A week of weird and wonderful sightings across the country culminated last night (Wednesday June 25th) in a magical appearance by the fabled Loch Ness Monster, known by some as the Water Horse.

Using the latest water screen technology, a crew of experts recreated a scene from the magical family film The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep to provide Loch Ness Monster fans with an incredible, indelible visual confirmation of a much-loved legend.

The event was captured to celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep on 30th June 2008. . Details of how to download video footage of this incredible event are below.

Professor Terry Stevens of Destination Loch Ness, the destination management organisation for the area has been very supportive of the creative activity, saying:

“It is hoped that global awareness of Loch Ness generated by The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep will help support the community in their bid to achieve World Heritage status, based on its outstanding natural scenery and extraordinary cultural history and of course the infamy of the Monster.”

The Latest sighting in front of Urquhart Castle! 

The Water Horse Legend Of The Deep is available on DVD and Blu-ray from 30^th June, 2008.

FOOTAGE IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA WWW.DIGITALNEWSAGENCY.COM

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Waterhorse mania is about to hit - so as I was finding out about the author I thought I would share the following with you…

Dick King-Smith (born 27 March 1922, March Bitton, Gloucestershire, England) is a prolific English children’s author, who has, up to know, been best known for writing The Sheep-Pig, retitled in the US as Babe the Gallant Pig, upon which the movie Babe was based. He was a farmer for 20 years before he became a teacher and author.

Dick King-Smith’s first book was The Fox Busters, published in 1978. He is one of the UK’s most prolific authors and has written over a hundred books, which have sold over five million copies in the UK alone and been translated into twelve languages. A list of all his books is below - but have a look at this clip with an interview with the Author.

Books by Dick King Smith

1. The Fox Busters (1978)
2. Daggie Dogfoot retitled in the US as Pigs Might Fly (1980)
3. Magnus Powermouse (1982)
4. The Queen’s Nose (1983)
5. The Sheep-Pig retitled in the US as Babe, The Gallant Pig (1983)
6. Saddlebottom (1985)
7. Noah’s Brother (1986)
8. The Hodgeheg (1987)
9. Tumbleweed (1987)
10. Farmer Bungle Forgets (1987)
11. Friends and Brothers (1987)
12. Cuckoobush Farm (1987)
13. George Speaks (1988)
14. The Mouse Butcher (1988)
15. Emily’s Legs (1988)
16. Water Watch (1988)
17. Dodo Comes to Tumbledown Farm (1988)
18. Tumbledown Farm - The Greatest (1988)
19. The Jenius (1988)
20. Sophie
21. Sophie’s Snail (1988)
22. Sophie Hits Six (1991)
23. Sophie’s Tom (1991)
24. Sophie in the Saddle (1993)
25. Sophie Is Seven (1994)
26. Sophie’s Lucky (1995)
27. Alice And Flower And Foxianna (1989)
28. Beware of the Bull (1989)
29. The Toby Man (1989)
30. Dodos Are Forever (1989)
31. The Trouble with Edward (1989)
32. Jungle Jingles (1990)
33. Ace: The Very Important Pig (1990)
34. Blessu (1990)
35. Paddy’s Pot of God (1990)
36. Alphabeasts (1990)
37. The Water Horse (1990)
38. The Whistling Piglet (1990)
39. The Jolly Witch
40. The Jolly Witch (1990)
41. Mrs. Jollipop (1996)
42. Mrs. Jolly’s Brolly (1998)
43. The Cuckoo Child (1991)
44. The Guard Dog (1991)
45. Martin’s Mice (1991)
46. Lightning Strikes Twice (1991)
47. Caruso’s Cool Cats (1991)
48. Dick King-Smith’s Triffic Pig Book (1991)
49. Find the White Horse (1991)
50. Horace and Maurice (1991)
51. Lady Daisy (1992)
52. Pretty Polly (1992)
53. Dick King-Smith’s Water Watch (1992)
54. The Finger Eater (1992)
55. The Ghost At Codlin Castle And Other Stories (1992)
56. Super Terrific Pigs (1992)
57. The Invisible Dog (1993)
58. All Pigs Are Beautiful (1993)
59. The Merrythought (1993)
60. The Swoose (1993)
61. Uncle Bumpo (1993)
62. Dragon Boy (1993)
63. Horse Pie (1993)
64. Harry’s Mad (1993)
65. Connie and Rollo (1994)
66. The Schoolmouse (1994)
67. Triffic: A Rare Pig’s Tale (1994)
68. Mr. Potter’s Pet (1994)
69. Harriet’s Hare (1994)
70. The Excitement of Being Ernest (1994)
71. I Love Guinea Pigs (1994)
72. Three Terrible Trins (1994)
73. Happy Mouseday (1994)
74. Bobby the Bad (1994)
75. The Clockwork Mouse (1995)
76. King Max (1995)
77. Omnibombulator (1995)
78. The Terrible Trins (1995)
79. Warlock Watson (1995)
80. All Because of Jackson (1995)
81. The Stray (1996)
82. Clever Duck (1996)
83. Dirty Gertie Macintosh (1996)
84. Smasher (1996)
85. Godhanger (1996)
86. King Max the Last (1996)
87. Winter Wonderland (1996)
88. Treasure Trove (1996)
89. Mixed-up Max (1997)
90. What Sadie Saw (1997)
91. The Spotty Pig (1997)
92. A Mouse Called Wolf (1997)
93. Robin Hood And His Miserable Men (1997)
94. Thinderella (1997)
95. Puppy Love (1997)
96. The Merman (1997)
97. Round About 5 (1997)
98. Mr Ape (1998)
99. How Green Was My Mouse (1998)
100. The Big Pig Book (1998)
101. Creepy Creatures Bag (1998)
102. The Robber Boy (1998)
103. Pig in the City (1998)
104. Charlie Muffin’s Miracle Mouse (1999)
105. The Witch of Blackberry Bottom (1999)
106. Babe’s La-La-bye (1999)
107. The Crowstarver (1999)
108. Dinosaur School (1999)
109. Poppet (1999)
110. The Roundhill (2000)
111. Spider Sparrow (2000)
112. Just in Time (2000)
113. The Magic Carpet Slippers (2000)
114. Julius Caesar’s Goat (2000)
115. Mysterious Miss Slade (2000)
116. Billy the Bird (2000)
117. Lady Lollipop (2000)
118. Back to Front Benjy (2001)
119. The Great Sloth Race (2001)
120. Fat Lawrence (2001)
121. Funny Frank (2001)
122. Chewing The Cud (Autobiography) (2001)
123. Titus Rules! (2002)
124. Billy the Bird / All Because of Jackson (2002)
125. Story Box (2002)
126. The Golden Goose (2003)
127. Traffic (2003)
128. Clever Lollipop (2003)
129. The Adventurous Snail (2003)
130. The Nine Lives of Aristotle (2003)
131. Aristotle (2003)
132. Just Binnie (2004)
133. The Catlady (2004)
134. Under the Mishmash Trees (2005)
135. Hairy Hezekiah (2005)
136. Dinosaur Trouble (2005)
137. Nosy (2005)
138. The Mouse Family Robinson (2007)

Adaptations

1. Harry’s Mad (1993-1996): TV series based on Harry’s Mad
2. The Queen’s Nose (1995-2003): TV Series based on The Queen’s Nose
3. Babe (1995): film based on The Sheep-Pig a.k.a. Babe, the Gallant Pig
4. Babe: Pig in the City (1998): film sequel using King-Smith characters
5. The Foxbusters (1999-2000): TV cartoon loosely based on The Fox Busters
6. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007): film based on The Water Horse

This information is from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sony’s upcoming new release ‘The Waterhorse’ has published the following 2 blog trailers with some interesting behind the scenes insights.

Waterhorse Blog part 1

Waterhorse Blog part 2

The trailer can bee seen on an earlier blog entry….

2007 will see the release of 2 very different movies that reference the legend of the Loch Ness Monster.

The first is Sony’s ‘The Waterhorse - Legend of the Deep’, due for release in the United States this winter, and in the UK in early 2008. Click here for the official website.

The Second one is a trailer from the film ‘Loch Ness Terror’ - we don’t have much info. on this yet…feel free to fill us in!