THQ and the Syfy Channel have announced a first-of-a-kind transmedia deal to debut Red Faction: Origins, a two hour live-action movie pilot scheduled to air in March 2011 on Syfy.
The story of Red Faction: Origins follows the lineage of rebel hero Alec Mason and the Mason family, set during a period between Red Faction: Guerrilla and the recently announced Red Faction: Armageddon, also scheduled for release in March 2011.
The Red Faction: Origins screenplay was written by notable writer and producer Andrew Kreisberg (Warehouse 13, Fringe, Vampire Diaries and Boston Legal), based on a story developed by Paul DeMeo (The Rocketeer, Flash, Viper, The Sentinel), THQ Director, Fiction Development. Production of the film will be managed by Universal Cable Productions.
