12 MONKEYS Featurette Shows How SyFy Series Is Different From Film
For those of you who are interested in the upcoming 12 Monkeys series on the SyFy Channel, the network has released a new featurette called “Cole's Relationship With Cassie.” If you couldn't tell from the title, it focuses on the relationship between Cole and Cassie, but in the process they break down the story and lay out how this version that we see in the series is different from the Terry Gilliam-directed film.
The show stars Aaron Standford (X2: X-Men United) as Cole and follows the character as he travels from 2043 to the present day so that he can locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race. While on his mission, he teams up with Dr. Cassandra Railly (Amanda Schull) as well as a female mental patient named Jennifer Goines (Emily Hampshire).
I loved the movie, and this series looks intriguing, so I’ll give it a go. Here’s the synopsis.
12 Monkeys follows the journey of a time traveler, Cole, from the post-apocalyptic future. Using a dangerous and untested method of time travel, Cole arrives in the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will eventually decimate 93.6% of the human race. Will Cole be able to save the fate of mankind or is mankind bound by fate? Taking place in the ravaged future of 2043 and the present day (2015), 12 Monkeys explores themes of destiny, fate, love and the possibility of second chances.
The new series will premiere on January 16th, 2015.