Reality Check: Time and relative Dimensions in the Search for Simon

Published: March 22, 2013, 10:27 a.m.

b'Reality Check: Time and relative Dimensions in the Search for Simon\\nAlex Fitch talks to the cast and crew of two new low budget British SF movies: director Sloane U\\u2019Ren, editor Adam Garstone and members of the cast of Dimensions discuss their \\u2018Merchant Ivory\\u2019 style time travel film which mixes a love triangle with a time loop that joins their pasts with their futures. Also, on the set of new alien abductee comedy drama The Search for Simon, director Martin Gooch and one of the stars \\u2013 Doctor Who alumnus Sophie Aldred \\u2013 talk about this crowd funded feature that mixes elements of travelogue with the X-Files.\\nPosters for Dimensions and The Search for Simon\\nFor more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com \\nLinks: Film websites \\u2013 www.thesearchforsimon.com / www.dimensionsthemovie.com\\nInfo about the Dimensions\\u2018 premiere at SCI-FI-LONDON\\nThe Search for Simon\\u2018s crowd funding campaign, which ends Wednesday 3rd April 2013\\nListen to Simon Guerrier interview Sophie Aldred in a show about Doctor Who companion Professor Bernice Summerfield\\nListen to Alex\\u2019s interview with Martin Gooch about his previous film, Death\\n\\nRecommended events:\\nBritish SF Films need funding\\nIf you\\u2019re a fan of SF films or SCI-FI-LONDON, you could help and find a moment to post some news to your friends/contacts about their crowd funding of new British Sci-Fi films\\u2026 \\nTo time its release with this year\\u2019s film festival they\\u2019re making a short film called \\u201cEllipse\\u201d \\u2013 co-written and directed by Ilana (We Are All Cylons) Rein. It\\u2019s a co-production with SCI-FI-LONDON and The Royal Observatory Greenwich. They have much incredible talent on board including Territory Studios \\u2013 the group that did some of the FX for Prometheus\\u2026.\\nThe campaign page is here http://www.sponsume.com/project/ellipse\\nAlso, SCI-FI-LONDON\\u2019s first feature has begun production \\u2013 an askew look at Alien Abduction dramas called \\u201cThe Search for Simon\\u201d, directed by Martin (Death) Gooch, which will included crowd sourced footage in its production. To quote the director: \\u201cThink Shaun of the Dead rubbing up against The X-Files, with a little Blair Witch Project, and UFOs thrown in for good measure.\\u201d \\nPerks include a chance to drive a WW2 tank! (Louis Savy, CEO of Sci-FI London says: \\u201cReally, a tank! You can be an oddball for the day in our homage to Kelly\\u2019s Heroes!\\u201d)\\nThe campaign page is here https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-search-for-simon\\nTripwire 21st anniversary Kickstarter campaign\\nIn 2013, Britain\\u2019s favourite comics and genre magazine celebrates its 21st birthday. To commemorate, we are doing a must-buy book.\\nTRIPWIRE has been Britain\\u2019s only features-driven comics and genre magazine which has published since 1992 and with 2013 being the magazine\\u2019s 21st anniversary, its coming of age if you like, we thought it would be remiss if we didn\\u2019t do something to commemorate this.\\nThe book will come in regular paperback and in a limited hardcover edition. Between its covers will be a selection of new material, including art either never seen before or rarely seen from the likes of Drew Struzan (poster artist for Indiana Jones, The Shawshank Redemption, Star Wars), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Phil Hale (award-winning portrait painter), Howard Chaykin (American Flagg, The Shadow, Blackhawk),Frank Quitely (Batman & Robin, All-Star Superman), Walter Simonson (Elric, Thor), Dave Taylor (Batman, Tongue Lash) and many more. Additionally, it will include features looking at the trends and issues that have played a major part in comics and genre over the past 21 years, including the best and worst comic and genre movies 1992-2013, the 21 most important creators to come to the fore in the last twenty-one years, the 21 best graphic nov[...]'