SYFY'S "THE EXPANSE" REVEALS SEASON 3 PREMIERE DATE AND TRAILER

Alcon Television Group Series Set to Return April 11

Season 3 of SYFY's THE EXPANSE will premiere Wednesday, April 11 at 9/8c. Picking up immediately following the emotional and suspenseful second season finale, the 13-episode third season finds Earth, Mars and The Belt at war, with each competing entity vying for control. Now, more than ever, the mission to unlock the secret of the protomolecule reaches an all-time high and every decision made could jeopardize the survival of the solar system.

The first official trailer for the new season can be accessed here:

THE EXPANSE unfolds across a colonized galaxy 200 years in the future, when two strangers become unwittingly swept up in a vast conspiracy. Based on the New York Times bestselling book series collectively known as "The Expanse," written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (under the pen name James S. A. Corey), the series stars Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dominique Tipper, Cas Anvar, Wes Chatham and Frankie Adams. This season also introduces Elizabeth Mitchell and David Strathairn as recurring guest stars.

Academy Award(R)-nominated screenwriting duo Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby ("Children of Men," "Iron Man") serve as executive producers alongside showrunner Naren Shankar ("Almost Human," "Grimm"). THE EXPANSE is produced by Alcon Television Group (ATG), a division of Alcon Entertainment.

About SYFY:

SYFY is a global, multiplatform media brand that gives science fiction fans of all kinds a universe to call home. Celebrating the genre in all its forms, SYFY super-serves passionate fans with original science fiction, fantasy, paranormal and superhero programming, live event coverage and imaginative digital and social content. The brand is powered by SYFY WIRE (www.syfy.com), the premier portal for breaking genre news, insight and commentary. SYFY is a network of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

About Alcon Television Group:

Alcon Television Group is an independently owned television studio and production company based in Los Angeles. Founded in 2015 as a division of Alcon Entertainment, Alcon Television Group finances, develops, produces and distributes a diverse slate of scripted content with global market appeal for distribution on premium subscription networks, digital platforms and major cable and broadcast networks. The Company's first co-production was the Emmy-nominated documentary Sinatra: All or Nothing at All for HBO. From Oscar winning director Alex Gibney, the intimate portrait of Sinatra as a singer, actor, father, husband and philanthropist remains one of HBO's most successful shows in the 50+ demographic. Alcon Television Group's upcoming projects include the wholly owned hit series The Expanse, a critically acclaimed space thriller returning for its third season on SYFY in 2018; and the animated children's series Pete the Cat, a co-production with Amazon Studios based on the best-selling children's book series set to premier on the streaming service in 2018. Recent projects for Alcon Television Group include the Grammy award winning four-part HBO documentary The Defiant Ones which chronicled the divergent roots and unlikely partnership of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine; and the popular holiday special Pete The Cate: A Groovy New Year starring Elvis Costello and Jacob Tremblay for Amazon.