‘Falling Skies’ Season 2 Filming is Underway

Noah Wyle from Falling Skies
Noah Wyle on the set of ‘Falling Skies’ Season 2 (Photo © TNT)

Production’s begun on TNT’s sci-fi action series Falling Skies starring Noah Wyle and produced by Steven Spielberg. Filming kicked off last week on the show, which nabbed the title of the summer’s #1 drama on basic cable among key adult demos.

Falling Skies, which was watched by more than 6.9 million viewers during its first season, will return to TNT’s schedule in the summer of 2012.

The Plot: Falling Skies takes place in the aftermath of an all-out invasion by an alien military force. Wyle stars as Tom Mason, a Boston history professor and the father of three sons, who must put his extensive knowledge of military history to the test as second in command of a regiment of resistance fighters protecting a large group of civilians.

Falling Skies also stars Moon Bloodgood as Dr. Ann Glass, a pediatrician who has become the survivors’ primary physician; Will Patton as Colonel Weaver, the gruff and emotionally scarred commander of the 2nd Massachusetts, the team of civilian-soldiers whose job it is to protect the survivors; and Drew Roy, Tom’s oldest son who is just about to turn 18.

In the second season, viewers will learn what happens to Tom after his decision to go with the aliens at the end of the first season. Tom hopes that by agreeing to a dialogue with the invaders, he will not only free his son Ben from the invaders’ influence but also get a better picture of the aliens’ overall plan.