Exploding Sun premieres in the US on Monday, September 9, 2013 at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT on the REELZ channel.
In Exploding Sun, the first ever commercial space shuttle is struck by a solar storm. The disaster hyper-charges the engine and catapults the ship on a direct course for the sun. But the danger becomes more universal when it’s discovered the event will trigger an infinitely larger solar storm that could send Earth back into the Stone Age. Exploding Sun stars David James Elliott (JAG), Anthony Lemke (Blue Mountain State), Natalie Brown (Being Human) and Emmy Award® winner Julia Ormond (Temple Grandin). It is directed by Michael Robison (Stephen King’s Dead Zone) and written by Jeff Schecter (Strange Days at Blake Holsey High). |
| David James Elliott as Don Wincroft |
Plot Summary: A historic space launch triggers a solar-storm event that could have cataclysmic repercussions for the planet if it isn’t stopped in time—and time is running out.
The world watches in awe as the Roebling Clipper
is launched into space. Using state-of-the-art scalar engines to fly
around the Moon and back in just hours, the maiden voyage of the
first-ever trans-lunar passenger ship is about to make history. Among
those on board: First Lady Simone Mathany, space-exploration
entrepreneur Steve Roebling, Dr. Denise Balaban, pilot Fiona Henslaw,
and a very lucky lottery winner. But while en route, a massive solar
flare sparks a cosmic-ray burst that accelerates Aurora’s engine and
blows the ship away from Earth’s orbit. Now out of control, it’s
hurtling straight for the sun.
At
Mission Control, along with the desperate President Thomas Mathany,
an increasingly anxious team of experts puts a plan into motion—an
interception by a shuttle attached to the International Space Station.
When that ends in disaster, the Aurora only picks up speed. Now being
pulled toward the sun at three percent of the speed of light, it’s only
a matter of hours before it burns. With that, the scalar engine will
trigger cosmic ray bursts, and a giant electromagnetic pulse storm
that will blow Earth back into the Stone Age. Now, preparing for the
inevitable seems the last—and only—terrifying option.
Exploding Sun is produced by Muse Entertainment and Sonar Entertainment.
