The SciFi Channel will air a two-part miniseries from director Philip Spink and RHI Entertainment called Knights of the Bloodsteel, originally titled Dragons of Black Rock, on Sunday, 19 April and Monday, 20 April 2009 at 9 PM EST and repeating at 11 PM EST. Both parts air on Monday, 20 April from 7-11 PM EST, opposite SciFi's sibling network's own genre programming, Chuck and Heroes.
The series is set in medieval-like secondary world, like Middle-earth or Alagaësia.
The following information is included on SciFi.com's page for the series:
On the island continent of Mirabilis, in a faraway time, the most coveted element is bloodsteel, a sorcery grade ore that imparts potent magical abilities to anyone who is able to draw it from the earth. The desire for untold wealth and power has drawn much of Mirabilis' vast and disparate populace-humans, elves, dwarves and goblins-to the old port mining town of Black Roc Keep. It has also enticed the evil Dragon Eye (Mark Gibbon) and his ruthless cadre of Brood soldiers, who'll stop at nothing to possess the ore for the purpose of total world domination. Enlisted to save Mirabilis from this lethal insurgency is the venerable sorcerer elf Tesselink (Christopher Lloyd), who has been given a vital directive by the Oracle of the land. He must find the legendary magical Crucible, which is the source of bloodsteel.
To execute this perilous quest, Tesselink gathers an unlikely band of freedom fighters: two humans, Serragoth (David James Elliott), the sworn enemy of the Brood, and Adric (Christopher Jacot), a charming con-man; the imposing goblin Ber-Lak (Dru Viergever); and lastly, the beautiful and fearless warrior elf, Perfidia (Natassia Malthe). Together, this motley, but supremely talented, Knights of Bloodsteel, embark on their dangerous mission. They must fight against the Brood - the dreaded assassins and soldiers of Dragon Eye who are led by the deadly goblin Azenhawke (Gardiner Millar) and his ruthless lieutenant Swope (Peter Bryant). And if that is not enough, Dragon Eye has also unleashed lethal dragons and other horrendous creatures to find the source of the bloodsteel and to obliterate anything that stands in his way.
The future of Mirabilis is in the hands of four brave knights and their courage is tested in ways they could never have imagined.
Knights of Bloodsteel is produced by Reunion Pictures (Lisa Richardson, Matthew O'Connor, Tom Rowe) with RHI Entertainment, (Robert Halmi, Sr. and Robert Halmi, Jr.) distributing the project internationally. Emmy-nominated Sam Egan (Sanctuary, Jeremiah, The Outer Limits) wrote the script.
Similar information (and a still) was posted on SCI FI Wire on 25 February 2009, which notes that the series was originally to air on consecutuve Mondays. There is also the following information, slightly more detailed than that at SciFi.com, at RHI Entertainment's website, which also has a trailer for the film and additional stills:
A magnificent world of human and mythical creatures. A precious ore that makes true magic possible. A band of freedom fighters enlisted to find a legendary Crucible. An evil emerging more powerful than anyone dared to fear. Lethal dragons haunting the skies. A fantasy epic like no other is about to beginI append below a copy of the trailer posted on Youtube.com.
In the mystical land of Mirabilis, in a faraway time, the most coveted element is bloodsteel, a sorcery grade ore that imparts potent magical abilities to anyone who is able to draw it from the earth. The desire for untold wealth and power has drawn much of Mirabilis vast and disparate populace humans, elves, dwarves and goblins to the old port mining town of Black Roc Keep. It has also enticed the evil Dragon-Eye (Mark Gibbon, The Chronicles of Riddick) and his ruthless Brood soldiers, who ll stop at nothing to possess the ore for the purpose of total world domination. Enlisted to save Mirabilis from this lethal insurgency is the venerable sorcerer elf Tesselink (Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd, Back to the Future), who has been given a vital directive by the Oracle of the land (Julian Christopher, Smallville). He must find the legendary magical Crucible which is the source of Bloodsteel.
To execute this perilous quest, Tesselink gathers an unlikely band of freedom fighters: two humans, Sarragoth (David James Elliott, JAG), the sworn enemy of the Brood, and Adric (Christopher Jacot, Eureka), a charming con-man; the goblin Ber-Lak (Dru Viergever, Covert One: The Hades Factor); and lastly, the beautiful and fearless warrior elf, Perfidia (Natassia Malthe, Elektra) . Together, this motley, but supremely talented, Order of the Bloodsteel Knights, embark on their dangerous mission. Dragon-Eye has unleashed lethal dragons and other horrendous creatures to find the source of the bloodsteel and to obliterate anything that stands in his way. The extraordinary adventures of the Order have begun.
A marvel of imagination that creates an awe-inspiring new mythology, Knights of Bloodsteel is a grand new sword-and-sorcery adventure for the ages.
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