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It was way back in May of 2009 when we first wrote about scifi adventure web series The Mercury Men. The first teaser had just released at the time and we loved the retro-futurist look and the striking, high contrast black and white photography. It looked as though the series was going to hit the sweet spot between kitsch and quality and we were eager to see more. Well, it's been a lengthy wait but now we can. A sci-fi thriller web series. Edward Borman, a lowly government office drone, finds himself trapped, when the deadly Mercury Men seize his office building as a staging ground for their nefarious plot. Aided by a daring aerospace engineer, Edward must stop the invaders and their doomsday...

SyFy has just announced that a new sci-fi web series called The Mercury Men is coming soon to Syfy.com, which is inspired by the same retro serials that gave us Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

Read the official announcement from SyFy:

Marking Major Expansion Of Original Digital Content Following The Success Of Riese: Kingdom Falling, Syfy.Com Announces New Sci-fi Web Series The Mercury Men Debuts In Early 2011

Riese: Kingdom Falling Delivers More Than One Million Streams In Just Two Months

New York - January 21, 2011 - Following the enormous success of the seriesRiese: Kingdom Falling - which generated 1.2 million streams in only two months - Syfy.com will expand its original digital content slate with the 10-part The Mercury Men, it was announced today by Craig Engler, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Syfy Digital.

Created by acclaimed director Christopher Preksta (Captain Blasto), The Mercury Men(each episode...

The wait is finally over. Christopher Preksta’s noir sci-fi world that envelops The Mercury Men is now ready for prime time. In the parlor game of guessing just where the highly-anticapted web series would end up, Syfy was always high on the list. Now comes the official word out of the NBCu-owned network that it is licensing the series for exclusive distribution on its Syfy.com hub, in a similar deal to the steampunk drama Riese: Kingdom Falling. Set in an alternate version of 1975—where aliens really do inhabit the other planets of our solar system—the 10-art series picks up with pure-light beings from the planet Mercury invading earth. The story’s reluctant protagonist Edward Borman (Mark Tierno), a government office grunt finds himself in the middle of ground zero for defending the planet. Luckily he gets some help from clean-cut action hero Jack Yaeger (Curt Wootton) who...

[Updated with a second, much more detailed trailer!]

A sci-fi thriller web series. Edward Borman, a lowly government office drone, finds himself trapped, when the deadly Mercury Men seize his office building as a staging ground for their nefarious plot. Aided by a daring aerospace engineer, Edward must stop the invaders and their doomsday device, the Gravity Engine.

A new web series designed to capture the spirit of the classic serial, The Mercury Men is all stark black and white, constant peril and brains in jars. The fifties vibe is spot on and while the first trailer didn’t quite convince me, this second one is something to behold. I’m very definitely gaining confidence in the ability of this one to deliver the goods. The series hasn’t posted its first episode yet but you can find both trailers below the break!

You walk into a government office, the dreary kind with white-walled cubicles and humming fluorescent lights. You need a form stamped, but the underpaid government employee is a jerk and won’t do it without you going through another chain of bureaucracy for the right signatures. It’s not enough you’ve been standing in line for hours while sweat drips down the back of your neck. That government employee is Edward Borman (Mark Tierno), one of the heroes in Chris Preksta’s The Mercury Men, a sci-fi web series set in an alternative history in 1975 where aliens really do live on other planets in our solar system. When pure-light beings from the planet Mercury invade earth, it is up to him and action-hero Jack Yaeger (Curt Wootten) to stop them. Did we mention the baddies shoot lightning from their fingertips? The action-hero, adorned with a leather flight helmet while brandishing a laser pistol,...

Influenced by equal shares Hitchcock, The Twilight Zone and the pulp scifi of Star Wars, Chris Preksta's The Mercury Men looks like a rollicking return to the classic cliffhanger serials of the 20s and 30s. But don't expect "an homage with cheesy dialogue, corny characters, and bad special effects" says Prekstra." The Mercury Men has been designed "as a modern story with the great suspense, danger, and mystery the serials were known for at the time."

Edward Borman, a lowly government office drone, finds himself trapped, when the deadly Mercury Men seize his office building as a staging ground for their nefarious plot. Aided by a daring aerospace engineer from a mysterious organization known as “The League,” Edward must stop the invaders and their doomsday device, the Gravity Engine.

The new web series, written and directed by Christopher Preksta (Captain Blasto) stars Mark Tierno (Day of the Dead, The Road...