September 13th, 1999 - for fans of the award-winning 70s Sci-Fi series Space: 1999 that date holds special meaning. It was the day in which the Moon was blasted out of Earth’s orbit, taking Moonbase Alpha and its few hundred inhabitants on an epic TV journey. For the next two years, Commander John Koenig and his people encountered all manner of alien life forms as well as faced death and destruction on more than one occasion.
Despite its relatively short life, Space: 1999 managed to garner a large, loyal and vocal global fan base that, over 35 years later, remains just as passionate about the series and its characters. Recent comments by a certain U.S. politician pulled the show back into spotlight, and it appears to be more than just a proverbial flash in the pan. Plans are underway with ITV Studios America and HDFILMS to launch Space: 2099, a re-imagining of the icon British Sci-Fi series created by the legendary Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.
The announcement was made earlier this week by Paul Buccieri, Managing Director of ITV Studios International and President/CEO of ITV Studios America, and Jace Hall, President and Founder of HDFILMS, Inc. Hall, who recently served in a developmental as well as executive producer capacity on the recently re-imagined ABC Sci-FI series V, will once again lend his creative and producing talents to Space: 2099 in this effort to reboot the original 1999 series. Keep abreast of all the goings-on with the project at the Space: 2099 website - http://www.space2099theseries.com/and its official Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/#!/Space2099TheSeries?sk=info
As if that is not enough to excite Space: 1999 fans, a group of 1999 fans who organized a number of amazing conventions for the show back in the 70s are once again hard at work organizing Alpha 2012 – A Space: 1999 Event to be held September 14th – 16th, 2012 in Burbank, California. In addition to Space: 2099’s Jace Hall, the convention’s guest list includes a stellar line-up of 1999 familiar faces - Nick Tate (Captain Alan Carter), Prentis Hancock (Main Mission Controller Paul Morrow), Judy Geeson (Regina Kesslan-Carter in Another Time, Another Place), and Roy Dotrice (Commissioner Gerald Simmonds in Breakaway and Earthbound). More guest announcements to come. For complete details, go to the con’s official website - http://alpha2012.net/
Stay tuned! SciFiAndTV Talk will post future updates as more news becomes available.
Steve Eramo
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