NEW YORK (AP) The cast and crew of J.J. Abrams' post-apocalyptic drama "Revolution" are kicking off season two at the United Nations to discuss the basis of the show: what happens to people when the power goes off.
Show runner Eric Kripke and stars Billy Burke, Giancarlo Esposito and Tracy Spiridakos are sitting down with officials at the U.N. Tuesday to talk about the plight of the one-fifth of the world's population that lives without electricity.
The event was sparked by two U.N. Undersecretaries General fans of "Revolution" who reached out to Abrams' Bad Robot production house and said they could use some help shining a light on the global energy crisis.
"When J.J. and I were cooking up 'Revolution' we really talked a lot about how we are this technology-dependent society and if you remove that infrastructure, much of a society would collapse as a result of something so simple and basic and 'Revolution' is basically about that at its core underneath all the action and sword swinging," Kripke said. He said the U.N. outreach was "surreal."
Rebecca Goldman, director of Good Robot, Bad Robot's philanthropic arm, says the U.N. foundation's focus on energy access seemed like a perfect match. The show's writers are sitting down with five U.N. workers with experience in places like Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan and the Republic of Congo.
