Blue Seraph Productions » Star Trek http://blueseraph.com A visionary film production writing technology company. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:48:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 ‘Blood and Fire’ picked as 2009′s best by TrekMovie http://blueseraph.com/2010/01/04/blood-and-fire-picked-as-2009s-best-by-trekmovie/ http://blueseraph.com/2010/01/04/blood-and-fire-picked-as-2009s-best-by-trekmovie/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:19:47 +0000 Carlos Pedraza http://blueseraph.com/?p=1066 Star Trek: Phase II production of Carlos Pedraza's screenplay, “Blood and Fire, Part 2” the best Star Trek fan production of 2009.]]> TrekMovie.com: Blood and Fire

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TrekMovie.com, the leading Star Trek movie news site, named the Star Trek: Phase II production of Carlos Pedraza’s screenplay, “Blood and Fire, Part 2″ the best Star Trek fan production of 2009.

Carlos co-authored the screenplay with noted scifi author David Gerrold (“The Trouble with Tribbles”), who also directed the episode.

TrekMovie.com hailed “Blood and Fire, Part 2″ as:

An emotional yet exciting story, complete with the excellent production values and effects that we have come to expect from the Phase II team.

The past year also attracted kudos for Carlos’ work from Joss Whedon, who told Rolling Stone that the Phase II episode, “World Enough and Time,” which Carlos co-executive produced, inspired Whedon to create the Internet phenomenon Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog.

Rolling Stone, by the way, named Phase II, among its five must-watch Web series.

“Blood and Fire” is based on a script Gerrold originally wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation in the 1990s. It was never produced because its passing reference to a male couple aboard the Enterprise was considered too controversial by the producers.

Carlos adapted the script for the original Trek series-based Phase II, expanding the story to include Captain Kirk’s nephew Peter as one part of the male couple. Interestingly, two decades later, that portrayal proved controversial when “Blood and Fire, Part 1″ debuted a year ago.

Fortunately, Part 2’s release this past November was greeted by far fewer objections.

“Blood and Fire” was shot by Judas Kiss‘s director of photography, Dave Berry, and second-unit director Ben Alpi of our partner company, Runic Films, with visual effects by Joël Bellucci.

]]> http://blueseraph.com/2010/01/04/blood-and-fire-picked-as-2009s-best-by-trekmovie/feed/ 0 Sneak peek of ‘Enemy: Starfleet’ http://blueseraph.com/2009/11/23/sneak-peek-of-%e2%80%98enemy-starfleet%e2%80%99/ http://blueseraph.com/2009/11/23/sneak-peek-of-%e2%80%98enemy-starfleet%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:52:14 +0000 Carlos Pedraza http://blueseraph.com/?p=936 Capt. Kirk (James Cawley) narrowly avoids phaser fire while rushing to aid crewmen in Star Trek: Phase II's next episode, ‘Enemy: Starfleet.’

UNDER FIRE Capt. Kirk (James Cawley, center) narrowly avoids enemy fire while rushing to aid crewmen in Star Trek: Phase II's next episode, ‘Enemy: Starfleet.’

On the heels of the “Blood and Fire, Part 2” release, Star Trek: Phase II has posted the teaser and part of Act 1 of the next episode, “Enemy: Starfleet.”

The episode marks Blue Seraph director J.T. Tepnapa’s debut as Lt. Cmdr. Sulu, and Carlos Pedraza’s turn as First Assistant Director. Blue Seraph cinematographer Dave Berry served as Director of Photography for this episode as well.

Watch preview of ‘Enemy: Starfleet’

]]> http://blueseraph.com/2009/11/23/sneak-peek-of-%e2%80%98enemy-starfleet%e2%80%99/feed/ 1 ‘Blood and Fire, Part 2’ released http://blueseraph.com/2009/11/23/%e2%80%98blood-and-fire-part-2%e2%80%99-released/ http://blueseraph.com/2009/11/23/%e2%80%98blood-and-fire-part-2%e2%80%99-released/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:27:28 +0000 Carlos Pedraza http://blueseraph.com/?p=926 Starfleet scientist Jenna Yar (Denise Crosby) exposes herself to danger.

STARFLEET SCIENTIST Jenna Yar (Denise Crosby) exposes herself to danger.

Star Trek: Phase II released the second part of “Blood and Fire,” directed by David Gerrold and co-written by Blue Seraph’s Carlos Pedraza.

The episode also features J.T. Tepnapa’s first appearance as Mr. Sulu, Dave Berry’s turn as cinematographer and Joël Bellucci’s amazing visual effects.

Look for a cameo appearance by J.T. Tepnapa as Mr. Sulu in the cafeteria scene.

The new episode is available for both download and streaming here:

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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.

]]> http://blueseraph.com/2009/09/30/link-for-blogtalkradio-interview/feed/ 0 ‘Blood and Fire, Pt. 2’ release Nov. 20 http://blueseraph.com/2009/09/25/%e2%80%98blood-and-fire-pt-2%e2%80%99-release-nov-20/ http://blueseraph.com/2009/09/25/%e2%80%98blood-and-fire-pt-2%e2%80%99-release-nov-20/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:41:28 +0000 Carlos Pedraza http://blueseraph.carlospedraza.net/?p=885 The Copernicus and the Enterprise in Star Trek: Phase II's 'Blood and Fire.'

THE USS COPERNICUS and the Enterprise in Star Trek: Phase II's 'Blood and Fire.'

The second part of “Blood and Fire,” Star Trek: Phase II‘s newest episode, is scheduled for wide release on the Internet on Friday, Nov. 20, according to the Phase II Web site.

“Blood and Fire” was written by Blue Seraph’s Carlos Pedraza with noted scifi author David Gerrold, who wrote the original script for Star Trek: The Next Generation in the late 1980s. Principal photography was in June 2007. Part 1 was released in December 2008. Both parts feature stunning visual effects by Blue Seraph partner Joël Bellucci of Bellucci Designs.

Read more about “Blood and Fire, Part 1,” and watch a clip from that episode.

]]> http://blueseraph.com/2009/09/25/%e2%80%98blood-and-fire-pt-2%e2%80%99-release-nov-20/feed/ 0 Join Carlos and J.T. on BlogTalkRadio http://blueseraph.com/2009/09/14/join-carlos-and-j-t-on-blogtalkradio/ http://blueseraph.com/2009/09/14/join-carlos-and-j-t-on-blogtalkradio/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:23:10 +0000 J.T. Tepnapa http://blueseraph.carlospedraza.net/?p=856 Carlos and J.T. on BlogTalkRadio

Carlos and J.T. on NDB Media's show on BlogTalkRadio.

You can listen to Carlos and J.T.’s upcoming BlogTalkRadio appearance and ask them questions live. They will be appearing on NDB Media, Sunday, September 27, as part of the BlogTalkRadio network.

The broadcast will cover our work on Star Trek: Hidden Frontier and Star Trek: Phase II, and will expand into discussion about our production company, upcoming film projects, and the struggles of making movies in Hollywood.

NDB Media (NoriegaDotBiz) formerly known as NDB Radio is an internet based radio program that covers science fiction and fantasy entertainment. NDB Media recently joined forces with MBL Entertainment. They boast a wide range of guests from Star Trek’s Jonathan Frakes and novelist Andy Mangels to Battlestar Galactica’s Richard Hatch.

Be sure mark your calendars and catch our internet broadcast live on Sunday September 27 at 7 p.m. PST at http://www.noriega.biz/. Guests will be able to call in during the live broadcast.

See you there!

UPDATE The broadcast link and live call-in phone number are now available here.

Link

]]> http://blueseraph.com/2009/09/14/join-carlos-and-j-t-on-blogtalkradio/feed/ 0 World premiere of ‘The Child’ at Dragon*Con http://blueseraph.com/2009/09/08/world-premiere-of-%e2%80%98the-child%e2%80%99-at-dragoncon/ http://blueseraph.com/2009/09/08/world-premiere-of-%e2%80%98the-child%e2%80%99-at-dragoncon/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:01:27 +0000 Carlos Pedraza http://blueseraph.carlospedraza.net/?p=801 pTHMB_Poster_TC_Hayes1

Poster art for 'The Child' by Jeff Hayes.

ATLANTA — The latest episode of Star Trek: Phase II, “The Child,” had its world premiere Labor Day weekend at Dragon*Con, America’s largest fan-run scifi and media convention, featuring the work of Blue Seraph’s Carlos Pedraza and J.T. Tepnapa.

A rough cut of the episode, featuring most of the finished visual effects, was screened as part of the Star Trek track at the 23rd annual convention. On hand for the presentation were Carlos, J.T., Ben Alpi (of Blue Seraph’s partner, Runic Films) and James Cawley (Phase II’s executive producer).

This year was Carlos’ fifth as a guest at Dragon*Con. He appeared on panels for both the Star Trek and Writing tracks at the convention.

Carlos edited the script with its original author, Jon Povill,View the Internet Movie Database entry in a new window who penned the teleplay for Paramount Pictures’ Phase II series in the 1970s. In addition, Carlos served as a producer and first assistant director of this production.

J.T. appears as a series regular, Mister Sulu, and worked as an on-set acting coach.

Povill also directed this newest production. Another version of “The Child” was produced as an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) during the 1988 writers’ strike.

Povill, not a fan of the TNG adaptation, wanted to helm a production that was true to his original story, which introduced the Deltan race that was later seen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Phase II News

Phase II logo“The Child” is still in post-production and isn’t likely to be released on the Web until sometime in 2010. Still up for release this fall is “Blood and Fire, Part 2,” written by Carlos, along with longtime Trek scribe David Gerrold.

Further down the Phase II pipeline is:

  • “Enemy: Starfleet,” which Carlos co-produced and assistant directed, and in which J.T. stars as Sulu. The episode awaits additional principal photography this fall, though some of its post-production is complete.
  • “Kitumba,” which Carlos story-edited, and which was shot this past summer.

For more information, see the Star Trek: Phase II Web site.

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THE BRIDGE of the U.S.S. Enterprise comes under attack in “Blood and Fire, Part 1,” written by Carlos Pedraza.

Pursued and damaged by repeated Klingon attacks, the crew of the Enterprise responds to the distress call from a Federation research vessel. In a matter of hours, that ship and crew will be consumed by a nearby star while the crew of the Enterprise faces a mysterious horror that threatens both ships.

BLOOD AND FIRE, PART 1View the Internet Movie Database entry in a new windowCarlos Pedraza adapted this acclaimed, controversial and never-produced Star Trek: The Next Generation script by David Gerrold into this two-part episode for the award-winning Web series, Star Trek: Phase II. Guest-starring Evan Fowler and introducing Bobby Rice as the Captain’s nephew, Ensign Peter Kirk, Part 1 of “Blood and Fire” breaks new ground for the Star Trek franchise, introducing the first openly gay characters in the original series’ history.

UPDATE Part 2 of “Blood and Fire” is scheduled for release Friday, Nov. 20, according to the Star Trek: Phase II Web site. More information.

Watch a clip from “Blood and Fire”

The 52-minute “Blood and Fire, Part 1,” directed by “Trouble with Tribbles” creator David Gerrold, was released in 2008 and is available online at the Star Trek: Phase II Web site. Part 2 is scheduled for release in late 2009.


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