{"id":41747,"date":"2015-09-16T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=41747"},"modified":"2015-09-16T11:00:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T18:00:43","slug":"two-trek-actors-in-new-medical-show-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2015\/09\/two-trek-actors-in-new-medical-show-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Trek Actors In New Medical Show Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marina Sirtis <\/strong>and Michael Dorn<\/strong> are taking part in a series pilot that hopes to be the first “actor-created, fan-funded television series pilot bought by a major network.”<\/p>\n

Internity<\/em> “follows a misfit team of newbie doctors navigating ‘intern hell,’ led by Dr. Nate, a pop culture fanboy who’s obsessed with TV reruns and prone to dream sequences featuring actual cast members from his favorite old shows in guest appearances.<\/p>\n

“Sirtis stars as Dr. Camila Chivari, whom at age fifty, isn’t the typical first year intern. After a messy divorce, Chivari returned to medical school to pursue her long-held ambition of becoming a doctor. Sirtis says, ‘I find the idea of starting over at fifty very compelling. It takes guts to embark on a totally new journey at an age most people are thinking about retirement. It’s rare to be offered such an exciting and rewarding role, so I don’t care how we fund it. I’m in!’<\/p>\n

“Dorn will direct the pilot and make a special appearance reprising his and Sirtis’ iconic sci-fi roles in a special flashback scene. ‘I’m always looking to break new ground. With this show, we can,’ Dorn said. Internity also stars sitcom staples Richard Ruccolo<\/strong> (Two Guys, a Girl & a Pizza Place, Rita Rocks, Legit<\/em>) and Carla Jimenez<\/strong>, (Last Man Standing, Raising Hope, Nacho Libre<\/em>) with veteran actor Jim Beaver<\/strong> (Supernatural, Deadwood<\/em>, the upcoming Crimson Peak<\/em>) and Joey Adams<\/strong> (Bones, Body of Proof, Broadway<\/em>).”<\/p>\n

“Actors have been producing their work since the days of Charlie Chaplin<\/strong>,” said Adams. “But, actors taking that work directly to their audience to finance it? This is the future.”<\/p>\n

The creative team must raise at least $100,000 via crowdfunding platform Indiegogo<\/em> to fund their pilot. “Crowdfunding, simply put, is investing in dreams,” said Adams. “Once people get to know us and see how much we all believe in this show. I think they’ll want to help us play doctors on TV.”<\/p>\n

The Indiegogo campaign can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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