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2014-12-17 03:30:48 UTC
According to the latest issue of electronics / DVD retailer JB Hi-Fi's
freebie "Stack" magazine, the new "Thunderbirds" series will be played
here in New Zealand on TV2 some time next year ...
Thunderbirds Reignited
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The cult supermarionation series rebooted by Weta offshoot.
Television New Zealand has confirmed the all new
"Thunderbirds Are Go!" - which has been produced by our own
Pukeko Pictures and the UK network ITV - will be aired on
TV2 in 2015; DVD details are still to be announced, but
with luck, a home entertainment release will follow soon
after.
The 26-episode series is based on Gerry Anderson's classic
1960s series "Thunderbirds", one of the most popular
examples of his ground-breaking puppetry dubbed
'supermarionation'; "Thunderbirds" also inspired a
less-succesul live action remake in 2004.
The rebooted children's show will be produced using a
unique mixture of live-action model sets and CGI animation
from Pukeko's sister company Weta Workshop.
The "Thunderbirds Are Go!" voice cast includes Rosamund
Pike ("Gone Girl") as Lady Penelope, British comedian
Kayvan Novak ("Fonejacker") as Brains, and Thomas
Brodie-Sangster ("Game of Thrones") as John Tracy. David
Graham, who voiced Lady Penelope's chauffeur Parker in the
original show, will reprise the role for the new series.
The series will follow the adventures of the Tracy family's
Interntaional Rescue organisation as they use their
incredible crafts to undertake imossible missions across
the globe.
Despite the article using the media fad word "reboot", it actually
remains to be seen if this new series has been done properly and
fittingly, or is just another in the silly mess of idiotic "reboots" /
"remakes" / "reimaginings" butchering the past ... at least Parker is
being voice by the same actor and so far the few images of the main
vehicles look the virtually the same.
freebie "Stack" magazine, the new "Thunderbirds" series will be played
here in New Zealand on TV2 some time next year ...
Thunderbirds Reignited
----------------------
The cult supermarionation series rebooted by Weta offshoot.
Television New Zealand has confirmed the all new
"Thunderbirds Are Go!" - which has been produced by our own
Pukeko Pictures and the UK network ITV - will be aired on
TV2 in 2015; DVD details are still to be announced, but
with luck, a home entertainment release will follow soon
after.
The 26-episode series is based on Gerry Anderson's classic
1960s series "Thunderbirds", one of the most popular
examples of his ground-breaking puppetry dubbed
'supermarionation'; "Thunderbirds" also inspired a
less-succesul live action remake in 2004.
The rebooted children's show will be produced using a
unique mixture of live-action model sets and CGI animation
from Pukeko's sister company Weta Workshop.
The "Thunderbirds Are Go!" voice cast includes Rosamund
Pike ("Gone Girl") as Lady Penelope, British comedian
Kayvan Novak ("Fonejacker") as Brains, and Thomas
Brodie-Sangster ("Game of Thrones") as John Tracy. David
Graham, who voiced Lady Penelope's chauffeur Parker in the
original show, will reprise the role for the new series.
The series will follow the adventures of the Tracy family's
Interntaional Rescue organisation as they use their
incredible crafts to undertake imossible missions across
the globe.
Despite the article using the media fad word "reboot", it actually
remains to be seen if this new series has been done properly and
fittingly, or is just another in the silly mess of idiotic "reboots" /
"remakes" / "reimaginings" butchering the past ... at least Parker is
being voice by the same actor and so far the few images of the main
vehicles look the virtually the same.