Terminator 2 NOTE:  T2: Extended Special Edition Version: In order to access the additional five minutes of new footage along with the Special Edition (15 minutes of footage) you need to do the following... Select the Special Edition. You will see roman numerals on the right side of the screen. Hitting enter between each number type 8 enter, 2 enter, 9 enter, 9 enter, 7 enter. (82997 is the release date of the theatrical version) After each number you will notice the roman numerals changing to words saying, "The Future Is Not Set". The special edition will change to 'Extended Special Edition'. Select it now and you will get the special edition feature along with another five minutes of totally new footage put back into the film. 

OCT 31: New Fan Pages: UPN's The Strip, and NBC's 1994 series 'VIPER' fan pages have been added to site for your enjoyment. Other fan pages already only the site are getting revamped, and Episode Guides added to the pages for your pleasure. Hey, let me know what you think. Want to do one for the site, let me know that too.

OCT 31: Apes Filming: Planet of the Apes is finally suppose to go before the cameras November 6. The release date for the film has been pushed back from July 4 to July 27 2k1.

OCT 31: Freakylinks Dead: According to a source at Ain't It Cool, Fox will pull 'Freakylinks' from its schedule after its November 11 broadcast. The show isn't officially cancelled however. In its place will be a show called 'Million Dollar Mysteries'. First casualty? Oh yeah.

OCT 31: Blair Witch: The Blair Witch sequel opened to the low end of expectations coming in at #2 with a mere $13.1M over the weekend. Meet The Parents was number one at the box office for the fifth week with $15.1M and over $100M so far. Blair Witch 2 is likely to be a disappointing film. Many who saw the first film were lead to believe it was based on something real, with real footage. 

OCT 31: Dwain Lee Killed: Actor Anthony Dwain Lee was shot several times, and died on the scene during a Halloween party. Lee played in 'Liar Liar' and many television series including NYPD Blue. Police responded to a noisy Halloween party and shot the actor who was carrying a fake pistol, and aiming it around. He was unaware that real police were at the party. One guest couldn't believe the police would shoot a weapon at an exclusive party with security on the premises. The party was at a mansion known as 'the Castle' for its spires and stained-glass windows.

OCT 30: New Series: Level 9 and Freedom premiered Friday night on UPN. The shows were very different and decent for opening episodes. These two shows have potential. Give them a chance and give them a watch or two.

OCT 30: PS2: Looks like the US is going crazy over Sony's new Playstation 2, which is a game machine and DVD player all in one. At $299.99 there aren't going to be any on the shelves for the rest of this year. Even those having units on order may not get one before years end. People were actually sleeping outside toy stores days before the units release in hopes of getting one of the units. Sony cannot meet the demand for the units due to a shortage of parts.

OCT 30: Glimpse of Hell: FX continues with it original movies as it has signed 'Rollerball's' James Caan to star in 'Glimpse of Hell'. The film about the explosion aboard the USS Iowa in 1989 is expected to cost just over $5M.

OCT 30: Dark Angel Loses: This time the fans of 'Dark Angel' will have to take a back seat to the elections. This will mark the first time that FOX has aired the election coverage.

OCT 30: Ears Anyone?:  Spock's ears are being auctioned off. Each pair is set to fetch about $2000 each. The molds however are expected to fetch even more. Also available in the auction will be Kirks head. A prop done in his prime so the actor wouldn't have to set through prosthetics make-up everyday. One of kind, eh? They will be available through the Los Angeles branch of 'Auction House'.

OCT 30: So Long Bruce: It's official, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore are divorced after their split since 1998.

OCT 29: Jules Verne: The Sci-Fi Channel has snagged the first season of 22 episodes titled 'The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne'. It will air in January of 2k1 as will Roger Corman's 'Black Scorpion'. If successful, the SFC can order up more episodes of the new series. The new series is shot in widescreen high definition video. (cinescape online)

OCT 29: Invisible Man: The Sci-Fi Channel has ordered up 'The Invisible Man' for another full 22 episode season. This turned out to be a quality show.

OCT 29: Trek Direction: LeVar Burton has stated that he is interested in taking the directing duties for 'Star Trek 10'. 

OCT 29: Stracynski SF Series:  In an update to the previous report about his new, as yet un-named series, The interested cable network is willing to go into production of the series based on the pilot script alone. The new series will have a story arc, but nothing as drastic as with Babylon 5.

OCT 29: Deadman: The new 'Deadman' pilot slated for TNT will be different from the actual comic book. In this stupid version for TNT, the TV Deadman will tell the story of a stuntman who is murdered, but returns to Earth as a spirit able to occupy the body of his nerdy brother.

OCT 28: Terminator 3: Intermedia has struck a deal with Kassar and Vajna's 'C-2 Productions' to handle world-wide sales of 'Terminator 3' and 'Basic Instinct 2', in all media areas. MGM however will be handling the North America sales of 'Basic Instinct 2'. 

OCT 28: Patrick Onboard: USA Today is reporting that Patrick Stewart has signed on for Trek X.  It might be awhile before Trek X gets into production since John Logan isn't sure he will have the script completed before the strike. This is likely to be the final Star Trek Picture with the entire cast of the Next Generation. Time to start mixing the three series cast members together with some fresh blood.

OCT 28: Stargate SG-2: Looks like MGM has decide to make a sequel to its 1994 sci-fi hit 'Stargate' which spawned a showtime television series. 

OCT 28: No Paramount Sci-Fi: It appears that Paramount has decided against their own Sci-Fi Channel. The studio is offering up its three Star Trek series broadcast rights to the highest bidder. It is believed to be worth about $365M, unless the bidding takes it higher. Right now the Sci-Fi Channel and TNN (The National Network) are the front runners for the package. Paramount wants $1M per episode of STTNG. The highest ever price for a syndicated series. (variety)

OCT 28: Outer Limits: MGM is also considering a feature film based on its other series 'the Outer Limits' which has moved over to the Sci-Fi Channel. Nothing new anymore. It's either remakes, or from TV to the big screen. So much for some originality. (variety)

OCT 28: Spawn 2: Character creator Todd McFarlane is due to recover his rights to 'Spawn' on November 6. Reportedly, McFarlane has said he has three studios waiting for him to let them know if he legally has the rights back. The sequel will get done. (cinescape)

OCT 28: Dune Sequel:  The Sci-Fi Channel has announced that it has acquired funding for a sequel to their as yet, un-aired Dune mini-series. The sequel will be based on Dune: Messiah. John Harrison, helmer and writer on the first, will also do the second. (hollywood reporter)

OCT 28: Full Moon: The direct to video company, of small budget flicks has a full list of genre projects coming or in the works. New: HorrorVision, Kill Joy, Witchouse 2, Prison of the Dead, Sideshow, Ragdoll, Voodoo Academy, the Horrible Doctor Bones and Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn. In work for 2000/2001... Stitches, Puppetmaster vs Demonic Toys, Subspecies 5, Trancers 6, The Vault and Haunted Submarine. There is a ton of money to be made in 'Direct to Video' features. Remember Tim Thomerson as 'Dollman'. What a crack-up.

OCT 28: Earth 2: I have added an 'Earth 2' VHS Cover Sheet to the site for fans of the show. Click Here to view the Cover Page.

OCT 28: Scooby Doo: IGN Filmforce is reporting that Christina Ricci has been approached for the part of Velma. Velma was the smart red head, with glasses and yellow sweater in the comic series.

OCT 28: RATS: Nu Image & Millennium Films has a new picture in development titled 'RATS'. The horror film will be directed by Matt Johnson, and produced by Boaz Davidson & David Lerner. Likely to be a direct to video feature.

OCT 27:  Dune:SE DVD: Just saw an add in the latest issue of 'Starburst' for the TV edit of Dune. The three hour version with 35 minutes of extra footage and specially shot prologue. Listed for overseas release in the magazine and I haven't heard anything about it in the States. This is a great cut of the picture, that was originally on released on laserdisc, in Japan. Sure hope it hits the states soon.

OCT 27: Stracynski Series: Besides his Rising Stars feature JMS has plans for a new SF series in which he will write the script. The Two-hour pilot script is due in December. If green lighted for a series production could be begin as early as the spring. Of course production would take place in Vancouver, and the budget would be larger than he had for Babylon 5. Just don't let TNT get their hands on it.

OCT 27: Buffy DVD Set: The Buffy first season DVD set is due early 2k1 and will be a three disc set with all 12 episodes of the first season, plus extras of course, that include... audio commentaries, cast and crew bios, a music video, the pilot episode script and some great packaging. (digital bits)

OCT 24: Craven SciFi: Variety is reporting that UPN has ordered a Science Fiction Pilot movie from Horror director 'Wes Craven'. It will be a paranormal pilot about a millionaire and his wife who specialize in artificial intelligence investigating the paranormal.

OCT 24: Jen-X: UPN has asked 'Deep Blue Sea' screenwriter Duncan Kennedy to create a Sci-Fi pilot titled 'Jen-X'. The adventures of a cybernetically enhanced twentysomething hero. Go UPN!!!

OCT 24: Andromeda: New syndicated series 'Andromeda' appears to be the number one new synd. series this season after four weeks. Of the new syndicated series there hasn't been much to cheer about. I haven't seen the Immortal yet. But the others just aren't that good.  Download the VHS Cover Sheet. Click Here for the Cover Sheet area.

OCT 24: Spiderman: Looks like the WWF's Macho Man Randy Savage will be in Sam Raimi's 'Spiderman'. He is currently in training for the role. (new york daily news)

OCT 24: Trumbull Teaches: Blade Runner visual effects pioneer 'Douglas Trumbull' will be teaching classes and have speaking events at the Columbia College in Chicago from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1.

OCT 24: Scooby Doo: The live action movie is in pre-production. Filming is scheduled to begin in Feb 2k1, in Australia. The is still announcement of actors for the film yet.

OCT 22: They're Coming!!!: This coming Friday launches not one, but TWO UPN genre one-hour dramas to their Friday night line-up. Due up, 'Freedom'  and 'Level 9' beginning at 8pm.

OCT 22: Willis Company: Bruce Willis and Arnold Rifkin have formed their own production company, who isn't these days, called 'Cheyenne Enterprises' They don't have a distribution deal yet. but has closed a three year first-look deal with 20th Century Fox TV for multiple series and a two year deal with 

OCT 22: Gold Monkey: Tales Of The Gold Monkey has landed at Sci-Fi 2000 with its own web page. Visit the page to remember this great series that starred '7th Heaven's' Stephen Collins. Click Here for the fan page. Lots of images and information. Be patient.

OCT 22: Cover Sheets: There are over 80 VHS Cover Sheets in the likeness to some great television shows, genre, comedy, and dramas. Check them out if you dubbing your own collection.

OCT 21: No Legend: Universal has now postponed the DVD release of the Ridley Scott Special Edition of  'LEGEND' starring Tom Cruise. There is no time frame for its release reason for it being pulled. Same as with the 'Back to the Future' trilogy DVD release. Legend will be released at some point this year, once all the extras are added.

OCT 21: Fan Pages Anyone?: Anyone out there who has a fan site dedicated to a television series and no longer updates it or wants it, please feel free to donate the site here. Or if you would like to create a TV series fan page for this site let me know. The credit for it is yours. Drop me an email if your interested. 

OCT 21: Freakylinks: Zap2it.com is reporting that Freakylinks looks to be one of the first casualties of the new 2000 season. Fox really blew it on this series. I also predicted an early demise of this... bad series.

OCT 21: Dark Angel: Despite a ratings drop in each of the last four weeks from a debut of 10 down to 8.7, the series is doing well among the new fall shows. Hopefully things will level out in the 6's for the season. Download the cover Sheet for the series. Click the image to download.

OCT 21: Jason X an R: The 'Jason X' feature has been delivered to New Line Cinema and sometime next week there will be a screening of the film for the executives. The MPAA has garnered the film with an 'R' rating with minimal trimming of the film. (friday the 13th website) 

OCT 21: Dracula 2000: Entertainment Tonight has put the trailer on their website for Wes Craven's 'Dracula 2000'. (dark horizon)

OCT 21: Fraser not George: Brendan Fraser has turned down the lead role in the Disney sequel to 'George of the Jungle'. He says someone else can take on the role, he has moved on. Dispite grossing over $100M at the box office, it was a horrible picture. Nice decision Brendan. 

OCT 20: VIP: Pamela Anderson's series, VIP, is among the most expensive series to film spending  $1.2M per episode. Normal network shows spend about $1.6M per ep. VIP in its third season (amazing) is number three in the genre ratings. Normal syndie series generally cost under $1M per episode. Can you image spending a million dollars per episode for 'Sheena'? Someone is lining their pockets with cash on that deal.

OCT 20: Crow Salvation: Dimension films will release 'The Crow: Salvation' direct to video on January 23, despite protests by fans, who want the film released in the theatres.

OCT 20: Nick Fury: Looks like Nick Fury might be putting in an appearance in the new 'Iron Man' film in development. It also might be part of the reason that the Fox network, Nick Fury pilot, starring David Hasselhoff, was not picked up for a new series. Nick Fury aired in 1999 on Fox. (entertainment weekly)

OCT 20: Red Planet: Promos for the new Val Kilmer, Carrie Ann Moss feature film, 'Red Planet' have looked outstanding. Look for this film to hit theatres in November. Should be so much better than the stupid 'Mission to Mars'.

OCT 20: Pretending for More?: TNT is reporting that if the two 'Pretender' TV Movies do well in the Neilson ratings polls that the networks blueprint will be to steer clear of hour-long series episodes in favor of getting 20th Century Fox to produce more two hour movies, that will be filmed in Canada for about $4M per TV Movie. (variety)

OCT 20: Battlefield Earth 2: Despite the dismal performance at the Box Office for 'Battlefield Earth', John Travolta is still planning to do the sequel to the L. Ron Hubbard's novel of the same name. Battlefield Earth raked in a disappointing $21M at the box office. And it isn't even out on DVD yet. BE cost $73M to make.

OCT 19: Go Scooby: Warner Brothers has given the green light on the live action picture, with Raja Gosnell as the pictures director. He signed on to the project last week. This means, thankfully, that he will not be able to do the Fantastic Four adding the comedy twist he wanted. Big mistake making this into a live action series. Why not an animated feature like they're doing with Batman Beyond.

OCT 19: Cleo Returns?: Cinescape online is reporting that USA Studios president Steven Rosenberg is reporting that an hour long version of Cleopatra 2525 will replace Xena in January. And that Jack of All Trades is indeed, dead. Looks like earlier reports of Cleo's demise were premature ejaculation.

OCT 19: Blair Witch: For those of you who somehow enjoyed  'The Blair Witch Project', then you must be happy as the new 'Blair Witch 2' feature starts Oct. 27.  Get the money ready. This one is nothing like the original.

OCT 19: Matrix: Jada Pickett Smith has signed on to Matrix II, & III as Niobi, a love interest for Laurence Fishburne's character.

OCT 19: Madonna Wins: Pop Singer Madonna has won an arbitration case for what she calls here domain name, madonna.com. The previous owner, Dan Parisi, has owned the domain name since 1998. Parisi was using the .com as a porno site as he does with 'whitehouse.com'. 

OCT 19: Toy Story 2: Yesterday found the new Disney/Pixar Toy Story/ Toy Story 2 three disc set on the retail shelves. The SRP is $39.99, but 'Best Buy' stores are selling the new release for a mere $19.99. Costco price should be in the $24.99 price range. This one is only available on DVD in the two movie set.

OCT 18: Doc Savage: The Swartz's third in line project behind Collateral Damage (filming now) and Terminator 3, finally has a completed script. Arnold says the script compares to Spielberg's, 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'. (la times)

OCT 18: 1.2GHZ: AMD is now shipping their 1.2-ghz Athlon chips. I want one!

OCT 18: Batman Edit: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker may get a dual release as fans are petitioning for. the WB is paying close attention to all four sites pushing for the films un-edited version. (comic2film) Keep bitchin' yall. They're listening. Remember... "He who cries the loudest, gets the most."

OCT 18: Iron Fist: RayPark.com is reporting that Ray Park (X-Men) is interested in taking on the lead as Marvel's martial arts hero 'Iron Fist' and a role in the 'in development' project 'The Green Lantern'.

OCT 17: Ghostrider: David Moyer told Eon Magazine that it may take a little longer to get Marvel's 'Ghostrider' onto the big screen than previously planned due to the extremely likely 'Writers & Actors strike'. Goyer says he is moving along nicely on the script that is kind of in the vain of 'Mad Max' & 'Blade' except more mature.

OCT 17: Freakydumps: Just as I predicted last week, Freakylinks is possibly beginning the downward spiral as the new Fox series was dumped by 25% of its audience from its premiere week. 

OCT 17: Hulk on DVD: Anchor Bay is planning a double feature DVD release of two Incredible Hulk TV Movies for late next year. (2k1) The double feature will be.. 'the Incredible Hulk Returns' and 'Trial of the Incredible Hulk' which star the late Bill Bixby and bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno. They could have thrown the third picture on their too, 'Death of the Incredible Hulk', to complete the TV trilogy.

OCT 17: Good-bye Xena: USA Studios has finally announced officially that this will be the final season of Xena, Warrior Princess. The sixth and final season will be a full 22 episode slate.

OCT 17: AMD Success: Third quarter earnings for AMD were above previous predictions. The company had sales of $1.2B and a third quarter earnings of $213M, thanks to sales of the Athlon chip and its flash memory.

OCT 17: Apes News: Gary Oldman will not be joining the cast of Burton's 'Planet of the Apes', but Michael Clark Duncan will be. He will play a huge silverback gorilla in the film. Oldman acted sour during he statement saying that they are cheap and not willing to pay anyone. (entertainment weekly)

OCT 17: Ali on the Ropes: Sony and director Michael Mann are at odds over $5M on the Muhammad Ali picture that currently has a $105M budget and is to star Will Smith as Ali. Mann is known for... blowing up a budget on a film and Sony wants some guarantees that Mann will stick to the budget they set for the film. The worst of this is that Will Smith is upset with the delays, since he has bulked up for the role, and may decide to back out of the Sony 'Men In Black' sequel if Sony doesn't get off their ass and get the Ali picture started. The Ali picture will lose money regardless of the budget. This is more of a TV movie idea than something for the big screen. (creative planet) Does this mean Sony will screw-up Spiderman over money constraints? Likely.

OCT 16: Cover Sheets: New Series cover sheets on site include, Dark Angel, the District, Deadline, the Immortal, Andromeda, the Fugitive, the Invisible Man, Nikki, C.S.I., and second year shows like VIP, the Beastmaster, Relic Hunter, Farscape, First Wave, West Wing. See them all in the VHS Cover Sheet Area. Lots of other cover sheets on site as well.

OCT 16: UPN Genre Premieres: UPN will be premiering it's new genre series this Friday, October 27 beginning at 8pm with 'Freedom' followed by 'Level 9'. These premiere opposite of CBS's 'the Fugitive', which isn't very good, and their hit series... 'CSI'. Have to warm the vcr to catch them all. Go UPN! 

OCT 15: ABC = Buffy?: Once again the rumor emerges that ABC is after the WB's 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. EW online is reporting that Bloomberg has always been a fan of the show and would love to get the show when the WB contract for Buffy expires. 20th Century Fox is likely to be looking for $2M per episode on the new contract, which the WB may not be able to afford in order to maintain the rights to the show. The WB begins talks with 20th Cent. in 2k1. Recently the WB took Sabrina away from ABC with a guaranteed 44 episode deal at less money than ABC's one year guarantee.

OCT 15: Batman 5: Director Darren Androfsky told Salon magazine that it isn't set that he will be doing Batman 5. He will be working with Daredevils Frank Miller on the script. However, another project in work, might be on his schedule instead.

OCT 15: Pitch Black DVD: The un-rated Director cut will have about three minutes of new footage in it. Early reviews of the DVD are that the sound is outstanding and the video quality is excellent. The extras however really suck. I won't be buying it for the extras, but why waste the DVD space with crappy extra material. Poor play on Universal's part. The standard version you can also purchase, will have the same crappy extras. Spend the few extra bucks and get the Directors Cut.

OCT 15: What Lies Beneath: The Pfeiffer/Ford thriller has quietly taken in a whopping $153M to date, as parody thriller 'Scary Movie' has taken in a surprising $155M. X-Men with a November DVD release date has made $156M. The Gone in 60 Seconds remake finally broke the $100M mark this past weekend. (variety)

OCT 14: Voyager Rated: the two-hour Star Trek Voyager premiere scored a whopping 6.2 Wednesday night rating beating out the WB's Dawson Creek and Felicity. 

OCT 14: Exorcist $$$: The Exorcist continues to do well remaining in the top 10 as it sits at number 4  with $4.4M, has taken in grand total to date of $24M.

OCT 14: Terminator 3: Just to show our ages, Edward Furlong aka... John Connor of Terminator 3 is 22 years old. He will reprise his role in the sequel.

OCT 14: Timecop 2: Dark Horizon is reporting they have a very unreliable rumor that Dark Horse comics is considering a sequel to Timecop. Horizon is also reporting that Jean Claude Van Damme is eager to reprise his role as the time traveling cop and Lawrence Gordon is to be producing the film.

OCT 14: Paramount Upgrade: Paramount Parks have signed a deal with Iwerks Entertainment to upgrade their existing Iwerks 2D projection rides into 3D projection rides in time for the summer 2k1 season. This deal will cover 5 North American Parks. 

OCT 14: Sabrina hits 100: the new WB sitcom from ABC, 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' is due to air its 100th episode Oct. 27 on the WB Network. However, Oct 27 is the Premiere of UPN genre series, Level 9 and Freedom. 

OCT 14: VFX Software Sale: Want to do your own special effects like that used in Dinosaurs, Titan AE, Space Cowboys or Babylon 5? Well , you can. Electric Image is celebrating their being an Independent company again by offering their EIAS 2.9 software package for only $995. This is a limited time offer, so don't delay in ordering your copy today. I wish I could afford this software suite myself. Anyone want to purchase it for me? :) Electric Image

Friday 13: Witchblade Series: On Wednesday TNT ordered up 11 preliminary episodes 'Witchblade' limited series, based on the TNT Pilot which aired in September. They are tentatively scheduled for a summer 2k1 airing.  It will be an 11 episode arc of one strong story. If that performs well, it may turn into more episodes. Kinda like a comic book mini-series. Now you get the idea.

Friday 13: ID 4 sequel: According to TV Guide, Says about Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich have something developing with an 'Independence Day' sequel. Regarding the duo they say... "We've been talking about it. When you've got a movie that made that kind of money rest assured somebody is talking about a sequel!" Will Smith also confirmed something is developing with the an ID4 sequel while talking with TV Guide online.

Friday 13: MIB 2: Will Smith has said he is excited about the new script, and that everyone is back. I think he is just excited about $20M for doing the film. I sure would be.

Friday 13: Halloween Restored: The original John Carpenter film 'Halloween' has been restored and will screen tonight at the 

Friday 13: Black Vampire: Farscape's Claudia Black (Pitch Black) has been selected to play the Vampire 'Pandora' in the new 'Queen of the Damned Movie'.

Friday 13: Look! Effects Relocating: Look! Effects, which has done effects for the upcoming 20th Century Fox film 'Monkeybone', along with 'Night Visions' and 'Dead Last' is expanding. They have moved from their small 1500 sqft facility to a new 5000 sqft freestanding facility.

Friday 13: Dark Angel A Winner: So far anyways. After two weeks Fox's 'Dark Angel' is number 10 in the Ratings. The forensic drama 'C.S.I.' has done outstanding coming in at number 8. Way to go Cameron! Dark Angel came in at 10 despite airing opposite the first presidential debate. 

Friday 13: Tron 2.0: Actually it is a sequel and not a remake titled 'Tron 2.0'. VFXpro has confirmed that Disney is actually working on the sequel. Corona Coming Attractions is reporting that scribe Richard Jeffries (Neanderthal) has been hired to work on the script. 

OCT 12: New VHS Side Labels: I have uploaded new labels for the series ARK II, Matt Houston and 7th Heaven. Plus I have created three new labels for Farscape and changed the remaining six Farscape labels to text from the show. Check them out in the VHS Labels section.

OCT 12: Alien Legion: Marvel has sold the rights to another property for a feature film. Marvel's epic line comic , Alien Legion,  has landed at Dimension Films. Don Murphy of Angry Films the film based on the Carl Potts comic book series.

OCT 12: Quicktime 5: The new upgrade 'Quicktime 5' is now available for preview from Apple Computer. The final version will be available early next year. The newest feature stops audito and video stream skips due to slow internet access. Download the new version from apple.com/quicktime/preview/.

OCT 12: Blade 2: It appears that the Blade sequel will be filming in Toronto as the first film did. While Blade will be working with other vampires, there will be several twist and turns with the arrangement. (comics2film)

OCT 12: Shane Salerno $$$$: The 27 year old screenwriter of 'Armageddon' and 'Shaft' has reportedly signed a pair of seven figure deals with Jersey Films and 20th Century Fox on a two year deal. Pretty cool. (variety)

OCT 11: First Wave Canada: The third season 'First Wave' has began airing in Canada. This season Traci Elizabeth Lords, as she likes to called now, will be co-starring with Subastian Spence. The third season is nearly completed filming. In the US we will not see First Wave's third season until January 2k1 on the Sci-Fi Channel. (cinescape online)

OCT 11: Pretender Movies: TNT will feature two television movies early next year (2k1) ,that will be written and produced by creator Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle. Fred Keller will direct and exec. produce both movies. They are being produced by Fox in association with NBC productions. These two films should tie up loose ends of the series and bring the series to a close. Wonder if 180 minutes of total running time will be enough. (hollywood reporter) The reruns of the series are doing extremely well on TNT.  Their original movies should do well. I'll be watching.

OCT 11: Pitch Black DVD: There will be two DVD releases of the 'Pitch Black' DVD on October 24, 2000. You will be able to purchase the DVD in its theatrical version, or in an un-rated 'Director's Cut' with new footage. Extras will include two audio commentary tracks and a making of featurette.

OCT 11: Ash Returns: Bruce Campbell is reprising the voice of Ash from the Evil Dead feature films for a new  PC Game, in which Ash returns to fight evil in the woods.

OCT 11: Fantastic Four: With a budget of $75M, this looks like a summer blockbuster possibility and slightly less cheesey than the Roger Corman unreleased 'B' movie 'the Fantastic Four'. Problems are arousing with fans over the possibility of 'Big Momma's House' director Raja Gosnell. He wants the FF to be a big action comedy. Hopefully Gosnell will take the live action Scooby Doo feature. A comedy superhero flick we don't need. Another Howard the Duck if Gosnell does it. Batman's Sam Hamm is scripting.

OCT 11: X'ed For Nine: Despite all the off season whining and pleading for no more X-Files, Scullly star 'Gillian Anderson' has signed on for a ninth season, and Robert Patrick signed a multi-year deal with Fox when he signed on. Now Duchovny is sure about his future with the show, with there apparently being a ninth season. This guy thought Fox would fold up and close the deal on the X-Files. WRONG! Life goes on dude. You wanted out, now take a hike. Do your six episodes and leave.

OCT 10: New Cover Sheets: Just added new cover sheets to the site for Frasier and Will & Grace. My apologies to Frasier fans who showed up yesterday and didn't find the cover sheet listed. I just forgot to upload the new html. Sorry about that.

OCT 10: Malkovich Set: Sam Raimi has confirmed that John Malkovich will indeed done the green of the Green Goblin, aka... Norman Osborn, Normans son Harry might be played by actor James Franco. As we all know, Harry becomes the Hobgoblin after his fathers death.

OCT 10: Mann & Machine: I have added a Yancy Butler, Mann & Machine, fan page to the Sci-Fi TV section. Lots of information about the series, and images to enjoy. CLICK HERE to Check out the Fan Page.... Yancy bares a little in the short lived series.

OCT 10: Extra Apes: In this remake of 'Planet of the Apes' there is likely to be more variety of apes, which will include the Spider monkeys, Mandrills, Chimps, Apes, Orangutans, Mangabeys, and others.  (coming attractions)

OCT 10: Robocop: Prime Directives: the first of four television movies has aired in Canada, and the reviews have been nothing but positive so far. The only griping about the first movie is there isn't that much action. Director Julian Grant promises there is much, much more in the next three films. Fans of 'Robocop' seemed to be thrilled with the new piece of work. In the US we might have to wait until early 2k1 to see them. They were originally suppose to air in the US this month.

OCT 10: CSI beats Fugitive: Friday night lead in series 'the Fugitive', a 9.2 rating, got beat in the ratings by 'CSI', a 11.2 rating, which won its time slot. The Fugitive was beaten in its slot by Fox's 'Police Videos'. And in two week will get even more competition from new episodes of NBC's 'Providence'. It was always a question whether the Fugitive could pass muster without the high budget. (pilot cost $6M to make). The Las Vegas based series CSI got almost no advertising compared to a whole years worth for the Fugitive.

OCT 10: Freakylinks: The new Fox series has rated well for its debut Oct. 6. But will the ratings hold on this... this... series. 

OCT 9: New Covers: Just added VHS Cover Sheets for 'CSI' and 'NIKKI'. Two new shows for the 2000 season. And I have added a new X-Files cover sheet too. CLICK HERE to view the cover sheets page.

OCT 9: New Series Reviews: Read the quick reviews of the new series from this fall. CLICK HERE. Only take a few minutes. Worst: Freakylinks & Sheena. Best: Dark Angel & CSI.

OCT 9: X-Files: The season two DVD Boxed Set of the X-Files is due in November 2000 for all you fans out there with money to spend. Should be priced in the $99.99 range like the last set. ( 8 season $800) Having the entire series will cost some fans some bucks. But at least the entire season sets are being offered. Now if they will just start doing some of the older shows in DVD Boxed Sets.

OCT 9: Killer Klowns DVD: You read it right. There is no set date other than a 2k1 release, but 'Killer Klowns From Outer Space' will be joining 'C.H.U.D.' on DVD. I don't have any details on whether or not there will be extras on the disc, which is unlikely, but the DVD is coming.  'B' movie 'Buckaroo Banzai' starring Peter Weller, is also scheduled for a 2k1 release on DVD.

OCT 9: Animation Trouble: Looks like the Disney Animation Company may be closing business after dumping their movie 'Wild Life' due to extensive sexual innuendos and adult themes. 119 animators were laid off and there is nothing else on the slate for the animation company. Disney has been busy backing the animation powerhouse 'Pixar' and it has ultimately hurt Disney's own animation department. Next up for PIXAR... 'Monsters Inc.' 

OCT 9: Back To The Future DVD: Universal is reporting that the reason BTTF has been pulled from its scheduled release in 2001 is that the set is still deep in production. Though not on the release schedule, expect at some time in 2k1. (digital bits)

OCT 8: Queen of Swords Duel: A judge has ruled in favor of an aspiring screenwriter that Paramount Pictures stole the idea the 'Queen of Swords' two decades after she first sold the idea to ABC. The judge also ordered a halt to further airings of the one-hour syndicated series unless she is given screen credit as the shows creator. Naturally Paramount denies the allegations and will appeal the judge's order.

OCT 8: Top 5 $$$ Makers:  On the power charts and money makers per picture Julia Roberts is number one. The top 10 money makers per picture are... Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson and at number 5 is Bruce Willis, followed by... Brad Pitt, Meg Ryan, Leonardo Dicaprio, and Will Smith. 

OCT 8: Zanuck's sign deal: Oscar-winning producers Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini  Zanuck have inked a two-year first-look production pact with DreamWorks, where they have several feature projects in the works, including "Road to Perdition," to star Tom Hanks for director Sam Mendes. They last had a first look deal with 20th Century Fox, but had been independent over the last three years with offices in Beverly Hills. They are excited about the deal with 'Dreamworks'. Movies from the husband/wife duo include... Cocoon: the Return, Driving Miss Daisy, Rush, Rich in Love, True Crime, Wild Bill, and Manhattan Falls. Richard Zanuck is long associated with Steven Spielberg.

OCT 8: MISC NEWS: Cars Creator Dies: Ben Orr, who cofounded the seminal new wave rock band the Cars and sang some of the band's greatest hits, has died. He was 53. Orr died Tuesday at his home of inoperable pancreatic cancer. He created the band 'The Cars' in 1976 with singer-guitarist Rick Ocasek

OCT 7: Spawn 2: Things are developing pretty much the way creator Todd McFarlane predicted last year. It appears that come November New Line Cinema will dump its option on the sequel to Spawn. Other studios are interested in doing the sequel, so it is likely the project will find a new home.

OCT 7: Batman Violence: The new animated feature, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, has been pushed back several month due to censors, so that the picture can be retooled, and the violent content reduced. (comics to film) Oh, please... Grow up people. You get tired of other people trying to tell you what you can and can't watch. There are a couple of organizations fighting the censorship, but it will have no effect on the re-edit of the animated film.

OCT 7: X-Men: Release date is scheduled for 11.21.00. The VHS version will be pan & suck format with ten minutes of never before seen footage. The DVD will be loaded in letterbox/ anamorphic format with six extended scenes that can be viewed as part of the film or one after the other. A 22 minute behind the scenes documentary, interviews, art work, two trailers, three movie spots and more. Price on the DVD should cost under $30. VHS price... Who the hell cares!

OCT 7: Stamos Returns: John Stamos appears headed back to ABC in a new pilot about a pair of thieves who become government agents. Stamos will play a high-end crook who is captured, and to avoid hard time agrees to help the government. His partner in crime will be a female in the same situation. Kopelson, who is producing CBS's 'the Fugitive' will be co-producing this one also.

OCT 6: Babylon 5: Looks like the new 'Babylon 5: Into the Fire' game is now dead due to a reported lack of interest in the material. 

OCT 6: Wonder Woman: It appears that Producer Joel Silver, who is producing Wonder Woman, has reportedly said that Mariah Carey is the front runner to wear the red, white and blue of the Superhero. (uk's Daily Star) She joins a growing list of potentials. At least she should fit the costume, unlike Sandra Bullock would have. But can Carey act?

OCT 6: Cover Sheets: New Series Cover Sheets have been added to the site for the new shows... 'The District', 'Deadline' and 'the Fugitive'. Also added a sheet for the series 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'. CLICK HERE for the cover sheet area.

OCT 6: EFC to SCI-FI: The Sci-Fi Channel has snagged the rights to 88 episodes of 'Earth: Final Conflict'. They can begin airing the episodes in the fall of 2k1. Under the agreement the Sci-Fi Channel has agreed to purchase future episodes of the series as it stays in production. (cinescape online)

OCT 6: Center to Fox 2000: Fox 2000 has picked up the a modern remake to Jules Verne's 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'. According to Variety the film and book elements will be completely ignored in favor of an updated storyline.

OCT 4: Ford K-19: Harrison Ford appears to be eyeing the feature 'K-19' as his next action project. The story of a Russian Submarine Captain trying to keep his payload from becoming a nuclear explosion. If signed, the project would begin filming in February 2k1 and be wrapped before the actors strike in the summer. 

OCT 4: Mulligan Passes: Richard Mulligan, star of SOAP and Empty Nest has passed away at the age of 67. Mulligan has suffered a long battle with cancer.

OCT 4: Freedom/Level 9: UPN's new genre series romp into homes on Friday nights from 8pm to 10pm, beginning October 27. Freedom is a new series from Producer Joel Silver.  Could be a great new night for genre shows.

OCT 4: Seven Days: This show is probably the most underrated genre series on TV. Seven Days, starring Jonathan LaPaglia, begins its third season on UPN beginning October 11 at 8pm. The is  a great time-traveling sci-fi adventure. Voyager follows Seven Days. Makes for a great night in front of the television.

OCT 3: Old City, New Director: Blue Tulip Productions, from producers Jan De Bont & Lucas Foster, will make the time-travel thriller 'Old City'. Music Video director Paul Hunter will make his directorial debut with this feature from a script by John Cohen. The story is about a cop who is hunting a serial killer across time. (variety)

OCT 3: Clancy $$$: Author 'Tom Clancy' has signed for the big time inking a deal with Penguin/Putnam for his next two books  to the US and Canada that could earn him as much as $45M.

OCT 3: Right Temptation: Columbia Tristar Pictures has snapped up the theatrical, TV, and video rights to Showcase Entertainments thriller 'the Right Temptation' which stars Kieffer Sutherland, and Rebecca De Mornay. The film is directed by... Lyndon Chubbock. (hollywood reporter)

OCT 3: Session 9: USA Films has hired screenwriter/director Brad Anderson to direct the horror thriller 'Session 9'. Shooting should have began this week. David Caruso will star in the lead role.

OCT 3: USA Shuffle: USA Network is shuffling executives in order to remain on top as the number one cable station after losing the WWF package to Viacom and TNN. USA Network is scrambling to create some original programming amid increased competition from TNT. Bout time USA got some kind of shake-up with their lousy programming. Hey, look what this company has done with the Sci-Fi Channel. Not great, is it?

OCT 3: Disney to Hasbro: After over a decade exclusively with Mattel Inc., Disney has announced a deal with Hasbro Inc. for the licensing of feature films, videos, and television properties. This leaves mattel will produce only toys based on Mickey Mouse and other classic Disney characters along with any new infant and preschool film and television properties. It is rumored that the deal with Hasbro will gain the company $150M to $250M annually. Hasbro will start its deal with the Disney feature 'Monsters Inc.'

OCT 2: SHEENA: Gina Lee Nolan's new series 'Sheena' debuts Oct 7. There has been little hype or chat about this new series starring the Baywatch Babe. Finally saw a commercial for the series during football on Sunday.

OCT 2: Cover Sheets: New Cover Sheets are in work for many of the new shows, and some current running shows, like Frasier. In work, Freakylinks, Level 9, the District, Will and Grace, New X-Files Cover, Titans, Fugitive, and others... Keep checking... Also, over 125 VHS Side and Top labels are also available for download.

OCT 1: Exorcist $$$: The re-release of the 70's Warner Brothers horror feature 'the Exorcist' is still number two at the box office this week behind Denzel Washington's 'Remember the Titans'. In the two-weeks of release the Linda Blair picture has made $17.5M. That is some great money for a limited re-release. 

OCT 2: Television Themes: Over 125 Television Themes in MP3 format are on site for your pleasure. From Babylon 5 to Rosanne, they're here, enjoy... Starsky and Hutch being uploaded soon.

OCT 1: Back To The Future: The Digital Bits website is reporting that Universal has removed the 'Back To The Future' trilogy on DVD from its 2k1 release.

OCT 1: Tomb Raider: TR Movie.com has posted some new photos of the Angelina Jolie feature film currently in production. Click on the link to enter the site. This last picture looks horrible. Angelina Jolie may be the wrong person for this role. She just isn' t looking the part, at all. 

OCT 1: Pitch Black: The Pitch Black DVD is set for on October 24th release. Likely to be just the theatrical release in letterbox format and no real extras to speak of.

OCT 1: Diesel Deal: Pitch Black's 'Vin Diesel' has signed a two-year first look deal with New Line Cinema. Diesel will get to star and produce. He will also be starring in New Line's  'Diablo' which they hope turns into a series of features. (hollywood reporter)

OCT 1: UPN on Sci-Fi: Chameleon, a UPN Television Movie aired on the Sci-Fi Channel Saturday night, and others aired last year. If you missed a UPN genre feature look for it on the SFC in the near future.

OCT 1: Queen of Swords: The theme music for the new female Zorro series is provided by Jose Feliciano, titled 'Behind the Mask'. Fireworks (Robocop owner) is producing the series with Morena Films and Amy International. Paramount Domestic TV is distributing the series with Mercury Entertainment. The series stars Tesse Santiago as Tessa Alvarado (Queen of Swords). The series begins airing this week in Syndication.

OCT 1: Apple Plummets: With warning that profits will fall short of predictions, stocks fell from 53-1/2 to 29 and continued to drop Friday as well. Investors are wondering if Apple has lost its winning vision.  I think it is people finally getting smart and realizing there is a little more to a computer than pretty colors at a price that offers less for the money than an equivalently priced PC. I am talking about the sub-standard I-mac systems. The new G4 systems are incredible. The PC's can't touch them.