Terra Nova is an epic family adventure that is 85 million years in the making. The show follows a family through a journey back in time to prehistoric times. The year is 2149 and husband and wife, Jim Shannon (Jason O'Mara) and Elizabeth Shannon (Shelley Conn) are joined by their 17-year-old son Josh (Landon Liboiron) and 15-year-old Maddy (Naomi Scott). Together they have to get to Terra Nova. Once there, Josh is instantly attracted to Skye (Allison Miller), a "bad girl" of sorts. They meet Commander Nathaniel Taylor (Stephen Lang) there and he informs them that they have a fresh start on Terra Nova. However, a group of renegades led by Mira (Christine Adams) are a serious threat. / From executive producers Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan), Peter Chernin, René Echevarria (Castle), Brannon Braga, Jon Cassar (24), Aaron Kaplan, Katherine Pope, Justin Falvey (United States of Tara), Darryl Frank (The Borgias), Craig Silverstein (Nikita) and Kelly Marcel, Terra Nova is an action-adventure series full of surprises as the Shannon Family race to fight for their right to be there and the looming mysteries it holds inside.