Syfy and UCP Kick Off Production of Hunters
Debi Moore
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We learned toward the end of last year that Syfy had greenlit “Hunters,” based on Whitley Strieber’s best-selling novel Alien Hunter; and now that production has kicked off, we have a few more details to share.
From the Press Release:
Syfy and Universal Cable Productions (UCP) today announced that production has commenced in Melbourne, Australia, on the upcoming thriller series “Hunters.” The series is from executive producers Gale Anne Hurd (“The Walking Dead,” The Terminator trilogy), Natalie Chaidez (“12 Monkeys,” “Heroes”), who will also serve as showrunner, and Emile Levisetti (“Royal Pains”). Ernest Dickerson (“The Walking Dead,” “Dexter”) is set to direct the pilot.
The series stars Nathan Phillips (Wolf Creek) as Flynn, a headstrong Baltimore FBI agent with a dark past trying to piece together the disappearance of his wife. Britne Oldford (“American Horror Story”) will play Regan, who is one of the government’s most valuable operatives and may be keeping secrets of her own. Julian McMahon portrays McCarthy, an unhinged junkie and Hunter cell leader.
“Hunters” is inspired by Whitley Strieber’s bestselling novel Alien Hunter, in which the disappearance of a decorated FBI agent’s wife leads him to a secret government unit assembled to hunt a group of ruthless terrorists – shadowy figures that may or may not be from this world. The series will be tonally dark and offer a unique crossover twist between gritty crime drama and sci-fi thriller.
The 13-part series from Universal Cable Productions will premiere on Syfy in 2016.
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