APR 30: VHS Cover Sheets: I was informed that the Cover Sheet area wasn't working correctly for at least the last two weeks. I have just repaired the area and apologize to anyone trying to download an series cover sheet. Enjoy. Cover Area.

APR 30: Blackheart on SciFi: Mathew Blackheart: Monster Smasher (stupid title) was to have been a syndicated show, already dedicated to 65% of the TV Markets, is now a Sci-Fi Channel exclusive program. 

APR 30: Ultraviolet USA: Based on the British TV series, Ultraviolet, the SciFi Channel is creating a six-hour mini-series. Airs on the SFC July 31, 2000.

APR 30: Weiss Bones:   Pretenders star 'Robert T. Weiss' will being playing a character in Snoop Dogg's feature film, 'BONES'. Don't know how big a role he will play. First role I have seen him in outside of Pretender.

APR 30: A Grey Moon: Erin Grey of 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century' fame will play a part in the upcoming drama feature film, ' Rage of the Blue Moon ' which began filming March 6 in Vancouver.  Unknown if this is to be a major film or 'B' flick. 

APR 30: Superman DVD: Ain't it Cool is reporting that the new DVD special edition of Superman by Richard Donner will be a two disc set with audio commentary; has been re-digitized; has deleted scenes; a special music track; and more.

APR 30: Stargate SG1 for 5: As part of the new $1.4B deal between MGM and Showtime Stargate SG1 is guaranteed a fifth season. Which fits nicely that all the actors on the series are signed for five seasons.

APR 29: Carter Directing: The X-Files creator Chris Carter has signed with Dimension Films to direct his first film. A supernatural drama titled 'The World of Ted Serios', based on Dr. Jule Eisenburg's novel. (variety)

APR 29: Alien Weaver: Alien hero, Sigourney Weaver, told Dreamwatch in a recent interview, "I have no desire to do another Alien. I love the four that we've done and I think we left it in a good place." Weaver needs to make up her mind. First she does, now she doesn't.

APR 29: Slider Movie: Well, maybe. Jerry O'Connell (mission to mars) is negotiating to reprise his role as Quinn Mallory for feature film. It is to star the original cast from the Sliders TV show. O'Connell is NOT interested in returning to a sliders series with USA Network involved.

APR 29: FireFlys: MGM has hired director Nic Mathieu to helm the SF Military Thriller. Production is to begin in Dec 2k. The film will have over 1000 digital effects. X-Men only has around 400. (variety)

APR 28: Site Email: If anyone has been trying to email me other than the voting email the links have been down. Server changed name and forgot to repair my email accounts. Site email links have temporarily changed until the problem is fixed at the server end. Will take a few days. My apologies. If you have tried to email me in a while please send me the email again. Sorry.

APR 28: Xena Ratings: In the syndication ratings ending April 2 only Xena, Stargate SG1 and X-Files were genre shows in the top 20 spots. X-Files reruns were #13 @ 3.9. Xena and Stargate SG1 tied at #18 with 3.3 ratings.

APR 28: Seven Days renewed: Variety is reporting that UPN's second year series 'SEVEN DAYS' will see its third after being renewed for 2000/2001. This is a series that gets little attention. Great show.

APR 28: VHS Still In: Even with the onslaught of DVD and Pay Per View VHS is still number one in the money making industry with $9.5B for the Studios. 

APR 28: Shadows Movie: The FX cable network's second original movie will be 'Shadows' starring Andrew McCarthy (weekend at bernies). This movie could also become a pilot for a weekly series for FX.  A supernatural thriller written and produced by Paul Anderson (soldier). A young architect discovers the dance hall he will be working on is haunted by 27 ghosts.

APR 28: Shockwave Renewed: Despite fan complaints over quality movies UPN's 'Blockbuster Video's Shockwave Cinema has been renewed for the 2k/2k1 season. 

APR 28: DVD Sales:  4.6M homes now have at least one DVD player, not including computer based units. Over 30M DVD movies and music titles were shipped the first quarter. A 200% increase. Excellent.

APR 27: King Promos: Burger has inked deals for promotional toys through the summer with Flintstone Viva Rock Vegas, Pokemon 2, and Chicken Run. 

APR 27: Hatcher's Game: Ex Lois and Clark star Teri Hatcher has joined the cast of Robert Rodriguez's 'Spy Kids'. She'll play a bad guy appearing to help the kids find their parents. (hollywood reporter)

APR 27: Preston no Spy?: Kelly Preston has left the production Spy Kids. She has not been replaced yet. There is nothing official that she has quit the project.

APR 27: Rabbit too Expensive:   The sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit by Producer-director-writer by Frank Marshall appears just to expensive to remake. Marshall told columnist Liz Smith "After we budgeted the project we realized it would simply be too expensive-- way, way too expensive." It would have 80 minutes of animation mixed in. Twice that of the first film which cost $50M to make. What a crock...

APR 27: Pussycat Movie: Josie and the Pussycats Movie (live action) has signed Gabriel Mann to the cast as Josie's boyfriend Alan M from the cartoon. First I heard of this movie too. (variety)

APR 26: Xena Spoiler?: A woman named Sue DeNymn has reported to Cinescape that in the last four episodes Xena and Gabrielle will be frozen in a tomb of ice. They emerge 25 years later with Xena's daughter grown and now a destructive warrior. They will stay in the new time frame well into season 6 and possibly through the remainder of the show. Other regulars will be wearing age make-up.

APR 26: Andromeda SFX: Lost Boys Studios Inc. have officially announced that they will be handling 'lead VFX duties' for the new Kevin Sorbo (hercules) series Andromeda. They promis some unique CG for the title ship and other facets of the series. (VFX Pro)

APR 26: Robocop-PD: The new mini-series (four movies) is due in the US sometime in October. If you want to read more about Robocop Prime Directives Click Here . It's all in Channel News. 

APR 26: Count Christo: Waterworld director Kevin Reynolds will be directing Jim Caviezel (frequency) in Spyglass Entertainments 'Count of Monte Cristo'. It will be filmed in Ireland beginning late July 2k. The script is penned by Jay Wolpert (cinescape)

APR 26: Marsden's no Spider: James Marsden told E news daily the rumors of him being on the list to be Spiderman saying, "It's totally untrue." Marsden is Cyclops after all in the new 'X-Men Movie' due this summer.

APR 25: No ID4: Dean Devlin of Centropolis told Eon Magazine (which is part of Centropolis) that they have no plans for an ID4 sequel, unless they get that knock-out idea, which they don't have.

APR 25: Wastin' FX: The FX Channel has gone dismal with it current line-up that revolves mainly around three series. X-Files (2 per day) M.A.S.H. (8 per day) and Beverly Hills 90210. What a waste of cable. This is a channel that use to have 'The Fall Guy' and 'Miami Vice'. Just... terrible.

APR 25: U-571 Opening: The new submarine movie U-571 has cleaned up at the box office in the number one slot at $20.3M. A distant second was 'Love and Basketball' with $8.4M and 'Rules of Engagement' at number 3 at $8M

APR 25: Travoltingly Evil: Looks like John Travolta will continue his evil ways in Warner Brothers 'Swordfish'. Production is due to begin shooting in July. Skip Woods wrote the script for the film. Dominic Sena is directing while Joel Silver (who else) and Jonathan Crane produce. Travolta will play the worlds most dangerous spy after $6B, who forces a computer hacker to help. (hollywood reporter). Don't ya think Travolta would be a great bad guy for a Tom Cruise Mission Impossible story.

APR 25: A Silver Ghost: Hot Producer Joel Silver may team-up again with Robert Zemekis (House on Haunted Hill) to remake another 'B' movie '13 GHOSTS'. It will be a co-production of Warner Brothers and Columbia Pictures.

APR 25: X'Ray Eyes: MGM will join Hyde Park Entertainment in the remake 'Man With X-Ray Eyes'. Carolina Thompson will script.

APR 24: Transformer DVD: This is one DVD to stay the hell away from.  It is due out October 10. Please don't buy this one. Save your money. It is the same cut piece of crap version that has been out of VHS for awhile. Use the money for the Independence Day Special Edition DVD. That will be a great DVD when it comes out.

APR 24: Lords Petition: 11000 fans have signed up for an online petition concerning the depiction of Arwen, the young elf warrior princess. They want the character true to Tolkien's version. Petitions for this type of stuff are a waste of time. New Line Cinema paid for the movie rights to the books and have the creative ability to make changes to any of the characters they see fit. Petitioning to save a show is a noble deed and not taken seriously enough. To have a character from a book depicted a certain way is a waste of time and effort. The studios just won't care. 

APR 24: NBC Pilots: NBC is hot and heavy in new series with 24 pilots in development for the fall. I don't how many or if any of them are in the genre. 

APR 24: Limpet Remake: Here's another one. 1964's 'Incredible Mr. Limpet' is getting a make-over. King of the Hill creator Mike Judge is negotiating to direct and possibly script the picture. Jim Carrey earlier left the project and the actors Mike Myers, Chris Rock and Adam Sandler are being considered for the role. Why not just throw this one to Eddie Murphy too. This one might be perfect for him. Not at $20M though.

APR 24: Logan's Run Remake: The 1976 Logan's Run also seems to be getting a remake from Joel Silver and Warner Brothers. Skip Woods (swordfish) is in negotiations to write and direct. (hollywood reporter) It is unknown if the film will be a remake or continuation from the original.

APR 23: Phantom of the Paradise:   The cult classic feature film is airing on pay cable's, 'Thriller Max' (part of cinemax). Just aired Friday at 10am. Out of Print on video. Next showings. ThrillerMax April 23 @ 3:50am and April 30 @ 2:15am (EST) MoreMax May 13 @ 1pm. Get the VCR's hot.

APR 23: Tripod Movies: John Christopher's book trilogy is set for the big screen by Touchstone Pictures. Darrin Lemke is said to be scripting the trilogy.

APR 23: Doc Savage:  Arnold's next project? Perhaps. Currently in development since last summer. Arnold still awaits a completed script. Helming the project is Frank Darabont (green mile) and Chuck Russell (eraser). With Arnolds last flop 'End of Days' they might want to think about making this one. Been awhile for an Arnold hit. $20M is a ton of salary for box office duds.

APR 23: Godzilla 2?: Not to be confused with Japan's 'Godzilla 2000'. Sony is planning to visit a sequel. Centropolis pictures (Devlin and Emmerich) has told Sony they are not interested in being part of the sequel. Sony is searching for new producers.

APR 23: Godzilla 2000: The Japanese Godzilla feature is due to hit US theatres this summer.

APR 23: Invisible Man: The Sci-Fi Channel's newest series will premiere June 9.

APR 23: Episode One DVD update: George Lucas told KROQ radio recently that his company 'Industrial Light and Magic shop' is working on a DVD version of Episode One complete with extra footage. Sorry, there was no hint as to a release date. Surprise!

APR 23: Disney digs Clive: Disney Pictures has purchased four unpublished fantasy novels by Horror master Clive Barker. The novels are titled 'The Arabat Quartet'.

APR 22: Pretender In Trouble: Despite ratings in the six's, NBC is considering giving the hook to 'the Pretender' in order to air its new football league 'the XFL' in its Saturday time slot. Profiler is already cancelled in the slot after Pretender. I gather changing days is out of the question for this great series? Pretender would be great FOX show. There are two sites for SAVE the PRETENDER... http://www.mydailyplanet.com/frntpage.htm  & http://op-stp.homepage.com/  New episodes return April 23 on NBC. That's tomorrow ya'll.

APR 22: Pretender Sold: Not the show, but TNT has purchased the rerun rights to the 86 episodes of 'The Pretender'. They will begin airing them daily beginning September of this year (the fall). New Episodes begin airing on NBC Saturday night (April 23, tomorrow).

APR 22: Space Marines Chronicles: Starz 'Encore Action' channel is airing the Space Rangers Chronicles. All six episodes in three 90minute movies like the Out of Print VHS tapes. Aired last week, and not sure when it airs again. Keep the VCRs hot. They are also airing Ron Eli's 70's 'Doc Savage, Man of Bronze' movie.

APR 22: Casper Busy: Casper Van Dien is keeping busy. He's starring in the TV primetime soap opera pilot 'TITANS' and is currently starring in the feature film 'Going Back'. The way his career is going though, he could be the next Bruce Campbell 'B' Movie Star. He isn't the actor Campbell is though.

APR 22: The Patriot Cut: Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool has seen both the long and cut versions of the 'The Patriot'. He has said that both movies are awesome though the cut makes it a slightly different film. Harry says we gotta see this movie. Check out Ain't It Cool for his review of the cut version... John Williams still has to score the cut version. (it was cut for time)

APR 22: DVD News: Paramount continues to jump around with the DVD release order of the Star Trek films. The Search for Spock should be out soon at $29.98 SRP. The DVD is a no frills letterbox cut of the film. Should be a $9.99 SRP. It's old and has no extras. I'm sure the fans will drop the bucks to have it in their collections. Can't blame'm either.

APR 22: Flash DVD: The old Flash Gordon Serial is coming to DVD pretty soon. (might be out already) All 12 episodes are included in the set. An uncut 234 minutes @ $29.99 SRP. This would be a great collectors set for the mogul.

APR 22: Mutant Chronicles: Reportedly this one is to be directed by Simon Hunter. John Carpenter was once tied to this film before Ghosts of Mars. Stuart Hazeldine and event horizon's Philip Eisner have scripted the film. Unknown when the film will begin shooting.

APR 21: Wonder Woman:   It appears that Sandra Bullock will be the Wonder Woman, at least according to Julie Strain who tried out for the part.  Strain, Penthouse and 'B' movie star, auditioned for the part and was a little upset she didn't get the part claiming, "It's... 2000, loosen up and hire someone that'll show their tits.? Ms. Strain obviously forgot about the acting part. Something she just isn't very good at. Thus the 'B' star status. And Wonder Woman is about a superhero and not a cheap tit flick.

APR 21: Voyager Episode: This weeks episode 'Live Fast and Prosper' was directed by Next Generation's LeVar Burton. Burton also has said that is ready to reprise his role in Star Trek 10 should his character be in the script.

APR 21: Wong Destination: James Wong told SciFi Wire that he and Glen Morgan aren't interested in doing a sequel to the minor hit 'Final Destination'. The  picture cost about $26M to create and has made $38M. 

APR 21: Trek 10 update: Voyagers Rick Berman has told 'Star Trek Monthly' that he and Paramount talking with a writer who has never been involved with the franchise. Expect  the 10th installment in late 2k1.

APR 21: First King Li: Jet Li will star in the Warner/Joel Silver feature 'First King'. A story Jet Li came up with. It is being fast tracked and begins shooting next year. Li will likely play a dual role in the film. The film will earn him $5M against 5% of the gross.

APR 21: Shanghai Sequel: Though not in theatres yet, Jackie Chan's 'Shanghai Noon' looks to have a sequel on the fast track that will again star Chan and Owen Wilson.

APR 21: EP II complete: George Lucas has completed the script for his Star Wars, Episode II. Scribe Jonathan Hales will not try to polish the script that is already nearly four months late getting completed.

APR 20: Dino Promo: McDonalds will be promoting a program tie-in for the May 19 release of 'Dinosaur'.

APR 20: Privateers: A new Sci-Fi series is in production titled 'Privateers'. A story about Space Pirates, that will star Walter Koenig as Admiral Roka. Created by trek fan and writer Deborah Warner. Due out in syndication the fall of 2k. Been added to Channel News area listing. (cinescape)

APR 20: MI2 in the Can: Literally it could be in the toilet with Paramount wanting the 3 hour picture, 'Mission Impossible 2' cut down by 40 minutes. John Woo is raging around trying to cut 40 minutes by May and still have some kind of story to tell. (Jeffrey Welks Reel.com)

APR 20: $6B Man: Once to be a serious picture will now be a comedy remake of the 70's Six Milliion Dollar Man. Peter and Bobby Farrelly (something about mary) will produce. Millar and Gough will script. The story is revolves around a man learning about his new abilities while dealing with a $7B man.

APR 19: Pitch Black 2: Well, maybe if you can believe Vin Diesel. In a recent interview with Eon Magazine he told them, "I think we will get more humanity out of Riddick in the sequel.

APR 19: Dune-n-2000:   The Sci-Fi Channel's six-hour mini-series @ $20M is set for a fall 2k release. Get ready.

APR 19: Dawson Honored:   Star Trek Voyager's Roxann Dawson (B'Elanna Torres) was nominated for an ALMA for outstanding actress in a TV series. The awards will air on ABC June 17.

APR 19: Stargate SG1: This showtime series  in sydication has to have one of the largest fan bases, yet is the least talked about on the internet. With the third season in production, season four has already been greenlighted on Showtime. The cast is signed through five season. Many on the show believe there will be at least six seasons of the series.

APR 19: Pretender Ending?:   While this show sits on the bubble with Early Edition and talks are that this is the Pretenders final season the ratings show otherwise with Now and Again, Pretender, and Early Edition scoring in the 6+ ratings beating out Fox's X-Files that they are so hot to have back for season 8.

APR 19: Roswell change: Changing to Mondays at 9pm improved ratings slightly going from 3.5M viewers to 3.8M viewers according to the Hollywood Trade Papers. Not really much of an increase to save the show.

APR 18: MIB 2: This one is suddenly getting some serious press with Will Smith recently saying he was signed up and ready to go. Fiorentino is also ready to do the sequel and believes that she is the only actor from the first film affordable for the remake. The original film made $589.7M world wide. After total costs to actors, producers, director, dreamworks and advertising there wouldn't be much left for Columbia Pictures should the sequel make the same $$$$. Tommy Lee Jones has yet to be signed or even contacted regarding the sequel. Can you imagine a sequel to expensive to make. Amazing.

APR 18: Screaming for 10: After promising this would be the final Scream in the franchise, Miramax may have other plans. They have aquired the domain names Scream4.com thru Scream10.com. As of right now none of the cast or crew are interested in returning to the franchise.

APR 18: Legend DVD:   Ridley Scott is busy with new DVD cuts of Legend and Blade Runner. The Legend Directors Cut will have 30 minutes of never before seen footage and the European score from John Williams rather than the US versions Tangerine Dream Score (thank goodness). It will also be packed with supplemental material. No exact release date has been set for the DVD. This is said to be one of Tom Cruise's worst films. I thought it was a well done film.

APR 18: Superman DVD:   Richard Donner is restoring an extended cut of Superman for DVD release with lots of supplemental material. It is due in the fall of 2k.

APR 18: Scooby Doo Movie: Warner Brothers is fast tracking this live action feature film. Austin Powers' Mike Myers is under consideration to star as Shaggy. Scooby would be CGI. (hollywood reporter)

APR 17: Monkey King: The NBC Network has commissioned 'the Monky King'. A four-hour mini-series about battling monsters in China. Another Hallmark Produced show. David Henry Hwang wrote the script.

APR 17: JOT note:   If the series had been an hour versus the current half-hour format Bruce Campbell would have passed on the role. The shooting schedule of 22 eps in six months instead of the nine months for a one hour show made it feasible for Campbell to accept the part. (expose)

APR 17: Shatner Voiced: He will do a voice for the animated feature 'Osmosis Jones'.

APR 17: Beneath Zemekis: The new Zemekis horror film, 'What Lies Beneath' will star Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeifer, James Remar and Joe Morton. The horror film is scripted by Clark Gregg. It is due in theatres July 2K.

APR 17: Imposter: The Dimension Films 'Imposter' is due in August 2000, and the SFX is being done by ILM.

APR 17: Xena ends @ 6:   Next season will be Xena's sixth and final season. Producer Tapert, Lawless and O'Connor are ready to call it  quits. The show is doing well enough to probably continue beyond next year, but everyone is pretty much expended on the show.

APR 17: Dark Chrystal 2: Just kidding! Lucas wouldn't dare do this one... well, he might. He did do the terribly horrific... 'Dark Star'. And I think it is actually coming to DVD soon.YIKES!

APR 16: Redemption: Trimark Pictures has bought a pyscho-thriller script 'Redemption' by scribe Richard Hatem for a mid-six figure. It revolves around a policeman killing a gulf war vet's girlfriend and the vet wants revenge for it.

APR 16: Arabian Nights:   The new website for the ABC mini-series is said to be up and running. You can check it out by CLICKING HERE.

APR 16: Forbidden Planet Remake: The Hollywood Reporter reported that the Green Mile's Frank Darabont is negotiating to direct a remake of the 1956 classic 'Forbidden Planet'. Time to ruin another classic. Guess Hollywood can't come up with anything new. This is disgusting.

APR 16: Rental Update: Sixth Sense was the number #1 rental on VHS and DVD over Star Wars. 

APR 16: Spidey Suit: Though it is reported that Jude Law is close to signing on as the webslinger some new names are being thrown into the mix. Wes Bentley, Ewan McGregor, Tobey McGuire, and Chris Klein are now in the mix. 

APR 15: Iron Man: Terry Rusio and Ted Elliot (mask of zorro) are scripting the new Iron Man movie.

APR 15: MIB Ride: After a comic book and blockbuster movie, Universal Studios Florida will soon open the interactive ride 'Men In Black: Alien Attack' Actors Rip Torn and Will Smith reprised their roles for some filming on the ride. Smith is now interested in a MIB 2 movie. But costs make that nearly impossible.

APR 15: CANCELLED SHOWS: CLICK HERE to view what shows have been cancelled so far this season.

APR 15: Buffy News:  Alyson Hannigan's character Willow on 'Buffy, the Vampire Slayer' will now become a lesbian on the show. Guess Oz wasn't very good. Willow will now be the soul mate with the witch 'Tara', who first appeared in season four's episode 'Hush', played by Amber Benson.

APR 15: Lord of First Wave: Ex-porn queen Traci Lords has signed to co-star with Sabastian Spence to help fight the Gua. She will play Jordan Radcliffe. I sure like this addition to the show. Traci Lords is one sexy lady. She should fit the show extremely well.

APR 14: Killer Klowns: On the Sci-Fi Channel Sunday at 10am you can catch the cult movie 'Killer Klowns From Outerspace'. You'll have to suffer through commercials and some editing for TV but it is a great 'B' Movie. Don't miss it.

APR 14: Summer of Gods: TNT has given the OK for the mini-series 'Summer of Gods' that will be produced by Hallmark Entertainment. The mini will be about retelling some greek and roman myths.

APR 14: The Immortal: The new Lorenzo Lamas series is being handled in the US distribution market by Western International Syndication, of the 22 episode first season.

APR 14: Lying on Wars: Many are reporting that Star Wars episode one sales are great and may break many sales records. However, they are comparing world sales to US sales. The shelves are full of the videos and they are NOT selling as expected, even at $10 belowe SRP. Generally, US movies are released in the US first and the other countries follow months later. Star Wars in the first film to ever be released world wide on the same date. So, the Star Wars Episode One sales are far, far, far away from the expected sales.

APR 14: DoLittle 2 $$$$: Eddie Murphy has signed to do the sequel as most of you already knew. However... did you also know that Mr. Murphy will be getting $20M and a percentage of the profits as well. Let's just hope that it isn't true that Eddie Murphy has signed on to do the classic remake, 'The Incredible Shrinking Man'. That would be horrible.

APR 13: Blake 7 Movie: In the new movie in development  based on the BBC series.  Series regular Paul Darrow, as the evil Avon, will reprise his role in the new movie. The new film will get a high tech look, but retain the charms of the old series.

APR 13: Alien 5 rumor:   According to a note to the Ain't It Cool website, Channel 5 in Scotland during their exclusive show reported that FOX has Alien 5, The Gates of Hell in production and Sigourney Weaver will not be involved. It ain't true folks. However it could always be in development at FOX. But it isn't in production.

APR 12: Gillian in line now: Gillian Anderson seems to be changing some attitude now after saying she would not be back for an 8th season. In a recent report she says she now believes that the X-Files will be around for one more season. With only two eps to go Chris Carter isn't sure what to write. Anderson thinks a final 8th season could be extremely lucrative for fox who could advertise the shit out of it.

APR 12: Love on Mars: Courtney Cox is negotiating to co-star with Ice Cube in John Carpenter's 'Ghosts Of Mars'. She will be a police officer sent to mars to investigate what is going on.

APR 12: Another Anakin Addition: With Leo Dicaprio out as Anakin the fload gates should be wide open. The latest potential candidate that has been thrown into the mix is now Roswell's Colin Hanks

APR 11: Genre Undecided:   CBS renewed 8 shows which did include JAG, Walker, Texas Ranger and Touched By An Angel. However Now & Again, Early Edition and Martial Law are floating on the bubble and won't be decided until May. The ratings for Now & Again along with Early Edition have been just off those of the X-Files which FOX is hot to have back for an 8th season. Weird. Hope all three of them are renewed. 

APR 11: Sheena Production: Gina Lee Nolan's new series, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, is due to begin production in June on location in Orlando Florida. Not much jungle there. Mostly swamp. Most likely they'll be filming at Busch Gardens. That is in Tampa though, I think.

APR 11: Save Roswell?: Fans of the struggling show are taking out two ads in the Variety magazine. The first one will appear April 10. The WB will not decide the shows fate until May when the new schedules for next year are due.

APR 11: Immortals script sold: Universal Pictures has bought horro/ supernatural script 'the Immortals' about four twenty-something friends that are offered the chance to become immortal. However, they must choose four people to die in their place before it will happen. The script was written by first time scribes Michael Janascu and Justin Stanley.

APR 10: Episode 1 @ 5M: The shelves are stocked. Five million copies have been sold world wide and FOX has shipped 15 million copies around the world. Everyone is claiming its huge success at this point. But is five million world wide really that good compared to other films? Nahhhhh.... 

APR 10: TAG Script Sold: The action/thriller written by Eric Kmetz was purchased by Paramount Pictures for a low six figures. The story centers on an innocent man who discovers that he is the target in a deadly, underground game of tag and must run from a band of assassins. This death-tag is run by a group of wealthy businessmen who gamble on it. This was scripted from a pitch by producers Faigenblum and Weinberger

APR 10: Farscape Movie: There will be no movie going into production at least until after the second season. As for the second season O'Bannon says for the fans to continue to expect the unexpected as was done with season one.

APR 10: Dolittle 2: Eddie Murphy will reprise his role as Dr. Dolittle in the sequel. Music video director Steve Carr will helm the project. Production will begin after Murphy completes his current project, the SF comedy 'Pluto Nash'. Dolittle is scheduled for a summer 2k1 release.

APR 10: New TV Movies: The listing of new TV Movies in development are in teh channel news area. We all want to know what we have to look forward too... Click here for Cable Features. Click here for Network series and movies.

APR 10: Hamilton Out of T3: Terminator killer Linda Hamilton, aka Sarah Connor, has been contacted about reprising her role in Terminator 3 & 4. While she said she would  have to see the script first, she is NOT interested in doing the pictures unless her ex-husband James Cameron is going to direct them. She is loyal to her ex. Gimmee a break. Do you really care if she is in it or not?

APR 10: BloodQuest CGI:  Games Workshop's Warhammer 40K BloodQuest is coming to the big screen as a CGI film. A tale of the legendary Blood Angel Space Marines. Exile Films will produce and market the film, while Games Workshop handle the merchandising end of it. With CGI this should be better than the animated Starship Trooper series.

APR 10: U571 scores: Though not yet finished with post-production, the film was shown to a couple of research screening and the audience response was overwhelming. Could be a surprise hit of the summer

APR 9: Unlikely Recall: Don't expect 'Total Recall 2' anytime soon, or at all, says Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek) who was to direct the film. Say Frakes, "They blew smoke up my ass four years ago and nothings happened since. It's either because Miramax doesn't want to spend $100M on the film or the state of Arnold's career at the box office."

APR 9: Robocop PD: Get the latest info on the mini-series in the Channel News area. Click Here to read the latest dope... uh... news.

APR 9: Duchovny Interested: The X-Files David Duchovny, Moulder, is interested now in returning for another season. He says the show has nothing left to do, but for the right price he would return for an 8th season. He believes FOX will cough up the $$$$ to keep him on board the show. (e-online)

APR 9: Site Updates: Channel news has been updated with the latest TV stuff. Movies in the Pipes has new listings of flicks in production. New editorial added about the Star Trek Experience in the Las Vegas Hilton. 

APR 9: Script Area Added: New Script Sold area added. Latest genre scripts that have been bought/sold. Some really neat ideas in there.  

APR 9: Back To Back still tops: Cleopatra 2525 and Jack of all Trades, Back to Back,  is still surpassing the competition in the ratings with a 2.5 share.  Profiler 2.4, Beastmaster 2.4, Earth: Final Conflict 2.4, the Lost World 2.0, Amazon 2.0, and Relic Hunter 1.9. Even beat out network genre Like Buffy and Angel with 2.2.

APR 9: Who's Renewed: Check out who has been renewed for new year. Click Here Always updated as news comes in. 

APR 9: Episode 2 delay: With an already extreme 2k2 release date producer Rick McCallum has said, that filming has been pushed back from this month to at least june. Lucas has yet to finish the script for episode 2. After nearly twenty years before starting the prequels wouldn't you pretty much have them done? Putting two to three years between the sequels is just ridiculous. and unfair to the fans who have stuck around all these years and even gotten their children involved in this. We'll have a Matrix trilogy and Lord of the Rings trilogy done before we finish up this Star Wars thing.

APR 9: New Series for 2000: Check the listing of shows for 2000 and currently in development. New Syndicated Series & New Network Series .Updated as ideas are released...

APR 8: EP1 Sales Suck: Perhaps the fans of the world are showing Lucas what they think. VHS sales of the $430M Star Wars Episode One have been extremely less than expected. And the VHS is being offered at up to $10 off the suggested retail price of $24.99. The stores you will find are stocked and there aren't buyers hanging around them. It is not to say it isn't selling though. But sales are not reaching the expected revue of a Toy Story or Titanic when they came out. You can only hope it stays that way.

APR 8: X-Men Animated: The Kids WB have ordered 13 episodes of the new animated series. It will be produced at Film Roman. 

APR 8: EFC: Now previously rumored cast changes may not happen for season 4.  Richard Chevolleau & Lisa Howard are still negotiating. Hemblen (as Doors) is leaving while the characters of Zo'or & Da'an will be seen less next season. This a show that has no set direction. No storylines for the long haul. They never know what direction they are planning to go. 

APR 8: Indy 4 rumor:  Here is another rumor for the long anticipated, but unlikely fourth film. Indy will be in search of Atlantis. Lucasfilms and Dreamworks will joint venture on it. And SWEP1 Rick McCallum will produce.

APR 8: Arach Attack: Devlin and Emmerich (Centropolis) will produce the Sci-Fi Comedy about, what else, giant spiders. Ellory Elkayem will direct the film which he also  co-wrote with Jesse Alexander. The films budget will be $30M. Most of that going to the SFX. Don't expect any big name actors to be associated with the film.

APR 8: Sci Ratings Up: The Sci-Fi Channels ratings are up from last year. This spring the channel will be launching some more new shows including 'the Invisible Man'

APR 7: Blade 2: Director Del Toro is ready to begin production of the Blade sequel in October. The film is still to star Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson (sp). David Goyer has scripted the sequel. He prepared the script for the first film. Del Toro is so much into vampires at least one third of his personal library is dedicated to Vampire Literature.

APR 7: Li Matrix:  Jet Li is close to signing on for Matrix 2 & 3, IF they can fit him within the budget. The films budget is already a swollen puss bucket with Moss, Reeves, Fishburn, Weaving, and the producers signed. 

APR 7: Heather & Hell: The Hughes brothers are negotiating with Heather Graham to star with Johnny Depp in 'From Hell'. Depp plays Jack the Ripper in 1880 London.

APR 7: Sabrina to WB: Viacom has inked a 2 year commitment of 44 eps to move 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' from ABC to the WB next season. Warner offered less money per episode than ABC but offered a two year deal that plays well for money going into syndication rerun rights. The series was ABC's highest rated TGIF show. A great deal for Warner Brothers. ABC had offered $1.5M per ep. for one season while Warner offered $685K per ep on the two-year deal.

APR 7: the Prisoner: We all knew Simon West was directing the feature film of the 60's TV Series. Did you know that Perry Mendel (sixth sense) will be producing. He has hired Chris McQuarrie to scribe the film.

APR 6: Carpenters Cube: John Carpenter's Sci-Fi Thriller 'Ghost of Mars' will star rapper/actor Ice Cube. Production begins June 2000.   The film is set 174 years in the future about colonists on the red planet.

APR 6: Agent Terminated:   UPN is pulling the plug on its disappointing series 'Secret Agent Man', by Barry Sonnenfield, after just 5 episodes. The show has a 12 episode commitment. It could re-appear sometime this summer. It wasn't very good. Even 'The Strip' was a better show.

APR 6: Sony Wars:   In 2k1 George Lucas will be reaching into fans pockets again, if you let him, with a newly announced Lucasarts Entertainment Star Wars play station game. Hope the Star Wars fans have thick skins, and deep pockets.

APR 6: Roswell Moves:   It isn't up the ratings charts. But they will  be moving to a Monday at 9pm time slot opposite Ally McBeal beginning April 10. In order for them to change to more Sci-Fi stories next seasons budget, if there is one, will have to increase per episode. Producer Jonathan Frakes is happy with the time slot and day move. As yet, Roswell has not been renewed.

APR 6: Star Patrol: Fox has ordered a  pilot movie for a series titled 'Star Patrol'.  A Sci-Fi parity to Star Charles Rocket of Saturday Night Live Alumni. He will play Captain Omega of the Space Rangers. This one has been added to the list of upcoming SF series in the Channel News area.

APR 6: Spawn 2: Todd McFarlane is still negotiating with New Line Cinema as he continues to work on the script for the sequel that will again star Michael Jai White. The animated series Spawn on HBO is doing extremely well.

APR 5: Babylon 5 is Sci-Fi:   The Sci-Fi Channel has aquired the exclusive rights to four telefilms and 112 episodes of Babylon 5 from Warner Brothers. B5 will begin airing Sept. 25, Monday thru Friday at 4pm PST. This is one of the most popular Sci-Fi series. 

APR 5: Bonded a Ford Man: After accepting about $750K in US funds, Pierce Brosnan aka 007 will once again be sporting an updated Aston Martin over the BMW he had been abusing for the next two films. Ford will be increasing the production of the Aston Martin.

APR 5: Level Nine Series:  A new series about a top-secret government agency that guards the computer-dependant world will be coming to UPN in the near future. The series will star Saturday Night Live alum Tim Guinee. An actual air date has yet to be announced.

APR 5: Indy 4 rumor: Indy 4 will be searching for Atlantis. Lucasfilm and Dreamworks will joint venture and Rick McCallum (EP1) will produce. Of course Harrison Ford could be in his seventies by the time they do the film. Or the trilogy makes it to DVD.

APR 5: Prey for it:  The series Prey which is airing on the Sci-Fi Channel has two episodes left airs Sunday nights at 5 & 8pm. This was an extremely well done series. It is to bad the show was cancelled after just 13 episodes. Another series the networks never promoted or bothered to change broadcast days or times to find an audience. This show was really good.

APR 4: Robocop PD:   Julian Grant reports he is closing in on a deal with US distributors that should be done within the next 60 days. Editing should begin on the third film should begin in the next few days. On the website the trailer should be downloading much faster now. You can check out the website at http://www.robocop-pd.ca . Read all the Robocop PD news in Channel News. Click Here for the Robo Data.

APR 4: Bond for 007:  It appears that after some negotiations Pierce Brosnan will be James Bond for another 4 films, bringing his total to 7. His 7th film as Bond, would be released in 2007 for Brosnan's #7 as 007. Hmmmm, interesting.

APR 4: 451 over: After 3 years and 10 rewrites for Icon Productions, Ray Bradbury is very disappointed that Mel Gibson is no longer interested in doing Fahrenheit 451. It was rumored that Tom Cruise would have starred in the remake.

APR 4: Xena Ending?: Well, producers have promised one more season at least. But producer Robert Tapert is suggesting that this sixth season will be the last. The series has really gone downhill since Xena got pregnant and had the child. Big mistake, time to end the show. Alot of the episode storylines have been extremely silly.

APR 4: Posse: SFX wizard, Stan Winston will produce the new Disney SF action/ western/ comedy 'Posse'. Adam Rafkin will write and direct the picture. Disney will approve the film once they have a completed screenplay. (variety)

APR 3: ID4 DVD: The 2-disc set Special Edition will hit stores June 27, 2k. The Special Edition includes 5.5 hours of special goodies, 550 stills from the movie production, 9 minutes of deleted footage restored including a surprise alternate ending. (Don't know if the alternate ending is restored or not) SRP will be $34.98. (Costco will likely to have at $27.99 or less)

APR 3: SWEP 1 on VHS:  If there are any fans still out there after all the shit Lucas has pulled, I don't see how, the new VHS is out there to purchase @ $16.99. The collectors edition is due out April 4, but you will find it on some shelves already, is the widescreen version with some not so great material @ $34.99. The quality is being considered... terrible. And the widescreen version is NOT worth the extra $$$$. Can you  say "George! You are ripping us off, again!".

APR 3: Sleepy Hollow:  The Tim Burton, John Depp thriller has creeped its way past the $100M mark. This picture is just as good as Sixth Sense that made $290M. Odd how peoples tastes are. 

APR 3: Cameron Out Again: James Cameron has again backed out of another project. It appears that genre director David Nutter will now cover the directing duties of the TV pilot/movie 'Dark Angel'. So far he has backed out of Terminator 3, Spiderman, and Planet of the Apes. He is reportedly now working on the True Lies sequel. 

APR 3: Heavy Metal 2000: The Eastman animated feature that was suppose to be some big anticipated picture sequel to ,Heavy Metal' has been rename from Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2. This once blockbuster picture will now air on a cable network. July 10th Heavy Metal 2000 will air on ENCORE exclusively. DVD shortly after that. This picture will be a mix of cutting edge CGI and 2D animation.  

APR 3: Moore for Hannibal: Julian Moore has been signatured in to replace Jodie Foster in Ridley Scott's Hannibal. Gillian Anderson would have been awesome in this role.

APR 2: Braga To Stay: Brannon Braga will be leaving his executive producer role on Voyager, but not as soon as previous predicted. He will remain as Voyagers executive Producer next season until the new series requires most of his time.

APR 2: X-Files: In an interview with Cinescape Magazine Gillian Anderson, Skully, stated that even though she is signed for an 8th season season, she says she will NOT be back next season. (changes her tune around April 8)

APR 2: Fantastic Four: Fox's FF feature film is being pushed back again now that Chris Columbus is tied up with Harry Potter. And he will be the executive producer for the Fantastic Four film. Due to current special effects they are tinkering with the script. Columbus says that the way the script is written right now it would cost over $260M to make the picture.

APR 2: Jurassic Park 3: Filming will be in Hawaii for the third installment. The script however is being tweaked by William Goldman because of plot problems.

APR 2: Segal Wounded: Steven Segal, as previously mention here, has signed to star in a Joel Silver film titled 'Exit Wound'. It is in the genre of Segal's first film. It is hoped it will re-animate his career. Steven Segal has already lost 30lbs as required, and there is still three months before production starts on the film. I hope it works. I enjoyed most of his movies, even though the names changed but the character was always the same.

APR 2: Sixth Sense @10:  Bruce Willis' movie has passed 'The Empire Strikes Back' at the number ten spot on the highest grossing film domestic list with $290M.

APR 2: TNT:   Witchblade has moved into post production and TNT is eyeing an October release date for the two-hour pilot movie. This is the same month that the Robocop PD is due to air in the US.

APR 2: God Cancelled:   As most already have heard, The animated series, God the Devil and Bob has been cancelled by NBC. Their affiliates have taken it upon themselves to decide what we should be allowed to watch. Sorry, but I don't need another mommy and daddy. I already a set one.

APR 2: Net King: Steven King has made $450K off his recent internet only short story at $2.50 each. Amazon.com was giving the short story away.