Syfy Greenlights Scripted Drama 'Helix'

'Battlestar Galactica's Ronald D. Moore to executive produce

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/8/2013 10:32:57 AM

Syfy has given a 13-episode order to new scripted thriller Helix from Battlestar Galactica's Ronald D. Moore to premiere later this year.

The series is about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control that travels to a research facility in the Arctic to investigate a disease outbreak and get pulled into a life-and-death struggle to save mankind.

Helix is executive produced by Moore, Lynda Obst (Contact) and Steven Maeda (Lost) and produced by Sony Pictures Television.