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"Defiance has been renewed for a second season. Syfy has announced that the next run will be 13 episodes long and will have even more &amp;quot;action and intrigue&amp;quot;.   Defiance stars Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas and Jaime Murray, and brings together television and online gaming as a unique transmedia property. Season two will begin production in Toronto in August and will premiere in 2014. The return of the show will anchor Syfy&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Powerful Mondays&amp;#039; block. Mark Stern, President of Original Content for Syfy, said: &amp;quot;Bringing the rich world of Defiance to life has been an incredible team effort. We couldn&amp;#039;t ask for better partners than Kevin Murphy [executive producer], his amazing cast and crew, and Trion Worlds.  &amp;quot;We can&amp;#039;t wait to see where they take us in the second season.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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