Outer space has by no means appeared this terrifying.
Flooding the cable airwaves immediately is “The Ark,” a brand new 12-episode science fiction collection 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 solely on SYFY and may also be seen 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 space.
This melodramatic clip follows a well-known trope in sci-fi: A sudden catastrophic occasion befalling an interplanetary spacecraft en path to its deep space vacation spot and the implications that observe.
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This is the whole collection 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 often called Ark One encounters a catastrophic occasion inflicting large destruction and lack of life. With greater than a 12 months left to go earlier than reaching their goal planet, a scarcity of life-sustaining provides and lack of management, the remaining crew should turn out to be one of the best variations of themselves to remain on 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 completed and revered sci-fi writers working immediately,” said Lisa Katz (opens in new tab), President, Scripted Content material, NBCU Leisure and Streaming in an interview final 12 months with Deadline. “With the latest success of each ‘Resident Alien’ and ‘Chucky,’ the community is house 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 undertaking as producers.
“The Ark” drifts into your front room Wednesday (Feb. 1) at 10:00 p.m. EST on SYFY and might be seen the day after on Peacock.
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