
The Slingers sizzle reel is now in the hands of the digital effects guys following a tremendous shoot last week.
We had a marvelous crew who gave their all to get this just right. Steve went for every single shot and it was quite an experience seeing him in action on set. We’re very lucky to have him on board. Next week I’ll begin working on the pilot script with him to really kick it into shape.
A lot of people were tuning into what was happening via Twitter and I tried to give a feel of the shoot along with the occasional Twitpic where appropriate. We amassed a considerable amount of behind the scenes material that we’re still going through and should eventually compliment the sizzle. In the meantime I’ll tease the odd bit here and of course I have a bunch of stuff on my iPhone that I’m easily bribed into opening up if you bump into me near a bar…
I’d like to take the opportunity to thank the entire cast and crew for going the extra mile last week. We’re now working on the pilot to get it ready to shoot before the end of the year and we’re going to try our very best to use as many of the same people as possible as we take Slingers forward.
I’ll be blogging a lot more about all of this but for now I guess most people just wanna see what exactly we were up to…

Arran introducing Hakura Abe to one of the props. She plays Marti.

Sean Pertwee as Colonel Hall

Tom Mison as Frank gets to grips with GUN (more about her later)

Marti and Junior, our Mech Five
More of this to come. Just a taste to show that we mean business both with casting and design – we did use green screen where necessary, but our robot is an actual build. The plan is to have the sizzle completed in October after which we’ll arrange a couple of screenings in London, New York and L.A.
Oh, and remind me to blog about how much Sean Pertwee loves 2000AD and why he was drawn to Slingers…