CLICK TO LISTEN to a recording of the live interview

UPDATE Though the show is over you can still use this link to listen to Carlos and J.T.’s BlogTalkRadio radio interview last Sunday.

Or just click on the BlogTalkRadio graphic on the right, and it’ll take you there, too.

Hosted by Roger Noriega and “Shadow,” the two-hour interview featured news about our upcoming Star Trek: Phase II projects, including “Blood and Fire, Part 2,” “Enemy: Starfleet” and “The Child,” as well as our Blue Seraph projects, Judas Kiss and Love Minus Zero, and lots more.

On Star Trek:

I love the role of Sulu in Star Trek: Phase II! I love that a homosexual playing a heterosexual originated the part. Actors that allow themselves to be vulnerable can breathe authenticity into any role. I actually met George Takei when I was 5 years old. My parents took me to the Lotus Festival in Los Angeles California. I remember going up to George Takei and shaking his hand. It’s funny to think years later, I would be playing a part he originated.

On Being Gay in America:

I did not come out in high school. It wasn’t that I was afraid to come out. I was just too busy with acting and singing to understand homosexuality, but that didn’t stop me from having secret sexual partners in high school. When I finally went to college, my identity became much more complex. I felt it was important to be completely honest with the people around me.

Read the full interview, in English, here. You can also try your language skills in Flemish/Dutch here.

Join the Runic Films team at San Diego Comic-Con 2009.

LOS ANGELES — The principal creative team of Runic Films, veterans of the Web series Star Trek: Phase II and Zerks Log, will attend Comic-Con 2009 in San Diego, July 22-26.

Producer-director Ben Alpi, cinematographer David Berry, visual effects artist Matt Jolly and writer-producer Carlos Pedraza will be at the country’s leading comics and popular arts convention, which is celebrating its 40th year.

Originally showcasing comic books, science fiction/fantasy and film/television, and related popular arts, Comic-Con has expanded over the years to include a larger range of pop culture elements, such as horror, anime, manga,animation, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels.

The sold-out 2009 convention is the largest of its kind in the world, filling to capacity the San Diego Convention Center with over 126,000 attendees last year.

Runic’s creative team comprises veterans of some of the Web’s most popular series, including Zerks Log, eScape, Star Trek: Hidden Frontier and the Hugo- and Nebula-nominated Star Trek: Phase II.

Runic Films is a full-service HD, film and visual effects studio offering cutting-edge development, production and post-production services. Founded in 2001 by two brothers from upstate New York, it has grown to a full staff of award-winning writers, directors, artists and technicians with presence on both coasts. Runic Films also specializes in rich media content for Web and next-generation devices.