Jamie Anderson - director of Anderson Entertainment - told Digital Spy that the potential show would explore how Jeff Tracy came to establish International Rescue.
"I would really love to do an origin story of Thunderbirds," he revealed. "An audience today is much more interested in canon and the wider universe that surrounds these shows, so I think something like that would be really fantastic."
Anderson added that he would be keen to make the series on audio with Big Finish, having already collaborated with the company - best known for its Doctor Who series - on an upcoming series of Terrahawks plays.
However, any such series would rely on permission from ITV, which currently owns the rights to many of Gerry Anderson's projects.
"I know that is something I would love to do with Big Finish - we've had such a good time working with them and they've given us such autonomy over the Terrahawks project," Jamie said.
"The story of how Jeff Tracy lost his wife and came to set up International Rescue, I think would be really interesting for fans and for a new audience - but we'll have to see whether ITV will consider letting us do that at some point."
The new Thunderbird 1 from ITV's Thunderbirds Are Go!
ITV is planning to launch its own Thunderbirds project - a new CGI series titled Thunderbirds Are Go! - in 2015.
"I'm very pleased that they consider Thunderbirds a strong enough show to pour all this cash and development and work into a new series," said Jamie. "I'm hopeful they'll do a good job."
Jamie Anderson was speaking to DS to promote Firestorm - a new series based on his father's original concepts. For more information on the project, visit http://ift.tt/1uJFU9k or to help fund the Firestorm pilot, visit the official Kickstarter page.
Firestorm: How you can make Gerry Anderson's lost TV classic a reality
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