"Terra Nova" will end its 13-episode first season on December 19, FOX announced Monday (October 10).
Update: FOX has yet to renew "Terra Nova" for Season 2, however producers are already readying production for next season.
According to Deadline, actors Jason O'Mara and Stephen Lang have already been secured, while they are also in search of "high-level" writers to help elevate the scripts going forward. FOX is expected to make a final decision in January to begin production in April for a September premiere.
Video: Watch the "Terra Nova" season finale episode
Ratings for the show's season finale didn't help make Fox's decision any easier. The two-hour episode drew 7.2 million viewers and a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demo. That was slightly up from the week before when the sci-fi drama hit a series low.
However, strong DVR viewings, big international sales and ties to Stephen Spielberg make Season 2 of "Terra Nova" a strong possibility.
Pictures: Scenes from the "Terra Nova" season finale
Previous: The season closer will open with the colonists awaiting the arrival of the 11th Pilgrimage, according to TV Guide.
"Our evil guys, the Phoenix Group, will send somebody through the portal with a bomb, and it explodes," executive producer Rene Echevarria told the magazine. "Jim Shannon is hit by the blast and wakes up three days later to a very surreal scene — Phoenix soldiers have taken command of the colony."
The finale will also see a surprise return to 2149 and "a head-scratching discovery that will leave the colonists — and the audience — rethinking the space-time fracture that connects the future with the past."
Two characters will meet their demise, including a fan favorite who is without family and will willingly go to [his or her] death in order to help the Shannons survive.
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