Quartet Of Actors Join Syfy Pilot ‘Rewind’
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated actress Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider), Jennifer Ferrin (The Cape), Robbie Jones (Hellcats) and Keon Mohajeri have been added to Syfy’s two-hour pilot Rewind, joining previously cast Shane McRae. Written by Justin Marks and directed by Jack Bender, Rewind revolves around a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter past events in order to change the future and avoid a devastating terrorist attack. 
Castle-Hughes, repped by Industry Entertainment, will play Priya, the team’s a-typical historian, a behavioral anthropologist who provides analytical context to the project and the missions, and whose knowledge of history extends beyond the boundaries of facts. Ferrin, repped by Gersh and TMT Entertainment, will play Bryce, a brilliant scientist who graduated MIT when she was 18; the smartest person in the room who is obsessive and driven and doesn’t really care what people think of her. Jones, repped by Gersh, Untitled and the Van Johnson Co., will play Danny, Henry Knox’s (McRae) friend and the man Knox trusts most to help him get the job done as they embark on their perilous mission into the past. Untitled-repped Mohajeri will play Charlie, a mathematician who has patented an innovative piece of technology that can reduce history to mathematics, in order to measure the team’s actions in the past. Rewind, from BermanBraun and Universal Cable Prods, is executive produced by Marks, Tom Spezialy, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein. Production on the pilot is set to begin this month.
Wow, so excited to see Keisha in this project. Great coup for Syfy!
The character bios sound like the standard SyFy quirky-genius routine but you can’t fault them for diversity. At least this won’t be another show with an all-white cast and one token.
Great casting! Nice to see such a smart, talented diverse cast on Syfy.
Keisha Castle Hughes doing Science Fiction? HOT. Major score for SyFy.
I agree on the diversity comments I’ve read. It’s good having a nice mixture of ethnicities. This being SyFy though, I’m surprised they didn’t try to sneak some wrestlers into the pilot…
Excellent casting here and the concept sounds great. Score for SyFy getting an actress like Keisha Castle-Hughes on board – I’m IN.
So I guess Hughes is leaving Almighty Johnsons after this season?
This show sounds like a real throwback (not in a good way) and isn’t Justin Marks supposed to be in writer jail after Street Fighter or did the parole board find in his favor? It’s really odd that SyFy opts to ignore a bona fide franchise like Battlestar Galactica in favor of low-concept trash like this.
Diversity for the sake of diversity is garbage. It absolutely undercuts the idea of merit. I don’t believe for a second that any kind of “diverse” casting will make this a popular show in the hood.
Who said the actors weren’t talented? Or that actors with no talent should be cast in the show? Keisha Castle-Hughes is an Oscar nominated actress, so obviously they aren’t just casting non-white actors just for the sick of diversity and your argument is irrelevant in this particular instance. Believe it or not, there are many talented actors out there who are not white.
Now that Keisha’s agent, manager, & publicist have had their say (& I am honestly a fan). This show sounds deadly painful. Bring back Battlestar.