Archival Restoration

We learned many processes of upgrade and restoration from our considerable depth in film post production - digital and otherwise - and our love of great Cinema. In time these areas of experiences lead us add restoration of film and TV classics in addition to our ongoing new productions. From our inception we were always evolving our knowledge of and experimentation in, new capacities in post production. Our first restoration work proper started on our own works, about 30 films and scripted TV drama going as far back as to the late  1970s in super-16, 35MM and diverse formats. A chance meeting with John Frizzel a co-writer and co-director of the 1983 classic, challenging Winter Tan (staring the inestimable Jackie Burroughs).  https://starfieldcreatorco.com/portfolio_page/a-winter-tan/  That casual conversation soon lead to a decision to re-introducing the film turned into a discussion of - where can we find a good print? That wasn't so easy. Eventually with the help of National Archives Canada  we got our hands on two old faded, scratched super-16mm theatrical prints, but no trace of the original negatives. Hence our first shot a restoring a third party classic. Working closely with Eggplant Pictures and Sound we ultimately restored two new digital masters, one for theatrical projection,...

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Posted on August 26, 2022

North American Release of Blu-ray Collectors Edition of Starhunter REDUX on August 23 2022.

 

      Starhunter ReduX: The Complete Series

[Collector’s Edition]

      GALAXY-SIZED ADVENTURE AWAITS!
COLLECTOR’S EDITION of ALL 44 EPISODES!

Starhunter REDUX has finally landed in Blu-ray!

This beloved science-fiction adventure series starring Michael Paré (Streets Of Fire, Eddie And The Cruisers), Stephen Marcus (Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels), Tanya Allen (Silent Hill), Claudette Roche (The Game), and Clive Robertson (Darkstar: The Motion Picture) is finally available as a 10-Disc Blu-ray set by the storied genre distributor  SHOUT! Factory including all 44 episodes, releases AUGUST 23 2022, with all of the expanded footage, updated special effects and the original 16:9 aspect ratio intact!

 

Welcome to the year 2275. Earth has colonized the entire solar system … but danger still lurks in every corner. Bounty hunter Dante Montana (Paré) and his crew travel among the far reaches of the Solar System on the trail of interplanetary criminals, including the Raiders – an evil cabal that Dante believes kidnapped his beloved son. Elsewhere, covert forces wage a desperate war to unlock the secrets of the mysterious Divinity Cluster, believed to hold powerful knowledge that in the wrong hands would offer the power to dominate the known universe.

Bonus Features

  • Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
  • Effects: Before And After
  • Starhunter At FanExpo
  • Green Screen Follies
  • The Rudolpho Monologues
  • Recording The Theme
  • Composer Donald Quan … Live!
  • Promos old and new

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Posted on August 17, 2022

Starfield CreatorCo Signs Distribution Deal with Shout! Factory for the Re-Launch of Starhunter REDUX

TORONTO – Starfield CreatorCo, a Toronto-based science fiction film and television production company, is pleased to announce it has signed a distribution deal with the Shout! Factory, a leading multi-platform media company, for its popular science fiction television series, Starhunter REDUX, now available on Amazon Prime in the US and UK.   Starfield CEO Philip Jackson made the announcement at the recent Toronto International Film Festival held here in September. The distribution deal provides Shout! Factory with all media rights in North America.   “There couldn’t be a better distributor for us than SHOUT Factory,” said Jackson. “Their identification with the markets that our audiences live in is a robust but particular kind of demographic. No one is better positioned to maximize the exploitation of this 44-episode sci-fi classic than Shout! Factory.”   The release of the series in 2000 created a loyal, if cult-like fan base over the years and now subscribers to Amazon prime in the US and the UK can watch all 44 fully-restored episodes, many of which boast new footage. Missing or censored content was re-shot from scratch in half of the episodes. This involved writing an additional story arc that entailed having actors 20 years older meeting their former selves in green-screened interaction.   The current re-launch of the two-season series on Amazon Prime includes...

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Posted on October 19, 2021

Starfield CreatorCo In-Person Meetings at TIFF 2025

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Welcome to TIFF 2025, Starfield CreatorCo is attending the Industry side - doing finance, co-production, and sales of astonishing new content. Five  new projects stand out: We present, near fully-financed science fiction.  A 10 x 1-hour  series SolSys. 10 episodes, scripts and development completed. Briefly:   A science fiction saga from a future gone way off-script. The Context: In the post-AI transhumanist sprawl of SolSys, civilizations hum along with suspiciously gleaming smiles. Think equal parts authoritarian nanny-state and all-night rave. Think a blend of military protocol and sensual absurdity. Society isn’t just post-human. It’s post-sanity in a designer jumpsuit. The story: Enter the Shylagh Na Gig, a long-haul freighter captained by the brave, if contrary, Reggie Cornet.  Reggie and her crew of AIs, humans, semi-human hybrids all qualify as misfits, but each have their own slashes of brilliance and uniqueness. Enter Major Schull, Reggie’s ex-lover-slash-reality-warping war scientist. He commandeers her ship, a prisoner in tow. Schull has a cryptic directive, and the kind of sociopathic edge that those with just the right emotional damage find irresistible. The prisoner? Sister Nine, a sin-eating war criminal blessed with weapons-grade theology.  She’s due to stand trial on Saturn’s moon Rhea.  But in SolSys, nothing...

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Posted on October 4, 2021

Starfield CreatorCo at TIFF 2021

Our CEO Phil Jackson, along with producer Peter Horton will be attending TIFF.  To set up a meeting to discuss your project, please email: phil@starfieldcreatorco.com  ...

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Posted on August 4, 2021

CO-PRODUCTION OPPORTUNITIES AT CANNES

Starfield CreatorCo is always looking for new projects to co-produce. Our Executive Producer for Europe Lynda Cope is attending the Cannes Market and would like to meet with you. To set up a meeting with Ms. Cope to discuss your project, please email her at lyndacope@aol.com The festival runs now until July 17, 2021....

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Posted on July 2, 2021

LOSS IN THE FAMILY: RICHARD SNIDERMAN

We deeply regret to announce that Starfield’s Chief Finance Officer, Richard Sniderman has passed away suddenly on February 18, 2020. The film financier was a major player not only in the executive team of Starfield for 20 years, he championed independent film-makers and his dedication and devotion to producing films and television series will be missed. In his early 80's, "Richard brought more energy and enthusiasm to the office than people a quarter his age" noted Starfield CreatorCo's President Philip Jackson. "A businessman through and through, Richard loved working with creative people, the creative environment was emboldening to him, and he emboldened us" Philip added....

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Posted on February 3, 2021

NOW PLAYING ON THE EL REY NETWORK

A bold re-imagining of the award winning international sci-fi epic - STARHUNTER REDUX. Check it out SUNDAYS @ 6pm ET only on the  El Rey Network! Re-airs of the previous week's episodes will air on FRIDAYS at 10pm ET. There will be a 2 week hiatus at the start of September and return on September 16 with new episodes....

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Posted on August 9, 2018

STARHUNTER REDUX AT TORONTO FAN EXPO

Starfield Indie and Fan Expo Canada are pleased to announce a panel showcasing the creative team and stars of the Starhunter series, REDUXand Transformation. Scheduled for September 2, 2018 at 12:30 pm at Fan Expo Canada taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the panel will feature stars Michael Paré (Dante Montana) and Tanya Allen (Percy Montana) as well as showrunner Philip Jackson, a co-creator of the franchise who also works on the series as a writer and director. The panel will premiere a sneak preview for the upcoming season Starhunter: Transformation. Following the premiere, attendees of Fan Expo Canada and the media will be given the opportunity to ask questions of the panelists. The panel will be moderated by the Director of Communications for Starfield Indie, Mark Terry....

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Posted on August 8, 2018
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