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DAN DARE TAKES TO THE SKIES ON 5
British comic icon Dan Dare is set to fly again on Channel 5, it was announced today (Thursday 20th June 2002).The Broadcaster has secured the rights for the first terrestrial broadcast of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future from distributors Columbia TriStar International Television. Channel 5 will broadcast the 26 x 30 minute episodes every Saturday at 9.00am from July 6th. The £15 million animated adventure series is voiced by a top British cast and features a theme song written by Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin and performed by Sir Elton. British-born actor Greg Ellis is the voice of super-cool hero Dan Dare, Julian Holloway plays his trusty side-kick Digby, Carole Ruggier is the beautiful and voluptuous Professor Jocelyn Peabody and Rob Paulson is Dan's arch enemy The Mekon. Robbie Coltrane, Tim Curry and Charles Dance provide voices for a cast of guest villains. (For more on this news release, click on the above link).
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Dan Dare returns on TV
BBC News, Friday, 21 June, 2002
Vintage comic book hero Dan Dare is to return on British television after Channel 5 bought the £15m revival.
Comic strip hero of the 1950s finds new space on TV
The Guardian, Matt Wells, media correspondent
Friday June 21, 2002
Dan Dare, suave superhero of the British 1950s comic hit the Eagle, is returning to Britain next month in a new guise after a £15m makeover.
Ananova: Space hero Dan Dare blasts back on Channel 5
Friday June 21, 2002
Alastair Crompton commentary on new D.D. show in U.K.
After the good news about the D.D. TV show coming to Britain, the author of "The Man who drew Tomorrow" is poised to launch another book by the same name
Cartoon Network India Livens Up The Summer
With Two Brand New Shows in TOONAMI - Indian television premiere of DAN DARE and BEAST MACHINES TRANSFORMERS - Airdates: DAN DARE-Starts 13 April, Saturdays at 6:00 p.m.
- More on Dan Dare from this site
The CGI show done by Foundation Imaging premiered on the Fox Kids Network for Latin America on December 23rd, 2001. Site by Richard.
- the Newsreel from the first scenes in "The Outpost" (2,2MB, 71secs ASF)
- the end credits from "Daedspace" (1,2MB, 40secs ASF)
- Promo #1 (1MB, 35secs ASF) - "Swirling around the panet in a spaceship is a task for experts...
- Promo #2 (950KB, 30secs ASF) - "A space mission launches towards an inhospitable planet
- Promo #3 (626KB, 20secs ASF) - "The Human Race launches into the universe to broaden its frontiers...
Shots created for Dan Dare while at Foundation Imaging
By Peter Profetto is working freelance.
Dan Dare: the animated series, Brian Humhrey's site
Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future (2001) (TV) (IMDB.com)
Credited cast overview: Carole Ruggier .... Professor Jocelyn Peabody
In addition to Carole Ruggier, Julian Holloway will be voicing the role of Albert Digby and Rob Paulsen vocalizes the sinister Mekon. English actor Greg Ellis is providing the voice for Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future. Ellis starred in the 1999 film Crash and Byrnes and has also appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and The X-Files. Other actors: Robbie Coltrane, Tim Curry & Charles Dance.
Model Mart, UK
- Dan Dare: Pilot of the future (21/3/2002 10:58:08 AM) Dan Dare is still Britain’s most famous explorer of the spaceways and his adventures are just about to start all over again, as Paul Cook discovers.
- Dan Dare: Pilot of the future (8/3/2002 2:34:23 PM) With Dan Dare about to pilot his way onto our TV screens, Paul Cook looks back at how Dan came to be one of Britain’s greatest comicbook heroes.
BobForward.com
BBC News UK Pilot of the future reaches 50, Monday, 10 April, 2000
BBC News TV AND RADIO Dan Dare sets course for TV stardom, Wednesday, 11 July, 2001
Comics2Film Dan Dare, by to comics2film.com
Rumors about upcoming Dan Dare CGI-animated TV show
WWW.ROWSBY.COM Dan Dare Section
Rowsby worked on latest Dan Dare animated series for Foundation Imaging but got laid of in May 2001.
- CGI Dan Dare image from Rowsby.com (on the right >>>>)
Richard Khoo's Webstuff, Samples of my Work
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future: These are some screenshots of the show I worked on for Foundation Imaging. (created entirely in Lightwave). See the new: Mekon and Dan Dare below. Mekon does not look very terrifying, it must be his age.
Jose Perez, visual FX artist, he worked on several D.D. CGI episodes.
Dan Dare Gallery

http://chrismanabe.com/Pages/Animation/Animation.html

From: CHRIS R.MANABE

		Dan Dare: "Dan Dare" is a British fully CG 3D animation morning TV show that I was fortunate enough to work on at Foundation Imaging. For this show I did the lip-sync, Mo-Cap direction, character animation, effects animation, and lighting for each shot assigned to me. Check out these shots. DanDare-Part 1 -160x120 Quicktime, 320x240 Quicktime. DanDare-Part 2 -160x120 Quicktime, 320x240 Quicktime. DanDare-Part 3 -160x120 Quicktime, 320x240 Quicktime.

Kaydara Inc, FiLMBOX Helps Launch Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
'Dare' orbits bigscreen (Variety.com) , Jul. 9, 2001, 1:18pm PT
Col TriStar Intl. TV nabs worldwide rights to British skein
By ERICH BOEHM
LONDON -- The company behind the $20 million animated TV series " Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" has advanced plans to make a feature based on the classic British comicbook hero, possibly in partnership with Columbia TriStar.
Columbia TriStar Intl. Television has picked up the worldwide rights to the Dan Dare Corp.'s 26-part series, which features British stars Robbie Coltrane, Tim Curry and Charles Dance. Skein's theme tune, written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, is performed by John.
Series was funded with British cash through the Dan Dare Corp., an indie headed by producer Colin Frewin, who also holds the rights to the 1950s character described as the "007 of outer space."
A second series, and the script for the feature, are in development. A spokesman said most of the funding for the multimillion-dollar project was already in place.
© 2001 Cahners Business Information © 2001 Variety, Inc.
BACK PAGE - WEEKEND FT: The Eagle's hero set to land again
Financial Times; Jun 9, 2001 By PAUL NATHANSON
Dan Dare, intergalactic comic strip star of the 1950s, is being revived for television. But the updated colonel could upset purists, writes Paul Nathanson

Last Revised: August 07, 2002

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