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Jason O’Mara in Spielberg produced TV series 'Terra Nova'
05 Sep 2011 :
Jason O'Mara
Dublin born actor Jason O’Mara will be returning to our screens this autumn on Sky1 in Spielberg’s dinosaur 12 part TV series ‘Terra Nova’.

Set in 2149, the world is dying with overdevelopment and overcrowding killing the majority of plant and animal species. The show follows an ordinary family who journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. O’Mara (Life on Mars, Monarch of the Glen) will play the role of Jim Shannon. Jim Shannon is the devoted father of the Shannon family who join a pilgrimage of settlers to ‘Terra Nova’.

O’Mara is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and has starred as lead character Sam Tyler in the US remake of ‘Life on Mars’ and RTÉ comedy sketch show ‘Your Bad Self’.

Other cast in the Fox series include Shelley Conn (Mistresses), Landon Liboiron (Life Unexpected), Naomi Scott (Life Bites), Allison Miller (17 Again), Stephen Lang (Public Enemies), Christine Adams (The Whole Truth), Mido Hamada (24) and newcomer Alana Mansour.

Executive Producers on the series are Steven Spielberg, Aaron Kaplan, Brannon Braga, Darryl Frank, René Echevarria and Jon Cassar. It is directed by Alex Grave (The West Wing) and was created by Craig Silverstein and Kelly Marcel.

‘Terra Nova’ will air in the US on Fox on Monday September 26th. Sky bought the UK broadcast rights to the series from 20th Century Fox and ‘Terra Nova’ will debut on Sky 1 HD this autumn.



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