I just got back from Sci-Fi Channel’s 2nd annual Digital Press event. It was a fabulous weekend with lots of time spent with the Casts of all of their popular reality shows and Amanda Tapping. The weekend even included a real live Ghost Hunt with the Ghost hunters, a chance to play Sci-Fi Channel’s version of The Amazing Race in their real life video game show The Chase and more. I’m going to do a full write up on the weekend either Monday or Tuesday. One piece of news that was announced – exclusively at the event by Sci-Fi President, Dave Howe was their brand new 2009 series RelicQuest. Based on the description Dave gave, I would call this show Sci-Fi’s attempt to bring Indiana Jones to life. It sounds like a great concept. Here’s the official release. Again, I will have full details on this amazing weekend and reports from the panels during the course of the week.
SCI FI GREENLIGHTS INVESTIGATIVE ADVENTURE SERIES ‘RELICQUEST’
Hosted by Documentary Filmmaker Bruce Burgess NEW YORK, NY — September 27, 2008 — SCI FI Channel has greenlit production on the new investigative adventure series RelicQuest (working title), hosted by documentary filmmaker Bruce Burgess, it was announced today by Dave Howe, President, SCI FI Channel. With a 6-episode commitment and production slated to begin in October, the one-hour show will premiere in early ’09.
RelicQuest is an action and adventure series that travels the globe in search of some of history’s greatest relics and artifacts. British filmmaker Bruce Burgess guides the viewer in a first-hand exploration down mysterious roads to uncover objects fabled to hold hidden powers and mystical significance for both ancient and modern cultures. Utilizing worldwide contacts and exclusive access to restricted sites, RelicQuest promises to be the action-packed thrill ride through the
world’s most interesting sites, as you have never seen them."’RelicQuest’ fits perfectly with the kind of investigative reality programming viewers enjoy on SCI FI proven by the success of our original series ‘Destination Truth’," said Dave Howe. "It explores the mysticism and mythology of legendary artifacts rooted in real history and set in fascinating locales."
"I’ve always had a passion for tackling tough subjects and investigating mysteries, and I have spent my career traveling the globe tracking down
new evidence. RelicQuest will be a professor-free zone. Instead we’ll be talking to the locals, the people on the ground at these ancient
sites-the smugglers, the traders, the tomb raiders, and the antiquities dealers," says Bruce Burgess.Traveling to Cairo, Egypt, Burgess attempts to solve the riddle of who Moses really was and to unravel the true story of what happened on Mount
Sinai. Burgess will also go to the ruins of Montsegur Castle, to investigate the Holy Grail of the Cathars, a small cup that was said to
have enormous healing and spiritual powers. Other journeys will take viewers to Amman, Jordan on the trail of the Armageddon Priscillian
Codex, a sought-after document said to be a prophecy for the alleged "end times."