Farscape
Australian/American television science fiction series (1999–2004) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series, produced originally for the Nine Network. It premiered in the US on Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday, 19 March 1999, at 8:00 pm EST as their anchor series. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment.[1] The Jim Henson Company was responsible for the various alien make-up and prosthetics, and two regular characters (the animatronic puppets Rygel and Pilot) are entirely Creature Shop creations.
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Genre | Science fiction |
Created by | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
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Country of origin | Australia United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 88 (list of episodes) |
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Cinematography | Craig Barden |
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Release | 19 March 1999 (1999-03-19) – 21 March 2003 (2003-03-21) |
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Although the series was planned for five seasons, it was abruptly cancelled after production had ended on its fourth season, ending the series on a cliffhanger. Co-producer Brian Henson later secured the rights to Farscape, paving the way for a three-hour miniseries to wrap up the cliffhanger, titled Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, which Henson directed. In 2007, it was announced that the creator was returning for a web-series[2] but production has been repeatedly delayed. A comic book miniseries was released in December 2008 that was in continuity with both the series and the hoped-for webisodes.