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.
The 20 second long CGI teaser features a mayday call and the newly designed Thunderbird 5.
DC Thomson have the rights to a new magazine and annual based on this new version of the classic series, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2015.
• Head over to Thunderbirds.com for the latest information on the show
• You can see all five of the new Thunderbirds here
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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