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''Dark Matter'' is a Canadian science fiction series created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, based on their comic book of the same name and developed by Prodigy Pictures in association with Space channel. An order for 13 episodes was placed for the first season of the series, which premiered on June 12, 2015. On September 1, 2017, Syfy canceled the series after three seasons. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2015) Season 2 (2016) The premiere episode of the season had 448,000 viewers in Canada. Season 3 (2017) References External links * {{Syfy Shows Dark Matter In astronomy, dark matter is an invisible and hypothetical form of matter that does not interact with light or other electromagnetic radiation. Dark matter is implied by gravity, gravitational effects that cannot be explained by general relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Matter (2015 TV Series)
''Dark Matter'' is a science fiction television series that premiered in 2015, developed by Prodigy Pictures in association with the Space channel and the Syfy channel. The concept was created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie while they were working on the ''Stargate'' franchise, and was originally published as a comic book series in 2012. An order for 13 episodes was placed for the first season of the series, which premiered on June 12, 2015, on both Space and Syfy. On September 5, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season. ''Dark Matter'' was renewed for a third season in September 2016, which premiered on June 9, 2017. On September 1, 2017, Syfy canceled the series. Premise A group of people in stasis pods awaken aboard the starship ''Raza''. They have no memories of who they are or their lives before awakening, so they assume the names One through Six in the order in which they left stasis and set about trying to uncover their identities and what happened to them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce McDonald (director)
Bruce McDonald (born May 28, 1959) is a Canadian film and television director, writer, and producer. Born in Kingston, Ontario, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as part of the loosely-affiliated Toronto New Wave. McDonald has since directed more than a dozen features films over the course of his four-decade-long filmmaking career. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' has called him an "iconoclastic filmmaker". Several of his films, ranging from mockumentaries to horror films, have attracted cult followings. His most notable films include ''Roadkill'' (1989), '' Highway 61'' (1991), '' Hard Core Logo'' (1996), ''Pontypool'' (2008), '' Trigger'' (2010), and '' Hellions'' (2015). ''Hard Core Logo'' has been frequently ranked amongst the greatest movies ever to come out of Canada. Early life McDonald was born in Kingston, Ontario, and later moved to Toronto, where he graduated from film school at Ryerson University. At Ryerson, he made the short films ''Merge'' (1980) and ''Let Me See.. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Waring
William Michael "Will" Waring is a camera operator and director, primarily for ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis''. He attended the Film Production course at the Theatre department of the University of British Columbia, where he developed the "WillyCam", a mechanical camera stabilisation device. His signature as a camera operator and director is to subtly include a pineapple in scenes. Waring also worked as a camera operator on the film, " A Dog's Breakfast" which served as the directorial debut for British-born Canadian actor, David Hewlett. Filmography Director *'' Travelers'' (multiple episodes, 2016- ) *''Echoes'' (2012 pilot; not yet picked up) *'' Stargate Universe'' (3 episodes, 2009) *''Stargate Atlantis'' (15 episodes, 2006–2008) *''Stargate SG-1 ''Stargate SG-1'' (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated ''SG-1'') is a military science fiction Adventure fiction, adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mairzee Almas
Mairzee Almas is a Canadian filmmaker and television director from Vancouver. She has directed numerous TV shows, including '' Shadow and Bone'', '' Y The Last Man'', '' The Sandman'', ''Locke & Key'', '' Outlander'', ''Impulse'', ''Jessica Jones'' and ''12 Monkeys'' amongst many others. Her directing work encompasses SVOD, Cable and Network outlets. She was also the Co-Executive Producer/Director for the second season of ''Impulse''. Mairzee began her career as an actress, having trained at F.T.S. Performing Arts Conservatory in Vancouver. She then trained at the Vancouver Film School – graduating from their Foundation Film Program. Over the next several years, she advanced to become a sought after First AD, working on numerous film and television projects. Her first directing opportunities came with episodes of ''Smallville'' and ''Da Vinci's Inquest''. Since then, she has directed over 70 episodes of television and been nominated for multiple directing awards. She lives in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter DeLuise
Peter John DeLuise (born November 6, 1966) is an American and Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Officer Doug Penhall in the Fox TV series ''21 Jump Street'' and for directing and writing episodes of science fiction television shows, particularly in the ''Stargate'' franchise. DeLuise has been a director on the Hallmark Channel original series ''When Calls the Heart'' since its third season, including writing the fifth episode of season nine. He is the son of actors Dom DeLuise and Carol Arthur. He is also the older brother of the fellow actors Michael DeLuise and David DeLuise. Career DeLuise made his film debut in the 1979 film '' Hot Stuff''. He appeared as Officer Doug Penhall in the 1987 Fox series ''21 Jump Street'' with other promising actors including Johnny Depp. His brother Michael came on the show in the fifth season where Michael played Peter’s younger brother, Officer Joey Penhall. DeLuise is also well known for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Peyton
Harley Peyton is an American screenwriter and television producer. He worked in both capacities on ''Twin Peaks'' and was nominated for the 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 1990 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for his work on the Episode 3 (Twin Peaks), series' third episode. Biography He went to Harvard and Stanford. Peyton began, working on feature films in the 1980s and 1990s. He performed rewrites on several studio productions, and adapted the Dave Robicheaux novel Heaven's Prisoners (novel), ''Heaven's Prisoners'' by James Lee Burke into a 1996 feature film. 2009's ''In the Electric Mist'', also featuring Robicheaux (albeit played by Tommy Lee Jones), acted as a sequel, but Peyton was not involved. Peyton also expanded into television in the 1990s, writing and creating series such as ''Moon Over Miami (TV series), Moon Over Miami'' and ''Route_66_(1993_TV_series), Route 66''. Other seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Priestley
Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian-American actor and television director. Priestly starred as virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–1998, 2000). His other television roles include Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick in the show ''Call Me Fitz'' (2010–2013) and Matt Shade in the Canadian series ''Private Eyes (TV series), Private Eyes'' (2016–2021). Early life Jason Bradford Priestley was born on August 28, 1969, in North Vancouver (district municipality), North Vancouver, British Columbia. His mother, Sharon Kirk, was an actress and acting coach. He is a graduate of Argyle Secondary School in North Vancouver. He has an older sister, actress Justine Priestley, and two step-siblings, Karin and Kristi. He became a Naturalization, naturalized American citizen in 2007. Career Priestley first started his television career doing commercials for companies such as Fletcher's Meats and then guest-starring as Bobby Conrad a. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wil Wheaton
Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Gordie Lachance in the film ''Stand by Me (film), Stand by Me'', Joey Trotta in ''Toy Soldiers (1991 film), Toy Soldiers'', and Bennett Hoenicker in ''Flubber (film), Flubber''. Wheaton has also appeared in recurring voice acting roles as Aqualad in ''Teen Titans (TV series), Teen Titans'', Cosmic Boy in ''Legion of Super Heroes (TV series), Legion of Super Heroes'', and Mike Morningstar/Darkstar in the ''Ben 10'' franchise's original continuity. He appeared regularly as a fictionalized version of himself on the sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' and in the roles of Fawkes on ''The Guild (web series), The Guild'', Colin Mason on ''Leverage (American TV series), Leverage'', and Dr. Isaac Parrish on ''Eureka (2006 TV series), Eureka''. Wheaton was the host and co-creator of the YouTube board game show ''Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Mikita
Andy Mikita is a Canadian television director and producer. He has worked in the TV and film industry for over 30 years. Mikita is best known for his work as a director and producer for ''Stargate SG-1'' and its sister shows ''Stargate Atlantis'' and '' Stargate Universe''. Career Andy Mikita began his television career on the 1987 series '' 21 Jump Street'' where he worked as a second assistant director. He worked on many other television series from 1989 to 1996, until he joined ''Stargate SG-1s crew as a first assistant director in 1997 and in 1999 he made his directing debut on the episode " Foothold". Mikita made his acting debut as brief cameo on ''Stargate SG-1'' in the episode " Wormhole X-Treme!", he appeared again as a wedding guest in the episode " 200". In early 2009, Mikita was slated to direct a direct-to-DVD ''Stargate Atlantis'' movie with the working title of '' Stargate: Extinction''. The production was shelved later in 2009. Selected filmography Directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanite
Nanoid robotics, or for short, nanorobotics or nanobotics, is an emerging technology field creating machines or robots, which are called nanorobots or simply nanobots, whose components are at or near the scale of a nanometer (10−9 meters). More specifically, nanorobotics (as opposed to microrobotics) refers to the nanotechnology engineering discipline of designing and building nanorobots with devices ranging in size from 0.1 to 10 micrometres and constructed of nanoscale or molecular components. The terms ''nanobot'', ''nanoid'', ''nanite'', ''nanomachine'' and ''nanomite'' have also been used to describe such devices currently under research and development. Nanomachines are largely in the research and development phase, but some primitive molecular machines and nanomotors have been tested. An example is a sensor having a switch approximately 1.5 nanometers across, able to count specific molecules in the chemical sample. The first useful applications of nanomachines may be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Wood (director)
Martin Wood is a Canadian television director who has been directing since the mid-1990s. He specializes in science fiction, where he is best known for his work as a director and producer on ''Stargate SG-1'' (46 episodes), as well as its spin-off series ''Stargate Atlantis'' (30 episodes). Career Martin Wood began his television career in 1995. Although he is best known for his work on the Stargate franchise's ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'', he has also directed for many other television series, including '' The Invisible Man'' and '' Earth: Final Conflict''. In addition, Martin directed two TV specials on sudden infant death syndrome. Along with Peter DeLuise, Andy Mikita and Will Waring, Wood was one of ''Stargate SG-1'''s main directors during its 10-year run. He also frequently appears as an extra known as "Major Wood" in the ''Stargate SG-1'' episodes that he directs, often assisting Sergeant Siler as a repairman using the oversized crescent wrench that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torri Higginson
Sarah Victoria Higginson (born December 6, 1969) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in the '' TekWar'' movies and series, and for portraying Elizabeth Weir in ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' (2004–2008), Jordan Hampton in '' NCIS'' (2007–2009), and Commander Delaney Truffault in ''Dark Matter'' (2015–2017). She is also a theatre actress and has appeared in '' Three Tall Women'', ''Weldon Rising'', and '' Picasso at the Lapin Agile''. Early life Higginson was born in Burlington, Ontario and studied to become an actor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, United Kingdom. Career In 1995, two years prior to ''Stargate SG-1'' premiere, Higginson starred in the movie Jungleground with three other actors from the ''Stargate'' franchise: Peter Williams (Apophis), JR Bourne (Martouf), and Lexa Doig (Dr. Lam). Higginson took over the role of Elizabeth Weir from Jessica Steen in a guest spot on the season eight opener of ''Stargate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
