Adventure Inc.
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| Genre | Adventure fiction |
| Starring |
Michael Biehn Karen Cliche Jesse Nilsson |
| Theme music composer | Marty Simon |
| Composer(s) | Daniel Leblanc, Mark Hukezalie |
| Country of origin | Canada/UK/France co-production |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Gale Anne Hurd Jay Firestone Adam Haight |
| Location(s) | Canada United Kingdom France |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Global (Canada) Syndicated (USA) |
| Picture format | Filmed 16:9 Often Broadcast 4:3 Pan and scan |
| Original release | 30 September 2002 – 12 May 2003 |
Adventure Inc. is a dramatised adventure television series produced primarily in Canada which aired from 30 September 2002 to 12 May 2003. It was a co-production of Fireworks Entertainment (Canada), Tribune Entertainment (United States), M6 (France), Amy International (UK), and Tele München (Germany). The series premise was inspired by the work of modern-day explorer Barry Clifford.
Distribution was by syndication throughout the United States and by Global in Canada. Following its only season, the episodes were aired in Canada on Space.
The preamble and voice over tell the premise of the show. (from the opening titles) "My name is Judson Cross..I've been called everything from a treasure hunter to a thrill seeker, but personally I like to think of myself as a professional explorer...My company is Adventure Inc. and we're in the business of finding things,..things that are priceless, dangerous, sometimes even unexplainable....My crew will go anywhere and risk everything...Adventure really is our business". As he travels along different corners of the world, Judson is accompanied by two partners: Mackenzie (Karen Cliche) and Gabriel (Jesse Nilsson).
Fireworks International went into Cannes with Adventure Inc., and with its star Michael Biehn worked the Croisette hard to promote the show. Biehn was also joined by executive producer Gale Ann Hurd, who got for Biehn roles in The Terminator and Aliens: both films they did with Hurd's then husband James Cameron. Now divorced, she and Biehn hoped to make a splash with this TV show.
The main character is Judson Cross, a seafaring adventurer-for-hire, and was originally Ms. Hurd's idea, based partly on the real-life exploits of noted explorer Barry Clifford, discoverer of the Whydah Galley (the world's only authenticated pirate shipwreck), who is also a close friend of Ms. Hurd. "It's not common in television to have a character inspired by real events and real character," she said. The research vessel, Vast Explorer, featured in the show was named in honor of the ship used by Barry Clifford.
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