The cast of The Poseidon Adventure (Ernest Borgnine, Stella Stevens, Carol Lynley, Eric Shea, and Pamela Sue Martin) will be joining the Land of the Giants cast at the Hollywood Show Vegas on Saturday 19 November 2011. Also attending are Land of the Giants guest stars Celeste Yarnall (The Golden Cage) and Bruce Dern (Wild Journey), plus Voyage Movie star Barbara Eden, Mike Lookinland (The Towering Inferno), Lawrence Montaigne (guest in The Time Tunnel), Felix Silla (stuntman on The Towering Inferno), Barbara Luna (Five Weeks in a Balloon), and Vitina Marcus (The Lost World and Lost in Space).

IANN is running a new Irwin Allen competition. Competition closes on 10th November 2011:

Click here for details on how to enter the Irwin Allen Competition

First Prize: UK DVD for Season Two of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Second Prize: Promotional Time Tunnel T Shirt (size XL)

Third Prize: 8 Irwin Allen movie photos including 2 from Towering Inferno, 2 from The Swarm, 2 from When Time Ran Out, 1 from The Story of Mankind (of Chico Marx) and 1 from The Big Circus

Fourth Prize: Fan produced Giants patch, 2 Giants photos, 1960′s Stefan Arngrim photo, and a Stefan Arngrim postcard from his appearance in Switch

Fifth Prize: British 1998 Lost in Space postcard, Colour 10×8 of Mark and Marta, and 3 small photos

Sixth Prize: Original publicity photo from The Night the Bridge Fell Down and Alice in Wonderland, plus a 10×8 of Desi Arnaz Jr. (star of The Night the Bridge Fell Down)

Several Irwin Allen stars will be appearing at 8-9 October 2011 Hollywood Show. These include Deanna Lund, Lee Meriwether, Francine York, Yvonne Craig, Malachi Throne, Victor Lundin, William Smith (Code Red), Carol Channing (Alice in Wonderland), Eric Shea (The Poseidon Adventure), Frankie Avalon (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1961 movie) and Sherry Jackson (Lost in Space, Where Danger Lives). For full details, please visit the Hollywood Show web site.

The British Film Institute (BFI) is holding a special celebration of the 1960′s Irwin Allen science fiction television series on the evening of Tuesday 2nd August 2011. There will be a discussion panel and various clips from all four science fiction series will be shown. The Irwin Allen News Network will be there and will have some goodies to hand out to attendees. There will also be an opportunity to win some unique Irwin Allen related prizes courtesy of Revelation Films.

Tickets cost £5 to £6.50 and can be booked through the BFI website. The event starts at 18.20 and will last for approximately 2 hours and takes place at the BFI Southbank (Theatre NFT 2) in London (under Waterloo Bridge).

Congratulations to everyone who answered the quiz question correctly.  The three winners are as follows:

• First prize: Robin from Parker, Colorado
• Second prize: Gale from Salem, Illinois
• Third prize: Mel from Lancing, West Sussex

We will be running further competitions in the coming weeks on the IANN competition page.

We are running a new competition to win one of three prizes, a Land of the Giants DVD, a Time Tunnel T Shirt or a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea poster. The competition ends on Sunday 10th July. Click here to enter the Irwin Allen Competition.

The latest news on the 15-17 July 2011 Hollywood Show is that the show will have a Poseidon Adventure gathering with Ernest Borgnine, Carol Lynley, Stella Stevens, Pamela Sue Martin, Eric Shea and Ernie Orsatti (Saturday only) in attendance. Also scheduled to attend is veteran television actor Joseph Ruskin who guest starred in several Irwin Allen shows, Stefan Arngrim (Land of the Giants), Julie Adams (star of Code Red), Leif Garrett who starred in the TVM Flood, Peter Mark Richman (Land of the Giantsand Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), and Land of the Giants guest stars Richard Anderson (Six Hours to Live) and Bruce Dern (Wild Journey).   This will be Eric Shea’s first ever appearance at an autograph show.  Note that no celebrities will be there on Friday 15th.

The time has finally arrived.  The Time Tunnel is now available as a complete DVD box set and to celebrate, here is the promo video from Revelation Films.

Thursday 28th April (eve of the Royal Wedding) is Irwin Allen Night in London!  Sci-Fi-London are holding a free all night Irwin Allen screening event as part of their Sci-Fi-London Festival.  You can register for free by visiting the following web page:

Sci-Fi-London Irwin Allen All-night Registration

Just register your details and give your name on arrival (take a copy of the registration email if you can).  We have sent a box of goodies over to Sci-Fi-London at the Apollo Cinema for attendees to read and share.

Sci-Fi-London tell us that there will be free tea and coffee at the Apollo cinema and you will also be able to purchase snacks.  There will be 15 minute breaks between screenings and the all-nighter will end around 8am on Friday morning.  Smokers will be able to get outside during the breaks.  Remember that London transport may be very busy on Friday morning due to visitors arriving for the Royal Wedding.

A new addition this week is the Jeff Summers showcase gallery.  Jeff has created some inspirational art using MarkM Models builds.  In addition, he has also sent us some excellent Time Tunnel concept art.

Jeff Summers Showcase