Outer area has by no means appeared this terrifying.
Flooding the cable airwaves at the moment is “The Ark,” a brand new 12-episode science fiction sequence over at SYFY helmed by “Independence Day” screenwriter Dean Devlin and starring Christie Burke, Richard Fleeshman, Reece Ritchie, Stacey Learn and Ryan Adams.
“The Ark” debuts Wednesday (Feb. 1) at 10:00 p.m. EST completely on SYFY and will also be considered the day after on Peacock, NBC Common’s official streaming platform. To entice viewers, SYFY has simply launched an prolonged preview of the pilot’s first 5 minutes which you could buckle up for and watch the whole inciting incident play out within the chilly reaches of deep area.
This melodramatic clip follows a well-recognized trope in sci-fi: A sudden catastrophic occasion befalling an interplanetary spacecraft en path to its deep area vacation spot and the implications that comply with.
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This is the entire sequence synopsis:
Created by Dean Devlin, “The Ark” takes place 100 years sooner or later when planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to assist safe the survival of the human race. The primary of those missions on a spacecraft generally known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic occasion inflicting large destruction and lack of life. With greater than a yr left to go earlier than reaching their goal planet, an absence of life-sustaining provides and lack of management, the remaining crew should change into the most effective variations of themselves to remain on the right track and survive.
“‘The Ark’ is an ideal match for SYFY audiences and we all know followers will gravitate to this heart-racing story from Dean Devlin, one of the crucial achieved and revered sci-fi writers working at the moment,” mentioned Lisa Katz (opens in new tab), President, Scripted Content material, NBCU Leisure and Streaming in an interview final yr with Deadline. “With the current success of each ‘Resident Alien’ and ‘Chucky,’ the community is dwelling to a number of of essentially the most artistic storytellers working in all of tv.”
This space-centric survival present is being created by co-showrunners and government producers Dean Devlin (“Independence Day,” “Stargate”) and Jonathan Glassner (“Stargate SG-1”), alongside Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan-Wilson of Electrical Leisure. Jonathan English of Balkanic Media and Steve Lee are additionally onboard the flagship venture as producers.
“The Ark” drifts into your lounge Wednesday (Feb. 1) at 10:00 p.m. EST on SYFY and may be considered the day after on Peacock.
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