SYFY’s highly-anticipated
Defiance commences production in Toronto
DefianceTM,
the revolutionary transmedia event launching in Spring 2013, has commenced
production on the series pilot in Toronto, ON.
An unprecedented partnership between Syfy and Trion Worlds, Defiance is
the first-ever convergence of television and Massive Multiplayer Online gaming,
featuring an interconnected world and storylines that will co-exist on both
platforms.
Defiance
stars Grant Bowler (Nolan), Julie Benz (Amanda Rosewater), Stephanie Leonidas
(Irisa), Tony Curran (Datak Tarr), Jaime Murray (Stahma Tarr), Graham Greene
(Rafe McCawley), Mia Kirshner (Kenya) and Fionnula Flanagan (Nicky).
The cast also
features Jesse Rath as Alak Tarr, Justin Rains as Quentin McCawley, Nicole
Munoz as Christie McCawley, Dewshane Williams as Tommy and Peter MacNeill as
Clancy.
The pilot is
directed by Scott Stewart (Legion, Priest) and written/executive produced by
Rockne O’Bannon (Farscape), Kevin Murphy (Desperate Housewives, Caprica;
Hellcats) & Michael Taylor (Battlestar Galactica). Kevin Murphy serves as showrunner. Defiance
is produced by Universal Cable Productions.
Other mavens
rounding out the first-rate production team and lending their creative prowess
to the ambitious project are visual effects supervisor Gary Hutzel (Battlestar
Galactica, Caprica), alien language and culture consultant David J. Peterson
(Game of Thrones), music supervisor Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar
Galactica), writers David Weddle and Bradley Thompson (Falling Skies,
Battlestar Galactica) and three-time Oscar-winning costume supervisor Colleen
Atwood (Alice in Wonderland, Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Edward Scissorhands).
Defiance is a
visionary enterprise in collaboration with Trion Worlds, with the Syfy series
and Trion’s multi-platform shooter MMO poised to debut simultaneously. Set in the near future, Defiance introduces a
completely transformed planet Earth, inhabited by the human and alien survivors
of a universal war. Forced to
co-habitate, the disparate group struggles to build a new society among the
devastation. The dramatic tapestry of the series and the intense action of the
game will exist in a single universe where their respective narratives will
inform one another and evolve together into one overall story.
Source: TV By The Numbers
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New British
horror: In the Dark Half
In the Dark
Half is a 'psychological ghost story; from Bard Entertainment (who previously
brought us the excellent Vampire Diary)/Matador Pictures/SouthWest Screen.
Directed by Alastair Siddons, whose previous work has been documentaries and
music videos, from a script by Lucy Catherine who wrote an episode of Being
Human and adapted Roald Dahl's The Witches for Radio 4. It stars Tony Curran
(League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Underworld: Evolution, Midnight Meat
Train), Lindsey Marshal (Snuff-Movie, Being Human) and Jessica Barden.
Source: MJS Newblog
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