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Jodie Foster's career has been famously wild. As a child, she appeared in lightweight Disney films like "Napoleon and Samantha" and "Freaky Friday," while also taking the world by surprise playing an underage sex worker in Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver." Throughout the 1980s, she successfully continued acting as she grew, appearing in films like "Foxes," "The Hotel New Hampshire," and "The Accused," for which she won her first Academy Award. In 1991, Foster won her second Oscar for playing FBI cadet Clarice Starling in Jonathan Demme's bleak serial killer thriller "The Silence of the Lambs," one of the few films to win "The Big Five" Oscars. That same year, Foster made her directorial debut with the child-prodigy drama "Little Man Tate."

From then on, Foster was a Hollywood staple, leading multiple high-profile studio dramas like "Maverick," Robert Zemeckis' "Contact," and "Anna and the King." She also worked with...

More than two decades ago, "Chicken Run" clucked its way onto the movie scene and became a runaway hit. The stop-motion animation movie was clever and strange, and unlike any of its contemporaries at the time (CGI-heavy flick "Dinosaur" and wacky Disney one-off "The Emperor's New Groove" bookended it at the year's box office). "Chicken Run" was also a surprisingly rich text, a movie that included plenty of moments of parody and humor meant to appeal to adults as well as kids.

The first movie functioned as a riff on "The Great Escape," the 1963 war film starring Steve McQueen, but the new sequel film, "Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget," chose a different parody path. In an interview with /Film, director Sam Fell confirmed that "Dawn of the Nugget" was influenced by heist films, so much so that it earned a pointed nickname during production. "We called it 'Chicken Impossible,...

In George Lucas' 1977 sci-fi/fantasy film "Star Wars," the roguish smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) claimed to have the fastest starship in the galaxy. Named the Millennium Falcon, the ship was said to have "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs." Clearly, Lucas hadn't yet grasped that a parsec is a measure of distance (about 19 trillion miles) and not time. 

When it comes to its design, the Millennium Falcon is more or less a flying saucer. It carries a radar dish on its dorsal region, two fork-like protrusions on its bow (called loading arms), and its cockpit rests protruding from its starboard side. Otherwise, it's flat and plate-shaped. Like many of the vehicles in "Star Wars," it is encrusted with textured plating and scads of ineffable machinery that only the most devoted Starwoids could accurately explain. It's a small ship, too, only able to house about a half dozen people comfortably.

Updated with participation of Space: 1999 cast member Nick Tate in the documentary The Eagle Has Landed: Exclusive: Actress Barbara Bain, star of the British sci-fi series Space: 1999, is preparing to board an upcoming documentary about the Eagle, the famed spacecraft at the heart of the show that ran from 1975-1977.

Bain will appear in The Eagle Has Landed as will Nick Tate, her cast mate from Space: 1999. The documentary includes the participation of several other notable figures: Apollo XVI astronaut Charles Duke Jr., Academy Award-winning visual effects artist Bill George, and Brian Johnson, the VFX artist on Space: 1999 whose work is said to have influenced Star Wars. The film is being directed and produced by Jeffrey Morris, who also hosts the documentary.

The Eagle spacecraft in ‘The Eagle Has Landed’

The Eagle Has Landed “explores the cross-generational impact of the iconic vessel...

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson are known as legends in the field of science fiction television series, and rightfully so. While they are probably most famous for their live action series Space: 1999 and the puppet series Thunderbirds, they have been responsible for a lot more titles. The British distributor Network is now releasing these older titles as lavish Blu-ray boxsets, and these are a sight to behold. If this paragraph so far feels familiar, I'm flattered, because it means you've read the article I wrote for Network's pimped Blu-ray release of Fireball XL5, back in April. In that article, I called that edition "magnificent". Well guess what? Their release of the aquatic science fiction puppet series Stingray is even better. Switching from black and white...

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Stingray: The Complete Series Deluxe Edition

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1964, 1965 / 1.33:1 / 975 Min.

Starring Ray Barrett, Robert Easton, David Graham, Don Mason, Lois Maxwell

Written by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson

Directed by Alan Pattillo, David Elliott, John Kelly, Desmond Saunders

If nothing else, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Stingray should be celebrated for inspiring Team America: World Police, the gonzo marionettes-on-the-make political satire from South Park agitators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. If their 2004 farce was designed to provoke just about everybody, Stingray was also pretty out there, albeit in a trippy, Summer of Love kind of way. An aquatic puppet show swimming in psychedelic color, languid pacing, and underwater scenes apparently filmed inside a lava lamp, Stingray reflected the inveterate stoner’s mindset better than anything in Yellow Submarine. The entire series has just been released in an extravagant five disc box set from Network, Stingray: The Complete Series Deluxe Edition,...

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson are known as legends in the field of science fiction television series, and rightfully so. While they are probably most famous for their live action series Space: 1999 and the puppet series Thunderbirds, they have been responsible for a lot more titles. The British distributor Network is now releasing these older titles as lavish Blu-ray boxsets, and these are a sight to behold. Soon, the series Stingray will get its release and I'm looking forward to that. But already you can buy the set for the even older Fireball XL5, the first series the Andersons managed to sell to American networks, and for many people the first exposure to their work. It's a magnificent set. And a looker too, so here...

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To mark the release of Journey to the Far Side of the Sun on 22nd March, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on Blu-ray.

It’s 2069 and two astronauts are sent to uncover the secrets of a “duplicate” Earth on the other side of the sun. When they crash land three weeks earlier than they had planned, they must embark on a life-or-death mission to determine whether they have arrived back home or on the strange mirror world.

Classic sci-fi adventure Journey to the Far Side of the Sun was written and produced by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The pair made some of the most popular children’s TV shows of the 60s including cult classics Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Journey to the Far Side of the Sun was their first major live-action production.

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By Darren Allison

Fireball XL5

It’s always a gratifying feeling when Silva screen produces another title in their successful Gerry Anderson collection. This time around, they have focused on the 1962-63 series, Fireball XL5 (SILLP1595).

The black & white puppet television series followed the missions of Fireball XL5, a vessel of the World Space Patrol in the year 2062. Commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac, XL5 travels the universe encountering alien civilisations and defending planet Earth from interstellar threats. It was produced, like most other Anderson productions, in Supermarionation, using puppetry techniques that captured the imagination of a generation.

The Fireball XL5 soundtrack has been newly compiled, mastered and designed by the creative and committed team at Fanderson – The Official Gerry And Sylvia Anderson Appreciation Society.

The album features 24 tracks from 16 episodes, including the Fireball XL5 main theme and single version. In the opening theme,...

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By Darren Allison

Silva Screen Records kicks off 2021 with this super new 7” vinyl release and serves as a reminder of their forthcoming double album featuring Barry Gray’s classic TV soundtrack.

“Fireball” (Don Spencer and the XL5) and “Zero G” (Barry Gray and his Spacemakers) is available on transparent orange 7″ vinyl (SIL71633).

Barry Gray’s soundtrack LP to the 1962 series “Fireball XL5” from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson will be released on vinyl early this year on Silva Screen Records, the next in a wonderful series of Anderson releases which has so far featured UFO, Supercar and Thunderbirds, all of which have been covered here at Cinema Retro.

Don Spencer’s original 7” single release on His Masters Voice in 1962 reached number 32, remaining in the UK charts for twelve weeks. The original B side was another Don Spencer track, “I’m All Alone Again”, replaced...

More than two decades after the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha were sent across the galaxy after a nuclear explosion, the Eagle Transporter is finally returning to Earth as Hero Collector unveils plans to re-create the iconic spaceship from 1970s TV show Space: 1999 as the latest in its line of die-cast spaceship releases at New York Toy Fair.

The Eagle Transporter was an integral part of Space: 1999, a live-action series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson between 1975 and 1977 that starred Martin Landau, Barbara Bain and Barry Morse, being the off-world spacecraft that allowed the characters to venture beyond the ...

More than two decades after the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha were sent across the galaxy after a nuclear explosion, the Eagle Transporter is finally returning to Earth as Hero Collector unveils plans to re-create the iconic spaceship from 1970s TV show Space: 1999 as the latest in its line of die-cast spaceship releases at New York Toy Fair.

The Eagle Transporter was an integral part of Space: 1999 — the live-action series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson that ran from 1975-1977 and starred Martin Landau, Barbara Bain and Barry Morse — being the off-world spacecraft that allowed the characters to venture ...

Aliens are invading viewers’ screens once again, as the cult sci-fi television series, ‘UFO,’ is currently airing on Forces TV. The show, which was co-created by legendary TV and film producer, Gerry Anderson, and Sylvia Anderson, originally aired in the early 1970s, and is set in the future 1980. The fourth episode from the first […]

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Sam Moffitt’s article about movies and shows was originally posted May 15th, 2015. In honor of the new hit movie version of Downton Abbey, We Are Movie Geeks is reposting this list

By rights I should hate the English. Seriously, my background is almost entirely Scots and Irish. I grew up hearing about the troubles the English gave to the Scots and Irish, both in school and from my parents.

Yet I do not, I love the English. How can I hate a country that gave us not only Monty Python but also Benny Hill and the Carry On Films? How can I bear any ill will to a country that gave us writers of the caliber of Ramsey Campbell, Brian Aldiss, Michael Moorcock and J. G Ballard? How can anyone hate a country that not only prizes eccentric behavior but encourages it? Take Mr. Kim Newman for instance, a...

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Los Angeles – September 11, 2019 – Attention all sections Alpha: prepare for transmission! To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Space: 1999’s Breakaway Day, Shout! Factory TV will stream a two-day marathon of the landmark sci-fi series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Breakaway Day celebrates the day in series lore in which the moon broke free from the earth.

The marathon comes complete with fantastic bonus features, including interviews with director Kevin Connor, actors Barbara Bain and Nick Tate, and author John Muir, and can be viewed on ShoutFactoryTVLive.com; Shout! Factory TV’s Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, and Android apps; and the following digital streaming platforms: Twitch, Samsung TV Plus, Xumo, and Stirr.

The Space:1999 Breakaway Day marathon joins the slate of Shout! Factory TV’s Saturn Awards Week, a showcase of Saturn Award-winning and nominated films,...

Canadian actor who was the voice of Scott Tracy in Thunderbirds and specialised in American roles for British film and TV productions

Shane Rimmer, who has died aged 89, was a doughty Canadian character actor who, in a career of more than 50 years, carved a productive niche playing American roles in British productions.

While his was a recognisable face – its sturdy jaw, piercing eyes and creviced brow lent themselves well to cool-under-pressure control room operators, no-nonsense cops and salty officials – it was his voice work that embedded him indelibly into popular culture. As Scott Tracy, trusty pilot of the flagship International Rescue vessel Thunderbird 1 in Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s enduringly popular puppet series Thunderbirds (1965-66), he bravely saved lives with calm stoicism.

It wasn’t easy coming up with fresh space ships for the rebooted “Star Trek Discovery” and “Lost in Space,” or the “Star Trek” riffs on “USS Callister” (“Black Mirror”) and Seth MacFarlane’s “The Orville.” After all, there’s cultural significance and legacy and immense pressure in creating what amounts to homes and playgrounds and battle arenas, with distinct shape languages that help define the looks of their shows.

Of course, “Star Trek” offers its own set of challenges and, with “Discovery,” it required a special Federation ship that was only a decade removed from the original Enterprise. For “Lost in Space,” they had a lot more artistic license in designing a futuristic Jupiter 2. However, for the USS Callister, the “Black Mirror” team had to steer clear of any direct references to “Star Trek” while still evoking its ’60s vibe. MacFarlane’s team, meanwhile, was tasked with coming up...

By Tim Greaves

With Christmas 1970 on the horizon, the UK’s thrilling new sci-fi TV show UFO was well underway. Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's first live-action series, it was set in the future and revolved around the activities of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation (Shado), a covert agency presided over by Commander Ed Straker (Ed Bishop) to fend off alien attacks on mankind. As a wide-eyed 8-year-old I was hooked and I can recall wishing two things. One was that I could have one of the Dinky Toys’ missile-firing Shado Interceptors, which I thought then (and still think now) was the coolest among the incredible array of vehicles that appeared in the show; I’d not be nearly as forgiving today as I was back then that Dinky had manufactured it in garish green, where the ‘real’ ones on TV were white. The other wish was that I...

The Thunderbirds are back.

Season Two of the revived Amazon’s Thunderbirds Are Go continues the adventures of the family of heroes, International Rescue. The series highlights the five brave Tracy brothers and their covert operative Kayo and how they pilot their remarkable, cutting-edge Thunderbird vehicles to perform near-impossible rescue mission, from the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of space.

Produced by ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures with Weta Workshop, the series is made with a mixture of CGI animation and live-action model sets—paying tribute to the old fans of the shows and attracting a new generation to the Thunderbirds.

Lrm had a phone interview earlier this month with voice actor David Graham, who is reprising his role as Agent Parker from the original series. We had an extensive talk over the show—both the original and the new show. It was also fun to reminisce...

Take a look @ footage from the "Thunderbirds Are Go!", the Amazon TV series, updating Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's 1960's 'super-marionation' characters:

"...fifty years after its TV debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast...

"...led by Rosamund Pike ('Gone Girl') as 'Lady Penelope'...

"...and David Graham reprising his role as chauffeur/ 'International Rescue' agent 'Parker'..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Thunderbirds Are Go!"...

Thunderbirds TV series co-creator and co-writer Sylvia Anderson has died at the age of 88. In addition to creating that series with her then-husband, Gerry Anderson, Ms. Anderson voiced Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward on the children's puppet show.

Anderson's other TV series work includes voice roles on Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90, and The Secret Service. In 2015, ITV Studios and Pukeko created an reboot of Thunderbirds, called Thunderbirds are Go. Anderson voiced the character of Great Aunt Sylvia, in the "Designated Driver" episode. Amazon announced it picked up the series, last month.

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Sylvia Anderson, co-creator of the hugely popular science-fiction puppet series Thunderbirds and the voice of the show’s Lady Penelope, has died at the age of 88 after a brief illness, her family and website confirmed Wednesday. Anderson’s career took her from iconic status in the childens’-television industry to a spin as head of programming for HBO in the UK. Anderson and her late husband Gerry Anderson created electronic marionette puppets and a process they called…...

Sylvia Anderson oversees a design meeting for Stingray.

Sylvia Anderson, co-producer of the iconic Supermarionation series including Thunderbirds, passed away at her home in Berkshire at the age of 88, after a brief illness.

Her daughter Dee Anderson said of her, “Her intelligence was phenomenal but her creativity and tenacity unchallenged. She was a force in every way,”

Sylvia worked with her husband Gerry on all of their puppet shows, becoming a co-producer starting with Stingray. She voiced numerous characters for the shows, but is best known for portraying International Rescue’s London Operative, Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the classic series Thunderbirds.

Her ex-husband Gerry passed away in 2012 after a battle with Alzheimer’s. The production company named after him recently produced three new episodes of Thunderbirds in the classic Supermarionation style, using soundtracks of audio plays released on record during the show’s original run. Sylvia made a return to...

Sylvia Anderson, who voiced Lady Penelope on “Thunderbirds” and co-created the series, died on Wednesday. She was 88. Her official website announced the writer, actress and producer died following a short illness at her home in Bray, Buckinghamshire in England. “Her intelligence was phenomenal, but her creativity and tenacity unchallenged. She was a force in every way,” her daughter, Dee Anderson, said in a statement. Also Read: George Martin, Legendary Beatles Producer, Dies at 90 Anderson, who co-created “Thunderbirds” with her late husband Gerry, also served as head of programming for HBO in the U.K. The original “Thunderbirds” ran for one season between 1965 and.

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Sylvia Anderson - producer, writer, and the voice of Thunderbirds' Lady Penelope - has died at the age of 88.

Some sad news to report this morning. Sylvia Anderson, best known perhaps as the voice of Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds, has died. She was 88 years old.

The BBC is reporting that she died after a short illness.

Anderson was a producer, writer and voice actress, best known for her work alongside her ex-husband, the late Gerry Anderson. They worked together on Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Joe 90.

After the pair divorced, Sylvia Anderson worked for a time as head of programming for HBO in the UK. She had an extensive career, and she is survived by her son and daughter. Our thoughts are with them at what must be a difficult time. That said, we'd be thrilled if we'd achieved so much with 88 years. What a life.

International Rescue, we have a situation! Amazon has ordered four 13-episode seasons of the animated Thunderbirds Are Go TV series, starring Rosamund Pike as Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward. This UK-New Zealand sci-fi series is a reboot of the 1960s Thunderbirds TV show, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Watch the official trailer, below.

The voice cast of Thunderbirds Are Go also includes: Rasmus Hardiker as Scott and Alan Tracy; David Menkin as Virgil and Gordon Tracy; Thomas Brodie-Sangster as John Tracy; Angel Coulby as Tanusha "Kayo" Kyrano; Kayvan Novak as Brains; and David Graham as Aloysius Parker.

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone's 'outrageous, irreverent' comedy is the gusher of pointless profanity and smut that will cheer the myriad fans of South Park. The ultimate message of this cringe-worthy spectacle is that liberals are dupes and traitors, foreigners are either evil or morons, and kicking ass around the world is our national birthright. Go team! Team America: World Police Blu-ray Warner /Paramount 2004 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 98 min. / Street Date October 13, 2015 / available through the WBshop / 9.98 Starring voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, others. Cinematography Bill Pope Film Editor Thomas M. Vogt Original Music Harry Gregson-Williams Written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady Produced by Trey Parker, Scott Rudin, Matt Stone Directed by Trey Parker    

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

Team America: World Police looks like a show designed for the kids, yet it's too raw for most adults. It is an optimal feature concept for Trey Parker and Matt Stone,...

The BBC First British Film Festival has revealed its full program.

Featuring 31 titles, the program aims to capture the magic, unique humour, romance, traditions and new age vitality of British culture.

The festival will open with Paolo Sorrentino.s film, Youth, nominated for the Palme d.Or at this year.s Cannes film festival, and the follow up to his Academy Award-winning film, The Great Beauty (2013)..

Following two old friends, retired composer Fred (Michael Caine) and film director Mick (Harvey Keitel), on vacation at a prestigious hotel in the Swiss Alps, the film is an introspective and thought-provoking, wry buddy comedy — and it employs Sorrentino.s hallmark stunning visuals to majestic effect.

Straight from its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Man Who Knew Infinity — the retelling of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.s life — will close the festival..

Featuring performances from Dev Petal (Slumdog Millionaire) as Ramanujan, and...

By rights I should hate the English. Seriously, my background is almost entirely Scots and Irish. I grew up hearing about the troubles the English gave to the Scots and Irish, both in school and from my parents.

Yet I do not, I love the English. How can I hate a country that gave us not only Monty Python but also Benny Hill and the Carry On Films? How can I bear any ill will to a country that gave us writers of the caliber of Ramsey Campbell, Brian Aldiss, Michael Moorcock and J. G Ballard? How can anyone hate a country that not only prizes eccentric behavior but encourages it? Take Mr. Kim Newman for instance, a brilliant writer whose work appears regularly in Video WatchDog and Videoscope Mr. Newman dresses himself, has his hair and mustache styled and speaks in the manner of someone from the 19th Century!

Reggie Yates will present Reggie & Thunderbirds - No Strings Attached - a behind-the-scenes documentary airing ahead of the TV series' reboot next month.

Self-confessed 'superfan' Yates will get a sneak preview of the Citv production, visiting the Weta Workshop studios in New Zealand where the show has been developed.

He will be seen at recording sessions in London where the likes of Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rosamund Pike and Kayvan Novak voice the characters.

Yates also records lines with David Graham during the one-hour documentary.

A veteran of the Gerry Anderson original, Graham, who voices Lady Penelope's butler Parker, reprises the role in the rebooted show.

The former Radio 1 chart show host also joins fellow superfan David Baddiel at the recording of a special episode penned by the comedian, which features a cameo from Sylvia Anderson - series co-creator and the voice of the original Lady Penelope.

Thunderbirds Are Go! will land on April 15 on Citv.

Sneak Peek a new trailer revealing more footage from the upcoming "Thunderbirds Are Go!" TV series, updating Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's 1960's 'super-marionation' characters:

"...fifty years after its TV debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast...

"...led by Rosamund Pike ('Gone Girl') as 'Lady Penelope'...

"...and David Graham reprising his role as chauffeur/ 'International Rescue' agent 'Parker'..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Thunderbirds Are Go!"...

ITV has debuted its first full-length trailer for Thunderbirds Are Go.

The revamp is based on the original '60s series, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, and has been produced using a combination of CGI animation and live-action model work.

The cast includes Gone Girl's Rosamund Pike as Lady Penelope, and voice artist David Graham reprising his original role of Parker the chauffeur.

The voices of Kayvan Novak, Angel Coulby and Thomas Sangster will also feature in the series, which will launch on April 15 on Citv.

Novak, who plays Brains, told Digital Spy that the new Thunderbirds "works beautifully".

"I'm so excited to watch it, having been working on it for almost two years now," he said. "It's amazing the amount of effort going into it and I think they've really cracked it.

"All of the spaceships are still miniatures, and then they've created these CGI characters to live seamlessly within that,...

A full day before its premiere on ITV and Citv, Youtube has posted the global reveal trailer for the new "Thunderbirds Are Go!" series which launches April 15th.

The series, a reboot of the acclaimed Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's 1960s series, combines both CG animated characters and live-action model environments and vehicles in a way that is reminiscent of the supermarionation style that defined the original.

Rosamund Pike, Kayvan Novak, Angel Coulby and Thomas Sangster lend their voices to the series.

Shout! Factory TV, now in its second month, has added three more properties to their growing library of streaming content. These include Gerry Anderson’s Stingray, the Supermarionation series from the mid-1960s, the animated Goode Family, and the 1970s comedy Kentucky Fried Movie.

Shout! Factory TV is a premiere digital entertainment streaming service that brings timeless and contemporary cult favorites to pop culture fans. With a uniquely curated entertainment library, the channel offers an unrivaled blend of cult TV shows, movies, comedy, original specials and more – presenting an exciting entertainment alternative to other services.

Shout! Factory TV is available through any browser and has a Roku app.

The Goode Family (All 13 episodes)

The Goode Family, from executive producers Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Beavis and Butt-head, Office Space) and John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky (King of the Hill, Blades of Glory), comes to Shout! Factory TV this March.

A...

The first look at the new take on the Tracey brothers – pilots of the various craft that make up International Rescue for the new Thunderbirds Are Go! series – arrived in January and caused, shall we say, divided opinions. That trend seems sure to continue with images of Lady Penelope, faithful butler/chauffeur Parker and technical whizz Brains. This new series, from the ITV Studios, Pukeko Pictures and the Weta team in New Zealand, blends regular model work with CG, anime-inflected versions of the characters in the hopes of smoothing out some of the weird transitions that used to occur between Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation – which had puppets for most of the shots, then used real hands for close-ups.Gone Girl’s Rosamund Pike is providing the voice for Lady Penelope, taking over the job from Thunderbirds icon Sylvia Anderson, widow of Gerry. She hasn’t been forgotten though, as she...

Sneak Peek more new images from the upcoming ITV/Weta Digital "Thunderbirds Are Go!" TV series, updating Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's 1960's 'super-marionation' characters:

"...fifty years after its TV debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike ('Gone Girl') as 'Lady Penelope'...

"...and David Graham reprising his role as chauffeur/ 'International Rescue' agent 'Parker'..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Thunderbirds Are Go!"...

The late producer Gerry Anderson's final movie will be completed by his son Jamie Anderson.

Gerry - most famous for his work on Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet - began working on a project called A Christmas Miracle prior to his death in 2012.

The producer's battle with Alzheimer's disease left A Christmas Miracle unfinished, but now his son will revive the movie using computer animation.

A Christmas Miracle will tell the story of an invasion of aliens demanding that earth hand over Santa Claus.

Jamie is expected to pitch the project to investors at the British Film Institute in London on Wednesday (March 4).

Mark Woollard (Captain Scarlet) will direct A Christmas Miracle.

A new series based on Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds franchise will also be premiering in April on ITV and Citv in the UK, in addition to a crowd-funded Firestorm project being in the works.

Lady Penelope, Parker and Brains are the next Thunderbirds Are Go! CG characters to be unveiled. Here they are...

No, not a promo for The Sims Sugar Daddy Expansion Pack, but our first look at the newly CGI Lady Penelope, Parker and dog in anticipation of ITV's Thunderbirds Are Go!, arriving on the channel this spring.

Lady Penelope is voiced by Oscar 2015 nominee Rosamund Pike, with David Graham from the original series voicing chauffeur Parker. We've yet to hear who'll be providing the voice of that snazzily dressed little pug.

Also released today is our first portrait of Brains, looking as if he wouldn't be a million miles out of place in a Shoreditch cereal bar if he'd only grow a beard. Kayvan Novak of Four Lions and Facejacker fame is lending his vocal chords to this one.

We've already seen Tracy Island and its eponymous brothers rendered in CGI.

Fifty years after its television debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike (The World’s End, Gone Girl) as Lady Penelope and David Graham (Thunderbirds 1965) reprising his role as chauffeur and International Rescue agent Parker. Debuting on ITV in 2015 this re-invention of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s much-loved series will be produced using an innovative mix of CGI animation and live-action miniature sets. Unstoppable inventor Brains will be voiced by Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker, Facejacker) whilst Tracy brothers Gordon and John are both played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Love Actually, Game of Thrones). Rasmus Hardiker (Saxondale, Lead Balloon) has been cast as both the youngest and oldest Tracy brothers Alan and Scott. The fifth Tracy brother, Virgil, will be played by David Menkin. Tracy Island matriarch Grandma Tracy is voiced by Sandra Dickinson (Amazing World of Gumball, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the...

Sneak Peek more new footage of  'Jeff', 'Virgil', 'Alan', 'Scott' and 'John Tracy' from the upcoming ITV/Weta Digital "Thunderbirds Are Go!" TV series, updating Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's 1960's 'super-marionation' with CG FX:

"...fifty years after its TV debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike ('Gone Girl') as 'Lady Penelope'...

"...and David Graham reprising his role as chauffeur/ 'International Rescue' agent 'Parker'..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Thunderbirds Are Go!"...

Fifty years after its television debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike (The World’s End, Gone Girl) as Lady Penelope and David Graham (Thunderbirds 1965) reprising his role as chauffeur and International Rescue agent Parker. Debuting on ITV in 2015 this re-invention of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s much-loved series will be produced using an innovative mix of CGI animation and live-action miniature sets. Unstoppable inventor Brains will be voiced by Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker, Facejacker) whilst Tracy brothers Gordon and John are both played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Love Actually, Game of Thrones). Rasmus Hardiker (Saxondale, Lead Balloon) has been cast as both the youngest and oldest Tracy brothers Alan and Scott. The fifth Tracy brother, Virgil, will be played by David Menkin. Tracy Island matriarch Grandma Tracy is voiced by Sandra Dickinson (Amazing World of Gumball, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the...

Barry Rice is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

Citv continue to tease their upcoming reboot of the classic Gerry and Sylvia Anderson series, Thunderbirds. The new show, dubbed Thunderbirds are Go!, forgoes the classic “Supermarionation” puppetry in favor of CGI with live-action miniature sets. Of special note to Whovians, though, is the inclusion of several Doctor Who vets working behind the scenes. Adjoa...

The post New Thunderbirds Are Go! Series Features Doctor Who Links appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.

Sneak Peek more footage of  'Jeff', 'Virgil', 'Alan', 'Scott' and 'John Tracy' from the upcoming ITV/Weta Digital "Thunderbirds Are Go!" TV series, updating Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's 1960's 'super-marionation' with CG FX:

"...fifty years after its TV debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike ('Gone Girl') as 'Lady Penelope'...

"...and David Graham reprising his role as chauffeur/ 'International Rescue' agent 'Parker'..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Thunderbirds Are Go!"...

Sneak Peek your first good look @ the puppet-head characters 'Jeff', 'Virgil', 'Alan', 'Scott' and 'John Tracy' from the upcoming ITV/Weta Digital "Thunderbirds Are Go!" TV series, updating Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's 1960's 'super-marionation' with CG FX:

"...fifty years after its TV debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike ('Gone Girl') as 'Lady Penelope'...

"...and David Graham reprising his role as chauffeur/ 'International Rescue' agent 'Parker'..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Thunderbirds Are Go!"...

A couple of weeks ago, we got our first teaser trailer for the upcoming series Thunderbirds Are Go! All it included was a distress call and a glimpse at the redesigned Thunderbird 5. Today, we have our first look at the Tracy brothers team, who are the main characters in the series, and as you can see the CGI character designs replicate the look of the old marionette puppets from the original 1965 series.

Below you will find some additional details on the upcoming series. I'm kinda excited to see how this turns out!

Featuring effects by Weta Workshop, the iconic series is coming back and features a cast led by Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) as Lady Penelope and David Graham (“Thunderbirds” 1965) reprising his role as chauffeur and International Rescue agent Parker.Unstoppable inventor Brains will be voiced by Kayvan Novak, while Tracy brothers Gordon and John are both played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Love Actually,...

Fifty years after its television debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike (The World’s End, Gone Girl) as Lady Penelope and David Graham (Thunderbirds 1965) reprising his role as chauffeur and International Rescue agent Parker. Debuting on ITV in 2015 this re-invention of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s much-loved series will be produced using an innovative mix of CGI animation and live-action miniature sets. Unstoppable inventor Brains will be voiced by Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker, Facejacker) whilst Tracy brothers Gordon and John are both played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Love Actually, Game of Thrones). Rasmus Hardiker (Saxondale, Lead Balloon) has been cast as both the youngest and oldest Tracy brothers Alan and Scott. The fifth Tracy brother, Virgil, will be played by David Menkin. Tracy Island matriarch Grandma Tracy is voiced by Sandra Dickinson (Amazing World of Gumball, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the...

ITV has released a brief teaser trailer for their upcoming live action/CGI hybrid series Thunderbirds Are Go! There's no footage of the characters in the teaser, just a distress call and a glimpse at the redesigned Thunderbird 5. It also points fans to the official Thunderbirds.com website, where you can learn more about the upcoming reboot of the 1965 series.

The special effects in the series were done by Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop. I haven't seen the original series in years, but it was fun to watch. I know there's not much to see in this teaser, but I think this could be a great reboot if it's done right. I'm looking forward to seeing more. Below you'll find some additional details about the upcoming series.

Fifty years after its television debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike (The World’s End,...

Fifty years after its television debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike (The World’s End, Gone Girl) as Lady Penelope and David Graham (Thunderbirds 1965) reprising his role as chauffeur and International Rescue agent Parker. Debuting on ITV in 2015 this re-invention of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s much-loved series will be produced using an innovative mix of CGI animation and live-action miniature sets. Unstoppable inventor Brains will be voiced by Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker, Facejacker) whilst Tracy brothers Gordon and John are both played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Love Actually, Game of Thrones). Rasmus Hardiker (Saxondale, Lead Balloon) has been cast as both the youngest and oldest Tracy brothers Alan and Scott. The fifth Tracy brother, Virgil, will be played by David Menkin. Tracy Island matriarch Grandma Tracy is voiced by Sandra Dickinson (Amazing World of Gumball, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the...

★★★☆☆'The Swinging Sixties. Great Britain. Slough'. Perhaps not the most enticing sequence of title cards, but one that gives a perfect indication of the dry humour and charm of this nostalgic and affectionate look at the team that brought us the likes of Captain Scarlet, Stingray and Thunderbirds. For director Stephen La Rivière, this is obviously a work of immense love as he adapts his book, Filmed in Supermarionation: A History of the Future (2014). The doc features extensive interviews with the late Gerry Anderson and all his major collaborators, including his wife and business partner Sylvia Anderson, who also voiced Lady Penelope - perhaps their most iconic creation ("Our Emma Peel", as one of the puppeteers calls her).

I'm not what you'd call a Thunderbirds expert, so I can't identify these gentleman from the pic below, but I'm sure some of you will be able to distinguish each member of the International Rescue Crew. The image was created to promote the new show’s presence at the 16th Ble Expo in London next week, so expect some more reveals then. Fifty years after its television debut the iconic series is back in production featuring a talented cast led by Rosamund Pike (The World’s End, Gone Girl) as Lady Penelope and David Graham (Thunderbirds 1965) reprising his role as chauffeur and International Rescue agent Parker. Debuting on ITV in 2015 this re-invention of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s much-loved series will be produced using an innovative mix of CGI animation and live-action miniature sets. Unstoppable inventor Brains will be voiced by Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker, Facejacker) whilst Tracy brothers Gordon and...