Publications
2025
This is the Way’: ILM’s Stagecraft, Disney’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and constructing the rhetoric of virtual production’
Thomas, S. (2025). This is the Way’: ILM’s Stagecraft, Disney’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and constructing the rhetoric of virtual production’. In S. Mitchell, C. Perry, S. Redmond, & L. Torres (Eds.), The Screens of Virtual Production: What is Real? (pp. 15-30). Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/
2024
AI and Actors: Ethical Challenges, Cultural Narratives and Industry Pathways in Synthetic Media Performance
Thomas, S. (2024). AI and Actors: Ethical Challenges, Cultural Narratives and Industry Pathways in Synthetic Media Performance. Emerging Media, 2(3), 523-546. doi:10.1177/27523543241289108
“Somebodies” and “Nobodies”: Generative AI and Audiovisual Performer Labor
Thomas, S. (2024). “Somebodies” and “Nobodies”: Generative AI and Audiovisual Performer Labor. The Velvet Light Trap, 94, 64-75. doi:10.7560/vlt9407
2022
Introduction to the special issue: Keanu Reeves as palimpsest INTRODUCTION
Middlemost, R., & Thomas, S. (2022). Introduction to the special issue: Keanu Reeves as palimpsest INTRODUCTION. CELEBRITY STUDIES, 13(2), 137-142. doi:10.1080/19392397.2022.2063394
Keanu Reeves, <i>John Wick</i>, and the myths and tensions between star brands and franchise properties
Thomas, S. (2022). Keanu Reeves, <i>John Wick</i>, and the myths and tensions between star brands and franchise properties. CELEBRITY STUDIES, 13(2), 244-258. doi:10.1080/19392397.2022.2063405
2021
'A match made in heaven (or hell)' Franchise experiments between the horror film genre and virtual reality media (2014-2020)
Thomas, S. (2022). 'A match made in heaven (or hell)' Franchise experiments between the horror film genre and virtual reality media (2014-2020). In HORROR FRANCHISE CINEMA (pp. 206-223). doi:10.4324/9780429060830-17
‘A match made in heaven (or hell)’
Thomas, S. (2021). ‘A match made in heaven (or hell)’. In Horror Franchise Cinema (pp. 206-223). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429060830-12
2020
Review of The Invention of Celebrity by Antoine Lilti
Thomas, S. (2020). Review of The Invention of Celebrity by Antoine Lilti. European Journal of Communication, 34(6), 704-709. doi:10.1177/0267323119886750
2019
CRISPIN GLOVER
Thomas, S. (2020). CRISPIN GLOVER. In ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO CULT CINEMA (pp. 478-487). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
The Star in VR
Thomas, S. K. (2019). The Star in VR. Celebrity Studies, 10(4), 453-468. doi:10.1080/19392397.2019.1672996
A balancing act(or)
Thomas, S. (2019). A balancing act(or). In Crank it up. Manchester University Press. doi:10.7765/9781526142788.00013
A balancing act[or]: Jason Statham and the Ensemble Film
Thomas, S. K. (2019). A balancing act[or]: Jason Statham and the Ensemble Film. In S. Gerrard, & R. Shail (Eds.), Crank it up - Jason Statham: star!. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Retrieved from https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526142771/
2018
James Mason
Thomas, S. K. (2018). James Mason. London: British Film Institute. doi:10.5040/9781838711924
Using Eye Tracking and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) to Investigate Stardom
Thomas, S. K., Qureshi, A., & Bell, A. (2018). Using Eye Tracking and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) to Investigate Stardom. In T. Dwyer, C. Perkins, S. Redmond, & J. Sita (Eds.), Seeing into Screens: Eye Tracking and the Moving Image (pp. 191-214). London & New York: Bloomsbury. doi:10.5040/9781501329012.0017
The New Brutalism: Agency, Embodiment and Performance in Daniel Craig’s 007
Thomas, S. K. (2018). The New Brutalism: Agency, Embodiment and Performance in Daniel Craig’s 007. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 46(1), 34-45. doi:10.1080/01956051.2018.1423208
2015
Style and Performance in The Best Years of Our Lives
Thomas, S. K. (2015). Style and Performance in The Best Years of Our Lives. Movie: a Journal of Film Criticism.
2014
Tweet celebrity
Bennett, J., & Thomas, S. (2014). Tweet celebrity. Celebrity Studies, 5(4), 501-503. doi:10.1080/19392397.2014.980642
Celebrity in the ‘Twitterverse’: history, authenticity and the multiplicity of stardom Situating the ‘newness’ of Twitter
Thomas, S. (2014). Celebrity in the ‘Twitterverse’: history, authenticity and the multiplicity of stardom Situating the ‘newness’ of Twitter. Celebrity Studies, 5(3), 242-255. doi:10.1080/19392397.2013.845962
2013
Cult Film Stardom
Egan, K., & Thomas, S. (Eds.) (2013). Cult Film Stardom. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9781137291776
2012
"Marginal moments of spectacle’: Character actors, cult stardom and Hollywood cinema'
Thomas, S. K. (2012). "Marginal moments of spectacle’: Character actors, cult stardom and Hollywood cinema'. In K. Egan, & S. Thomas (Eds.), Cult Film Stardom: Offbeat Attractions and Processes of Cultification (pp. 37-54). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
‘Introduction: Star-Making, Cult-Making, and Forms of Authenticity’
Thomas, S. K., & Egan, K. (2012). ‘Introduction: Star-Making, Cult-Making, and Forms of Authenticity’. In K. Egan, & S. Thomas (Eds.), Cult Film Stardom: Offbeat Attractions and Processes of Cultification (pp. 1-17). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cult Film Stardom Offbeat Attractions and Processes of Cultification
Egan, K., & Thomas, S. (2012). Cult Film Stardom Offbeat Attractions and Processes of Cultification. Palgrave Macmillan.
PETER LORRE: FACE MAKER
Thomas, S. (2012). PETER LORRE: FACE MAKER. doi:10.3167/9780857454416
Peter Lorre, Face Maker Stardom and Performance Between Hollywood and Europe
Thomas, S. (2012). Peter Lorre, Face Maker Stardom and Performance Between Hollywood and Europe. Berghahn Books.
2008
A star of the airwaves: Peter Lorre master of the macabre and American radio programming
Thomas, S. (2008). A star of the airwaves: Peter Lorre master of the macabre and American radio programming. Radio Journal:International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, 5(2), 143-155. doi:10.1386/rajo.5.2-3.143_1