SHADO NEWS - Information about Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Related Projects - June 2015 - Thunderbirds Are Go TV Series, Christopher Lee and Firestorm

June 2015
By Ken Parker

Lots of cool Gerry and Sylvia Anderson related stuff this time out.  Not only do we have mini reviews of the remaining Thunderbirds are Go first 13 episodes, we will also look at some merchandise and look at what might have been with the Space: 1999 comic series.  We also pay tribute to a couple of actors who appeared in Space: 1999 as well as get an exciting update from the Gerry Anderson Kickstarter project, Firestorm.

Gerry inside the TARDIS!!

Horror Legend Christopher Lee Has Passed Away

Christopher Lee has died this past Sunday at the age of 93 following a short illness.  The actor most famous for acting in the Hammer Horror movies as Dracula had acted in 20 Hammer films with fellow legend Peter Cushing.  He also was the villain acting along side Roger Moore in the James Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun.  Younger fans will know him for his recent work in Star Wars Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and most recently The Hobbit Trilogy.   Christopher Lee appeared in over 270 movies and will be remembered forever as the man that made Dracula scary again and makes watching his movies for Halloween a must.

You can read more about Christopher Lee here at this great article by Variety.
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/christopher-lee-dead-actor-who-made-dracula-count-again-dies-at-93-1201517194/

Happy Birthday - Christopher Lee

He is 90 years old today.  What an i-con of sci-fi, fantasy and horror.  To be in both the Star Wars prequel movies and the Lord of the Rings trilogy not to mention countless Hammer films and so on.  Happy Birthday Mr. Lee!!

Scaramanga in The Man With the Golden Gun

A common role in the Hammer Films - Dracula, Prince of Darkness

Saruman in The Lord of The Rings

Captain Zantor in Space: 1999 - Earthbound

Count Dooku in Star Wars

Christopher Lee on the Hobbit

Christopher Lee will be returning as Saruman in the Hobbit and gave his insite on the Hobbit and the character.

"Some of the characters from The Lord of the Rings are not in either of these films, sadly. Aragorn is not. I don't think the Rohirrim appear, from what I can remember. I'm not going to talk about the films because it's all confidential... I've done my part in each one. And that took about four days. What is extremely important is that in these two films, which of course are long before Lord of the Rings, in these two films Saruman — who I play again — is indeed still Saruman the White, but he is a good and noble man and a head of the Council of the Wizards as he always was."