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Jeremiah affected by Sept. 11th events
by Doc on Dec.05, 2001, under Television
JMS’ new series for Showtime, Jeremiah, has been in limbo since the September 11th attacks because of its post-apocalyptic storyline. Read More for the message from JMS on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated…
Babylon 5 stuff for charity
by Doc on Dec.04, 2001, under General News
The Into the Fires Auction has a number of items signed by Babylon 5 actors (and a few others such as Virginia Hey of Farscape up for auction to support a number of charities, including Pat Tallman’s Penny Lane. Items include March of Dimes beanies and cartoons from Tye Bourdony of The Lighter Side of Sci-Fi.
Children of Dune given the green light
by Doc on Dec.04, 2001, under Television
The Sci Fi Channel has given the green light to begin production on the sequel to last December’s Dune miniseries, entitled Children of Dune. It actually encompasses both the second (Dune Messiah) and third (Children of Dune) books in the Dune series by Frank Herbert. It is set to air in 2003.
JMS talks about Rangers
by Doc on Nov.30, 2001, under Television
SCI FI Wire has a blurb from JMS about the upcoming Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers. “I wanted to explore their history, their tradition, their philosophy,” he said. Follow the link for the full thing. Airdate still scheduled for Jan. 19, 2002.
Star Trek: Nemesis gets the green light
by Doc on Nov.30, 2001, under Movies
The tenth Star Trek feature film, Star Trek: Nemesis, got the green light from Paramount to begin production. It has been written by John Logan (Gladiator), and be produced by Rick Berman and directed by Stuart Baird (Executive Decision, U.S. Marshalls). Visual effects will be by Digital Domain (Titanic, The Lord of the Rings). Actually, this is a bit old, but I hadn’t reported it yet…
Scottish genre novel debuts in the States
by Doc on Nov.30, 2001, under Books
Willie Meikle writes “Scottish author William Meikle has his first novel [asin=1931402205]”Island Life”[/asin] released in trade paperback in the US on 25/11 by Florida publisher Barclay Books.
The book is a horror novel set on a remote Hebridean Island and is already garnering good reviews (see below). Review copies are available by contacting the publisher Becki McNeel at Barclay Books , e-mail: drrsmcneel@aol.com or telephone: US (727) 867-0518
“ Read More for the the details. It’s actually already out.
fans.starwars.com to shut down Dec. 20th
by Doc on Nov.29, 2001, under General News
The official Star Wars site has announced that Lucas Online will cease hosting fans.starwars.com, which hosted tons of sanctioned fan websites, originally set up in March of 2000. I’m guessing it got too expensive for Lucas to foot the bill. Note that they are not killing the web sites themselves – as long as they continue to comply with the sanctioning agreement, they can host their site anywhere.
B5 DVD due next week; third Techno-Mage novel out
by Doc on Nov.27, 2001, under General News
Just a reminder: the third Techno-Mage novel by our friend Jeanne Cavelos, [asin=0345438337]Invoking Darkness[/asin], is out today, and the first Babylon 5 DVD, [asin=B00005NTNP]In the Beginning/The Gathering[/asin], is due out in the US next Tuesday, December 4th – and word is from other regions where it is already out is that it is great. Follow the links to order them today from Amazon.com, or head over to the Babylon 5 Store for more goodies. And a thanks to all of you who have already ordered…
Star Trek actors break record on Weakest Link
by Doc on Nov.27, 2001, under General News
No spoilers here, just a note that the just-aired Weakest Link special with actors from the various Star Trek series featured the biggest pot in the shows American history so far – $167,500. These guys were pretty smart. Also, it appears that Roxann Dawson (B’Elanna Torres, Star Trek: Voyager) took offense at a comment from Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher, Star Trek: The Next Generation), prompting an apology on his web site.
Update 11/29: The site is accessible now…
Andromeda to be dumbed down?
by Doc on Nov.26, 2001, under Television
I heard a rumor somwhere (probably on UseNet) that Andromeda was being reworked in a story sense to get rid of arc-like plot lines, because of the difficulty of a viewer joining in in the middle of a series (where have I heard that before?). Now it seems it’s true: Co-creator Robert Hewitt Wolfe announced on SlipStreamNews that he is no longer an Executive Producer, due to pressures from Tribune entertainment and Fireworks (and even star and fellow EP Kevin Sorbo) to make it more episodic. Less internal conflict, more Sorbo. Another win for the Neilsen family…