Science Fiction Novel Series Gets Live-Action Treatment. Andrew Beery’s popular series of novels known as, “The Catherine Kimbridge Chronicles” is being adapted for television and the Producers are utilizing Crowd-Funding as one of the ways to make it happen.
“2067 was the year I died for the first time… It was painful. Had I known how often I’d be expected to die over the next several millennia, I might have made a stronger effort to stay dead.”
Those few sentences set the tone for the first adventure. The novels are a pure Science Fiction series following the adventures of a future “Horatio Hornblower” style character called “Admiral ‘Cat’ Catherine Kimbridge” It’s a SciFi adventure series that is chock-full of real-world cutting edge science ranging from VASMR drives powered by liquid fluorine thorium reactors to entangled quantum communications. Add in a six legged cybernetic dog with a passion for chocolate and anything can happen. Producer (and twin brother to Andrew) Peter Beery has put a strong team together to develop the project for television. Veteran Film-Maker and Award-Winning Visual Effects Supervisor Kevin VanHook (I, Robot, I am Number Four, Olympus Has Fallen) will adapt the first novel— writing and directing the pilot. Actor Alexis Cruz (Stargate, Drag Me to Hell) is attached and is currently narrating the AUDIO BOOK version of the first novel. Heather Harris (Star Trek: Into Darkness) is also attached to the project. The team has already put together a short proof-of-concept video (Showcasing Heather Harris in the role of Cat) to use in the early stages of pitching Networks and Sales Agents.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1069530189/catherine-kimbridge-chronicles-the-live-action-ser
About The Catherine Kimbridge Chronicles
THE TEAM
Andrew Beery, the Author of The Catherine Kimbridge Chronicles.
Andrew Beery (born in December 1959) currently serving as an ordained Presbyterian pastor in PA. Andrew has multiple advanced degrees in Chemistry and Theology. He is a former soldier (Desert Storm veteran) and describes himself as an unrepentant technologist with over 25 years in the “Information Technology” field –much of it as a Senior Manager of Research and Development.
Andrew started writing in the early 1990\’s and in addition to his science fiction work, has co-authored fantasy books with his eldest daughter. The Catherine Kimbridge Chronicles is a pure Science Fiction series following the adventures of a future \”Horatio Hornblower\” style character called \”Admiral Catherine Kimbridge\”.
Peter Beery, PhD, Producer
A serial entrepreneur, Peter has a number of technology patents and awards. Most importantly, he is Andy\’s twin brother and has been funding our early development.
Kevin VanHook, Writer/Director.
Kevin VanHook (born 24 June 1965) is an American filmmaker who began his career in storytelling as a comic book artist and writer. He has written and directed over a half-dozen feature films and produced film and television, including the popular NBC Christmas Special, \”Harry Connick Jr.\’s The Happy Elf.\” As a Visual Effects Creator, he has brought his talents to films such as I, Robot, Olympus Has Fallen, I Am Number Four, Miss Congeniality and Television Series including Law & Order, Rizzoli & Isles, Royal Pains and more.
Cameron VanHook, Co-Director of the Proof of Concept Video.
Cameron is a graduate of The Los Angeles Film School and is a veteran of film and television for 8 years, working on films like The Green Hornet, Harry Potter The Deathly Hallows 1 and 2, and To The Arctic 3D.
Alexis Cruz, Actor portraying BEN.
Alexis Cruz was born on September 29, 1974 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Stargate (1994), Drag Me to Hell (2009) and Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998). Along with Erick Avari, he is one of only two actors to appear in both Stargate (1994) and its spin-off series Stargate SG-1 (1997). He played Skaara, the brother-in-law of Daniel Jackson, in both productions as well as the Goa\’uld Klorel in the latter.
Heather Harris, Actress portraying CAT in the Proof of Concept Video.
Heather is a renowned model and actress, whose work has been seen in The Star Trek Movies and Entertainment Weekly. She has been featured in books about San Diego Comic Con and her contribution to the Pop Culture Convention over the years.
Ludek Drizhal, Music Composer.
Award-winning Los Angeles-based composer and music producer Ludek Drizhal has written a long list of stylistically wide-ranging film scores, such as comedy/drama \”Rounding First\” for which he received an award from the Park City Film Music Festival 2006 (Original Music in Independent Film): Silver Medal for Excellence – Audience Choice for Best Impact of Music in a Feature Film.
Among many other projects he has also worked on Starz/Sci-Fi Network/Kevin VanHook productions horror \”Death Row\” (a.k.a.\” Haunted Prison\”), horror/action \”Slayer\”, action/adventure \”Sands of Oblivion\” and fantasy/drama/horror \”Voodoo Moon\”. One of the more recent projects that Ludek scored is \”Badland\”. In addition his song \”Nothing\’s There\” was short-listed for the 80th Oscar Nominations in 2007 in the category for Best Song in a Feature Film. (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
