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In an unusual sequel move, producers of UPN’s The Twilight Zone are going to film a sequel to the classic episode, “It’s a Good Life”, in which 6-year old Billy Mumy (Will Robinson in Lost in Space, Lennier in Babylon 5) had special powers (and was remade as a segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1983). The sequel, entitled “It’s Still a Good Life”, will also star Mumy in the same character, now middle aged. Cloris Leachman will also reprise her role as his mother, and Mumy’s daughter Liliana (Lucy in The Santa Clause 2) will play his daughter with similar powers.

BaronMoritani writes “New Children of Dune Promo Pix Online!

Over a dozen new promo pix of the new COD miniseries can be found at the Landsraad!

http://groups.msn.com/TheLandsraad/_whatsnew.msnw

So far, these pictures have not been posted at scifi.com.

The information must flow …

BaronMoritani
Landsraad Manager”

Well, the future’s not so bright for Joss Whedon’s Firefly. The show’s been shopped around, but apparently its $2 million price tag is too high. Christopher Buchanan, president of production company Mutant Enemy, said “…we’re on life support right now.”

BaronMoritani writes “The Landsraad has pictures from the new Children of Dune miniseries Leto II “Boy To Man” teaser (now airing at scifi.com/dune) online!

Go here for details:

http://groups.msn.com/TheLandsraad/_whatsnew.msnw

Special Thanks to Little Maker …”

Bonnie Hammer, president of the SCI FI Channel, in an interview with TV Guide Online, stated why Farscape was cancelled – it was pure numbers, not because of Stargate SG-1. Farscape‘s costs were increasing, and the numbers dwindling, and in repeats it was getting less that half SG-1‘s numbers – which were hitting 1.8. New episodes of both air tomorrow night.

Upset that you don’t see any new episodes of the original Star Trek with those colorful shirts and Klingons without ridges? Well, just make your own – these guys did – and did a good job it seems. So good, that at the time of writing this they had to pull the video, entitled Starship Exeter: The Savage Empire, due to the high downloads (Slashdot phasers were set to stun, and Apple’s Mac.com pulled the plug). Hopefully it will be back online soon. At least the materials available show excellent quality of production.

Variety has a report that Showtime is looking to order a pilot for a series version of Clive Barker’s Lord of Illusions, but budget may be an issue. Also reported is that Odyssey 5 could be on the chopping block because Showtime is gearing up Fridays to have just one SF show, and that is Jeremiah.

Could Max Headroom finds his way back twenty minutes in the future? Matt Frewer, who played Edison Carter and his stammering virtual ego in both british and US version of the show, says he is working on a Max Headroom project, but can’t say much else right now…

Not exactly Earth-shattering – the rumors have been around all weekend – but Jos Whedon has confirmed that Fox has cancelled Firefly. There is hope yet – Fox is letting him shop the show to a new network. In the meantime, production has shut down.

BaronMoritani writes “Over 20 scans are online of the new Children of Dune miniseries teaser trailer. These pix are taken from the second teaser trailer featuring Alia! They include pictures of Alia fighting Leto II!
Details here:

http://groups.msn.com/TheLandsraad/_whatsnew.msnw“