| Starhunter | |
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| Also known as | Starhunter 2300 |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Created by | G. Philip Jackson Daniel D'or Nelu Ghiran |
| Starring | Michael Paré Tanya Allen Claudette Roche |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 44 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Elaine Scott |
| Producers | G. Philip Jackson Daniel D'or George Campana Alain Bordiac Demerise Lafleur Stephan Jonas |
| Running time | approx. 47 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | The Movie Network |
| Release | 1 November 2000 – 1 April 2004 |
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Starhunter (and in the original Season Two Starhunter 2300) is a Canadian science fiction television series that aired for two seasons. The series was produced in Canada by The Danforth Studios Ltd. (a D'or/Jackson Company)[1] in association with Alliance Atlantis with some photography in the United Kingdom. Grosvenor Park Productions UK Ltd. was the co-producer from the United Kingdom, and Le Sabre SA, an affiliate of Canal+, was the French co-producer, with major unofficial German participation by Das Werk.
In season one, Starhunter starred Michael Paré, Tanya Allen, Claudette Roche and featured Murray Melvin and Stephen Marcus. In season two Clive Robertson, Dawn Stern and Paul Fox were added to the cast, while the original actors except Allen and Marcus were dropped. Contrary to the wishes of the series creators, the investors in the second season blocked the return of Paré and replaced Melvin.
Season one was nominated by the Directors Guild of Canada for a Best Production Design award, and for a "Spaceys Award" by Space: The Imagination Station.
The first run of the first season aired in Canada, from 1 November 2000 to 28 March 2001. Starhunter was syndicated in the United States by Western International Syndication, going to air in the fall of 2002. The first season continues to re-run in many territories. The second season had its first run in Canada from 9 August 2003 to 3 April 2004.
The name of the series was changed in the second season to Starhunter 2300,[2] although in the US, both seasons share the same title. For season one, special effects were handled by Das Werk from Germany. For season two, they were handled by Optix Digital Pictures in Toronto, Canada. Music for the show's opening credits was composed by Donald Quan for the first season and by Peter Gabriel for the second season.
- ^ "On set: Starhunter" by Distin Dinoff at playbackonline.ca
- ^ "On set at Starhunter 2300 with John Holosko" by Marise Strauss at playbackonline.ca