Syfy orders 13 episodes of new Ron D. Moore series, Helix
New Ron D. Moore-written sci-fi thriller, Helix, is definitely going to series...
We knew that the chances of Ron D. Moore's new Syfy show being commissioned for a series were likelier than a likely thing on planet likely, so while not a surprise, the news that thirteen episodes of the sci-fi thriller are on their way is nonetheless very welcome.
The premise? A team of Disease Control scientists travel to the Arctic to investigate a possible outbreak. There, they find themselves in a life-or-death struggle that could determine mankind's future. If you're thinking it sounds a bit like The Thing, then we agree, but Battlestar Galactica's Ron D. Moore, the seventies sex lion of sci-fi television, will be sure to put his own wonderfully bearded stamp all over it.
Moore is set to executive produce the series with Contact's Lynda Obst, Lost's Steven Maeda, and pilot-writer Cameron Porsandeh. Casting and all that business will begin imminently, hopefully in time for an autumn debut. We'll bring you more as soon as it arrives.
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Sounds interesting... for a movie. How are they going to stretch a story, that has been handeld in The X-Files within 40 minutes, to at least 10 40 minute episodes?
It says "travel to Arctic". Arctic is an actual region, you know, and there's people. At first it also came to me the image of something like the Thing or the X-Files episode: few people inside a facility. But it's abvious Helix is not it. Imagine something more like Invasion or Jericho, or even Lost maybe... only better of course.
I hope it has better structure than BSG did. Man, that series wandered everywhere and never got anywhere.
Wow, a bold claim about one of TVs greatest sci-fi shows. I've watched it many times, and had long discussions about it with many many people - but oddly, not once has the phrase "wandered everywhere and never got anywhere" come up.
With AMC planning an adaption of The Terror, is the Arctic the next big fad in speculative TV?
I'll skip it (as I do with all Syfy programming), problem is just as you're getting emotionally invested in a series, SyFy has this horrible tendency to just cancel it. Caprica... StarGate Universe....
Strawbear must have been on meth while he was watching it. I agree Reason, BSG is our generations Babylon 5. Just marvellous sci fi.