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At a panel discussion after the film, the writer and co-director Harry Kloor discussed how he got into science through science fiction. Kloor holds PhDs in both physics and chemistry, but has also written for Star Trek: Voyager. Someone asked how he decided when to use very accurate science in the film, and when to use science fiction; the audience member gave the example that Dave the photon and Reina the neutrino could hear each other talk in space. Kloor reminded the viewer that it was a leap to have the photon and neutrino talk at all, and in cases where the story was clearly fictionalized they didn’t worry about scientific details. But, he says, whenever science is presented as science, it’s totally accurate. Kloor said kids seem to know where the science and the science fiction split–it’s adults who can’t seem to separate them. And perhaps Kloor is onto something in terms of combining science and fiction, by making it very clear when the film is discussing science and when it isn’t.


While I couldn’t quite figure out why (and was too happy to care) Kloor brought with him to the panel discussion four-time space shuttle astronaut Dan Barry. Barry has logged over 700 hours in space, with 25 hours in space walks working on the international space station. Over six feet tall and thin as a rail, Barry was a giant on the stage next to Kloor as they discussed science and entertainment. Barry discussed how he got into science through his desire to fly (“I was the kind of kid who jumped off everything…”), which eventually led him to a career as an engineer. In the Q&A, an audience member asked Berry about his experience in space, at which point he recounted, with awe and grace, the first time he looking down at the Earth on a space walk. He had made sure NASA bought him a new visor so he could see the whole thing clearly. His description of the colors, shapes, and gradients of the earth, compared to the pure blackness of space, had the whole audience silent. “You just can’t capture it with a camera,” he said. “You really have to go see it yourself.”


Quantum Quest is planned for wide release in February 2010.
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First Look At Quantum Quest a 3D Animated Aventure Featuring Pine, Shatner & more Trek stars. Be sure to check out the pictures at the source! Did you know there is a movie coming out that features both Kirks, Chris Pine and William Shatner plus Brent Spiner, Robert Picardo, Mark Hamill and other vets of Star Trek and sci-fi? It is the 3-D animated film Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey which is has a panel at Comic-Con Thursday. Writer-producer Harry Kloor gave TrekMovie a preview, including exclusive first look at images.

Take a trip through the solar system w/ the voices of Trek & Sci-Fi Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey is a 3-D sci-fi animated film that will be shown in IMAX theaters in 2010, primarily in museums and science centers. The film is written and directed by Dr. Harry Kloor, scientist with PhDs in both Physics and Chemistry, who when he is not teaching at NASA Ames has been also worked in Hollywood for the last couple of decades, including selling some stories to Star Trek Voyager. The project started at NASA and JPL as an idea for a video to educate the public about the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan, but Kloor tells TrekMovie it “quickly expanded way beyond that.” The project moved out of NASA to become a privately funded feature film, but NASA is still involved providing expertise. Kloor says that this makes
Quantum Quest a “science-fiction action-adventure film that also integrates real science discoveries and real science thoughts and ideas.” The goal of the film is to create a film with real science education, but works as a form of entertainment that appeals to a wide audience, especially kids, teenagers and young adults. “I am trying to make photons and neutrinos as exciting as dinosaurs” says Kloor.

The film is made entirely using CGI, but all the space imagery is based on real imagery from NASA, especially from the Cassini mission. In fact the Cassini spacecraft is a character in the film. Although the project has been in development for a decade, production on the art started in earnest in the last couple of years, to make use of the latest real imagery from NASA.

Did you know there is a movie coming out that features both Kirks, Chris Pine and William Shatner plus Brent Spiner, Robert Picardo, Mark Hamill and other vets of Star Trek and sci-fi? It is the 3-D animated film Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey which is has a panel at Comic-Con Thursday. Writer-producer Harry Kloor gave TrekMovie a preview, including exclusive first look at images.

Take a trip through the solar system w/ the voices of Trek & Sci-Fi
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey is a 3-D sci-fi animated film that will be shown in IMAX theaters in 2010, primarily in museums and science centers. The film is written and directed by Dr. Harry Kloor, scientist with PhDs in both Physics and Chemistry, who when he is not teaching at NASA Ames has been also worked in Hollywood for the last couple of decades, including selling some stories to Star Trek Voyager. The project started at NASA and JPL as an idea for a video to educate the public about the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan, but Kloor tells TrekMovie it “quickly expanded way beyond that.” The project moved out of NASA to become a privately funded feature film, but NASA is still involved providing expertise. Kloor says that this makes Quantum Quest a “science-fiction action-adventure film that also integrates real science discoveries and real science thoughts and ideas.” The goal of the film is to create a film with real science education, but works as a form of entertainment that appeals to a wide audience, especially kids, teenagers and young adults. “I am trying to make photons and neutrinos as exciting as dinosaurs” says Kloor.

The film is made entirely using CGI, but all the space imagery is based on real imagery from NASA, especially from the Cassini mission. In fact the Cassini spacecraft is a character in the film. Although the project has been in development for a decade, production on the art started in earnest in the last couple of years, to make use of the latest real imagery from NASA.

Cassini in “Quantum Quest”
Although there is real science, the story of Quantum Quest is told through a number of fantastical characters. The hero of the film is a photon named Dave (voiced by Chris Pine). He is on a quest that takes you through solar system, from the Sun, to Mercury, to Venus, to Mars, to Saturn and its moons, finishing at Titan.

Dave the photon in “Quantum Quest”
The backdrop of the story of Quantum Quest is a conflict between “The Core” (William Shatner), who represents all the stars, and life and knowledge, against a being called “The Void” (Mark Hamill), who existed before the big bang and wants to annihilate all matter and space. The Void sees mankind as its greatest threat since it feels that if man weren’t observing the universe (with all its probes and spacecraft), then the universe wouldn’t exist.

The Core in “Quantum Quest”
The Void (R) with his minions Zero and Fear in “Quantum Quest”
The Void also has a number of concepts to help it in its battle, manifested as characters, including Fear (Sam Jackson), Ignorance (Tom Kenny), Zero (Doug Jones) and Moronic (Jason Alexander). Dave will encounter some of these creatures as he travels the solar system.

Moronic and Ignorance in “Quantum Quest”
The Core has all forms of matter to help it, such as photons, protons, neutrinos, etc, . In addition to Dave the photon (Pine), other characters include Reina the neutrino (Amanda Peet), Jammer the solar-surfing proton (Hayden Christensen), Milton the free quark miner (Robert Picardo) and others. Dave originally wants to just stay in the sun, and play nova ball (for Coach Mackey voiced by Brent Spiner). But eventually Dave is recruited into the Core’s forces, lead by the Admiral (James Earl Jones). He and Reina leave to travel across the solar system to face the forces of The Void, with the goal of keeping the Void from destroying the Cassini spacecraft (with a computer voiced by Sandra Oh).

Kloor says that he chose sci-fi stars to do the voices because it fits better with the science and science fiction adventure of the movie. He also tells TrekMovie that there are many hidden Easter eggs for Star Trek, Star Wars and sci-fi fans, including what Kloor calls a “passing of the baton” between Shatner’s and Pine’s characters.

The planned release for Quantum Quest is for February of 2010, playing at large-format theaters (including IMAX), primarily science museums and science centers. It will be shown in both 3-D and 2-D. As the film is part entertainment and part education, there will be class-room materials made available on the official site.

More info and clips will become available on the official site, which will be launching after Comic Con at qqthemovie.com

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Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey is an animated film that makes use of data from NASA Cassini mission. The movie tells the story of Dave, a solar surfing photo who battles his way through the solar system to save the Cassini probe from evil aliens.

Twelve years in the making, Quantum Quest has cycled through at least a couple of voice casts. At last year Comic Con Quantum Quest panel, producer Harry “Doc Kloor, a scientist and veteran science fiction writer, announced that he had lined up Digimax Inc., a Taiwanese animation studio, as his partner to finish the film.

At this year’s panel, featuring Bob Picardo, Doug Jones andJanina Gavankar, Kloor announced that the movie will see wide release in February 2010 and will include actual Cassini images, including Enceladus and Titan.

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The San Diego Comic-Con has posted the schedule for Wednesday, July 22 through Thursday, July 23. You can view the full schedule here below.

Thursday, July 23
12:00-1:00 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey Key production personnel and cast members discuss the making of Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey, the 3D, CGI Large Format film that combines beautiful animated sequences with actual space imagery captured during seven ongoing NASA and NASA/ESA space missions. Featuring a stellar voice cast that includes Neil Armstrong, Chris Pine, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Amanda Peet, Robert Picardo, Jason Alexander, Tom Kenny, Sandra Oh, Brent Spiner, James Earl Jones, Williams Shatner, Mark Hamill, Doug Jones, Abigail Breslin and Gary Graham, Quantum Quest has been endorsed by the X Prize Organization, the International Space University, Challenge Center for Space Science Education, and the Young Astronauts Council. Producer, screenwriter, and co-director Dr. Harry Kloor, whose writing credits include Star Trek: Voyager, the animated series Godzilla, and Earth: Final Conflict, is joined by co-director Daniel St. Pierre (co-director, Everyone’s Hero, production designer, A Shark’s Tale, art director, Tarzan), space scientists, and key cast members. The panel will offer new work-in-progress clips and an in-depth exploration of the science behind the film. Ballroom 20.

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