"Venus Rises" is an independent science-fiction vidcast series by J.G.Birdsall. The concept for VR was first drafted in 2002, where it lay dormant until the first cast was assembled in 2004. Since then, there have been over two incarnations of the series, leading up to the current team's efforts launched in Spring 2006. “Venus Rises” is writer/director J. G. Birdsall’s first fully featured series using the Internet as a medium of distribution.