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VIDEO DESCRIPTION Explore the thrilling story of 12 Monkeys, a mind-bending TV series from 2015, where time travel, mystery, and a deadly virus intertwine. Join James Cole and Dr. Cassandra...
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Jan 5, 2015 · Get an exclusive look at the first 9 minutes of SYFY’s new time travel series, 12 Monkeys, before it airs on Friday, Jan 16 at 9/8c.
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🔍 Dive into the Enigmatic World of "12 Monkeys" Welcome to our in-depth exploration of Terry Gilliam’s mind-bending sci-fi thriller, "12 Monkeys" (1995)! In...
On July 22, 2013, The Hollywood Reporter first revealed that Syfy was developing a 12 Monkeys television adaptation, in the form of a 90-minute backdoor pilot that would lead to a straight-to-series order, similarly to what the Battlestar Galactica miniseries did.
- The show that would become 12 Monkeys didn't originally have anything to do with the film. The TV version of 12 Monkeys began as a writing exercise for co-creator and showrunner Terry Matalas.
- 12 Monkeys took some inspiration from HBO’s True Detective. In addition to the characters’ names, fans of the 12 Monkeys movie will find little nods to the film in the show—Jennifer Goines wears a yellow sweatshirt, as Brad Pitt does in the film, for example, and the hospital J.D.
- The co-creators of 12 Monkeys researched real theories of time travel for the show. Matalas and Fickett made a number of changes to adapt 12 Monkeys for television.
- 12 Monkeys star Aaron Stanford auditioned to play Ramse before he landed the role of Cole. Stanford—who Matalas had worked with on Nikita—sent in a taped audition for the role of James Cole, but it got lost.
Dec 18, 2022 · Syfy's TV adaptation of 12 Monkeys is great, but it can also be incredibly confusing with its constant time travel. This is the entire timeline explained.
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Sep 9, 2014 · Gilliam had just abandoned a film adaptation of A Tale Of Two Cities when he signed to direct 12 Monkeys. A Tale Of Two Cities had Mel Gibson on board to play Sydney Carlton for a while, and then Liam Neeson, before being canned.