I can finally talk a little about the Trigan Empire TV show I worked on a few years ago. Sadly not because it’s happening, the project is still in limbo with Rebellion owning the I.P.
However the incredible artist Chris Weston has posted some of the concept art he created for the show when it was in development. You can see the original tweet here.
The artwork is absolutely stunning.
To give a bit more detail the trio of characters were the main protagonists for the adventure. A member of the Trigan royal family, a freshly retired Trigan legionnaire and a lowly engineer who worked for the Trigan Navy.
The series (10 sixty minute episodes) was loosely based on The Reign of Thara but with enough twists to keep die-hard fans of the show excited.
We spent ages working how to update the wonderful Trigan comics whilst still being true to what made them so magical and I think we did okay. We certainly attracted some incredible talent the the project while it was still active. For example the multi-award winning director Sam Yates was on board to direct.
I’d also like to shout out to Anna Silver who was the script editor and Dr Emma Southon who was our active duty Roman expert. Yes, for a show where Romans battled dinosaurs with lasers we had an actual Roman historian helping us make it even more authentic (when appropriate). You can buy her book here - Agrippina.
I’m still fairly limited on what more I can say but it was an absolute joy to work on and I’d jump at the chance to do more with it.
As it stands I’ve got 600 pages of Trigan adventures on a shelf behind me that no-one else will ever see. If you are in the industry and would like to read the pilot, let me know.