The Sector is an upcoming Action Science-Fiction

Science fiction on television

Science fiction first appeared on a television program during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality; this makes television an excellent medium...

 television series executive produced by Ridley

Ridley Scott

Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...

 and Tony Scott

Tony Scott

Anthony D. L. "Tony" Scott is an English film director. His films include Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Last Boy Scout, True Romance, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Spy Game, Man on Fire, Déjà Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123, and Unstoppable...

 and written by Matthew and Aaron Benay. The series will follow the commander of a paramilitary unit who pursues a dangerous new race of genetically enhanced humans. It will air on Cinemax

Cinemax

Cinemax, sometimes abbreviated as simply "Max", is a collection of premium television networks that broadcasts primarily feature films, along with softcore erotica, original action series, documentaries and special behind-the-scenes features. Cinemax is operated by Home Box Office, Inc., a...

 and is co-produced with Tandem Communications

Tandem Communications

Tandem Communications is a Munich based company which produces TV movies, miniseries, television series and film series.It was founded in 1999 by Emmy-nominated producers Rola Bauer and Tim Halkin.-Produced:* Relic Hunter...

 and Scott Free Productions, the same team behind Starz original series, The Pillars of the Earth

The Pillars of the Earth (TV miniseries)

The Pillars of the Earth is an eight part 2010 TV miniseries, adapted from Ken Follett's novel of the same name. It debuted in the U.S. on Starz and Canada on The Movie Network/Movie Central on July 23, 2010. Its UK premiere was on Channel 4 in October 2010 at 9pm...

. The Sector is part of Cinemax

Cinemax

Cinemax, sometimes abbreviated as simply "Max", is a collection of premium television networks that broadcasts primarily feature films, along with softcore erotica, original action series, documentaries and special behind-the-scenes features. Cinemax is operated by Home Box Office, Inc., a...

's attempt to expand its original programming content, it will join Strike Back

Strike Back: Project Dawn

Strike Back: Project Dawn, as it is known in the United Kingdom is a ten-part British-American action television serial, and is the second series of Strike Back. However the only cast member to return from the original series was Richard Armitage in the first episode...

(co-produced with BSkyB), a television version

Transporter: The Series

Transporter: The Series is an upcoming action television series, based on the Transporter film series by Luc Besson. It is co-produced by HBO, HBO Canada, French TV-channel M6 and German television company RTL, which, with the exception of HBO, will also air the series...

 of The Transporter film series, Alan Ball's

Alan Ball (screenwriter)

Alan E. Ball is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theatre and television.-Early life:Ball was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Frank and Mary Ball, an aircraft inspector and a homemaker...

 Banshee

Banshee (TV series)

Banshee is an upcoming drama television series executive produced by Alan Ball, Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler and Peter Macdissi and written by Tropper and Schickler...

and Steve Kronish's Sandbox

Sandbox (TV series)

Sandbox is an upcoming Military Action Drama television series executive produced by Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore, Steve Kronish , Larry Gordon and Chuck Gordon and written by Fabrizio and Passmore. The series revolves around a group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who return home to the...

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