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| Farscape boasts one of the most impressive
pedigrees you'll find on television. With cinematic production
values and art direction, there is nothing more beautiful
than an episode of Farscape.
Filmed in Australia, using the same talent pool that pulls
big-budget films like "The Matrix" and "Star
Wars" down to Oz, Farscape pushes the envelope on what
television can look like. |
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| These are the people who have created one of
the most visually stunning and unique television shows ever
to grace our screens: |
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| The Jim
Henson Company -- Best known as the creators of The Muppets
(now at Disney), The Jim Henson Company has long been recognized
as a top source of imaginative and fantastical storytelling.
A worldwide leader in puppetry, animatronics, and computer
graphics, The Jim Henson Company has won over 50 Emmy Awards.
Brian Henson, co-CEO of The Jim Henson Company, and son
of the founder, is one of Farscape's Executive Producers,
as well as the Director of the new mini-series "Farscape:
The Peacekeeper Wars."
Farscape's creator, Rockne S. O'Bannon, began his career
as story editor with "The New Twilight Zone" in
the early 80s. He then went on to create the hit film "Alien
Nation", and the futuristic "Seaquest DSV"
for Steven Spielberg and NBC TV. Rockne returned to co-write
the new mini-series "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars".
David Kemper, Farscape's Executive Producer, has worked
on more than a dozen science fiction series in his career,
including stints on "Star Trek: The Next Generation",
"Seaquest DSV", "Stargate SG-1", and
"The Outer Limits." David returned to co-write
and serve as Executive Producer on the new mini-series "Farscape:
The Peacekeeper Wars".
Jim Henson's Creature
Shops, winners of two Academy Awards, created Farscape's
animatronic characters -- the giant Pilot, and the diminutive
Rygel -- as well as the vast array of unique and bizarre
creatures that people Farscape's universe and make it different
from any other sci-fi series you'll ever encounter. |
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Several members of the Creature Shop, recently formed their
own company for animatronic, creature character design, and
prosthetic make-up and costuming, Image Creative Partnership
(imagecreative.net), but returned as |
| the Creature Shop Sydney for
"Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars". Image Creative's
recent work can also be found on Star Wars III and Silent
Witness VII.
Hallmark
Entertainment -- Well known as a leader in family and
fantasy entertainment, Hallmark Entertainment is the world's
leading producer of mini-series and movies made for television.
Hallmark Entertainment productions have won 97 Emmy Awards
and 13 Golden Globes.
Hallmark Entertainment's President and CEO, Robert Halmi,
Jr. has served as one of Farscape's Executive Producers
over the run of the series. Mr. Halmi's other credits include
"Dinotopia" and "Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw
Years".
Hallmark and Mr. Halmi continue to be a key part of the
up-coming "Peacekeeper Wars" mini-series. |
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| Animal
Logic -- Australia's visual effects leader, Animal Logic
has contributed visual effects to visually striking films
such as "Moulin Rouge", "The Lord of the Rings",
"The Matrix", "Charlotte Gray", and "Thin
Red Line". |
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| Animal Logic's Farscape team helped define
Farscape's look as unique, vast, complex, beautiful and mind-blowing.
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