Alan Cumming behind-the-scenes on RIVERWORLD • rhitv.com

Alan Cumming ("X-Men 2") transforms into his character in the upcoming Syfy miniseries event "RIVERWORLD."

Premiering on Syfy in 2010,
When American war zone journalist Matt Ellman (Tahmoh Penikett, Battlestar Galactica) and his fiancée, Jessie Machalan (Laura Vandervoort, Smallville), are killed in an explosion, Matt awakens, separated from Jessie, on the banks of a river snaking endlessly across a mysterious new plane of existence. On Riverworld, everyone who has ever lived on Earth, ever soul throughout time, has been reborn along the banks of a seemingly endless river. Determined to locate Jessie, Matt aligns with Tomoe (Jeananne Goossen, Falcon Beach) , a 13th century female warrior, Allegra (Romina DUgo, Hairspray), a 15th century courtesan of shifting alliances, and American novelist and Riverboat captain Samuel Clemens (Mark Deklin, Justice), better known as Mark Twain. With a full crew of adventurers, they embark upriver to understand where they are, why they are here, and to what unknowable end the river winds.

Under the guidance of the peculiar Caretaker (Alan Cumming, Tin Man), their quest takes them below to a torturous Cavern of Souls and the Underworld prison, above in a Zeppelin piloted by a brilliant German engineer, and forward to cross paths with renowned explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton (Peter Wingdfield, 24) who has joined forces with Francisco Pizzaro to conquer and destroy Riverworld. For Matt, each unfathomable day, each nefarious encounter, only deepens the conundrum of Riverworld and raises more questionsWhat happened to Earth and when? What is the purpose of the burning Orb? What powers are contained in the infamous Dark Tower? And why is their every move being followed by the watchful eye of an alien being? The answers are waiting beyond the endless swells of Riverworld.

Charting a territory somewhere between Gulliver's Travels and The Lord of the Rings (Time), Philip Jose Farmers Nebula Award-winning saga becomes a spectacular miniseries event—a feast for the eyes, the mind, and the heart of everyone who longs to explore the meaning of life, the mysteries of death, and everything that lies between.

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[keddebork]

Alan cumming behind the scenes?

this is getting sexual!

[ivarthurvi]

When you've seen better make up done on broadway... You really can't expect much from a film : /

[jmw102667]

For crying out loud!!! They didn't screw it up enough the last time?! If they're not going to do it right; leave it the hell alone!! SHIT!!

[thiswonderfullife]

Haven't seen this yet, although everyone who has, says how bad it really is. Even the 2003 version was supposedly better..

[lucaserbo]

good makeup. i need one

[charleyamadeus]

whoa. :O

[Nocturn69]

Alan Cumming = good. the butchering of a scifi classic novel = not good.