Synopsis:
"Dinotopia,"
a new live action series filmed in Budapest, Hungary, follows
in the footsteps of the lavish hit 'megaseries' which aired on
ABC in May 2002. The series continues to present a dramatic and
emotional portrait of a lost continent where dinosaurs and humans
live together.
Leading the new cast will be Erik von Detten ("The Princess Diaries")
and Shiloh Strong, starring as teenage brothers Karl and David
Scott, who find themselves castaways in a strange new world, with
Michael Brandon portraying their father, Frank, a wealthy American.
Dinotopia's other human inhabitants include Georgina Rylance as
the smart and beautiful Marion, who is in training to be a leader
of her people; Jonathan Hyde ("Titanic," "The Mummy") as Marion's
father, Mayor Waldo, the overseer of Dinotopia's spectacular capital,
Waterfall City; Sophie Ward ("Dracula") as Marion's mother, revered
matriarch Rosemary; and Lisa Zane ("Monkeybone") as Le Sage, who
becomes the beautiful leader of a renegade group known as the
Outsiders.
The
extensive and complex visual effects created for the miniseries
by London's FrameStore CFC (BBC/Discovery Channel's Emmy Award-winning
"Walking with Dinosaurs") continue to be showcased on "Dinotopia."
Not only did FrameStore CFC create dinosaurs, but also computer
generated environments, waterfalls, submarines, airplanes and
virtual people, as well as such other challenging visual effects
as humans riding on the backs of dinosaurs.
"Dinotopia's" story began when Frank Scott, a wealthy American,
crashes his plane into the Caribbean. He appears to perish, but
his two teenaged sons, Karl and David, survive, only to find themselves
castaways on Dinotopia. Karl and David are constantly at odds,
even as they struggle to adjust to life in their strange new world.
Marion - who captures both Karl's and David's hearts - leads the
brothers to Waterfall City where Mayor Waldo welcomes the "off-worlders"
and has them enrolled in the capital's academy so they can learn
to become Dinotopians. They're soon befriended by the talkative
Zippo (now voiced by British comedian Omid Djalili, "The Mummy,"
Hallmark Entertainment's "Cleopatra"), an academic Stenonychosaurus
who speaks 17 human and Saurian languages. Upon receiving their
Dinotopian assignments, cynical Karl is assigned to a Saurian
"hatchery," where he's charged with overseeing the birth of an
infant Chasmosaurus named 26. David - who is terrified of heights
- is ordered to partake in Skybax training on the very frontier
of Dinotopia, Canyon City.
The
brothers discover that they have arrived at a critical moment
in the history of this lost world. The sunstones, a force of life
in Dinotopia, are mysteriously failing, and Dinotopia may soon
be plunged into darkness and chaos. Finally, the boys save their
new home and find their father, alive and well, when they journey
to the World Beneath, a dangerous territory forbidden to all the
continent's inhabitants.
Now, the series follows Karl, David and Frank as they face their
uncertain future on this lost continent. They must attempt to
adapt to their new home -- and all its inhabitants, human and
otherwise -- with a bold sense of adventure, as they continue
to uncover Dinotopia's long-held secrets. (Courtesy ABC Entertainment,
2002)
The
Cast: Erik
Von Detten as Karl
Shiloh Strong as David
Michael Brandon as Frank
Georgina Rylance as Marion
Jonathan Hyde as Mayor Waldo
Sophie Ward as Rosemary
Lisa Zane as Le Sage
Production
Credits: "Dinotopia"
is executive-produced by Robert Halmi Sr. ("Arabian Nights," "Merlin")
and Robert Halmi Jr. ("Cleopatra," "Lonesome Dove"). The series
is a production of Hallmark Entertainment.
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