Wed. Dec. 24, 2008

Well merry Christmas to one and all! We've had a very successful year. The live premiere of Project Blackknight went off without a hitch. It's up on YouTube and Vimeo now, so please go watch! We've been getting a lot of questions on when/if Marlin will be returning. Marlin will not be going away. We are taking a holiday break (like we did last year). Marlin will resume around February. As for Project Blackknight, we're playing that totaly by ear.

A few people have been asking on the forums and other places about Detective Awesome, saying that they want another one. Well, it looks like it's your lucky day! Behold! Detective Awesome and the Mystery of the Christmas Murder! Think of it as our little Christmas present to all of you dedicated viewers. Of course, we wouldn't have done it if we didn't want to do it in the first place. So watch and enjoy!

As a final bit for this blog post, I must inform you of the lack of a "Year in Review" video. To help compinsate, I thought I better inform you of the number of movies we produced in 2008. Last year we produced around 35. This year, we produced around...wait for it... 41! We produced a total of 41 movies in 2008. Some of the highlights include Halo 3 Dance TV, Detective Awesome, Project Blackknight, and of course, the continuation of the Marlin the Elite series.

So now go and grab some egg nogg, an extra helping of Chriatmas cheer, and watch our special holiday playlist (sorry, that was a little cheasy). HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Participate in our Live Premiere!

We have the first episode of Project Blackknight coming to YouTube this Saturday. However, you can see it early!

We're hosting a live event on our website, where we will air the first episode ("Prologue") a day early. The live event will take place on:

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19 @ 7:00 P.M. (that's PACIFIC STANDARD TIME)

CLICK THIS LINK WHEN IT IS TIME, AND ENJOY!

Sun. Dec. 14, 2008

Just here to give a quick midnight update. Today (or more like yesterday) we finished off all the voiceover work for PBK: Prologue (see last post for info on the live show!). Only the final touches need to be made and it's set for Friday! Hope you're all enjoying Marlin episode 30!

Fri. Dec. 12, 2008

Marlin the Elite ep. 30 is now up on YouTube for you all to enjoy. One thing you might notice: at the bottom of the screen, there's a button you can press that says "HD", and you can view the episode in... well... must say that it's not true HD, since the episode was only captured in standard def. However, the quality is still good. Be sure to click that button when watching episode 30.

Next up, we have the first episode of Project Blackknight coming to YouTube December 20. However, you can see it early!

We're hosting a live event on our website, where we will air the first episode ("Prologue") a day early. The live event will take place on:

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19 @ 7:00 P.M. (that's PACIFIC STANDARD TIME)

I'll put a video up with all this info and an exact link to the live page next week. So watch our YouTube channel. Hope you all can make it! In the meantime, be sure you've checked out the two new previews that came out: the "Mystic" trailer, and the "Prologue" trailer. That's all for now!

"Were it so easy..."

I regret to inform you all that our cat Jack (otherwise known as "Big Kitty") passed away today around the age of 14 or 15. During her time with us, she appeared in such movies as "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", "Detective Awesome", and others. She has without a doubt contributed greatly to the realm of Thomas Productions... especially in the firearms department. She will appear in at least one more of our films and possibly even a second. She will be missed.

Thomas Productions Now on Facebook!

Thomas Productions is now on Facebook! Click here to go to the page.

Fri. Dec. 5, 2008

Marlin episode 29 is now out. Go watch it and love it! Nothing else new at this time. Stay tuned!

Sun. Nov. 30, 2008

Hello. Today, Kevin & Kyle came over and we worked for something like 3 hours on voiceovers for Project Blackknight. Episode 1 is coming along very nicely. We just have to capture a few more scenes and finish those off before it's all done! If that wasn't enough, Kevin and I recorded a new podcast episode! Click here to listen to it now! That's all!

Fri. Nov. 28, 2008

Marlin 28 is up and active, so please go and watch if you're not duking it out at the Black Friday Bonanza. Great news! We finished up all the Marlin episodes on Tues. So now we can work on Project Blackknight. The Marlins will be released every Friday until episode 30 (the end of Season 3). That's all for now!

A Scripting Update from Kyle

Kyle posted this in our forums a few days ago talking about the development of various episode scripts for our new machinima series Project Blackknight. Here's what he had to say:

Well, Friday was a pretty busy day for me. I wrote up a script for an episode of Project BlackKnight. Layne liked it. Always a good thing when Layne approves.

Anyway, rewrote the episode today because Layne wanted me to change a few things. I also wrote up another episode that Layne wanted me do.

Layne had written up a script and he didn't like where it was going, so he gave it to me so that I could rewrite it. I did that today. I'm pretty sure that next time I see him, he'll have me rewrite it some more, but I don't mind. Just as long as I don't end up writing the whole show.

Kevin also wrote up an episode, but I think it seems like it should just be the end of an episode. It's too short. I'm sure Layne will tell him how to fix it up.

This is the first time that I've written a script in a while, so it's a good thing that Layne likes it so much. The last time I wrote a script for Thomas Productions, it was for Pirates of the Backyard.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know how things are going with PBK.

Be sure to check back for more updates, and don't miss Marlin the Elite episode 28 this Friday!

Mon. Nov. 25, 2008

Marlin the Elite 27 is and has been up, as well as the announcement trailer for our new machinima series Project Blackknight coming this December! We were able to film and capture Marlin 30 as planned, and it should be done by Thanksgiving...as planned. The only other thing to talk about is YouTube.

As you may have noticed, YouTube has come out with their bigger and better widescreen player. As of now, we will be putting out our videos to take advantage of this format (as I'm sure countless others are planning to do as well). Future episodes of Marlin the Elite, our new series Project Blackknight, as well as the rest of the stuff we do, will take up the full width of the screen, which is pretty magrawsome. Here's what it should look like:

That's it for now! Don't forget to catch Marlin 28 this Friday (a.k.a. Black Friday).

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