The movie, which is a proposed backdoor pilot for a series centers on an alien invasion. However a headmaster of a certain school catches on to news of this invasion and assembles of team made up of his students to combat the alien threat. Each team member is kitted out with special super powered suits that enable him or her to perform extraordinary acts. The series according to producer Andrew Dillon has been described as "X -- Men meets Battle Of The Planets meets James Bond."
Dillon shared a... View MoreThe movie, which is a proposed backdoor pilot for a series centers on an alien invasion. However a headmaster of a certain school catches on to news of this invasion and assembles of team made up of his students to combat the alien threat. Each team member is kitted out with special super powered suits that enable him or her to perform extraordinary acts. The series according to producer Andrew Dillon has been described as "X -- Men meets Battle Of The Planets meets James Bond."
Dillon shared a little information about the series with SFX Magazine about what he hopes it will achieve.
"We've tried to give it a modern -- day look like they do with Doctor Who, where it looks like today but we see technology that we don't use quite yet, but in theory could. In early development we talked about making it futuristic, but it just didn't seem to fit."
The series is set in what maybe the near future, but for some reason the location of the school remains unknown, but there is likely to be an international flavor to the show.
"It's an international school -- as the six leads we have a couple of Americans, a British girl, one Aussie, a character from Asia and a Hispanic actor -- but we don't disclose where it is. That's something we may address in the series, but that doesn't come up in the feature film."
Lending a little bit of genre star power to this new series is actress and singer Jane Badler who is best known for her iconic role of the villainous Diana in the classic Ken Johnson mini -- series 'V' and the proceeding series. Very little is known about the role she will be playing, but the actress did share a few of her thoughts about her roles in television series with the Total Sci-Fi website and hinted that her character in Resistance may well prove to be a handful.
"I can't imagine I'd be playing a character who's just a good person," says Badler. "I always find myself playing someone edgy. I believe that, as the series progresses, I might have some say in that." She is quick to point out, however, that she is not the star of show. In this ensemble series, one of Australia's few major genre projects for some time, she is happy to take a back seat.
"They've really cast it well," says Badler, amazed by the young Aussie actors who play the team of American, Japanese, French and Spanish characters. "All the cast are so sexy -- as in, they're very charismatic," she says.
Dillon reveals that he is aiming the movie and potential series at anyone aged between 12 and 24, but that doesn't mean that they will exclude older fans.
The show is also going to benefit from some of the best special effects available. Andrew Lesnie and well-regarded visual effects team Atmosphere VFX will provide all the visual tricks for the series.
Resistance has also attracted quite a wealth of writing talent. Names such as Marv Wolfman (of The New Teen Titans and Crisis on Infinite Earths fame) and popular Doctor Who scribe Paul Cornell are said to be on board with the series should it get a green light.
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