June 23, 2010
Palpatine’s heart is palpitating with the prospect of fame and fortune after being asked for his autograph by an online fan. It has been a number of years since the second Star Wars spoof was completed but many people are still watching it online. They have been leaving comments as they do. One of them [...] [Read more]
May 19, 2010
Watch more of the Cinders footage on YouTube! Now the Cinders Trailer is behind us, the busy bees at Backyard have been beavering away at the large pile of footage that was left on the cutting room floor. For proof of concept trailers, normally a few shorter clips are shot. However, over 35 complete... [Read more]
December 21, 2009
The BBC Look North crew came to Sundown Adventure Land to meet some of the cast and crew of Cinders. Here’s the report, in case you missed it. [Read more]
December 8, 2009
It is Ten years since we started Filming our first Star Wars spoof, The Empire Strikes Backyard!!! Little Luke was barely nine months old! Our resident Poet Laureate of the Yard recounts the story that was the making of TESBY. We dare you to understand…. [Read more]
November 15, 2009
This weekend, some of the TENCLO cast travelled to Cardiff to see it screened at the Chapter Arts Centre, where it was given a rapturous welcome by staff and audience alike. Being the home of Dr Who and Torchwood, Cardiff is no stranger to science fiction. But this weekend, it saw Backyard Productions’ own spin [...] [Read more]
October 29, 2009
Get your popcorn ready… Backyard Productions’ biggest Star Wars film is showing on the big screen again, at the Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff on 14 November 2009. CLONYY yng Nghymru The Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, one of the largest and most innovative arts centres in Europe, will be showing our Star Wars-spoof, The Emperor’s [...] [Read more]
October 21, 2009
Pictures and a tale from the filming at Sundown Adventureland at the beginning of September 2009, by Kevin Harper. [Read more]
October 19, 2008
Well who would have guessed it? Finally, Doom Raiders is now available for pre-order on a number of sites, including Play.com, Amazon.co.uk and WHSmith online (Just search for Doom Raiders on their sites!) Sales of our great spoof adventure will help us make our next film, so tell your friends and buy one! NO, Buy [...] [Read more]
September 30, 2008
You can now download burnable DVD goodness of Beach Patrol via Bittorrent! Just download the .torrent file below and open in your favourite Bittorrent client. The DVD comes as a VIDEO_TS file, which you can burn to a DVD, to enjoy in the comfort of your living room. Alternatively, pop the Beach Patrol Folder into [...] [Read more]
July 5, 2008
To everyone involved with TENCLO; your hard work is now in the hands of the producer of the REAL Star Wars movies. Second only to George Lucas himself, it doesn’t get any better than this!!!!! Here’s what happened, in our Director / Producer Darren Scales’s words… I was at the Star Wars “Celebration Europe” convention [...] [Read more]