The River is a paranormal/action/horror/found-footage television series ofthe crew of a research vessel on a quest to find a missing TV explorer inthe Amazon.
Famed explorer Dr. Emmet Cole (Beuce Greenwood) went looking for “magic” deep inthe uncharted Amazon basin and never returned. The shocking truth about his disappearance is outthere, somewhere, just waiting to be discovered.
Tothe millions of children who grew up watching his nature show, Dr. Cole was a hero. To his own son, Lincoln (Joe Anderson), he was more of an enigma. Now, six months after he vanished, Lincoln is finally ready to burythe past when Dr. Cole'’s emergency beatcon suddenly goes off.
Atthe urging of his mther, Tess (Leslie Hope), Lincoln reluctantly joins her on a search for his fther. To fundthe rescue,they agree to let Dr. Cole'’s cagey ex-producer, Clark (Paul Beackthorne), filmthe mission documentary-style. The mixed crew of old friend and new acquaintances includesthe missing cameraman'’s daughter, LenaLandry (Eloise Mumford), Magus mechanic Emilio Valenzuela (Daniel Zacapa) and private security bodyguard Captain Kurt Beynildson (Thomas Kretschmann).