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Spider-Man will address the attacks
by Doc on Sep.25, 2001, under Comics
JMS stated in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated that he’s been asked to address the terrorist attacks within The Amazing Spider-Man by Marvel. Full text is below. In another post, he stated that it would be issue 36.
Trek X: Make it so
by Doc on Sep.24, 2001, under Movies
Variety is reporting that Paramount has give the green light for Star Trek: Nemesis, the 10th movie, featuring the cast of The Next Generation. Apparently all the crew is on board, with Stuart Baird (U.S. Marshals) directing, and a John Logan (Gladiator) script. Digital Domain (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) is doing the visual effects. Filming begins November 28th.
Full Lord of the Rings trailer Monday?
by Doc on Sep.21, 2001, under Movies
Zap2It.com is reporting that a full-length trailer for the much-awaited Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is air Monday night, September 24th on the WB with the season premiere of Angel at 9pm.
Update 9/22: Coming Attractions is saying that New Line Cinema has confirmed this…
Buffy to air on FX
by Doc on Sep.21, 2001, under Television
FX Network will start airing Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes weeknights at 4pm and 7pm starting next Monday, September 24th…now you can catch up on episodes…
Episode I DVD review
by Doc on Sep.20, 2001, under General News
There is an in-depth review of the upcoming Star Wars: Episode I DVD
[asin=B00003CX5P]due out next month[/asin] over at TheForce.net.
More delays
by Doc on Sep.19, 2001, under General News
Several more projects are getting delayed after last Tuesday’s terrorist attacks, including The Time Machine (according to Coming Attractions it is due to a scene involving the moon breaking apart and striking NYC) and the Superman II DVD (the packaging apparently featured the Twin Towers).
More stuff added to the Sci-Fi TV Store
by Doc on Sep.17, 2001, under General News
In the quest to gather things people may not think of, I’ve added a few more things to the Sci-Fi TV Store. First up is Reboot, the pioneer CGI cartoon (season 3 only so far); Red Dwarf has also been added – you can get the entire series AND the two outtake tapes; Star Blazers first season is available on DVD, and all three seasons in three tape collections; and I’ve added a Miniseries section starting with V and Frank Herbert’s Dune. And just added: Blake’s 7. Keep checking back for even more…
Q&A about Episode I DVD
by Doc on Sep.14, 2001, under General News
There is a Q&A over at The Digital Bits web site about the production of the soon to be released Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace DVD with Lucas and others.
Minor updates
by Doc on Sep.13, 2001, under General News
I made a correction to the setup that should now display correct times on articles, based on your time zone preference. It WAS showing about 5 hours behind.
Also, two minor store updates: With the release of Doctor Who DVDs, I’ve added a Doctor Who section to the Sci-Fi TV Store (DVDs only so far), and the Babylon 5 Store had a minor update, now including JMS-related stuff that aren’t strickly Babylon 5, as well as the cover art for the third Techno-mage book.
Update: I’ve also added “UFO” to the Sci-Fi TV store…
A number of movies have been affected
by Doc on Sep.13, 2001, under Movies
Coming Attractions is reporting that a number of movies have been affected by Tuesday’s tragedy. Production on the War of the Worlds remake has been suspended, while Schwarzenegger’s next film, Collateral Damage, scheduled to be released October 5th, will be indefinitely delayed and all advertising removed. All advertising and trialers for Spider-Man has likewise been pulled, having prominantly featured the WTC. And Men in Black 2 was to have shot scenes still in and around Battery Park.
Update: Countingdown is reporting that MiB2 was to have featured the WTC prominently – they are hurrying to rewrite some important scenes.