| Creator: | Jem Garrard |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
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| Company: | Blue Ice Pictures |
| Network: | Syfy |
Vagrant Queen is an American science fiction television series that premiered on Syfy on March 27, 2020.[1] The series, co-produced by Blue Ice Pictures, is based on the Vault comic book series written by Magdalene Visaggio and illustrated by Jason Smith. In June 2020, the series was canceled after one season.[2]
Elida has built a life as a scavenger and outlaw, but when an old frenemy, Isaac, turns up with news about her long-lost mother, she is forced to return to her broken kingdom with Isaac and Amae in hopes of staging a rescue before a deadly childhood foe, Commander Lazaro, finds them.
On May 17, 2019, it was announced that Syfy had given a straight-to-series order to adapt the comic book series Vagrant Queen. Blue Ice Pictures produced the TV series with F. J. DeSanto & Damian Wassel of Vault Comics. Jem Garrard served as showrunner and also directed certain episodes as well as Danishka Esterhazy.[3] Writers for the show included Jem Garrard, Mariko Tamaki, and Mika Collins, with Gerrard having written about a third of the episodes.[4]
On May 17, 2019, Adriyan Rae was cast as Elida, Tim Rozon as Isaac, and Paul du Toit as Commander Lazaro. On February 14, 2020, Alex McGregor was revealed to be Amae in the show.[5]
On May 17, 2019, principal photography was set for July 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa.
On September 23, 2019, Syfy released the first teaser trailer for the series.[6] On February 14, 2020, Syfy released key art for the series and set the premiere date for March 27, 2020.
The series premiered on March 27, 2020 and was scheduled air its run on Fridays at 10 p.m. (ET), but the April 17 episode was preempted and moved to April 23 (Thursday) at 11 p.m. — possibly indicating that the network began burning off the remaining episodes ahead of cancellation.[7] On June 26, Syfy confirmed the cancellation of the series after one season due to low ratings.[2]
Vagrant Queen was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Dazzler Media on July 13, 2020 for Region 2. Other versions were released for the French market, an alternate UK version and various streaming services.