Fallen (miniseries)

Fallen
A Prophecy. A Destiny. A Fallen Angel.
Based on	The Fallen by Tom Sniegoski
Screenplay by	Sara B. Cooper
Story by	Tim Huddleston
Directed by	Mikael Salomon Kevin Kerslake
Starring	Paul Wesley Chelah Horsdal Fernanda Andrade Rick Worthy Hal Ozsan Will Yun Lee Tom Skerritt Elizabeth Lackey Bryan Cranston Peter Williams
Theme music composer	Joel J. Richard
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Edward Bates Rochelle Bates Patti Allen
Cinematography	Jon Joffin
Editor(s)	Alan Cody
Running time	Part 1: 84 min Part 2: 83 min Part 3: 80 min Total: 247 min
Distributor	ABC Family
Budget	$7,000,000
Release
Original release	2006

Fallen is a 2006 ABC Family miniseries based on the four-book series of novels by Thomas Sniegoski The Fallen, and broken into three parts. The first part was originally advertised as an "ABC Family Original Movie", but nearly a year later, it was followed up with two other parts of equal length over the course of a weekend. Fallen stars Paul Wesley as Aaron Corbett, a good-natured high school student who discovers he is a Nephilim, human-angel hybrid. An alternate reality game advertising the series has won an interactive Emmy.

On Aaron Corbett's 18th birthday, he begins exhibiting strange abilities, such as the ability to talk to his dog, Gabe, and other animals, leading to the conclusion that he is a Nephilim, the offspring of a human and an angel. Now Aaron must defend himself and his family from the Powers, warrior angels dispatched to Earth to eliminate the Nephilim "abominations", while trying to find a way to live a normal life. He is befriended by Ezekiel, an eccentric but kind-hearted fallen angel, and the former leader of the Powers, archangel Camael.

It is revealed Aaron is the Redeemer of prophecy, a Nephilim with the ability to "redeem" the fallen angels and return them to Heaven. After a battle with the Powers, resulting in the apparent death of Ezekiel, Aaron leaves his adopted family and joins Camael in order to fulfill his destiny.

A year later, Aaron is still traveling around the world with Camael and his dog Gabriel, redeeming the fallen angels he finds and striving to escape the Powers' wrath. A fallen angel known as Azazel is released from his prison by a shadowy figure, who enlists his help in "aiding the Redeemer in fulfilling his destiny." Camael, having been wounded in a battle with the Powers, goes to Ariel, a fallen angel who has the power to heal and who is also the leader of an organization that protects the Nephilim and the Fallen from the Powers. Camael is put into a trance in order for him to heal, giving Aaron the freedom to do what he wishes. Aaron visits a nearby college, despite Camael's previous attempts to keep him close. At the college, he discovers an obsessive professor who has captured a Nephilim, who turns out to be Vilma Rodriguez, Aaron's old high school crush. Aaron rescues Vilma, but in the process, alerts the Powers to his whereabouts, having lost control and created a flare of fire that pinpointed his position.