“Battlestar Galactica”’s Helo and “Smallville”’s Kara get swept away in this strange world of “Riverworld” next month on the SyFy channel. This four-hour movie presentation airs Sunday, April 18th at 7pm ET, starring Tahmoh Penikett (“BSG”, “Dollhouse”) and Laura Vandervoort (“Smallville”, “V”) as “an engaged couple who get separated in the afterlife”.
Here’s the official press release for “Riverworld”:
Riverworld – Four hours, premieres Sunday, April 18, from 7-11PM (ET/PT) — Matt Ellman (Tahmoh Penikett, Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse) is an American war zone reporter, killed along with his fiancée Jessie (Laura Vandervoort, Smallville) by a suicide bomber. They awaken separated in a mysterious world where everyone who has ever lived on Earth seems to have been “reborn” along the banks of a seemingly endless river. Determined to locate Jessie, Matt joins forces with a 13th century female samurai warrior Tomoe (Jeananne Goossen) and American novelist Sam “Mark Twain” Clemens (Mark Deklin). Produced by RHI Entertainment
For more of SciFiMafia’s coverage on “Riverworld”, check out this article: “Riverworld Trailer – Helo and Gaeta Die And Methos Is A Baddie”
[Source] Cinemablend