A little over a week ago, we told you guys about Gerry Anderson’s new Firestorm. The page was looking for backers over at Kickstarter to make the series the best they could. I’m happy to report that the page reached their second stretch goal and that the pilot episode has been green-lit and entered preproduction! The crowdfunded project originally set a goal of £49,280. Thanks to 1,415 backers, almost £89,000 was raised to help Gerry Anderson’s vision come to life. Here’s the story behind the pilot, as written on the official Kickstarter page:

By the end of the 22nd century mankind has pulled itself up by its bootstraps. The wars and political disputes that were so common throughout the 21st century are long behind us, and man has finally taken responsibility for his own actions. The Earth in 2200 is very different from the one we worried about in 2014 – environmental, social and humanitarian crises are a thing of the past, and things have been that way for nearly 50 years. But in 2202 a new threat emerges.

Terrorist activity surfaces on several continents. At first the world governments deal with them quietly, without any real public awareness but the activity becomes better and better co-ordinated and more widespread. Soon the Continental senates decide to take action, and they invest vast amounts of resources into forming Storm Force – an organisation designed specifically to investigate and neutralise this new threat.

Supplied with the most advanced technology available Storm Force begin operation Firestorm to bring down the terrorist group known as Black Orchid. But as the 9th division of Storm Force (SF9) begin to make progress, they discover that Black Orchid is only a very small part of the picture, and that they themselves have had to make an impossible choice…

If you’re interested in learning more about the series, check out their Kickstarter, which offers tons of details on the production team, voice actors and whatever else you might expect. If you missed our previous coverage, you can look at it here.

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