Adventure lighting up Cannes
by Charles Masters
Michael Biehn is exploring the Croisette to promote new Fireworks series.
CANNES - Fireworks International exploded into Cannes with its new action series Adventure Inc., and its star Michael Biehn was working the Croisette hard to promote the show.
Produced with U.S. syndicator Tribune Entertainment, Adventure Inc. is based on real-life explorer Barry Clifford, who specializes in locating ancient wrecked ships and acts as consultant on the show. Each episode sees Biehn's character go in search of missing persons or artifacts, often using high-tech equipment to advance his quest. "It sounds very serious, but it's all fun," Biehn said. "Were looking for a sort of Romancing the Stone sensibility."
The first season will run 22 one-hour episodes, half of which have been completed. Shooting has so far been based in Toronto but will shortly move to the English port of Bristol before moving to Marseilles, France. The producers leased a salvage boat that serves as the anchor point for each adventure. "To do co-productions well," Fireworks Entertainment's Adam Haight said.
Haight is optimistic about the show's potential at MIPCOM. "Syndicated U.S. shows do well because they are more flexible about where you can schedule them," he said "In a lot of ways, it's a better product to have in the marketplace."
Adventure Inc. is a executive produced by Gale Anne Hurd. The shows was co-produced with France's M6, the fourth collaboration between Fireworks and the Gallic broadcaster. It has been presold to TeleMuenchen in Germany, where it will air on RTL 2. The syndicated series bowed Saturday in the United States.
© Hollywood Reporter, October 8-14, 2002
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