News from the lovely and talented Julianna Robinson:

Once again this year, she’s running in the Entertainment Industry Foundation/Revlon 5k Run to fight women’s cancers, as part of the Screen Actors Guild team… and you can make a tax-deductible donation to this worthy cause on her secure personal fundraising page hosted by EIFRevlon.

Go, Jules!

Happy New Year, Fusionistas!

To kick off the new year with a bang: Fusion Chapter One is going to be screened (big screened, yay) along with a bunch of other StrikeTV productions on Friday, January 15th, 2010 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at Hollywood’s historic Egyptian Theatre!

The event is entitled The American Cinematheque Blows Up the Internet: StrikeTV and there are more details on their Facebook invite page.

One detail they don’t yet show: yours truly has been invited to join the event’s panel discussion, along with other StrikeTV folk such as Timothy Dalton, Steven de Souza, and Mindy Sterling.

An article by Andrea Materia online at www.key4biz.it entitled “NewTv: webserial futuristici, i nipotini di Star Trek” (that’d be “the nephews” or “the grandsons” of Star Trek) has been kind enough to mention Fusion! Thank you, Mr. Materia!

Alas, of all the language in which I am fluent, Italian isn’t it, so here’s the relevant paragraph as run through Babelfish:

Only in recent months we have read of:

* Fusion, produced from Strike.TV, with an episode pilot already online from January, created from Richard Manning (between whose credits they figure Farscape and Star Trek: The Next Generation). To half between horror supernatural the type Lupo Mannaro American to London (the protagonists transform themselves to the occurrence in lucertoloni) and police surveying, Fusion has cost the usual “zero theorist”. In the sense that crew and the actors they have accepted in exchange for to work on the pilot food and affection, in the hope of being able to convince the boss of Hollywood to finance a series.

Dunno why “lucertoloni” stumped Babelfish; Reverso translates it as “iguana” or “green lizard”. Mr. Materia seems to be right on the money, as far as I can tell: Fusion did indeed cost zero theorists; the crew and actors did indeed work for food and affection (bless ‘em); and I’m still waiting for the boss of Hollywood to open his/her wallet.

Chapter One has just been remastered for Strike.TV — and it’s never looked better… especially if you choose to watch it in high-definition and full screen.

The new StrikeTV encode looks so fine, in fact, that we’re embedding it right here on FusionTheSeries.com in place of our not-nearly-as-spiffy previous QuickTime version (which can still be watched here, if you insist).

If you’re here because of (or in spite of) my just-finished talk with Shaun on TV Talk Radio, leave a comment and say hi!

Check out Fusion on Strike.TV!

And then check out StrikeTV‘s other offerings from some of Hollywood’s top talent! (What’s a StrikeTV, you ask? Look here.)

Check out Fusion on YouTube as well!

But wait, there’s more: check out Fusion on NewTeeVee.com with Julia Diddy’s very kind review!

Keep spreading the word… and come play on our forums!

Make yourselves comfortable!

• Take a look at Chapter One, now on its very own (black and uncluttered) page for your viewing pleasure!

• Watch the 90-second Trailer, newly remixed using the Actual Fusion Score by the astonishingly talented Gerald Brunskill.

• Or, if you’re truly pressed for time, watch the 30-second spot.

• Go Behind the Scenes to learn more about the Fusion universe and our brilliant cast and crew.

Then leave a comment right here!

(The Fusion community forums are still under construction, so stay tuned for those!)

— Richard Manning