Anderson Entertainment has announced a second new audio series of Terrahawks, Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burr’s 1983 cult TV series, with a deal to produce a further eight brand new episodes with production company and publisher Big Finish Productions Ltd,… Read More ›
Here’s our list of both British and US comics on sale this week in comic shops (from Wednesday 15th April 2015), complementing our monthly list of British graphic novel releases (April 2015 release list here). There are no less… Read More ›
Anderson Entertainment has lined up a host of new products and content inspired by the work of the late British producer Gerry Anderson which will hit shelves and screens in the coming months, and more guests for this year’s Andercon… Read More ›
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has announced it is to expand the licensing programme for its Gerry Anderson portfolio, introducing new merchandise based on almost all his shows such as Captain Scarlet, Stingray, Joe 90 and Space:1999. The plan is no doubt in… Read More ›
The New Zealand Mint has released the first of six Thunderbirds 50 Years 1oz silver coins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic show created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, soon to be revived with new show Thunderbirds Are Go! Delivered in a Thunderbirds-themed… Read More ›
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has detailed new developments for its Classic Thunderbirds gifting category as it celebrates the brand’s 50th anniversary ahead of this year’s licensing Spring Fair in Birmingham next week. These include a special range of 50th anniversary products and… Read More ›
ITV continue to carefully drip feed imagery from the upcoming Thunderbirds Are Go series, a reboot of the original “Classic” Thunderbirds created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, which sees its 50th anniversary this year. To date, we’ve only seen the… Read More ›
As a festive treat. ITV have released a very short Thunderbirds are Go trailer as part of their ongoing teaser campaign for the re-imagining of the original show created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, which launches in April 2015…. Read More ›
UK broadcaster CITV has commissioned ITV Studios and New Zealand-based Pukeko Pictures to make a second series of Thunderbirds Are Go, even before the first has premiered. News of the second commission breaks just as the official web site for the show… Read More ›
The latest issue of Best of British magazine – on sale in newsagents until 29th November – includes features on two top UK comic characters, Garth and Roy of the Rovers. Written by Ant Jones, the Garth feature, devoted to… Read More ›
Creators: Various, including writers Alan Fennell and Tod Sullivan and artists Frank Bellamy, Jon Davis, Eric Eden, Ron Embleton, Rob Hamilton, and Mike Noble Publisher: Egmont UK Price: £25.00 Out: Now ISBN: 978 1 4052 7266 7 Binding: Hardback,… Read More ›
Network is to release the second season of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Space:1999 in autumn 2015 – but will release the two part story “The Bringers of Wonder” in advance of this, on 8th December 2014. “Stunningly restored in a brand-new… Read More ›
By Richard James Publisher: Anderson Entertainment Out: Now The Book: A thoroughly detailed, constantly amusing and heartfelt fly-on-the-wall-esque memoir…’ Screen Relish ‘The name’s James, Richard James. In 1994 I played a part in a TV series called Space Precinct…. Read More ›
(Updated): Fans of Gerry Anderson‘s past projects such as Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Space:1999 have fully backed a pilot for a possible new series based on his concepts – Firestorm. Over 1400 backers have pledged almost £89,000 to the Gerry… Read More ›
The final days of the crowd funding campaign to fund a new Gerry Anderson project, Firestorm, are drawing in – and downthetubes can exclusively reveal a new comic-themed incentive has been added to the project. Lee Sullivan – perhaps… Read More ›
Network, the DVD and Blu-Ray label, has released a limited Blu-Ray edition of the wonderful Supermarionation documentary produced by Stephen La Riviere that includes TV21 243, an alternate edition of the top selling comic from the 1960s; one in which Joe… Read More ›
The latest issue of the brilliant Gerry Anderson-inspired fanzine Andersonic, Issue 18, which include a feature on some of the comics inspired by the shows, is now available via the website (and eBay for a short period in the Collectibles >… Read More ›
In a stunning show of support for the work of the late Gerry Anderson and the team keeping his legacy alive at Anderson Entertainment, we’re delighted to report that a plan to raise enough funding through Kickstarter to make the… Read More ›
With just days to go before the world premiere of Thunderbirds Are Go! at MipCom Junior in Cannes, ITV has released more information on the origins of the new show which will debut next year in the UK. In… Read More ›
Anderson Entertainment has announced the launch of Firestorm on the crowd-funding platform Kickstarter this morning (30th September 2014). Fans of iconic Gerry Anderson shows like Space: 1999, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, UFO and Thunderbirds will be able to back the project to… Read More ›