Haven (TV series)

Haven
Genre	Supernatural drama
Developed by	Sam Ernst Jim Dunn
Starring	Emily Rose Lucas Bryant Eric Balfour Stephen McHattie Nicholas Campbell (Season 1)
Theme music composer	Andre Fratto Leah Siegel
Composer(s)	Shawn Pierce
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Laszlo Barna Jim Dunn Sam Ernst Noreen Halpern Matt McGuinness David MacLeod John Morayniss Shawn Piller Michael Rosenberg Lloyd Segan Scott Shepherd
Producer(s)	Charles Ardai (consulting) Stefanie Deoul Ginny Jones Duzak (line)
Editor(s)	Debbie Berman
Location(s)	Nova Scotia, Canada
Cinematography	Eric Cayla
Camera setup	single
Running time	42 minutes
Production company(s)	Entertainment One Television Big Motion Pictures Productions Piller Segan Shepherd Shaw Media Universal Networks International
Distributor	Entertainment One International
Broadcast
Original channel	Syfy
Original run	July 9, 2010 (2010-07-09) – present
External links
Website

Haven is a supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid. The show, filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, is an American/Canadian co-production. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy. The series was the first property to be produced for Syfy Pay channels around the globe, excluding Canada and Scandinavia. On October 7, 2010, Haven was renewed by Syfy for a 13 episode second season, which began airing on July 15, 2011. On October 12, 2011, it was renewed for a third 13-episode season to air in 2012.

Premise

Main article: List of Haven episodes

When FBI Special Agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine, on a routine case, she soon finds herself increasingly involved in the return of The Troubles, a plague of supernatural afflictions that occurred in the town at least once before. With an openness to the possibility of the paranormal, she also finds a more personal link in Haven that may lead her to the mother she has never known.

Parker begins to realize that her arrival in Haven may have been planned and that her name and even her memories may not be her own. As the series progresses, she learns more about the mystery of both Haven and her true identity.

She and her partner Nathan Wuornos find themselves frequently facing problems caused by both the effects of the Troubles, as well as town folk who take more drastic measures against the Troubled.

Cast

Main article: List of Haven characters

• Emily Rose as Audrey Parker, the show's protagonist. She has quit the FBI to help investigate and deal with Haven's Troubles.
• Lucas Bryant as Nathan Wuornos, of Haven PD. He assists Audrey in dealing with The Troubles.
• Eric Balfour as Duke Crocker, the port town's smuggler, who is frequently involved in the investigations.
• Nicholas Campbell as Garland Wuornos (Season 1), Haven's hard-nosed chief of police, a veteran of The Troubles.
• Richard Donat as Vince Teagues and John Dunsworth as Dave Teagues, the editors of the Haven Herald. Vince is an artist and Dave a photographer.
• Stephen McHattie as Ed Driscoll, Haven's preacher with an unsympathetic approach to The Troubles.
• Vinessa Antoine as Evi Ryan (Season 2), Duke Crocker's wife, who re-emerges claiming she wants to be a part of his life.
• Jason Priestley as Chris Body (Season 2), Havens resident Marine Biologist and minor love interest of Audrey.
• Adam Copeland as Dwight Hendrickson (Season 2), a Haven resident who helps clean up after the troubles.

Development and production

Haven was originally developed for ABC Television in 2007 by writers Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn, with production company Piller Segan. A series of incidents, including the WGA writer's strike, put the series on hold until ABC eventually passed on the project. Piller Segan pursued other avenues for the project, ultimately seeking to create an international partnership.

In September 2009, E1 Entertainment announced it was working with Stephen King to develop a television series based on his novel The Colorado Kid. The entertainment company ordered the concept straight to series, with thirteen episodes planned. In November, Syfy announced it had acquired the series.

View of Lunenburg. The shoreline can be seen in various Haven episodes.

The pilot episode was written by Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn. In February 2010, Emily Rose was cast in the lead role of Audrey Parker. Eric Balfour and Lucas Bryant came on board in late March. Canadian broadcaster Canwest Global Communications acquired rights to the series in March as well.

In April 2010, Adam Kane signed on to direct the pilot. Production began April 20 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and surrounding areas. Filming occurred primarily in Chester, Nova Scotia (including using the local arena as a studio) and throughout the south shore of the Canadian province, including Lunenburg, Halifax, and Mahone Bay.^{[citation needed]}

The series premiere, "Welcome to Haven", aired on Syfy in the U.S. on July 9, 2010, and on Showcase in Canada on July 12. The show became available to other international markets in October 2010.

On October 12, 2011, Syfy announced that the series has been renewed for its third season of 13 episodes.

International Broadcast

Haven has been syndicated for broadcast in several countries worldwide, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

Country/Region	Channel	Premiere date	Timeslot
Australia	13th Street Universal	October 13, 2010
Australia	ABC2	November 7, 2011	8:30 pm
Canada	Showcase	July 12, 2010
Denmark	Canal 9	April 13, 2011
France	Syfy	October 26, 2010	Tuesday, 20:45 (2 Episodes)
Germany	Syfy	October 8, 2010
Greece	Universal Channel	2011
Italy	Rai 4		Monday to Friday, 14:15 (2 Episodes)
Japan	Universal Channel	Fall 2010
Norway	NRK3	September 8, 2011	Thursday, 10:55 pm
Poland	Scifi	Fall 2010
Portugal	Syfy	Fall 2010
South Africa	DStv Universal Channel	October 17, 2010
United Kingdom	Syfy	Fall 2010
Newfoundland and Labrador	The Netherlands	Syfy	Spring 2011

Home video release

In Region 1/Region A, Entertainment One released the first season on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 14, 2011.

In Region 2/Region B, Entertainment One released the first season on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in The Netherlands on June 14, 2011, on DVD in France on June 1, 2011, and on DVD in Germany on September 30, 2011

In Region 4, Beyond Home Entertainment released the first season on DVD in Australia on June 1, 2011.

Name	Ep #	Release dates			Additional features
		Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
Season One	13	June 14, 2011	June 1, 2011	June 1, 2011	Twelve Audio Commentaries with Cast & Crew, "Welcome to Haven" featurette, "Visual FX of Haven" featurette, "Mythology of Haven" featurette, Behind-the-Scenes Video Blogs, Additional Cast Interviews and Season Two Sneak Peek: Inside the Writers' Room.

References to other works

Several allusions to the written works of author Stephen King are made in the series regularly; the series itself being based upon King's novella, "The Colorado Kid". On Syfy.com's Haven website, many of these references are pointed out as they occur in each episode. For example, Derry and the titular Haven are both fictional cities in Maine previously used in the author's stories. Other references abound: one of the main characters receives a copy of a novel written by a character from King's novel, Misery, while another character has just been released from Shawshank Prison. In some cases the plot of an episode revolves around an idea from the work of King: a character who has precognitive, psychometric visions after touching people or things; or plants that start killing people. Many other, less noticeable references occur in the form of street names, characters and scenes reminiscent of either books by King or films based upon said works.

Syfy notes, "It is a particular favorite Stephen King book for the Haven writers and producers". For example, in "A Tale of Two Audreys", a little boy in a yellow rain slicker is seen outside the church chasing a newspaper boat that he has set in the stream in the gutter. He chases until it falls down into a stormdrain on Witcham Street. He then sticks his right arm down into the drain and screams. The scene can be found in the opening chapter of the book. Also derived from It, the episode "Fear and Loathing" revolves around a Troubled person who (unwillingly) takes the form of a person's worst fear, and in one instance appears as a clown, a visual allusion to Pennywise of the film version of It.

External links

• Official website
• Haven at the Internet Movie Database
• Haven at TV.com