Time to eScape: Kids’ Adventure Series Comes to the Web this Summer
What if you woke up one day at summer camp to discover all the adults had disappeared? That’s how our new kids’ adventure series, eScape, begins when it comes to the Web this summer. You can check out the trailer right now!
My ‘Blood and Fire’ Wins TrekMovie’s Best of Year
TrekMovie.com awarded the Star Trek: Phase II episode I co-authored with noted scifi author David Gerrold the Best Fan Production of 2009. “Blood and Fire, Part 2″ is based on a script Gerrold wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation but was never produced because producers deemed it too controversial.
Star Trek: ‘Blood and Fire’ Reviews
A roundup of online reviews of Part 2 of “Blood and Fire,” the Star Trek: Phase II episode I co-wrote with David Gerrold (released Nov. 21). Part 2 features Star Trek: The Next Generation star Denise Crosby in a great guest-starring role and amazing visual effects by my dear friend Joël Bellucci.
AP: Web Series Getting Hollywood Cash, Talent
Great news for Web series producers like me: An Associated Press article run in the Washington Post today notes that major studios are starting to back more Web series with talent and cash. The subject of this article, the series The Bannen Way, got $1 million in funding from Sony Pictures through their online network, Crackle.
Why the Gay Label Matters
Are we gays so afraid of being labeled that we long for a future where we’re simply unremarkable? The release of ‘Blood and Fire,’ which I co-wrote with noted scifi author David Gerrold provoked a startling amount of homophobia disguised as open-mindedness. But those people aren’t fooling anybody.
Fan Film Nominated for SciFi’s Hugo Award
An Internet fan film stands toe-to-toe with more expensive studio productions, pointing the way to releasing the chokehold on quality exerted by needing to succeed in mass media.
Confession of a ‘Fanfessional’
The Nebula controversy over fan-produced Star Trek: Phase II is an awards tempest in a writers’ teapot but it points to a looming change in what constitutes a ‘professional’ production in the age of the Web.
Newest Sulu Takes the Helm
“It’s an amazing opportunity to play an iconic Star Trek character first realized by George Takei, who is a personal hero of mine. And after John Lim’s performance in ‘World Enough and Time,’ I know I have big shoes to fill.”
— J.T. Tepnapa
