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Following the huge success of the 2009 Script reading video, the folks at Auto Assembly have decided to release a high quality version of their epic 2010 script reading… and it’s online right now!
Watch below, or talk about it here.
http://youtu.be/KpsJpVWpzXM
We’ve been working hard with our Youtube Channel over the last few weeks preparing lots of new videos for all of you including a lot of major news videos that we will be uploading over the next couple of weeks, but right now we’re pleased to announce the first in a series of uploads coming over the next couple of weeks featuring archive footage from the convention itself…
The first of these is online NOW and we are proud to announce the re-release of our first ever script reading from Auto Assembly 2009. Featuring a brand new 25 minute Beast Wars story written by man-of-the-moment Simon Furman, this was a fun script that played strictly for laughs and featured performances by our voice actor guests Gregg Berger and Ian James Corlett and comic artists Nick Roche and Simon Williams, supported by fans who auditioned for the remaining roles.
Previously uploaded to Youtube in three parts, it has now been remastered as a single part video and in High Definition, you can watch this much loved script as only our convention attendees were able to! You can see the full video on our channel here:-
http://youtu.be/QqSQoOSc8gw
The script readings have become an Auto Assembly tradition since 2009 and are a part of our Saturday night programme which is exclusive for those who attend the convention for the full weekend. In 2010, our script was again written for us by Simon Furman and featured Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil, Nick Roche and Simon Williams and will be available on Youtube in the next seven days so keep checking the channel to see what you have missed out.
If you are considering attending Auto Assembly 2011, this is a great way to get a teaser for what you can expect from our 2011 script! Again, Simon Furman is at the helm and David Kaye and Gregg Berger are both confirmed to take starring roles. Who else will be performing? You’ll have to come along to find out…!
More convention footage will be uploaded shortly including panels from Auto Assembly 2009 and 2010, and Garry Chalk’s acoustic concert from Auto Assembly 2010! We also have more massive announcements and news videos coming soon so keep an eye out for our next video shortly including our next guest update…
Tickets for Auto Assembly 2011 are available now from our website. Ticket prices are £50 for adults and £38 for children, students and senior citizens, with under 5s admitted free. One day tickets are available for the Saturday or Sunday (although these will NOT get you into the Friday or Saturday evening programmes) and these cost £30 for adults, £21 for children, students or senior citizens and under 5’s as always are free. Family tickets will be available shortly.
The convention is taking place over the weekend of 12th – 14th August 2011 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. Tickets for Auto Assembly 2012 will go on sale later this year.
For more details on the convention, to see a full list of all the guests and activities taking place over the weekend, or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
We hope to see you all in August!
The Auto Assembly 2011 Team
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People have been asking us to bring him back since his debut last year and we are now pleased to announce that IDW artist / writer Nick Roche will be making a welcome return to Auto Assembly 2010 joining our extensive line-up of guests bringing the total to ten!
Nick will be with us for the whole weekend and will be signing autographs and sketching for attendees all weekend and as well as this he will be joining all of our other comic guests on stage for a Q&A session on the Saturday and running a rather special workshop on the Sunday and – as he did last year – he will be joining our voice actors on stage on the Saturday evening taking part in our script reading. So if you want to see everything that Nick will be involved with at the convention, you will need to be with us for the full weekend.
To see the official announcement, and to see the latest episode of the Auto Assembly News Update where you can find out the latest updates on the convention, watch our video which is embedded at the top of this news post.
Tickets are selling well for the convention and are for adults and for children, students and senior citizens, with under 5s admitted free. Family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are available for . Reduced prices are available for the one day passes although these are limited.
Nick joins an extensive line-up off guests including Garry Chalk, Derrick J Wyatt, Simon Furman, Guido Guidi and a host of UK comic guests and the convention will be taking place between Friday 13th – Sunday 15th August 2010 at the The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. There will be a massive Saturday evening programme with a party, live band, costume competition and more, and durig the whole weekend there will be a toy and art displays, dealers, comic guests, free autograph sessions, a video games area charting 25 years of Transformers games, free workshops, dedicated childrens programming, video screenings and so much more to be announced!
For more details on the convention, to see a full list of all the guests and activities taking place over the weekend, or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
We hope to see you all in August 2010.
The Auto Assembly 2010 Team
Web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Youtube: www.youtube.com/autoassembly
Twitter: www.twitter.com/auto_assembly
Forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
Email: autoassembly@aol.com
Tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
Auto Assembly 2010 is sponsored by www.transformertoys.co.uk and www.transformersanimated.com whose generosity have made Derrick J Wyatt’s appearance at the convention possible.
IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall has posted the final coloured version of the Auto Assembly 2009 Exclusive cover for IDW’s The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #13.
You find the cover has improved colour contrast compared to when it was last seen, the Apocalypse Comics website (who helped get the cover done), and Grimlock saying something that only Grimlock would say. The cover is limited to 1000 copies with a maximum of 2 sold to each attendee at Auto Assembly 2009 in August.
The cover has art from Nick Roche with colours from Liam Shalloo.
All Hail Megatron #13 is due out next month. Look out for #12 later this week.
Continuing his post script blogging, SImon Furman has posted his thoughts and teasers for his next series, The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots.
As well as revealing the characters who appear in the issue, he confirms that the story will follow on from Spotlight: Grimlock. The final bit of news is that the first issue (of the 5 part series) will be released in October, following on from Revelations.
Art for the series is being done by Nick Roche.
This is mainly for all the complainers, but also for people asking the question, what happened to Ironhide during IDW’s Transformers: Devastation series? Well, artist Nick Roche has posted a “100% official and Ryall/Hasbro/SimFur approved” page to fill in the gap between the end of Devastation and Spotlight: Cyclonus (Revelation Part 1).
In an interview with Denton J. Tipton, Editor at IDW, he lets out that Nick Roche is working with Simon Furman on the series set after Transformers Revelation, but before All Hail Megatron, Maximum Dinobots.
9. Also what kind of story would you like to get published if you had total freedom (unused character one-shot, Japanese stuff…)?
Probably Simon Furman doing a Dinobots miniseries with Nick Roche. Oh, wait. I already get to do that! Did I mention that I have a great job?
IDW artist Nick Roche has been interviewed by Transfans.net. Many of you may know Nick from his work on Metrodome’s Super-God Masterforce and Victory DVD covers and IDW’s upcoming The Transformers Spotlight: Shockwave comic.
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