Riddler's Moon

Last updated

Riddler's Moon
Genre
Written byKarl Schiffman
Directed by Don McBrearty [1]
Starring
Music by John Welsman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Lewis B. Chesler
  • David M. Perlmutter
  • Stephen Ujlaki
Producer Ken Gord
Cinematography Jon Joffin
EditorDean Balser
Running time90 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network UPN
ReleaseNovember 5, 1998 (1998-11-05)

Riddler's Moon is a 1998 American science fiction drama television film created for UPN for the Thursday Night at the Movies block as part of the six-film Nightworld anthology. [2] [3] It was the second film in the anthology to air on the block. It was subsequently aired again in 1999, before being acquired by the Fox Family Channel in 2000, where it was frequently aired, until the network was purchased by Disney-ABC Television Group in October 2001.

Contents

Premise

Previously barren Indiana farmland owned by a single mother and her disabled son experiences a supernatural bloom.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Luxembourg in the summer of 1998. The production went through many obstacles, mainly with the script, which had to be rewritten multiple times by multiple screenwriters. Lead actress Kate Mulgrew even had a part in the writing of key pages. By the time filming began, only 10% of the original script was left. The unfortunate circumstances were a result of changes in network executive producers, filming locations, and clashes between executives from Paramount Television, Alliance Atlantis, and RTL Group.

Home media

In the United States, Riddler's Moon was released in several DVD combo packs in 2010 by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.

See also

References

  1. "Riddler's Moon". Guelph Mercury . July 27, 2001. p. 59 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. New York. New York Magazine Company. 1998.
  3. Koll, Horst Peter (1999). Filmjahr 1998 (in German). Rowohlt. ISBN   978-3-499-60654-0.