“Buck Rogers” is making a warming a spot for himself in new media with this upcoming webseries from Cawley Entertainment Company and Retro Film Studios. The webseries, entitled “Buck Rogers In The 25th Century”, launches from the “Generation One” Buck Rogers franchise.
Cawley Entertainment Company and Retro Film Studios have secured the rights with the Dille Family Trust for the project. The franchise owner, Flint Dille will be involved with the project in an Executive Producer capacity.
Here are excerpts from press releases describing the webseries below:
Buck Rogers has seen various incarnations of the character on television, movies, radio and in books. This will be the first live action series of Buck Rogers in nearly 30 years and the first web based series of the characters.
Executive Producer James Cawley will be bringing Buck back to his beginnings telling the story from the perspective of a 22 year old Buck Rogers who leaves World War One and is propelled into the 25th Century. “We will be using the technology we have today, to present The Original version of The First Sci-Fi Hero ever! Previous filmed incarnations never really captured the original Buck from the comic strips, which is what we aim to do” Franchise owner Flint Dille will be an Executive Producer and Consultant, and will be instrumental in keeping true to the Buck Rogers mythos. Charles Root who has been instrumental in the success of “New Voyages” will also be serving as Co-Executive Producer for Retro Film studios.
Cawley says he plans to bring “every attention to detail and historical accuracy of the comics to the series”. Cawley best known for his Hugo nominated and massively popular web series New Voyages – Phase 2 based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry has already begun casting for roles in the new series. “We’ve got our Buck and some other key characters and are in talks with actors who have serious science fiction credentials to join the show.
Buck Rogers, originally created in 1928 by Philip Francis Nowlan, and then later serialized by John F. Dille of the Dille Syndication Company, has seen various incarnations of the character in print and on film. This is the first live action series of Buck Rogers in nearly 30 years and will bring Buck back to his beginnings: telling the story from the perspective of a 22 year old Buck Rogers who leaves World War One and is propelled into the 25th Century.
Check out the teaser trailer and first ever sneak peek at “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”!
Teaser Trailer for “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”
First Look at “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”
The webseries stars Bobby Quinn Rice as Buck and will be keeping true to the comic strip Buck Rogers and origin story. Principal photography has begun on the project this past fall in September 2009. “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” also stars Gil Gerard (“Buck Rogers” of the 1979 Larson/Mantley TV series) and Erin Gray (“Wilma Deering” of aforementioned series) as the parents of Buck Rogers, Samantha Gray as Buck’s girlfriend Madison Gale, and Nick Santamaria as Buck’s brother Tony.
Gerard is excited to be involved in this project with a “Buck Rogers Begins” story:
“This is the story I wish we had been able to tell.”
Dille seems pleased with where this project is taking the Buck Rogers franchise:
“This is the first time I’ve been introduced to Buck before he was frozen, and I really like him.”
“Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” is expected to debut online in September 2010 with the aim to produce twenty episodes a year.
[The Shakedown]
I don’t know about you, but this looks fantastic! I can’t wait for more sneak peeks of this webseries to be released. Six months left to go before this hits the net!
[Source] BuckRogersBegins, GeekSyndicate, SciFiWire
