Defying Gravity (2009– )

Eight astronauts living aboard an international spacecraft on a mission through the Solar System, as the world watches from billions of kilometers away.

Creator:

James D. Parriott

Stars:

Ron Livingston, Malik Yoba, Andrew Airlie

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ron Livingston	...	Maddux Donner (13 episodes, 2009)
Malik Yoba	...	Ted Shaw (13 episodes, 2009)
Andrew Airlie	...	Mike Goss (13 episodes, 2009)
Paula Garcés	...	Paula Morales (13 episodes, 2009)
Florentine Lahme	...	Nadia Schilling (13 episodes, 2009)
Karen LeBlanc	...	Eve Weller-Shaw (13 episodes, 2009)
Eyal Podell	...	Dr. Evram Mintz (13 episodes, 2009)
Dylan Taylor	...	Steve Wassenfelder (13 episodes, 2009)
Christina Cox	...	Jen Crane (13 episodes, 2009)
Laura Harris	...	Zoe Barnes (13 episodes, 2009)
Ty Olsson	...	Rollie Crane (12 episodes, 2009)
Zahf Paroo	...	Ajay Sharma (11 episodes, 2009)
Maxim Roy	...	Claire Dereux (11 episodes, 2009)
William C. Vaughan	...	Arnel Poe (11 episodes, 2009)
Peter Howitt	...	Trevor Williams (8 episodes, 2009)
Lara Gilchrist	...	Sharon Lewis (6 episodes, 2009)

Storyline

In the near future, eight astronauts from five countries (four women and four men) undertake a mysterious six-year international space mission covering thirteen billion kilometres. With the eyes of the world upon them - everything they do is monitored, and every emotion they feel, scrutinized - they soon discover that their real assignment is not at all what they thought.

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Plot Keywords:

astronaut | solar system | space mission | flashback | unplanned pregnancy | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

ABC [us] CTV [ca]

Country:

USA Canada UK Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

2009 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Gravedad cero

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Television Studios, Omni Film Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The New Paul O'Grady Show: Episode dated 21 October 2009 (2009)

User Reviews

50/50..

I've just finished watching the first 2 episodes, and I must say, I was intrigued.

It's set in a near future (2052), and a team of astronauts are suiting up for what is going to be the trip of a lifetime; A 6 year journey through our solar-system, visiting all the inner & outer planets, and gathering as much information about our galactic neighborhood & scientific data as they can whilst they're out there..at least, those are the official mission-objectives. We are introduced to an unknown factor, a person or entity (Beta), who/which is somehow manipulating the mission, and known about by the higher ups, but never mentioned. Only the mission commander has been fully briefed and instructed to brief the crew, only after they've arrived at Venus.

It has somewhat of a "Lost"-vibe, in that it's very character driven and mysterious. However, this can be a bad thing..I personally lost interest in Lost, because of exactly that fact; There were too many questions, and the answers only brought up more questions & were not to my satisfaction to begin with. I hope Defying Gravity will not be taking the same route, because it definitely has potential.