April Fools day brought more than just funny pranks. In the late afternoon, CSTSANZ finally contacted the right person at Universal and Roadshow to discuss licensing. Both companies have agreed to grant licensing for the events (one does 35mm and one does dvd rights)

As you can see, we have had a face lift here at CSTSANZ.com, we hope you like the new look.

We welcome Andrew from Brisbane on board as the brave soul who is running the inaugural event up in Brisbane. I’m sure he’ll be posting details up onthe brissy page soon enough, in the meantime, there is some info in the brisbane thread in the forums. So, if you’re from brissy, give him a shout out and say thanks for stepping up to the plate, he’s doing a wonderful job. We also welcome Shayne and Brendan from Canberra and Perth respectively who are also stepping up to the organiser plate. They’re in the early stages, so nothing definite yet, but I’m sure they’d love to feel some support from Browncoats in their area, to give them a boost and let them know they’re doing the right thing (for that matter, so would the organisers in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland) so do sign up to the forums and say hello. Sometimes it feels like we’re talking to a brick wall until the night of the event and you see 80-200 people rock up.

Ticket and merchandise (t-shirts and posters displayed at the top of this page) presales are likely to start for those cities with a locked in venue in the next couple of weeks. We have some Global Sponsors on board.

We have on offer one per screening of the following items:

  • Done the Impossible: Done the Impossible CD soundtracks
  • QMx: Serenity Bank Heist Money
  • DragonWeave: necklaces
  • ReadMyChest.Com: Special Coupon for Custom Art
  • Joss Whedon Fan Club: Special Membership Packages
  • Dark Horse: Better Days, Serenity Comic
  • The Bedlam Bards: Autographed ‘On The Drift’ CDs
  • Universal: Collector’s Edition Serenity DVD

One per Global sponsorships, (ie one prize total, not one per city):

  • Buffy Between The Lines: A minisode voice talent role
  • Austin Browncoats: Two full event tickets to The Browncoat Ball, winner
    will be responsible for room, board and transportation.