The internet exploded this morning with information so amazing, it can simply be described as “epic“. One of our favorite nerds, Felicia Day has been hinting at a #secretproject for weeks now, but details have been scant at best. Well this morning, bright and early, the bomb was dropped. Felicia Day was approached by Bioware to create a web-series based on their Dragon Age franchise! This was something I wasn’t aware that I really wanted until it actually existed, sort of like sweet and spicy Doritos (soooo good). Felicia was tasked with writing the adventure, as well as being the female lead, much like she does for her award winning series The Guild. Let me break down what we know thus far.
Felicia Day is Tallis, an Elven Assassin
Her Character – An Elven Assassin named Tallis.
The World – Ferelden during the events of Dragon Age 2. Meaning the blight is over, and the world is in relative peace. Anything is better than an Arch-Demon right? (… I hope Flemyth shows up)
The Adventure – From what Day states, it will be a tale of adventure as Tallis must assemble her team and track down a rogue mage (an apostate).
The Budget – Still very slim, but much higher than The Guild. The Guild is famous for making things look great with no money, that being said… this will look very pretty.
The Crew – Directed by Independence Day producer Peter Winther. Director of Photography John Barley of LOST.. yes that LOST..
How Many Episodes? – Six in total for now… there will be more.
Who else is in it? – I asked Felicia Day during a chat this afternoon (nothing fancy there were a few hundred of us in the room… I’m not that cool.. haha) what familiar faces we could see in Dragon Age Redemption and she replied ” George Clooney and Julia Roberts”… Thanks for that news :p
Anyone from the Dragon Age Games?: It appears not. All the characters are of Day’s creation.
You can read more about Felica’s upcoming adventures in the land of Dragon Age in her offical USA today interview. Felica Day breathes fire into the Dragon Age Series (we need to start writing articles with titles like that)
When can you see it? – This Wednesday you can see the first exclusive trailer on our friend Jimmy Fallon’s show (again.. 1 sided friendship). And we will have the clip to view here as well!
If this is sign of things to come in terms the level of quality of Hulu’s original programming, than we’re all in luck. The world of television changing for the better. It’s good to see that the days of wasted channels (the ocho) and junk-food television consumption are coming to an end. If more companies like Hulu and Netflix start to provide quality material like Battleground, we’re on the way to some real television Democracy… And that’s just awesome.
I hadn’t heard all that much about NBC’s new science fiction survival story “Revolution”, until earlier this week while recording our very own podcast. Revolution follows the adventures of a family attempting to survive in a world without order, law, or electricity. As with everything J.J. Abrams touches, there will inevitably be a vast and complicated conspiracy designed to stretch for multiple seasons
We’ve talked a lot about TV in our podcasts so far. I wanted to highlight one that is consistently one of the most offbeat, well written and highly overlooked comedies on TV.
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ames
I can’t wait! Super exciting!
Ash
Don’t forget to DVR Fallon tonight for a chance to see Felicia in the teaser trailer. Spread the word!
HOW CAN I GET TO WORK WITH HER!?!?!?!? uggggh!! FELICIA, please contact me! i want to act with you!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!
Ash
Wow. I imagined you turning into a zombie as you screamed that line. The best thing about Felicia is that she was the master of her own awesome destiny. A nerd that loved to write and act, now writing and acting in her own self produced media… simply awesome.
I can’t wait! Super exciting!
Don’t forget to DVR Fallon tonight for a chance to see Felicia in the teaser trailer. Spread the word!
HOW CAN I GET TO WORK WITH HER!?!?!?!? uggggh!! FELICIA, please contact me! i want to act with you!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!
Wow. I imagined you turning into a zombie as you screamed that line. The best thing about Felicia is that she was the master of her own awesome destiny. A nerd that loved to write and act, now writing and acting in her own self produced media… simply awesome.
yessssssssss! my hero!
Very nice. Can’t wait to see what they do with this.