SYFY, XLRATOR MEDIA & MVPTV PACT ON “SUPERSTITION” TV SERIES FOR 2017
Syfy has given a 13-episode direct-to-series order to
SUPERSTITION, a supernatural genre series produced by XLrator Media and
Mario Van Peebles’ newly launched TV production company MVPTV, which is
set to begin production in early 2017 and air on Syfy later in the year.
XLrator
Media’s Barry Gordon and MVPTV’s Mario Van Peebles will produce, and
Van Peebles (“Roots,” “Bloodline,” “Hand of God,” “Empire,” “Lost”) will
also write, direct and star in some of the episodes. Joel Anderson
Thompson (“Battlestar Galactica,” “Boomtown,” “House M.D.”) has been
tapped as showrunner and Laurence Andries (“Alias,” “Six Feet Under,”
“Supernatural,” “The Pacific”) will executive produce. The dynamic
writing team of Brusta Brown and John Mitchell Todd (“Defiance,”
“Mech-X4”) have also boarded the series. XLrator Media holds
international distribution and sales rights.
The
series centers around the Mosley family, owners of the only funeral
home in a fictitious town on the outskirts of New Orleans and keepers of
the town’s dark secrets and history. Known for its haunted houses,
elevated graveyards, odd townsfolk, and rich history of unusual
phenomena, the town is also a “landing patch” for the world’s darkest
manifestations of fear, guided into the world by an ancient, mysterious
malefactor named The Dredge.
“SUPERSTITION
is an intelligent, boundary-pushing genre series rich in supernatural
lore and myths, featuring an eccentric family who have an unusual
connection to an otherworldly plane, and the dark force that unleashes
the demons, creatures and monsters that haunt our nightmares. There is a
voracious global audience always seeking the next well-crafted genre
series as evidenced by the success of “American Horror Story,” “Stranger
Things,” “Supernatural,” “True Blood,” “Six Feet Under” and others.
SUPERSTITION is being produced and created by people who love and
appreciate genre content. XLrator is proud to partner with Syfy and
Mario Van Peebles on our first network television series,” said XLrator
Media CEO Barry Gordon.
“The
incredible things we used to do in independent film, we can now do in
television. This is truly a golden era for exciting, provocative
television.” said Mario Van Peebles.
“A
town where all superstitions, myths and legends are true offers a rich
cultural, atmospheric and macabre playground for Mario Van Peebles,
Barry Gordon, Joel Anderson Thompson and Laurence Andries to explore. We
are excited to work with this terrific team and look forward to
bringing this unique story to Syfy,” said Chris Regina, Senior Vice
President, Syfy Programming.
Andries is repped by UTA, and Thompson, Brown and Todd are repped by The Cartel.
