Rowan
July 27th, 2004, 11:33 AM
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INKWORKS NEWS
Press Release --
INKWORKS TO RELEASE NEW TRADING CARD LINE INSPIRED BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES’
SERENITY
SAN DIEGO COMIC CON – July 21, 2004 –Inkworks announced today that they have signed an agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group for the trading card license for Universal Pictures’ upcoming movie, Serenity. Written and directed by Joss Whedon, (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), Serenity is a futuristic action-adventure film scheduled for release April 22, 2005.
Inworks will release its Serenity Premium Trading Cards in Spring 2005. The set will capture all of the action and adventure from the film, and include character cards, behind-the-scenes information and much more. Randomly inserted bonus cards will include autographed cards, Pieceworks® costume cards (featuring pieces of actual costumes used on-screen in the movie embedded in the cards) and other highly collectible cards.
About the Film
Joss Whedon— the Oscar®- and Emmy-nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel—now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future in his feature film directorial debut, Serenity.
The film centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family – squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal.
When Mal takes on two new passengers—a young doctor and his unstable, telepathic sister—he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, who will stop at nothing to reclaim the girl. The crew that was once used to skimming the outskirts of the galaxy unnoticed find themselves caught between the unstoppable military force of the Universal Alliance and the horrific, cannibalistic fury of the Reavers, savages who roam the very edge of space. Hunted by vastly different enemies, they begin to discover that the greatest danger to them may be on board Serenity herself.
Serenity is written and directed by Joss Whedon; produced by Barry Mendel; and executive-produced by Chris Buchanan and Alisa Tager. The film stars Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Summer Glau, Sean Maher, Ron Glass and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Excerpt from empireonline.co.uk
Comic-Con: Sunday
Serenity
Last but not least, Joss Whedon turned up with the cast of Serenity, the big-screen version of his short-lived TV series, Firefly. And judging from the reception in Room 20, it was like God himself had decided to show up (He hadn’t of course; He was in the Autograph Area, doing a signing). Still, to many geeks, Whedon – the creator of Buffy, Angel and Firefly, but also the guy who wrote the ‘Do you know what happens to a toad when it gets hit by lightning?’ line in X-Men, so he’s not perfect – is God. And he’s brought something with him to show us. It took him more than seven days to make the montage of recently-shot footage from Serenity, but lo it was good.
A quickfire series of action shots (including plenty of gunplay) and clever Whedon-patented wiseass dialogue, the clip received a huge ovation. And then on came the cast of the series, each of whom has made the step up to the big screen. The diehard Firefly fans will also make the step up, when the movie comes out in Spring.
There were no major effects shots to speak of in the clip (although Chiwetel Ejiofor makes an appearance as a deadly assassin), but the prospects for Serenity look very bright indeed. Look out for more details and a transcription of this later this week.
thread: http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/NewsStory.asp?news_id=16038 (http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/NewsStory.asp?news_id=16038)
INKWORKS NEWS
Press Release --
INKWORKS TO RELEASE NEW TRADING CARD LINE INSPIRED BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES’
SERENITY
SAN DIEGO COMIC CON – July 21, 2004 –Inkworks announced today that they have signed an agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group for the trading card license for Universal Pictures’ upcoming movie, Serenity. Written and directed by Joss Whedon, (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), Serenity is a futuristic action-adventure film scheduled for release April 22, 2005.
Inworks will release its Serenity Premium Trading Cards in Spring 2005. The set will capture all of the action and adventure from the film, and include character cards, behind-the-scenes information and much more. Randomly inserted bonus cards will include autographed cards, Pieceworks® costume cards (featuring pieces of actual costumes used on-screen in the movie embedded in the cards) and other highly collectible cards.
About the Film
Joss Whedon— the Oscar®- and Emmy-nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel—now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future in his feature film directorial debut, Serenity.
The film centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family – squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal.
When Mal takes on two new passengers—a young doctor and his unstable, telepathic sister—he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, who will stop at nothing to reclaim the girl. The crew that was once used to skimming the outskirts of the galaxy unnoticed find themselves caught between the unstoppable military force of the Universal Alliance and the horrific, cannibalistic fury of the Reavers, savages who roam the very edge of space. Hunted by vastly different enemies, they begin to discover that the greatest danger to them may be on board Serenity herself.
Serenity is written and directed by Joss Whedon; produced by Barry Mendel; and executive-produced by Chris Buchanan and Alisa Tager. The film stars Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Summer Glau, Sean Maher, Ron Glass and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Excerpt from empireonline.co.uk
Comic-Con: Sunday
Serenity
Last but not least, Joss Whedon turned up with the cast of Serenity, the big-screen version of his short-lived TV series, Firefly. And judging from the reception in Room 20, it was like God himself had decided to show up (He hadn’t of course; He was in the Autograph Area, doing a signing). Still, to many geeks, Whedon – the creator of Buffy, Angel and Firefly, but also the guy who wrote the ‘Do you know what happens to a toad when it gets hit by lightning?’ line in X-Men, so he’s not perfect – is God. And he’s brought something with him to show us. It took him more than seven days to make the montage of recently-shot footage from Serenity, but lo it was good.
A quickfire series of action shots (including plenty of gunplay) and clever Whedon-patented wiseass dialogue, the clip received a huge ovation. And then on came the cast of the series, each of whom has made the step up to the big screen. The diehard Firefly fans will also make the step up, when the movie comes out in Spring.
There were no major effects shots to speak of in the clip (although Chiwetel Ejiofor makes an appearance as a deadly assassin), but the prospects for Serenity look very bright indeed. Look out for more details and a transcription of this later this week.
thread: http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/NewsStory.asp?news_id=16038 (http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/NewsStory.asp?news_id=16038)