Last year, Syfy ordered a 90-minute pilot for the small-screen adaptation of 12 Monkeys , the 1995 Terry Gilliam sci-fi film starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt. The pilot must have impressed, because 12 Monkeys is officially going to series.

Syfy announced that they have ordered an additional 12 episodes for the series, in addition to the pilot. Atlas Entertainment, the production company behind the 12 Monkeys movie, will produce the show.Syfy president Dave Howe described 12 Monkeys as "a captivating time travel adventure and high stakes race against the clock." He went on to say, "We are thrilled to add it to our slate of engaging and thought-­provoking new scripted projects including the recently announced event series Ascension and the second season renewal of Helix from Ron Moore [Battlestar Galactica].”Starring Amanda Schull (Suits), Kirk Acevedo (Fringe) and Nikita alums Aaron Stanford and Noah Bean, 12 Monkeys "follows the journey of a time traveler (Stanford) from the post-­apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will eventually decimate the human race."Nikita writers Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett -- a former IGN TV writer and co-host of IGN's Channel Surfing podcast -- wrote the pilot and will co-executive produce the series with Natalie Chaidez (Heroes), who will serve as executive producer and showrunner. Jeffrey Reiner (Friday Night Lights) directed and served as executive producer on the pilot.12 Monkeys is set to debut in January 2015.

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