The Phantom (miniseries)
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Release | December 2009 |
The Phantom is a 2009 television
Plot
Law student and
He quickly encounters the Singh Brotherhood, now led by the murderous and arrogant Rhatib Singh. Wearing an updated Phantom uniform that gives him added strength and speed, Kit's first mission is to stop Singh and figure out the Singh Brotherhood's plans for a new technology they have developed named "Flicker" (which enables them to brainwash people through specially planted cable TV set-top boxes to complete specific tasks). However, the task is not so easy as there is a mole in the Phantom team, and the Singh Brotherhood attempts to assassinate the police detective father of Kit's new love, Renny. Kit eventually finds and eliminates the facility which handles the broadcasts, but not before the Brotherhood transmits the necessary commands to the people needed to make their master plan a success. Kit races against time to stop brainwashed people (including a press photographer, a Secret Service agent and an EMT) from assassinating a diplomat who has an uncanny ability to bring nations to peace, and the only man who can do so to the Middle East and whose death would spark wars (and thereby increase the Brotherhood's revenue).
Kit manages to save the diplomat as the Phantom, and in the wake of this, Rhatib Singh orders the mole in the Phantom team (who has been holding Renny and her father at gunpoint to force the Phantom to allow the diplomat to be murdered) to kill them, but the team manages to subdue the mole. Immediately after the failure is revealed, Singh is executed by the other board members of the Brotherhood for incompetence. Finally, Kit confronts Vandermaark, who it turns out is a morally questionable man with a streak of cruelty and who deliberately tipped the Brotherhood off to Kit's foster parents' location in order to entice Kit to become the Phantom. Vandermaark attempts to convince Kit to put the past behind him, but Kit begins to walk away from him, thereby banishing him from the Phantom team. Vandermaark screams that he won't let Kit destroy what the previous Phantom and he had built and throws a grenade, which Kit shoots in mid-air, making it explode in Vandermaark's face. In the epilogue, the Singh Brotherhood introduces its new chairman; a very disfigured Vandermaark who survived the grenade explosion, while at the Skull Cave in Banagalia, Kit bids farewell and kisses Renny, finally becoming a couple. As Renny departs for New York to help her father recover, Guran smilingly reminds Kit that one of the Phantom's most sacred duties is to produce an heir.
Cast
- Chris Moore/Kit Walker– the 22nd Phantom[1]
- Cameron Goodman as Renny Davidson – Kit's girlfriend and paramedic.
- Jean Marchand as Abel Vandermaark – Kit's mentor and one of the Walkers' oldest allies, although Kit becomes suspicious of his true intentions.
- Sandrine Holt as Guran – the Phantom's close friend and advisor
- Isabella Rossellini as Dr. Bella Lithia
- Ron Lea as Detective Sean Davidson – Renny's father.
- Cas Anvar as Rhatib Singh – head of the Singh Brotherhood.
- Ivan Smith as Dr. Deepak Baboor – director of Bpaa Thap.
Production
In July 2008, screenwriter
In 2009, Sci Fi Channel formally ordered a 4-hour
The goal of the writers was to stay faithful to the source material while updating it for the screen, adding elements of science fiction rarely seen in the comic. The character's costume was updated, with the Knaufs wanting to stay faithful to the old look of the Phantom while making it more practical for the screen.[4]
Release
The two-part mini-series, a total of three hours, premiered in Canada on
References
- The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta. "SDCC '08 - The Knaufs Bring the Phantom to Sci Fi", Newsarama, July 29, 2008
- ^ "Phantom' Mini-Series Gets Greenlight". Cinema Spy. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "Writers Talk Syfy's THE PHANTOM: "Ghost Who Walks" Again". Newsarama.