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L. Frank Baum’s children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” has inspired countless film and theatrical adaptations, including Victor Fleming’s iconic 1939 film starring Judy Garland. Now, a dark, gritty TV series based on the world of Oz will finally the small screens early next year. The series “Emerald City” follows an older version of Dorothy Gale, played by Adria Arjona (“True Detective”), who’s transported by tornado with a K9 police dog into Oz, a land of competing realms, magic and bloodshed. The series co-stars Vincent D’Onofrio (“Full Metal Jacket”) as The Wizard, Oliver Jackson-Cohen (“Dracula”), Ana Ularu (“Outbound”), Joely Richardson (“Nip/Tuck”) and more. Watch a trailer for the series below.

Read More: Watch: ‘The Wizard of Oz’, As You Most Definitely Have Not Seen It Before

The series was created by Matthew Arnold, creator, director and executive produced of the first independently-produced network TV series “Siberia.

Single director seasons has been a rising trend in television, with last season providing the two most notable examples in HBO’s True Detective and Cinemax’s The Knick, with David Fincher and David Lynch poised to do the same with Utopia and Twin Peaks respectively in subsequent seasons. To date, however, the trend has been limited to cable channels. NBC, however, is jumping into the ring as well, as reports have now emerged that the network channel has tapped director Tarsem Singh to direct all ten episodes of its upcoming series Emerald City.

Tarsem, whose latest feature Self/Less is currently in theatres, is known to most film fans for his work on the 2006 feature The Fall. He currently has five features under his belt, along with an assortment of music videos, including that of Rem’s Losing My Religion, but has yet to work in television.

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After a two-year stint in development limbo and a cancellation eight months ago, NBC has retrieved its Wizard Of Oz-inspired TV series from the trash. The series, titled Emerald City after the sparkly green-tinged metropolis known as Oz, has undergone a resurrection by network brass who have decided it holds some value after all. Along with its ten-episode straight-to-series order, David Schulner (Do No Harm, The Playboy Club) is now attached to write and executive produce.

Universal Television, who is developing and producing the series, has struggled to lift the show off the ground for years in its various permutations. Matthew Arnold (Siberia) concocted the idea and scripted the pilot which received additional punch-ups by Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles). While that iteration failed to launch, the current television climate could be the reason by NBC’s change of heart.

Per Deadline, the show has been described as...

The division of Mexican titan Grupo Televisa is ramping up English-language production and distribution and has appointed Chris Philip to lead its new global distribution and production unit.

Philip arrives from Engine Entertainment and reports to Televisa USA managing director Paul Presburger.

He will work closely with Televisa USA chief creative officer Michael Garcia and chief of operations and business affairs Ryan Likes to develop new series in the U.S, secure international co-productions and oversee the sale of all Televisa USA content worldwide.

The deal provides Televisa USA with first-look rights to a pre-existing slate of projects from Sierra/Engine Television and its parent companies Sierra Affinity and Engine Entertainment. Philip will continue to serve as Engine Entertainment’s CEO.

The slate includes two NBC primetime action-adventure series – Crossbones starring John Malkovich (pictured) and Siberia – as well as the feature Parker, syndicated buddy Pi scripted series Tag Team and a music competition format Philip co-created with Gene Simmons...

Pick has announced that it will air NBC's Siberia.

The mockumentary drama series will premiere in the UK on Sunday, February 22 at 9pm.

Siberia centres on a group of contestants participating in a reality television show in the Siberian territory of Tunguska for the chance to win $500,000.

When a series of strange events happen and the participants find themselves abandoned by the producers, those remaining must strive to work together and face their fears to survive.

Joyce Giraud, Johnny Wactor, Esther Anderson and Natalie Scheetz are among the cast.

Pick director Steven Ladlow said: "Siberia imagines what could happen if something went drastically wrong with a reality show.

"Playing on what's real to the viewer and what's not, this mock-reality series is a unique drama and one which I know will have Pick viewers on the edge of their seats with excitement."...

Producer Hayden Fortescue believes his action comedy Broken Contract is the first Wa-shot feature to have been shot almost entirely without paper.

Christopher Morris (Offspring, Crownies) plays Max, a down-on-his-luck club owner who hires a hit man for protection after a local gang threatens his livelihood and his family.

Esther Anderson (Siberia, Home and Away) plays the detective who gets involved after Max.s friends and enemies start disappearing.

Fortescue set out to save money by emailing contracts, Oh&S and medical reports and call sheets, and issuing digital invoices and receipts.

During the shoot in Perth in April/May, writer-director James Pentecost used an iPad that held everything he needed . script, schedules, notes and an app that allowed him to pre-plan the set-ups for every scene.

Dispensing with traditional storyboards, he and DoP Ross Metcalf used the app, Hollywood Shot Designer, to figure out when and where every light,...

Coming off a season in which the network catapulted to No. 1 in the 18-49 demo and saw double-digit improvement in many prominent timeslots, NBC has announced its 2014-15 line-up; and on the horror side it's looking surprisingly good.

Fresh off announcing renewals for two of our favorites, "Grimm" and "Hannibal," and confirming that "Constantine" will be appearing on said lineup, we have two more photos and a trailer for the latter along with more details on "event" series “Aquarius,” “Emerald City,” and (just cause we know a lot of you guys were "Heroes" fans) “Heroes Reborn.”

“We had a stellar year in scripted programming development that resulted in the unprecedented number of new original series joining the line-up during the coming year, which spans from September 2014-September 2015,” said Bob Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment. “I’m inordinately proud of NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke and Paul Telegdy, President of Alternative and Late Night Programming,...

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After playing policewoman Charlie Buckton in Home and Away for five years, with a one- year gap after her character was killed off and later appeared in a vision, Esther Anderson is playing a cop in Broken Contract, an action comedy now shooting in Perth.

There are similarities between the characters but there is one major difference, apart from the milieu. In Broken Contract she.s a detective who investigates threats from a local gang to Max (Offspring and Crownies. Christopher Morris), a down-on-his luck club owner, and his family. Max.s response is to hire a hit man (Jag Pannu).

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Esther describes her character, Detective Keeling, as .strong, very smart and by-the-book, with a bit of a mouth..

The Los Angeles-based actor and former model didn.t hesitate when writer-director James Pentecost offered her the role, her first feature, which appealed to her as .a fun project,...

Janet King/Crownies regular Christopher Morris and Home and Away.s Esther Anderson play the leads in Broken Contract, an action comedy that starts shooting in Perth on April 28.

It.s the second feature from writer-director James Pentecost, whose debut was Twisted Minds, and the third from Jag Pannu Productions, in association with Vcr Media.

The producer is Hayden Fortescue. Jag Pannu Productions made the thrillers Twisted Minds (which stars John Howard, Kyle Morrison and Jessica Hegarty) and Loren Johnson.s Raven.s Cabin.

Morris plays Max, a down-on-his-luck club owner struggling to make ends meet. When a local gang threatens his livelihood and his family, he hires a hit man to protect the ones he loves. However he soon finds himself spinning out of control as friends and enemies alike start disappearing.

Anderson plays Detective Keeling and Jag Pannu portrays the hit man. Anderson recently participated in Siberia, a...

Updated: NBC has given a 10-episode order to Emerald City, an Oz-themed drama from Siberia creator/showrunner Matthew Arnold. The order comes after the project recently underwent a rewrite by Josh Friedman. The two will executive produce through Universal Television where Friedman is under a deal. A writers room is slated to get up and running soon but casting may be postponed until after pilot season. Emerald City is described as a modern and dark reimagining of the classic tale of Oz in the vein of Game Of Thrones, drawing upon stories from Baum’s original 14 books that include lethal warriors, competing kingdoms, and the infamous wizard as we’ve never seen him before. A head-strong 20-year-old Dorothy Gale is unwittingly sent on an eye-opening journey that thrusts her into the center of an epic and bloody battle for the control of Oz. Following the success of the 1900 The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz,...

The official trailer and plot synopsis for the Uwe Boll produced horror sequel 'Seed 2: The New Breed' has arrived, and it's pretty sick. 'Seed 2' is written and directed by Marcel Walz ('Candy House') who takes over from Boll as director 7 years after the original slasher was released. The follow-up stars a throng of tasty ladies who head for Vegas to enjoy a bachelorette party only to find themselves as new prey to Max Seed's killing ways. Christa Campbell ('Drive Angry'), Natalie Scheetz ('Siberia'), Annika Strauss ('Game Over'), Sarah Hayden and ex-model Micaela Schaefer (below) all star. Check out the new trailer and plot breakdown below...

What did we learn about the two new cast members in last night’s season four premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills? Not a lot. Joyce Giraud has the hair of the gods and Carlton Gebbia seems like she might cut a B…everly Hills lady for giving her any side eye about naming one of her children Mystery.

Luckily, EW talked to the two newbs individually to see if those first impressions rang true. While they both got around to some of the same themes eventually, they’re, uh, highly different. Gebbia is laid back and reserved with personal information,...

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills proved in the season four premiere Monday night that they still know how to put the "Oh!" in 90210.

The feud between Kyle Richards and Yolanda H. Foster – as well as the simmering tension between Richards and Lisa Vanderpump – continued in the premiere, which centered around a cocktail party Richards, 44, threw at her home to celebrate the centennial of Beverly Hills after joining the city's Chamber of Commerce.

"I don't know exactly what she'll bring to the Chamber of Commerce," Vanderpump, 53, deadpanned, "but we'll see."

"I feel like Lisa is punishing me," said Richards, who hired Vanderpump's restaurant,...

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills proved in the season four premiere Monday night that they still know how to put the "Oh!" in 90210. The feud between Kyle Richards and Yolanda H. Foster - as well as the simmering tension between Richards and Lisa Vanderpump - continued in the premiere, which centered around a cocktail party Richards, 44, threw at her home to celebrate the centennial of Beverly Hills after joining the city's Chamber of Commerce. "I don't know exactly what she'll bring to the Chamber of Commerce," Vanderpump, 53, deadpanned, "but we'll see." "I feel like Lisa is punishing me," said Richards,...

She's a self-proclaimed wild witch, who happens to be one of the two fresh faces on season 4 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Here are five things to know about Carlton Gebbia, who tells People her reality experience has been "a great journey for myself to take":

1. She gets along with pretty much the entire cast – except Kyle Richards

Although becoming a Housewife "sprung to life" when Gebbia's husband – a member of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce – brought her to a party at Richards's house, the two women are not chummy.

When asked who she clashed with this season,...

She's a self-proclaimed wild witch, who happens to be one of the two fresh faces on season 4 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Here are five things to know about Carlton Gebbia, who tells People her reality experience has been "a great journey for myself to take": 1. She gets along with pretty much the entire cast - except Kyle Richards Although becoming a Housewife "sprung to life" when Gebbia's husband - a member of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce - brought her to a party at Richards's house, the two women are not chummy. When asked who she clashed with this season,...

Exclusive: ABC has put in development My Problem With Women, a comedy based on the popular Peruvian series of the same name. The project hails from Jason Gann who knows a thing or two about successful U.S. adaptions of international comedy formats. Aussie Gann, co-creator/star of the Australian comedy series Wilfred, also toplines and co-executive produces the FX version, which is heading into its fourth and final season. Gann will write and executive produce My Problem With Women with Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory (Frasier), who will serve as co-showrunners. Chris Philip (Siberia) also is an exec producer, Jay Weisleder a co-exec producer and Miki Ivcher an associate producer for ABC Studios, Sierra/Engine Television and Frecuencia Latina International. The original series, produced by Jaime Carbajal and created by Frank Perez Garland, Christian Buckley and Paul Vegae, follows the adventures of a thirtysomething bachelor who begins seeing a...

Leave it to Brandi Glanville to bring the fireworks on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."

In the trailer for the upcoming fourth season of the popular reality series, the feisty former Mrs. Eddie Cibrian not only goes au natural in a jacuzzi and shares a tender smooch with new cast member Carlton Gebbia, but it seems her once rock-solid friendship with Lisa Vanderpump is showing some fractures.

One key moment in the first sneak peek, titled "No Smoke Without Fire," finds Glanville and Vanderpump at what appears to be the tail end of a contentious discussion, with Glanville asserting, "I know you're the chess player of all time, but I just f***ing checkmated you, b****." Checkmate, indeed.

Along with Glanville and Vanderpump, Yolanda H. Foster, Kyle Ricahrds and Kim Richards are returning for Season 4. (Adios, Adrienne Maloof and Taylor Armstrong!) Joining the series are the aforementioned Gebbia...

Ready for the new kids on the (Beverly Hills) block? We can exclusively reveal that Joyce Giraud and Carlton Gebbia will be joining season four of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as new castmembers. We first reported the news of their casting back in June. Giraud is a Puerto Rican model/actress who has appeared both in film (Dude, Where's My Car?) and TV (Baywatch). She was the second runner-up for the Miss Universe Pageant in 1998 as Miss Puerto Rico, and currently stars inNBC's faux-reality series Siberia. Giraud and her husband, producer Michael Ohoven, have two children together. Video: Which New Jersey housewife is getting her own spinoff?  Gebbia is a former TV actress known best...

It's not a reality show but Siberia looks like one. Will viewers be so confused so that they don't want to watch? Will this new NBC show get big ratings or will it be quickly cancelled? Stay tuned for the ratings.

Siberia airs on Monday nights and the large cast includes Joyce Giraud, Johnny Wactor, Daniel Sutton, Neeko Skervin, Natalie Scheetz, Sam Dobbins, Esther Anderson, Tommy Mountain, George Dickson, Anne-Marie Mueschke, Miljan Milosevic, Irene Szuchun Yee, Berglind Icey, Harpreet Turka, Victoria Hill, Sabina Akhmedova, and Jonathan Buckley.

Below are the TV show's ratings for the Summer 2013 season. These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so keep checking back to see how things are going.

Final season averages: 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.03 million total viewers.

Episode 01-11: Monday, 09/17/13 (finale)...

"Siberia" ended its Season 1 tonight. I do not, however, have much in the way of answers or explanations for any of that faux-reality craziness.

As Irene put it so succinctly, "It's like nothing's real."

Still, it might still be worth it to try to make sense of the death, twists and surreality of the end of "Siberia." We may never get another season to explain it any other way.

Annie dies

Despite Victoria's early-season prediction that everyone else was going to die, most of the "Siberia" cast have remained stubbornly alive. The only actual death we've seen since then was Natalie's -- and that occurred off-screen.

Thus we were due for some death. After the group reunites at the science station, death obligingly arrives to take out Annie. The heartbroken young woman is in the bathroom or something when the others make a truck escape. As a result, the evil...

The 75th anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz" is approaching, and there is quite the buzz going on about it. Four different television adaptations are in the making, including this latest one that has been announced from NBC and "Siberia" creator Matthew Arnold, called "Emerald City". "Emerald City" joins a bundle of Oz-themed shows which are in the making that include CBS's "Dorothy," a medical soap; an drama which has no title at this point with…...

Who knew that TV execs would be so keen to follow the yellow brick road this development season?

Deadline reports on Friday (Aug. 23) that NBC has purchased "Emerald City," a "Wizard of Oz"-themed drama from "Siberia" creator Matthew Arnold -- just two weeks after CBS put "Dorothy," a medical soap inspired by "Oz" (Yeah, has us stumped, too) into development.

"Emerald City," which will be written by Arnold, is described as a dark remaining of the classic tale of Oz more in the vein of "Game of Thrones," using stories from author L. Frank Baum's original 14 books.

"Dorothy" and "Emerald City" aren't the only "Oz" shows making the rounds, either, it would seem. Reportedly, a treatment from "Heroes" alums Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, with "Heroes" creator Tim Kring supervising, is working its way about town. Syfy also has a miniseries titled "Warriors of Oz" in development.

Seriously, is anyone not off to see the Wizard this development season…?

Following in the ruby slippered footsteps of Syfy (and its post-apocalyptic Warriors of Oz) and CBS (with the medical drama Dorothy), NBC is developing Emerald City, which is described as a dark reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and all its follow-up novels.

Related | Once Upon a Time Bosses: TV’s Onslaught of Wizard of Oz Projects Won’t Rush Our Own Plan for Dorothy

Per our sister site Deadline, Siberia creator Matthew Arnold is penning the Peacock’s adaptation, which like the...

NBC is going to "Emerald City." The network has just bought 13 episodes of a drama series from "Siberia" creator Matthew Arnold inspired by "The Wizard of Oz," a representative for Arnold told TheWrap. We're told the dark series will draw from the 14 books by "The Wizard of Oz" novel writer Frank L. Baum. Arnold wrote and directed the pilot, which will be produced through Universal Television. So far, he has also written three additional episodes and directed seven of the 13-episode order. Also read: Syfy Revisits 'Wizard of Oz' With Miniseries...

Exclusive: A century after the release of L. Frank Baum’s Wizard Of Oz series, the books have become the toast of this TV development season. NBC just nabbed Emerald City, an Oz-themed drama from Siberia creator/showrunner Matthew Arnold. Two weeks ago, CBS put in development Dorothy, a medical soap inspired by the characters and themes from The Wizard of Oz. I hear there is another Oz drama making the rounds from Heroes alums Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, with Heroes creator Tim Kring supervising. And just last month, Syfy picked up for development a miniseries titled Warriors Of Oz from director Timur Bekmambetov, a fantasy-action reimagining of the classic story. The great interest in Wizard Of Oz is not entirely unexpected as the title has been getting a lot of attention in conjunction with the upcoming 75th anniversary of the classic 1939 feature, which will include a 3D...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including True Blood, Pretty Little Lairs, Teen Wolf, Drunk History and more!

1 | So that vertical runway on America Next’s Top Model… How was that not a big enough liability to be vetoed at the pitch stage? And is the guys and girls edition making you miss Bravo’s Make Me A Supermodel something fierce?

2 | Was True Blood‘s Terry really such a beloved character that he warranted not only the longest funeral in television history,...

"Siberia" star Joyce Giraud says NBC viewers will learn some telling details about her character Carolina's back story on Monday night (July 29). 

"You will see why she was so mean on the last episode," Giraud tells Zap2it on the blue carpet of "The Smurfs 2" premiere. "You will find out that there's much more to her than the audience thinks. I mean, I've gotten so much fan mail like, 'Not you! Why did you do that? How could you burn down the shack?'" But Giraud says the answer to those questions is on its way. "They'll see on Monday the reasons why," she says.

Giraud also reveals that while "Siberia" is, in effect, a faux reality show, she and her castmates employ "method acting" and much of what we've seen so far was never in the script. "If you remember when Johnny (Johnny Wactor) chopped off his finger,...

NBC preempted "Siberia" earlier this week for a special on the royal baby so look for Ep. 104, "Fire in the Sky," on Monday, September 29th, followed by Ep. 105, "What She Said," on August 5th. Here are some new images to tide you over until then.

The first four photos below are from #1.04 while the rest offer a look at #1.05.

"Siberia" Episode 1.04 - "Fire in the Sky" (airs 7/29/13; 10-11 Pm)

Relationships Form And Falter While An Unexplained Phenomenon Takes Place In The Siberian Sky - Very personal relationships begin to evolve and take shape among the contestants, but the bonds are altered by a mysterious phenomenon which lights up the night sky. Sam (Sam Dobbins) counsels Daniel (Daniel David Sutton) in affairs of the heart, Natalie (Natalie Ann Scheetz) displays mixed emotions to Anne-Marie (Anne-Marie Mueschke), Carolina (Joyce Giraud) reveals big news to Johnny (Johnny Wactor), and Neeko (Neeko O.J. Skervin) goes on the attack,...

Matthew Arnold, the writer-director of Shadow People and the showrunner behind NBC's new supernatural drama Siberia, has gotten a California appeals court to affirm the release of nearly $2 million of raised money that landed in the bank accounts of one of his former students. Shadow People, based on a true story about a small-town radio personality who unravels a conspiracy, was picked up at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 by Anchor Bay. Before that, it was titled The Door, and in 2007, while Arnold was teaching at the New York Film Academy, he met Sun Jee

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Bww TV Los Angeles Correspondents Michael Sterling and Jerry Evans were back on the red carpet speaking to the stars last week for the official L.A. opening of Sister Act at Hollywood's historic Pantages Theatre. Among the many celebrities in attendance, Sterling chatted with Robert Townsend, Shoshana Bean, Ruta Lee, Jo Anne Worley, Jaden Betts, Kate Linder, Dmitry Chaplin So You Think You Can Dance, Jonathan Buckley Host of the new NBC reality series Siberia, and Sister Act's Ta'Rea Campbell Book of Mormon, Lion King who stars as Deloris Van Cartier. Check out the video below...

The second week of CBS’ Under The Dome (2.8/8) saw a few cracks in the new drama’s strong ratings shell. Following its big debut last week, the Amblin TV/DreamWorks TV-produced show was down 15% on Monday — not altogether unrespectable retention levels for the series based on Stephen King’s 2009 novel. Under The Dome was easily the top-rated show of the night and by far the most watched with 11.52 million viewers. Otherwise, CBS was all repeats Monday. Like on most almost-holiday summer nights, usage was down 5% among adults 18-49 and dipped 4% from last week. CBS was tops for the night in adults 18-49 and in viewers with 7.08 million. Related: ‘Under The Dome’ Gets DVR Lift In Live + 3 This week, NBC debuted a new drama of its own Monday with Siberia (1.1/3) at 10 Pm. The reality series, from Sierra/Engine Television and producer Michael Ohoven of Infinity Media, received a cold ratings reception.

Rumors are swirling that Joyce Giraud is joining "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," and while the the former beauty queen kept mum at Kyle Richards' fundraising benefit for the Children Hospital last week, we still found Joyce to be fascinating and wanted to know more. Here are five things you might not know about the former Miss Puerto Rico.1. She is a huge anti-bullying advocate. Joyce shared with us her own details of being bullied as a young teen. "I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies and there I was the skinny lanky girl," she revealed. "So they called me Olive Oil [from Popeye], they said my body was the spaghetti and my head was the meatball."2. She's a woman of action.Joyce’s bullying experience made her want to be involved with The Friend Movement.

"Siberia" premieres tonight on NBC, and you can get ready for it by watching the latest previews and hearing what people are already saying about the show. Or you can just watch Episode 1 in its entirety right here!

"Siberia" Episode 1.01 - "Pilot" (airs 7/1/13; 10-11 Pm)

International Contestants Agree To Test Their Sanity And Will To Survive In The Remote Siberian Wilderness For The Chance To Win A Lot Of Money- Sixteen contestants from around the world are dropped off by helicopter into an unpopulated Siberian wilderness. With only the clothes on their backs, the contestants must try to survive this "last man/woman standing" endurance competition with no rules or help from producers or the outside world to win a big cash prize.

Leaders and followers emerge as the contestants’ survival is constantly threatened as they are faced with frightening events and unexpected situations that go horribly awry.

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“This is just a show… isn’t it?”

You can hear someone asking that question in the trailer of Siberia, a new scripted drama about a reality TV show. (It premieres on NBC tonight, but you can watch the pilot early here.) The answer? Yeah, it’s just a show. But what reality TV program isn’t? Siberia proves that it’s getting harder to tell the difference between a “real” show and a scripted one. But maybe it’s fitting that NBC is combining fiction and reality at a time when so many unscripted events have blurred the lines...

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NBC's new supernatural drama, Siberia, promises Lost meets District 9 meets Survivor. Rachael chats to creator/director Matthew Arnold...

If you feel like you're watching a reality TV show when you turn on NBC's new supernatural drama Siberia; good. You're exactly where executive producer and creator Matthew Arnold wants you to be. Walking the path of other similar projects such as the Orson Welles radio broadcasts of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds and the film The Blair Witch Project, Siberia aspires to be the first television show that will make people stop and question the what they're seeing in the same way. "I think it’s possible some people will be scanning through the channels and not really have heard the promos so much to know and will just click in and be watching this reality show and then go 'what the heck?...

Who said nothing fun happens on Tuesdays? We have a Tuesday treat for you right here: the first episode of NBC's new summer show "Siberia"!

Discover what happens when 16 reality show contestants are abandoned in the Siberian wilderness with only one goal – to survive. Intrigued? Then don't wait for the show's July 1st premiere. Start watching it now!

"Siberia" Episode 1.01 - "Pilot" (airs 7/1/13; 10-11 Pm)

International Contestants Agree To Test Their Sanity And Will To Survive In The Remote Siberian Wilderness For The Chance To Win A Lot Of Money- Sixteen contestants from around the world are dropped off by helicopter into an unpopulated Siberian wilderness. With only the clothes on their backs, the contestants must try to survive this "last man/woman standing" endurance competition with no rules or help from producers or the outside world to win a big cash prize.

Leaders and followers emerge as the contestants...

Matthew Arnold, creator-showrunner of NBC‘s upcoming summer drama series Siberia, has signed with ICM Partners. He didn’t have an agent. Siberia, which premieres July 1, is about a group of contestants who think they are competing in a reality show until the things go horribly wrong and they are left abandoned by the crew in a mysterious, supernatural wilderness. Arnold conceived of the series and wrote the bible before teaming with Michael Ohoven of Infinity Films to finance the first season independently. Ohoven and Sierra/Engine, which came in as a distributor, took the series to Mipcom in April and then sold it to NBC. Arnold wrote and directed the pilot and the season finale. He also co-wrote three additional episodes and directed a total of 7 episodes of the 13-epispde first season. Arnold, who is also repped by David Engel at Circle Of Confusion and Jen Levy, recently wrote...

We're still not entirely sure what NBC's summer series "Siberia" is all about, but after seeing a few promos for it on the air lately, we'll definitely be tuning in on July 1st for the premiere. On the fence? Here are a few photos of the cast and more info.

"Siberia" Episode 1.01 - "Pilot" (airs 7/1/13; 10-11 Pm)

International Contestants Agree To Test Their Sanity And Will To Survive In The Remote Siberian Wilderness For The Chance To Win A Lot Of Money- Sixteen contestants from around the world are dropped off by helicopter into an unpopulated Siberian wilderness. With only the clothes on their backs, the contestants must try to survive this "last man/woman standing" endurance competition with no rules or help from producers or the outside world to win a big cash prize.

Leaders and followers emerge as the contestants’ survival is constantly threatened as they are faced...

NBC’s summer series Siberia has found a way to solve the problem of “found footage” projects. You know how when you’re watching a Paranormal Activity movie, or Cloverfield or Chronicle, where the actors are filming themselves, and at some point once the action and terror kicks in, you say to yourself: Nobody would ever keep shooting in this situation!

Siberia is drama series about a (fictional) reality TV show where 16 contestants plopped into the remote Siberian territory of Tunguska. Then really bad things start to happen. Pretty much the only people who would keep a camera steadily rolling...