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A new article on Project London, taken from the July 2011 issue of Wired UK magazine, touts the open-source aspects of Project London. Check it out.

Spiral Productions LLC has just completed a major overhaul of the Official Project London Movie Site. The previous version of the site served us well until it became clear that to show more clips, content and visuals, we needed to completely re-theme our WordPress content management system. The new site still utilizes the WordPress CMS and was heavily customized to work for the movie. We believe this upgraded site will take us through the release of the movie.

New features on the site include among other things, a character gallery, and pages for the Graphic Novel and Project Manhattan.

Project London is an independent, no-budget, feature-length, live action movie with vivid, intense, and marrow-vibrating visual effects and animations created with the open source software Blender (and other traditional software) and 250 (or so) worldwide volunteers. It’s led by The Triumvirate and set in Seattle, Washington. It will be available for worldwide viewing in its entirety very soon. In the meantime, check out the cool article about us on the Wired UK website.

Spiral Productions LLC has released two brilliant literary, artistic works in support of their upcoming, independent, almost-no-budget feature film, Project London.

Now available, two novels from the movie’s official website, the prequel novella, Project Manhattan, is the first installment of the story that culminates in Project London. A graphic novel of Project London, based on the movie’s screenplay, presents a much darker exploration of the epic story and realigns it into a completely new, visual experience for the printed page.

The two new books debuted at the 2011 Emerald City Comicon in March, where the supplies of each book sold out at full price, with minimal promotion, to both existing and new fans of Project London from around the world. Showing its support for the movie’s growing fan base, Spiral Productions has made digital previews of the two books available for free on the Project London website, including the first 15 pages of Project Manhattan and 61 pages (nearly half) of the graphic novel.

Both Project Manhattan and the Project London graphic novel are now available for media reviews. The next steps for the books include feature trailers soon available on YouTube, the release of digital (both) and audio (Project Manhattan) versions, and global distribution via Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

About Project Manhattan:

Authored by writer Caleb B. Wheeler, the Project Manhattan prequel novella is the first installment of the story that culminates in the Project London film. A 15-page preview is currently available for everyone on the Project London website. The book’s story is set World War II, when an orphaned alien race comes to Earth offering advanced, power-shifting technologies to the side they believe will win the war… in exchange for a place to live. The ominous, catastrophic devastation it creates during the war leads to the development of even more powerful, mind-boggling weapons. Many began questioning the motives of these visitors, including some of the aliens themselves. But the real question is where did they come from? And what happened to their home world?

“Project Manhattan is full of imagination and fascinating details,” said Project London Writer/Director Ian Hubert. “Wheeler has created a believable alternate look at one of humanity’s darkest moments, with a vivid piece of work that stands on its own as a fantastic piece of fiction.”

About the Project London Graphic Novel:

Artist Branson Anderson created the Project London graphic novel based on Hubert’s screenplay for Project London. Branson was given freedom and license by Hubert and Executive Producers Phil and Nathan McCoy to realign the Project London story into a completely new experience for the printed page. Starting today, a 61-page preview is now available on the Project London website.

“I love that the Project London graphic novel is not a scene-for-scene replay of the movie,” Project London Executive Producer Nathan McCoy said. “As a graphic novel fan, I don’t find much use for books that are frame-by-frame visualizations of a movie. Branson’s novel will be familiar and yet different and very fun.”

The Emerald City Comicon is the Premier Comic Book & Pop Culture Convention in the Pacific Northwest, and the perfect place for Spiral Productions to debut key products from the Project London Universe and feature appearances by the director, actors and book authors. The ECCC is being held at the Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA U.S.A.,  March 4-6, 2011. Visit our display in the Artist Alley (table H-22).

Fans at the ECCC will have access to exclusive premiere editions of two new books, Project Manhattan (prequel novella) and the Project London Graphic Novel. Plus a chance to meet some of the people bringing Project London to life including (from top left to right):

• Branson Anderson, author of the Project London Graphic Novel, Branson also stars as Jerry in Project London
• Ian Hubert, writer/director of Project London
• Jen Page, actress and part-time chaos, Jen stars as Xing Xing Fix in Project London. Jen is a busy actress and will spend time at our display as well as make appearances supporting some of her other projects.
• Phil McCoy, executive producer of Project London
• Caleb Wheeler, author of Project Manhattan (prequel novel)

Spiral Productions will also be showing a brand new trailer for Project London at the ECCC, hoping to raise awareness of the movie among the expected 22,000+ attendees.

Project London (movie) short synopsis: Project London is a special effects-rich science fiction movie about a grief-stricken young man who joins a ragtag resistance force and engages in epic battles against Joint Command to avenge his father and save the planet.

Project Manhattan (prequel novella) short synopsis: An orphaned and powerful alien race arrive on planet earth during the chaos of World War II with a proposition that brings peace in exchange for a place to live. Dealing with a sinister secret with the power to decimate the planet is the thrust of this prequel to the upcoming movie, Project London.

Today we released a new teaser clip on Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo featuring a deeper look into the world of Project London. In this clip you will be introduced to the opposing forces in the movie, namely Joint Command and The London Underground.

The music is “Multiply” by Half Acre Day and is available exclusively on the Project London Soundtrack Album. We recommend playing this clip with your volume control turned way up. For all things Half Acre Day, visit halfacreday.com.

Also going out starting today is the first news release for the movie, titled, “Project London: A Perfect Blend of No Money, No Hollywood, and Tons of Mind-Blowing Special Effects”.

About Project London:

Project London is a feature length, no budget, independently produced and distributed, science-fiction, action-adventure, and effects film shot entirely in high definition digital video. For more information visit: www.projectlondonmovie.com.

About Spiral Productions LLC:

Spiral Productions is a Limited Liability Corporation based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America, that produces a wide range of media for corporate and consumer audiences.

Spiral Productions LLC has just completed a major overhaul of the official Project London movie site. The original site was a single HTML page with a graphic, a link to the production blog and a link to sign up for the sometimes monthly email. The new site is built on the WordPress CMS system with a custom theme by Press75.com, which was again heavily customized to work for the movie with support from Hao Xiaobo.

Features planned for the near future include a character gallery, a page about the graphic novel (being created by Branson Anderson) and enhanced store features.

Project London is an independent, no-budget, feature-length, live action movie with vivid, intense, and marrow-vibrating visual effects and animations created with the open source software Blender (and other traditional software) and 250 (or so) worldwide volunteers. It’s led by The Triumvirate and set in Seattle, Washington. It will be available for worldwide viewing in its entirety very soon. In the meantime, check out an interview with the director: “Project London: The Most Ambitious No-Budget Effects Movie Ever”

Jawbone.tv has just published an interview with Ian Hubert, director and visual effects supervisor of Project London. Read it here.

The Project London logo merchandise store is now open! The store features designs in the following categories:

• Premiere
• Joint Command
• London Underground
• Graphic Novel
• Project Manhattan

This clip, Benny’s Fuel and Repair, was created and released to attract Blender Artists to our project; the science fiction action adventure film, Project London, written and directed by Ian Hubert.

This is the first clip that we released from the movie and we are darn proud of the work everyone is doing to make this movie really cool.

This is a screen capture of the new social network for the Spiral Productions movie, Project London. The site serves as a production blog and communication portal for the cast & crew as well as a meeting place for Blender fans and users.

The website is a significant component of Spiral Productions LLC plans to extend the experience of enjoying the movie, Project London with fans who may be interested in interacting with actors, the director and producers. Many value added elements and experiences will originate from this site including events, video clips, interviews, downloads, announcements, tutorials on specific aspects of animation and at some point, access to the actual animation elements created for the movie.

The site is built on Ning.com architecture and is skinned with Project London artwork. Features include member pages and blogs, groups, events, forums, chat, photos and video, and robust flexibility to customize and feature elements on the fly.