Feature Image Credit: Chris Danelon

In this blog series, we report on the production progress and other news of The Expanse. During production, we issued blogs weekly, but as production has wrapped for Season 4, we intend to issue them biweekly. We will feature news from the show (cast, production crew, writers, etc.), media, and the community and collect the latest social media and press activity. We hope this series is useful for those who are not able to closely monitor social media, but who want an easy way to catch up on all the latest Expanse happenings.

To catch up on the previous blog editions, check out our last post here.

In HOT NEWS, several cast members will be at the Great Philadelphia Comic Con from Friday, April 12 to Sunday, April 14. Confirmed guests include Cara Gee, Frankie Adams, Cas Anvar and Dominique Tipper! Also, The Moldy Filters will be at PhillyCon. And, as many, many folks are interested in the Belter language, it’s truly terrific that our team of Paine and MacTane will be teaching LangBelta at PhillyCon, as well. If you can’t wait, Paine and MacTane created a Memrise course. If you can’t wait, or can’t make it, Oaktown Pirate and Lexica have created an exhaustive resource listing for those interested in LangBelta! Finally, Herme5 is putting together a list of fandom attending PhillyCon.

We’ve got a lot of catching up to do, so let’s get started!

Production

Production is in hibernation until Season 5 (hopefully!). But, there are still interesting things which surface.

Fun throwback, and a reminder that the show leverages practical effects to minimize the need for special effects, so that when they are used, they are spectacular! Here is where the practical effects/prop department saved the special effects folks time on the comms units.

Production had a contest to name the essential coffee machine: Kevin Roastinante won, and he periodically surfaces, as in this picture of Pizza Hat Drill Matt.

Under the ‘This Is So Cool’ category, this tweet includes a clip of the VR concept design of the Razorback, made before Production built the set. As Chris Danelon says, “Watch this with a headset on for the full effect.” Note that you can adjust your view in this video. Look for the icon in the upper left hand corner.

Cool’ category, this tweet includes a clip of the VR concept design of the Razorback, made before Production built the set. As Chris Danelon says, “Watch this with a headset on for the full effect.” Note that you can adjust your view in this video. Look for the icon in the upper left hand corner. We remain jealous of the crew gifts….

And, the Production Team went out for one last season wrap lunch.

And, even though this picture by Manny Danelon was a few weeks ago, it’s probably STILL SNOWING in Toronto.

Cast & Crew

The cast and crew are in between seasons except for post-production, and vfx. But, we still keep track of them (including those who will begin their Expanse adventure in Season 4.)

Media

The biggest news is the impending release of The Expanse, Book 8, Tiamat’s Wrath, later in March, 2019.

Community

Unfortunately, we had some sad news in February. We recently learned that a dear member of the community and r/TheExpanse moderator, vwwally, Wally Scott, passed away. A loving husband and father, Walter contributed much of his free time to the fandom and to spreading the word about The Expanse. Oyedeng, beratna.

The Expanse‘s fan base continues to impress with its wide variety of creative output inspired by this amazing show. During this hiatus, while we wait for Season 4, people are sharing the love.

Podcasts

This particular podcast is a gift to The Expanse’s community. Happy 1st Anniversary, The Tightbeam! Here is no. 22 for your listening pleasure.

Videos

Groovologist on Twitter prepared a video of a compilation of the start and finish of Season 4 production.

Ross Talks About made a great video looking into How #SaveTheExpanse Saved The Expanse.

Bora A Kutlu also celebrated the show with a new video titled Enter The Expanse.

Fine Art

Reviews and Discussion

Cocktails

Here are cocktails 73 and 74 (Tachi and Rocinante), 75 (Heikki Sobong) and 76 (Brothel Madam) from the famed cocktail duo on Twitter, Paine x MacTane. After the Tachi and Rocinante, the duo introduced a new line: Scene Stealers.

Contests

Bora Kutlu, on Twitter, is running a daily contest. Check it out.

Jim Coleman, on Twitter, is running a contest and giving away his excellent rendering of Camina Drummer (Cara Gee).

Cosplay

Gwen Costuming and Cosplay has produced this excellent MMC Dress Uniform, to be shared at KamoCon, in Dijon, March 23-24, 2019.

J. Flynn finished his Belter jumpsuit, as well. We’re detecting a cosplay theme!

KarlsPlay shares his progress on his belter outfit.

While we continue to wait for Season 4, we are enjoying bingeing on the Amazon Prime Video’s release of all three seasons. It’s a wonderful opportunity to go back and relive the story from the beginning. Use it to hook new fans! Remember to post your art, blogs, reviews, videos and other Expanse creations. Drop us a line if we have missed you!

For those interested, our detailed record of Expanse-related web activity for this month (assembled by Joe) is available here. As always, if we missed something you think belongs in this article, please get in touch with us and let us know!

Thanks for reading and see you next week!

~ Kiddle