Syfy Picks Up New Canadian Drama Killjoys

Syfy Channel will bring the upcoming outer space drama Killjoys to U.S. viewers, the cable network announced this week. Syfy has not only picked up broadcast rights, but has also become a production partner with Canada’s SPACE — which greenlit the series in October.

“Killjoys follows a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant system on the brink of a bloody, multiplanetary class war,” Syfy said in a press release. (Read more about the story.)

The show comes from the creator of Lost Girl (Michelle Lovretta) and the producers of Orphan Black (Temple Street Productions).

The first season will be comprised of 10 episodes, and is expected to premiere on Syfy and SPACE next year. Production begins in Toronto in August.

“With its explosive action, smartly-drawn characters, and fun and provocative story-lines, Killjoys has all the ingredients to make it the perfect complement to our expanding slate of quality science fiction drama series,” Syfy president David Howe said.

Killjoys joins an ambitious slate of new original dramas at Syfy, which has recently expressed a conscious desire to return to more traditional science fiction. The list of 1-hour scripted dramas that have been officially greenlit also includes Dominion (premieres in June), 12 Monkeys (winter 2015), The Expanse, Olympus, and Z Nation.

Add to that a group of high-profile mini-series, including Ascension (starting in November), and Frank Miller’s Ronin and Pax Romana (based on Jonathan Hickman’s graphic novel about World War III soldiers in ancient Rome) — both of which are in development.

Returning series include Continuum, Defiance (June), Haven (fall), and Helix (January), and Lost Girl.

Keep it locked on SciFi Stream for more on Killjoys in the months ahead!