XIII: The Series
| XIII: The Series | |
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Season 1 poster
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| Genre | |
| Developed by | Duane Clark |
| Starring | |
| Composer(s) | Nicolas Errèra |
| Country of origin | France Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | |
| Location(s) |
Toronto, and Georgetown Canada Paris, France |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Prodigy Pictures Cipango Canal+ M6 Shaw Media EuropaCorp |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Canal+ (France) Mystery TV (Canada) Showcase (Canada) Ztélé (in French) (Canada) ReelzChannel (USA) |
| Original release | 18 April 2011 – 19 November 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | XIII: The Conspiracy |
| External links | |
| Website | |
XIII: The Series is an English-language Franco-Canadian TV series that premiered in April 2011 in France and Canada. Loosely based on the Belgian graphic novel series created by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance debuting in 1984, about an amnesiac protagonist who seeks to discover his concealed past. The TV series follows the events of the 2008 TV film XIII: The Conspiracy, which was also produced by Prodigy Pictures and Cipango. The first season follows the plot in parallel with the existing volumes in the comic series, while the second season diverts into an all-new original story arc.
Shaw Media (then still known as Canwest) announced on 9 July 2010 the new dramas Blackstone, Endgame, King, and XIII would be produced for the 2010-11 season and that Combat Hospital would be produced for the 2011-12 season in addition to the already announced series Shattered and Lost Girl. Along with four comedies and three pilot movies it made for the largest order for scripted original programming that Canwest had ever done. Production on XIII began on 13 September 2010 with filming in and around Toronto, including Barber Mill, Georgetown, Ontario. Portions of XIII were also filmed in Paris.
The two-part mini-series served as a backdoor pilot for the series and stars Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff as "XIII" as well as series regulars Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, Ted Atherton and Caterina Murino. It premiered in France on Canal+ on 6 and 13 October 2008, was first broadcast in Canada on Global and in the USA on NBC on 8 and 15 February 2009, in Australia on Nine on 1 and 8 November 2009, and in the United Kingdom on 27 December 2009 on Five. Showcase rebroadcast the show in Canada in 2010 and ReelzChannel rebroadcast it in the USA in 2012 before they started showing Season 1.
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