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Sci Fi signs first drama production deal
Monday, April 3 2006, 18:14 BST - by Darren Shelley
The Sci Fi channel today revealed that it has signed its first ever production deal on a scripted drama.
The 22 x 45 minute-episode adventure series, Ice Planet, stars Top Gun & Splinter Cell's Michael Ironside and is due for broadcast in October 2006.
In the series, Ironside heads a crew of scientists and soldiers on the maiden voyage of the spaceship Magellan after a vicious alien attack on Earth.
Created by SpaceWorks Entertainment Inc. (Canada) and carrying a budget of $29 million, Ice Planet is being produced by Sci Fi and partners across the globe. It will be filmed on location in London and Canada.
"Epic in scope and inventive in story-telling, Ice Planet promises an original look and feel to sci-fi scripted drama and we're really excited to be involved," said Jon Farrar, programming director at Sci Fi UK.
"This production deal furthers Sci Fi's commitment to providing viewers with the best the genre has to offer and allows us to play an integral role in the development of what we hope will be a hit franchise in the UK and around the world."
The production deal was arranged by Jon Helmrich of IBC, representing CHUM International, which holds the exclusive worldwide distribution rights for the series.
Running alongside the series' production will be the creation of an Ice Planet video game that will be linked in character, story and action to the show and has been developed in a unique approach to gaming and TV synergy.
In related news, Sci Fi has appointed former Sky One Head of Drama, Sara Johnson, to consult as executive producer on the show. Johnson will oversee all aspects of production from a Sci Fi and UK point of view.
Sci Fi signs first drama production deal
Monday, April 3 2006, 18:14 BST - by Darren Shelley
The Sci Fi channel today revealed that it has signed its first ever production deal on a scripted drama.
The 22 x 45 minute-episode adventure series, Ice Planet, stars Top Gun & Splinter Cell's Michael Ironside and is due for broadcast in October 2006.
In the series, Ironside heads a crew of scientists and soldiers on the maiden voyage of the spaceship Magellan after a vicious alien attack on Earth.
Created by SpaceWorks Entertainment Inc. (Canada) and carrying a budget of $29 million, Ice Planet is being produced by Sci Fi and partners across the globe. It will be filmed on location in London and Canada.
"Epic in scope and inventive in story-telling, Ice Planet promises an original look and feel to sci-fi scripted drama and we're really excited to be involved," said Jon Farrar, programming director at Sci Fi UK.
"This production deal furthers Sci Fi's commitment to providing viewers with the best the genre has to offer and allows us to play an integral role in the development of what we hope will be a hit franchise in the UK and around the world."
The production deal was arranged by Jon Helmrich of IBC, representing CHUM International, which holds the exclusive worldwide distribution rights for the series.
Running alongside the series' production will be the creation of an Ice Planet video game that will be linked in character, story and action to the show and has been developed in a unique approach to gaming and TV synergy.
In related news, Sci Fi has appointed former Sky One Head of Drama, Sara Johnson, to consult as executive producer on the show. Johnson will oversee all aspects of production from a Sci Fi and UK point of view.
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