Resurrecting Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Classic 'Thunderbirds' using original voice tracks and retro filmmaking techniques
Back in the director's seat after 49 years, David Elliott is shooting his final scenes on The Stately Homes Robberies. To whet your appetite, here's the trailer!
It's our last week of filming on Thunderbirds 1965! It seems incredible that the end has come already. The Kickstarter only launched on July 9th and now our adventure bringing the marionettes back to life is nearly over.
Our first two episodes have been signed off and the last one is already being edited. Between now and the new year we'll be bringing you further updates and clips from the series and we'll keep you posted regarding the status of the rewards.
In the meantime, here are some more pictures from the last few days.
Dear backers,
Production is now winding down on Thunderbirds 1965 and it's with great sadness that we're preparing to close the studio as soon as filming has wrapped. It's been an amazing journey for us all and we hope that the fruits of our days and sleepless nights will be enjoyed by those of you who supported us on this project.
When we launched the Kickstarter we stated that we were aiming to get all our rewards out to backers in time for Christmas and until very recently it seemed like it might be possible. Unfortunately, bringing back Classic Thunderbirds has been a massive and intricate task and there are certain elements we can't tie up in time for a Christmas delivery. We'd like to stress that this is no way jeopardises the actual project and that delivery of all rewards will take place within a few weeks from now. We sincerely apologise for the late notification, but until yesterday we had hoped that a Christmas fulfilment might still be possible - not least because we had everything geared to ensure that it could happen.
Some backers have suggested in the past that should a delay occur with certain rewards then we could perhaps despatch the other reward items as soon as they are ready. Unfortunately, due to the shoestring budget we're working on it's not financially viable for us to send two packages to everyone. Therefore, we will have to despatch all items at once.
Everyone on this project has worked very hard to bring the series back to life and it was always our hope that backers would be able to see the episodes on Christmas Day. It's a huge disappointment for us and we hope that you'll forgive us for this slight setback.
In the meantime, we hope this clip from Introducing Thunderbirds will whet your appetite.
Stephen, Andrew and Justin
It was an explosive day yesterday! After a month of construction we blew up a Stately Home built by David Tremont for The Stately Homes Robberies.
We're back to work today - much to do before we wrap filming soon. Backerkit will be closing tonight and we'll be in touch shortly with details about delivery of rewards.
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