Red Faction: Origins Hits TV In March 2011

THQ has announced the TV movie Red Faction: Origins that acts as a prequel to Red Faction: Armageddon.

It takes place ten years after the events in Red Faction: Guerrilla.

Here’s a bit about the story:

Twenty-five years have passed since Alec Mason led the Martian Colonies to freedom…and ten years since vengeful enemies killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter Lyra, and left a broken hero in their wake.

Jake Mason, Alec’s last surviving son and a ranger in the Red Faction Militia, had never abandoned hope that somewhere in the raw outlands of Mars, his sister was still alive. Now, just as a powerful new enemy swarms across the planet, he’s found her, only to learn…

…that his long lost sister is one of them…a cold-blooded soldier sworn to destroy the Red Faction and conquer the planet in the name of a madman.

Jake must now battle the relentless regime and somehow reunite a family torn apart by war.

The plot for the pilot was written by 13 and Fringe writer Andrew Kreisberg, with producer of fiction development at THQ, Paul DeMeo, helping with the story.

Origins will air in March 2011 on SyFy channel.