Riverworld (2010 miniseries)

Riverworld
Written by
Directed byStuart Gillard
Starring
Theme music composerJim Guttridge
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMichael O'Connor
CinematographyThomas Burstyn
EditorJames R. Symons
Running time189 minutes
Production companyReunion Pictures
Original release
NetworkSyfy
ReleaseApril 18, 2010 (2010-04-18)
Related
Riverworld (2003)
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Riverworld is a television film that had been intended to be a four-hour television miniseries[1][2] released on the Syfy channel on April 18, 2010.[3] Based on the Riverworld books by Philip José Farmer, this miniseries is a reboot of the cancelled Sci-Fi Channel Riverworld television series, of which only the pilot episode was produced.

Riverworld stars Tahmoh Penikett, Laura Vandervoort, Jeananne Goossen, Alan Cumming, Mark Deklin, and Peter Wingfield. It is produced by Reunion Pictures, an award-winning Canadian-based production company. It is written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe[4] and directed by Stuart Gillard.[5]

  1. ^ Simons, Suzanne (April 15, 2010). "A four-hour trip through 'Riverworld'". CNN. Retrieved July 23, 2016. Based on a series of novels by famed science fiction writer Philip Jose Farmer, producers have crafted a four-hour miniseries featuring the likes of Tahmoh Penikett (of "Battlestar Galactica" fame and more recently Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse"), Alan Cumming ("Tin Man") and Laura Vandervoort ("V" and "Smallville").
  2. ^ Garron, Barry (April 15, 2010). ""Riverworld" a preposterous miniseries". Reuters. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  3. ^ "4 Hour Riverworld Movie Premiere coming to SyFy in April". Multipleverses. March 13, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  4. ^ Cairns, Bryan (June 5, 2009). "How the Riverworld movie event will meander from the books". SCI FI Wire. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  5. ^ "About | Riverworld | Syfy". Syfy. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2010.