TV2 Mini-Series: Impact
TV2 Mini-Series: Impact
Wednesday 28 October at 8.30pm:
Part two of a two part mini series. A meteor crashes into
the moon, sending it on a collision course with Earth, and the
world has 39 days to stop it, before the whole planet
perishes.
About the show
Get ready to experience the dark side of the moon, as TV2 brings
you the award-winning action/adventure mini-series, Impact.
While the entire world watches the largest meteor shower in
10,000 years, a 'brown dwarf', hidden by the meteor field, smashes
into the moon in a tremendous explosion of rock and debris.
Fragments of the moon itself penetrate earth's atmosphere and make
impact. There is significant physical damage to the lunar surface,
but experts quickly conclude there will be no lasting
ramifications.
Then strange anomalies begin to manifest themselves on earth.
Soon the world's leading scientists, including Alex Kittner (David
Elliott, The Man Who Lost Himself), Maddie Rhodes (Natasha
Henstridge, The Whole Ten Yards) and Roland Emerson (Benjamin
Sadler, Dresden), make a shocking discovery - the moon's new orbit
has put it on a collision course with earth.
The world now has 39 days to correct the moon's orbit, or earth,
and all of mankind, will perish.
Directed by Michael J Rohr (Supernatural, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Impact is an ambitious mini-series, grounded in a strong character driven story while taking the viewer on a ride through the last great frontier open to mankind, outer space.
Rohr says he was "drawn to the project by the combination of an enormous scientific disaster coupled with the deep emotions of the key characters, plus I knew that the last part of the mini-series needed to be shot on the moon - which would be no easy feat, but exciting all the same."
With part of the series set on the moon, the carefully researched script (written by Michael Vickerman, Intimate Stranger, Superfire) required that an extensive team undertake the task of creating a believable moon-scape.
Rohl's approach was to "take the story and break it down piece by piece in order to identify clearly what the audience needed to see for believability and then figure out the best way to accomplish it."
Working closely with production designer Eric Fraser, Rohl set about the task of creating the moon on earth, which they achieved using a combination of green screen in studio, and a gravel pit located in British Columbia, Canada.
Will mankind be able to band together and launch an international mission to the moon to stop this catastrophe?
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