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Red Dwarf Movie?

POSTED BY: Stizo
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 2, 2004 14:20
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STIZO

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:56 AM

Hi all,
After noticing all the replies to the "Top 5 favorite TV shows" thread that contained Red Dwarf I've been wondering if anyone out there knows what's up with the status of the movie?
Has it been canceled? Or are they just taking their sweet gorram time in getting it done?
I've checked for anykind of news about it but have found none so how about you guys?
Im guessing those in the UK have better access to info on it than those of us here in the States.

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Conquering the galaxy with terrifying space monkeys, one ship at a time...

PEACE

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:22 AM

Here's what www.imdb.com has for information:

Plot Summary for
Red Dwarf: The Movie (2004)

RED DWARF THE MOVIE is set in the distant future where Homo Sapienoids, a fearsome combination of flesh and machine, and the next stage of human evolution, have taken over the solar system and almost wiped out the human race. The only survivors are the crews of long-haul space freighters that left Earth before the conflict began. The Sapienoids send forth fleets of Death Ships to hunt them down. One by one - the human ships fall, until only one remains. Its name - Red Dwarf...

Summary written by Paul Armstrong

Status: Pre-production
Comments: Filming is due to start in May 2004.
Status Updated: 31 October 2003
Note: Since this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change or could be removed completely.

Directed by
Doug Naylor

Writing credits
Rob Grant (characters)
Doug Naylor (characters)

Credited cast:
Chris Barrie .... Arnold Judas Rimmer
Craig Charles .... David Lister
Danny John-Jules .... The Cat
Robert Llewellyn .... Kryten 2X4B-523P
Norman Lovett .... Holly
Chloë Annett .... Kristine Z. Kochanski
Mac McDonald .... Captain Frank Hollister
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Leila Johnson .... Nirvana Crane
Carole Nimmons
Richard O'Callaghan
Andy Taylor .... Dr. McClaren

IMDB is a pretty standard industry source for movie/tv information. Generally what it posts is pretty reliable.

Question-- is the actress playing Kochanski the same one who played in the last season on TV? Hope so-- she's nice .

Oh, bugger! Now I have to wait for someone to wake up!

AERONSTORM

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:36 AM

Shiny! Another Dwarfer!

*executes a double-Rimmer*

AERONSTORM

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:37 AM

And yes, that is the same Christine

"My shiny thing!" - The Cat

SIGMANUNKI

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:44 AM

Sweet! I never even knew that this existed Can't hardly wait!

As for the TV show. I own series 1&2 and will be acquiring 3&4 shortly. How many were there?

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STIZO

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:48 AM

If my memory serves me correctly I believe there were 8 seasons.

Lister: There's got to be a way out. There hasn't been a prison built that could hold Derek Custer. Why don't we scrape away this mortar here, slide one of these bricks out, then using a rope weaved from strands of this hessian, rip up a kind of a pulley system so that when a guard comes in, using it as a trip wire, gets laid out, and we put Rimmer in the guard's uniform, he leads us out, we steal some swords, and fight our way back to the 'bug.
Kryten : Or we could use the teleporter.

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DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:17 AM

Yep, 8 seasons over 10 years. Fantastic show. BTW - Try BBCs "Father Ted" or "Coupling" if ya like "Red Dwarf".

Favorite Dwarf scene:
Tie
S3{I think}"Backwards" - Cat in the bushes
S8 "Back in the Red" - Ridin' the rat...

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MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Stizo:
After noticing all the replies to the "Top 5 favorite TV shows" thread that contained Red Dwarf I've been wondering if anyone out there knows what's up with the status of the movie?
Has it been canceled? Or are they just taking their sweet gorram time in getting it done?
I've checked for anykind of news about it but have found none so how about you guys?

Last I heard it was still on the way - seem to recall chatting with CapRahn on this one a ways back. Chris Barrie's Hollywood (well, Tomb Raider) career may have both helped and hindered.

If I recall rightly, its a scheduling matter, and a little bit of funding.

"I threw up on your bed"

SIGMANUNKI

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Stizo:
If my memory serves me correctly I believe there were 8 seasons.

Shiny.

But, seasons or series. Over here in North America we have seasons that are typically 24 eps in length. But, series (at least that's what's on the DVD) seem to have 6 eps each.

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"Canada being mad at you is like Mr. Rogers throwing a brick through your window." -Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

SERENITYVALLEY

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:55 AM

Considering a season is the same thing as an series, just longer, there were 8 serieses...is that a word? Or really short seasons. I think it's the terminology between the UK and the USA difference.

I've been waiting for this movie to come out for a long time! I guess it makes sense that there would be a line connecting Browncoats and Dwarfers, aye?

Best RD line: Rimmer
"Let me get this straight. You want to fly on a magic carpet to see the King of the Potato people and plead for you freedom and you're trying to tell me you're completely sane?"

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