Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi!

Hot on the heels of the announcements of a 12 Monkeys TV series, and Olympus, Syfy has revealed that they will also be airing Z Nation, a 13-episode zombie series from The Asylum, the production company behind surprise hit Sharknado!

Z Nation is set three years have passed since the zombie virus has gutted the country, and a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood. Although the antibodies he carries are the world’s last, best hope for a vaccine, he hides a dark secret that threatens them all. With humankind’s survival at stake, the ragtag band embarks on a journey of survival across three thousand miles of rusted-out post-apocalyptic America.

Eureka and The Dead Zone‘s Karl Schaefer will be showrunner, explaining: “Z Nation will take viewers where no zombie has gone before,” noting that the show adds “a sense of hope to the horror of the apocalypse – our everyday heroes take the fight to the zombies. It’ll be an epic journey unlike anything you’ve seen before.”

Z Nation will air on Syfy in the US this autumn.