In 1966 Gerry Anderson produced two feature films Thunderbirds are Go and Thunderbird Six . In 1999 Working Title, a British subsidiary of Universal Pictures, were in the process of producing a film version of Thunderbirds with people instead of puppets. However, the LA executives were said to have found the whole thing too camp and wanted changes to be made. See the press cuttings . Camp' Thunderbirds are told to go , by York Membery in The Sunday Times , 28th.
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But if Universal Pictures executives get their way, at least two of the five Tracy brothers are likely to be written out. Sixties superheroes wobble and jerk back to TV by Raymond Whitaker in The Independent on Sunday , 9th. Thunderbirds are go - again. Nearly a decade after the cult puppets of International Rescue were last on television, they will be back on BBC2 in the autumn, with digital remastering doing nothing to smooth out their trademark jerkiness. Stereo sound has also been added, but otherwise the series is just as cheesy as its aficianados remember it.