Los Angeles:
The small screen debut of Steven Spielberg's highly-anticipated dinosaur drama TerraNova has been pushed back to allow more work on the visual effects in the series.
Producers had earlier decided to premiere the show in the US in May, but have now postponed it to autumn as the visual effects team needs more time.
Terra Nova, which follows an ordinary family embarking on a journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race, is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Chernin Entertainment, DreamWorks Television and Kapital Entertainment.
"Terra Nova is one of the most ambitious television series ever produced. The cutting-edge visual effects used to create the world of Terra Nova, which is of massive scope and scale, require more time to be realized. So we are pushing back the special early preview date to give the visual effects team the time needed for their ground-breaking work," saidexecutive producer Rene Echevarria.
"The world of Terra Nova is visually stunning on multiple levels and effects play an enormous part.Premiering in the fall will give us the proper time to create a world never before seen on television."
The series will air on Fox network and is reported to have cost a massive $ 4 million per episode.
Producers had earlier decided to premiere the show in the US in May, but have now postponed it to autumn as the visual effects team needs more time.
Terra Nova, which follows an ordinary family embarking on a journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race, is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Chernin Entertainment, DreamWorks Television and Kapital Entertainment.
"Terra Nova is one of the most ambitious television series ever produced. The cutting-edge visual effects used to create the world of Terra Nova, which is of massive scope and scale, require more time to be realized. So we are pushing back the special early preview date to give the visual effects team the time needed for their ground-breaking work," saidexecutive producer Rene Echevarria.
"The world of Terra Nova is visually stunning on multiple levels and effects play an enormous part.Premiering in the fall will give us the proper time to create a world never before seen on television."
The series will air on Fox network and is reported to have cost a massive $ 4 million per episode.
