'Terra Nova' has been pushed back to the 2011-2012 season.

Despite being announced as part of FOX’s 2010-2011 schedule, the network have now pushed the 13-episode $64 million production’Terra Nova’ back to 2011.

The Steven Spielberg produced series will now be part of the network’s 2011-2012 line-up with a special advanced preview scheduled to air in May on FOX.

“Terra Nova will be one of the most visually stimulating and dramatically grand series to air on network television,” said FOX’s President of Entertainment, Kevin Reilly, in a statement.

FOX hopes the May screening will replicate some of the success seen by the network with ‘Glee’ last year.

“[Terra Nova] deserves to have an equally unique launch to distinguish that the show is unlike any other, and the spring promotional platform will give us the perfect opportunity to introduce this bold show to audiences,” said Reilly.

Producers are still undecided on where production for the series will take place, with Australia and Florida both being considered.

Should the Australia secure the project, the studio are eyeing Far North Queensland for exteriors and either the Gold Coast’s Village Roadshow Studios or Sydney’s Fox Studios as the production base.

Location scouts were flown out to Australia in early June to visit potential locations for the series.

‘Terra Nova’ will star Jason O’Mara (‘Life on Mars’) as Jim Shannon, the patriarch of the show’s central family who travel back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a massive experiment to save the human race.

The series will be produced by 20th Century Fox Television, DreamWorks Television, Kapital Entertainment and Chernin Entertainment.

Steven Spielberg, Peter Chernin, Brannon Braga, David Fury, Jon Cassar, Aaron Kaplan, Katherine Pope, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Craig Silverstein and Kelly Marcel will serve as executive producers, with Emmy Award winner Alex Graves (‘Fringe’) as director the first episode.

Source: Fox Broadcasting Company