“Terra Nova” now set for fall premiere

TERRA NOVA: Cast (L-R): Naomi Scott, Alana Mansour, Shelley Conn, Landon Liboiron, Jason O'Mara, Allison Miller, Mido Hamada, Stephen Lang and Christine Adams in a special two-night preview event airing Monday, May 23 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Tuesday, May 24 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2010 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Michael Lavine/FOX

From left: Landon Liboiron, Shelley Conn, Jason O'Mara, Alana Mansour and Naomi Scott of "Terra Nova" - Fox Photo by Michael Lavine

Fox’s new family adventure series “Terra Nova” has now been scheduled to premiere this fall, foregoing a special preview airing this spring.

“Terra Nova” is one of the most ambitious television series ever produced,” Fox Broadcasting Company’s President of Entertainment Kevin Reilly said in a news release. “The cutting-edge visual effects used to create the world of “Terra Nova,” which is of massive scope and scale, require more time to be realized. This aspect of the series is essential, so we are pushing back the special early preview date to give the visual effects team the time needed for their ground-breaking work.”

The plot line of “Terra Nova” involves an ordinary family taking a journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of an experiment to save the human race.

With the planet dying in the year 2149, being overdeveloped, overcrowded and overpolluted with no known way to reverse the damage, scientists discover a portal to prehistoric Earth.