SCI FI Channel Orders Original Drama Series

NEW YORK, September 22:
SCI FI Channel has greenlit production on the new original drama series Warehouse
13, ordering 11 hours, including
the previously produced two-hour pilot.

The series follows two
Secret Service agents who find themselves abruptly transferred to Warehouse 13
after saving the life of the president. The warehouse is a massive top-secret
storage facility in South Dakota that houses strange artifacts, mysterious
relics, fantastical objects and supernatural souvenirs collected by the U.S. government.

Production is slated to
begin this February in Toronto for a July 2009 premiere. Warehouse 13 is produced by Universal Cable Productions and
executive produced by David Simkins (Blade: The Series, The Book of Daniel).

“Warehouse 13 is an exciting, imaginative, fun, adventure show
with an amazing team that will continue to broaden our audience,” said Mark
Stern, the executive VP of original programming for SCI FI and co-head of
original content for Universal Cable Productions. “It is a perfect companion
series to Eureka which is a
proven success and currently SCI FI’s most watched original series.”

—By Jackie Stewart