This was affectionately parodied in the 2004 live-action feature film Thunderbirds, in which director Jonathan Frakes included a brief shot of a puppet hand, suspended by wires, operating the controls of Thunderbird 2.

Coincidentally that same year, a live-action Thunderbirds movie, directed by Jonathan Frakes, with computer effects was made, attempting to mimic the popular children's movie Spy Kids.

His work in cinema included the scores to the Thunderbirds feature films Thunderbirds Are Go ( 1966 ) and Thunderbird 6 ( 1968 ), and the live-action science-fiction drama Doppelgänger ( 1969 ).

Space: 1999 is the last in a long line of science-fiction series that Gerry and Sylvia Anderson produced as a working partnership, beginning with Supercar in the early Sixties and including the famed marionette fantasy series Stingray, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90 and The Secret Service, as well as the live-action alien-invasion drama UFO.

Since he was occupied by post-production on the second Thunderbirds feature film, Thunderbird 6, and the development of his live-action film, Doppelgänger, Gerry Anderson was unable to take on a producer role as he had done for Captain Scarlet, instead passing the responsibility down to Reg Hill and David Lane.

The first major live-action film of Century 21 writers-producers Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, noted for Thunderbirds and other 1960s " Supermarionation " puppet television series, shooting for Doppelgänger ran from July to October 1968.

In the live-action film Thunderbirds ( 2004 ) the car was still pink and had six wheels and a glass canopy ( now tinted ).

The comic strongly featured a strip based on the latest Anderson TV show, the live-action UFO, together with reprints of strips from TV21 based on Stingray, Thunderbirds and Fireball XL5, along with original material.

*** Dennis the Menace ( film ), A live-action film released in 1993

Doom has appeared in several forms in addition to games, including a comic book, four novels by Dafydd Ab Hugh and Brad Linaweaver ( loosely based on events and locations in the games ), a board game and even a live-action film starring Karl Urban and The Rock released in 2005.

As of 2008, DreamWorks acquired the rights to produce a live-action film adaptation of the original manga with Steven Spielberg.

Additionally his film work includes the role of Dr. Hank McCoy ( also known as the Beast ) in X-Men: The Last Stand, and he was the voice of Snowball in the live-action film adaptation of the George Orwell book Animal Farm.

Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the 2006 feature film adaptation of the manga Mushishi.

* A CGI representation appears in the 2002 live-action film Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra.

* A CGI representation appears in the 2009 live-action film Agora.

Lyle Talbot was the first actor to portray the character in a live-action film, appearing in the 1950 serial Atom Man vs. Superman.

University of Cambridge experiments in 2002 and 2003 attempted to use machinima to re-create a scene from the 1942 live-action film Casablanca.

Before using machinima, Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum of Rooster Teeth Productions spent US $ 9, 000 to produce a live-action independent film ; in contrast, the four Xbox game consoles used to make Red vs. Blue in 2005 cost $ 600.

The film Robot Jox, featuring two giant mecha fight scenes, and the Japanese live-action film Gunhed are other examples.

Soros Strategic Partners and Dune Entertainment II soon afterwards acquired controlling interest in the live-action films released through September 16, 2005, the latest film in this package was Just Like Heaven.

Even as DreamWorks switches distribution of live-action films that are not part of existing franchises to Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Paramount will continue to own the films released before the merger, and the films that Paramount themselves distributed ( including sequel rights ; such films as Little Fockers will be distributed by Paramount and DreamWorks, since it is a sequel to an existing DreamWorks film – in this case, Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers, though Paramount will only own international rights to this title, whereas Universal Studios will handle domestic distribution ).

As of May 2009, Rodriguez plans to produce a live-action remake of Fire and Ice, a 1983 film collaboration between painter Frank Frazetta and animator Ralph Bakshi.

All live-action footage was scanned in high definition from its first-generation 35 mm film elements.

The success in syndication of the original live action series and fan pressure for a Star Trek revival led to The Animated Series from 1973 – 1974, as the source of new adventures of the Enterprise crew, the next being the 1979 live-action feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

He began work on his second film Crimewave ( 1985 ), intended as a live-action comic book — the film was not successful, due in part to unwanted studio intervention.

Released on December 1, 2010, Space Battleship Yamato is the franchise's first live-action film.

The book was loosely adapted into a 1999 film of the same name, which combined live-action with computer animation.

A three-part live-action film version is planned to be co-produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and New Line Cinema, produced and directed by Peter Jackson.

** The Avengers ( 2012 film ), a live-action film about the team of Marvel superheroes

A controversial & humorous part of Otaku no Video was the inclusion of live-action documentary excerpts, titled " A Portrait of an Otaku ".

Worf was the only character to be a regular in more than one live-action Star Trek series ( While Miles O ' Brien was featured in both The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, he was not a regular cast member in the former series ).

The animated series was aired under the name Star Trek, but it has become widely known under this longer name ( or abbreviated as ST: TAS or TAS ) to differentiate it from the original live-action Star Trek.

The writers of the animated series used, essentially, the same writers ' guide that was used for the live-action Star Trek: The Original Series.

This episode was originally written with the intention of being an episode of the live-action original series during the third season, but this was vetoed by Fred Freiberger who wanted serious sci-fi episodes instead, stressing that Star Trek is not a comedy.

* The sehlat's appearance, shown in Yesteryear, was given a CGI look for the live-action series Star Trek: Enterprise

They declared that although the series suffered from technical limitations, its format allowed the writers far greater freedom and creativity than was possible in the original live-action series.

Slartibartfast was first portrayed in the 1978 radio serial, in which he was voiced by Richard Vernon, who also portrayed him in the 1981 live-action miniseries.

Later he was able to develop live-action shows such as UFO ( 1970 ) and Space: 1999 ( 1975 – 77 ).

This was followed by Burton's first live-action production Hansel and Gretel, a Japanese-themed adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale for the Disney Channel, which climaxes in a kung fu fight between Hansel and Gretel and the witch.

Burton's next live-action short, Frankenweenie, was released in 1984.

Disney sent an unfinished print to New York distributor Margaret Winkler, who promptly wrote back to him that she was keen on a distribution deal for more live-action / animated shorts based upon Alice's Wonderland.

By the time the series ended in 1927, its focus was more on the animated characters and in particular a cat named Julius who resembled Felix the Cat, rather than the live-action Alice.

Straczynski was then offered the position of story editor on the syndicated live-action science fiction series Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future.

This was necessary because 40 % of all live-action principal photography took place underwater.