MAY 31: Fugitive Completed: 525 Studios has completed effects for the one-hour television pilot. The company worked on more than 50 shots to create the three main sequences of the pilot.

MAY 31: Magic For Sale: Terry Brooks says that 20th Century Fox has optioned the movie rights to his novel 'Magic Kingdom for Sale: Sold' and all its sequels. A screenwriter has already been contacted and the scripting is in work. This doesn't mean that we will ever see it on film. Only 5% of scripts in Hollywood make it to the big screen.  But Terry Brooks did get a paycheck though. And that is all that matters, eh...

MAY 31: Site Update:  Just added two new VHS Cover Sheets. 'The Incredible Hulk' and 'Stargate SG-1'. CLICK HERE to view them all.

MAY 31: Scully's New Partner: X-Files Gillian Anderson, Scully, is due to get a new partner who is likely to be a male and skeptical like Scully use to be. With Moulder in less episodes there will be more screen time for the supporting players.

MAY 31: Indiana Jones 4: Dark Horizon is reporting that Steven Spielberg has confirmed that Indiana Jones 4 is currently in pre-production. Bout Friggin' time don't ya think.

MAY 31: Mission $$$$: There are estimates that Mission Impossible 2 will gross between $85M and $94M by the end of Monday. Wednesday thru Friday the film grossed $37.7M. Go Cruisin' why don't ya. :)

MAY 30: XFL on UPN: All UPN affiliates have signed on for UPN's airing of the XFL on Sunday nights. After the 11 weeks of the regular season Sunday nights revert back to the control of the local stations. UPN is not planning to add a sixth night... yet.

MAY 30: Software News: Hewlett Packard and Side Effects Software have partnered to provide a high-performance Linux workstation that will run Houdini 4.0 3D animation software.

MAY 30: Marvel Features: Captain America, Deadpool, Iron Fist, Longshot, Power Pack, Morbius, Antman, and Mort are scheduled for feature films. It is still unknown which ones of these will get the Direct To Video treatment. Even Direct to video features can be extremely lucrative as a cash cow if done well.

MAY 30: Vitamin C 2000: Award winning musician 'Vitamin C' has signed to star in Wes Craven's 'Dracula 2000', which begins production this summer.

MAY 30: Impossible Theme: I have added the opening and closing theme from the original series 'Mission Impossible'. Click Here to view all the themes.

MAY 30: Battlefield-less: With Battlefield Earth flopping around like a dead fish it would seem unlikely that there will be a sequel or prequel that was originally planned. 

MAY 29: Cameron Lies 2: It appears that James Cameron has backed out of another scheduled project. He will not script or direct 'True Lies 2'. They have already found a scribe for the project that is in active development. Without Cameron to direct or scribe will Arnold be interested? Cameron is likely to be producing the picture. Will that be enough to keep Arnold Swartzenegger on board the project? Does it really matter if he is or isn't attached?

MAY 29: Black Scorpion: Foreign buyers are very interested in 'Roger Corman's' first TV Project... 'Black Scorpion'. A one hour action series based on the 'B' action flick of the same name. The series premieres this fall in syndication. The first season is already in the can... (variety)

MAY 29: the Mexican in Vegas: The in work Brad Pitt/Julia Roberts flick, 'The Mexican', currently filming in Mexico will be heading to Las Vegas next. Auditions were held for an extras screening here in Las Vegas Yesterday from 10am to 2pm at a local park for ages 5 to 80. Couldn't make it. 

MAY 29: Thank You FX:  A special thanks to the FX Channel for the Mission Impossible Marathon Sunday. It was great to see the series again. A great series. "This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck Jim." What a line!

MAY 29: The Strip: The short lived Vegas action series 'The Strip' Returns to UPN for its final showing of nine episodes beginning Friday June 2nd at 8pm. If you missed the first showing catch its last run on prime time. I thought the show, with some tweaking, had potential.

MAY 29: Invisible Man: The Sci-Fi Channels original series, which premieres June 9 Fridays at 5pm (pst), has been sold to France's top broadcaster. Hopefully a sign that the series will be a hit. 

MAY 29: Dark Angel: Cameron's new series project, that he backed out of directing,  is a mid-season replacement. An un-named TV Writer viewed Fox's press screening of part of episode one. He says it was visually stunning like a feature film, but questioned how you keep this up for a 22 episode season. He was also quoted as saying it was hip like 'Terminator' rather than 'Blade Runner' as promised. (cinescape)

MAY 29: Action Cube'd: An action script, 'Straw Dawgz' has been picked up by New Line Cinema for rapper/actor Ice Cube. He will be a werewolf hunter who has to battle a new breed of werewolf in San Francisco. (variety)

MAY 28: The Thing... Again?: It appears that George Clooney will produce a remake of 'Who Goes There' (aka The Thing) for an unknown television network. Carpenters 82' remake was true to the original 1950's original, and it was awesome. Why would you even consider touching this one? Especially for Television. Heaven forbid should Clooney produce a new script title that might be unique for a change. Lets just remake everything.

MAY 28: The Fugitive: The new TV Series scheduled for the fall  seems to be a hot commodity at the Global Market Screenings in Los Angele. One buyer called the series "A most have on the market." But can the series match a pilot that cost $6M. (variety)

MAY 28: Site Update: Just added a RELIC HUNTER Side Label that goes with the Cover Sheet already on the site. Download it from the Labels area.

MAY 28: Level 9: Also of considerable interest at the Los Angeles Screenings is Paramount 'Level 9', which is slated in the US for UPN. It will be the Untouchables of the Internet.

MAY 28: Fearsome: 20th Century Fox and Regency series 'Fearsome' scheduled for FOX this fall has also struck some interest at the screenings also. An internet maven finds himself in the midst of unusual Sci-Fi Adventures.7

MAY 28: the Berman 500: Star Trek Voyager's season finale was producer Rick Berman's  500th Star Trek Episode. Berman will be leaving Voyager's producing duties for their 7th and final season to begin working on the new Star Trek series. UPN would like to have the new series for the fall 2k1 season to take Voyager's place.

MAY 28: Richter Departing: This is not genre based news, but bare with me on this... Conan O'Brien's side kick Andy Richter has taken his final bow. His is walking away from his $500K a year job because he is bored and wants to try something different. He has nothing lined up... What... An... Idiot! I'd do his job for $250K for twenty years. I can be the fat little bastard making Conan be funny. MY GOD!!! Conan! Call Me!!! I am available...

MAY 27: Black Panther: The Artisan/Marvel deal includes 'Black Panther'. This Feature Film project has Wesley Snipes attached to Produce and Star. Snipes has been attached to this title for at least two-years. There was mention of 'Black Panther' with Snipes when he did 'Demolition Man'.

MAY 27: UPN's Fate: Sometime next week the FCC is to decide the fate of Viacom owning CBS and UPN. It is expected the FCC will give Viacom a waiver, they requested, and keep UPN in the fold.

MAY 27: MI 2 $$$$: Mission Impossible 2 opened Wednesday to an impressive $12.5M. The fourth highest Wednesday opening of all-time. Should clean-up at the box office this weekend...

MAY 27: Now & Again Agian?: Help Save the show! The show may not be as dead as earlier thought. There is a chance (small chance) that Now and Again could be a mid-season replacement this fall. There is a campaign to send CBS plastic eggs ala Roswell. Visit http://slidersweb.net/nowandagain/ for more information on that.

MAY 27: Chicken Run: I recently saw a theatre preview for Chicken Run and it left me wondering... Why the Hell they even did this one. I found nothing interesting for adult or child. Looks like a flop. I'll stick with Dinosaur and Titan A.E. This one looks to be a Dreamworks Dud. Ain't no milk dud either.

MAY 26: Spawn 2: The live action sequel is still in development at New Line Cinema. New Line is requiring that McFarlane cut another $6M from the budget in order to get the project green lighted. However, Todd McFarlane is planning to wait and trigger a clause in his contract that will give him the rights back. He already has several other studios that have told him to look them up when he gets the rights under his control.

MAY 26: The Punisher Series: This marvel product was not included in the latest deal with Artisan. Dana Windsor, the producer working on the Sci-Fi TV Series anthology 'This Way Comes', has been lobbying with Marvel to do a 'Punisher Series'. He would keep the project true to the comics with the Punisher after organized crime. But there would always be opportunities for the other Superheroes and Villains to cross into the Punishers world. Marvel has yet to comment on Windsor's desire. If your a Punisher fan, the 'B' movie was excellent. Now available on DVD @ $19.99 srp.

MAY 26: Special Unit 2: This one is being considered as a mid-season replacement for UPN this fall.  It will be a 'Men in Black' sci-fi drama about a special unit with the NYPD that fights what else? Aliens!!! UPN goes genre.

MAY 26: Secret Agent Man: With May sweeps over with Dilbert and Secret Agent Man returned to UPN to complete their run of episodes already completed. Secret Agent Man began tonight.  There are only 12 episodes that were done. Five originally aired before cancellation. Click Here to listen to the Secret Agent Man theme in MP3.

MAY 25: Outer Limits Limited: The Showtime series 'The Outer Limits' is ending its six year run with a star filled finale titled 'Final Appeal'.  The episode will star Charlton Heston, Amanda Plummer, Robert Loggia, Kelly McGillis, Hal Holbrook, Cicely Tyson and others. For syndication there will be 136 episodes. It is currently airing in syndication on the Sci-Fi Channel.

MAY 25: Animated Spider: A CGI animated series of Spiderman will spin off from Sam Raimi's feature film. Of course Sony will produce the series. Still look for 'Spiderman Unlimited' at some point closer to the new feature or after from FOX. Fox cancelled it originally after just a few episodes had aired.

MAY 25: Animated Spawn: Todd McFarlane will begin working on a 90 minute animated movie in July when he starts on Jody Fosters animated film. He hopes to sell the film to HBO or another pay cable station. He will maintain video rights and later to release it.

MAY 24: Day One: After filming the pilot early this year in Vancouver it is now being considered as a mid-season replacement for the WB next fall (2k1). An action adventure series about survivors 60 years after an asteroid has hit and devastated the World.

MAY 24: George is a Marvel: Mr. Tan, George Hamilton, has joined Marvel's Stan Lee Media as their President of Global Branded Entertainment. He will sign new talent and do voice work for animated programs.

MAY 24: DEN Done In: Digital Entertainment Network (DEN) has closed up show, after reopening a week before, stating that low money flow could no longer support the company. The company has so many problems with excessive executive salaries, sex scandals, and management problems.

MAY 24: Jason X: Principal Photography has been completed in Toronto and has moved into post-production work.

MAY 24: Dreamcast Changes: Sega of America has announced the next version of the Dreamcast will support Dolby Surround. The OSr11 will support media encoded with up to 8 channels of real-time positioning.

MAY 24: Direct CBS: Direct TV has signed a mult-year deal with Viacom to distribute the 16 CBS own/operated stations to Direct TV customers.

MAY 24: Pussycat Casted: Rosario Dawson, Rachael Leigh Cook, & Tara Reid along with Parker Posey and Alan Cummings round out the cast of the live action movie, 'Jose and the Pussycats' based on the comic book and cartoon series. Cook will play Jose, Dawson Vale, and Reid will be Melody. Production begins this Summer. Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan will direct their own script. (hollywood reporter) This sounds like Charlies Angels. (dud)

MAY 23: Early Reminder: Don't forget the 4 seasons of Early Edition (which wraps it final CBS episode Saturday) will be airing on the Fox Family Channel beginning May 28 as part of their prime time line-up. 

MAY 23: USA Network Purchase: The USA Cable Network has purchased 2 Canadian based networks. The Trio network and Newsworld Intl. for just over $100M. And is expected to spend hundreds of millions of $$$$ over the next few years promoting and creating shows with them. The money would have been better spent improving the program quality of both the Sci-Fi Channel and the USA Network.

MAY 23: Movie Advertising: Movies of 1999 that made over $100M in the US spent on average $20M on advertising. Episode One made the most at $430M while spending the least advertising dollars at $14.7M. But Lucas did use the internet quite heavily to create a craze over his film. That advertising was virtually free.

MAY 23: UPN to air XFL:  UPN and NBC will share XFL games, which kicks off in February 2k1. The network will carry 10 regular season games. NBC is co-owner of the league with the WWF's Jim McMahon. NBC will also air 12 games on Saturday nights along with the post season.

MAY 23: Not In the Deal: Not part of the Artisan/Marvel deal were projects already in development or production. These properties were... Silver Surfer, Spiderman, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Dr. Strange, Blade or The X-Men.

MAY 23: DVD HACKER Info: Playstation 2 hackers have discovered another way to use the console beyond it original design. Besides using it to overcome the Regionalisation software they are now using it to circumvent the DVDs copy protection mechanism. (use the rgb output port to VHS unit.

MAY 22: Seawolf: Imagine Entertainment might be looking at John Travolta as the corrupt evil Captain Wolf Larsen. He is to old for the lead role, and seems to do better as the bad guy this late in his career. This project seems to have been in development hell forever.

MAY 22: Site Update: Just added 2 new VHS cover sheets for Cleopatra 2525 and Relic Hunter to the Cover Sheet Library. 

MAY 22: Spy Game: Director Mike Van Diem has left 'Spy Game' after a difference of vision and tone with Universal-based Beacon Communications. Van Diem has spent 18 months working on the Brad Pitt/Rober Redford project. Why get a director if you plan to control the vision and tone of a movie. Direct the sucker yourself. 

MAY 22: Green Hornet: Universal's project looks to have Jet Li attached to play Kato. Chris McQuarrie (the Usual Suspects) will script the picture.

MAY 22: The Tick: Fox's new series 'the Tick' will premiere late this fall. Fox has ordered 13 episodes of the live action series. Christopher Lloyd will appear in the pilot movie.

MAY 22: Cancelled This Season: Early Edition, Now and Again, Profiler, Pretender, Peter Benchley's Amazon, Blockbuster Cinema, Dilbert, Secret Agent Man, The Strip, The Others, Wonderland, God the Devil and Bob, Good vs Evil, Snoops, PSI Factor, Poltergeist: the Legacy, Harsh Realm, Batman Beyond, and Batman/Superman adventure hour. More information in... Channel News:

MAY 21:Ghost Rider: Cinescape is reporting that scribe David Goyer will pen the new Ghost Rider. Possibly using his old script as a base from which to start.

MAY 21: Big Money: There are at least 10 males in Hollywood making $15M to $20M per picture. And at least 50% of these movies are are flops. Scripts and stories are suffering as scribes work to cut down on things that will boost production costs. Studios are now unable to make some pictures due to excessive salaries. 

MAY 21: Campbell Picture: Bruce Campbell began work on a new Science Fiction Movie back in March for Destination Earth titled... 'Nobody Knows'. Larry Drake (darkman) is also in the picture.

MAY 21: 5% success: Do you realize that only 5% of all the scripts sent to Hollywood make it to the big screen. (cnn) Why? All Hollywood wants to do is play it safe and continue with movie remakes and bring TV shows to the big screen. This is screwed up.

MAY 21:Toy Story 2 $$$$: After 178 days at the box office the picture has grossed $245M. Matrix, which was much better, only make $171M US. It made almost as much as Sixth Sense. ($276M)

MAY 21: Incredible Hulkster: Universal Pictures has hired Deep Impact scribe 'Michael Tolkin' to pen the new script.

MAY 21: Ali-luya: Will Smith has officially signed to play Muhammad Ali in a docu-drama for the big screen for a mere $20M against 2% of the gross. This will not be a blockbuster film. Can you say 'Wild Wild West' revisited.

MAY 20: Terminator 2:SE DVD:  The new DVD is slated for August 29, 2k, pricing still to be decided. The DVD will come in a metal slipcase and contain over 6 hours of goodies. Three versions of the film. The theatrical release, the Special Edition 154 minute version, and a never before version with five minutes of new footage. (likely the extra ending that was filmed.) 700 storyboards, a documentary, the entire screenplay, and one hour of Supplemental Material. This is going to be a great DVD. It will be done in the DVD18 mode first used with 'the Stand'.

MAY 20: UPN' All Souls: Aaron Spellings new series 'All Souls' will be about a Haunted Hospital. Likely to air mid-season 2k/2k1 season.

MAY 20: X-Files Go: Fox has green lighted the X-Files for an 8th season. This one will be the last season since Gillian Anderson's is only signed for 8 and she doesn't want to do anymore. Filming of the 8th season is likely to be moved back to Vancouver Canada.

MAY 20: Duchovny Signed: David Duchovny, Moulder, has been signed for next season and will appear in only 9 to 12 episodes of the 22 for next season. He will receive approx. $350K per episode. The actors of 'Friends' will be getting $750K each per episode next year. Imagine that.

MAY 20: UPN's Freedom: A new genre series for UPN will air Friday nights this fall. A martial-arts action series in the style of Matrix.

MAY 20: UPN's Level 9: Another genre series by UPN will also join their Friday night line-up. A high-tech internet police drama.

MAY 20: A Marvelous Deal: Marvel Comics and Artisan have signed a monster of a deal. Both companies will co-produce as Artisan has acquired the rights to most of marvels properties which include... Captain America, Thor, Black Panther, Power Pack, Deadpool, Morbius, Longshot, Antman, and others. The agreement includes deals for TV Series, Movies, Direct to Video, and internet content. Current projects already in work and development are not affected with this deal.

MAY 19: The Axe Man Cometh: From recent news reports CBS has laid the blade to 'Now and Again' and 'Early Edition'. Now and Again managed just one season of 22 episodes. Early Edition has struggled with CBS since its debut four seasons ago. Hate to see them both take an exit. The only near genre series coming to CBS this fall  will be Tim Daly in 'The Fugitive'. And of course episode 22 of Now and Again left us with a cliffhanger.

MAY 19: Dungeons & Dragons news: After a few requests for information, I have been told that Dungeons and Dragons will not be premiering this summer as expected, but in the summer of 2k1. I have some more news but can't release it yet. More later.

MAY 19: UPN update:  Viacom with its CBS merger has one year to off load UPN. However Viacom has asked for a waver to keep the young network, that they believe will go under without them. It is believed that they will get the waver from the FCC. More in Channel News.

MAY 19: Benchley's Amazon: Despite my hearing in February that Peter Benchley's new series, Amazon, had been renewed , I am now hearing that the show has indeed been cancelled. I never really cared for the series but the three episodes I watched weren't bad.

MAY 19: Chameleon 3: A quick note to you all that Blockbuster Cinema on UPN will be showing Chameleon 3 tonight at 8pm, that hopes to clone itself into a new series for UPN in the fall. Might be worth watching.

MAY 19: Art of War: Once a Jet Li project turned Wesley Snipe feature film, will come to theatres in October of this year. Co-starring will be Anne Archer, Michael Biehn (Terminator & Aliens), and Donald Sutherland. Should be a great action film.

MAY 19: The Dukes are Back: While the special effects might have been nothing more than the 'General Lee' leaping the dried up river beds and running from Sheriff Roscoe. 'Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywod' will star the originals, Bo & Luke Duke, Daisy Duke, Cooter, Roscoe, Cletus, and Enos. While stupid, it is a big part of television history. It will return for a one last movie on Friday May 19, at 8pm on CBS. ( this Friday)

MAY 19: Rose Red: Stephen King's next television mini-series, 'Rose Red', goes before the camera in August 2000. There is a tentative labor day 2k1. (hollywood reporter) His last movie 'Storm of the Century' had a rather... soft endings. Most of his television mini-series do. Langoliers, Tommyknockers, ect. The Stand was good though. My favorite anyways.

MAY 19: Mummy 2: Stephen Sommer's sequel to the blockbuster film 'The Mummy' will appear at a theatre near you MAY 11, 2k1. 

MAY 19: Pitch Black: The surprise hit 'Pitch Black' has grossed $40M and will likely see a sequel feature that will star Riddick, Vin Diesel, returning. (as reported on May 16)

MAY 18: New Farscape Characters: Expect some additional characters to the crew of Moya says writer & creature consultant Justin Monjo. He will not specify when or who it will be. "Keep watching," he says. I would if we didn't have to suffer through 8 weeks of reruns.

MAY 18: Dead Marines: NBC has passed on Steven Spielberg's TV series 'Semper Fi'. If reworked the network may pick it up for a fall 2k1 season.

MAY 18: X-Men update: The post production is on schedule and nearly completed. Soon they'll begin pre-dubs, scoring, and mixing the sound track, special effects and final visuals.

MAY 18: Seawolf project: Imagine Entertainment might be looking at John Travolta as the corrupt evil captain, Wolf Larsen. This project seems to have been in development forever. Perhaps Imagine is moving forward with the project in the near future.

MAY 18: Nimoy says No: Cinescape is reporting that Leonard Nimoy has no interest in directing another Star Trek film. But they haven't asked either. But if the phone should ring, and the story was good it could happen.

MAY 17: Robocop PD done: Julian Grant says all four TV movies (mini-series), the US will see in October, are completed and approved by the powers that be. He is now working on the four promos and getting ready for the one hour special that will be airing in Canada on 'the Space Channel' in the new few months. That should be part of the DVD Boxed set, if there is one. Read all the news and information about the mini-series in the Channel News Area. It is still as yet unknown which syndicated network will air the mini-series.

MAY 17: the Others joins the Others. NBC new series 'the Others' has been cancelled joining its Saturday Night partners 'the Pretender' and 'Profiler'. It never had a chance since NBC wanted the 3 hour Saturday night block for the new XFL games. NBC will air 12 weeks of football in the time block. 

MAY 17: Charmed Renewed: Not that much of a surprise was the WB's Charmed getting renewed for its third season. 

MAY 17: PJ's on WB: Fox's series 'the PJs' is moving to the WB as reported last month. The show is scheduled for a Saturday at 7pm slot with Jamie Foxx following it.

MAY 17: Roswell Renewed: the WB has signed with 20th Century Fox TV for at least 13 episodes next season. Funny how this show with ratings in the 3's while Profiler, Pretender and the Others were in the 6's.

MAY 17: DS9's Garak pens Novel: Andrew Robinson, who played Garek on Deepspace Nine has penned a new Star Trek novel based on his character. Elim Garak will star in the novel 'A Stitch In Time' by Pocket Books.

MAY 16: Fantastic Four 1994: The unreleased Roger Corman flick 'Fantastic Four' is coming to light with Chris Columbus producing the new Fantastic Four feature film. The unreleased film is floating around the internet as a bootleg. The quality is good at best. The no budget picture used mostly no names and is quite the cheesey flick. A must have for the video-phile. Chris Columbus says the current FF movie would cost about $250M so he working on getting the script tweaked with more story and less SFX.

MAY 16: Gemini: Touchstone Pictures has put this picture on the fast track. Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson have been put on the want to star list.

MAY 16: Pitch Black 2: According to Variety's Michael Fleming is reporting a potential treatment has been written and likely to be greenlighted for the sequel to moderately successful Pitch Black. If it happens Vin Diesel will be back as Riddick.

MAY 16: Proteus: Pitch Black director David Twohy has inked a deal with Dimension and Miramax to write and direct 'Proteus'. The deal also includes Twohy writing and directing one project for Miramax and another for Dimension. 

MAY 16: Top DVD Sales: Genre titles rocked for six of the top ten spots. 1. End of Days (movie sucked), 2. Stuart Little, 3. the Sixth Sense, 5. House on Haunted Hill, 6. Matrix (awesome movie) and at 7. Bone Collector (angelina jolie).

MAY 16: Jolie now a Thorton: Angelina Jolie who will be starring as Laura Croft has married Billy Bob Thorton here in Las Vegas in a small ceremony at "the Little Church of the West" on the Las Vegas Strip near the Tropicana hotel and casino.

MAY 16: Chameleon 3: Just a reminder to potential fans that the third Chameleon Movie, which may spawn a series, will premiere on UPN Friday night at 8pm. Might want to watch and see if it would be a series that works for you. She's 97% human and 3% animal dna. 

MAY 15: Kingdom DVD: Did you enjoy the mini-series on ABC? I didn't see it. The DVD is due out soon from Artisan at a whopping SRP of $29.99 with NO EXTRA material. No making of, interviews, nothing. Not a great price for TV Movie that is about 168 minutes without Commercials. Ehhh...

MAY 15: All Souls: Another genre series in development for the UPN Network. The series is a cross between ER and the X-Files. Kind of a return to Dark Skies. Cast members are to include Daniel Cosgrove (90210), and Grayson McCough (armageddon). UPN seems to be turning into the mini Sci-Fi Channel. Review all of UPN's genre series in development in the Channel News Section of the site.

MAY 15: The Beast: ABC has ordered a pilot movie 'The Beast' that revolves around a 24 hour news network. Terminator 2's Robert Patrick and Frank Legella (skeletor) are to co-star.  Not really sure if this one is genre or not. But does star two actors who have been in the genre. Particularly Robert Patrick.

MAY 15: Spiderman: This has already been reported just about everywhere but Sam Raimi has picked SFX wizard John Dykstra (Star Wars) as his Visual Effects Supervisor for the Sony production of Spiderman. Sony is hoping to begin production of the film by the end of the year. (Hollywood Reporter)

MAY 15: Monte Cristo update: Kevin Reynolds (waterworld) 'Count of Monte Cristo' has signed Guy Pierce (la confidential) to play fernan. The feature is still to star Jim Cavaziel. The feature is still set to film in Ireland come July.

MAY 15: Phantom of the Opera: Warner Brothers has budget this remake of a remake 'Phantom of the Opera' with $40M. Antonio Banderas still appears set to star. Warner has hired British comedian and scribe Ben Elton to pen the script.

MAY 14: Pretender Killed: NBC has officially cancelled 'the Pretender'. Of course ending the show on a season ending cliffhanger. All is not lost though, as TNT has expressed interest in acquiring first run rights. They are interested in finishing the story arcs and having a satisfactory end to the show. With ratings in the 6.0 range consistently it would be a great show for TNT, FOX, the WB, or someone else. A decision has to made as soon as next week due to the sets having to be removed at that time. Wouldn't 'the Pretender' be a great addition to UPN's fall line up?

MAY 14: Dying of Re-runs: Fans of the Sci-Fi Channel's 'First Wave' and 'Farscape' are a bit... irate, pissed off, mad, and upset that both of these shows have just started their second seasons and we are already getting two months worth of reruns before the summer. The SFC is promising that the summer will be rerun free. Likely they are also waiting for the Invisible Man to premiere June 9 as part of Fridays 'SciFi Prime'. They never should have taken First Wave from the Friday line-up.

MAY 14: Bonded Again: James Bond's second set of films in a boxed set are due out on DVD this month. It's SRP will be $149.98. A real shopper can find the set in the $100 range. This set should be as hot as the first set, which had to be put back into production after the first issue sold out.

MAY 14: Elfquest Feature: The animated feature based on the comics and graphics novels by Wendy Pini has a budget of $15M. With a 2k2 release the animators feel this film will earn a PG-13 rating. Elfquest is being directed by animators Michael Coldewey and Patrick Claeys.

MAY 14: X + Fox = 8: The Chairman of 20th Century Fox Television Studio, Sandy Groshow, told the Chicago Tribune that Fox is committed to having the X-Files back for one more season, with or without David Duchovny. NOTE: Gillian Anderson is already signed for an 8th season. And no matter how much she gripes about doing another season she'll be there if FOX says do it.

MAY 14: Mimic 2: A definite 'B' movie with a mere $10M budget. It will be Jean Sagonzac's directing bebut. Joel Soissen penned the script. Hard to believe that in 1977 Star Wars was made with just a $10M budget. 

MAY 13: UPN is a Saint: John McTiernan (New Rollerball project) is executive producing a new TV Version of 'The Saint' for UPN likely for the fall. Hope it is better than the recently defunct UPN series 'Secret Agent Man'. 

MAY 13: Knights of the Quest: The $15M fantasy film will co-star T2's Edward Furlong. Shooting will be done in Italy, Tunisia, France and Scotland. A story of 5 young knights who try to return a sacred shroud to France.

MAY 13: Irwin Allen Honored: A 100 minute tribute DVD to Irwin Allen's SFTV and Movie works is due out soon. The DVD is hosted by Bill Mumy and June Lockhart, both starred in Allen's 'Lost In Space' tv series.

MAY 13:SNUBBED at the Oscars!!!: Did anyone else notice at the Oscars at least two snubs on their tribute to actors who have passed away? They left out the most famous sci-fi doctor of all time 'DeForest Kelly', Doctor Leonard McCoy. Also snubbed was supporting actor 'Brion James' who did big movies, and television along with a mess of 'B' flicks. James played in movies like 48 Hours, and Striking distance. And did movies like Steel Dawn.  Brion James was everywhere. At least by this person he will be missed.  Just can't believe both these actors were left off the list.

MAY 13: Buck Rogers: Someone out there might be wondering what 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century's' Gil Gerard might be up to. I was curious since I did enjoy his cheesey show. Well, the ex-nuclear physicist turned actors will be in the movie 'Stepdaughter' due out this year. Go Gil, go Gil... And I reported last month that 'Wilma', Erin Gray, has a feature film in production at this time too. 

MAY 13: Occam's Razor: This new thriller, likely to be a 'B' film, began production on May 1st in the Bahamas and Bucharest.

MAY 12: Farscape Webring #1: With only 138 sites it is still the #1 webring on the internet beating out the #2 webring, Spacebabes, by a 2 to 1 margin. In the last 8 weeks the F.W. has had 133617 hits. The webring has been in the number one spot for since before the first of the year. This site has a small area dedicated to Farscape and is number 18 of the top 25 sites. My area to the show is small and needs some work done on it. My bad.

MAY 12: Voyager: In this past Wednesday episode (I Zimmerman) the Doctor, Robert Picardo, not only plays two roles, but also co-wrote the script as well.

MAY 12: Voyager Russ: A bit of trivia for the trek fans. Did you know that almost 15 years ago Time Russ, who plays Tuvok was a rival of LeVar Burton's for the role of Geordi LaForge. 

MAY 12: Frozen:  The story of an FBI agent who allies herself to a magician to track down an assassin who can freeze time and still within the frozen moments. 'Frozen' has been picked up by 'Phoenix Pictures'. Bo Zenga will produce the film. A mid-six figure was paid for the spec script.

MAY 12: H. R. Pufnstuff: Whatcha do when things get rough? Buy the new DVD of the 1970's H.R. Pufnstuff from Sid and Croft (even made an appearance on CHIPs). It will magically appear on DVD come May 23 from Rhino Home Video. It will have the first four episodes for a SRP of $19.95. Gotta love that Witchipoo! 

MAY 12: New TV Themes: Just added some new television themes. Check out the themes page to see them all. The Others, Total Recall 2070, LEXX (the cool one), Amazon, the Lost World, Beast Wars, Batman Superman Adventures, Good vs Evil, and Relic Hunters. For non genre fans I have added... Northern Exposure, Designing Women, Days of Our Lives, Night Court, Magnum PI, and Pacific Blue. Enjoy. They are WAV files. The themes are in alphabetical order.

MAY 11: Tomb Effects: UFXPro is reporting that 'Mil Film Effects Company' has announced that they will be handling a large portion of the SFX for 'Tomb Raider' which stars Angelina Jolie.

MAY 11: Zimmering Hot: Composer Hans Zimmer has scored Gladiator and is finishing up Mission Impossible 2. Ridley Scott (gladiator) is interested in Zimmer laying down the notes for Hannibal. (variety)

MAY 11: DVD Episode 1: From heavy fan pressure Lucas has announced that he will release Episode One on DVD while the trilogy remains in work. But! It will not be in 2000. 

MAY 11: Dune: Principal Photography of the Sci-Fi Channel mini-series 'Dune' has wrapped. It is scheduled for Television in December. Plan of Sci-Fi running this one alot. And then a DVD/VHS release is likely. Gotta get back some of that $20M.

MAY 11: Apes Creation: It has been long rumored that Stan Winston was already signed to do the costumes for 'Planet of the Apes'.  However it is being reported that Rick Baker is negotiating for that job. Baker designed the apes used in 'Gorilla's in the Mist' and 'Greystoke, the Legend of Tarzan'.

MAY 11: 1001 Corpses: Rob Zane begins production on 'House of 1001 Corpses' this may. Rainin Wilson, Jennifer Jostyn and Karen Black will star. It is scheduled for a 2k1 release. Zombie is writing and directing.

MAY 11: Grinch is Back: Jim Carrey's new movie 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' from Universal is scheduled for a November 17 release. The pictures I have seen of him in costume look awesome. 

MAY 10: Spiderman News:   Director Same Raimi told Cinescape in an interview that they are going to try and zero in on a Peter Parker twelve weeks from now. He is amazed with the number of young actors coming to him because they love Spiderman and want to be the superhero.

MAY 10: Buffy on FX: The FX network has purchased the rerun rights to Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. FX has paid $650K per episode to air the series. Whew. I take one episode worth of pay. :)

MAY 10: Blade Runner: The Sci-Fi Channel has acquired the exclusive rights  to Harrison Ford's 1982 thriller 'Blade Runner'. They are planning to air the film uncut and in widescreen format. Currently is is scheduled to air June 4 @ 6pm (pst).

MAY 10: No Predator: Lightstorm told Cinescape Insider that James Cameron is NOT attached or involved  with 'Alien vs Predator'. 

MAY 10: Gladiator $$$: Gladiator opened on Friday Taking in over $11M (which beat the competition over the entire weekend.). For the entire weekend Gladiator took in $32.7M.

MAY 10: Voyager 7: Rick Berman nailed it down about Voyagers fate in an interview for the official Star Trek website. He revealed... spoiler here...  that the series will return home or be forever lost in the Delta Quadrant. Whew. That sure cleared it up for me. Yet... he did talk about storylines should Voyager get home. I don't like the way paramount treats the fan based websites dedicated to their shows. So, if you want to get to their site use a search engine. No link here. 

MAY 10: U-571: This on has dropped off a bit coming in at second place over the weekend with just $7.6M. #2 to Gladiator. Frequency was number 3.

MAY 9: the Child Robin: Disney is now working on a story about a young Robin Hood and Marion, where they are children and Marion is the brains. Carter and Blanchard will script. Might work is not to young in the vein of 'Young Indy' or 'Young Sherlock Holmes'.

MAY 9: The Diaz Gang: Cameron Diaz (charlie angels movie) will be co-starring in 'Gangs of New York' with Leonardo DiCaprio. Martin Scorsese is directing this one with production slated for August.

MAY 9: Invinciples: As reported last month TBS will air a pilot movie from Icon Productions (mel gibson & Bruce Davey) titled 'Invinciples'. A martial arts-matrix type drama series that will be co-produced with Jet Li and Alliance Atlantis (who backed out of the Pern series).

MAY 9: Craven Rantings: MorbidMuch of Sequel Buzz got an email from Wes Craven saying..."I have no intention of making Scream 4." He also asks to please pass it on. Craven has projects to keep him busy for the next couple of years. He is not accepting Scream 4 scripts. (cinescape) Please pass it along.

MAY 9: Huntress: This summer USA Network will premiere 'Huntress'. A series based on the USA original movie of the same name. A widow raising her daughter learns to be a bounty hunter to support her family after her husband is murdered.

MAY 9: Ifilm: Ifilm has acquired the online television and film development resources of TV Tracker.com and the development source for a cash & stock deal

MAY 9: Blackout: Stanley Brooks is working with Jane Seymour on a thriller titled 'Blackout'. James Keach will direct. A mother and her two kids are stuck in a mall during a power outage an a killer is in the mall. This sounds like some TV movies that have come across already.

MAY 8: Turtles Come Home: Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird (mirage studios) have assumed the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles bringing the property back in house. Eastman and Laird are the creators of the Turtles. Says Eastman, "It was time to bring them back in house. Fans should stay tuned for new adventures." In 15 years the TMNT have grossed over $4B in Merchandise and Entertainment revenue in 15 years.

MAY 8: Aliens vs Predators: This one has been talked about for years now. At one time having a $50M budget reportedly and then nothing. Well, Ain't It Cool is reporting that James Cameron is interested in Producing the film. And is interested in fast tracking the film since he has an approved script ready to go. One of two directors look primed for the role.

MAY 8: Withblade: TNT has announced that is pilot movie 'Witchblade' is being moved up from its original October broadcast date to August 27 @ 8pm. TNT was impressed with the film.

MAY 8: Lady Death: The animated film is slated for a March 2k1 theatrical release in Japan. But is scheduled for a 'direct to video' when it hits the US. If popular enough the film might hit pay cable first. Possibly like heavy metal 2000.

MAY 8: Andromeda update: Co-exec. Producer Alan Eastman told the Hollywood Reporter they are ready to go. They have 8 episode scripts and casting is completed. Special Effects have already began work on schedule. They are set to spend more on SFX than any other Sci-Fi Show.

MAY 8: UPN on FOX: While FOX has given at least 3 affiliates 90 days to sign a controversial agreement or be yanked. UPN has stepped up talks with a number of disgruntled Fox stations in the upcoming weeks. Adam Ware, UPN Chief, says they're booking alot of airline reservations

MAY 7: Nakita Out: Melanie, a fan of the site, is reporting that Aberta Watson (Maddy) just announced that USA network has pulled the plug on its original series 'Le Femme Nakita' during a television interview today. The failure of the series lies with USA Net. They constantly screwed up the airing with constant delays and reruns during a new season.

MAY 7: Spielberg Sued: Gregory Grant has filed suit against Spielberg, Dreamworks, and Universal  for copyright infringement over Toy Soldiers. A story idea stolen from his award winning short story 'Ode to G.I. Joe.'

MAY 7: A UPN Kinda Guy: UPN is extremely interested in acquiring 'Family Guy' if FOX cancels the show. The other stumbling block might be Family Guy's high price tag.

MAY 7: Chameleon 3: Blockbuster Cinema will air Chameleon: Dark Angel on May 19 @ 8pm on UPN. This is the third movie about Chameleon. Part machine, all human.

MAY 7: Chameleon Series?: This three movie deal with UPN's Blockbuster Cinema may turn Chameleon in a weekly series starring Bobby Phillips (a crow in the Crow: Stairway to Heaven). UPN is considering the series for the fall. Movie #3 airs May 19 @ 8pm on UPN. 

MAY 7: Shadow filming: Production has already begun on FX's second original film (a possible pilot) starring Andrew McCarthy. It is being shot entirely on location in London. It is scheduled to air in the fall of this year.

MAY 7: Star Patrol: Jonathan Frakes has finished his science fiction comedy pilot 'Star Patrol' for FOX. It is a spoof of Star Trek. (cinescape) Knowing how Paramount is they just might sue.

MAY 6: Andromeda: Robert Hewitt Wolfe wants the new series to be fast paced with overlapping dialogue and use a lot of steady cam and handheld  cameras like ER. More emphasis on characters and story over the science. Not a single frame has been shot. Though filming should begin sometime this coming week.

MAY 6: Action Man: US Fox Kids Network, will premiere Action Man in May 2k. Mainframe Entertainment is doing the pilot and 26 episodes. They are most famous for the CGI fantasy show 'REBOOT'.

MAY 6: TV Themes Added: Just added some new television themes to the site. Logan's Run, Time Trax, Misfits of Science, and new shows First Wave & Now and Again. There are lots of them to hear in the Themes Area. Genre and other great non-genre shows.

MAY 6: Dracula 2000: Variety is reporting that Christopher Plummer has singed on to Wes Craven's Dracula 2000 project. the Dimension Films feature is scripted by Joel Scission who will produce. Patrick Lussier directs the production which begins lensing this summer. How many times are you going to beat this story to death? 

MAY 6: Greedy Disney/ABC: In another effort to flex some muscle, Disney has pulled ABC from Time Warner cable after refusing to give them a long term deal similar to deals signed with other cable carriers. Disney's deal to Time Warner would cost TMC and its customers millions of dollars. (aint it cool). In an attempt to make TMC look the bad guy ABC offered them a 24 day extension. Says an ABC spokesman, "So, if we go off the air it will be their choice." What a crock! The 24 extension was done to make TMC appear the bad guy in this deal. Either way these guys need each other. Get out the rabbit ears ya'll.

MAY 6: DVD News: Genre titles also coming out in the near future include, the Fog; Pumpkinhead; Swamp Thing; Terminator:SE, Escape From New York: SE. (digital bits)

MAY 6: Phone Booth: Joel Schumaker looks to be helming Fox 2000's thriller 'Phone Booth'. Schumaker just completed a 28 day no frills shoot of Fox's 'Tigerland'. This picture will also have a compressed shooting schedule. (variety)

MAY 5: NBC Saturday: Things are looking dim for 'The Pretender' on NBC. NBC has signed an agreement with the XFL to air 12 games on Saturday nights during primetime television. They are now trying to decide if it is worth airing new episodes from September to February in that time slot and then shelving the shows for 12 weeks, then finish airing the remaining episodes of the shows. This, this is the decision that will decide the fate of 'the Pretender'. Moving the show to another night seems not to be an option.

MAY 5: Lucas Sues Dre:  Rapper Dr. Dre has threatened to sue 'Napster' over his music, but Lucasfilm has already filed a lawsuit against Dre over copyright infringement.  After being told no by Lucasfilm, Dre used the 'THX Deep Note' on his new song 'Chronic 2001' anyways. It is the sound you hear on most DVD and some VHS tapes at the beginning. Lucasfilm is seeking an unspecified amount in damages.

MAY 5: Doublecross Axed: David Hasselhoff's (knight rider) new series 'Doublecross' expected for the fall has been cancelled, before filming even began, after much of the international financing fell through. (variety)

MAY 5: Frankenstein Dumped: Universal has dumped its $80M 100% CGI feature 'Frankenstein'. The new regime at Universal feared the price, it being in black and white and it would be an adult mostly film. Ain't it cool has 17 seconds of what might have been (about 1.3mb video). Sounds like a Universally stupid idea.

MAY 5: Mummy 2 News: Another villain in the sequel will be Isis. She will be Anck-su-nanum resurrected as Isis. And reprising the role again from the first film will be Patricia Valazques. She is a 29 year old model. This pretty brings back nearly everyone from the first film.

MAY 5: Patrick a Kid: Terminator 2's Jason Patrick has joined the cast of 'Spy Kids' for Dimension Films. Terri Hatcher has also signed on to the project. 

MAY 5: Sci-Fi Awards: Everyone else has their own awards. Why not Sci-Fi? That is the opinion of the Sci-Fi Channel who are creating their own awards. The AWARDS SHOW will air the second-half of 2k1.

MAY 5: DVD Releases: Cliffhanger:SE DVD is due out June 13, 2k at $29.95. It will have 2 audio tracks and 2 making of's.  The JAWS:SE DVD is due in stores July 11, 2k

MAY 4: I screwed up!!!: I would like to thank the six  individuals who emailed me about the mistake I made on the CBS/USA WWF story and mixing the Pretender in it when it is on NBC. Duhhh.  Thanks ya'll. Appreciate the email about it. 

MAY 4: Pitt Spying Role: Brad Pitt appears ready to ink his name to the 'Spy Game' project that will also star Robert Redford. Production planned for late summer. Mike Van Diem will direct. Not to be confused with the movie 'Spy Kids'.

MAY 4: Angels Trouble: Bill Murray's excessive ad lib has caused a reported fight with co-star Lucy Lui on the set of Charlie's Angels. Murray reportedly walked off the project afterwards. The movie has also had about 30 rewrites through at least 8 different scribes. This production could be in trouble. They are over budget and behind schedule.

MAY 4: Assignment Warner Brothers; Warner Brothers has paid six-figures for 'the Assignment' from Barry Levinson and Paula Weinstein. Chris Fallon will pen the screenplay.

MAY 4: Toy Story 2: the animated sequel after 21 weeks Toy Story 2 has grossed just over $470M world wide. Not bad for a picture that was to have been just a video release only.  Other hits World Wide you ask. Sixth Sense, with Bruce Willis, has grossed $658M, Sleepy Hallow $199M, the Green Mile @ $234M and Stuart Little with $191M. (variety)

MAY 4: World Without End Concludes: Highlander, World Without End has wrapped principle photography and moved into post production. The film is set into the TV Continuity. Producers Panzer and Davis release is set for an August 25 release date. If successful it could launch a new television series to star Adrian Paul again. Conner McCloud will lose his head in this picture. Unknown if Duncan does it in order to defeat the enemy or not. That is the rumor.

MAY 3: Spielberg Settles for DVD: With DIVX making an abrupt departure, Steven Spielberg is finally settling for DVD. With staggered releases we can look forward to these titles... Jaws SE, ET, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Schindlers List, Back To The Future Trilogy, Casper, Land Before Time, and An American Tail.

MAY 3: Elfquest Feature Film: Creator Wendy Pini told Cinescape Magazine her Elfquest animated feature film will be based on the first four  books. She says, "We tremendously cut the number of characters used, but it absolutely retains the spirit fo the original comic.

MAY 3: DVD Piracy:  Over 400,000 illegal discs were confiscated in an MPAA piracy raid. The titles included... the Mummy, World is Not Enough, Saving Private Ryan and others. Something happen though during the bust and the disc actually disappeared. But the bust still went down.

MAY 3: Vlad the Impaler: This new thriller began production April 3. It stars Peter Weller & Roger Daultry. It is directed by Joe Chappelle and produced by Deneille and Bernard Madrid. Good chance that this is going to be a low budget 'B' movie.

MAY 3: Tomb Raider: This new picture based on the video game with the same name, starring Angelina Jolie (Hackers), is due to start production in June from Paramount Pictures. Lawrence Gordon is producing.

MAY 3: Travolta Distrubed: John Travolta (battlefield earth) will star in 'Domestic Disturbance' upon the completion of 'Swordfish' which begins production filming in July. It will be his last film of 2000.

MAY 2: Invisible Man: The Sci-Fi Channel's new one-hour action comedy 'the Invisible Man' will premiere June 9 as part of Friday's Sci-Fi Prime. It will take over the slot used by Good vs Evil (looks to be cancelled). And this premiere may be the reason the Farscape is showing last years shows until June.

MAY 2: Horton Returns: Peter Horton, who produced and starred in Fox's short lived series 'Brimstone' looks to be returning to another television series. He will star with Geena Davis as her husband Max, in a new non-genre series for ABC.

MAY 2: USA & CBS in Court: USA Cable and CBS will step in the ring of a court room over rights to the WWF, which now includes the new football league, the XFL.  

MAY 2: Television Themes: The Television Themes page has been put into alphabetical order to organize it a bit better. CLICK HERE for the Themes Page.

MAY 2: Cover Me: The USA Network has ordered another 9 episodes of its dramatic series, 'Cover Me', based on the true life of an FBI family.

MAY 2: The Flys on DVD: 'The Fly' and 'the Fly II' are coming to DVD as a double feature planned for a 2k1 release.

MAY 2: ID4 SE DVD: Look for the new Special Edition DVD of Independence Day on today. This one is suppose to be loaded with extras. The special Edition Twister DVD is due out today as well. (digital bits)

MAY 1: Fantastic Four: Cindy Pearlman of Cinescape is reporting that Chris Columbus has contacted 'Raja Gosnell' (big momma's house) about directing the new Fantastic Four feature. No time frame on the movie has been set. Reports are they want to make sure the script is perfect.

MAY 1: To TV... & Beyond!: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command will hit UPN and ABC in the Autumn. Patrick Warburton, who is starring as the Tick in the pilot being developed, will voice Buzz. UPN will get 65 episode while ABC will get an addition 13 episodes. (78 total). 

MAY 1: Movie News Updates: This sites Upcoming Movies List has been updated. Click Here to view the genre movies in production and development.

MAY 1: Jesus DVD: CBS's upcoming mini-series 'JESUS' will hit VHS & DVD markets on July 25th. Trimark Entertainment acquired the home video rights.

MAY 1: Genesis II: Gene Roddenberry's twice failed series Genesis II is ready to be taken to cable. This according to Majel Barrett Roddenberry. "We have it in a new form." she says.  Gene Roddenberry attempt the series with two pilot movies. One in 1973 and the other starring John Saxon in 1974.

MAY 1: MGM gets $1.4B: In a new 8 year deal signed with Showtime, MGM gets $1.4B and guarantees Stargate SG1 its fifth season. The deal which runs through 2008 gives showtime 3 new original series (2k3, 2k5, & 2k7) as well as getting exclusive pay TV rights to ALL MGM feature films.