Steven Spielberg is getting back into the alien invasion business with an untitled series he’s producing for TNT. His SAVING PRIVATE RYAN screenwriter Robert Rodat wrote the pilot (with Spielberg’s assistance), which Carl Franklin is directing. Noah Wyle and Moon Bloodgood star as a teacher and therapist, respectively.
The series opens shortly after aliens have wiped out most of the human population. The aliens are now rounding up the few people left, but they are met with strong resistance from a group of soldiers and civilians who fight for their survival – all while struggling to maintain their humanity.
Read on for more cast and character details:
Wyle plays Tom Mason, a former college history professor who becomes the reluctant leader of one of the resistance groups. Also starring in the series are Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) as Anne Glass, a therapist who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic situation; Drew Roy (Lincoln Heights) as Hal and Maxim Knight (Brothers & Sisters) as Matt, Tom’s two sons; Jessy Schram (Crash) as Karen, who is one of the survivors’ motorcycle scouts; and Seychelle Gabriel (Weeds) as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps run the group’s commissary.
The series will premiere sometime in 2011. Hopefully by then it conjures up a cool title. Something awesome like… ALIEN INVASION. (Not feeling very clever at the moment.)
Moon Bloodgood fought Terminators in her last flick