Space has signed on for season one of Ice Planet, a series about the marooned crew of a spaceship. The folks behind the Starhunter series, producers Daniel D’Or and Philip Jackson, have a five-season storyline in mind. They start shooting in Toronto this summer, and also in the U.K., on a budget of $32.5 million, as a ‘twinned coproduction’ between Toronto-based SpaceWorks Entertainment and Highgate Films in London.
The series stars perennial tough guy Michael Ironside (The Perfect Storm) as the unfortunate ship’s captain, and is slated to air in the fall of 2006. This is not the first version of the series, and it may not be the last. The story comes from a 2001 German film and was supposed to become a series two years ago via a copro between Regina-based Minds Eye Entertainment and H5B5 Media of Germany. That deal fell through, however, and the rights holder moved on to SpaceWorks. The producers are also eyeing a videogame version and a second feature.
