The New Tomorrow

Click here to check out the Official The New Tomorrow page on Facebook!

Cloud 9 have made an official fanpage for The New Tomorrow! – Yay! Be sure to head on over to Facebook and add a like to the page…

With any luck there’ll be DVD’s for the series made for fans of the show, as well as for those who never had the opportunity to watch the spin-off series for The Tribe.

Also there are a few updates on the official website for The New Tomorrow. If you are interested in buying the series on DVD, you can email Cloud 9 (the creator of the series) at: contact@entercloud9.com with the subject “The New Tomorrow on DVD” and let them know you would be interested in buying the series.

The New Tomorrow is currently being repeated on Australian TV channel 7 (Seven) on Saturday’s at 10.30am. As well as the normal TV channel ’7′, the series will also be shown at the same on 7HD, so viewer’s with high definition capabilities can view The Ants, Barbs and Privs in high detail!

It’s interesting to see the series is still broadcasting in 2009!

Autographed New Tomorrow Script…

Above is a pic of the first episode script for The New Tomorrow, signed by several members of the New Tomorrow cast! That’s;  Zoë Robins (Faygar), Thomas Steventon (Kwarli), Henrietta Steventon (Gwyn), Cameron Wakefield (Flame), Nick Fenton (Sky), Rafe Custance (Dan) and Lara Custance (Harmony)… Cool! Thanks to Paul (who is now in New Zealand trying to stalk Tribe cast ) for the pic.

The New Tomorrow Cast Chats…
One good reason for joining the fanclub is for the cast chats! On the 7th November brother and sister Lara (Harmony) and Rafe (Dan) Custance were answering questions, and on the 10th it was Henrietta (Gwynn) and Thomas (Kwarli) Steventon chatting, Arthur Caughley (Erin) was also on too. Sweet. (You’ve gotta join if you haven’t yet!!!).

Raymond Thompson visited here the other day!!!

He left a message in the post Hello James And Trey (scroll to the bottom). He also sent me an e-mail to me from his Cloud 9 address to confirm it was him. I replied to the e-mail and he replied back. In his reply to my e-mail he said…

I am really glad that you are enjoying TNT. To give you a teaser … Is it a sequel or indeed a prequel? All will be revealed eventually (I don’t want to spoil matters for fans of the series).

I still don’t know what to make of the sequel/prequel thing!?!?!

I asked about The Tribe DVD’s…

We’re speaking with distributors about the release of the DVD and are close to finalising an arrangement. Sadly it is not our decision otherwise I would have released the DVD ages ago. It is all down to distributors. But we are getting very close now.

He also added…

The New Tomorrow is doing really well in the UK and Australia and I gather from our broadcast distributor more territories will be taking the series which is good – so that fans can have access to it.

And I am still trying desperately to bring together a Tribe movie to tie all the loose ends together.

The Tribe is a very special title for me and the team and it is really great to interact with fans of the series such as your good self.

Coool.

Lol, was bored the other day, so I made something I’d share with y’all…
Ta-da!

It’s D’uh Ants!!! Lol.

Click here to check out a new article from the German magazine ‘Popcorn’, it looks pretty cool.
From the looks of things, KIKA will be showing The New Tomorrow in 2006! Fantastic news! Correct me if I’m wrong, but the person who wrote the article seems to think Faygar is a boy named Kwarli! Hmm…

Check out the downloads section for more new New Tomorrow pics, featuring Sky (Nick Fenton), Cass (Paige Shand-Haami), Faygar (Zoë Robins) and Leanne (Katie Alexander). Images (c) Cloud 9 Ltd.

I was going to write a post about episode four, but to be honest, not much happened in it, lol, it was a bit of a slow one… Discard Magdar becomes Gwyn’s slave and Erin comes face to face, or should that be face to metal, with a ‘machine’. Phew, a close one. Sky and Zora meanwhile get closer with a bit of fishing… Oh and little red riding hood, aka Dan, leaves the Ants.

Thanks to Jessica/Julia for the article link/scan.

The official fanclub has now opened!
Well, it was actually nearly a week ago it opened

After joining, in the post you’ll get:
* An official membership card.
* An official welcome letter from Raymond Thompson.
* A New Tomorrow Postcard.

Plus online benefits include:
* A member’s area of the website (with vids and pics).
* A member’s only area of the bulletin board.
* Exclusive comps & prizes for fan clubers only!
* Exclusive chats with the cast member’s.
* A quarterly newsletter.
* Advance news of special events and merchandise.
* Access to unique merchandise!
* A 10% discount on Tribe Merchandise.

To join click here. You can use any credit/debit card including switch/maestro and solo. It’s just under £12 which works out at £1 per month, not bad at all!!!

— End Of Advert —

Lol

Well I have joined and I must say the pics in the fanclub section are pretty cool, plus there’s video interviews coming soon to the section, which fanclub members will get the first view off.

From The Sydney Morning Herald:

The Tribe – A New Tomorrow
By Ben Wyld
September 17, 2005

The Tribe – A New Tomorrow, Seven, Saturday 11am

A group of survivors are living in the wild in small groups. Around them, roaring predators patrol the dark jungle. Sound familiar?

The parallels with Lost are easy to find, but this is a spin-off of the New Zealand company Cloud 9’s The Tribe, now in its sixth series. Like the original, The New Tomorrow is aimed at eight-to-12 year olds and set in a world with no adults, where children create their own society.

The double-episode opener introduces us to the three main tribes: the peace-loving Ants, who live in the mountains; the proud Barbs of the forests; and the oppressive Privileged, who want total domination and enslave those known as the Discards. Each tribe has its own pagan mythology, extravagant costuming and colourful face paint. And, upon closer examination, each tribe has its own underlying tensions that threaten its order.

Today, there’s schadenfreude afoot when the Privileged carry out an attack on the Ants in the guise of the Barbs. The spiritual elements seem ponderous and the Ewok-styled costuming a little naff, but the plot moves along nicely and might just find a foothold with the intended audience.

Lol, Ewok style costumes!!!

Article can be found here.

From Channel Five, UK;

the new tomorrow(1/26)
11.05–11.35

This new children’s show is a sequel to teen drama ‘The Tribe’, which has distinguished itself as a cult hit series around the world. It explores similar themes – of a world without adults and all that entails – but introduces new and younger characters and is aimed at a slightly younger children’s audience .

New viewers can fully enjoy the show without being familiar with The Tribe. But ‘Tribe’ aficionados will also enjoy the series, finding storylines evocative within ‘The Tribe’ mythology. Unfolding against a backdrop of photogenic snow-capped mountains and streams, pine forests, rolling valleys and hills, this scenic wilderness is inhabited by tribes of children. Some live in encampments of tents, others in crude primitive-style dwellings, and others in caves: this could be 1,000 years in the past – or even 1,000 years into the future. In one particular valley, there is a dangerous, mysterious and uncharted no-go area around with seemingly no signs of human or animal life – only machines from a bygone age.

The series focuses on the interplay of four tribes; The Ants; the Barbs; the Privileged and the Discards. The children battle against the forces of Nature from the first snows of winter, to the parched lands in summer, and rain and floods in the fall, punctuating themes of living off the land. Some tribes worship the sun and moon. Their culture and entire heritage seems to emanate from ancient markings visible from caves and rocks – and huge mysterious stone edifices reminiscent of Stonehenge and Easter Island. The markings seem as if they have evolved from an ancient civilisation but are also reminiscent of the machines that roam the technological graveyard in the Forbidden Zone.

The New Tomorrow combines action and adventure, mystery and intrigue, humour and pathos with underlying themes of hope and human endeavour where good always triumphs in the end.
Can the dream of the original Mall Rats (from ‘The Tribe’) to create a fair and just society and a better world finally come to pass through their descendants and a new generation of children, struggling to make sense of their environments and lives – in a world with no adults?

In this first episode, an enigmatic stranger called Sky arrives causing mystery and suspicion amongst the Barbs and Ants. Who is Sky? Where did he come from, and what does he want?
Flame, the Leader of the Privs, is especially concerned by Sky’s presence and wonders if Sky could somehow threaten Flame’s notion of extending his rule. Meanwhile, the Ants and Barbs are more concerned about movement from the monster machines in the forbidden zone. The Ant Tribal leader, Faygar, disagrees with the leader of the Barbs, Zora, on the best way of dealing with the machines – and Flame.

Holy poo!!!
The forbidden zone?
Ancient markings?
Monster machines?
Could Sky be Amber’s son Bray?!?!

Can’t wait!

Lol, found an article published in The Northland School Newsletter, Nick who was pictured in the net, plays the character called Sky. He isn’t Bray!?! Oh well.

From Northland School’s Newsletter. 15th June 2005 (yes that old!):

STUDENT NEWS
On Sunday, I interviewed one of our students who is away at Cloud 9 Studios in Lower Hutt filming a children’s television series called “The New Tomorrow”.

He is very busy at the moment, and usually wakes up at about 6:30am and gets picked up around 8:00-8:30. Before filming each scene, they [the characters] have to rehearse each scene three times, and the time it takes will depend on how long each scene is. The filming for each scene takes about half an hour to an hour, and the number of shots used depends on how many characters are in the scene.

Nick learns his lines very easily, and spends time at home going through them with his mum or dad, the day before he films them. His character’s name is Sky, and he is the main character in the series. His make-up is quite cool, but it hurts a lot at the start, even though the pain goes away later on. When he is not required on set, he is doing school work with a tutor in a caravan that’s been turned into a school room. He comes home each day at no earlier than 5:00, but usually around 6:30pm.

However, he is not out there every day. Some days he will be back at school the whole day, some days he will leave around lunch time. He will be back at school permanently around about the start of September. He is really enjoying this experience and it’s a good opportunity for him to show his talent in movie production, and who knows where he might end up? Look out Peter Jackson!

By, Patrick Hayes
Student Council Correspondent

Uhm, just don’t confuse him with ‘that chick from Neighbours’… Well OK it’s not likely… Anyway, Tribeworld have said (Monday 5th September) it’s the final week of filming!!! Which probably means as you read this, filming has finished.

The New Tomorrow Official Site should open this month and the series start next month or so in the UK and Australia.

From Tribeworld’s Tribe Newsletter, 26th August 2005:

A young cast member unfortunately missed out on their school’s talent show so he brought his little performance to set. He was dressed up as a little pink marshmallow and had a delightful song to go with it! Everyone loved it! And he still got to do his performance even if it wasn’t at school!

A new Tribe also joined the cast this week and there were quite a few stunts earlier in the week including some stunts using a lasso. This was couriered especially for a scene – can’t wait to see what that involved!

From Tribeworld, 22nd August 2005:

The New Tomorrow – Shooting Continues!
Last week all the cast and their families and the crew gathered together to watch the first two episodes. The screening was held in a theatre on a huge screen and everyone loved it! There was lots of cheering for each of the cast and everyone had a great time!

We also had a couple of Tribe fans visit the studios for a tour. One was from Germany and the other from Essex in the UK. They got a sneak peak of the filming and the behind the scenes action!