{"id":10717,"date":"2014-06-17T18:30:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T22:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=10717"},"modified":"2014-06-17T18:30:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T22:30:17","slug":"transmissions-syfys-haven-adds-alphas-star-laura-mennell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=10717","title":{"rendered":"Transmissions: Syfy’s ‘Haven’ Adds ‘Alphas’ Star Laura Mennell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Syfy\u2019s fan-favorite series Haven will get a new resident w\"cast_nina_season_2___CC___640x360\"<\/a><\/span>hen Laura Mennell (Alphas, The Watchmen) joins the cast in a recurring role playing Dr. Erin Reid, a brilliant and beautiful epidemiologist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who fears the town of Haven is on the verge of a deadly viral outbreak. Filming for the series\u2019 26-episode fifth season is currently underway on location in Halifax, Nova Scotia.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Erin Reid is a worldly scientist whose focus is investigating the diseases that plague mankind. She\u2019s a force to be reckoned with, as Audrey Parker (Emily Rose), Nathan Wuornos (Lucas Bryant) and Duke Crocker (Eric Balfour) quickly discover. Meanwhile, Dwight Hendrickson (Adam Copeland) works overtime to keep the troubles hidden from Erin.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>But, when she unknowingly uncovers a genetic marker found only in Troubled people, the residents of Haven realize her discovery could lead to a scientific cure for the Troubles that plague the town.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When the series returns this fall, Haven\u2019s protectors are thrust into uncharted waters: Duke is now a ticking time bomb, fighting to contain the Troubles within him, while Nathan faces his greatest fear that Audrey \u2014 the woman he\u2019s fought so desperately to save \u2014 may be gone forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tallying its best season ever in social mentions and Twitter activity, Haven\u2019s fourth season was up 11% among Adults 18-34 (314,000) and up 3% year-to-year among Adults 18-49 (926,000). Overall, Haven averaged 1.1 million Adults 25-54 and 2.3 million viewers per week and ranked second in Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 among original cable series in its Friday 10PM ET\/PT time slot. (All data Live +7).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Haven, based on the novella The Colorado Kid from renowned author Stephen King, follows former FBI agent Audrey Parker, who becomes a cop in the small town of Haven, Maine, and soon discovers the town\u2019s many secrets, which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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From leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne), Haven is co-commissioned by Shaw Media in Canada and globally via Universal Networks International (UNI).<\/span><\/p>\n

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The creative team behind Haven includes executive producers John Morayniss (Klondike, Rogue) from eOne Television and David MacLeod (Legends of the Fall, The Ray Bradbury Theater) of Big Motion Pictures, who are joined by Lloyd Segan, Shawn Piller, Scott Shepherd (Stephen King\u2019s The Dead Zone, Greek) of Piller\/Segan\/Shepherd and Matt McGuinness (Journeyman, Franklin and Bash) and Gabrielle Stanton (The Vampire Diaries, Grey\u2019s Anatomy).<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The series was developed by Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn (Stephen King\u2019s The Dead Zone). <\/span><\/p>\n

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Haven is produced by Entertainment One and Big Motion Pictures in association with Piller\/Segan\/Shepherd and airs on Syfy in the US, Showcase in Canada and internationally on UNI\u2019s multiple Syfy channels. Entertainment One controls the worldwide distribution rights to the one-hour series. <\/span><\/p>\n

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