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Dive Into the TV and Game World of DEFIANCE With Featurette, Exclusive Set Visit Pics and More


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We’ve been telling you about the TV series/MMO video game crossover Defiance since it was first announced at E3 in 2011. We’ve been watching the show and the game take shape in the intervening months, and now finally the launch of the game and the premiere of the series are less than one month away.

SciFiMafia.com attended a set tour and press conference a few months ago and we have chosen a sampling from the sheer tonnage of pics taken to share with you, to accompany this first Making Of featurette of the game and series and the newest trailer for the series and TV spot for the game. Watch for additional featurettes and pics for the series and for the game, as well as a review of the series premiere and an interview with the series showrunner and a Trion VP, in the coming days.

Trailer: Defiance – Changed World
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TV Spot: Defiance – Launch Teaser: Welcome to the New Age
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Featurette: Defiance – The Making of Defiance Chapter 1: A Transmedia Revolution
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And here’s just a sampling of the photos taken during the series set tour and press conference:

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Left to right, top to bottom: looking down one of the streets; lawkeeper’s office outside and in; doctor’s office outside and in; mayor’s house (I think) outside and in; the NeedWant outside and in; a Castithan; the doctor; Jesse Rath as Alak; an Irathient; two Castithans and two NeedWant employees; showrunner Kevin Murphy and friend; Jaime Murray; Stephanie Leonidas; Tony Curran; Graham Greene; Grant Bowler; Julie Benz.

Thanks to Syfy for the terrific set visit and press conference. We have a lot to share with you about the show and the game, so keep checking back here and we’ll keep you posted.

Defiance is available for preorder now, and launches April 2, 2013.

Defiance, starring Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, and Graham Greene, airs its two-hour series premiere on Monday, April 15 at 9/8c before taking its regular timeslot of Mondays at 9/8c on Syfy.


Erin Willard
Written by Erin Willard

Erin is the Editor In Chief and West Coast Correspondent for SciFiMafia.com