Red Giant (TV series)

Red Giant (also known as Red Dwarf USA) is an upcoming American sitcom television series developed by, Maria Ferrari, and Jim Reynolds. It is based on the British science fiction sitcom television series ' created by and  as well as the 2012 novel ' by, the series will air on.

Premise
In this American version of the 1988 British sitcom also, based on the 2012 novel low-ranking technician Andrew D. Lister, the last human on earth, awakens from four million years of suspened animation, with no crew on board the mining spacecraft Red Dwarf USA besides a hologram of Lister's deceased bunkmate Jasper Rimmer, and Mutt, a life form which evolved from Lister's pregnant Dog they travel the galaxy getting into all kinds of trouble.

Cast

 * Karan Brar as Andrew D. Lister
 * KJ Apa as Jasper Rimmer
 * Franz Drameh as Mutt
 * Lecy Goranson as Callie
 * Simon Helberg as Servo
 * China Anne McClain as Anessa Kochanski

Recurring

 * as Captain Charles Foilster

Development
After the failed pilot of the US in 1992, Maria Ferrari and (') began development of a another American version that also adapts 's 2012 novel ' Grant and Naylor will be creative consultants, Molaro, Ferrari and Kaplan will executive produce/showrun ths series with  and  will executive producing all The Big Bang Theory and  crew members have joined production. The show's episodes will original or remakes of curtain Red Dwarf episodes.

Characters
Karan Brar is cast as Andrew D. Lister an American-Indian version of Dave Lister, KJ Apa as Jasper Rimmer a New Zealand version of Arnold Rimmer, Franz Drameh as Mutt a dog version of Cat, Lecy Goranson as Callie a wise-cracking A.I. that is also the ships' computer with a functional IQ of 7000, Simon Helberg as Servo a service android who has the same traits as Kryten with a head shape similar to his, China Anne McClain as Anessa Kochanski an Africa-American version of Kristine Kochanski, British actor star of Dwarf Red cast as Captain Charles Foilster a British version of Captain Frank Hollister

Filming
The will be filmed in front of live studios audience at Stage 25, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA some of the props the UK series will be used in this series while using Sony CineAlta F23 Camera, Sony HDW-F900 Camera and Sony PMW-F55 Camera.