http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:51:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Well, at least it'll look like a hostile desert planet!" [caption id="attachment_983" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="The cast and some of the crew of Polaris (standing, from left to right): Romel Punsal, Frank Hernandez, Carl Leonard, Maurice Molyneaux, Rick Pike, Eric Ebersole, Gina Hernandez, Barry Dunaway, Paul R. Sieber, Susan Cirrincione, Dean ... http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/?p=982 "That tree is in frame. Can we trim it back?" "No, that's against park regs." "Romel, just use your heat vision. No one's going to see." [caption id="attachment_863" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="Susan Cirrincione as "Howie," getting the drop on a baddy."][/caption] We did our first day of location shooting for Polaris on Saturday, ... http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/?p=860 Okay...long time, no update. We continue steadily to our goal of wrapping principal photography - Real Soon! For three days in May, we turned the Black Box Theatre in Indian Head, Maryland into a green-screen stage to shoot some effects-laden sequences central to the story. Just about all of ... http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/?p=799 Just a short note this morning: the first three segments of Trenches, a short science fiction action/suspense movie by Shane Felux (Star Wars: Revelations; Pitching Lucas) are now online at Crackle: http://crackle.com/c/Trenches I first saw Trenches at the Farpoint science fiction media convention in February of 2009. It's great. ... http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/?p=794 Polaris will be making a presentation at the Farpoint science fiction media convention at 11:00 AM on Sunday, February 14, in the Dulaney 1 Room. We plan to show a short scene from the movie, currently in production. We'll also be participating in filmmaking panels throughout the weekend, including (as ... http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/?p=790 Jason "Vektor" Lee has proceeded to building the CG mesh for Polaris, based upon his earlier design sketches (which can be found in our Concepts and Design Art gallery and at his own site, www.vektorvisual.com). Jason says These are, of course, preliminary, with lots of parts and pieces yet to be ... http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/?p=770 Okay, I understand the theory: the idea of blogging is to write about what's going on, and the point of a news blog is to write about what's going on NOW. Too much has been going on for the last month. All of it good. Most of it wonderful. ... http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/?p=720 We wrapped at the stage somewhere around 2:00 AM this morning, and locked up at around 4:00. It's already gone. To the magicians, mind-readers and muses of Polaris: Maurice - I could never do your job. You saved this ship. Paul - the leader of the cast. Entered as Chaney ... http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/?p=684 [caption id="attachment_678" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Gina Hernandez"][/caption] Gina Hernandez will play Doctor Valerie Young in Polaris. Although Gina has been an actor since playing Molly Pitcher for a school project in the fourth grade, it was her starring role as Taryn Anwar in the independent film "Star Wars: Revelations" that challenged her to ... http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/?p=630 [caption id="attachment_513" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="Susan Cirrincione"][/caption] Susan Cirrincione will play Lieutenant Commander January Howard in Polaris. Susan has combined a career as a model with acting assignments that include television dramas "The Kill Point" and the pilot for "Three Rivers" as well as upcoming features "She’s Out of My League" (Dreamworks) and ... http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/?p=599