Tyranny (TV series)

Tyranny is an American drama and political thriller web series that premiered on March 11, 2010 on KoldCast TV.[1] 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.[2]

Tyranny
GenreDrama
Political thriller
Science fiction
Created byJohn Beck Hofmann
Directed byJohn Beck Hofmann
StarringJohn Beck Hofmann
Olga Kurylenko
Bitsie Tulloch
Kieren van den Blink
Mikael Forsberg
Mimi Ferrer
Sarah Coleman
Sasha Townsend
Aric Green
Enrico Piazza
Kurt Hargan
Nathan Marlow
Steve Collins
Sam Durrani
Jay Lewis
John Burton Jr.
Composer(s)Silasfunk
Mimi Page
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes22
Production
Producer(s)John Beck Hofmann
Production location(s)Prague, CZ
Tokyo, JP
Istanbul, TR
Paris, FR
Geneva, CH
Cairo, EG
Playa del Carmen, MX
Svalbard, NO
Stockholm, SE
San Francisco, CA
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
Washington, DC
CinematographySilas Funk
Garret Baquet
Running timeVaries (4–8 minutes)
Production company(s)Weatherman Films
DistributorKoldCast TV
YouTube
Release
Original networkKoldCast TV
Original releaseMarch 11, 2010 (2010-03-11)
External links
Website
Production website

Hofmann has said that the movies Twelve Monkeys, The Game, Manchurian Candidate, and Kafka were influences on Tyranny.[3]

Characters
  • John Beck Hofmann as Daniel McCarthy
  • Olga Kurylenko as Mina Harud
  • Bitsie Tulloch as Alex Hubbard
  • Kieren van den Blink as Isabelle Lorenz
  • Mikael Forsberg as Pavel Novak
  • Mimi Ferrer as Myra Ripley
  • Sarah Coleman as Ariel Huckster
  • Aric Green as Ethan Chambers
  • Sasha Townsend as Demas Hunter
  • Enrico Piazza as Dr. Jacob Malik
  • Nathan Marlow as Special Agent Holden
  • Steve Collins as Edson Cross
  • John Burton, Jr. as Dr. Lloyd Freeman
  • Sammy Durrani as July Ripley
  • Victor Holstein as Jack Diamond
  • Jay Lewis as Malcolm Storz

Awards

Tyranny was accepted as part of the official selection of the Geneva International Film Festival, November 2010.[4] The series also received four 2010 Indie Intertube Award nominations for: sound design, soundtrack, best looking show and best thriller.[5][6]

References
  1. "'Tyranny' Premieres, 14 Cities in One Global Web Thriller". Tubefilter. Mar 11, 2010. Retrieved Mar 11, 2010.
  2. "'Tyranny'—The Web. Files #44". Dailymotion. Aug 18, 2010. Retrieved Aug 18, 2010.
  3. "IndieNet and Beyond's Visions Of 'Tyranny'". ScifiPulse. May 25, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  4. Geneva International Film Festival
  5. "Tyranny: Not Just a Web Series... It's a Sensory Experience!" Archived 2010-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 2010 Indie Intertube Award Archived 2011-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
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