‘Revival’ Stars & EPs Introduce New Zombie Show About Life (VIDEO)

Meredith Jacobs May 28, 2025, 12:00 pm

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“When you think of zombie shows, many times that’s a show that’s dealing with death. Our story is more about life,” says Revival co-creator and showrunner Aaron B. Koontz.

The new Syfy series premieres on Thursday, June 12, at 10/9c, on SYFY. (All episodes will be available to stream on Peacock one week after air.) TV Insider has an exclusive first look at a featurette in which the cast and co-creators and showrunners Koontz and Luke Boyce introduce the new world of Revival, based on the best-selling Image Comics series from Tim Seeley and Mike Norton.

On Revival, one day in rural Wisconsin, suddenly, people come back to life within a two-week period of dying. These “revivers” act just like they once were. Local officer and single mother Dana Cypress (Melanie Scrofano) is thrown into the center of a brutal murder mystery of her own and left to make sense of the chaos amidst a town gripped by fear and confusion where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect. The series also stars Romy Weltman, David James Elliott, and Andy McQueen. Recurring guest stars include Steven Ogg, Phil Brooks (CM Punk), Gia Sandhu, Katharine King So, Maia Jae, Nathan Dales, Mark Little, Glen Gould, Lara Jean Chorostecki, and Conrad Coates.

As seen in our exclusive featurette, any injury a reviver suffers after dying and coming back heals. “They have something of a supernatural phenomenon that is happening in their cellular structure,” explains McQueen.

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It’s a twist on the typical “zombie” story, and the hook of the comics was it was a murder mystery where the victim was still alive and has to figure out her own murder. “That never happens,” Weltman says.

The show is also about the Cypress family relationships, between Wayne (Elliott), Dana (Scrofano), and Em (Weltman).

“Dana’s father has a certain idea of how to deal with revivers that is different than the compassion Dana has for them,” previews Scrofano. Adds Elliott, “We have this family dynamic that is challenged on many levels.” According to Boyce, “They are this broken family trying to revive a relationship.”

Watch the full video above for much more from the cast and executive producers as well as clips from the show. “Revival has so many twists and turns and when you think you know what’s happening. I promise you you don’t,” teases Weltman.

The series is created by Aaron B. Koontz and Luke Boyce, who serve as showrunners and executive producers. Lance Samuels, Daniel Iron, Samantha Levine, Neil Tabatznik, Daniel March, Melanie Scrofano, Greg Hemmings, Stephen Foster, and Amanda Row also serve as executive producers. Revival is produced by Blue Ice Pictures and Hemmings Films.

Revival, Series Premiere, Thursday, June 12, 10/9c, SYFY