Thunderbirds (the movie) Are Go!

Lex · 11-01-2003, 6:03 AM

Apparently it has finally been greenlighted...

Working Title are making it with a rumoured budget of £50m

Johnathon Frakes (Star Trek) is to direct it - shooting is expected to begin in March at Pinewood.

Framestore, the FX company behind 'Die Another Day' & 'Walking With Dinosaurs' will create the film's visuals.

Producer Tim Bevan commented on why it took such a long time to get this project going: "We started work five years ago on this but we could never quite get the script right, and in retrospect, thank God we didn't. The special effects and their cost in particular have moved on so much since then - you can see it between the first and second Harry Potter films. Getting the Thunderbirds craft right is as important as getting the casting right. Thunderbirds 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the heroes of the piece in many ways. We have been faithful in the new designs to Gerry Anderson's original concepts in the way that the new Volkswagen Beetle or the new Mini are to their old ones"

11-01-2003, 2:29 PM

About time too... I await with interest.
I hope it gets the GA seal of approval too.

Casting? who knows?

Shoka · 11-01-2003, 3:30 PM

So we are gonna have a thunferbirds for Kids then?

**Garrett** · 11-01-2003, 4:25 PM

Wasn’t there talk of either reviving Captain Scarlet as a live TV program or making a film of it?

RedRose · 11-01-2003, 4:31 PM

Oh, ****!
I've been waiting for this movie for about 20 years and the signs I'm getting from Fanderson and from the Ain't it Cool News web site fill me with real dread. No big rescues, an upper-crust British baddie (big bloody surprise!). I'm a major (41 year old) fan of most (not all) things Anderson and he has been wanting to do this for a long time. However, he doesn't seem to be lnvolved in this project at all; he must have sold the rights. A twelve year old Alan? How the hell will he pilot TB3? Is this Thunderbirds or Joe 90?
I also heard that Frakes et al had been forced to do a major script rewrite due to the adverse reactions from their audience research. Trust the Yanks to have the last word; Jeez, they just can't admit that there is talent elsewhere in the world. They have to base everything in L.A. and make the hero a Yank and the villain a Brit. God they're insecure. Just ****es me off. Rant rant rant.

Confucius · 11-01-2003, 4:55 PM

RedRose, in case you weren't aware, 'Fireball XL5' will be available on DVD from Feb 25th - R1 only thus far.

**Garrett** · 11-01-2003, 6:36 PM

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Originally posted by RedRose
Trust the Yanks to have the last word; Jeez, they just can't admit that there is talent elsewhere in the world. They have to base everything in L.A. and make the hero a Yank and the villain a Brit. God they're insecure. Just ****es me off. Rant rant rant.

I couldn’t agree with you more one of my pet hates too.

Liked Fireball XL5 myself, and preferred it to Thunderbirds although I do enjoy them as well.

Setenza · 13-01-2003, 5:51 AM

To coin a phrase, "It will be a great disaster".

Hope the movie bombs, and all concerned are left with egg on their faces.

Absolute heresy to even attempt a live action picture without the overall control of Mr Anderson and a British production team and director.

Were will it all end? Will Smith playing Brains. May be he could rap his lines............

Lex · 13-01-2003, 6:03 AM

I bet the casting will be awful. We've already got Will Smith as Brains, what about J-Lo as Lady Penelope, Leonardo DiCraprio as the butler, and Sylvester Stallone as the head of the Scott family.

Confucius · 13-01-2003, 2:08 PM

The latest from Fanderson:

Confirmed:

Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward: Sophie Miles

Parker: Ron Cook

Rumoured:

Jeff Tracy: Kurt Russell

Aristotle Spode: Kevin Kline

19-01-2003, 5:35 AM

I would be really disappointed if Kurt Russel were chosen, he is not a great actor imho

Lex · 19-01-2003, 9:55 AM

Agreed. As Jeff Tracy is the principal figure I think the role needs someone with a little more clout.

MuFu · 19-01-2003, 5:06 PM

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Originally posted by Xusia Of Delos
Will Smith playing Brains. May be he could rap his lines............

Brains does anyway.

MuFu.

Setenza · 20-01-2003, 1:17 AM

No he stammers, due to his intellect.

MuFu · 20-01-2003, 4:18 AM

Will Smith raps for the very same reason.

MuFu.

Confucius · 02-02-2003, 4:14 PM

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Originally posted by Lex
..... I think the role needs someone with a little more clout.

Latest Info:

Jeff Tracy: Bill Paxton* (I think Kurt Russell might have been better)

Scott Tracy: Philip Winchester
Virgil Tracy: Dominic Colenso
John Tracy: Lex Shrapnel
Gordon Tracy: Ben Torgenson

* so is Jeff Tracy going to seem as though he's constantly on the verge of a nervous breakdown?

gringottsdirect · 02-02-2003, 4:16 PM

Ben Kingsley has signed up as Hood.

Setenza · 08-04-2003, 3:10 PM

Anthony Edwards as Brains!

I quite like that idea.

Zef · 08-04-2003, 6:18 PM

According to IMDB:

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sylvia Anderson (I) characters
Michael McCullers
William Osborne (I)

Cast (in credits order)
Brady Corbet .... Alan Tracy
Anthony Edwards .... Brains
Bill Paxton .... Jeff Tracy
Sophia Myles .... Lady Penelope
Philip Winchester .... Scott Tracy
Lex Shrapnel .... John Tracy
Dominic Colenso .... Virgil Tracy
Ben Torgeson .... Gordon Tracy
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Ron Cook (I) .... Parker
Soren Fulton
Vanessa Anne Hudgens
Ben Kingsley .... The Hood

Glad to see slyia anderson as a writer. hope is not lost.

**Garrett** · 08-04-2003, 6:33 PM

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Originally posted by Xusia Of Delos
Anthony Edwards as Brains!

I quite like that idea.

So do I.

He is good at the brainy, bumbling. A bit like Giles in Buffy

MuFu · 08-04-2003, 6:59 PM

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Originally posted by Zef
Lex Shrapnel

What a cool name.

MuFu.

08-04-2003, 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by Confucius
Believe it or not, this will be FAB1 in the movie.

The 'real' Lady P wouldn't be seen dead in this monstrosity.

I agree, It looks nothing like a 21st century Rolls Royce, more like a stretched version of a 7 series BMW. Sounds about right, seeing as BMW owns Rolls Royce (I think)

bh · 09-04-2003, 2:03 AM

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Originally posted by Grimley
Sounds about right, seeing as BMW owns Rolls Royce (I think)

Yes they do.

Sick Note · 09-04-2003, 2:54 AM

The car is actually a Ford Thunderbird. Trust the bloody yanks!!!

Jonny1973 · 14-04-2003, 4:55 PM

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Originally posted by Zef
According to IMDB:

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sylvia Anderson (I) characters

Glad to see slyia anderson as a writer. hope is not lost.

Doesn't a character credit mean she invented the original characters???

It doesn't mean she is writing the story or the script.

Setenza · 14-04-2003, 5:19 PM

Aaaaarrggghhhh!

**Garrett** · 13-07-2003, 12:09 PM

Thunderbirds 6 is on the TV next Saturday, which is the 19.7.2003.

11-01-2003, 2:29 PM	#2
Grimley Guest Posts: n/a	About time too... I await with interest. I hope it gets the GA seal of approval too. Casting? who knows?
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19-01-2003, 5:35 AM	#11
Jade Guest Posts: n/a	I would be really disappointed if Kurt Russel were chosen, he is not a great actor imho
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