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PUP would like to formally introduce you to actor Hank Northrop, who will be playing the young Edgar Rice Burroughs in the new JOHN CARTER OF MARS audio series!

Midnight Matinees Fiction Podcast · Updated Weekly · Please, take a seat. Make yourself comfortable and open your ears. You’re about to experience tales of the unknown… and the unreal… from the minds of horror’s finest...

MIDNIGHT MATINEES S1.5 is out! Three new episodes, all released today! Give a listen and leave it a like! (Or in this case a 5-star review.) On this last day of 2025, why not spend it amongst dastardly people doing dastardly deeds?

JOHN CARTER OF MARS CASTING NEWS!

Every great audio drama needs an equally great announcer, and we are happy to announce that one of the best audiobook narrators in the business is on board to shepherd you into the world of Barsoom: audiobook legend Peter Berkrot!

Midnight Matinees Fiction Podcast · Updated Weekly · Please, take a seat. Make yourself comfortable and open your ears. You’re about to experience tales of the unknown… and the unreal… from the minds of horror’s finest...

If you haven't heard Season 1 yet featuring "London After Midnight"... what's keeping you? 2/2

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Midnight Matinees Fiction Podcast · Updated Weekly · Please, take a seat. Make yourself comfortable and open your ears. You’re about to experience tales of the unknown… and the unreal… from the minds of horror’s finest...

MIDNIGHT MATINEES is coming back with another season on @fableandfolly.bsky.social. On December 31, 2025, "Season 1.5" launches with "The Nephews" by Rick Hautala, HP Lovecraft's "Statement of Randolph Carter", and from Edgar Allan Poe "The Cask of Amontillado" and "Masque of the Red Death". 1/2

The (Not So) Superheroes Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The Terrible Trio is a fun series, best described as The Bad Guys meets Madagascar! In a world where all animals have superpowers, Zeb the zebra, Margarine ...

Coming September 2, Pocket Universe's newest production for Scholastic Audio... meet THE TERRIBLE TRIO!

The Woolas are coming...

And yeah, he did a great job. But that’s unsurprising: he did a great job on anything he put his name on.

Peter was battling serious medical maladies for over a decade, beginning with a stroke in 2012, and is finally free from suffering. Peace to his wife and daughters. (5)

Elaine had the great idea to include him as a guest voice in the production. So in Part 4 of Episode 1, the voice of the foreign correspondent reporting on the assassination that sets the whole thing in motion? Yup, that’s Peter David. (4)

When Bill Dufris and I first started AudioComics, PUP's predecessor, our debut production was Elaine Lee and Michael Kaluta’s “Starstruck” (the play). Peter heard it, loved it, and when it was time to do Episode 1 of “Titanium Rain” (Episodes 2 and 3 are coming, I promise)... (3)

He wrote short stories, he wrote novelizations, he wrote comic books, he wrote animation episodes, he wrote television; he leaves behind a body of work most writers would kill for. But there’s one credit few know about: actor. (2)

Peter David has passed away at the too-young age of 68. DC, Marvel, Star Trek, Nickelodeon, Babylon 5, a 12-year run on “The Incredible Hulk”, 6 years on “Aquaman”, journalism, Stan Lee’s autobiography. (1)

Thank you for your service.

‘Revenge of the Sith’ Supervillain Ian McDiarmid on His ‘Star Wars’ Heel Turn, ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Backlash and Steven Spielberg’s Reaction to The Emperor: ‘Oh My God You’re Evil’ As 'Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith" turns 20, Ian McDiarmid talks playing the Emperor for four decades and 'Rise of Skywalker' backlash.

"The Emperor has existed as long as the franchise itself..."

And come this fall you will hear the man who voiced him in the audio drama of JOHN CARTER OF MARS. Ian McDiarmid is the Man in the Atmosphere Factory in "A Princess of Mars"!

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Finally arrived!

Hold out hope. Anything could (and probably will) happen.

Another embargo is lifted! Pocket Universe Productions is excited to announce that Tony and Olivier award-winning actor Ian McDiarmid has joined John Carter of Mars®: The Audio Series as the Man in the Atmosphere Factory, the mysterious engineer who teaches John Carter the deepest secrets of Mars.

Busy weekend recording actors for a Pocket Universe Productions commission: 3 in NYC Friday, 3 from Seattle here at the house this weekend, 3 in Israel in the middle of the night Monday, then 2 in LA Monday night.

Mentally prepping myself, so don't talk to me till Tuesday, yeh?

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Ladies and gentlemen, KA-BOOM.

#JohnCarter #Kickstarter shipping info finally coming soon!!!

Bluesky says hi.

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@pocketplot.bsky.social has now officially deactivated its Twitter/X account. From here on you can find PUP here, on FB, and Instagram/Threads. Yes? Yes.

JOHN CARTER OF MARS® has its Tal Hajus. And it's RAY PORTER. One of the audiobook industry's leading voices will portray the Thark tyrant in the forthcoming audio drama series from Pocket Universe Productions and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Also, he’s awesome.

We are thrilled to announce "Doctor Who" legend KATY MANNING ("Jo Grant") has joined the cast to portray the Green Martian matriarch, Sarkoja, in the JOHN CARTER OF MARS® Audio Series from Pocket Universe Productions and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.

JOHN CARTER OF MARS® THE AUDIO SERIES w/5e RPG & Woola Plush An audio drama starring SEAN PATRICK FLANERY, WASÉ CHIEF, TIM RUSS, and BRUCE BOXLEITNER with RPG, CDs, books, and plush!

Late Kickstarter pledges end tomorrow night, December 4th at 11:59 PT, so please support our campaign if you haven't. Every pledge makes this best "John Carter of Mars" you'll ever hear!

Plus, where will you ever find a plush Woola again? Exactly. Last call!

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We're pleased to announce that "13 Reasons Why", "Transformers: Earthspark", and "Chicago Fire" actress ALISHA MULLALLY is joining the cast of JOHN CARTER OF MARSas "Sola", the kind-hearted yet headstrong Green Martian who teaches John Carter about all things Barsoomian. Welcome to Mars, Alisha...