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[07/29/10 - 09:51 AM]
Syfy's Being Human Starring Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington and Mark Pelligrino Begins Production in Montreal
Adam Kane will direct the premiere installment from a script by Anna Fricke and Jeremy Carver.

[via press release from Showtime]

SYFY'S BEING HUMAN STARRING SAM WITWER, MEAGHAN RATH, SAM HUNTINGTON AND MARK PELLIGRINO BEGINS PRODUCTION IN MONTREAL

Adam Kane Directing and Producing with Executive Producers Michael Prupas, Anna Fricke and Jeremy Carver

Muse Entertainment Producing American Adaptation of Acclaimed BBC Original Series

New York, New York - July 29, 2010 - Syfy's all-new drama series Being Human, starring Sam Witwer (Smallville, Battlestar Galactica), Meaghan Rath (The Assistants), Sam Huntington (Cavemen, Superman Returns) and Mark Pellegrino (Lost, Supernatural) has commenced production in Montreal, Canada. Adam Kane (The Mentalist, Heroes) is Director and Co-Executive Producer with Executive Producer Michael Prupas (The Kennedys, Pillars of the Earth) and husband and wife Executive Producers/Writers Jeremy Carver (Supernatural) and Anna Fricke (Men in Trees, Everwood). Muse Entertainment is producing 13 1-hour episodes for Syfy.

Being Human, a re-imagining of the acclaimed UK series created by Toby Whithouse, follows three paranormal, 20-something roommates living in Boston - vampire "Aidan" (Witwer), werewolf "Josh" (Huntington) and ghost "Sally" (Rath) - as they struggle to hide their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives and trying to be human. Mark Pellegrino plays Aidan's charismatic but menacing vampire mentor "Bishop."

The producer is Irene Litinsky (Human Trafficking, The Phantom) of Muse Entertainment, the director of photography is Pierre Jodoin (The Last Templar, Secrets of the Mountain) and the production designer is Zo� Sakellaropoulo (The Last Templar, The Phantom).

The original UK series is produced by Touchpaper Television and executive produced by Rob Pursey. RDF Rights distributes the UK series and the format internationally as well as the new US series.

Muse Entertainment Enterprises, headed by President & CEO Michael Prupas, is a major Canadian independent film and television producer and the country's leading service producer for international studios and networks. Muse Entertainment is known for bringing well-crafted, high-quality, award-winning productions with strong international appeal to big and small screens. Since 1998, Muse has produced, co-produced or provided production services on 150 TV movies and mini-series, television series and feature films. Muse's head office is located in Montreal. Muse has four production operations in Montreal, Toronto and Los Angeles.

Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in 95 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)





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· BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (SCI FI)
· BEING HUMAN (SYFY)
· BEING HUMAN (BBC AMERICA)
· CAVEMEN (ABC)
· EVERWOOD (WB)
· HUMAN TRAFFICKING (LIFETIME)
· KENNEDYS, THE (REELZ)
· LAST TEMPLAR, THE (NBC)
· LOST (ABC)
· MEN IN TREES (ABC)
· PHANTOM, THE (SYFY)
· PILLARS OF THE EARTH (STARZ)
· SECRETS OF THE MOUNTAIN (NBC)
· SMALLVILLE (CW)
· SUPERNATURAL (CW)





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