''Tyranny'' is an American

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and

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series that premiered on March 11, 2010 on KoldCast TV. Written and directed by

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, the series is centered on a man who, after volunteering for a neurological experiment at

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in 1999, finds himself having visions of a troubling future and must understand what the visions mean before that future comes to pass. Hofmann has said that the movies '' Twelve Monkeys'', '' The Game'', '' Manchurian Candidate'', and ''Kafka'' were influences on ''Tyranny''.

Characters

as Daniel McCarthy *

Olga Kurylenko Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko ( uk, Ольга Костянтинівна Куриленко; born 14 November 1979) is a Ukrainian and French actress and model. She started her acting career in 2005, and first found success as an actress for ...

as Mina Harud *

Bitsie Tulloch Elizabeth Tulloch (born January 19, 1981) known as Bitsie Tulloch, is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Juliette Silverton / Eve in the NBC television series '' Grimm'' and as Lois Lane in The CW superhero television series '' ...

as Alex Hubbard *

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as Isabelle Lorenz * Mikael Forsberg as Pavel Novak * Mimi Ferrer as Myra Ripley * Sarah Coleman as Ariel Huckster * Aric Green as Ethan Chambers * Sasha Townsend as Demas Hunter * Enrico Piazza as Dr. Jacob Malik * Nathan Marlow as Special Agent Holden * Steve Collins as Edson Cross * John Burton, Jr. as Dr. Lloyd Freeman * Sammy Durrani as July Ripley * Victor Holstein as Jack Diamond * Jay Lewis as Malcolm Storz

Awards

''Tyranny'' was accepted as part of the official selection of the Geneva International Film Festival, November 2010. The series also received four 2010 Indie Intertube Award nominations for: sound design, soundtrack, best looking show and best thriller.2010 Indie Intertube Award

References

External links

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KoldCast TV
(official network of the series) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyranny tv series American drama web series YouTube original programming Fiction set in 1999