Steven Spielberg produced TV series “Terra Nova” gets September launch date

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Early last month we saw a nifty little TV spot for the Steven Spielberg produced Fox series “Terra Nova.” Prior to that, we had heard the planned May premiere of the show had been postponed to an unspecified fall time frame. Well, we now have that exact date for you!

According to The L.A. Times, “Terra Nova” will make its debut on Fox September 26th. The show will continue to air each following Monday at 8:00 PM, as a lead in to popular medical drama “House.”

With a large ensemble that includes Jason O’Mara, Christine Adams, Byron J. Brochmann, Joel Amos Byrnes, Ceallach, Jason Chong, Shelley Conn, Eka Darville, Aisha Dee, Dean Geyer, Mido Hamada, Stephen Lang, Landon Liboiron, Allison Miller, Dan Mor, Sam Parsonson, Naomi Scott (below) and Damian Walshe-Howling – “Terra Nova” teleports us to:

The year 2149, as the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped, overcrowded and overpolluted. With the majority of plant and animal life extinct, devotion to science has brought mankind to the brink of destruction, but has also provided its only hope for salvation. Knowing there is no way to reverse the damage to the planet, a coalition of scientists has managed to open up a fracture in the space-time continuum, creating a portal to prehistoric Earth. This doorway leads to an amazing world, one that allows for a last-ditch effort to save the human race… possibly changing the future by correcting the mistakes of the past.

The series centers on the Shannon family as they join the tenth pilgrimage of settlers to TERRA NOVA, the first colony of humans in this second chance for civilization. JIM SHANNON a devoted father with a checkered past, guides his family through this new land of limitless beauty, mystery and terror. Jim’s wife, ELISABETH SHANNON, is a trauma surgeon chosen through a global lottery as a new addition to Terra Nova’s medical team. JOSH SHANNON is their son, mourning the girl he left behind, as he’s torn between two role models – his father and the charismatic COMMANDER FRANK TAYLOR, the leader of the settlement, and the heroic first pioneer through the time portal. MADDY SHANNON, Jim and Elizabeth’s teen daughter, is as independent and adventurous as her parents, but her distrust of authority soon leads her on a dangerous path.

In addition to blue skies, rolling rivers, and lush vegetation, TERRA NOVA offers new opportunities and fresh beginnings to its recent arrivals, but the Shannons have brought with them a familial secret that may threaten their citizen ship in this utopia. Additionally these adventurers soon discover that this healthy, vibrant world is not as idyllic as it initially appears. The areas surrounding Terra Nova are filled with dangerous dinosaurs, and other prehistoric threats, as well as external forces that may be intent on destroying this new world before it begins.

But perhaps even more threatening than what lies outside the protective walls is the Shannons’ realization that something sinister may be happening inside TERRA NOVA as not everyone on this mission has the same intentions of how to best save mankind.

“Terra Nova” premieres September 26th.