Tonights emails brought all the info on a new mini-series set to air Memorial Day weekend on A & E. I loved the original film and am actually looking forward to having something to watch over the long weekend.
Here's all the info you need:
It’s
a bad day to be human this Memorial Day when THE
ANDROMEDA STRAIN infects
the airwaves. The four-hour original A&E television event will
premiere in High Definition on Monday,
May 26 from 9-11 PM ET/PT
and Tuesday,
May 27 from 9-11 PM ET/PT.
Based
on the best-selling novel from Michael Crichton, the miniseries stars
Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Ricky Schroder, Andre Braugher,
Christa Miller, Daniel Dae Kim and Viola Davis.
In
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, a U.S. military satellite crashes in a small
town and unleashes a deadly plague killing all but two survivors. As
the military quarantines the area, a team of highly specialized
scientists is assembled to find a cure to the pathogen code-named
“Andromeda,” and a reporter investigates a government conspiracy
only to discover what he is chasing wants him silenced.
THE
ANDROMEDA STRAIN is produced by Scott Free Productions and Traveler’s
Rest Films in association with Universal Pictures for A&E
Network. Executive producers are Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and David
W. Zucker for Scott Free and Tom Thayer for Traveler’s Rest Films.
Mikael Salomon is director and co-executive producer and the
screenplay is written by Robert Schenkkan.
