Alienators: Evolution Continues

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Alienators: Evolution Continues
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Also known asEvolution: The Animated Series
Genre
Created byLouis Gassin
Based on Evolution
by Don Jakoby
Directed by
  • Fabrice Beau
  • Pascal Gaugry
  • Camille Prinele
Voices of
Theme music composer L.A. Piccirillo
Opening theme"Evolution (Creepy Crawly)"
Ending theme"Evolution (Creepy Crawly)" (Instrumental)
Composers
  • L.A. Piccirillo
  • Jean-Michel Guirao
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Japan
  • France [1]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
Producer
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 15, 2001 (2001-09-15) 
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)

Alienators: Evolution Continues (also known as Evolution: The Animated Series in some regions and the UK) is an animated comic science fiction television series. It is a continuation of the 2001 Ivan Reitman-directed science fiction comedy film Evolution . [3] [4] 26 episodes were produced.

Contents

Created by Louis Gassin, the series is produced by DIC Entertainment, L.P. in association with The Montecito Picture Company, DreamWorks Television, Columbia TriStar Television and Dentsu Inc., the latter of which handled distribution of the series in Asian territories. Although the Evolution intellectual property was owned by DreamWorks and is now the property of Paramount Pictures (which owns the studio's pre-2010 live-action back catalog), the series itself is now owned by WildBrain (formerly known as DHX Media).

The series was the basis for a Game Boy Advance game of same name that was developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Activision.

Premise

As with the film, the premise of the series is that a meteor carrying organisms that evolve at a very quick rate crashes into the Arizona Desert; single-celled alien organisms on this meteor quickly evolve into monstrous creatures, dubbed the "Genus". A team of scientists, the Alienators, must eliminate all these creatures before they destroy all life on Earth. The characters, Ira Kane, Harry Block, Lucy Mai, and Wayne Green must study all these extraterrestrial lifeforms and find a way to defeat them all. The "Genus" is led by a "humanoid manifestation" named Scopes.

Characters

Cast

Additional

Episodes

No.TitleWritten byOriginal air date
1"Survival" Michael Ryan September 15, 2001 (2001-09-15)
2September 22, 2001 (2001-09-22)
3September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)
Doctor Kane, Wayne, Lieutenant Lucy, and Harry Block must band together when the Genus return under the leadership of the humanoid Genus Scopes.
4"Don't Drink the Water" Ben Townsend October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)
The Alienators take down a target at The Glen Canyon dam. However, this results in its DNA mixing with the water supply, causing the populace to mutate into human-Genus creatures.
5"Slick"Michael RyanOctober 13, 2001 (2001-10-13)
When an oil tanker laden with Genus infested petroleum runs aground near the Galapagos Islands, a disaster of epic proportions threatens humanity.
6"Swarm"Ben TownsendOctober 20, 2001 (2001-10-20)
When a swarm of Genus wasps overruns a rural farm, Ira and the team are sent in to deal with it.
7"Fire and Ice"Kurt WeldonOctober 27, 2001 (2001-10-27)
An outbreak in the French Alps leads to the discovery of a new kind of Genus - an ice Genus.
8"Meltdown"Mark SeidenbergNovember 3, 2001 (2001-11-03)
The Alienators race against time when Scopes works to start a nuclear-meltdown to cause a widespread Genus-invasion.
9"Junkyard Dogs"Dick GrunertNovember 10, 2001 (2001-11-10)
10"French Underground"Nick Dubois and Lance FalkNovember 17, 2001 (2001-11-17)
Split from the other Alienators, General Woodnburn and Doctor Kane must work together to escape Scopes.
11"Runaway Strain"Michael RyanDecember 1, 2001 (2001-12-01)
The work of two rookie scientists to destroy Genus result on monstrous Genus plants and the team being locking up, racing against time to stop a nuclear bomb.
12"Dead Wayne Cells"Ben TownsendDecember 8, 2001 (2001-12-08)
After battling a horde of rapidly-replicating Genus creatures, Wayne's sympathetic mutation system kicks in and he starts to multiply.
13"Roman Holiday"Ben TownsendFebruary 9, 2002 (2002-02-09)
The Alienators go to Rome where Scopes be leading an invasion of Genus who copied the genes of zoo animals.
14"To Carthage Then I Came"Michael RyanFebruary 16, 2002 (2002-02-16)
A Genus outbreak in the deserts of Tunisia has Ira and his crew fighting Genus monsters that move through the sand as if it were water.
15"Year of the Genus"Ben TownsendFebruary 23, 2002 (2002-02-23)
When the Genus travels to Hong Kong in a crate of infected fireworks, the Alienators aren't far behind.
16"Hot Java"Michael RyanMarch 2, 2002 (2002-03-02)
The Alienators race against time to stop Scopes from using a volcano on the island of Java, Indonesia, to cause a global Genus invasion.
17"Ira Knows Best"Ben TownsendMarch 9, 2002 (2002-03-09)
The Alienator's rest with Doctor Kane's parents goes wild when Scopes leads an army of Genus copying the local farm stock.
18"Itching for the Genus"Michael RyanMarch 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)
When the Genus doesn't show up, it looks like the heroes have managed to devolve themselves right out of a job.
19"Genus in Your Tank"Kurt WeldonMarch 23, 2002 (2002-03-23)
When Genus infested gas makes its way into the cars of New York City, vehicular mayhem rocks the Big Apple.
20"Cradle Will Fall"Ben TownsendMarch 30, 2002 (2002-03-30)
When Wayne goes to join the local firefighters, Doctor Kane's work to replace GASSIE backfires when Scopes pops up and forces Wayne back before things heat up.
21"Head Case"Dick GrunertMay 4, 2002 (2002-05-04)
A visit to Doctor Bradbury goes critical when Scopes works to use mind-control for conquest, using Doctor Kane as a guinea pig.
22"End Game"Ben TownsendMay 11, 2002 (2002-05-11)
Ira and the Alienators head off to merry ol' England to investigate a "purple worm" sighting in an old castle.
23"General Disorder"Ben TownsendMay 18, 2002 (2002-05-18)
On the Arctic, Scopes injects General Woodburn with venom to lure the Alienators to an ambush.
24"REAPER 1: Countdown"Michael RyanJune 8, 2002 (2002-06-08)
The Alienators learn of Scopes and General Granger forming an alliance to conquer Earth.
25"REAPER 2: The Ark"Ben TownsendJune 15, 2002 (2002-06-15)
The Alienators board a space ark and clash some Genus as well as one of General Granger's robots.
26"REAPER 3: Alpha Omega"Michael RyanJune 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)
The Alienators confront Scopes as he works to use General Granger to spread the Genus across the universe.

Production

In 2001, DIC picked up the animation rights to produce an animated series based on the film. Fox Kids acquired the North American broadcast rights and ordered 26 episodes to be produced for the Fall of 2001. [5] [6] The series premiered in September. [7]

The same year in June, Lions Gate Home Entertainment signed a home media distribution deal DIC Entertainment which included Alienators. [8]

In September, DIC signed an alliance agreement with Dentsu, the latter of which would invest, partner and co-produce the series with DIC in exchange for Asian and Japanese distribution rights excluding India. [9]

Broadcast

In September 2001, YTV acquired Canadian broadcast rights to the series under a deal with DIC Entertainment. [10]

Home releases

In the United States, Lions Gate Home Entertainment and Trimark Home Video released Evolution: The Animated Movie on VHS and DVD on January 29, 2002. This release consisted of the 3-part episode "Survival" in a feature-length format. It was re-released by Sterling Entertainment on November 13, 2003 with the DVD version containing the fourth episode "Don't Drink the Water" as a bonus feature. The entire series is also available on Amazon Video.

In the United Kingdom, Anchor Bay UK released a single DVD/VHS set of the series on June 28, 2004 containing the first four episodes and later on released another DVD containing the next four. Avenue Entertainment would also release 2 DVDs containing 2 episodes each.

In Japan, six VHS/DVD releases, consisting of the entire series, was released in Japan by Happinet in January 2003. These sets were later released as part of two boxsets. [11]

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