Tyranny (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Tyranny is an American drama
and political thriller
web series
that premiered on March 11, 2010 on KoldCast TV. Written and directed by John Beck Hofmann
, the series is centered on a man who, after volunteering for a neurological experiment at UC Berkeley in 1999, finds himself having visions of a troubling future and must understand what the visions mean before that future comes to pass.
Hofmann has said that the movies Twelve Monkeys, The Game, Manchurian Candidate, and Kafka were influences on Tyranny.
Dramatic programming
Dramatic programming in the UK, or television drama and television drama series in the US, is television program content that is scripted and fictional along the lines of √a traditional drama. This excludes, for example, sports television, television news, reality show and game shows, stand-up...
and political thriller
Political thriller
A political thriller is a thriller that is set against the backdrop of a political power struggle. They usually involve various extra-legal plots, designed to give political power to someone, while his opponents try to stop him. They can involve national or international political scenarios....
web series
Web series
A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...
that premiered on March 11, 2010 on KoldCast TV. Written and directed by John Beck Hofmann
John Beck Hofmann
John Beck Hofmann is a director, cinematographer , composer and actor.John Beck Hofmann is sometimes credited as "John Beck" -Background:...
, the series is centered on a man who, after volunteering for a neurological experiment at UC Berkeley in 1999, finds himself having visions of a troubling future and must understand what the visions mean before that future comes to pass.
Hofmann has said that the movies Twelve Monkeys, The Game, Manchurian Candidate, and Kafka were influences on Tyranny.
Characters
- Daniel McCarthy - Played by John Beck HofmannJohn Beck HofmannJohn Beck Hofmann is a director, cinematographer , composer and actor.John Beck Hofmann is sometimes credited as "John Beck" -Background:...
- Mina Harud - Played by Olga KurylenkoOlga KurylenkoOlha Kostyantynivna Kurylenko , better known as Olga Kurylenko, is a French actress and model. She is perhaps best known as the Bond girl, Camille Montes, in the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. She also portrayed Nika Boronina in the movie adaptation of the video game Hitman...
- Alex Hubbard - Played by Bitsie TullochBitsie TullochElizabeth Tulloch is an American actress.-Early life and education:Tulloch was born in San Diego, California but grew up in Spain, Uruguay, and Argentina. Bitsie isn't a contraction of Tulloch's birthname, Elizabeth, but an homage to her unusually-nicknamed grandfather, a WWII bomber pilot...
- Isabelle Lorenz - Played by Kieren van den BlinkKieren van den BlinkKieren Van Den Blink is an American actress, voice actress, writer and producer. She went to The Peddie School in New Jersey and then to Barnard...
- Pavel Novak - Played by Mikael Forsberg
- Myra Ripley - Played by Mimi Ferrer
- Ariel Huckster - Played by Sarah Coleman
- Ethan Chambers - Played by Aric Green
- Demas Hunter - Played by Sasha Townsend
- Dr. Jacob Malik - Played by Enrico Piazza
- Special Agent Holden - Played by Nathan Marlow
- Edson Cross - Played by Steve Collins
- Dr. Lloyd Freeman - Played by John Burton, Jr.
- July Ripley - Played by Sam Durrani
- Jack Diamond - Played by Victor Holstein
- Malcolm Storz - Played by Jay Lewis
Awards
Tyranny was accepted as part of the official selection of the Geneva International Film Festival, November 2010. The series also received four 2010 Indie Intertube Award nominations for: sound design, soundtrack, best looking show and best thriller.External links
- KoldCast TV (official network of the series)