Syfy picks up Web series Riese: The Series

[JD]

I don't know if anyone here heard about this, but apparently Syfy has picked up the rights to the web series Riese: The Series. I hadn't heard of this before I saw the story on SYFY WIRE, but based on the trailers it looks pretty cool. Plus the second season had Ryan Robbins (Sanctuary's Henry) Alessandro Juliani (BSG's Gaeta), Emily Ullerup (Santuary's Ashley), and Alison Mack (Smallville's Cloe) so it can't be all bad. Sadly the webisodes have been removed from all of the websites, but they are supposed to pop up on Syfy.com later this year.
Apparently they're planning on possibly turning into an actual TV like they did for Sanctuary.

Here's the official site for anyone interested.

[God Magnus]

The trailer for Ep 2 doesn't look super intriguing, but I'm attributing that more to the editing than content. There's stuff in there that I definitely want to check out. Allison Mack playing a very non-Chloe-ish role is high among them.

[Temis the Vorta]

They should cast Alison Mack as the star of the series. She definitely needs her own series someday...

I'm not that interested in a bunch of nobodies from an online series, tho.

[JD]

Yeah, but if you check the cast out most of them have actually been in some fairly high profile stuff.

[Argus Skyhawk]

Temis the Vorta wrote:

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I'm not that interested in a bunch of nobodies from an online series, tho.

I don't care whether actors are famous or nobodies, as long as they fit their parts and can act.

[JD]

As much as I love seeing well known actors in stuff, you do have a pretty good point there.
Think of it this way, all of the well known actors started out as nobodies.

[Starbreaker]

Every actor has to start somewhere...

[Procutus]

God Magnus wrote:

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Allison Mack playing a very non-Chloe-ish role is high among them.

Same here. She's the main reason I want to see this.

[jefferiestubes8]

"Riese: Kingdom Falling" Webseries Now Online at Syfy.com, with an Eye Towards Television Development

New York, NY (PRWEB) November 1, 2010
Canadian based production company Riese Productions Ltd. launched its award-winning, steampunk fairytale digital series Riese: Kingdom Falling on Syfy.com. Episode will be released every Tuesday and Thursday at 12 PM PST at http://syfy.com/riese, and will also be available via Sony’s PS3, Microsoft’s Xbox and Amazon. Additionally, Syfy Riese: Kingdom Falling will potentially be develop for television depending on the success of the webseries rollout.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/11/prweb4725754.htm


The studio’s first launch is the steampunk-inspired web series “Riese: Kingdom Falling” (http://riesetheseries.com).


here is a 15 second promo video:

Riese: Kingdom Falling Promo (Syfy.com Original Series)

[AviTrek]

jefferiestubes8 wrote:

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"Riese: Kingdom Falling" Webseries Now Online at Syfy.com, with an Eye Towards Television Development

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/11/prweb4725754.htm


The studio’s first launch is the steampunk-inspired web series “Riese: Kingdom Falling” (http://riesetheseries.com).


here is a 15 second promo video:

Riese: Kingdom Falling Promo (Syfy.com Original Series)

The first two episodes are interesting. It's hard to get into the show when each episode is only 10 minutes. But I found myself thinking, this could be an interesting TV series. So hopefully they move in that direction.

[Starbreaker]

PS3? Sweet.