Alienators: Evolution Continues
Alienators: Evolution Continues (also known as Evolution: the Animated Series in some regions) is an animated comic science fiction television series. It is a continuation of the 2001 Ivan Reitman science fiction film, "Evolution". 26 episodes were produced. Created by Louis Gassin, the series is produced by DIC Entertainment, L.P. in association with The Montecito Picture Company, DreamWorks Television, Columbia TriStar Television and Dentsu Inc., the latter of which handled distribution of the series in Asian territories. Although the "Evolution" intellectual property was owned by DreamWorks (and is now the property of Paramount Pictures which own the  studio's pre-2010 live-action back catalog), the series itself is now owned by WildBrain (formerly DHX Media). The series was the basis for a Game Boy Advance game, that was developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Activision. Premise. As with the film, the premise of the series is that a meteor carrying organisms that evolve at a very quick rate crashes into the Arizona Desert; single-celled alien organisms on this meteor quickly evolve into monstrous creatures, dubbed the "Genus". A team of scientists, the Alienators, must eliminate all these creatures before they destroy all life on Earth . The characters, Ira Kane, Harry Block, Lucy Mai, and Wayne Green must study all these extraterrestrial lifeforms and find a way to defeat them all. The "Genus" is led by a "humanoid manifestation" named Scopes. Production. On January 17, 2001, Fox Kids acquired the North American broadcast rights to the series and ordered 26 episodes to be produced for the Fall of 2001. On June 7, 2001, Lions Gate Home Entertainment signed a home media distribution deal DIC Entertainment which included" Alienators". On September 4, 2001, DIC announced they had signed an alliance agreement with Dentsu, the latter of which  would invest, partner and co-produce the series with DIC in exchange for Asian and Japanese distribution rights excluding India. Home releases. In the United States, Lions Gate Home Entertainment and Trimark Home Video released "Evolution: The Animated Movie" on VHS and DVD on January 29, 2002. This release consisted of the 3-part episode "Survival" in a feature-length format. It was re-released by Sterling Entertainment on November 13, 2003 with the DVD version containing the fourth episode "Don't Drink the Water" as a bonus feature. The entire series is also available on Amazon Video. In the  United Kingdom, Anchor Bay UK released a single DVD/VHS set of the series on June 28, 2004 containing the first four episodes and later on released another DVD containing the next four. Avenue Entertainment would also release 2 DVDs containing 2 Episodes each.