io9: chadam

First Behind The Scenes Look At Melancholy Biopunk Series "Chadam"

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:20:10 PDT

We've got an exclusive clip of the voice talent for Alex Pardee's Chadam recording their parts. Jeffrey Combs, Katey Sagal, and Carl Weathers all lend their vocal stylings to bring the eerie world to life.

Chadam Voice-Over Exclusive from io9 on Vimeo.

The trippy little web series, soon to have a home at the WB.com, is being created using Unreal Engine (which is responsible for such gorgeous video games as Bioshock). The story follows a blockheaded boy, Chadam, who has the glandular power to change the world with his super-imagination. The amazing Jeffrey Combs plays the evil villain, Viceroy. The creep-fest of delightfully spooky characters comes from the mind of Alex Pardee, and we can't wait to see more. Until then, this video, and a screenshot from the actual series, will have to do.

Imagination Glands And Mutated Teddies Haunt Chadam Teaser Art

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:00:00 PST

It's been too long since we've heard word from the creepy-beautiful CG series Chadam. But now we've got these exclusive screen shots showing buddies of our blockheaded hero Chadam. Take a closer look at the citizens of Vulture City where the people are under attack from a mysterious virus and Chadham must use his massive imagination gland to save the town. Plus we've got video of creator Alex Pardee describing Chadam's origins.

The still above is Simkin (the half mutated teddy bear character) who has been journaling all over the Chadam myspace about how everybody in Vulture City is scared out of their wits.

This second image is of the character Ripley. Chadam is created using the technology from Unreal Engine 3 that was also used in ground-breaking games Gears of War and BioShock.

Creator Alex Pardee Explains the creation Of Chadam:

Chadam Trailer:

[Alex Pardee]

Will TheWB Be Your New Favorite Website?

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:00:06 PDT

With the recent announcement that two of our favorite TV shows - Firefly and Babylon 5 - have been added to the upcoming launch of new online VOD channel TheWB.com, we're wondering whether we're nearing the day that we're never going to have to get out of our comfortable chair and put down the laptop ever again.

While streaming TV online isn't exactly a new idea - we've been using Hulu.com as our procrastination tool of choice ever since they added Galactica 1980 to their line-up - what differentiates TheWB.com isn't just their io9-friendly selection of shows (As well as the two listed above, you'll also be able to find episodes of Angel, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Roswell, Smallville and non-geek-but-awesome-nonetheless shows like Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls and The OC, amongst others) but the fact that the channel will also be offering brand new series from creators like Terminator: Salvation's McG and Chuck's Josh Schwartz alongside their more familiar offerings.

Sure, the announced new shows don't sound that promising so far (Although we're looking forward to Chadam), but if the first batch do well, then we're hoping to see some more SF in future seasons. Until then, we'll be keeping ourselves occupied by looking for signs of Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica greatness in his Roswell episodes.

TheWB.com adds six to online offerings [Hollywood Reporter]

Square-Headed Chadam Is Vulture City's Savior

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:41:00 PDT

The citizens of the island city of Vulture are battling a virus that changes its civilians into bloodthirsty mutants. In this surreal world, the characters' massive heads lend them mind powers, and the title character, Chadham (pictured above) has an imagination is so powerful that he becomes Vulture City's only hope to defeat the many issues that plague its residents, including a serial killer, a mutating virus and monsters. The television series Chadam is coming to the WB and premiered its first trailer at Comic-Con. Click through for a gallery of the characters (including Simkin the narrator who is half teddy bear, half zombie) and the first video footage.

The Chadham myspace also has a blog posting from the character where he tries to grasp what is happening to the city. First he suspects aliens, then a virus takes hold of the citizens of Vulture and the government starts "shipping off" the infected, and finally a serial killer appears.

But most disturbing is Simkin's reports that those infected with the virus have been found in a puddle of human remains.

[via Quiet Earth]