead of the Defiance pilot’s premiere on the 16th April, we had a chance to talk to Nankin about what we can expect from the show, the pitfalls in developing a TV series and game at the same time, and the perils of directing a show full of alien prosthetics, contact lenses, and brightly-coloured wigs...
Read the full interview at  Den of Geek




Tony Curran (Datak Tarr)Actor bio at Showcase


At the Defiance Shoot. Photos (including Tony Curran)
http://www.defiance.com/en/series/photos/at-the-defiance-shoot

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Defiance: the official photos of the cast bonus
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Defiance: the official photos of the cast bonus. Tony Curran
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Dive Into the TV and Game World of DEFIANCE With Featurette, Exclusive Set Visit Pics and More

SciFiMafia.com attended a set tour and press conference a few months ago and we have chosen a sampling from the sheer tonnage of pics taken to share with you, to accompany this first Making Of featurette of the game and series and the newest trailer for the series and TV spot for the game.
Read more at SciFi Mania



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Vampires, Zombies & Werewolves Movie Marathon - Syfy: Schedule Apr 6 '13

Underworld: Evolution
Gory sequel finds the bloodsucking heroine (Kate Beckinsale) tracing the origins of the ancient feud between the tribes of vampires and werewolves.
Cast includes Kate Beckinsale, Defiance's Tony Curran, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen and Sophia Myles.

Blade II
A vampire slayer (Wesley Snipes) teams up with the undead to take down a band of mutant bloodsuckers.
Cast includes Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela, The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus, Luke Goss and Tony Curran.
Source: Antipodalarapaima

Tony Curran: 'Defiance' and 'Labyrinth' news, videos, and interviews

The Votans are coming @DefianceWorld April 15th 9pm syfy UK 16th

Source: Tony Curran (Twitter)

Defiance Trailer: Amanda
A tough-as-nails town like Defiance requires an even tougher leader. Luckily, they have just the woman for the job.
Watch the trailer here


Defiance - Video: 'Theme From Defiance' - NEW Series Premieres Apr 15 '13 on Syfy
Premise: A war between humans and aliens has left Earth forever changed in this futuristic drama, which follows a group of survivors as they struggle to rebuild and live together in peace.
Defiance cast includes Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Julie Benz, Mia Kirshner, Grant Bowler, Stephanie Leonidas and Graham Greene.
Read more at Antipodalarapaima



Tweet from Tony Curran: "Looking forward to inviting the world in to our home"

 

Source: Tony Curran (Twitter)

Jaime Murray & Tony Curran, MCM Expo Birmingham 2013
Actors from new SyFy channel show Defiance talk a little about their roles and characters.
See more at Vimeo


Actor Tony Curran reveals new sci-fi and mystical side as he plays roles in Labyrinth and film Defiance
His first taste of acting was at 14 when he was a pupil at Holyrood Secondary in Glasgow and went for auditions for STV kids’ drama Stookie.

If Tony Curran’s recent roles are the stuff of fantasy, real life isn’t far off it either.

The actor, 43, is starring alongside Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay in Labyrinth, Channel 4’s drama based on the multi-million-selling novel by Kate Mosse.

And he will next be seen as an alien gangster in sci-fi drama Defiance.

They are the latest stops on a whirlwind career which has taken in films including Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin, the award-winning Red Road and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, not to mention roles in the Underworld and Blade franchises.

His TV credits include CSI, 24, Boardwalk Empire, Pillars Of The Earth, Young Herriot and Doctor Who.

Tony, who now lives in Los Angeles with his wife Mai, said: “It’s been an amazing journey. I’ve lived in London, New York and now LA.

“I have been very fortunate to be able to work and get the opportunity to play different roles.

“It’s nice to do big studio pictures and then work in Glasgow on films like Red Road and then dress up as a vampire or an alien. I think that’s why a lot of people are actors – the versatility.

“I’ve been lucky. I don’t for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don’t like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow.”

Read more at Daily Record


Defiance - Gamer Hub: Tony Curran Video Interview at Antipodalarapaima


Defiance Trailer: This Place - YouTube


Defiance Preview at SciFi Talk


Defiance Launches Today! Learn More about the Video Game/TV Show Crossover's Challenges, Languages and Cultures, Soundtrack, and Lots More!
Read all about it at Dread Central


Defiance: Game and Show Convergence
Defiance: Watch the Show, Play the Game. Discover how these two properties work together to create a transmedia experience. Learn more here.


SciFi Mafia Talks DEFIANCE With Showrunner and Game Developer - here


Defiance: Behind the Scenes - Tony Curran - Game (here)


Defiance Debuts on SF Australia on April 18
Full article at Capsule Computers


From Geeks of Doom:

Buy The ‘Defiance’ Video Game, Get $20 Towards Instant Video To Watch The TV Series

Last month, we brought you news from SXSW for the Syfy Channel’s new TV series and video game combo Defiance. The television show premieres on Syfy on April 15, 2013 at 9/8c and stars Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Graham Greene and Mia Kirshner, while the video game was released today, April 2.
For the Defiance video game, if your purchase it for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, or PC by April 15, 2013, you’ll get a $20 Amazon Instant Video credit good towards the TV series premiering online on April 16 through Amazon Instant Video streaming service. See the Bonus Offer box on the product page for more details.

Read more at Geeks of Doom

 

Tony Curran: 'Labyrinth' and 'Defiance' updates

• Labyrinth

From MSN's guide to Labyrinth:

As Kate Mosse's official website explains, Guy d'Evreux is: "a northern lord, with lands in Evreux in Brittany. Evreux is a cruel, unscrupulous man, obsessed with discovering the secret of the Grail."
Guy is played by actor Tony Curran who has popped up in everything from movies Shallow Grave, Gladiator, Blade II, Miami Vice and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to TV series including the likes of This Life, Numb3rs, Primeval, 24 and The Mentalist. Doctor Who fans will recognise him from his portrayal of Vincent Van Gogh and there's also CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Hunt for Tony Blair (as Robin Cook), Boardwalk Empire and Hawaii Five-0.
Source (including photo): MSN

Win Labyrinth on DVD, The Novel by Kate Mosse and an Autographed Cast Photo
From Filmoria:

Based on the best selling novel by Kate Mosse, Labyrinth is a brand new TV series coming soon to Channel 4 and soon to be released on UK DVD, April 1. The story flips between two times, Medieval and modern day, but in the same location of Carcassone, France. Jessica Brown Findlay stars as Alaïs Pelletier and Vanessa Kirby as Dr. Alice Tanner. The all star cast also includes John Hurt, Tom Felton, Sebastian Stan, Tony Curran, Kate Mosse, John Lynch and Janet Suzman.

Here’s the great news: we’ve teamed up with Universal UK to give away a copy of Labyrinth on DVD, as well as a copy of the novel by Kate Mosse and an autographed photo signed by cast members Katie McGrath, Vanessa Kirby, Kate Mosse, Chris Smith, and Emun Elliott. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is read the synopsis and answer the question that follows.

Labyrinth is out on DVD on 1st April courtesy of Universal Pictures (UK) 

Read more at Filmoria

• Defiance

The Tarrs are looking forward to getting on the Defiance bus.

 

Source: Tony Curran (Twitter)




‘Defiance’ Series Premiere: Watch the First 14 Minutes Now    
With a widespread marketing campaign and a multi-platform tie-in video game launching just shy of simultaneously for Defiance, Syfy is working hard to get the word out about their new sci-fi/western series. Now, three weeks prior to the show’s launch, the cable network is releasing the first 14 minutes and 27 seconds of the pilot episode.

From Kevin Murphy (Caprica), the show is set in a near-future earth that has been wrecked and re-shaped by invading aliens. The show stars Grant Bowler (True Blood), Stephanie Leonidas (MirrorMask), Jamie Murray (Warehouse 13), Graham Greene (Twilight: New Moon), and Julie Benz (Dexter) as the residents of a small “border town” called Defiance, which has risen from the remnants of St. Louis.

Here’s the official synopsis for the show from Syfy:

In the year 2046, it’s a new Earth – with new rules. Over thirty years after various alien races arrived on Earth, the landscape is completely altered, terraformed nearly beyond recognition. To the town of Defiance, on what used to be St. Louis, comes the mysterious Nolan (Grant Bowler) and his charge, Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas). As they settle into town – overseen by the mayor, Amanda Rosewater (Julie Benz) and filled with residents like the powerful Rafe McCawley (Graham Greene), enterprising lounge owner Kenya (Mia Kirshner) and the ambitious, alien Tarrs (Tony Curran and Jaime Murray) – events begin to unfold that threaten the fragile peace this border town has fought for.

Defiance premieres April 15th @9pm on Syfy
Read more at ScreenRant


Defiance Panel with Tony Curran and Jaime Murray at MCM Birmingham Comic Con
Defiance makes for a uniquely immersive property, in that it is both a MMO video game and also an epic sci-fi drama series. Jaime Murray and Tony Curran were at the MCM Birmingham Comic Con to talk about the upcoming TV series that they both star in.

The show follows on from the aftermath of a great war between various races of aliens and humans. With the Earth unstable and a distinct lack of any government, both aliens and humans realise that they’ll have to cooperate if they wish to survive. The frontier town of Defiance is of the few with a sense of order, co-founded by Datak Tarr (Tony Curran), a Castithan who is happy to work alongside other races and wishes for a better future for his family. However, his wife Stahma Tarr (Jaime Murray) wishes to break from the traditional roles expected of her by her caste and at times goads her husband into gaining more control.

“They couldn’t agree how we should look,” said Jaime on her and Tony’s appearance in the show. “They wanted us to look human enough, be the closest to human so you can relate to us, but still alien.”

“Eventually once we got it, it takes about two hours to apply the wigs,” said Tony. “There are other characters there that have more prosthetics, more alien like as it were. We’re alien enough, we do have our own language.”

“I learnt loads of alien,” said Jaime of the new language she had to learn for her character, created by David Peterson who is also responsible for the Dothraki language in Game of Thrones. “Our language is spoken very, very fast. I listened to these tapes and I thought, ‘Oh my God!’ I mean I mess up the English language; I don’t need another language to mess up! I really learnt it, and I just said it for weeks.”

Tony also praised the show’s costume supervisor, Colleen Atwood. “She’s done mainly all of Tim Burton’s movies. She’s incredibly talented. [The costumes had] a nice look to it; it didn’t try too hard to have this alien exterior.”

“The costumes, they ended up being quite period, quite vintage,” said Jaime. “I wear a lot of corsets, I’m often laced into stuff. I need someone else to dress me in the mornings! Sometimes I have to have them come to the loo with me!”

Read more at MCMbuzz



Tony Curran Breaks Down the ‘Defiance’ World
Syfy is placing a big bet with the April 15th premiere of the new multi-platform show “Defiance.” The multi-player online game bows on April 2nd, followed by the TV series. This unique fusion of a gaming aspect tied in with a sci-fi television series has genre fans eager to explore this new world. The series stars Julie Benz (“Dexter“), Grant Bowler (“Lost“), Jaime Murray (“Warehoue 13“) and Tony Curran (“Doctor Who“). We recently caught up with Curran, who plays the cunning and power-hungry alien Datak Tarr, to discuss the scope of the show, the breakdown of the aliens on the series, and how much of a gamer he is.
Read the full interview at Xfinity

“Defiance” will launch as a multi-player online game on April 2, while “Defiance” the TV series will premiere Monday, April 15 at 9/8c on Syfy.


Videos -
Making of Defiance: Tarrs vs McCawleys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5m1oBO5PZs
Watch the First 14 Minutes of Defiance  
http://www.syfy.com/videos/Defiance/First%2014%20Minutes/vid:2634770
Syfy Releases The First 14 Minutes Of ‘Defiance’  
http://sciencefiction.com/2013/03/26/syfy-releases-the-first-14-minutes-of-defiance/
Defiance Tony Curran Interview
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Defiance - Red Carpet News TV: Tony Curran Video Interview
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Defiance Trailer: Changed World
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Defiance | Feature-Length Trailer | Syfy
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Defiance | New & Exclusive | Tuesday 9pm from 16th April
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Tony Curran: photos, interviews, 'Defiance' and 'Labyrinth' updates

Doctor Who Tony Curran Interview - Vincent & Matt Smith

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Curran: A sci-fi gangster playing alongside Sean Connery
Actor Tony Curran joins 'Morning Drive' to discuss playing in the Arnold Palmer Invitational pro-am and playing with actor Sean Connery.  
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Tweets from Tony Curran:
What a day, meeting Billy Murray & Darth Vader in the same afternoon,fine gents indeed
 
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Great time Birmingham Comic Con with my Sista @MsJaimeMurray lovely people. @DefianceWorld April 15th US 16th UK
 
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Hanging with the Stormtroopers Birmingham comic con. Let's find these Rebel Scum
 
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DEFIANCE
Making of Defiance Preview: Alien Introductions
Aliens and humans must learn to co-exist on a dramatically changed earth. Meet the races of aliens that populate the world of Defiance.
Defiance premieres April 15, 9/8c only on Syfy.
Watch the preview here



TV Trailer: ‘Defiance’ On Syfy
Syfy has released a new trailer for their upcoming drama series Defiance, which is set to premiere on Syfy on Monday April 15th at 9/8c (and on Syfy UK on Tuesday April 16th at 9pm).

Defiance is a multi-platform project encompassing an MMO game and Syfy’s weekly TV series, in which events in one world can and will directly affect the other. Penned by Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon, Defiance is set in the near future and introduces a world where humans and aliens must learn to live together on an exotic new Earth that has been transformed by alien terra-forming machines (For more detailed plot information on the series see our previous report). The series is produced by Universal Cable Productions and stars Grant Bowler, Tony Curran, Julie Benz, Jaime Murray, Mia Kirshner and Graham Greene.
Read more at TV Wise


Spoiler free review of Syfy’s Defiance – A refreshing science fiction space western
Ever since Syfy changed its name and added WWE to its lineup, its been looking hard and long for a cult classic scifi show to call its own. Over the past few years, Syfy has increased its reality TV lineup and competition shows based on public demand. We are not one of those people who enjoy reality TV, so when we first heard about the concept behind defiance we were excited but worried. Syfy is known for its goofy saturday creature features and hasn’t had a hard hitting true to the core science fiction scripted show of its own since Battlestar Galactica finished. So word of Defiance comes along and the first thing we hear “video game and tv series tie in”.

The idea of bringing in a video game to some how go along with the tv series was, what many considered, TV suicide. At a budget over over $100 million, it was a gamble that even large networks dare touch. To put this into prospective, Terra Nova on Fox cost $50mil for its first season and was cancelled and this was Fox spending the money. HBO, which is a premium pay channel, spent about $60 mil on its first season of Game Of Thrones. Now breaking down that $100 mil, $50 goes into the TV show and the rest into the game. The burden of the cost for the game is split between Trion and NBC, in which Trion takes the larger burden. The fact remains that $50 mil for Syfy and its parent company NBC Universal is a huge gamble.

So what is the bottom line on this gamble? Was it worth the money spent? ABSOLUTELY. And we will give you our spoiler free review as to why.

What is Defiance?

In the year 2046, it’s a new Earth – with new rules. Over thirty years after various alien races arrived on Earth, the landscape is completely altered, terraformed nearly beyond recognition. To the town of Defiance, on what used to be St. Louis, comes the mysterious Nolan (Grant Bowler) and his charge, Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas). As they settle into town – overseen by the mayor, Amanda Rosewater (Julie Benz) and filled with residents like the powerful Rafe McCawley (Graham Greene), enterprising lounge owner Kenya (Mia Kirshner) and the ambitious, alien Tarrs (Tony Curran and Jaime Murray) – events begin to unfold that threaten the fragile peace this border town has fought for.

We were able to screen the first 3 episodes, which included a 2 hour pilot episode. The concept brings back memories of Firefly and the western style space drama it brought along with it. The story feels as though you could go on a thousand side stories with endless possibilities. Sometimes shows get lost on that and spend too much time with ‘filler’ episodes and don’t advance the main plot. Defiance makes the right choice of mixing the two. While there will be an episode or two where the main story is what you might call a ‘side plot’, it manages to still advance the main plot by tying into the side story.

Who are the citizens of Defiance?
Joshua Nolan (Grant Bowler) is a former lieutenant in the Earth Military Coalition who fought in the alien conflict. Born prior to the Arks’ arrival, he saw his comfortable life turned upside down when the war between the humans and Votans began. The conflict took its toll, and in the aftermath of Arkfall, he found himself a wanderer in a dangerous new world. There he was joined by Irisa, a young Irathient he raised as his own, and who served as his lone companion in the lawless badlands.

Grant Bowler is no stranger to the Syfy family, having appeared in Chiller’s 2011 zombie opus, Remains, as well as three other major releases: Atlas Shrugged, The City of Guardians and The Killer Elite alongside Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham. Recent credits include playing Richard Burton to Lindsay Lohan’s Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime’s Liz & Dick. Bowler is no doubt beloved by genre fans for his role as Cooter, the biker werewolf, on HBO’s monster mash-up True Blood, as well as a turn on the sci-fi smash Lost as the mysterious Captain Gault.

An attractive Irathient woman, Irisa is Nolan’s tacit second in command. Smart, independent and feisty, Irisa still struggles with the weight of her unusual upbringing. A drifter since birth, she only stays in Defiance due to the loyalty she feels for Nolan. Nolan has encouraged Irisa to leave behind her traumatic past. He rescued her at a young age, and the two have been inseparable ever since.

Stephanie Leonidas is known for her many television appearances, most recently in Whitechapel, Eternal Law, and the BBC’s Dracula, as well as the award winning ITV film for television Wall of Silence. Other film credits include the lead role of Helena in David McKean’s Mirrormask, Luis Llosa’s feature filmFeast of the Goat, Ben Sombogaart’s Crusade in Jeans: A March through Time,Luna and Andrew Douglas’ U Want Me To Kill Him. Stephanie has also appeared on stage in the lead role of Dani in Marianne Elliott’s The Sugar Syndrome at the Royal Court, receiving rave reviews. Most recently, she portrayed Adela in Gadi Roll’s House of Bernarda Alba.

Kenya is the beautiful spitfire who runs the NeedWant, the town’s bar and brothel. Self-assured and dauntless, she has an unwavering devotion to the town that has inexorably woven her into many of its complicated affairs. Growing up, Kenya rebelled by making trouble and embracing her sexuality. When Kenya arrived in Defiance, she took up residence at the NeedWant, eventually becoming its proprietor. She has a keen insight into the needs of others, but a blind spot when it comes to her own emotions.

Born in Toronto, Canada, Mia Kirshner studied Russian literature at McGill University in Montreal while pursuing an acting career in the early 1990s. Kirshner portrayed a young, clairvoyant dominatrix in Deny Arcand’s Love and Human Remains before her memorable turn in Atom Egoyan’s Exotica. In 1995, Kirshner had a supporting role in the Southern coming-of-age tale, The Grass Harp, starring Sissy Spacek and Walter Matthau. She then played the lead opposite Vincent Perez in The Crow: City of Angels and revealed her lighter side with a featured role in the spoof comedy Not Another Teen Movie. In 2001, she appeared as a professional assassin in the action-filled drama 24alongside Kiefer Sutherland.She’s known to many for her role as Jenny in the critically acclaimed series The L Word. She followed that with a turn in Brian De Palma’s The Black Dahlia.

Amanda Rosewater is the Mayor of Defiance. Every day, she uses her political wits to give this struggling town a chance for survival. Born in New York in 2011, Amanda shouldered a great responsibility at an early age, serving as a stand-in parent for her sister when their mother and father died during the Pale Wars. Adrift in a post-war world, Amanda eventually heard of a town where humans and Votans were attempting to coexist. She traveled to Defiance and accepted a job cleaning the mayor’s office. Despite these humble beginnings, she so impressed then-Mayor Nicolette Riordon that, upon her retirement, Nicky appointed Amanda to finish out her term. Now, Amanda is determined to maintain peace in the community, an ambitious task in this deadly new world.

With chameleon-like abilities to transform from a bubbly blonde to a tortured brunette, actress Julie Benz won a Golden Satellite Award for her role as beloved Rita Bennett on Showtime’s award-winning series Dexter. Benz recurred on the CBS medical drama A Gifted Man, and also starred in the TNT movie Ricochet. She also appeared on ABC’s No Ordinary Family, followed by a stint on Desperate Housewives. Throughout her career, Benz has starred in an array of cult classics including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Roswell, as well as the Steven Spielberg-produced alien abduction miniseriesTaken.

The wife of Datak Tarr, one of the most powerful men in Defiance, Stahma is beautiful and loyal, the perfect picture of a Castithan wife. Beneath the surface, however, lies a dark side that is ready to break from the traditional roles assigned her by her caste.

DatakTarr is the primary figure in Defiance’s underworld, running everything from gambling to weapons smuggling and organized crime. True to his Castithan ways, Datak is always on the lookout for opportunities that allow him to get his hooks into people so he can later manipulate them to his own ends.

Tony Curran rose to fame in the BBC series This Life. Since then, the actor has appeared in a number of major film and television roles, including The Invisible Man, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Guillermo de Toro’s Blade II. Curran is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Jaime Murray was born in London, England and named for Lindsay Wagner’s character in The Bionic Woman. She is best known for playing Stacie Monroe in the BBC series Hustle and Lila Tournay in season two of the Showtime series,Dexter. She has also had recurring roles as H.G. Wells in Syfy’sWarehouse 13, Gaia in the Starz series Spartacus: Gods in the Arena and Olivia Charles in The CW series Ringer.

Rafe McCawley is Defiance’s richest and most powerful human – a mine owner whose family has been in this territory for generations. Raised by a tough-as-nails father, Rafe disobeyed his father’s wishes and enlisted. After the Pale Wars, he took his wife and burgeoning family back to his home of St. Louis, now barely recognizable due to terraforming. He longs for the world as it was before the Votans arrived.

Graham Greene’s screen debut was in 1983’s Running Brave, but it was his Academy Award-nominated role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 film Dances With Wolves that brought him stardom. This role was followed by appearances in such films as Thunderheart, Benefit of the Doubt, and Maverick, as well as the TV series Northern Exposure. Green also acted alongside Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson in the 1995 film Die Hard With a Vengeance and played a Death Row inmate in the Oscar-nominated The Green Mile.

The Alien Races of Defiance

Indogene

The indogenes are a technically-minded race who augment their bodies with cybernetic implants. They value science above all else and make excellent scientists and doctors. Since most Indogenes stayed on the Arks in orbit, they are among the fewest in number of the Votan races on earth.

Irathient

They are among the most common race Votan race on earth. They are a tribal race who pride themselves on their low tech hand-to hand combat skills and are a deeply spiritual race.

Castithan

Catithans are an aristocratic and ethereal race. They perceive themselves as the most important species on Earth and have made use of their cunning intelligence and ambition to excel in social situations. It is rumored that they dominate the leadership in the Votanis Collective. Castithans belong to a rigid caste system that determines tehir social status from birth.

Bottom line is, Defiance is a must see series that could create a whole new generation of cult following for Syfy. Checkout another preview below and dont miss Defiance when it airs April 15th only on Syfy.
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Defiance - Red Carpet News TV: Tony Curran Video Interview
Tony Curran is interviewed at MCM Expo by Red Carpet News TV. Watch it here


A fan had her photo take with Jaime Murray and Tony Curran, and has shared it via Twitter.
Honoured to have met the Tarrs. Defiance is going to be amazing! Thanks @MsJaimeMurray and @TonyCurran69 for coming! See the photo here



LABYRINTH

Channel 4 Sets UK Premiere Date For Mini-Series ‘Labyrinth’
Channel 4 has announced that mini-series Labyrinth will receive its UK premiere on Channel 4 on Saturday March 30th at 9pm, and will conclude the following evening on Sunday March 31st at 9pm.

Based on the novel by Kate Mosse and adapted by Adrian Hodge, Labyrinth tells the story of 17-year-old Alaïs Pelletier from 13th century Carcassonne and modern-day PhD graduate Dr. Alice Tanner who, though separated by times, experience an adventure that intertwines their lives. As their parallel stories unfold, ancient and modern-day conspiracies are unearthed, all of which revolve around three hidden books: The Book of Words, The Book of Potions and The Book of Numbers. Together, these tomes hold the secret of the true Grail, which dates back to the Ancient Egyptian era many years before Christ. Alaïs and those closest to her must battle to protect the secret. She soon discovers she can trust no one, least of all her cruelly manipulative sister Oriane. Back in the present day, Alice faces a race against time to put together the curiously familiar pieces of a jigsaw puzzle representing her long-buried history. The mini-series is produced by Scott Free Productions & Tandem Communications and stars Tom Felton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Vanessa Kirby, Tony Curran, Sebastian Stan, Katie McGrath, Emun Elliott and John Hurt.
Source: TV Wise


Ridley Scott's "Labyrinth" Fantasy Mini-Series
Sneak Peek director Christopher Smith's new $20 million budgeted time-shifting fantasy TV mini-series "Labyrinth", executive produced by Ridley Scott, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by author Kate Mosse.
Cast includes Vanessa Kirby, Jessica Brown Findlay, Katie McGrath, Tom Felton, Sebastian Stan, Emun Elliott, Tony Curran and John Hurt.
"...two modern-day archeologists 'Alice Tanner' (Vanessa Kirby) and 'Alaïs Pelletier du Mas' (Jessica Brown Findlay) who has livved through the Crusades in medieval France, join together in a quest to find the 'Holy Grail'.
"Alice volunteers at a French archaeological excavation, and discovers the remains of two people in a cave, as well as a labyrinth-engraved ring, which attracts the attention of unscrupulous individuals.
"Time-shift to the year 1209, where newly married Alaïs is living in 'Carcassonne', a stronghold of the 'Cathars' who have been declared heretical by the Church.
"Alaïs and her father try to protect the three sacred books that reveal the secret of the Holy Grail from the 'Crusaders'..."
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Tony Curran: new 'Defiance' images, review, SXSW promotions, 'making of' video

"Defiance" lands a slew of new images
From Best Movies Ever:

NBC and Syfy are really going all out for their upcoming series and game Defiance. This is the first time that a game and an original television show have been done simultaneously, and every network’s watching this one closely to see if their either going to copy this format or be glad they didn’t take the gamble.

Read and see more (including the image above) at Best Movies Ever 

From io9:

Our spoiler-free review of Syfy's new Western, Defiance
We've seen the first three episodes of Syfy's biggest gamble to date, the half-futuristic neo-Western, half-MMO game Defiance. Was it worth the risk? Can Syfy resurrect the sci-Western without stepping in a big pile of "Firefly did it better?" Here are our first impressions.

Here's the backstory: On April 14th 2013, the Votanis Collective arrives on Earth after a 5,000 year hypersleep journey. The collective is made up of 5 different alien races who have fled their dying solar system. Earth was supposed to be their new beginning, so imagine their surprise when they wake up and find it well-populated with humans. Humans give the Collective a plot of land in Brazil, but like all good science fiction alien race wars, negotiations fail and the Pale Wars begin. This war over the Earth lasts for 15 years, eventually ending in an uneasy truce but not before blasting away much of the familiar landscape of our home. Defiance takes place 30 years after the Collective first appeared.

Now that the Earth has been forever altered due to war and alien terraforming, humanity goes full Tombstone. Cue the old timey steampunk leathers, aliens in top hats, and dirt roads. Because concrete doesn't exist anymore (seriously the townspeople can build a new Saint Louis Arch but not paved roads).

This neo-West world is centered around two drifters, and our main characters Nolan (played by the forever-stubbled Grant Bowler) and his adopted alien daughter Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas). Together the two get saddled with the local Lawkeeper job in the town of Defiance. Putting them directly in the line of fire for every weekly drama.

This twosome is the heart and soul of the series, so thank goodness they're great. Irisa shines as the rebellious (but not obnoxious) teen counterpart to her dad's Mal Reynolds/Han Solo mashup that hasn't quite gelled yet. On the surface Nolan's character feels like another mediocre copy of great anti-heroes from out past, but by the third episode the relationship between these two brings out a lot of bigger themes that we're interested in. How can a human man raise an alien daughter? What mistakes will he make along the way? How will she respond to his failures coupled with her own adolescence? It's new drama territory that helps Defiance find its own voice. Irisa will win you over from the beginning, Nolan may take some time.

The rest of the Defiance citizens are torn between two warring, local families: The McCawleys, the town titans who own the very lucrative mine; and the Castithan Tarr family (a race from the Votani Collective). Datak Tarr (Tony Curran) is your run-of-the-mill Western Gangster. Think The Quick and The Dead's Herod meets Jabba the Hutt. Datak Tarr runs the gambling rings, fighting arenas and all the other seedy operations inside Defiance. He and his white clan stay fairly distant from the humans in town, until his son falls in love with the McCawley's daughter. Oh, we should mention that the McCawley cast is made up of folks from Native Americans and First Nations heritage, thus creating some kind of tortured metaphor that we're not really sure was truly thought out. Either way, the bad blood is good drama, especially when each weekly mystery slowly unveils more about the secretive world of the Castithan.

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Syfy Channel Brings Pop-Up Hotel To SXSW To Promote New Series ‘Defiance’
The special pop-up hotel is part of the Defiance Container Village by Syfy located in a downtown parking lot and includes fully functional rooms featuring minimalist design, a 24-hour concierge service, round-the-clock security, their own bathroom and shower facilities, and twice daily maid service. The area is meant to promote the network’s upcoming television series and accompanying online game, Defiance.
The Defiance Container Village allows visitors to explore the futuristic world of Defiance, which premieres on Syfy on April 15, 2013 at 9/8c. Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Graham Greene and Mia Kirshner all star in the show.
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More about SXSW from Best Movies Ever -

Heading For Defiance Containment At SXSW (here)
A Look Inside SyfysDefiance Container Village At SXSW (here)

Making of Defiance Chapter 6: Nolan and Irisa

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Tony Curran: Birmingham ComicCon appearance, 'Defiance' updates, career info

Birmingham Comic Con welcomes Defiance stars
Jaime Murray and Tony Curran, stars of upcoming Syfy series Defiance, are the latest special guests announced for Birmingham Comic Con, which comes to the NEC on 16-17 March.

Murray and Curran play Stahma and Datak Tarr in the show, which is set on post alien invasion Earth where humans and aliens are attempting to make a new life together on a planet ravaged by decades of conflict.

Jaime Murray is also well known to sci-fi fans as Warehouse 13′s genius inventor and former agent Helena ‘H.G.’ Wells. Jaime also appeared as the main antagonist in the second season of Dexter, playing the role of sociopathic artist Lila West. Other credits include Gaia in TV mini-series Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena – the prequel to Spartacus: Blood And Sand – and Stacie Monroe in Hustle.

Meanwhile, Tony Curran’s roles include Vincent Van Gogh in Doctor Who and Marcus Corvinus in Underworld: Evolution. He has also appeared in Guillermo del Toro’s Blade II, Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin and BBC series This Life, and was the voice of Captain MacMillan in best-selling videogame Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Read more at MCM Comic Con

Also reported by Primeval ARCadian and  Memorabilia and First Comics News 



Defiance - Syfy Video: 'There's No Place Like Home' Promo - Premieres Apr 15 '13
DEFIANCE - SYFY VIDEO: 'THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME' PROMO - NEW SERIES PREMIERES MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013 AT 9/8C - TWO-HOUR!

No law. No order. No place like home. Defiance premieres Monday, April 15th at 9/8c.

In Defiance™, the future is a dangerous place. Starship wreckage is raining to Earth in massive "Arkfall" events that transform the landscape. Experience one first-hand as countless other players -- and a star from the Syfy series -- battle to survive and profit. Watch Ark Hunters wield the weapons of tomorrow against alien-hybrid horrors in a dynamic, scaling encounter, then travel seamlessly through a unified world into the weekly TV series. This -- Defiance -- is the future of transmedia entertainment.

The first of its kind, Defiance is the quintessential media property created with Igniters in mind— sparking their imaginations while encouraging them to truly open their minds to what is possible.

Set on Earth thirty years in the future, Defiance is a story of courage and survival on a new frontier where humans and aliens must band together to defend their very existence. United they stand. Divided they fall. It’s do or die in the small town of Defiance.

Defiance cast includes Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Julie Benz, Mia Kirshner, Grant Bowler, Stephanie Leonidas and Graham Greene.
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Defiance - Syfy Video Featurette: 'Fans of the Genre' - Exclusive Cast Interview 
Check out the Defiance cast as they talk about their favorite kinds of genre programming - here and here



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Defiance Twitter https://twitter.com/defianceworld


Hollywood Spy spotlight on Defiance - new character photos 

 

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From the New York Post:
Fate of Earth isn’t only thing riding on ‘Defiance’
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Movie Glaswegians: 
Tony CurranBorn in Glasgow on 13th December 1969, Tony Curran is a much respected actor whose face is familiar on screens big and small in both British and American productions.
His first onscreen appearance according to IMDb was in a 1986 television Dramarama production called Wayfarers, while his first recorded movie role was in Bill Forsyth’s Being Human in 1994. Since these early days in his screen career Curran has taken on one off parts in television series - from minor police officer roles in Rab C. Nesbitt, Grange Hill and The Bill to a critically acclaimed turn as Vincent Van Gogh in a 2010 episode of Doctor Who and appearances in Boardwalk Empire and the rebooted Hawaii Five-O – as well as playing recurring characters in the likes of This Life and Ultimate Force.
In movies his credits include Gladiator, The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn, Pearl Harbor and X-Men: First Class. He played the key role of Clyde in the Glasgow-set Red Road - previously featured on this blog – and for this performance won the Best Actor category at the 2006 BAFTA Scotland Awards and British Independent Film Awards.
Tony Curran’s Wikipedia entry states that he attended Holyrood Secondary School and graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
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Tony Curran: 'Labyrinth' photo and 'Defiance' videos

Photo: Tony Curran in the miniseries "Labyrinth"

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Defiance Trailer: No Place Like Home
A revolutionary entertainment experience set on future earth. Defiance premiering Monday April 15 at 9/8c on Syfy

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Defiance: Preacher
Defiance is going to be epic! And so is Jamie N Commons. Check out our latest trailer featuring the music of up-and-coming artist, Jamie N Commons. Defiance premiering Monday April 15 at 9/8c

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Tony Curran: new 'Defiance' pictures

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From Blastr:

20 intriguing pics from Syfy's epic new series Defiance
The premiere date for one of Syfy’s biggest shows ever is getting closer, and we have 20 revealing new pics to help make the wait a little more bearable. Welcome to the world of Defiance.

Set on a post-alien-invasion Earth, the series will follow characters of all kinds just trying to survive and protect their freedom. In addition to the TV series, the storyline will also advance in a shared universe videogame of the same name.

The massive cast is loaded with science fiction alums, including Grant Bowler (True Blood), Julie Benz (Dexter), Jaime Murray (Warehouse 13), Tony Curran (Blade II) and several others.

Read and see more at Blastr



From Hollywood Spy:

Hollywood Spy spotlight on spectacular new epic SF show "Defiance" 
I am sure that you will agree with me that there aren't many science fiction series on the small screens, so we are looking forward to all new shows of that genre. Probably the only new sf show to premiere this Spring is DEFIANCE which is ready to start its television life April 15th over at SyFy channel in US and UK, and Showcase in Canada! The innovative serial drama from the minds behind "Battlestar Galactica" and "Farscape" will follow a mysterious man who, drifting through a terramorphed American landscape, settles in a border town where aliens and humans fight against the fragility of peace.

Read more at Hollywood Spy