Visual effects work has begun on Babylon 5: The Lost Tales’Voices in the Dark, a new direct-to-video feature from Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Television. Work is being done by Vancouver’s Atmosphere Visual Effects with the studio’s Andrew Karr serving as VFX Supervisor. The movie will feature two all-new stories written and directed by J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of the original, Emmy Award-winning Babylon 5 series. Doug Netter also returns as exec producer.
Voices in the Dark is set on an immense space station built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s. There, the crew of Babylon 5 is charged with maintaining the peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals and Rangers. The story picks up several years after the events of the TV series, and follows several of its major characters in new adventures. Returning cast members include Bruce Boxleitner as President John Sheridan, Tracy Scoggins as Captain Elizabeth Lockley and Peter Woodward as Galen.
Introduced to television audiences in 1993, Babylon 5 continued for five seasons and enjoyed nine successful years in broadcast and cable syndication, spawning five feature length movies’The Gathering, In the Beginning, Thirdspace, River of Souls and A Call to Arms‘as well as the limited series Crusade.
‘The original Babylon 5 series was a truly groundbreaking show,’ says Atmosphere VFX producer Jeremy Hoey. ‘It heralded the beginning of the CG revolution in television visual effects. At Atmosphere, we feel tremendously privileged to have been chosen to continue that proud tradition. We’re already hard at work creating what we hope fans will agree are truly exciting, cutting-edge visual effects.’
Atmosphere is no stranger to sci-fi, having created effects for NBC Universal’s Battlestar Galactica, MGM’s Stargate: Atlantis, USA Network’s The 4400 and SCI FI Channel’s Andromeda. Other credits include Disney’s Air Buddies, New Line’s Chestnut and Hallmark’s Last Days of Planet Earth. More information on the company can be found http://atmosphere-vfx.com.
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