ITV is launching Thunderbirds Are Go!, a modernized remake of the classic series from the 1960s, using CG character and model designs, and live-action backgrounds constructed by Weta Workshop of New Zealand. Here are Weta co-founders Sir Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger with their kids at the premiere screening on April 1 at Park Road Post Production in Wellington, NZ.

Here is Richard promoting the series for New Zealand’s Sunday TVNZ:

Uploaded March 29, 2015.

Thunderbirds Are Go! blasts off in the UK on ITV April 4, at 5:00 pm. The New Zealand launch is April 12 on TV2 at 7:00 pm. The American launch has yet to be announced.