SMALLVILLE’S ALLISON MACK JOINS THE EPIC ADVENTURE!
Syfy’s award-winning steampunk online series Riese: Kingdom Falling is going to an epic new level with five never-before-seen episodes that begin running at www.syfy.com/riese today, Thursday, November 11. In the new episodes, Smallville’s Allison Mack makes her debut as the scheming Marlise, a character who threatens to change the balance of power in the politically charged kingdom of Eleysia while Riese continues her struggle to come to grips with her past.
After reintroducing the original five episodes online with the addition of Sanctuary star Amanda Tapping, this marks the next step of Syfy’s successful relationship with the creators of Riese.
Narrated by Amanda Tapping, the 10-part Riese: Kingdom Falling stars a cavalcade of talent from the world of popular speculative drama including Christine Chatelain (The Collector); Sharon Taylor (Stargate Atlantis); Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island), Allison Mack (Smallville); Ryan Robbins (Caprica); Patrick Gilmore (Stargate Universe); Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) and Emilie Ullerup (Sanctuary).
Riese: Kingdom Falling is about Eleysia, a dying kingdom where resources are dwindling and compassion is fading. Distrust and anxiety have clouded people’s minds, causing a regression into primitive ways of thinking. People have grown restless, almost feral. Rituals and mythology have resurged, and the darker side of mankind has begun to reveal itself.
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