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Terra Nova Braces for Explosive Season Finale

Jason O'Mara, Stephen Lang

Don't expect the season finale of Fox's Terra Nova to end with a bang — it starts with one! Airing December 19, the two-hour episode kicks off with the colonists warily awaiting the arrival of the 11th Pilgrimage. They're not sure if this is good news or bad. Bet on the latter. "Our evil guys, the Phoenix Group, will send somebody through the portal with a bomb, and it explodes," says exec producer René Echevarria. "Jim Shannon [Jason O'Mara] is hit by the blast and wakes up three days later to a very surreal scene — Phoenix soldiers have taken command of the colony."

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Exclusive: Terra Nova Roars Into New York Comic Con

Terra Nova

Fox's newest prehistoric stars are about to take a bite out of the Big Apple! Terra Nova cast members Jason O'Mara and Stephen Lang will be joined by executive producer Brannon Braga on... read more

Dinos Worth the Wait? Terra Nova Bosses and Star Jason O'Mara on What to Expect

Terra Nova

To get the first episode of Fox's dinosaur drama Terra Nova made, it reportedly took $15 million and more than a year to plan; there were production delays, changes in the writers room, pilot reshoots, and plenty of time spent on getting those CGI dinosaurs to look as good for TV as they did in 1993's Jurassic Park.

"Some people do heroin, I do high-concept shows," jokes series star Jason O'Mara, who last played a cop traveling ...
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Will Forte's Hygiene, Simon's Surprising Heart: Seven Funny Quotes Heard at Fox's Fall TV Preview

Paula Abdul, Will Forte

What do you get when you put Paula Abdul, Zooey Deschanel and Will Forte together? A little bit of chivalry (Forte loaned Deschanel his jacket), some Simon talk (OK, more than some talk about Abdul's love-hate-love relationship with Cowell) and lots of laughs at Monday's Paley Center fall TV preview ... read more

Terra Nova Exclusive: On the Set of TV's Hottest New Show

Terra Nova

There's an earsplitting boom and Stephen Lang hits the deck hard as the windows implode.

"That's nothing," the buff 59-year-old actor says, removing his earplugs and brushing sawdust from his hair. "You wouldn't believe the stuff that happens around here."

We're deep in the Australian bush on the set of Fox's new adventure series Terra Nova. In the scene filming today, a meteor has just exploded in the atmosphere above the prehistoric colony read more

Six Things You Need to Know About Terra Nova, Dinosaurs

Terra Nova

Comic-Con audiences got a first look at Fox's highly anticipated dino-drama Terra Nova, a series about a family that travels back to pre-historic Earth as part of a larger effort to ensure a future for humanity. All they need to do is re-establish society while peacefully co-existing with their dinosaur neighbors.

Fox announces premiere dates for Terra Nova, X Factor and more

After screening the first hour and sitting in on the Q&A with producers that followed Saturday, here are six things we learned about the show, executive-produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Jason O'Mara:

1. How soon into the first episode of Fox's Terra Nova will viewers see a dinosaur? read more

Keck's Exclusives: Terra Nova's Dinosaurs Revealed!

Shelley Conn and Jason O'Mara

Fox treated its Super Bowl viewers to an early glimpse of the dinosaurs that will be terrorizing the new residents of Terra Nova when the prehistoric time-traveling adventure series premieres May 23.

Though the dino looks pretty similar to the creatures that ripped apart Terra Nova executive producer Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park, his colleagues promise that the full spectrum of creatures they are conceptualizing will be unlike anything seen before.  

"Steven Spielberg was very adamant about this," says executive producer Rene Echevarria. In place of the overused T-Rex, which has played the villain in nearly every prehistoric representation on film, the show's big bad will be ... read more

Star Trek Producer: I Regret Not Having Gay Characters

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek producer Brannon Braga says he regrets not featuring openly gay characters in the franchise.

Takei takes Trek down the aisle with longtime boyfriend

"It was a shame," Braga told After Elton. "I'm talking about the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and there was a constant back and forth about well how do we portray the spectrum of sexuality. There were people who felt very strongly that we should be showing ... read more

A Land Before Time: Can Terra Nova's Travelers Survive Dinosaurs, Change the Future?

Jason O'Mara

It's 2149 and Earth has been destroyed by overpopulation. Scientists discover a crack in the space-time continuum, which leads to a pre-historic era. Presented with a new, lush landscape, a military-lead colony heads to the past in hopes of giving humanity a fresh start.

Also, there are dinosaurs!

That's the premise of Terra Nova, an ambitious new series from executive producer Steven Spielberg. Filmed in Australia, the series' intricate storyline and verdant setting may scream Lost, but producers insist that's the furthest thing from their mind.

"This has nothing to do with Lost for one major reason: read more

Jason O'Mara Returns to Time-Traveling for Terra Nova

Jason O'Mara

Jason O'Mara will headline Fox's upcoming drama Terra Nova, according to Variety.

The 37-year-old actor will star as Jim Shannon, a man from 2149  who... read more

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