LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Given that CBS' Sunday (March 20) exploitation movie "Spring Break Shark Attack" managed to scare up some 11.59 million viewers, it seems like the network may continue with more offerings that seem better suited to the Sci Fi Channel. In that vein, get ready for a little telefilm CBS likes to call "Locusts," premiering on Sunday, April 24.
The incomparable Lucy Lawless ("Xena: Warrior Princess") stars as Dr. Maddy Rierdon a -- get this -- USDA voracious insect expert. Dr. Rierdon's having serious problems with her marriage, but there are more important things bugging her, things like a deadly breed of bioengineered locusts that are capable of covering thousands of miles and destroying everything in the path. They're three times larger than normal locusts and they can reproduce at a rate ten times greater than normal locusts, so it's up to Dr. Riedon and her task force to save her marriage and save the world. What will they do? Whatever will they do?
"But wait," you certainly might ask, "why would scientists engineer locusts that could grow so fast and reproduce so quickly."
Fortunately, the script by Doug Prochilo is sure to provide answers. David Jackson ("The Jesse Ventura Story") directs with Frank von Zerneck and Robert Sertner ("Category 6: Day of Destruction") and Jill Tanner ("They Shoot Divas, Don't They") executive producing.
Lawless, who may always be best known and loved as Xena, can currently be seen on the big screen in "Boogeyman" and her other credits include "Spider-Man" and The WB's "Tarzan."
I want David Jackson's job -- look at that body of work -- The Jesse Ventura Story --hanging out with Lucy Lawless and bioengineered locusts... he is so the Mac Daddy.
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