{"id":77344,"date":"2015-07-02T17:34:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T16:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=77344"},"modified":"2015-07-02T17:34:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T16:34:31","slug":"hawk-the-slayer-2-announced-swords-at-the-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/hawk-the-slayer-2-announced-swords-at-the-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawk The Slayer 2 announced &#8211; swords at the ready!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_77350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77350\" style=\"width: 616px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Hawk-The-Hunter-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-77350 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Hawk-The-Hunter-2.jpg\" alt=\"Hawk The Hunter 2\" width=\"616\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Hawk-The-Hunter-2.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Hawk-The-Hunter-2-600x410.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Hawk-The-Hunter-2-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hopefully we could be revisiting the world of Hawk The Slayer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I n the wake of its upcoming Blu-ray release and appearance at FrightFest, it has been announced that <em><strong>Hawk The Hunter,<\/strong><\/em> the long-in-the-works sequel to the cult 1980 swords-and-scorcery epic <em><strong>Hawk The Slayer<\/strong><\/em>, may yet see the light of day courtesy of a Kickstarter campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Director\/writer Terry Marcel has agreed a deal with publishers Rebellion (most famous for titles like <em><strong>Aliens Vs Predator<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Sniper Elite<\/strong><\/em>) that will see a Kickstarter campaign launched for <em><strong>Hawk The Hunter<\/strong><\/em>, with Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley and director Chris Kingsley acting as producers. In addition to this, Rebellion will also acquire the game and publishing rights to <em><strong>Hawk The Slayer<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Jason said of the news, &#8220;<em><strong>Hawk The Slayer<\/strong> <\/em>was important to me as a boy, and has remained an important touchstone for me now as an adult. It blazed a shining path of true sword and sorcery movie magic for others to follow. I am delighted, and slightly awed, to be part of the team helping to create more adventures for Hawk and his friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Concurring, Marcel said, \u201cThis is a dream come true, I\u2019m delighted to be working with a true fan of sword-and-sorcery whose talent means the possibilities for Hawk are endless \u2013 keep watching Hawk fans!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hawk The Slayer<\/em> will be released on Blu-ray on 6 July. Keep reading SciFiNow for the latest news on <em>Hawk The Hunter<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Terry Marcel and Rebellion join forces to kickstart Hawk The Hunter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":77349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2615,3],"tags":[4568],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Hawk-The-Hunter-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}