Principal Photography Begins on New Mini-Series

MUNICH/VICTORIA/LOS
ANGELES, April 30: Tandem Communications, Jaffe/Braunstein Films and Muse Entertainment Enterprises have begun
principal photography in Canada on Impact, a new $14-million mini-series that sees the moon struck by a
burnt-out star and wreaking havoc on Earth.

The four-hour two-part
mini-series is being shot on
location in Victoria, British Columbia. It stars Natasha Henstridge (Eli
Stone, Species), David James Elliott (Close to Home, Jag),
Oscar- and Emmy-nominated James Cromwell (LA Confidential, The General’s Daughter, Babe),
Benjamin Sadler (Side Effects, Luther) and Florentine Lahme (Rabbit without Ears, Metamorphosis) in the lead roles.

Award-winning director
Mike Rohl (Smallville,
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) is behind the camera of Impact. The mini-series is
written by Michael Vickerman. The
visual effects supervisor is Steve Hodgson, who will be working with visual
effects creators Keegen Douglas and Trevor Adams of Artifex Studios. Eric
Fraser serves as the production designer. Production partners on Impact include Golden Globe-nominated executive producer
Jonas Bauer (The Company,
Hades Factor), Emmy- and Golden
Globe-nominated executive producers Rola Bauer
and Tim Halkin (The Company,
Lost City Raiders, Dark
Kingdom—The Dragon King),
Emmy-nominated executive producers Michael Jaffe and Howard Braunstein (10.5, 10.5-Apocalypse, Elvis)
and Gemini Award-winning executive producer Michael Prupas (Human
Trafficking, Flood). Impact is co-executive produced by Irene Litinsky and produced by Ted Bauman.

“We recognized a need in
the worldwide marketplace for this kind of event/global catastrophe
mini-series,” said Tandem’s Jonas Bauer, who is also a partner in the company.
“Producing on a need is the best way to keep long forms thriving. Despite the
financing challenges in the market today, networks and video distributors
worldwide are eager for programming of this nature. Putting this kind of talent
together to create and distribute this kind of grand story-telling with broad
appeal is our core business.”

—By Irene Lew