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If you're one of those people who hasn't yet gotten hooked on a science-fiction webseries (other than Dr. Horrible), this trailer for webseries aggregator SciFinal might just change your mind. It's 46 seconds of weirdness, silliness (multi-breasts!) and intriguing drama. More »
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Two webseries premiered this past week, and NBC's superslick Gemini Division, starring Rosario Dawson, grabbed all the attention. But the rough-and-ready Venus Rises also launched its first episode, about ore miners in deep space. In Venus Rises, humans have abandoned the Earth, and there's a class division between the Martian overlords and the Venusian workers. Click through to find out more. More »
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The Sci Fi Channel chose the wrong online TV show when it bought Amanda Tapping's Sanctuary, judging from this exclusive new clip from the much grittier Venus Rises. Venus Rises is about the struggle between the working-class Venus and the wealthy Mars in a post-Earth future. In this clip, Sam and Kylara are exploring the Ikarus, and they meet the crew: Demille and the deaf Aeriana. Click through for an interview with writer/director J.G. Birdsall. More »
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Julia Howe plays Aeriana, the deaf hacker and pilot on Venus Rises, the new Mars/Venus class war series that's appearing on IllusionTV and on the Web. When she's not looking awesome in a hoodie and cyber-hand-rig, she's also the show's production manager. She talked to io9 about learning to say "flux capacitor" in sign language. More »
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A new web TV show could pick up where Firefly left off, telling gritty stories of class warfare on human colonies. Venus Rises is filming now in New Jersey. Four episodes will be available next year on national video-on-demand cable channel Illusion TV as well the show's own site. One glance at the first episode's synopsis shows how deeply Firefly is in Venus Rising's DNA. More »
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