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Haven
Genre	Supernatural drama
Created by	Stephen King
Developed by	Sam Ernst Jim Dunn
Starring	Emily Rose Eric Balfour Lucas Bryant
Theme music composer	Andre Fratto Leah Siegel
Composer	Shawn Pierce
Country of origin	Template:TVUS
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	22 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Laszlo Barna Jim Dunn Sam Ernst Noreen Halpern Matt McGuinness David MacLeod John Morayniss Shawn Piller Michael Rosenberg Lloyd Segan Scott Shepherd
Producers	Charles Ardai (consulting) Stefanie Deoul Ginny Jones Duzak (line)
Production location	Nova Scotia, Canada
Cinematography	Eric Cayla
Editor	Debbie Berman
Camera setup	single
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	Entertainment One Television Big Motion Pictures Productions Piller Segan Shepherd Shaw Media Universal Networks International
Original release
Network	Syfy
Release	July 9, 2010 (2010-07-09) – present

Haven is a supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid. The show, filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, is an American/Canadian co-production. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy. The series will be the first property to be produced for Syfy Pay channels around the globe, excluding Canada and Scandinavia. On October 7, 2010, Haven was renewed by Syfy for a 13 episode second season, which began airing on July 15, 2011.

Plot

Shrewd and confident FBI Special Agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) has a lost past and an openness to the possibility of the paranormal. When she arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine, on a routine case, she soon finds herself caught up with the return of The Troubles, a plague of supernatural afflictions that occurred in the town at least once before. If that was not enough to draw her in, she also finds a link that may lead her to the mother she has never known.

Cast

• Emily Rose as Audrey Parker, the show's protagonist. She has quit the FBI to help investigate and deal with Haven's Troubles.
• Lucas Bryant as Nathan Wuornos, of Haven PD. He assists Audrey in dealing with The Troubles.
• Eric Balfour as Duke Crocker, the port town's smuggler, who is frequently involved in the investigations.
• Nicholas Campbell as Garland Wuornos (Season 1), Haven's hard-nosed chief of police, a veteran of The Troubles.
• Richard Donat as Vince Teagues and John Dunsworth as Dave Teagues, the editors of the Haven Herald. Vince is an artist and Dave a photographer.
• Stephen McHattie as Ed Driscoll, Haven's preacher. He has a very unsympathetic approach to The Troubles.

The opening credits sequence

The opening sequence contains hints and suggestions regarding the background to the events portrayed in the Haven series:

• A flash of lightning, then more overcast skies over the Haven lighthouse
• A ship's porthole, then a sailing ship with an old photo of a woman superimposed
• Woodcuts of an old sea port
• The Herald of Haven (date indistinct, perhaps in the 1650s): "The most revered Flagg to elaborate on the proper devices & most godly mechanisms for the examination and discovery of wytches"
• An old line image of a bonneted woman in custody
• Fast moving shore scene through a ship's window
• Headline of the Haven Herald (dated Tuesday, February 18, 1725): "Ship breaks up in calm seas"
• A chart displaying a tree of names, the earliest of which date back to before 1800
• A maze symbol on a stone and concoction
• A woodcut of a mermaid with her tail wrapped around a worried young man in the water
• A ship's compass and a blurred sextant
• Headline of the Haven Herald (dated Thursday, October 13, 1934): "Halleck's Homestead Vanishes Overnight"
• A family praying around a dining table
• Rows of tombstones
• A man in a boat with a seafood trap and a man watching with a young girl
• Headline of the Haven Herald (dated Thursday, October 13, 1956): "Murder? Police Baffled"
• A house with the sign "Antiques and Collectables"

  

• A room filled with lamps, framed images and many other old items
• A dog on a boat
• People gathered outside the Good Shepherd Church after a funeral service
• A building whose windows show the same glowing figure in different scenes
• A church spire
• The same spire in flames
• Headline of the Haven Herald (dated Thursday, May 28, 1983): "Who Killed the Colorado Kid?"
• Internet home page for the Haven Herald
• The door of a Haven police car
• Audrey Parker's FBI badge
• A black and white of a lighthouse smouldering
• A flyover of the Haven lighthouse during the day, with the series name superimposed.

Development and production

Haven was originally developed for ABC Television in 2007 by writers Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn, with production company Piller Segan. A series of incidents, including the WGA writer's strike, put the series on hold until ABC eventually passed on the project. Piller Segan pursued other avenues to for the project, ultimately seeking to create an international partnership.

In September 2009, E1 Entertainment announced it was working with Stephen King to develop a television series based on his novel The Colorado Kid. The entertainment company ordered the concept straight to series, with thirteen episodes planned. In November, Syfy announced it had acquired the series.

The pilot episode was written by Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn. In February 2010, Emily Rose was cast in the lead role of Audrey Parker. Eric Balfour and Lucas Bryant came on board in late March.

Canadian broadcaster Canwest Global Communications acquired rights to the series in March.

In April 2010, Adam Kane signed on to direct the pilot. Production began April 20 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and surrounding areas. Filming occurred primarily in Chester, Nova Scotia (including using the local arena as a studio) and throughout the south shore of the Canadian province, including Lunenburg, Halifax, and Mahone Bay.

The series premiere, "Welcome to Haven", aired on Syfy in the U.S. on July 9, 2010, and on Showcase in Canada on July 12. The show became available to other international markets in October 2010.

On October 7, 2010, Syfy announced that the series has been renewed for a second season of 13 episodes.

Broadcast

Haven has been syndicated for broadcast in several countries worldwide, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan and Portugal.

Home Video release

Entertainment One released season 1 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Region 1/Region A on June 14, 2011.

In Region 4, Beyond Home Entertainment released the first season on DVD in Australia on June 1, 2011.

Stephen King in Haven

Several allusions to the written works of author Stephen King are made in the series regularly; the series itself being based upon King's novella, "The Colorado Kid". On Syfy's Haven website, many of these references are pointed out as they occur in each episode. For example, Derry and the titular Haven are both fictional cities in Maine previously used in the author's stories. Other references abound: one of the main characters receives a copy of a novel written by a character from King's novel, Misery, while another character has just been released from Shawshank Prison. In some cases the plot of an episode revolves around an idea from the work of King: a character who has visions on touching people, but is unable to act upon them; or plants that start killing people. Many other, less noticeable references occur in the form of street names, characters and scenes reminiscent of either books by King or films based upon said works.

Syfy notes, "It is a particular favorite Stephen King book for the Haven writers and producers". For example, in "A Tale of Two Audreys", a little boy in a yellow rain slicker is seen outside the church chasing a newspaper boat that he has set in the stream in the gutter. He chases until it falls down into a stormdrain on Witcham Street. He then sticks his right arm down into the drain and screams. The scene can be found in the opening chapter of the book. Also derived from It, episode "Fear and Loathing" revolves around a Troubled person who (unwillingly) takes the form of a person's worst fear, and in one instance appears as a clown, a visual allusion to Pennywise of the film version of It.

References

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13. Brioux, Bill (2011-07-14). "Hollywood stars in 'Haven' get comfortable in Chester, N.S." brandonsun.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
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22. Haven ヘイヴン－謎の潜む町－ (Japanese)
24. Lambert, David (March 30, 2011). "Haven - Syfy's Hot New Show, Based on Stephen King's 'The Colorado Kid', Announced for DVD and Blu-ray". TV Shows on DVD. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
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27. ^ "Haven Stephen King References: A Tale of Two Audreys". Syfy. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
28. "Haven Stephen King References: As You Were". Syfy. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
29. "Haven Stephen King References: Spiral". Syfy. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
30. The plot of "The Hand You're Dealt", derived from The Dead Zone. "Haven Stephen King References: The Hand You're Dealt". Syfy. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
31. The plot of "Roots", inspired by "Weeds". "Haven Stephen King References: Roots". Syfy. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
32. "Haven Stephen King References: Fear and Loathing". Syfy. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Haven at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com

• Haven (TV series)
• 2010 American television series debuts
• 2010s American television series
• English-language television series
• Television programs based on Stephen King's works
• Horror fiction television series
• Paranormal television
• Syfy original programs
• Television series produced in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Television shows set in Maine
• Showcase network shows