Carlos co-authored the screenplay with noted scifi author David Gerrold (“The Trouble with Tribbles”), who also directed the episode.

TrekMovie.com hailed “Blood and Fire, Part 2″ as:

An emotional yet exciting story, complete with the excellent production values and effects that we have come to expect from the Phase II team.

The past year also attracted kudos for Carlos’ work from Joss Whedon, who told Rolling Stone that the Phase II episode, “World Enough and Time,” which Carlos co-executive produced, inspired Whedon to create the Internet phenomenon Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog.

Rolling Stone, by the way, named Phase II, among its five must-watch Web series.

“Blood and Fire” is based on a script Gerrold originally wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation in the 1990s. It was never produced because its passing reference to a male couple aboard the Enterprise was considered too controversial by the producers.

Carlos adapted the script for the original Trek series-based Phase II, expanding the story to include Captain Kirk’s nephew Peter as one part of the male couple. Interestingly, two decades later, that portrayal proved controversial when “Blood and Fire, Part 1″ debuted a year ago.

Fortunately, Part 2’s release this past November was greeted by far fewer objections.

“Blood and Fire” was shot by Judas Kiss‘s director of photography Dave Berry and second-unit director Ben Alpi, of our partner company Runic Films, with visual effects by Joël Bellucci.

The episode marks Blue Seraph director J.T. Tepnapa’s debut as Lt. Cmdr. Sulu, and Carlos Pedraza’s turn as First Assistant Director. Blue Seraph cinematographer Dave Berry served as Director of Photography for this episode as well.

Producer-director Ben Alpi, cinematographer David Berry, visual effects artist Matt Jolly and Judas Kiss writer-producer Carlos Pedraza will be at the country’s leading comics and popular arts convention, which is celebrating its 40th year.

Originally showcasing comic books, science fiction/fantasy and film/television, and related popular arts, Comic-Con has expanded over the years to include a larger range of pop culture elements, such as horror, anime, manga,animation, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels.

The sold-out 2009 convention is the largest of its kind in the world, filling to capacity the San Diego Convention Center with more than 126,000 attendees last year.

RUNIC’S CREATIVE TEAM comprises key creative personnel behind some of the Web’s most popular series, including Zerks Log, eScape, Star Trek: Hidden Frontier and the Hugo- and Nebula-nominated Star Trek: Phase II.

Runic Films is a full-service HD, film and visual effects studio offering cutting-edge development, production and post-production services. Founded in 2001 by two brothers from upstate New York, it has grown to a full staff of award-winning writers, directors, artists and technicians with presence on both coasts. Runic Films also specializes in rich media content for Web and next-generation devices.

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