TALKING HAMILL

Mark is embarking on a huge new voiceover project titled NEW-GEN.

After a six-issue comic book series launching April 9, NEW-GEN will branch into motion pictures, television series, toys, merchandising and video games.

Mark voices Gabriel, the leader of the new generation of super heros.

A teaser is availabe here or via the official website www.new-gen.info.

Mark will also be celebrity judge of the NEW-GEN Challenge which will kick off April 18, 2008 at the New York Comic-Con upon NEW-GEN's official launch. Winners will be announced July 24-28 at Comic-Con San Diego. This might mean that Mark will actually be at Comic-Con, but there's been no official word on that yet.

Citing Mark:

"Watching NEW-GEN™ evolve from a fascinating idea into a fully-realized, beautifully rendered comic book universe has been a real thrill for me. Fans of science-fiction/fantasy owe it to themselves to give NEW-GEN™ some serious attention!"

Read the full press release at Comics Bulletin.

There are lots of images of the event, too.

On Flickr check the albums of users bryanearl, msprout and radder86.

If you happen over any more photos, let me know.

Mark is endorsing Barack Obama as the Democrat's candidate for the presidential election later this year. Wednesday, April 9 Mark was at Point Park University in Pittsburgh to speak for Mr Obama after Anthony Daniels had inducted several robots, C-3PO among others, into their Robot Hall of Fame.

Here are a couple of video clips:



This also included a Question & Answer session and Mark signed autographs after his speech.

Mark has given his opinion of Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker in the upcoming "Dark Night" movie. Go to Comics2Film to read what Mark has to say.

Also, our fellow Mark fan sueprano has pointed me to this site here for a large assortment of Mark pictures from July at Celebration Europe.

I've been busy researching the availability of Mark's movies and voiceovers during the past week. You can access it all on Just The Best. There are separate lists for Movies on DVD, Movies on VHS, Voiceovers on DVD, Voiceovers on VHS and Voiceovers on CD. I found some real gems, so you should take a moment and check it all out.

I also found a cute, short Mark interview on YouTube. It's an on-set interview from when he did "Wing Commander 4". The first part is with Tom Wilson, the second part with Mark. Short, but nice.

I also found out that Mark narrated the featurette "Green Arrow: The Legend Of The Emerald Archer" on the DVD box for the 6th season of "Smallville". Go check out DVDTalk for all relevant information.

I just finished listening to yesterday's issue of Better Things. I can't tell you how happy I am that Mark decided to go back to the "no news, no weather, no finances" approach. Again, the last show where they were leafing through the then-current issue of "USA Today" was mighty interesting, but just like Mark says, the weekend is for relaxation and how better to relax than by laughing and grinning for about 2 hours straight listening to him on that show?

I was getting jealous, too, because there are so many new series coming up on US TV. It'll be forever until we get them here. *rolls eyes* I'd especially love a new sitcom. Ever since "The Nanny", "Home Improvement" and "3rd Rock from the Sun" there hasn't been a new sitcom that really got me hooked.

Anyway, back to Mr Mark "Awesome" Hamill.

celosia found out that Issue #97 of the "STAR WARS Insider" will feature an all-new exclusive Mark Hamill interview! YAY! I can't wait! Apparently there'll be 2 covers for this. The cover of the newsstands edition and a special collectors cover with Mark on it. You can see them on Wookieepedia.

It's going to come out on October 23 in the US and on October 25 in the UK.

sueprano brought this new radio interview to my attention. It aired August 8 on BBC Radio 1's Edith Bowman show, but I think it was recorded a couple of weeks ago when Mark was in London for STAR WARS Celebration Europe.

Here is the link, great photo inclusive:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/edithbowman/galleries/293/42/#gallery293

In the interview Mark says that he hopes to be in pre-production for the film adaptation of "The Black Pearl" this fall and to start shooting in January/February 2008. He also mentioned that maybe the movie'll be at the Cannes Film Festival next year. Sounds pretty cool, all of it, doesn't it?

Enjoy!

You should make yourself comfortable in front of your computer and make a little trip to YouTube. An assortment of great Mark videos has been uploaded.

There is a behind-the-scenes video of Mark voicing Wolverine, in the computer game X2: Wolverine's Revenge. You can see him actually voice the character, and he's commenting on it.

Mark on 'Wolverine'

Then there are four clips from the movie Time Runner up, in which Mark played the lead hero Michael Raynor

'Time Runner' Part 1
'Time Runner' Part 2
'Time Runner' Part 3
'Time Runner' Part 4

There's also a first part of Mark on the series Amazing Stories, where he starred in the episode Gather Ye Acorns:

'Gather Ye Acorns' Part 1.

Enjoy all that Markness! :D

Can't break the flow while it's so strong, right? Here are some more images I found. I'll be gone until tomorrow afternoon, so it might be Friday morning, German time, until I will have more again. But these should tend you over the wait.

These are all at Flickr.com again.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stormcab/837060463/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stormcab/837123299/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinmcmorran/839072478/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinmcmorran/838196581/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinmcmorran/839074658/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinmcmorran/838197029/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinmcmorran/839060040/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinmcmorran/839058778/

I also found the original video clip of the radio show Heart Breakfast. I know you've already seen the YouTube clip, but this one here is in sync. Mark's gestures and movements match the answers, so that's cool.

And let's not forget the yellow press. It's loving Mark right now. :)

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/17/mark_hamill_has_only_seen_the_star_wars

You just have to adore the age of digicams and the internet. All these pictures help so much to forget at least for a while the disappointment of not having been there yourself. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grazulis/828067308/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10142777@N02/830464181/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10142777@N02/830462729/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10142777@N02/830465751/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10142777@N02/830469613/
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=141285&id=509572639&l=8c0f3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethgabor/828164892/in/set-72157600853630699/
http://walkamongthestars.blogspot.com/2007/07/celebration-europe-docklands-london.html
http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p5OaD7E98smJ-utWL16wYLhx8tkcSggnctXwaL6ffeXTlejurxUQNPncflKUaaaO-rcmgfNHzgW4

Oh, and before I forget it... Here are some yellow press articles... What, you didn't know yet of Mark's crush? Why, where have you been? *winks*

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/16/mark_hamill_confesses_his_crush_on_natal
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/ent?guid=20070716/469aed40_8c0_224020070716-1619657717

Isn't the yellow press amusing?

There've been some more pics up on Flickr.com.

Let's see:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bis4pp/820973719/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bis4pp/820974005/in/set-72157600839174789/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bis4pp/821806792/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bis4pp/820931433/in/set-72157600838631890/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bis4pp/821806448/in/set-72157600838631890/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bis4pp/820930431/in/set-72157600838631890/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bis4pp/821805710/in/set-72157600838631890/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/globalnix/817713755/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/philofphotos/809665961/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clarebatemanking/801167091/

There's also a very sweet article at the link below. There are no pics, but it perfectly illustrates how nice Mark is to his fans, so go read it.

http://www.thisisswindon.co.uk/display.var.1546512.0.luke_skywalker_meets_his_hero.php

So I'll try to do this in some kind of ordered way. Already I have found PLENTY of media from Celebration Europe and I suspect this is only the beginning, as people return home and get their stuff ordered. So let's start. You're going to love this.

First there is an article at The Sun Online. They had Mark and Dave Prowse meet up for a photo shooting and an interview. There are great pics and there's a video clip from the photo shoot as well!!! Rex Features has a large collection of shots from the shooting as well.

So that's that, but of course there is MORE.

There is a video clip of Mark at the Opening Ceremony of the celebration, where he's introducing Ian McDiarmid and does the Joker! He's so brilliant and funny!!! There is another video of the Opening Ceremony at the Official STAR WARS Blog. It's better quality, but you don't see as much of Mark and you don't hear him speak because it's dubbed over with a SW theme.

Mark was guest on a radio show called Heart Breakfast. Check out the video on YouTube! It's somewhat out of sync and I had some trouble understanding some things, but I'm sure native English speakers will fare much better than I did.

Then there's a wonderful GMTV webcast of Mark online. Thanks go to sueprano for pointing this one out.

Then there's the interview Mark gave on a BBC 2 radio show. The interview will start playing once you load this site. Use the buttons to fast-forward to 2:40:00 and wait for the song to end for Mark to come on.

I'll be back soon with a post on Mark images that I have found. :)

This link was brought to my attention by Helen. Mark was guest on a panel discussing his experiences working in theater. As usual, he looks great and is very funny. You need a bit of patience, since this is nearly one hour and a half long and it's not only Mark that's talking. However, it pays. :)

Enjoy!

Watch the Panel!

If anybody has figured out how to download this, I'd appreciate it if you told me. :)

I found this website yesterday, but had to leave for university and didn't have the time to share.

You absolutely HAVE to take a look at it and you absolutely HAVE to download all these goodies. There are plenty of "behind-the-scenes" video files from the making of all "Wing Commander" games, as well as video files of Mark interviews. He's featured heavily in all of it and much of it is so hilarious. He's so funny and there is a number of bloopers, too.

Here's the link: Wing Commander Holovids.

Check them all out and let's talk about them! Watching the "Making Of" of Prophecy, it seems slimy goo is one of Mark's secret pleasures. *lol*

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