And David Graham will reprise his role as Parker as ITV reveal the cast of 2015’s Thunderbirds Are Go! series
Back in February ITV announced Thunderbirds Are Go! based on the work of the late Gerry Anderson – now the cast has been revealed and it includes some of the original cast members as well as big-name newcomers like Merlin ‘s Angel Coulby.
Hitting screens in 2015 this reimagining of the classic series will be produced using a mix of CGI animation and miniature sets. In it, Rosamund Pike ( The World’s End ) will be Lady Penelope while David Graham ( Thunderbirds 1965 ) will again be chauffeur Parker.
“I’m very excited to bring Lady Penelope’s wry wit and taste for adventure to a new generation,” says Pike. “The scripts are very modern, very fresh and very funny.”
The rest of the line-up looks like this:
Brains – Kayvan Novak
Gordon and John Tracy – Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Alan and Scott Tracy – Rasmus Hardiker
Virgil Tracy – David Menkin
Grandma Tracy – Sandra Dickinson
The Hood – Andres Williams
Kayo (new character) – Angel Coulby
Colonel Casey (new character) – Adjoa Andoh
26 thirty-minute episodes of Thunderbirds Are Go! are produced by ITV Studios and New Zealand based Pukeko Pictures, with world-famous Weta Workshop on design duties.