{"id":7656,"date":"2010-06-05T08:57:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T21:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=7656"},"modified":"2010-06-07T07:38:01","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T20:38:01","slug":"future-fighters-the-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/06\/05\/future-fighters-the-next-big-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Fighters: The Next Big Thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Future-fighters01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7668 aligncenter\" title=\"Future-fighters01\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Future-fighters01-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"Future-fighters01\" width=\"476\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Future-fighters01-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Future-fighters01-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Future-fighters01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In the 22nd Century,<br \/>\nthe darkest region of space<br \/>\nlies in the hearts of men.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>News of a huge in-development 3D SFX extravaganza from China-based production company Agog Films &#8212; with multi-national backing and creative input &#8212; has hit the cinematic zeitgeist with the announcement at Cannes that its lead cast will include Ray Park, Eriko Sat\u00f4, Lisa Sa (Lisa Cheng) and Yasaki &#8220;David&#8221; Kurata. The film, <em>Future Fighters<\/em>, is described in the press release as &#8220;a relationship-\u00adcharged, action-\u00adpacked, mecha fest&#8221;, and features giant robots, combative spaceships, martial arts and inter-planetary spectacle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FFposter_actors.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7665 aligncenter\" title=\"FFposter_actors\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FFposter_actors.jpg\" alt=\"FFposter_actors\" width=\"350\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FFposter_actors.jpg 540w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FFposter_actors-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Newly Announced Stars:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ray Park<\/strong>, Hollywood action star and self-confessed Jackie Chan-Jet Li fan, was the man under the Darth Maul mask in <em>Star Wars: Episode 1 &#8212; The Phantom Menace<\/em>. He has also featured as Toad in the first <em>X-Men <\/em>movie, Snake-Eyes in the recent <em>G.I. Joe: The Rise of  Cobra<\/em> and Edgar in the TV series <em>Heroes<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eriko Sat\u00f4<\/strong> was the titular lead in Hideaki Anno\u2019s 2004 live-\u00adaction manga-adaptation <em>Cutie Honey<\/em>, as well as featuring in many other major Japanese films, such as <em>Nihon chinbotsu<\/em> [Japan Sinks] (2006), <em>Kuchisake-onna<\/em> [The Slit-Mouthed Woman] (2007) and <em>Goemon<\/em> (2009).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/eriko-sato_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7661 aligncenter\" title=\"eriko-sato_3\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/eriko-sato_3.jpg\" alt=\"eriko-sato_3\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/eriko-sato_3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/eriko-sato_3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chinese model <strong>Lisa Cheng<\/strong>, a championship athlete and gymnast, is new to acting, but is currently involved in a number of projects.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yasuaki Kurata<\/strong>, a Japanese martial arts actor, in a film career being with <em>Xiao quan wang<\/em> [Hands of Death] in 1971, has starred in many martial arts films, including <em>Jing wu ying xiong<\/em> [Fist of Legend] (1994) in which he sparred with Jet Li, and the 2009 live-action version of <em>Blood: The Last Vampire<\/em>, as well as Jackie Chan\u2019s <em>Shinjuku Incident<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>China kung-fu actor <strong>Gordon Liu<\/strong> (<em>True Legend<\/em>, <em>Kill Bill 1 and 2<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Future Fighters<\/strong> (HK\/US\/Japan-[<em>in development<\/em>]; dir. TBA)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FFposter_jupiterV.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7666 aligncenter\" title=\"FFposter_jupiterV\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FFposter_jupiterV.jpg\" alt=\"FFposter_jupiterV\" width=\"392\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FFposter_jupiterV.jpg 600w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/FFposter_jupiterV-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is the 22nd Century. After bringing irreversible destruction to our  planet&#8217;s habitable environment in their relentless plunder of resources,  the Earth&#8217;s leading mega-conglomerates lead humanity into space to  colonise the night skies and forge a new future, leaving behind the  barren Earth as a ruined, radioactive wasteland, with humankind  seemingly destined never to return. For the past fifty years the  colonies living amongst the planets of our solar system have been at  peace.<\/p>\n<p>But now, out of the ashes of the scorched Earth a new evil  emerges, threatening to engulf the entire free solar system into a  terrible darkness. Now, never before has the fate of all humankind lain  in the hands of so few &#8212; a small clutch of brave mercantile militia  soldiers, and their sophisticated intrastellar fighting machines,  stationed at a military garrison outpost orbiting the planet Jupiter and  its moons. Pitted against impossible odds, they must fight\u2026 for the  future. But they will soon unwittingly and devastatingly discover that,  in space, the blackest darkness is in the hearts of men.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sound epic enough for you?<\/p>\n<p>But what exactly can we expect from <em>Future Fighters<\/em>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Countless  fighter craft explode, battleships are ripped apart, moons shatter,  love is lost and found, and whole atmospheres ignite in huge  planet-sized fireballs in this exciting new, big-budget, CG-heavy,  sci-fi epic [&#8230;], which features  never-before-imagined non-stop zero-G action stretching from the serene  azure Neptune-filled skies of the exotic, geyser-filled moon Triton, to  the heights of the colossal Olympus Mons on Mars, through the volcanic,  hellish landscape of Jupiter\u2019s Io and icy depths of the subterranean  oceans on Europa, crashing through the rings of Saturn and methane rain  and lakes of its moon Titan, and down into the ubiquitous, ravaging  Giant Red Eye storm of Jupiter itself! (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Future-Fighters\/53616159994?v=wall#!\/pages\/Future-Fighters\/53616159994?v=info\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook site<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Future Fighters<\/em> is being described as &#8220;a new live-action 3D science fiction movie to &#8216;put the science back into  science fiction&#8217;\u201d and already boasts a cast and crew that includes, as well as those announce at Cannes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230; action director DEE DEE KU \u8c37\u8ed2\u662d (\u201cMatrix 2&amp;3\u201d, \u201cKill Bill 1&amp;2\u201d,  \u201cThe Mummy 3\u201d, \u201cForbidden Kingdom\u201d, \u201cKungfu Hustle\u201d, \u201cFearless\u201d,  \u201cWarlords\u201d), 3D  cinematographer HENRY CHUNG (\u201cPeony Pavilion\u201d, \u201cMy Fair Gentleman\u201d),  orchestral movie composer, scorer and conductor ROBERT ELLIS-GEIGER  (\u201cElection 2\u201d, \u201cAfter This Our Exile\u201d) of Vision Sonics  (www.VisionSonics.net), and sound designer MARTIN CHAPPELL (\u201cAccident\u201d,  \u201cSparrow\u201d, \u201cTurn Left Turn Right\u201d) of Fork Media (www.Fork-Media.com).  Also starring are REUBEN LANGDON (\u201cAvatar\u201d, \u201cSpiderman 2\u201d, \u201cPirates Of  The Caribbean 3\u201d), KAZUYA SHIMIZU \u6e05\u6c34\u4e00\u54c9 (\u201cAzumi\u201d, \u201cBig Man Japan\u201d,  \u201cReturner\u201d), and actress\/model\/national athlete LISA SA. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agogfilms.com\/futurefighters\/php\/about_eng.php\" target=\"_blank\">From the Press Release<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Though the film itself doesn&#8217;t have a director yet (something that  co-producer and creator Guy Orlebar says is in train and will be announced  before Comic Con 2011), it does have a mock teaser trailer, shot  with Hong Kong television channel TVB actress, Coffee Lam, in  late  2009 and intended to provide a glimpse of the movie\u2019s  original mecha designs and to &#8220;reinforce its 3D credentials&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2D Teaser Trailer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"470\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BNL1buY1smE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BNL1buY1smE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"470\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>3D version<\/strong> available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c8xM9pVcvH8\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (recommended). Check the 3D button near the resolution button for a menu  that gives  you various options.<\/p>\n<p>The divergent focal strength of my eyes simply doesn&#8217;t effectively render  3D, so I can&#8217;t comment on the quality (no, I haven&#8217;t seen <em>Avatar<\/em> in 3D either and probably never will). You will have a different experience of it, I hope.<\/p>\n<p>You can also watch a video looking <strong>Behind the Scenes<\/strong> of the making of the 3D Teaser video (see pictures of Coffee Lam, Guy Orlebar and 3D cinematographer Henry Chung below),\u00a0 as well us the teaser trailer in Japanese or Chinese and using several different 3D methods, on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guyorlebar#p\/u\" target=\"_blank\">Guy Orlebar&#8217;s YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-guy-orlebar-coffee-lam.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7659 aligncenter\" title=\"3d-shoot-guy-orlebar-coffee-lam\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-guy-orlebar-coffee-lam.jpg\" alt=\"3d-shoot-guy-orlebar-coffee-lam\" width=\"476\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-guy-orlebar-coffee-lam.jpg 604w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-guy-orlebar-coffee-lam-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-coffee-lam.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7658\" title=\"3d-shoot-coffee-lam\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-coffee-lam.jpg\" alt=\"3d-shoot-coffee-lam\" width=\"476\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-coffee-lam.jpg 604w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-coffee-lam-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-henry-chung.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7660\" title=\"3d-shoot-henry-chung\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-henry-chung.jpg\" alt=\"3d-shoot-henry-chung\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-henry-chung.jpg 604w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3d-shoot-henry-chung-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Orlebar, the idea to do <em>Future Fighters<\/em> came in the aftermath of the success of his first directorial effort, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1316061\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kong Hong: Lost in Love<\/a>, while on his honeymoon on a tropical island.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We were sitting by the hotel pool and my wife had already reached for her blackberry; I had a pen and small notebook in front of me and I remember thinking to myself \u201cOkay, Guy. You\u2019ve proven you could make your first movie and go through all the ropes. Now what? If you could make just one more movie, your dream film, where budget or any other constraints weren\u2019t an issue, what would it be?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His choice was to go live-action mecha!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019m an Eighties kid, and a huge fan of the animated <em>Transformers<\/em> show and all the fantastic mecha, particularly giant robot, shows that were being shown in Japan at that time. Shows like <em>Macross<\/em> (known as <em>Robotech<\/em> in the US), <em>Patlabor<\/em>, <em>GUNDAM<\/em>, of course &#8212; loads more. But we\u2019d never really seen any of these types of stories coming out of Hollywood before. Okay there\u2019d been a few. I\u2019m not sure how many people remember <em>Robot Jox<\/em> [directed by Stuart Gordon] or the English language live\u2010action <em>Gundam G\u2010Saviour<\/em>. But it wasn\u2019t until Steven Spielberg, against all conventional Hollywood wisdom, decided to big\u2010up his live action <em>Transformers<\/em> with director Michael Bay, that Hollywood finally sat up and took notice, especially because as we all know <em>Transformers<\/em> as well as <em>Transformers 2<\/em> did phenomenally well. Personally, I preferred Korean director Nelson Shin\u2019s 1986 animated theatrical version of <em>Transformers<\/em> in terms of style and emotion and coolness&#8230; but I was only 8 at the time which probably helped! (laughs)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I totally respect Misters Spielberg and Bay for reviving the franchise and making <em>Transformers<\/em> go mainstream. It may not be the <em>Transformers<\/em> I grew up with, but it\u2019s great that it\u2019s going strong, and has ushered in an entire new generation of <em>Transformer<\/em> fans. So <em>Future Fighters<\/em> is our contribution to expanding the giant robot genre. Other examples that this genre is now taking off include Spiderman Tobey Maguire\u2019s recently announced <em>Robotech<\/em> live\u2010action adaptation, and the live\u2010action adaptation of <em>Voltron<\/em>, another Eighties anime shown also in the West.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As well as those works mentioned above, Orlebar cites great SF author Arthur C. Clarke as another major influence on <em>Future Fighters<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In my teens I read Arthur C. Clarke\u2019s sequels to <em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>: <em>2010<\/em>, <em>2061<\/em> and, er, what was the most recent one? <em>3001<\/em>. In <em>2010<\/em>, or maybe <em>2061<\/em>, Clarke writes about some of the fantastic moons around Jupiter. I don\u2019t want to give too much away here, but anyway they\u2019re not just rocks, and they definitely both feature in some of the key visuals for <em>Future Fighters<\/em>. And there\u2019s a whole bunch of other stuff out there too which I learned about and which have been discovered only in the past few years. Really fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; One of the great things about [Clarke&#8217;s] novels is they are all steeped in science and realism. That\u2019s also something I want to achieve with <em>Future Fighters<\/em>: bringing the science back to science fiction. Honestly, there\u2019s no sound in space, and (unless you\u2019re spinning around) there\u2019s no such thing as artificial gravity in a spaceship. The challenge, and what we\u2019re aiming to achieve with <em>Future Fighters<\/em>, is to keep it real without losing any of the great action, pace and excitement of a fabulous sci\u2010fi adventure. Imagine like a cross between the first <em>Star Wars<\/em> film and Stanley Kubrik\u2019s seminal <em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>. That\u2019s what we\u2019re aiming for.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In terms of the mecha aspects he commented:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One of the strongest influences to the story of <em>Future Fighters<\/em> is the original Japanese animated TV show, <em>Macross<\/em> (see image below)<em>,<\/em> which as I mentioned earlier US readers will probably know as the first <em>Robotech<\/em> installment. And which <em>Transformers<\/em> fans will know from the original Jet Fire toy, which I did have as a kid. This <em>Macross<\/em> story is basically a love\u2010triangle between the main three characters set against a war between humans and big green aliens who battle in these fantastic robotic fighters. The robots, or mecha &#8212; the Japanese word for mechanical designs &#8212; are treated as little more than part of the background, and instead it\u2019s the human drama between the three characters that takes centre stage &#8212; something which is also very similar to the Japanese TV show, and two of Mamoru Oshii\u2019s animated feature films, <em>Patlabor<\/em>, where the robots in that show are really nothing more than fancy police patrol cars but still looked so cool and made the show so distinctive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Robotech-wallpaper-macross-robot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7674 aligncenter\" title=\"Robotech - wallpaper - macross robot\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Robotech-wallpaper-macross-robot.jpg\" alt=\"Robotech - wallpaper - macross robot\" width=\"476\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Robotech-wallpaper-macross-robot.jpg 640w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Robotech-wallpaper-macross-robot-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So, apart from the big green aliens in <em>Macross<\/em>, I really liked this concept of putting human relationships first and keeping the mecha secondary. But, and this is true for all Japanese mecha shows, the mechanical designs have to be unique and original, and utterly distinctive. I read in an article by Spielberg how all his best characters are instantly recognizable from their silhouette only&#8230; just think of <em>Jaws<\/em>, <em>ET<\/em>, <em>Indiana Jones<\/em>. Very good advice for designing memorable characters or imagery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All pretty ambitious! But Orlebar means business. Apart from enthusiasm, he&#8217;s looking at a large budget, under the multi-national umbrella of Agog Films in Hong Kong. And he has so far managed to get commitments from a great cast and crew of high-level players.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Conceptual art by Pat Lee (Click on images to enlarge)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Europa:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/europa-pat-lee.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7662 aligncenter\" title=\"europa-pat-lee\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/europa-pat-lee-1024x421.jpg\" alt=\"europa-pat-lee\" width=\"475\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/europa-pat-lee-1024x421.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/europa-pat-lee-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/europa-pat-lee.jpg 1459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Titan:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/titan-pat-lee.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7669 aligncenter\" title=\"titan-pat-lee\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/titan-pat-lee-1024x421.jpg\" alt=\"titan-pat-lee\" width=\"475\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/titan-pat-lee-1024x421.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/titan-pat-lee-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/titan-pat-lee.jpg 1459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the Gallery below for more posters.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sources<\/strong>: Unpublished interview with Adam Garrett from September 2009; Cannes Press Release; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurefightersmovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official website<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Future-Fighters\/53616159994?v=wall\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guyorlebar#p\/u\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Writing<\/em>: Robert Hood\u00a0 |\u00a0 <em>Research<\/em>: Avery Guerra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Addendum:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apparently high-profile SF writer Alan Dean Foster is set to write the novelisation of <em>Future Fighters<\/em>. Below he&#8217;s pictured (in the middle) with producer Mike Leeder (left) and Guy Orlebar, at AFM 2009 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/mike-leeder-alan-dean-foster-guy-orlebar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7693 aligncenter\" title=\"mike-leeder-alan-dean-foster-guy-orlebar\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/mike-leeder-alan-dean-foster-guy-orlebar.jpg\" alt=\"mike-leeder-alan-dean-foster-guy-orlebar\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/mike-leeder-alan-dean-foster-guy-orlebar.jpg 604w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/mike-leeder-alan-dean-foster-guy-orlebar-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7656 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