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Dark Rising is a science fiction comedy franchise created by Andrew Cymek and adapted for film and television by Mihkel Harilaid. The original film, Dark Rising: Bring Your Battle Axe, was released in 2007 and featured the introduction of Summer Vale.
The story was brought to television as Dark Rising: The Savage Tales of Summer Vale (2011) but shortly returned to feature film with Dark Rising: Summer Strikes Back (2011). Mihkel Harilaid of Black Walk Films leads the series' production as Executive Producer and each component has been directed by Andrew Cymek of Defiant Empire Films.
The franchise is once again in production of a one-hour drama series, Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds, set for release in 2013 in co-operation with Mar Vista Entertainment. The series was picked up by Super Channel 1 in Canada and started on July 20.
There are two Earths. Our Earth, the one we know and love, and Dark Earth, a world of demons and magic, a dimension created at the height of the Roman Empire in an attempt by a powerful sorcerer to banish demons from this world forever.
When Summer Vale was a young girl her father spent his time deciphering ancient texts and when he read from the Book of Shadows a portal opened and a group of Agents took his daughter. Summer was experimented on and used by the government to find a way to combine human and demon DNA, trying to find a way to win a secret war waged for thousands of years. The Dark Rising franchise follows the exploits of Vale, a half-Human half-Demon hybrid, and her allies as they battle to save humanity. Their fight takes them all over the world, from the woods to another dimension, even to Paris. Along the way they have made new friends and lost old ones.
Jason Parks' life goes from bad to worse as a series of supernatural events turn his dream of reconciliation with ex-fiancée Jasmine into a portal seeking, demon hunting nightmare. With a desperate attempt to save his fizzled-out relationship, Jason orchestrates a camping trip with the help of his best friends Ricky, a ladies' man who shoots "1-900" commercials for a living; Marlene, a long-time friend and yoga instructor; and Renee, a book worm with a knack for witchcraft.
Each with their own agenda, they convince Jasmine to join them for a weekend of fun in the sun. Unknown to the group, Renee's been having reoccurring nightmares of Summer Vale, a little girl that disappeared in town over twenty years ago, and decides to use the getaway to contact her spirit. Also unknown to the boys, Jasmine and Marlene have become a hot item. They join in the fun and humor Renee's interest in magic.
Using the Book of Shadows, which she received from a mysterious bookkeeper, Renee chants a translated phrase from the book, which opens a portal to another dimension. A Kellipoth demon arrives on the scene, killing Marlene and biting Jasmine, but the Book of Shadows also brings back Summer Vale, now a Demon Warrior Princess whose memories are missing. Jason and Summer form an uneasy bond and together they decide to reopen the portal and send the demon back to the Hell dimension.
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