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So ganz überzeugt mich dieses Preview auf die Fernsehserie Falling Skies, die ab kommenden Sommer im amerikanischen Sender TNT ausgestrahlt werden wird, noch nicht. Zu sehr erinnert mich die Grundkonstruktion an ein auf Eindeutigkeiten reduziertes V (mehr dazu), zu sehr erinnert mich das im Spot unten erwähnte Licht wiederum an den rundum mißratenen Skyline. Aber man soll das nicht vorab schlechtreden; die Besetzung ist bemerkenswert und Steven Spielberg als Ausführender Produzent an Bord.

Vorab gibt es als eine Art „Prequel“ einen Webcomic zu lesen; zur Serie selbst ist auf der Homepage des Senders zu lesen:

FALLING SKIES opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.

At the center of the series is Tom Mason (Noah Wyle), a Boston history professor whose family has been torn apart. His wife was killed in the initial attack, and one of his three sons has been captured. Determined to get his son back and to ensure the safety of his other two sons, Tom must put his extensive knowledge of military history to the test as one of the leaders of the resistance movement known as the 2nd Mass, because of their location in Boston, Mass. They are constantly trying to gain intelligence about the aliens in order to one day outsmart and overtake them and hopefully rebuild their lives.

Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) co-stars as Anne Glass, a pediatrician who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic upheaval in their lives. Will Patton (Armageddon, TNT’s Into the West) plays a fierce leader of the resistance, Weaver. The series also stars Drew Roy (Secretariat) as Hal, Tom’s oldest son and a growing fighter in the resistance movement; Maxim Knight (Brothers & Sisters) as Matt, Tom’s youngest son; Connor Jessup (The Saddle Club) as Ben, Tom’s son who was captured by aliens; and Seychelle Gabriel (Weeds) as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps Anne in the group’s makeshift medical clinic. Colin Cunningham (Living in Your Car) is John Pope, the leader of an outlaw motorcycle gang and Sarah Carter (Shark) is Margaret, a wary survivor of Pope’s gang.

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