2014 looks to be a great year for cable network Syfy and original genre programming. Shows like Bitten and Ron Moore’s (Battlestar Galactica) Helix will both debut next year and the latest addition to their slate is Dominion, which is an adaptation of the 2010 film, Legion. It was only announced a few months ago that Dominion was getting a pilot order, now in a quick turnaround, Syfy has picked up the show to series. Read on for more details.
According to Deadline, Dominion has been picked up to series four months after it was greenlighted to pilot. The series, from Universal Cable Prods. and BOLD Films, will be filmed in Cape Town, South Africa for a 2014 premiere.
Syfy President Dave Howe states, “Dominion is part of “Syfy’s new strategy to commission stand-out genre series that deliver the high stakes, sci-fi/fantasy experience our audience demands and embraces.”
Dominion stars Christopher Egan (Kings), Tom Wisdom (300), Roxanne McKee (Game of Thrones), Alan Dale (Lost), Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Luke Allen-Gale (The Borgias). Scott Stewart, who co-wrote and directed Legion, directed the pilot and is one of the project’s Executive Producers. Michel Litvak and David Lancaster of Bold Films, who produced the film Legion, are also Executive Producers. Vaun Wilmott wrote the pilot and will also serve as Executive Producer on the series.
Plot Synopsis
Based on characters from the 2010 feature Legion , Dominion is an epic supernatural drama set in the year 25 A.E. In this transformed post–apocalyptic future an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, has waged a war of possession against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, has chosen to side with humanity against Gabriel.
Rising out of the ashes of the 25 year-long battle are newly fortified cities which protect the human survivors. In Vega (formerly Las Vegas), the largest of these cities, two houses vie for control and the stage is set for political upheaval and a dangerous power shift. Meanwhile, a rebellious young soldier begins a perilous journey as the war between the human race and the fallen angels hell-bent on their domination escalates.
Watch the trailer for Legion here:
Source: Deadline
