Primeval: New World poster.
- « "They're back and they're hungry." »
- — Season tagline
Primeval: New World was a Canadian television programme, and a spin-off to the original British Primeval series. New World was set in Vancouver, Canada, and followed a new Anomaly research team: Evan Cross' Special Projects Group.
Production
Space originally announced on 7 March, 2012 that production for Primeval: New World was underway. One season of Primeval: New World containing thirteen 45 minute episodes was subsequently produced and developed in association with Space and Impossible Pictures.
Premise
Primeval New World Opening Credits
Primeval: New World opening credits.
Primeval: New World follows the Special Projects Group of Cross Photonics - a team of animal experts and scientists led by Cross Photonics visionary inventor Evan Cross - and their investigation into the Anomalies and their attempts to combat the creatures which come through them and put them back where they belong to stop history from changing.
Season 1
The first and only season of Primeval: New World, Season 1 focused primarily on how the Special Projects Group members' protect the public from the creatures and Anomalies, as well as discovering the events, secrets and circumstances surrounding the 2006 Albertosaurus incursion which led to the team coming together in the first place. The season also has a secondary focus on Colonel Henderson Hall's secret plans for the Anomalies and the creatures through Project Magnet.
Cast
Main cast
- Niall Matter as Evan Cross
- Sara Canning as Dylan Weir
- Danny Rahim as Mac Rendell
- Crystal Lowe as Toby Nance
- Geoff Gustafson as Lieutenant Ken Leeds
- Miranda Frigon as Angelika Finch
Guest cast
- Tom Butler as Tony Drake
- Andrew-Lee Potts as Connor Temple
- Adrian Holmes as Detective Harlow
- Jodi Balfour as Samantha Sedaris
- Kimberly Sustad as Brooke Cross
- Louis Ferriera as Colonel Henderson Hall
- Dan Payne as Major Douglas
- Eric Breker as Sergeant Macready
- William Belleau as Leo John
- Sandy Sidhu as Pallavi Grewal
- Patrick Gilmore as Blake
- Kett Turton as Skeezer
- Colin Ferguson as Howard Kanan
- Lexa Doig as Doctor Mara Fridkin
- Robert Lawrenson as Kieran Coles
Broadcasters
- Canada - SPACE
- United Kingdom - Watch
- United States of America - SyFy and Hulu
- France - SyFy nrj12
- Germany - ProSieben
- Turkey - D-Smart
- Italy - AXN Sci-Fi
- Poland - Sci-Fi Channel
- Slovenia - Sci-Fi Channel
- Croatia - Sci-Fi Channel
- Kosovo - Sci-Fi Channel
- Macedonia - Sci-Fi Channel
- Serbia - Sci-Fi Channel
- Montenegro - Sci-Fi Channel
- Bosnia Herzegovina - Sci-Fi Channel
- Albania - Sci-Fi Channel
Deleted scenes
There were some shots, clips and scenes that were included in some airings of Primeval: New World but omitted from others:
- The New World - In the UK version of the episode, there was a deleted scene where, after returning to the Tank from the Anomaly hunt with Drake in Stanley Park, Evan has a more extended flashback of the 2006 Albertosaurus incursion. Also, due to this, the flashback to the 2006 incursion at the end of The New World is shorter than in the Canadian airing.
- Clean Up on Aisle Three - In a deleted scene available on the UK release of the episode, after the Canadian Tire security guard's body and the Hindu artefact were found, Dylan sung a Hindu lullaby as Mac and Evan watch, then explains the song's significance to them.
- Babes in the Woods - In the UK version of the episode, there was an extra, epilogue scene at the end, in which Ken Leeds and Major Douglas discuss the former's loyalties at the military laboratory.
Cancellation
On 21 February 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Primeval: New World had been cancelled after a single season. Low ratings for the series caused Space and Bell Media to decide against renewing the show for a second season. However, attempts have been made to try and change the decision to cancel Primeval: New World and get the show renewed for a second season.[1]
As of March 2015, New World still had not been revived.
Trivia
- The New World season was split into two parts, the first part consisting of episodes 1 - 8, and the second of episodes 9 - 13.
- Primeval: New World never featured any creatures from the future, excluding the ARC team from the near future in The Sound of Thunder: Part 2.
- Connor Temple was the only character from the original Primeval show to make an appearance in Primeval: New World.
- Primeval: New World's website claimed that sixteen CGI models were created for the series but only twelve prehistoric creatues were seen.
- A present day CGI bear and a prostetic giant Dragonfly appeared making fourteen.
Gallery
References
Canon:
Series 1 • Series 2 • Novels • Series 3 • Primeval Evolved • Series 4 Prequel Webisodes • Series 4 • Totally Primeval comic strips • Series 5 • Primeval: New World • The Ascent
Non-canon:
Storybooks • Lost in Time • Fierce Ferocious Future Predator Game • Roleplaying Game/Companion/Evolution • The unnamed Primeval film • Watch YouTube Game • Primeval New World Mobile Apps
Behind the scenes:
The Making of Primeval • Through the Anomaly • Audio commentaries • Cutter's Odyssey • Genesis of a Creature • Primeval...Behind the Scenes • Totally Primeval • New Dawn - Making the New Primeval Part 1 and Part 2 • Meet the Cast • Inside the Tank • Behind the Scenes Featurettes
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2012: The New World • Sisiutl • Fear of Flying • Angry Birds • Undone • Clean Up on Aisle Three • Babes in the Woods • Truth |
2013: Breakthrough • The Great Escape • The Inquisition • The Sound of Thunder: Part 1 and Part 2 |