Dark Rising

Dark Rising
Directed by	Andrew Cymek
Written by	Andrew Cymek Mihkel Harilaid
Produced by	Mihkel Harilaid Brigitte Kingsley
Production companies	Black Walk Defiant Empire

Dark Rising is a sword and sorcery adult-oriented franchise of two made-for-television films, a twelve-episode television miniseries and another five-episode television miniseries, from the husband and wife team of Andrew Cymek and Brigitte Kingsley. The franchise is written by creator Cymek, produced by Kingsley and adapted for film and television by executive producer Mihkel Harilaid. The original film in the series, Dark Rising: Bring Your Battle Axe (2007), introduced lead character Summer Vale, played by Kingsley through the entire series of films.

The series continued with the television series Dark Rising: The Savage Tales of Summer Vale (2011), the television film Dark Rising: Summer Strikes Back (2011) and the five-episode television series Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds (2014). The franchise is a joint production of Harilaid's Black Walk Films and Cymek's Defiant Empire Films.