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Extinct

Extinct

20176.11 Season10 EpisodesCanceled

Overview

400 years after the extinction of the human race, a small group of humans are revived by an alien civilization. The colony of revived humans encounter struggles with the aliens who extinguished humankind centuries before, while trying to understand and get along with the mysterious aliens who revived them.

Created by Aaron Johnston
Written by Aaron Johnston, Orson Scott Card
NetworksBYU Television

Top Cast

Victoria Atkin

Victoria Atkin

Feena

Chad Michael Collins

Chad Michael Collins

Ezra

Matthew Bellows

Matthew Bellows

Jax

Yorke Fryer

Yorke Fryer

Abram

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Themes & Keywords

futurealiensurvival

About Extinct

Extinct is a sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2017 exploring themes of future, alien, survival. Created by Aaron Johnston, it stars Victoria Atkin, Chad Michael Collins, Matthew Bellows. 400 years after the extinction of the human race, a small group of humans are revived by an alien civilization. The colony of revived humans encounter struggles with the aliens who extinguished humankind centuries before, while trying to understand and get along with the mysterious aliens who revived them.

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