Falling Skies is what the ad calls an epic television series from TNT, that comes from Dreamworks Television this June. Noah Wyle stars as a resistance leader who is up against an invading alien force in this series from Steven Spielberg. The one thing that stands out for me is that Spielberg says the show isn’t about the invasion itself but what was left behind by the aliens and how the humans deal with it. Maybe you’ll be able to determine that for yourself from the Falling Skies web comic they’ve been producing also. They’re 4 chapters in already.
I like the one line from Wiley in the preview below from Falling Skies where he says that “History of full of inferior forces creating so much trouble that the invading army leaves.” LOL, in other words be as annoying as possible until you have victory! I love it. I’m trying valiantly to not say that this premise and preview trailer reminds me of this, or that or the other thing. It does but yet I’m trying to see it as something that will stand on its own. Once H.G. Wells created War of the Worlds, you could say that everything with aliens is like that. (As one example.) Plus, it is too easy to compare.
Aside from Noah Wiley (Donnie Darko, ER), the cast also includes Sarah Carter, Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation), Seychelle Gabriel (The Last Airbender) among many.
Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot) is the credited writer & one of the producers. The ensemble of series producers along with Steven Spielberg & Rodat include Greg Beeman (License to Drive, Smallville), Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, John Ryan, Scott Schofield & Graham Yost (Speed, Justified, The Pacific).
This ensemble of creative power behind the show does show me that they have the experience to bring forth a high-paced military-like drama that could very well succeed, so I’m hesitant to do any comparing.
After the preview is the press statement from the press kit concerning the series and some unique promo images from Falling Skies, which premieres June 1st, 2011.
FALLING SKIES is an exciting new series from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. Noah Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian movies) stars as a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force. Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) co-stars as Anne Glass, a therapist who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic situation. The series also stars Drew Roy (Lincoln Heights) as Hal and Maxim Knight (Brothers & Sisters) as Matt, Tom’s two sons; and Seychelle Gabriel (Weeds) as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps run the group’s commissary. Will Patton (Armageddon, TNT’s Into the West) will play a recurring role as a fierce resistance fighter. FALLING SKIES is slated to premiere in 2011.
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You have to love the clap-board logo, “Alien Invasion.”
Photo Credits: Ken Woroner TNT
TNT TV site for Falling Skies, Falling Skies Facebook page.
