Amanda Tapping, who will star and produce theupcoming TV Series Sanctuary for the SciFi Channel, got interviewed over there. Sanctuary started as a web series, but now has officially been picked up for 13 episodes. In the one-hour drama, Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis) stars as the enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus, who, along with her young protege, Will Zimmerman (Robin Dunne), is on a quest to track down, aid and protect all manner of strange creatures that walk the earth. The show's sets are 90 percent CGI and shot in the same cutting-edge style as the feature films 300 and Sin City.
"The fact is it's already evolving," sais Tapping to Sci-Fi.com. "Our pilot that we're now going to start shooting is very different from what you've seen on the Web. But [Magnus] is still this crazy character. She's 157 years old, and she's very eccentric and very sexy and very unapologetic. I love it."
Tapping has been on TV as a guest-star on Stargate Atlantis, as Col. Samantha Carter. "It gives us a good home base," Tapping said. "SCI FI is the perfect fit for this show and for me, because I have worked with the network for so long. It made so much sense to stay with this network. They understand the genre. They understand the fans. And now they understand multimedia platforms in terms of utilizing social networking, which is what our company is all about. So it's a perfect fit." No premiere date yet! We'll keep you posted.
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