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Delete
GenreDrama
Directed bySteve Barron
StarringKeir Gilchrist, Erin Karpluk
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producerShawn Williamson
Original release
Release2012 –
2013

Delete is a miniseries about a reporter and a young hacker who uncovers an artificial intelligence which has become sentient.[1]

Cast

  • Keir Gilchrist as Daniel
  • Erin Karpluk as Jesse Taylor
  • Jaylee Hamidi as Keiko Watanabe (1 episode, 2013)
  • Mike Azevedo as Pierre Garaneuf (1 episode, 2013)
  • Mehdi Darvish as Plant Technician (1 episode, 2013)
  • Graeme Duffy as Desmond Smith (1 episode, 2013)
  • John Stewart as Train Conductor (1 episode, 2013)
  • Alexander von Roon as Financial Reporter (1 episode, 2013)

Plot

Delete imagines a disaster in our all-too-fragile digital world where the Internet becomes dangerously self-aware with one systematic purpose, to destroy mankind. Faced with possible extinction, there is only one way out – create a second artificial intelligence, just as alive, just as intelligent and just as dangerous.

Production details

Written and distributed by Sonar Entertainment of New York City, the series consists of two feature-length episodes. It was shot on location in Vancouver and produced by Vancouver-based Brightlight Pictures.[2]

Reception

The series won two Leo Awards, from the Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia, for Best Picture Editing and Best Television Movie.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Delete". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ^ Patten, Dominic (August 14, 2012). "Seth Green Joins Hacker Miniseries 'Delete'". Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Delete (2013 TV Mini-Series) Awards". IMDB. Retrieved 1 June 2016.