Space is Canada's specialty channel for sci-fi, fantasy and horror entertainment.
Canada’s specialty channel for sci-fi, fantasy and horror, Space, has announced the start of production on a new speculative drama pilot, Borealis, set in an unfrozen Arctic in the near future.
According to Space’s press release, Borealis is set approximately 30 years in the future and focuses on a Deadwood-like frontier town situated in the high Arctic. The proposed follow-up series would ‘explore the political, environmental and social impact of a world in which the polar icecaps have melted and countries are vying for the last vestiges of oil in the Arctic.’
The cast of Borealis includes several faces that may be familiar to fans of other science fiction and fantasy series on Space and elsewhere. They include Ty Olsson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and 2, Battlestar Galactica), who plays Vic, an ultimate fighter turned entrepreneur who...
Canada’s specialty channel for sci-fi, fantasy and horror, Space, has announced the start of production on a new speculative drama pilot, Borealis, set in an unfrozen Arctic in the near future.
According to Space’s press release, Borealis is set approximately 30 years in the future and focuses on a Deadwood-like frontier town situated in the high Arctic. The proposed follow-up series would ‘explore the political, environmental and social impact of a world in which the polar icecaps have melted and countries are vying for the last vestiges of oil in the Arctic.’
The cast of Borealis includes several faces that may be familiar to fans of other science fiction and fantasy series on Space and elsewhere. They include Ty Olsson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and 2, Battlestar Galactica), who plays Vic, an ultimate fighter turned entrepreneur who...
- 10/26/2011
- by Michael Simpson
- CinemaSpy
SYDNEY -- Darclight Films, the recently launched horror label of Australian production and international sales outfit Arclight, announced on Tuesday the preproduction of Beowulf, a medieval fantasy adventure loosely based on the 9th century poem of the same name. The budget is slated at about $15 million, Darclight said. The film, a blood-soaked tale of a Norse hero's battle with deadly monster, is to star Scott Speedman in the lead role. Written and co-produced by Canadian Andrew Rai Berzins, Beowulf will be directed by Iceland's Sturla Gunnarsson (Such a Long Journey, Rare Birds). A co-production of Canada, the United Kingdom and Iceland, the film will be shot in Iceland once casting is complete. Producers include Paul Stephens and Eric Jordan of the Film Works of Canada, Michael Lionello Cowan and Jason Piette of the Spice Factory in the U.K. and Fridrik Thor Fridriksson of the Icelandic Film Corp. Darclight will executive produce and handle international sales.
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