DEC 31: Thanks: 2000 is nearly gone and I would like to thank all the visitors who have spent some time on the site this year. My first full year has been great. With today to go the site is right near 149,500 total hits over the last 12 months. Thank you all so much for a great year.

DEC 31: C.H.U.D.: The great 'B' flick starring Daniel Stern will be released early next year with a srp of $24.95. DVD Planet is pre-ordering the DVD at $17.95. It  will be widescreen but with mono sound. Got have this one from Anchor Bay.

DEC 31: Pretender 2001: If you would like to check out the 60 second commercial, in Quicktime, for the new TNT TV Feature then 'Click Here' to head on over to the TNT/Pretender area. All of the original cast is returning for the new movie. P2001 continues where the series left off. This movie will set the tone for a follow-up movie later in 2001 as well as close the door on several unanswered questions. We will also get to re-live Jarod's escape from the centre. Hopefully the success of this TV Movie will lead to many more.

DEC 31: Highlander Endgame: The new DVD for Highlander Endgame will be a two-disc set that contains the original release along with a directors cut of the film, along, deleted scenes, and more. The DVD's srp will be $29.99. (the Digital Bits)

DEC 31: See Ya Dreamcast: The Asian Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sega is bowing out of the console market. The company has lost money in each of the last four years, all because of its hardware pursuits. Sega denies the report, but it doesn't make the statement untrue. After all, Sega still has a ton of 'Dreamcast' consoles on the shelves and it would help stagnant sales to announce that the system will be orphaned. Having a superior product doesn't mean you will succeed. Look at Atari and 3DO. Both had better systems than Nintendo and Sega in the 8 & 16 bit days. They both failed.

DEC 31: Space 1999: The new DVD's for Space 1999 aren't seasonal boxed sets, but each disc will contain 6 episodes @ $39.99 each. Not what we were hoping for. A four-disc season would cost $160.oo. Quite a bit for an old series like this. The first disc is due 1.30.01. 

DEC 31: Amazon Heat: Amazon.com is getting some heat from writers and publishers who are upset at their new used book purchasing idea. They fear it will hurt new book sales and take money out of their pockets. Have you noticed how much a friggin' new book costs these days. Between $6 & $10 now. Way to much money! Writers should complain, since they don't get paid enough to begin with.

DEC 30: Doherty Arrested: Charmed star Shannon Doherty has been busted like so many other stars for 'Drunk Driving'. Must be a Hollywood thing. She was taken to jail for a blood alcohol test and released several hours later and told to report to court on January 26. Doherty chose to have blood drawn rather than do a breath-alyzer test.

DEC 30: In Living Color: Fox will air a six-hour marathon of its old series 'In Living Color' during the superbowl in case fans get tired of the game. TBS will be airing shows geared towards women not interested in watching the game. Hey, it's the Super Bowl Dammit!

DEC 30: Columbo: The half-blind detective idiot savant 'Columbo' is making a move by having his reruns picked up by A&E. The $4.4M as part of a 5 year deal for the most recent 25 two-hour movies. Two of them are as yet to be made TV Movies that will be done in the next year or so. "Ah, just one more question if I may sir."

DEC 30: X-Men Casting: Be careful what rumors you are listening to regarding 'X-Men 2' casting. At least until director 'Bryan Singer' is officially on board for the project, and he hasn't signed on yet. Once that is done, you might start getting some legitimate rumors about who will play the Beast, and who might be joining the cast. So no, the Rock has NOT been signed to the cast.

DEC 30: Nights Script: Doesn't really matter now what M. Night Shyamalan's next project is... it isn't Indiana Jones 4. So who cares.

DEC 30: Apes Images: If you want to see some new images of Mark Wahlberg's crashed spaceship then head on over to Coming Attractions. The have some great photos from the sets.

DEC 29: STMP: Robert Wise, director of 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' told Cinefantastique Magazine that the script he had to use for the feature was a script intended for a Television Movie, and he was forced to begin filming before the script  rewrite was completed. And he did not enjoy working with the special effects from Robert Abel and Associates.

DEC 29: S.W. Holiday Special: This rare, hard to find special was never released on video. But fans take note. You can download this special from the web via Real Video at the website 'Blue Harvest'. (t'bones star wars universe)

DEC 29: Dark Angel: While the series has been a pleasant surprise for FOX this season, it is still unknown if the series will be picked up for a second season. With ratings in the mid 6's it is seems... unlikely that FOX will, based on the extreme cost of producing the series.

DEC 29: Dinosaur: Internationally the animated feature Dinosaur has been raking in the dino-bucks with a gross of $163M. With its U.S. release making $137M the film has made over $300M for Disney.

DEC 29: Monkey Wards: Actually it's 'Montgomery Wards, and this isn't genre stuff. But after 128 years it deserves a fond farewell. Wards is closing its doors and shutting down business. At least 28,000 people around the United States will be looking for work.

DEC 29: Spielberg Knighted: Steven Spielberg will be knighted in Britain. ``It's an honorary knighthood because knighthood per se is just for British citizens,'' Spielberg spokesman Marvin Levy said, adding that the director was ``enormously honored and humbled.''

DEC 29: Dracula Selected: The original 1931 Universal classic 'Dracula' has been added to the list of 'the National Film Registry'. With the other films selected this year the total of films on the registry comes to 300. 

DEC 29: Park is In: IGN FilmForce is reporting that Ray Park officially signed on to star in the feature film based on the comic book, 'Iron Fist'. There was a big thing about it being rumored he would star. Who else would they get for what they had to spend. He is the cheapest qualified semi-star for the part, who will do it for what they have to spend on the role. Not like Jet Li would get the role for $15M. Ray Park is perfect for the role.  The script is not yet written. 

DEC 29: Bloodquest: Exile Films, who is working on the Games-workshops Warhammer 40K animated feature, is looking for extras. Fans chosen will have their upper torso scanned for the animated film. If you would make a good Space Marine or Ock maybe, then email them at... starsearch@exile-films.com

DEC 27: Milano: Charmed star Alyssa Milano, who with her mother, have been attacking sites with nude celebrities images on them told FHM magazine that "You can look at a naked body and to me there is something natural and beautiful." That is why Milano says she does her gardening topless. "I'll be in my garden, you know, just being natural." Better make sure you take out those rose bushes.

DEC 27: Die Hard 4: Bruce Willis has said he is ready to do a 'Die Hard 4' as long as the script is right, and a different take on them. Says Willis, "I love action movies and I'm always looking for a different take on them." (popcorn.com)

DEC 27: Starhunter: The series starring Michael Pare is already airing in Canada on the Movie Network, and Alliance Atlantis is planning to pitch the new series this fall for syndication. Star Hunter portrays a dangerous frontier where there aren't many rules,  and few to enforce the ones that are. Set in 2275 A.D., bounty hunter  Dante Montana (Michael Paré - The Virgin Suicides) and his small crew, consisting of security officer Lucretia 'Luc' Scott (Claudette Roche - Free of Eden) and Dante's niece Percy (Tanya Allen - Regeneration), take their aging hunter ship, the Tulip, out on dangerous intergalactic missions to track down and capture interplanetary criminals. This series is not to be confused with the proposed series starring Adrian Paul as an intergalactic Bounty Hunter.

DEC 27: Mulgrew Speaks: Voyager's Captain Janeway has given another interview, this time to the UK's Star Trek Monthly. Well... who really cares what Mulgrew thinks about how Voyager should end. It's nothing more than a pipe dream, just like we, the real fans, really want and won't get. So... Fuck it!

DEC 27: Pretender 2001: TNT has announced  the first of their Pretender movies airing January 22 @ 8pm. It will be titled 'Pretender 2001'. For more details about the TV Movie CLICK HERE to be taken too the Turner TNT website.

DEC 27: Pretending Marathon: TNT will have a 'Pretender' Marathon in January leading up to its new 'Pretender 2001' television movie. 

DEC 27: Sci-Fi Marathons: The Sci-Fi Channel aired its boring annual Battlestar Galactica marathon on DEC 24, and will air the other boring 'Twilight Zone' zone marathon DEC 29. They will also air marathons this week for Star Trek (twice), Quantum Leap, First Wave, Farscape, L.E.X.X. and Ultraviotet. 

DEC 27: Final Fantasy 2: Despite the first film being unreleased and the dismal failure of 'Titan A.E.', director Hironobu Sakaguchi is already planning to start a sequel to the film as soon as he wraps this one up. Final Fantasy took four years to get done with the all CGI film, the producer believes that the sequel would be done in only 2/3rds the time since all the technology for the first film has been worked out.

DEC 27: Barty Dies: Billy Barty died on the 23rd of December out in his hometown of Los Angeles after appearing in motion pictures throughout 7 decades. A giant of the entertainment world at only 3’9” tall, Billy Barty looked up at most of his fellow actors, but most of
them looked up To him. Barty played in such genre films as 'Legend', 'Heman and the Masters of the Unvierse', and 'Willow'.

DEC 27: Fantastic Four: Marvel's Kevin Feige has said that Everything your hearing is rumors. They are just now seeing who is interested in the project.

DEC 27: LeFemme Nakita: TNT will begin airing the short 8 episode fifth season begins airing Sunday, January 7 @ 10pm et/pt. 

DEC 26: Slim Pickens: Genre news may be slow pickins through the end of the year. I'll get what updates I can up here for ya'll. Most of Hollywood will be in the nil mode through new years.

DEC 26: Deepspace Nine: Per request a VHS Cover Sheet for 'Star Trek: Deepspace Nine' has been added to the site. CLICK HERE for the Old Genre area.

DEC 26: Casting $$$: Tom Hanks beat-up on the competition over the three day weekend crashing up over $30M. Nearly double what its closest competitor 'What Women Want' with Mel Gibson took in. 

DEC 26: Witchblade: The limited edition series is coming soon from TNT. A VHS Cover Sheet has been added to the site which you can use for the Television Movie or the new Series coming soon from TNT. CLICK HERE for the current running genre area.

DEC 26: Dead or Alive: Another game is making its way to the big screen in the Techmo action fighting game 'Dead or Alive'. Mindfire Entertainment is also working on a sequel script as well as possibly turning the game into a weekly series. There is no word on who is writing the first or second film scripts. Mindfire is looking to gear up production early next year with a possible last 2001 release. Likely depends on the strike though. (hollywood reporter)

DEC 26: Check It: If you don't any updates sites to checkout  then hit my 'Television Themes' area and listen to some of your favorite series in MP3 format. Over 125 themes are there for your listening pleasure. Comedy, Drama, Horror, and Sci-Fi are there.

DEC 26: Rush Hour 2: Joining the cast of Rush Hour 2's cast of Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan is 'Fame L.A.'s' Roselyn Sanchez. She will play an undercover agent for the U.S. Secret Service working in Hong Kong.

DEC 26: Ocean's 11: The remake of the 1960's Rat Pack flick is being directed by Jeffrey Wells. Most of the picture will be filmed at the Ballagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The technically challenging film is due to hit theatres in the Christmas of 2001. George Clooney stars in the remake. (reel.com)

DEC 26: The Grinch:  Jim Carrey's 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' continues to steal dollars at the box office coming in at number 4 with over $11M, and an impressive $235+M in just six weeks. Whew!

DEC 26: Bluelight.com: On the misc. internet side of things, K-Mart has announced that its internet sales are up this year over 1000% since changing from kmart.com. Hey, eveyone jokes about the bluelight special. K-Mart did not release its actual sales figures.

DEC 26: Dracula 2000: Looks like many might be agreeing with me that they are killing the stock vampire theme, unlike 'Blade', as Wes Craven's 'Dracula 2000' opened the three day weekend with a mere $6.5M take at the box office. 

DEC 25: L.A.Times $$$: Despite a decrease in circulation numbers again, the L.A. Times has informed Hollywood that AD space in the paper will be increasing by 9% in 2001. Universal alone spent nearly $8M in 2000 taking out full color page ads in the New York & L.A. Times newspapers.  The studios are now talking about pulling their ads from the papers and seeing who has more power. There studies have shown that for genre features TV & Radio are better. Fourteen year old audiences do NOT read the newspapers. (inside.com)

DEC 25: Fox Family: Principal Owner Haim Saban has exercised a buyout clause that will force News Corp to purchase the Fox Family Channel if both banks estimate the value of the network within 10% of each other. If not, a third bank may be brought in. Saban owns 49.5% of the network. He is said to be looking for about $2B in cash.

DEC 25: Cast Away: The new Tom Hanks release scored big opening Friday by taking in $11.8M. 

DEC 25: New Genre in Jan.: Don't forget January brings a new night of genre television on the Sci-Fi Channel with Season 3 of First Wave, new episodes of The Invisible Man (at least 4 thru Jan.), and a new season of L.E.X.X. New stuff begins Fridays too, with the premiere of Black Scorpion, the four part season finale of 'Farscape' and the new Secret Adventures of Jules Verne. Hey, January should be good with all the new stuff we have from the SFC.

DEC 25: Cleo Dead Again?: Well, it looks like Cleopatra 2525 may be dead after all, despite being the replacement series for Xena. Several one hour episodes have been filmed and are due to begin airing in late January, early February.

DEC 24: Dungeon Money: Dungeons & Dragons has taken in just $12M since its release and has fallen to number ten going into the holiday weekend. Doesn't look like we will be getting the sequels to this film. A film that may do better on video than it did at the box office is priced correctly. I hope more of you take a chance and go see this film on the big screen.

DEC 24: Fox Crouching: The Fox Network  has paid $10M for broadcast rights to the new 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'. Hey, its a love story, in martial arts clothing.

DEC 24: UPN & MTV: Joining UPN's claymation half-hour series 'Gary & Mike' will be the MTV claymation series 'Deathmatch'. UPN will air first season reruns of Deathmatch with the premiere of Gary and Mike through the end of the season and possible pick up the series for next season with new episodes. Gee, we get this instead of 'Freedom' from Joel Silver Production. Aren't we lucky.

DEC 24: The Apprentice: The new Warner Brothers action-thriller 'The Apprentice' has picked up Stigmata director Rupert Wainwright to helm the project. So far, none of the casting has been completed. The story is about a young aimless man recruited by the CIA. He then learns that his supervisor & mentor is responsible for the death of his entire family.

DEC 24: Resident Evil: Girlfight star Michelle Rodriguez is in negotiations to star in the feature film based on the video game, 'Resident Evil'. The project will be directed by Paul Anderson from his own script for Constantin Film. Milla Jovovich has been cast in the film as Alice the Zombie Killer. The film has a mediocre budget of just $40M. Since this film is based on a video game instead of a role playing game, maybe you will like this one.

DEC 24: Campbell Busy: Bruce Campbell who will get a bit part in Spiderman remains busy despite the stupid cancellation of his series, 'Jack of all Trades'. He will also have parts in Mandalay Pictures 'Servicing Sarah' for director Reginald Hudlin, and a part with money maker Jim Carrey in Castle Rock's 'Bijou'. Bruce Campbell has once been a strong contender for Robert Patrick's new role in the 'X-Files'. Campbell is a huge 'B' movie star with a monster following of fans.

DEC 24: Cyber Squash: Cybersquatter Harper Stevens was ordered to immediately relinquish rights to several Harry Potter titles which he bought after Warner Brothers announced they  would be making the first book into a feature film. Harper Steven of California has registered several hundred such names in hopes of selling them back for money. Something that is extremely frowned on, as it should be. If your using it constructively then that is another matter.

DEC 24: Internet Sales Tax: A coalition of U.S. states voted unanimously on Friday to approve a plan to simplify their sales tax codes, with an eye toward eventually capturing revenue from Internet and catalog sales. With three states not present, member states of the Streamlined Sales Tax Project voted 26-0 to send their plan on to state legislatures in hopes that some will pass it into law in the 2001 legislative session. The plan calls for states to simplify their tax codes to make it easier to collect revenues from Internet and catalog sales, which are estimated at $600 billion and expected to grow exponentially in the next few years. States are currently prohibited from collecting taxes from businesses outside their jurisdiction by a 1992 Supreme Court ruling and by Congress' three-year moratorium on new Internet taxes, which is set to expire in
October 2001. What a bunch of greedy fuckers! Where's my cut. This could seriously hurt the internet in a few years.

DEC 23: Lazarus: The fourth installment of the Crow Series titled, 'The Crow: Lazarus'. The script by James Gibson will be helmed by music video director 'Joseph Kahn'. Rap artist DMX will play the lead role in the film. The film is scheduled to begin filming in the spring, but as yet has no distributor. (hollywood reporter)

DEC 23: Bloodhunt: The Blade sequel has picked up 'Beauty and the Beast' star Ron Perlman for an unknown part in the picture along with singer Luke Gross. Both are reported likely to play part of the 'Bloodpack'. The vampire gang Blade is forced to work with to defeat a greater evil. (Time for a 'Beauty and the Beast' TV Mini-Series)

DEC 23: FOX Gets It !!!: Warner Brothers has been successful with DVD Boxed Sets of 'the Sapranos', 'The X-Files' and 'Sex In The City' that they are prepping future releases of seasonal boxed set for the original 'M.A.S.H.', 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', and 'the Simpsons'. Also on the slat is 'Millenium'. Many others are planned in the future. Hopefully that will include 'Space Above & Beyond', 'Mantis', 'Harsh Realm' and other short lived  series from Fox.

DEC 23: More Boxed Sets!!!: MGM is planning to release seasonal boxed sets of 'Stargate SG-1' on DVD.

DEC 23: Grinch #1: How the Grinch Stole Christmas isn't number one at the box office anymore, but in just over 23 days the film has become this years all time money maker surpassing 'Mission Impossible 2'. 

DEC 23: A&E Getting It Too!!!:  A&E is planning whole runs of older series to DVD, like 'Space 1999', 'the Prisoner', 'the Avengers', ' Monty Python's the flying Circus' and the 'the Thunderbirds which have been digitally enhanced.' (already available at Costco/Price Costco) (the Digital Bits)

DEC 23: Star Trek TMP: The new DVD release of the Star Trek: Special Edition with new digital graphics and a new looking Enterprise, along with a re-edit of the film will hit stores in January 2001. The actual release date is 1.7.01. Get it... NCC 1701? Oh well.  This is a DVD to buy. Above is the new enterprise from the S.E. version.

DEC 23: Spiderman: As everyone expected, Director Sam Raimi has hired his very good friend, B Movie star, Bruce Campbell. He will play a ring announcer for a bout between Peter Parker and a wrestler. Should have given him a bigger part. like a villain.

DEC 23: Carrey Goes Global: Grinch star Jim Carrey has been nominated for Best Actor in the 'Golden Globe' Awards. 

DEC 23: Site News: Just added some new banners to the link to us page. They look great. If your interested in adding a link to this site, CLICK HERE to check out the page.

DEC 23: Iron Fist: Word is that X-Men's Toad, 'Ray Park' may sign on to star as 'Iron Fist' within the next month. He would be great for the part. Yunno, Iron Fist isn't likely to wear the green & yellow costume from the comics.

DEC 23: We Ain't Smart: Americans must have shown the studios we aren't very smart. In overseas Region 2 the series 'Friends' is almost entirely out on DVD. Here in the states we are getting the release of a two DVD set with four half-hour episodes on them. When will we learn? Don't buy it and these saps in Hollywood might start to listen to what we want. (seasonal boxed sets) 

DEC 23: It's a Wrap: As Christmas approaches so does the end of principal photography for the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. The wrap party for nearly 3000 people took place last night, Dec 22. The party cost over $100,000. 

DEC 23: Prime: With the success of the X-Men, Universal is hot for the Marvel Character 'Prime'. This project has been floating around for a while at Universal. Chuck Gordon will produce and the script is being handled by Toy Story 2 scribes, Chris Webb and Doug Chamberlain. (comics 2 Film)

DEC 20: No Li: Well, it looks official that 'Jet Li' is out for the two 'MATRIX' sequels. Word has that Li was offered $3M for the 11 month gig of filming two features. Li was asking for $13M to do the two films. Michelle Yeoh of 'Crouching Tiger' is now being sought after to take the role Li will not be taking on.

DEC 20: Daredevil: The first script has been completed by scribe Steven Johnson. It said that the script features villains 'Kingpin', 'Electra', and 'Bullseye'. Marvel Studios Kevin Feige thinks this might be the film that surprises everyone.

DEC 20: Thunder: It appears that director Rinny Harlan will be teaming with Pierce Brosnan in a feature based on a Ray Bradbury short story. The project is titled 'A Sound of Thunder'. Franchise pictures plans are to get the project underway by early 2001 before the strike.  (hollywood reporter)

DEC 20: Arac Attack: The new feature in preproduction about a giant killer spider, is adding sliders Kari Wuhrer to the cast. She will play the sheriff in the ravaged by the Spider. Arac Attack is from Centropolis Entertainment and Village Roadshow Pictures. David Arquette will play the lead role. Remember folks, this is a sci-fi, comedy thriller.

DEC 19: Lee Media Down: Stan Lee Media has closed it doors and laid off its nearly 140 employees. Some of the execs will be staying on to explore new financial opportunities. It is now unknown about the status of '7th Portal' or 'Conan' feature film. Stan Lee Media dropped below $1 on the stock market.

DEC 19: FF4 Director?: Ain't It Cool.com is reporting a RUMOR that the Fantastic Four feature film may now have a director. A comic freek named Payton Reed (Bring It On). Anything is better than previous reports that Raja Gosnell would be directing. Thank goodness he is doing 'Scooby Doo'. Ain't It Cool will report more on the Rumor as it becomes official.

DEC 19: 7 of 9: Jeri Ryan told the official star trek website that as Voyager nears its end, her character Seven of Nine might become more of a tragic figure near seasons end.

DEC 19: Asshole Alert!!!: Essex County, N.J., officials have denied the award-winning HBO series The Sopranos a permit to film scenes on county-owned property, citing noise and safety concerns. County Executive James Treffinger took the rejection a step farther Saturday, saying he would never grant a permit for the series. "I have no intention of granting a permit for our taxpayer-owned facilities for a profit-making    enterprise which depicts an ethnic group in stereotypical fashion," Treffinger said. 

DEC 19: Connery as Bond: In a recent interview with Cindy Pearlman of Cinescape Sean Connery told her there is no way he will be playing a 007 bad guy. He also added jokingly that they couldn't afford him.

DEC 19: Mega Apes: Rick Baker is doing the realistic apes for Tim Burton's remake of 'Planet of the Apes'. He told Entertainment Weekly that with such a short pre-production time frame he is having a hard time keeping up. There are hundreds of apes in the film. Actors seeing their costumes have been saying that they are incredible.

DEC 18: Grinch Falls: The Grinch broke the $200M mark easily this weekend, but fell from the number one spot to number 3 behind Mel Gibson's 'What Women Want' and the stupid 'Dude, Where's My Car'.

DEC 18: Sheena VHS: Just added 'Sheena' to the  VHS Cover Sheet Area. It is under the current genre selection. Approx. a 1.2mb download. CLICK HERE for the current genre area.

DEC 18: Dungeon Dune: Looks like movie goers have cooked up a Dragon Flop. Dungeons & Dragons was down to number 9 at the box office and took in only $2.2M over the weekend, bringing its ten day total to just over $10M.  

DEC 18: Dune: Extended Version: As I reported last month I believe, the Extended Version of Dune, that was originally only available in a Japanese Laserdisc Boxed set is indeed available on DVD. In Japan it is NTSC and Europe it is in PAL. However the DVD is only in Region 2 format. In an email from 'the Digital Bits' There are at present no plans from Universal for a U.S. release of the disc. ( Bill Hunt, Digital Bits)

DEC 17: Dungeon Reviews: I find it amazing at some of the poor reviews given to the new fantasy picture. With movies getting budgeted for nearly $100M and flopping at the box office, this picture cost a mere $20M to create. We are talking flops like Mission to Mars, the 13th Warrior, the 13th Floor, Battlefield Earth. Dungeons & Dragons is a fun $20M 'B' picture that promises nothing more than that. Yet fans and upstart critics have little toleration for anything anymore. What a shame. D&D went into Friday have made $8.7M through its first week. 

DEC 17: States Greedy: In misc. news, Tech TV is reporting that at least 30 states will attempt to simplify their sales tax codes next year with an eye toward eventually capturing revenue from Internet sales, a key state legislator said Friday. At issue is the $488.7 billion in goods and services that Forrester Research
estimates were sold on the Internet this year. What a bunch of greedy fucking bastards every state is. Oh, look at all that money, where is my cut. Fuck them.

DEC 17: DUNE DVD: Digital Bits is reporting that the upcoming Artisan DVD of the 'Dune: Mini-Series' in March will be the international cut. That means scenes that were not seen in the U.S. due to commercial restrictions. And we all know how the Sci-Fi Channel is about commercial breaks. Makes getting the DVD a bigger possibility if it is price right.

DEC 17: Cherry 2000: The Sci-Fi 'B' feature 'Cherry 2000' looks scheduled to hit the DVD stores in February 2001. Unlikely to have any extras. 

DEC 17: Gateway: For anyone out there willing to waste money on a 'Gateway' might be happy to learn that the overpriced computer manufacturer will be selling their products directly from the 'Gateway Country' stores through Christmas Eve. Why not? It should be this way all the time. Glad to see their company suffer some with lagging sales. People may be getting tired of getting ripped off for overpriced computers.

DEC 17: NVidia deals: Computer graphics chipmaker 3DFX Interactive announced Friday that it has agreed to dissolve the company and sell most of its assets to NVidia in a cash and stock deal valued at $112 million. 
The deal will signal the end of pending patent litigation between the two companies. 

DEC 16: Saturday Update: How many other sites give you an update on the weekend.  Not many that is for sure.  8 out of ten times this one does. Welcome to a BIG UPDATE!!!

DEC 16: Freakylinks: This horrible series isn't dead yet folks. Believe it or not, Fox will bring the series back January 5 for a second try. That's a Friday Night and at 9pm. Now, are you going to watch this crappy show, or tune into the Sci-Fi Channel at 9pm for Farscape as it begins airing its four part season finale? Shit, Black Scorpion will be airing at 8pm and the Secret Adventures of Jules Verne will be airing after Farcape. I know what channel I'll be watching.

DEC 16: Fridays: As above here is the Sci-Fi Channels 'Prime Friday' line-up beginning January 5. 8pm - Black Scorpion, 9pm - Farscape, 10pm - Secret Adventures of Jules Verne. ( nice night for scifi)

DEC 16: Movies to Watch: Hey, looking for weekend movie you haven't seen in a while. Or haven't seen at all. Check out the UNDERRATED MOVIES area for something unique to watch. Lots of great movies there. Action and Sci-Fi abound.

DEC 16: Monday Prime:  Hey, Mondays have gotten great beginning January 7 on the Sci-Fi Channel. Here is the new 'Prime Monday' line-up. 8pm - First Wave (season 3), 9pm - The Invisilbe Man (new first season episodes), 10pm - L.E.X.X. ( new season)  ( this is a better night for scifi)

DEC 16: The Hits are Rolling:  The web site has been averaging over 100 unique hits per day for the last five days. Thanks everyone. The site has over 7000 hits this month already. I Love You Man!!! ( for the year to day in total hits, SCIFI2K.COM, over 1.2M page hits and 84K unique hits. That's incredible folks. I appreciate it. Thank you all.

DEC 16: Mysterious Ways: The NBC Fantasy Series 'Mysterious Ways' will return January 1st at 8pm.

DEC 16: On the Head: Please Read the Ron Moore interview quotes at SCIFI.com. Moore hits the Star Trek problem right on the head. Nicely done Mr. Moore. 

DEC 16: Oh No Robo: Well, I still haven't heard of an air date, or network for the 8 hour mini-series from Julian Grant. If your interested in finding out about the Robocop Mini-Series or have more news than me, please share. CLICK HERE for what I have.

DEC 16: Dark Angel: Well, Dark Angel has final into the 6 rating with a recent 6.8 rating. Hopefully the series will settle in this range, and FOX will be able to keep this expensive series on the air.

DEC 16: Ep 2 Reshoot: Cast and Crew will be heading to Fox Studios in Australia in March 2000.  There may be even more shooting later in the year if need be. Very uncommon, but that word is always true with George. No one else like him. 

DEC 16: Dark Horizon Down: The Dark Horizon website, a key to the latest movie news breaks is currently down until further notice. It is still up and will remain so, but there will be no updates until further notice. Hmmmmm...

DEC 16: Dungeon Anyone?: I sure hope more of you will get out there this weekend and take a watch of the new 'Dungeons & Dragons' movie from Courtney Solomon. This is a truly decent movie worth a go see. If you played the Gary Gygax role playing game, then you have to see it. The special effects on the dragons looks just like those in the 'Dragon' magazine. SEE IT!

DEC 16: A Stern Contract:   Hey everyone, Howard Stern has said Friday, that he has signed a five year deal to continue his radio talk show with Infinity Broadcasting. Stern's radio talk show is broadcast on over 50 radio stations across the United States.

DEC 16: Viacom/CBS: The long awaited deal which will merge the two monster companies will be completed in January 2001. AOL/Time Warner will be next up after that.

DEC 16: Jolie Stunts: There are reports on all the sites about Jolie's father worried about the stunts his daughter was doing for the new action flick based on the game with the same name, 'Tomb Raider'. Hey, who gives a shit if he's worried or not. It's what she gets paid the bucks for. Sounds more like the media looking for some kind of story. Anyone of you out there who wouldn't do the stunts for that kind of money? Anyone have a dad who wouldn't worry if you were doing the stunts? So... where's the story?

DEC 16: New Network: Not really a new network, but remember, UPN will be gone as of January 1st. It will be replaced as 'The Paramount Network'. They reportedly have all new logos and commercials ready to go. I recently spoke with my local UPN affiliate here in Las Vegas and was told that the network will be around in 2k1 and beyond. New logos may be along the lines of the image above. 

DEC 16: Silver Strike Two: Joel Silver's Production company is oh for two on UPN in back to back seasons. First was the 8 episode run or 'the Strip' and now this years short lived series of 6 episodes for 'Freedom'. (13 episodes were done though). 

DEC 15: EFC Renewed: Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict has been renewed for a fifth season in syndication. ( scifi wire) Wonder how many regulars will get canned before season five, as they have in seasons past.

DEC 15: Sight Set: FX's paranormal thriller 'the Sight' has been picked up as a weekly series. Andrew McCarthy and Amanda Redman will star in the series. Redman is already signed for five years. UK's Sky and Warner Bro. are teaming up for the series. (sfx online)

DEC 15: F5: Paramount has picked up an option for an action flick based on the comic book 'F5'. The pitch was made by Tim and Dave Douglas, who will also be writing the script for the film. The comic series 'F5' was created by Tony Daniels. 

DEC 15: Farscape Ripoff: While it is great that the new DVD release will have footage not scene in the US and other little extras, the fucking DVD price is a whopping $24.95 for just two episodes. ( $18.95 for VHS) That's $275 plus tax for one complete season on DVD. Boy, what a deal. What is worse, is that people are dumb enough to pay for these. Don't buy them and we might get boxed sets. No wonder people are recording their own sets.

DEC 15: Dr. Who: Big Finish, a British company who produce the VHS Cassettes, will be stopping production of the cassettes due to dropping sales. The Dr. Who series will only be available, and continued, on DVD. They apologize to all the fans who prefer the cassette format. The first 15 episodes currently available on VHS will remain so until supplies run out. This is another reason for seasonal or series boxed sets. So many fans get fucked over when this kind of stuff happens. Columbia House does it all the time.

DEC 13: Exit Wounds: The Joel Silver/Warner Brothers & Steven Seagal actioner is due out at theatres soon. Silver has been a great producer in the past few years recreating actors careers. He is hoping to do the same with Seagal who has dumped the pony-tail and lost about 45lbs. Silver seems really excited about this film, which also costars rapper DMX.

DEC 13: Batman Beyond 2: Paul Dini who wrote the first troubled 'Batman Beyond' is currently working on an outline for a second Beyond film that would be direct to video. Warner Brothers is eager to look at the story and screenplay. They have not however made any commitment to a second film.  (Eon Magazine)

DEC 13: Spiderman: A Sony representative told Ted Casablanca, E online gossip columnist, that the rumors that they are unhappy with David Koepp's screenplay is entirely untrue. They are very happy with the screenplay they are using.

DEC 13: Demon Hand: According to Harlan Ellison's website 'Ellison Webderland' he is collaborating with Pitch Black filmmaker David Twohy on a feature film titled 'Demon With A Glass Hand'.  It is a feature based on Ellison's original Outer Limits episode of the same name being developed by Dimension Films. That was a great episode.

DEC 13: Alex the Great: Variety is reporting that 'Alexander the Great' will begin production with director Christopher McQuarrie at the helm after the writer and actors strike is over with. The budget for the film is schedule to be about $85M.

DEC 13: MIB 2 Breakdown: Sony has agreed to share over 50% of the films gross with its cast. While budgeted at around $200M, Will Smith will get 20%, Tommy Lee Jones 12.5%, Sonnenfeld 10%, Producers 5%, and Steven Spielberg ( who will have no actual involvement to the film ) 7.5%.

DEC 13: Mary Jane: Looks like the role of Mary Jane in the upcoming Spiderman picture from Sam Raimi will be going to Mena Suvari. Nothing has been made official yet on her casting for the part.

DEC 12: More Vampires: Columbia Pictures has snagged the rights to Whitly Streiber's new book 'the Last Vampire'. The story is about a beautiful (imagine that) vampire on the run from the CIA. The book is scheduled to bite stores in 2001. They never get tired of Vampire movies, do they?

DEC 12: Chasing Primetime: Chevy Chase (Invisible Man) is teaming with the Murphy Brown producers for his first try into a television primetime slot.  (creative planet)

DEC 12: Syndication Alliance: NBC is teaming with Garnett Broadcasting and Hearst-Argyle Television to create a 'Syndication Alliance' for the reason of developing and owning programs together. Through their pact any show greenlighted would be automatically cleared for 60% of the country. ( daily variety )

DEC 12: Furlong Cleared: Terminator 3 star 'Edward Furlong' has complete a month long stay at the $1000 a  day, drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, Promises Malibu. Furlong said he was drinking and partying way to much. (ap & weekly magazine)

DEC 12: Witchright Hall: The new series from Fox, a spinoff from Friday nights 'Sabrina', has begun production. There is no official air date for the series. (hollywood exclusive)

DEC 11: New Invisible: Get your VCRs primed and ready as the Sci-Fi Channel will air new episodes of the 'Invisible Man' in January 2001. Invisible Man also moves from it Friday Night Prime slot to Mondays as part of the new 'Monday Night Prime' with new shows 'Black Scorpion' and 'the Secret Adventures of Jules Verne'. Should be a great Monday night on Sci-Fi.

DEC 11: Dungeon Money:   Courtney Solomon's weekend seems kind of bright as his $20M feature 'Dungeons & Dragons' took in $7M in its opening weekend. Make sure you see this one. Worth the watch.

DEC 11: Dune Cover: If you recorded the Sci-Fi Channel's 'Dune: Mini-Series' then you might like to download the Dune: Mini-Series cover sheet created by Tim Freeman. Click Here for the Special Editions Cover Sheet area.

DEC 11: Who's Gone?: So far only two shows have been cancelled and two are ending. Voyager and Xena are calling it quits, while Freaky Links and Freedom have gone by the waste side. Most of the syndicated shows that are doomed likely will not get their pink slips until the end of the season. On the bubble... that would be UPN's 'Level 9'. Level 9 could get the axe in the near future to make room for 'All Souls' from who else but Aaron Spelling.

DEC 11: Rich Grinch: The Jim Carrey 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' continues to remain at the number one spot while taking in $195.5M in just 24 days.

DEC 11: Farscape: The second season finally comes to a close as the last four episodes air in the month of January as it did last year. The third season begins airing in March 2001. This is an interesting series and hopefully YOU are watching. My favorite is 'First Wave', but this is an extremely quality show

DEC 11: NBC Flakes Out: So far, NBC still has no genre concept shows in work for its 2001 line-up. They had none for 2000 either. They have expressed interest in getting the new 'Star Trek' series in development at Paramount.

DEC 10: Tomb Raider: Tomb Raider previews are showing with the Dungeons & Dragons feature. The movie looked outstanding for what might lie a head for this coming summer. Jolie looks fit for the part for sure. 

DEC 10: Black Scorpion:  Adam West of the famed comedy 'Batman' appears in the new Sci-Fi Channel series 'Black Scorpion' as a villain. He will play Dr. Noah Goddard, a onetime top cardiopulmonary surgeon who suffers brain damage from a gunshot wound and who now spends his days plotting ways to asphyxiate the city with a hallucinatory gas, TV Guide reported. Black Scorpion begins airing on the Sci-Fi Channel January 5th.

DEC 10: New Shows: There are a slew of new shows looking to be on the air in 2001. Check out 'Channel News' to view all the new series in development for next year. Some will premiere in January on the Sci-Fi Channel while others in the fall.

DEC 10: Jeri Ryan: The star of Voyager, Jeri Ryan, told the UNLV Rebel Yell paper that she hopes that her role in the upcoming 'Dracula 2000' will break her out of the role as Seven. A role she fears she has been locked into. Just don't give up the make-up Jeri.

DEC 10: The Mummy Rocks:  Previews of the new 'Mummy Returns' look outstanding also. The Rock should be awesome as the 'Scorpion King'. Can this one be better than the last? Sure looks like it will be.

DEC 10: X-Files: A ninth season looks probable as the season continues to work it magic and remain the number one show in the genre as 'the X-Files' scored an 8.2 rating. Without star Duchovny the show continues to do well and Robert Patrick is doing a great in his place. He has brought new life to the show.

DEC 10: Dark Angel: The James Cameron series continues to be the second best genre series with a rating of 7.1. Everyone seems worried that the series rating continue to drop each week. When the series did premiered with higher ratings I did say the ratings would settle in the mid to low 6's. Likely in the same range as the Pretender, Profiler, and Early Edition had. The thing is, will those ratings be high enough for renewal. It is an expensive series to do.

DEC 9: No Freedom: UPN has officially axed the new series only six episodes into the season. The network will leave the show in its schedule time slot thru December 29, in which it will air its 8th and final episode. HOWEVER WBTV will continue production per the shows contract with UPN and film the full 13 episode commitment.  Level 9 has not yet been cancelled, yet. It appears to have life just as a partner for the new UPN series 'Gary and Mike' that premieres in January. Freedoms ratings were are higher than 'Level 9'.

DEC 9: Dragons Oh My: Courtney Solomon's $20+M feature 'Dungeons & Dragons' opened Friday night. I thought the film was fantastic for how much it cost to make. I enjoyed the actors, the story and the special effects of the film. Read my mini-review of the Movie.

DEC 9: RIP Klink: Werner Kempler who played Col. Wilhelm Klink on the comedy series 'Hogan's Hero's' has died of cancer at the age of 80. He was a Jewish refugee who fled Germany in the 30's and served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. Kempler also received a Tony Nomination for his stage work in 1988. Rest In Peace.

DEC 9: Dune Encore: The Sci-Fi Channel will show its first encore presentation of all three parts from 1pm to 7pm Sunday Dec 10. This show is much better when edited together with no commercials. 

DEC 9: Gary & Mike: UPN may have had a motive behind their cancellation of 'Freedom' in order to make an air time for the stop motion animated series 'Gary & Mike' which will move into 'Freedom's' 8pm time slot.

DEC 9: Thor: Comics Continuum is reporting that something is suppose to happen soon with the new television series 'THOR'. 

DEC 9: X-Men extended: Brian Singer has said there is no truth to the rumor of a 140 minute version of the 'X-Men'. The footage just isn't there he says.

DEC 9: Anyone Interested?: Arnold has been talking about his upcoming projects again with 'Empire Online' if anyone cares. Collateral Damage is next for Arnold and next year he will complete 'True Lies 2' with James Cameron and 'Terminator 3'. If Collateral Damage flops the Swartz may be on his way to a much lower pay scale.

DEC 8: Evil Alice: Ain't it cool.com is reporting that Wes Craven will be directing an evil dark 'Alice In Wonderland' based on American McGee's 'Alice'.  McGee sold the rights to Dimension Films. The script is due to the studio in January from Charlie's Angels scribe, John August.

DEC 8: Early Trek: Long time Trek writer 'Ron Moore' has told space.com that the rumors he is hearing around the studio that the new Star Trek series will deal with the 'birth' of the Federation.

DEC 8: Wars Screen Shots: New photos of 'Star Wars II' can be seen at StarWars.com. Click on the link if you would like to visit the site.

DEC 8: Goldberg Correction: It was pointed out to me by a fan of the site that during my reports of Goldberg getting a part in the upcoming 'Incredible Hulk' I stated he was from the WWF, when in fact Goldberg is part of the WCW.  Sorry about that.

DEC 8: New Batman: Director Darrin Aronofsky, will be directing the fifth installment of the dragging franchise. Aronofsky is promising that this one is going to be very different from previous features. For sure we know that there will be at least another character in the Batman suit.

DEC 8: Jules Verne: The new Sci-Fi Channel series 'The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne' is scheduled to air on the Sci-Fi Channel beginning January 5. Earlier reports were of the series airing in late 2001 as part of a new 'Monday Night Prime'. Black Scorpion is also schedule for a January Premiere. The new Black Scorpion website is up and running. While a beautiful site, it was lacking. People tend to be going for unique sites rather than one getting the information out to the people.

DEC 7: Dragons: Despite the heavy 'B' movie feel of the new Dungeons & Dragons feature starting this Friday, there are already two sequels being planned. Director Courtney Solomon had a trilogy planned from the beginning. Should the $30M film make around $50M the sequels could get the green light. 

DEC 7: Apes News: A friend of Charlton Heston has reported to the Ananova News Service that he would rather not do the cameo, and do something that might take away from the great work that Tim Burton is doing on the remake of 'Planet of the Apes'.

DEC 7: Indy IV: Again with the talk. Now M. Night Shymalan says he is still talking with Spielberg and Harrison Ford about writing the script for the fourth film. In his last interview about the script he said he only talked to Spielberg once when he was sick about. Now they are still talking. Shit, which is it? Are you doing the script or not? It is a simple yes or no question that the fans deserve an answer to. Every question asked in an interview with anyone these days gets beat to death before you get a straight answer. Jeez! Yes I am doing the Indy script, or no I won't be doing the script. 

DEC 6: Black Scorpion:  The Sci-Fi Channel bought series from Roger Corman, which premieres in January 5, finally has its web site up and running at.... http://www.blackscorpion.net  The 22 episode series is already in the can. It was paid for completely by Corman to help sell the series. The web site has photos and synopsis of the first 22 episodes.

DEC 6: Dark Angel: Despite being picked up for the full 22 episodes this season the show renewal remains in doubt as the series continues to drop each week in the ratings. The shows just doesn't seem able to maintain a constant audience. 

DEC 6: Mathew Blackheart: Telescene has backed out of the co-production. If it makes its debut in 2001 on the Sci-Fi Channel it will be the fall of 2k1 if at all.

DEC 6: New Enterprise: In a surprising update from CHUD.com's Coyote, The new DVD release of 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' Special Edition will feature totally new special effects and a new CGI USS Enterprise. The picture above is what the new Enterprise will look like in the Special Edition. Director Robert Wise was never satisfied with the original film. The SE DVD will hit stored this summer 2k1.

DEC 6: Ultraman: Ultraman is getting a feature film. The evil fighting Japanese superhero feature will be titled 'Ultraman Cosmo: the Fist Contact'.  Production has already started on the project being produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Shochiku, and Sony Pictures and is scheduled to open in Japan this summer. (cinescape online)

DEC 6: First Wave:  Season 3 of 'First Wave' begins airing on the Sci-Fi Channel in January. The series was only guaranteed for 66 episodes. It is unknown whether or not there will be more after this season. I hope you all are watching this series... it is a quality show.

DEC 6: Tremors 3: Smilin' Jack Ruby of Fandom.com is reporting that production has finally begun on 'Tremors 3'. 

DEC 6: Gen 13 - TV: If the series should make it into a weekly television series fans of the Comic Book should not expect the series to be anything like the comic book. Even the characters are likely to be different. Producer Courtney Solomon (dungeons & dragons) told EON magazine that the series had been through several changes over the last year and Disney has made changes to the project as well. Disney is currently calling the project... 'Seventh Graders'. Solomon thinks they should have left it more like the comic book. Disney could fuck up a wet dream.

DEC 6: Frakes is In?: Star Trek script coordinator Lolita Fatjo told an England SF convention that Jonathan Frakes, cmdr Riker and director of the last two films, will indeed direct Trek 10. Filming will likely not begin until after the strike is settled. Frakes is still non-committal about directing the tenth film. (dark horizon)

DEC 6: Dune Kicks!: The first part of the mini-series scored a 4.5 rating for the sci-fi channel. Its highest rated product yet. That's 3.06M households.

DEC 6: Star Trek V: The new Star Trek series, which takes place before the original series, is due to begin casting near the end of this month. 

DEC 5: Freedom & Level 9: Rumor has it that UPN has pretty much given up on its Friday night line-up of 'Freedom' and 'Level 9'. Their ratings were twice as high just showing old movies in the same two-hour time block. UPN will not be ordering anymore episodes of either series. 

DEC 5: Xena: Despite the shows ending after this season 'Xena' remains in the top syndicated first run series with only reruns of the X-Files, and Andromeda, and Stargate SG-1. V.I.P. is not rated in the top 20 but is performing well too.

DEC 5: Uncut Joker?: It won't be until after the first of the year before Warneer Brothers decides whether or not they will release an uncut version of the animated feature 'Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker' (comics2film)

DEC 5: X-Men Hot!: Over the Thanksgiving Holiday Marvel's 'X-Men' took in a whopping $70M in VHS/DVD sales and rentals. Over $12.5M more than expected. 

DEC 5: Dudley Moore Says Good-bye: Comedy actor Dudley Moore, 65, is suffering from a degenerative brain disorder that is going to kill him. On Monday during an interview with the star he told everyone good-bye. Moore is best known for his role in 'Arthur'.

DEC 4: Grinch $$$: The Grinch remained number one for the third straight week hitting nearly $172M in just 17 days. Amazing. It is expected to remain number through next weekend also.

DEC 4: Dungeons & Dragons: The so long awaited fantasy picture 'Dungeons & Dragons' based on the Gary Gygax role playing game, hits theatres on DEC 8, this Friday. The $30M flick is expected to do fairly well. If successful it could get the green light for two sequels.

DEC 4: Dune pt2: Part 2 of the Dune mini-series airs tonight on the Sci-Fi Channel at 9pm ET/PT. Part 3 airs Tuesday night at the same time.

DEC 4: Black Sheep: Chris Rock has signed to star in the action comedy 'Black Sheep' for Jerry Bruckenheimer. Rock's twin brother, a government agent is murdered during an assignment, and Rock is sought after to continue the assignment. The project is slated to begin production in March 2000.

DEC 4: Absorbing Man: According to entertainment weekly it appears that 'The Incredible Hulks' villain in the film will be 'Absorbing Man'. It also makes known that WCW's 'Goldberg' (universal soldier: the return) is being considered for the Hulk or Absorbing Man. Goldberg would not rate as even a decent actor.  This is likely a picture that shouldn't be made.

DEC 3: Pink Panther: Mike Myers is pretty much set to star in the MGM remake, what else is new, of 'the Pink Panther' as Inspector Clouseau. Ivan Rietman who was going to just produce the film is now in talks to direct the picture as well.

DEC 3: Woo-ing Superman: Ain't It Cool.com is reporting a rumor that 'Mission Impossible 2' director John Woo is in negotiations to direct the Superman feature that is in development.

DEC 3: Scooby Doo: Freaks and Geeks star Linda Cardellini is in negotiations to play Velma in the upcoming live action mistake to make feature 'Scooby Doo'. (variety) Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prince Jr. are also in negotiations for the roles of Daphne and Freddy while Mathew Lillard (scream) works toward being Shaggy. The picture is being done by Revolution Studios and Imagine entertainment.

DEC 3: Instinct 2: Sharon Stone has confirmed that Robert Downy Jr.'s latest drug infraction has indeed cost the actor a leading role in 'Basic Instinct 2'.

DEC 3: C.S.I. Hit: The new CBS series 'C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation' is number one among the new series this fall. Alliance Atlantis is also happy that Touchstone TV backed out allowing them to step in. The move allowed Atlantis the opportunity to get back into the prime-time arena. Their last venture was the quirky series for CBS 'Due South'. C.S.I. airs Friday nights at 9pm after the disappointing new series 'the Fugitive'. 

DEC 3: Rings Date: New Line Cinema has set a December 19, 2001 release date for the first 'Lord of the Rings' film. (ringbearer.com) All release dates are subject to change.

DEC 2: Escape From New York: Digitalbits.com is reporting that the new 'Escape From New York' DVD from MGM is just horrible. While rated as a B+ it is even reviewed as worse than that. If this disc is more than $9.99 don't waste your money. While it is letterbox the color is reportedly washed out with heavy grain. What a friggin' pisser, I really liked this picture a lot.

DEC 2: Battlefield Earth DVD: The release for the less than stellar 'Battlestar Galactica' is said to be due to Travolta wanting to do a re-edit of the film for the home video release to make the film better.

DEC 2: Cast Away: While not a genre film, this looks like a great film. Tom Hanks lost over 70 pounds to do the film.  

DEC 2: Travolta Tax Trouble: The U.S. tax man came looking for John Travolta who tried to claim over $2M worth of loss through a fake company. The $20M a picture actor has agreed to pay around $600K in back taxes. You make that much cash per picture and you still try not to pay taxes on it. What a dip-shit.

DEC 2: Level 9 in Trouble: Friday night movies on UPN were averaging over 3.0. Freedom and Level 9 premiered five weeks ago on UPN and Level 9 is doing worse than Freedom racking up a dismal 1.5 rating. If the ratings don't improve this could be another short lived series for UPN. It may create an opening for UPN's mid season replacement series 'All Souls'. Level 9 is not a bad series. Hopefully it will get at least a full season to try and find its audience.

DEC 2: Dinotopia TV: ABC is planning to take the mini-series into a weekly Dinotopia TV Series of 22 one hour episodes. Not likely until the 2k2 series or possibly a 2k1 replacement series. The mini-series appears headed for a 2k1 schedule.

DEC 2: Farscape DVD U.S.: Looks like Farscape will hit the shelves on DVD here in the U.S. on February 6, 2001. And NO, it won't be seasonal boxed sets. Someone else has fucked up like Warner Brothers and will release them a few episodes per DVD. Fucking figures.

DEC 2: the Triangle: TBS has started production of their TV Movie starring Luke Perry titled 'the Triangle' that is said to have spectacular special effects. It is about a millionaire who wants to learn the secrets of the Bermuda Triangle. Lewis Teage will direct the picture that also stars Olivia d'Abo and Dan Cortese.

DEC 2: Dune Sequel: The Sci-Fi Channel website is reporting that their sequel to the as yet, unaired Dune mini-series will be based on Herbert's Dune: Messiah and Children of Dune. The Dune mini-series premieres on the SFC Dec 3-5 at 9pm et/pt. The DVD is tentatively scheduled for March 2001.

DEC 2: Arnold falling: With his last two films performing dismally at the box office it appears that Arnold Swartzenegger could fall out of the $20M per picture and end up only making $10M to $15M per film. He had better hope that Terminator 3 is successful. (popcorn.com)  If it isn't it might be time for him to hang up the exo-skeleton and play politics.

DEC 1: Iron Man Update: CHUD.com is reporting a rumor that the new Iron Man feature will indeed be an origin picture. The film is likely to be true to life without all the superhero and special powers ala the 'X-Men'.  It will be a more... human story. Screenwriter Tim McCanlies is also working hard to get Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. in near the end of the movie in hopes to start a franchise for Nick Fury. (CHUD.com)

DEC 1: Mulgrew, the Bitch: Voyagers Captain Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew has more criticism for co-star Robert Beltran.  According to Trek Today in an interview with Mulgrew she was asked about an actors comments concerning bad writing, she replied without actually mentioning Beltran's name, "That's a lazy actors response 'They didn't let me act'. Really? Go get a job in a cereal commercial. I don't have time for it." Mulgrew is such a two-face bitch. Before season five she was ready to walk away from Voyager because her part was getting smaller because of the arrival of Ryan's character, Seven. They had to appease the asshole buy promising to increase her role in the show. What a two-faced ass! 

DEC 1: Adrian Paul: Variety Columnist Michael Fleming is reporting that Highlander the series star, Adrian Paul will be getting a new genre based syndicated series. The as yet untitled series revolves around an intergalactic bounty hunter who comes to Earth hunting a swarm of baddies who he let escape from a space prison. The series follows him as he hunts his prey and adjusts to like here on the planet. Producers of the show are hoping to have the series available for the 2001 season. (variety)

DEC 1: Trek 10: Rick Berman told the Los Angeles UPN affiliate KCOP-TV that the new film will feature the Romulans and a new villain. Berman also promised the film would be exciting and fun. A rip roaring humorous adventure. (sci-fi channel)

DEC 1: MIB 2 Rewrite: Sony is having scribe Barry Fanaro (kingpin) rewrite the script for the sequel which begins filming in June. (hollywood reporter) This is likely to help cut the budget on the overall cost on special effects for the feature.

DEC 1: New Terminators?: Man, it is growing. Rumors of the female Terminator anyways. Now Ain't It Cool.com has added some new names to the list of possible females for the female cyborg terminator. The list now includes the X-Men's Famke Janssen and Rebecca Romjin-Stamos. Also on the list is Species star Natasha Henstridge.  Of course WWF's Chyna and Matrix's Carrie Ann Moss are on the short list too as previously mentioned.

DEC 1: APE News: It appears that Blade's Kris Kristofferson has joined the cast of 'Planet of the Apes'. He will play a warrior who leads a human revolt against the apes. After completing his part in Apes he will start 'Blade 2: Bloodhunt'.