''Vagrant Queen'' is an American

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television series that premiered on

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on March 27, 2020. The series, co-produced by

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, is based on the

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comic book series written by Magdalene Visaggio and illustrated by Jason Smith. In June 2020, the series was canceled after one season.

Premise

Elida has built a life as a scavenger and outlaw, but when an old frenemy, Isaac, turns up with news about her long-lost mother, she is forced to return to her broken kingdom with Isaac and Amae in hopes of staging a rescue before a deadly childhood foe, Commander Lazaro, finds them.

Cast

Main

Adriyan Rae Adriyan Rae is an American actress and medical laboratory scientist, known for her role as Elida in the short-lived Syfy drama ''Vagrant Queen'' and as Gianna Mackey in the NBC drama '' Chicago Fire''. Early life and education Rae was born in Se ...

as Elida (aka. Eldaya) Al-Feyr *

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as Isaac Stelling * Alex McGregor as Amae Rali

Recurring

* Bonnie Mbuli as Xevelyn *

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as Hath * Paul du Toit as Commander Ori Lazaro, later Grand Supreme Leader * Steven John Ward as Chaz Rali * Leon Clingman as Dengar * Jennifer Steyn as Ihred * Richard Wright-Firth as Xija Station Manager, SAO #1, Gluber Driver/Mr Body, Flustered Traveller, Stox and New Admiralty Officer.

Episodes

Production

On May 17, 2019, it was announced that

had given a straight-to-series order to adapt the comic book series ''Vagrant Queen''.

produced the TV series with F. J. DeSanto & Damian Wassel of

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Jem Garrard Jem Garrard is a British-Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. Garrard is the creator and showrunner on the space opera series ''Vagrant Queen'' released in 2020'','' and the award winning mockumentary webseries ''Android Employed'', whic ...

served as

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and also directed certain episodes as well as

Danishka Esterhazy Danishka Esterhazy (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian screenwriter and film director. She is best known for her thriller and horror movies, such as '' Black Field'' (2009), '' Level 16'' (2018), ''The Banana Splits Movie'' (2019), and the ...

. Writers for the show included Jem Garrard,

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, and Mika Collins, with Gerrard having written about a third of the episodes.

Casting

On May 17, 2019,

was cast as Elida,

as Isaac, and Paul du Toit as Commander Lazaro. On February 14, 2020, Alex McGregor was revealed to be Amae in the show.

Filming

On May 17, 2019,

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was set for July 2019 in

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Release

On September 23, 2019, Syfy released the first teaser trailer for the series. On February 14, 2020, Syfy released key art for the series and set the premiere date for March 27, 2020. The series premiered on March 27, 2020 and was scheduled air its run on Fridays at 10 p.m. ( ET), but the April 17 episode was preempted and moved to April 23 (Thursday) at 11 p.m. — possibly indicating that the network began

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the remaining episodes ahead of cancellation. On June 26, Syfy confirmed the cancellation of the series after one season due to low ratings.

Home Media

''Vagrant Queen'' was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Dazzler Media on July 13, 2020 for Region 2. Other versions were released for the French market, an alternate UK version and various streaming services.

References

Notes

External links

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