APR 30: Halloween 8: Rapper Busta Rhymes has signed on to the project. Whoopee. Also in negotiations are Tyra Banks, and 'American Pie's' Thomas Ian Nicolas. Production on the 8th installment begins in May. Who do you think is the best Slasher? Michael Myers, Jason, Freddy Krueger or Hellraiser. VOTE HERE.  Krueger leads the voting with 18. Myers is second at 17, and Jason travels last with just 6. It appears that no one thinks Hellraiser is... What do you think.

APR 30: A Bonnie Lass: The Sci-Fi Channel's Bonnie Hammer, who has been making things happen at the Sci-Fi Channel, got herself promoted recently to President of the Network. It's a newly created position from USA Cable Prez Stephen Cha. Since Hammer took the reins in 1998, the Channel is one of the top ten cable networks and the programming budget has more than doubled. Ratings for the channel are up 29 percent, viewership is up 65 percent and the distribution of the channel has increased from 50M to 70M.  Congrats Ms. Hammer, nice job.  My only beef is with the networks dropping of old shows like Beauty and the Beast, War of the Worlds, and so on. Why didn't the network ever pick up forgotten shows like 'Project UFO (22 episodes)' or even 'Nowhere Man (from UPN when Voyager started out. Over two seasons worth of them)'. 

APR 30: Babylon 5 Amazes: The Babylon 5 world continues to amaze on the Sci-Fi Channel. B5: Crusade 1.1 ratings and Babylon 5 .9 ratings are among the top shows on the Sci-Fi Channel as fans continue to tune in for both series. Crusade was cancelled by TNT before ever airing one of the 13 episodes. TNT, nearly ruined the last season of B5. Many stories were left unfinished. TNT killed off one hero to save another who was dumped from the show the last season. 

APR 30: Ground Zero: ABC has picked up 'Ground Zero' starring Katherine Heigl (roswell) and Kerr Smith (the forsaken) which begins production in Vancouver this week. Eric Laneuville will direct the story of two college student who build a nuclear bomb, which is stolen by terrorists who want to blow up San Francisco. 

APR 30: Unspeakable: Dark Angel director Thomas Wright has been hired to direct the supernatural thriller 'Unspeakable'. The film is budgeted for about $3M. Yes, just $3M. The film is slated to star Dennis Hopper, Dina Meyer (secret agent man & Starship Troopers), and Lance Henrickson (millennium, aliens, stone cold). Unspeakable is about a female psychologist who must deal with a serial killer  after he escapes the electric chair. This raises the possibly for her that he is not human. Shooting begins May 5 in Santa Fe, N.M. 

APR 30: Make Up Your Weisz: Racheal Weisz says she misses the months of filming with her friends in Morocco and would love to have them back. I seem to remember a few weeks ago when this same Weisz-enheimer said she wouldn't return for a third film should they decide to do one. She had had enough.  If you had such a good time on both fillms, why wouldn't you want to do another one? She called it "Like going back to summer camp." Riiiiiigghht. the MUMMY RETURNS opens in theatres on May 4. 

APR 30: Forsaken: The new vampire flick, 'the Forsaken' tanked at the box office as expected. The new twist on the blood sucking cult drew little interest from horror fans in the first week. 

APR 30: Foodfight: This is one heavy commercial flick, despite Threshold Entertainment stating otherwise. None of the product owners are paying for their characters to appear in the animated movie. And Threshold maintains a certain degree of play with the characters as long as their mascots come out unscathed and able to sell products. We are scheduled to see Charlie Tuna, Mr. Clean, Uncle Ben, Chef Boyardee, Chester Cheetah and others. The heroes of the show will be original creations but the real product mascots will provide some legitimacy to its story of grocery products being alive when the store closes. 

APR 30: Less News: With the coming strike, possibly Tuesday, and productions shutting down there will be less news available to everyone. There will still be updates to the site, like new labels or covers and whatever news can be scrounged up. Keep checking in for new material on the site.

APR 30: STeeeeRIKE 2!: Major studios and the Writers Guild held talks over the weekend when the deadline is Tuesday. Isn't is amazing how unions and management hardly talk until it is almost to late? Why? Why not begin talks one year, eight months or even six months before the contract is up. Always till the last minute.

APR 30: CDR Covers: Two more CDR Covers have made their way on to the site. Star Trek Voyager, that matches the VCD Cover and Back, along with Aeon Flux. Chick out the CDR AREA. 

APR 30: Damme Monk: Jean-Claude Van Damme has signed on the project 'the Monk'. No surprise that it will be a kung-fu action film. Ringo Lam will direct the $25M project which begins lensing November first. Van Damme recently finished up 'The Order' which will be distributed domestically by Columbia Pictures. The guy never tries anything new. Think it will be a martial arts flick too...?

APR 30: JAG Trouble: The fifth year series J.A.G. may be in trouble as negotiations continue. CBS is offering $1M less than what Paramount is seeking. Paramount want around $2M per episode. This could be another series that could fly the coup. I wonder if UPN is interested in this series too. Maybe Fox or the WB would like to have the series.

APR 30: X-Files: Will there be a ninth season? It really appears that there will be. Gillian Anderson, Jason Patrick, and Pileggi are contracted for a ninth season and if it happens they are planning to bring back Annabeth Gish for the season or part of it. Only Carter's contract needs to be worked out. Duchovny can take a hike since he wants out. The series has done well without him.

APR 30: Simpson Dollars: Thought voicing cartoon characters wouldn't make your rich? Think again as the voices for the Simpsons will be making a whopping $100,00 per episode for seasons 13 and 14. An optional 15 season in the contract would gain each voice $125K per episode.  Each voice per the old contract will also be receiving a $1M bonus, which wasn't originally due until 2005. The voices are Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Dan Castallaneta (Homer), Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, & Nancy Cartwright. 

APR 29: Driven to Number 1: The new Renny Harlan and Sylvester Stallone opened to the number one spot this weekend beating out Bridget Jones Diary and Spy Kids that jumped back up to the number 3 spot. Driven nearly doubled its competition taking in $13M. Spy Kids has taken in almost $94M dollars in just five weeks. 

APR 29: McNeill on Exposure: Tonight on the Sci-Fi Channel's 'Exposure' will air Voyager's Robert Duncan McNeil's 10 minute film, '9mm of Love'. It will air at 8pm EST. The 10-minute film is about a desperate man who hires the "hitman of love," Cupid, to win the heart of the woman he loves. Unfortunately, rather than the expected bow-and-arrow Cupid wields a 9mm gun loaded with "love bullets," and the woman thinks he's trying to assassinate her. '9mm of Love' was shot during one weekend on the Paramount backlot, generously donated by the studio to the Tom Paris actor. The short film will also air on the Sci-Fi Channel website.  (trektoday.com)

APR 29: Series Pages: There are over 20 TV Series webpages. You might find a series you like. 'Tales of the Gold Monkey', 'the Strip', 'Farscape', 'Seven Days', 'Mann & Machine' and more in the Sci-Fi TV Zone. 

APR 29: Talia Winters Nude?: Babylon 5 actor Andrea Thompson, Talia Winters on the show, was hired by CNN to be a part-time national correspondent suddenly came under fire for appearing nude on Arliss and then came the Italian video 'Manhattan Gigolo'. Despite the nudity CNN is sticking with the actor turned reporter. Good for them. Thompson also appeared on J.A.G.,  and NYPD Blue. 

APR 29: UPN Money: This will officially be UPN's most expensive season for programming. Which of course will be even more should UPN pull it off and get 'Angel' as well. 

APR 29: Borg Queen: As reported on at least two other sites, Alice Krige played the Borg Queen in the two hour finale rather than Susanna Thompson, who previously played the part in the Voyager episodes. 

APR 29: Seven Days: With the coming of Buffy and possibly Angel to UPN this fall, it is likely that the fourth season of 'Seven Days' may never happen. The series return was on the bubble before the Buffy acquisition. Adding Angel into the mix could just make the cost of maintaining the time travel series a waste of funds. Should the series return for a fourth season, UPN could be looking bright in the genre realm with 'Special Unit 2', 'Enterprise', 'Buffy', 'Angel', Seven Days', and 'The Dead Zone'.

APR 29: Dubbing Videos: Are you dubbing your own video collection? Trying to make the best quality copies? If you are doing your own, then check out the Dubbing Area of the site. It just might help you create near professional looking dubs. 

APR 29: X-Men II: Avi Arad tells the comics contunuum that they hope to have X-Men 2 in theatres by November 2002. 

APR 29: TV Themes: Over 355 Television Themes on site for your listening pleasure. Visit the Themes Page to see the listing. Themes are in MP3 and wav formats. 

APR 28: Linux PlayStation 2: Sony posted information on it Beta Release 1 of PlaysStation 2 Linux Kit.    The kit includes a DVD with software, 40GB hard drive, keyboard and mouse. The beta, or test, version will be available in June. Included in the press release on its Japanese site that puts its price tag at 25,000 yen, or about $200.

APR 28: Backula Expected: AICN has announced that Paramount should be introducing 'Scott Backula' as the series lead by the end of next week. Backula would be the highest paid Trek actor ever and will likely get the approval/veto on material before it shoots, unlike any other trek star. The impasse with Backula came over the potential money increases over the seven year run of the series, as well as how much creative say he would get. With the fans disapproval rating for the new series UPN/Paramount wants a genre friendly actor, which Backula is.  The doctor in the series will be a female. She has already been selected, and is totally unknown.

APR 28: New Batman: Have you heard, Lorenzo Lamas has been signed to play the 'Cape Crusader' in the next Batman Installment? You haven't? It's OK, I made it up for lack of news early this morning. But what a story that would be. Think about it though, he would fit the mask quite well. Even the voice from Renegade might be pretty cool behind the mask. Lorenzo Lamas... Could be a fit... :) Don't know about the tattoos though. Nahhhh!

APR 28: New Series: We have had a bucket full of new series announced and some of these new series have fallen out of the bucket to the waste side. Check what is coming and almost came in 'Channel News'. 

APR 27: Souls Suck: UPN has quickly pulled the plug on its new series from Aaron Spelling, 'All Souls' after a mere 2 episodes. The supernatural medical drama gained horrible ratings and has gone into hiatus with four episodes left to air. They may air this summer along with the unaired episodes of 'Freedom' and 'Level 9'. UPN has not said whether or not the series will be retooled or canned. 

APR 27: Scorpion King Has No Fat: Chow Yun Fat is rumored to have turned down the role of the villain in the upcoming feature 'Scorpion King' starring 'the Rock, Dwayne Johnson'. (4w-movies)

APR 27: Mutant X: Victoria Pratt wasn't unemployed long after the cancellation of 'Cleopatra 2525'. She has joined the cast of 'Mutant X'. (providing the series doesn't die from law suit between marvel and fox) She will play Shalimar, half animal-half human. Other cast members include...
Lauren Lee Smith - telepath
Forbes March - alter his density
Victor Webster - conduct electricity
The new series has yet to cast the lead role of Alex Xero and his evil counterpart. 

APR 27: Trek V Make-up: Trek series franchise make-up artist, 'Michael Westmore' will be continuing his services on the new Trek series 'Enterprise'. Westmore has been the job for Next Generation, Deepspace Nine, Voyager, and all the Star Trek feature films. (section 31.com) This is great that all these familiar behind the scene people are moving over to the new series, but PLEASE, oh PLEASE bring in some new writers. Fans deserve some new material with the new series. 

APR 27: Wrinkle In Time: ABC television will be doing a four hour mini-series based on the Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time'. John Kent Harrison is directing the Susan Shilliday script which is already in production in Vancouver. Fireworks International (Robocop PD) and BTL Productions are producing the show while Dimension Films will produce. It will air next season as part of Disney's Sunday night 'Wonderful World of Disney'. On board the project are Kyle Secor, Chris Potter, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Alison Elliot, Kate Nellington, Alfre Woodard, David Dorfman, Gregory Smith and Katie Stuart. It's a time traveling story of two children trying to find their missing father. 

APR 27: Ghost Rider: David Goyer told the comics continuum "The script is ready to go and we're in pre-production. Nicolas Cage still hasn't signed on the dotted line yet, but is likely too.' Goyer went on to say that Steve Norrington will be directing and the film will definitely be an 'R' rating.  Also says Goyer... "He does have a cycle, but if he's the Ghost Rider and he touches any motorcycle it transforms into the same motorcycle, the same demonic entity. We have a scene where he rides down a street and all the windows shatter and the whole street is molten asphalt." Ghost Rider is budgeted for $80M. Right around the price tag for 'the X-Men's' first feature. 

APR 27: Outer Limits: An Outer Limits and MacGyver have joined the CDR Labels. MacGyver could be better but its the only images I could get so far. CLICK HERE for the CDR Label download area. See them all. Also there waiting is Buffy, Angel, Dark Angel and more. 

APR 27: Trek X: From TrekToday.com comes news that a reliable source known as 'faith' has revealed that the tenth film will open at Troi and Rikers wedding with Picard as the best man. The working title is 'Star Trek X: Nemesis' and is likely to change. Paramount has changed the final title in the last three next generations features. Trek X should be released in the summer of 2002 with production beginning sometime after the possible strike. 

APR 27: Captain Bakula: Scott Backula originally turned down the role but it again in talks with Paramount over the role. In the mean time he has signed on to the comedy pilot "Late Bloomers" replacing Burt Reynolds. He is only a guest in the pilot, leaving the option open to take on the lead in the new Star Trek series. What amazes me is WHY this man, who has done almost nothing since Quantum Leap, would turn down a seven year gig on series that is guaranteed Star Treks hard core fans. A series rumored to have already been given a seven year commitment. It may be that Backula would rather co-star in a CBS series rather than star in a UPN series and have to do the convention rounds as he did with Quantum Leap.

APR 27: Doctor Strange: David Goyer also told the Comics Continuum, that he has been approached and is in talks to script the developing Doctor Strange project. 

APR 27: Two Cities Sci-Fi: The Sci-Fi Channel has production in work a futuristic adaptation of Charles Dickens 'A Tale of Two Cities' due out in 2002. 

APR 27: Dark Ratings: For the week of 4.2.01 Dark Angel scored a low 5.0 rating for the week. This rating is dismal for an expensive series. 

APR 27: MARS: James Cameron's 'Mars' project will NOT be happening. The project, not by Cameron, will be showing up on the Sci-Fi Channel as a four hour mini-series based on Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. We should see it sometime in 2002.

APR 27: Hollywood Shut-down: Hollywood has already gone into shut down mode as the actors and writers could hit the picket lines as early as next week if talks do not turn positive. This will cost the studios and employees millions of dollars. There just isn't enough money around for these greedy people. Particularly the actors in my opinion who make way to much money. No one, and I mean no one, is worth $5M per movie, much less the $20M to $30M some make today. Actors make to much and MOST writers don't make enough.

APR 27: Alien Hunter: a hunter and his crew dedicated to saving the galaxy's most endangered and dangerous animals is currently in development at the Sci-Fi Channel. Alien Hunter is currently a working title. Name could change. 

APR 27: Enterprise Takes Back Seat: Next season will dawn a new 'Star Trek' series. For the first time, a star trek series, will not be the flagship of UPN. This coming season will find 'Buffy' as UPN's number one series. A battle next season begins between Buffy fans and Trekkers as to which fans are the best. If 'Angel' should be cancelled by the WB, and brought to UPN the battle will be on. 'Enterprise' could be battling vampires galore without ever having one on the show for ratings. Which fans are more dedicated? We shall see...

APR 26: Another Buffy?: With the WB having lost 'Buffy' they are now changing what Electra Woman and Dyna Girl' is all about. It will now be a teen/adult series in the vain of... Buffy. Imagine that. Another series in the vain of Buffy. They killed 'Dragonriders of Pern' due to trying to make it like Buffy. Dyna Girl has left to become a model, and Electra Woman is now a foul mouthed alcoholic, whose trailer trash. This one is a hacker waiting to happen. (entertainment weekly)

APR 26: I'm no Governor, Not yet anyways: Arnold Swartzenegger has announced he will not be running for governor of the state of California. Schwarzenegger said he is ready to focus on finishing a sequel to the film ``True Lies'' and then begin production on a sequel to his popular Terminator series, ``Terminator III.'' He will get into politics, but not until his children are older and his film career winds down. Arnold is 53. You folks may think Arnold is a dinosaur. This guy can still put out a great action flick. True Lies 2 is going to be great, and a new Terminator film will rule.

APR 26: DVD Recorders Coming: Panasonic's upcoming DVD-RAM/R drive will be demonstrated at this week's trade show. The $1,000 drive is expected to ship to distributors later this quarter. Sonic Solutions' software will allow consumers to edit and create videos, which can be recorded onto DVD-RAM or DVD-R discs. AND... Pioneer also announced it will ship its DVR-A03, a combination DVD/CD drive, by the end of May for $995. The Pioneer drive includes DVD-R, DVD-rewritable, CD-R and CD-rewritable. The Pioneer drive will also bundle Sonic Solutions' software, My DVD, for DVD-video authoring. Prices for DVD-RAM discs range from $20 to $40, depending on capacity per disc, which ranges from 2.6GB to almost 10GB. DVD-RAM will have a difficult time competing on price, but video opens new markets and can expand the market for DVD-RAM

APR 26: Lost Time Machine: This film looks to be shit waiting for a toilet to fall in to. The films director has decided to re-shoot. Not a scene or two, the whole thing from the beginning. He... wants to change some things. Man, how many rewrites did the friggin' script get, before they started filming in the first place. Dreamworks is not happy with the project which is waayyy behind schedule now.

APR 26: Witch Mountain Remake: It's always a remake of a movie or television series into a feature these days. Now Disney will remake its own film, 'Escape to Witch Mountain'. 

APR 26: Compaq I'm Sorry-o: PC maker Compaq Computer reported quarterly earnings Monday that missed lowered analyst expectations by a penny and announced it would eliminate 2,000 more jobs. Combined with job cuts announced earlier, Monday's announcement means the PC maker will shed 7,000 jobs, 4,500 through layoffs and the rest through attrition. "Our plan now is to eliminate about 7,000 positions" Jeff Clarke, Compaq's chief financial officer, said in a conference call after the earnings announcement. 

APR 25: Visitor for Two: DS9's Nana Visitor, Major Kira, will return for season two of Dark Angel, if and that is a big IF, the show is renewed. Madam X, Visitor's new Dark Angel character, will appear in all of the remaining episodes. In season two the character would be a recurring one. She is after all, Lydecker's boss... Madam X. (trek today)

APR 25: Fantastic Director: The Marvel Comics Superhero team, 'the Fantastic Four' finally has a director. Peyton Reed 'Bring it On' has been signed to develop and direct the feature. There is still no set production date on the project. A new writer is brought in to write a new script. Other scripts and efforts already done have not been well received.

APR 25: UPN for Sale?: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd., parent of Fox television,  is interested in purchasing either part or all of Viacom's sibling network UPN. The deal is already in advanced talks as News Corp. is currently completing a $5.35 billion deal to buy the 10 television station owned by Chris-Craft Industries Inc., the largest owner of UPN affiliates. That deal is expected to be completed in May. News Corp. hoped to complete its negotiations for either all or part of UPN at that time. If successful, News Corp. would probably maintain UPN as a separate network in addition to Fox. UPN has 176 affiliates and is the smallest of the networks. Its rival WB has 221 affiliates and Fox has 222.

APR 25: Signs of $$$$: Disney has spent in the eight figures for M. Night. Shyamalan's 'Signs'. He delivered the script on Saturday and the brass cheese read it quickly and came to terms with his agent. Shyamalan got $10M for his 'Unbreakable' script and another $4M for 'the Long Kiss Goodnight' and $3M for 'Sixth Sense'.  This writer definitely has nothing to strike about. 

APR 25: Breeders: Jeanne Tripplehorn will star in a USA original TV Movie thriller about a serial killer's sister, who's a homicide detective. When the killer escapes from prison, his sister must track him down. Production is set to begin May 21 in Vancouver.

APR 25: USA Network Goes Movie: In 2001 USA Network will have aired 18 new TV Movies. In 2002 the network has scheduled 24 new TV films airing two new movies per month. USA Network begins airing two lonforms per month beginning June 19. 

APR 25: Stupid DVD decision: A DVD will be released soon for the third TV Movie 'Chameleon III' starring Bobby Philips. What the hell about the other two TV Movies? Why not put all three films on one DVD? Makes since doesn't it. No one is really going to sink even $10 for UPN/Blockbuster cinema TV Movie are they? Why not put the trilogy out on a single DVD at $20. Stupid!

APR 24: Wonder Woman: It appears that the long in development Wonder Woman film has WWF star 'Chyna' now as the front runner for the starring role. Given this news, it seems like this might be a 'B' movie rather than big budget flick.

APR 24: Justice League: Bruce Timm, who does/did Batman Beyond, told comics2film that the new Justice League animated series will have a familiar look similar to the Superman and Batman series. The animation will be similar but the backgrounds will be more realistic. The series debuts on the Cartoon Network in November. The network has ordered 26 half-hour episodes.

APR 24: Bond, Russell Bond: James Bond casting director Debbie McWilliams and John Glen, who directed five of the Bond films believes the only person who could take for Pierce Brosnan, is Gladiator's Russell Crowe. Pop star Robbie Williams has been has expressed a desire to play the British secret agent by McWilliams told the daily mail on Tuesday that he isn't quite what they are looking for. Robbie Williams has had a string of top ten hits.

APR 24: Blade 2: Wesley Snipes had to be taken to a Prague hospital for treatment after suffering burns from powerful spotlights on the set after complaining of inflamed skin and tears running from his eyes. (ananova web site)

APR 24: Ghost Rider: While speaking at a recent convention scribe David Goyer told fans that Nicolas Cage is near signing to star as Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze. In the story Blaze will have no control over Ghost Rider who goes around killing people left and right, with Blaze having to pick up the pieces. The story was modeled after Clint Eastwood's 'Unforgiven'.  (cinescape) 

APR 24: Matrix 2 & 3:  Joel Silver told Popcorn UK that the martial arts scenes in the upcoming Matrix films surpass those in last years 'Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger'. Says Silver, "People are not going to believe it, but that is what we have to do, because a lot has happened since the first Matrix movie. Woo Ping, who did the first Matrix film, did the choreography on the Hidden Dragon has returned for the Matrix sequels as well. These two films should more anticipated by fans than for the Star Wars Episode II. 

APR 24: MIB2 rumor: It seems unlikely but Cinescape online is reporting a rumor that Tommy Lee Jones may NOT be returning for the sequel as he has asked for $40M to make the sequel. It seems unlikely since Lee already stated months ago that business aspects were already in place and it was a matter of the three main stars being available. I would throw this rumor in the trash bin. Jones has never been a greedy actor and $40M would be a ridiculous request for almost any actor, even Tom Cruise. 

APR 24: Enterprise: Doug Drexler, the illustrator from DS9, has been brought on board the new series 'Enterprise' as a junior illustrator. He will be working in the series art department designing and developing the visual look of the show as well as computer displays, alien languages and logos. (startrek.com)  Hopefully we'll get to see some Matrix style uniforms or outfits on the show rather than the drab Star Trek style uniforms. Imagine the captain in a long black jacket and neo style boots, very cool.

APR 24: The Strike: With the actors and writers union being over $100M apart, if there is a strike many actors believe the strike will be a long one. If neither dispute is settled, both unions could hit the picket lines, freezing production in both the TV and film industries. A double strike would halt production in the entertainment capital, leaving actors, directors, caterers, drivers and everyone else employed by the business on hold. The Writers Guild negotiations are separate from the actors' talks, and yet their resolution would set the stage for their colleagues at the Screen Actors Guild, who are expected to resume negotiations in mid-May.

APR 24: Sci-Fi Fonts: Thanks to those of you that emailed the Sci-Fi Fonts site. Sci-Fi 2000 will be getting the website within a month after the... paperwork is handled. Thank to all of you, and look forward to Sci-Fi Fonts here on Sci-Fi 2000.

APR 24: the Howling: The original film with great special effects even for today, is due on DVD in August from MGM. 

APR 24: Killer Klowns: It is time. August will bring us the release of the awesome 'B' flick, 'Killer Klowns From Outerspace'. This is a must have DVD for any collection. 

APR 23: Enterprise: Variety is reporting that Paramount is set this week to announce that UPN will be the home of the new Star Trek V Series, believed to be titled 'Enterprise'.    Like any other channel would give a series a seven year commitment. There was never really any doubt the new series would be anywhere else. 

APR 23: Josie a Pussycat: Josie and the Pussycats, as I expected, hasn't turned the boxoffice around with stellar showings. The movie is performing dismally with a mere $11M since its opening. There are some stuff that just doesn't relate to the big screen. Like... Scooby Doo. You can add Josie and Scooby to the poo poo platter. 

APR 23: Whedon on Buffy: Creator Josh Whedon has tried to alleviate fans worries by letting them know that the series may be relocating to a new network, but will remain the same. They will be making the same episodes as before. As for the website. UPN promises a new website before the WB pulls the old one, or will hopefully be able to take over the old site and leave it as it is. Buffy is also strike protected. Filming of the series will continue even if there is a strike. Very cool. 

APR 23: Justice League: The animated series coming to the Cartoon Network will have Mark Hamill voicing the Joker, Clancy Brown as Lex Luther. Also joining the voice core will be... Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne/ Batman, Carl Lumbly (M.A.N.T.I.S.) as Martian Manhunter, Maria Canals as Hawkgirl, Phil LaMar as Green Lantern, George Newborn as Superman, Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman and last but not least the Flash being done by Michael Rosenbaum.   I personally like the voices in the original 'Superfriends' cartoon.

APR 23: It's Back: Again the rumor has surfaced, this time in a Scottish paper that Scottman Gerard Butler, a virtual unknown, is being considered to take over the reins as James Bond, when Brosnan's contract is up. Yeah right, Broccoli is going to hire some unknown actor to take on the role of the famous 007.  This is nothing but the rumor reported last month. Same information and details.

APR 23: Sci-Fi Fonts: The Sci-Fi Fonts page I link to in the contents page is closed. If you would like to the see the site as part of this site so everyone still has access to the it, then CLICK HERE  and drop the webmaster an email letting them know Sci-Fi 2000 would be a great place for the site to remain active. He is looking for someone to take over the site. So, drop them an email, I would appreciate it. Other fans might also as they look for Sci-Fi Fonts.

APR 23: UPN Possibilities: Next season may find UPN with a full slate of genre series. They could have 'Buffy', 'Angel', 'Enterprise', 'Seven Days', 'Special Unit 2', 'All Souls' and 'the Dead Zone'. 

APR 23: Wolf: The French film 'Le Pacte des Loup' aka 'Brotherhood of the Wolves' has been picked up for US distribution by Universal Pictures. The French language film stars 'The Crow series' Mark Dacascos, Monica Bellucci, Jeremie Renier, Emilie Dequenne and Vincent Cassel. The picture has grossed $35M in France. 

APR 23: the Company Man: The new thriller from 'Cube' director Vincenzo Natali begins production next month will star Jeremy Northam and 'Charlie's Angel's' star Lucy Lui. Northam will play an unwilling corporate spy that only Liu can help get out of his predicament. Lucy Liu is also a co-star on the comedy/drama series 'Ally McBeal'.

APR 23: Angel: It is possible that the WB may pull the plug on Angel, the Buffy spin-off series just to get out of the Buffy Franchise. The WB is concerned that dumping the series would give UPN a viable Tuesday night line-up. With dwindling ratings the WB is also concerned that Angel would suffer without the Buffy lead in. So, there is an outstanding chance that UPN may get the entire Buffy Franchise giving itself an outstanding Tuesday night line-up. It also gives the option for UPN to add a series to those nights or even start a new night, should 'All Souls' and 'Special Unit 2' become successful series.

APR 23: Trek V: It is being reported from Trekweb.com that SFX Magazine has reported that Star Trek V's pilot is budgeted for about $10M to $15M and has a major seven year commitment. The new Enterprise will look bulkier and much chunkier than previous Enterprise ships. Interior components will be bolted to the hull rather than part of the walls. 

APR 22: Buffy Moves!!!: In an unbelievable move by UPN and Fox Studios, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' will be jumping to UPN in a deal costing the network $102M for two years. UPN has ordered 44 episodes of the series at approximately $2.35M per episode. The agreement also give UPN the opportunity to pick up Buffy's spin-off series 'ANGEL' if it is cancelled by the WB. Angel is on the bubble having gone head to head against 'Dark Angel'. There is a small chance that the WB may axe the series, though unlikely now with Buffy departing.

APR 22: Robocop PD: Besides filling the 8 hr mini-series with way to  many commercials, there is talk now that the Sci-Fi Channel may air Robocop Prime Directives this summer in one hour installments rather than the four two-hour movie format they are filmed in. Nice job SFC. Told you guys, this network should not have gotten the mini-series.

APR 22: UPN Can Stay: The FCC has voted to abolish its ownership rules that was forcing Viacom, who owns CBS, to fold/sell the fledgling network UPN. Viacom can now keep UPN. It will also allow the WB to merge ownership with NBC. Looks like UPN will be around for a while. 

APR 22: Akira: The animated movie is back. This time the $1M digitally refurbished animated feature is being released to the big screen in the United States. Pioneer Entertainment, who spent the money to restore the film, is planning its DVD release in the US in the next few months. Akira came out in 1988 and hit the US in 1989 from Katsuhiro Otomo.

APR 22: Spy Kids: The Robert Rodriquez film dropped from the number one spot after four weeks. Funny thing was, it wasn't to a first week feature. Bridget Jones Diary leap frogged from #2 last week to the top spot, just barely. Spy Kids took in $10.2M this week bringing its four week total to... $86M. Not bad for a $34M film. Rodriguez recently pulled his name from consideration to direct the new 'Superman' film currently in development. 

APR 22: Enterprise: Trekweb & Section 31 are reporting some news about the new Star Trek series from one of their sources. Here it is... The new Enterprise will have a maximum speed of warp 4 and will get banged around quite a bit. Gravity on the ship will be done using a gravity well. Our new starship will be all switches and buttons similar to the original series. Grappling hooks will be used since tractor beams aren't around yet, but the transporter is. A lot of familiar stuff from the other series will not be in this new series but we will get to see some of them come along as the series progresses.  The series will open with the relationship strained between the Vulcans and Humans. 

APR 21: Prey Campaign: The fight is on! There have been rumbling of a PREY sequel/movie on the Sci-Fi Channel. If YOU would like to see more of PREY, then it's time to get off your butt and join the campaign to revive the show. Overseas fans need to especially get into this campaign for the sequel movie. 'CLICK HERE' for the save prey news with a link to the campaign site. To send a PREY postcard to a friend the 'CLICK HERE'. They are still looking for a poster and maybe you can help design it. Check the stuff out. There will also be a PREY chain reaction next week. Don't miss it.

APR 21: Immortal News: Rita Moreno was brought in to help increase the ratings in the second season and possibly help renew the series for a third. Unfortunately it cost co-star 'April Telek' her part in the series. She will be relocating to Los Angeles in hopes of landing something there. Thanks to Jeff who dropped the email to me. 

APR 21: Goonies DVD: August 21st is the street date for the Goonies DVD which will include 'DELETED SCENES'. The will also be commentary by Richard Donner and the music video from Cindy Lauper. This has been long anticipated by fans who have been wanting the missing scenes. 

APR 21: More CDR Labels: The VideoCD labels are growing rapidly. Download your favorites today. Have added Robocop, Invisible Man, V: the Series (2) and one for Witchblade (tnt's new series due out this summer.) CLICK HERE for the CDR Label area and check them out. Hell, let me know what you think of them.

APR 20: PREY News: Many of you may not remember the short lived series 'PREY', and that is your loss. The 13 episode series likely has the most dedicated fans of any series. All their hard work to save a show who's  two main stars have moved on to popular series is getting noticed. An extremely reliable source has sent me an email with the following... 'In an interview last week, Bill Schmidt, creator of Prey, admitted that he would be delighted to see a sequel to PREY and sent this message to Prey fans.    "It's their intelligent response to the show, their passion and their intelligence, and the way they've handled their campaign, that has given any hope to the only 13 episode show that anyone has kept alive. I feel grateful that there is a real chance people are getting what they're doing." Other things are happening. If your an active fan, keep doing whatever your doing. People in the right places are watching. The wheels are turning.

APR 20: Cinescape Trouble?: I have noticed that the Cinescape website hasn't been updated since early last Friday morning with only one tidbit. The site had already made a bad decision with two advertising pop-up windows. I am wondering if the site is once again in trouble or again having server problems. Any one have news about the site to pass on?

APR 20: Batman Trouble: Apparently director 'Darrin Androfsky' has decided he will not be directing his 'Batman: Year One'. Instead the actor told the Brooklyn Academy of Music that he would directing another SF film to star Brad Pitt. Aronofsky seems a bit put off with Batman saying... "Don't believe the hype. It's a sequel." The director was carrying a copy of 'Tales of the Bat' with him. (CHUD)

APR 20: X-Men News: Halle Barry has told E online that her character 'Storm' will have a closer relationship with 'Wolverine' in the sequel. Storm is to be a little more fleshy in the new film. The character was hardly seen in the first film and wouldn't take much to expand the role. The more... flesh seen the better.

APR 20: Lone Gunmen & Dark Angel: The fledgling series scored a 5.4 rating for the week of 3.12.01. Not a bad rating if the show was part of WB or UPN. But is it enough for FOX? Dark Angel came in that same with with a mid-six rating keeping fans wondering if the show will be given a greenlight for season two. Both shows are on the bubble and we may not get word on them until sometime after the May sweeps. 

APR 20: Everquest: Sony has announced a new expansion pack for it online game 'Everquest'. The new pack is titled, Everquest: Shadows of Luclin. The expansion is scheduled to release during the fourth quarter of this year. 

APR 20: Superman... I'll Pass: Robert Rodriguez (spy kids, the faculty) has removed his name of potential directors of the upcoming 'Superman' project. Rodriquez says he has to many projects lined up to direct the film. His name was on a list that included 'Oliver Stone and Tim Burton'.  His agent told producer Jon Peters, his client just wasn't interested in doing the film.  (AICN) 

APR 19: Jason X: The tenth installment of 'Friday the 13th' has been pulled from its August release date by New Line Cinema. A spokesperson said the feature is not on its 2001 schedule and right now has no scheduled release date. The studio has decided to hold on to the feature for awhile.  It is my belief that New Line doesn't want the film to go up against 'Ghosts of Mars', and the remake of 'Rollerball'.  Plus the prior month has 'Planet of the Apes', 'Jurassic Park III', and Final Fantasy's release to worry about.  There is also a floating rumor that Jason X may become a straight to video release.

APR 19: They Begins: The new feature, 'They' began filming this week in Vancouver. (imagine that) The new film starring Laura Regan, Mark Blucas, and Ethan Embry is being directed by Mark Harmon (starred in 'the Presidio'). The film is the story of a woman who battles her fear of the dark while having to take on terrifying night creatures.  (variety)

APR 19: CSI #2: The new fledgling series 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' was number two in the ratings. The series has become a power house saddling up to the number one rated show, Survivor.  CSI... a series taken as an afterthought by CBS. The only show the network really pushed before the season was the cancelled 'the Fugitive'.  

APR 19: Fans Missed This One!!!: Are you happy with 'The Mummy'? Sommers did that one. Do you think this summers, 'The Mummy Returns' will be good? I sure do, and if you do then you have got to get down to the video store and rent Sommers... 'DEEP RISING'.  This is a kick ass action flick, loaded with quality acting, solid humore, and wonderful special effects. Remember I told you Sixth Day was a great flick? Hell, this one is too. Don't expect anything, except being entertained and you'll have a blast.

APR 19: CBS Moves Inside: CBS is planning to create a 'research center' inside the MGM Casino in Las Vegas. They will conduct focus groups to find out what the public will and will not watch. Las Vegas gets viewers from all over the United States year round. CBS has said they will have two screening rooms with high tech 'interactive' computer kiosks. They are planning daily screenings and focus groups that will give viewer feedback. CBS is owned by Viacom, who also owns UPN, MTV, Paramount Pictures, and Nickelodeon. 

APR 19: Beetlejuice 2: Since it will be a sequel it should be called Beetlejuice 0. Regardless of the title the film, currently in development, will focus on Beetlejuice before his death.  Tim Burton did the first film which was outstanding. The sequel sounds like a 'B' movie slated for direct to video. (cinefantastique)

APR 19: Invisible Man: I have added a new Invisible Man CDR to got with the VideoCD front that is on the site already. Also added two V: the series CDR labels and a Knight Rider CDR (it's ok but not what I hoped for). CLICK HERE for the CDR section.

APR 19: Forsaken: The new film again rehashes the Vampire scene with some new twists into it.  In this new film being a vampire is being treated as a desease. The transformation can be postponed through medication or drugs, called the cocktail, a mix of a bunch of drugs... The drugs however don't cure anything. The only way to cure it is to kill them.  The new take on Vampires makes this film something worth taking a peak into. 

APR 19: Andromeda Relocates: Got an email from 'Acid Rain' letting me know that for your folks near Waco, Texas, The new syndicated hit 'Andromeda' is relocating from UPN to Fox. It will premiere on the network this Sunday at 9pm. Much better than UPN's 12am timeslot. For fans of the show, you may want to check your local listings for other possible moves.

APR 19: Special Unit 2: UPN aired its second episode tonight of 'Special Unit 2'. Well, I really like the series. Hell, this is a neat friggin' series and has some potential. Unfortunately the series is on UPN which means very limited advertising if any. At some point these idiot people will start airing commercials on syndicated local networks, and even taking ads in popular magazines, websites, and newspapers. S.U.2 looks like a possible winner folks. Take a gander at the new series Wednesday nights at 8pm before Voyager. Catch it before it's gone!

APR 19: India Does Launch: India conducted a ``textbook'' test launch of its biggest satellite rocket on Wednesday after technical trouble forced the maiden flight to be aborted, space agency officials said. The launch paved the way for India to join an elite band of nations able to fire big satellites deep into space and could also give the nuclear-capable country the ability to test a wide range of military technologies, western defense experts say. The Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, or GSLV-D1, put an experimental satellite payload of 3,000 pounds into the designated orbit 17 minutes after blasting off from Sriharikota space port in southeastern India. Closed-circuit cameras showed elated scientists hugging and congratulating each other after Wednesday's launch that capped a 10-year project costing 14 billion rupees ($300 million).

APR 18: Hugh Who: British actor Hugh Grant has denied rumors that he has been approached to star as Dr. Who in an upcoming BBC feature film that is in development.

APR 18: Robocop PD: coming this summer to the Sci-Fi Channel. Already aired in Canada. Download the CDR Label if your planning to dub them to VideoCD. CLICK HERE FOR THE THE CDR PAGE... A CDR label for Robocop, the series is there also. 

APR 18: Buffy To Wed: Buffy's Sarah Michelle Gellar has gotten herself engage to her present boyfriend 'Freddy Prince Jr.'. It was announced by the couple during Gellar's 24th Birthday party last Friday. Prince is 25. 

APR 18: Fox Wars: Star Wars Episode One will now be pushed back to a November release on Fox rather than its original April 29 premiere date. This is being done due to a cool advertising dollar and hopes that it will be able to suck more funds from companies later in the year. Rights to the picture were expensive and Fox needs to recoup those funds. 

APR 18: Beanstalk Blooms Late: CBS has decided to delay its 'Jack and the Beanstalk' mini-series for advertising too. The mini-series was due to release next month and will now be pushed back until later this year. 

APR 18: UPN/Viacom: Federal regulators will consider ending the rule that prohibits the four major networks from owning upstarts. This is a move that will allow Viacom to maintain its ownership of CBS and fledgling UPN. Many still believe it will not happen and Viacom will have to dump UPN. Viacom previously stated that it would likely just close up the network rather than search for a new owner.

APR 17: Firestarter: The Sci-Fi Channel is moving swiftly forward on it new Firestarter: the Next Chapter mini-series as production began April 17. The Firestarter four hour mini-series will star Marguerite Moreau (Queen of the Damned), Malcolm McDowell, Danny Nucci (The Rock), and Dennis Hopper. Robert Iscover is directing from a script by Philip Eisner, who wrote the horribly done 'Event Horizon'. (scifiwire)

APR 17: Gold Monkey: Added to the site, is a new CDR Label for 'Tales of the Gold Monkey', which starred '7th Heaven's' Stephen Collins. CLICK HERE for the complete CDR Listings. Also on site are VCD, VHS covers sheets and labels. Enjoy the covers and labels.

APR 17: Mutant MIB Villain: X-Men's Femke Janssen (deep rising)  is in negotiations to star in Men In Black 2 as the features main villain. The character she would play is Serleena. Janssen will also be reprising her limited role as Jean Grey in the upcoming X-Men 2. Production of MIB2 is set to begin production before the writers strike and get as much done as possible. 

APR 17: Monaghan Out: Section 31's... source has now confirmed that producers have decided to pass on Marjorie Monaghan for the part of the Vulcan. That puts the selection down to two ladies.   This news really sucks! She would have been good for the new series.

APR 17: Smelly Underwear: the Material Girls  underwear (Madonna's) is apparently up for bid on online. The panties are carefully signed in the crotch. The set includes matching panties and bra. The set is a studded leather bra, with matching panties and includes explicit photos of Madonna wearing the get-up. As of Tuesday morning the bidding was up to $1550 from a starting price of $800. Big deal...

APR 17: DreamWorks is Universal: Spielberg's 'DreamWorks' SKG distributes it features through  Universal Studios, and will continue to do so for another five years. It was rumored that DW was working on a deal to move to Warner Brothers. The deal with Universal also allows them the use of DreamWorks characters and concepts as the basis for attractions in its theme parks.

APR 17: Teamsters Will Work: If the writers do go on strike this summer the Teamsters Union will not be honoring the strike. "We usually honor other locals' picket lines. But if there is a writers strike and there is work to be done, I'll support my members.'' says teamster head Leo Reed. The comments are the latest in a series of developments that could bring new pressure on television and film writers to settle their contract dispute with the studios.

APR 17: Sixth Day: If Keannu Reeves or a Ben Affleck had starred in the Swartzenegger flick 'the Sixth Day', currently on DVD, the picture would have broken the $100M mark with ease. This was a wonderful picture that most of you missed. That is your loss by the way. Arnold may be considered a 'dinosaur' by some in the industry, but the once popular actor was great in this film. If you haven't seen the movie rent it today. I have watched the movie four times since getting the DVD. The Swarz may not be a great actor, but he can still turn out a quality picture worth watching.

APR 16: Enterprise Update: Seems that Marjorie Monaghan is in the running for the part of T'Pau in the upcoming Trek V series, Enterprise. Monaghan played a resistance fighter in the fourth season of Babylon 5. She has also played in 'Space Rangers', 'Rescue 77'  (paramedic series), and has appeared in the series, the Pretender, ST: Voyager, the Sentinel and Quantum Leap. She hasn't got the part yet, but is in the running. (section 31) 

APR 16: Halloween 8: Dark Horizons is passing on some information that the new Halloween film will be titled 'Halloween 8: the Vengeful Legacy'. Script rewrites are underway from James Kershaw and Sean Hood. halloweenmovies.com is the official site. They have been having some server problems, so their site might be having some problems here and there.

APR 16: Buffy DVD: The packaging for the new Buffy Boxed set isn't very impressive from what I have seen. They could have done a lot more with the outside images for the box and it looks... bulky. Take a Look...

APR 16: Final Destination 2: Production is slated to begin after the strike. Another rewrite of the script should happen between now and then.

APR 16: Not Bonding: For some reason Barbara Broccoli seems determined to get a new Bond, though Brosnan has said he wants to continue playing the British spy, 007. Now the rumored replacements being mentioned are not really that well known. They are... the drum role please... 32 Scottish actor Gerald Butler (who is having lunch with Ms. Broccoli this summer) and Colin Wells. Yeah, right. These guys will really draw in the crowd to see 007. Why not go with the Highlander, Adrian Paul? Familiar name, athletic, and good lucking. And... he's Scottish.

APR 16: Pitch Black 2: Haven't heard anything about this film since it was announced there would be a one.

APR 16: Spy Kids: Joe Dirt was unable to sneak past 'Spy Kids' as it remained number one at the box office over the Easter Weekend taking in $12.8M. Dirt was number 4, with the thriller 'Along Came a Spider' at number 2 and Bridget Jones Diary at 3.  After just three weeks, the $32M picture about Kids becoming spies to rescue their government agent parents, has grossed an impressive $68.6M.

APR 16: Dark Angel: Two new VideoCD Covers have been added to the site for Dark Angel.  A new front and back have been uploaded. Enjoy. CLICK HERE. Still no word on the shows renewal for next season. Despite mediocre ratings this season, with Cameron's name on it we may get another season. Of course Joel Silvers name on UPN's 'Freedom' and 'the Strip' didn't help them any.

APR 16: TiVo is Watching You: Users of TiVo are just now finding out that the company is gathering information about you. What you watch, even when not using the TiVo system. TiVo admits that it's been gathering information from its 154,000 subscribers and will continue to do so. The company says it plans to sell the data on viewing habits to TV networks and advertisers eager for details on the popularity of shows and the preferences of viewers. But the company says it has never linked subscribers' personal information to data about their viewing habits.

APR 16: Slow Weekend: I know there wasn't much news this holiday weekend, but at least I was here putting up the news I could find. And I thank all of you for coming around this weekend. I had a great number of viewers over the 3 day weekend, thank you. Almost 4200 pageviews and 35000 raw hits on the site for the three days. You guys are great!!!

APR 16: Framed: TNT is doing a new psychological thriller titled 'Framed'. The new TV Movie will feature West Wing's 'Rob Lowe'. The project is based on a British mini-series that aired on A&E in the early 90's. Lowe will play Mike Santini, a New York City detective who discovers the key witness in a money-laundering case while on vacation in the Caribbean. Production is slated to begin in early May. Wennipeg, Canada and the Bahamas will be the site of filming for the project. 

APR 16: Banner Ads Suck: Time to dump the banner ads folks and actually get paid to advertise on your site. Banner ads are killing the internet. 

APR 16: $20M Egghead: How much would you pay for an Egghead? IBM extended a $20M line of credit to Egghead.com this past Wednesday. Egghead believes the line of credit will help them move into profitability within the next year. They will however be dumping about 77 employees or around 12% of their workforce. In 1998 Egghead moved its entire business online and became egghead.com. Their software business could not compete with companies like CompUSA and Wallmart. No THAT is one expensive EGG. 

APR 16: Pee Wee the Drug Dealer: Paul Reubens makes an impressive acting performance in the new Johnny Depp film 'Blow', as a gay drug dealer and hair stylist. Many movie goers were impressed with Reubens. You go Pee Wee!!!

APR 16: Atari Re-released: Since Hasbro has purchased Atari, they will be releasing Atari's old titles again. On the two CDs, Atari Arcade Hits 1 and 2, you'll find a slew of classic games including: Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Gravitar, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Super Breakout, Tempest, and Warlords. The graphics, sound, and simplicity of the re-releases remain true to the originals, but Hasbro's also thrown in a few goodies to make them more exciting. You can customize the games for various lives and difficulty levels. There're also "archive" sections with photos of old promotional materials, cartridges, and game systems, and even extended interviews with Atari's founder, and the father of the modern videogame, Nolan Bushnell.

APR 15: Psycho II: Lions Gate is pulling the trigger on a sequel to 'American Psycho'. This time Mila Kunis will star in the picture. She is best known for her role in Fox's 'That 70's Show'. The 'B' movie sequel is budgeted for about $10M and begins production mid-May in Canada's, Toronto. The first film made about $15M in the U.S. Kunis will play a co-ed who is the rampaging killer. 

APR 15: Phantom: The new 'Phantom of the Opera' feature starring Antonio Banderas will not be like the other remakes. They are not trying to follow the theatrical version. They are creating a totally different concept. The new version will even have new music.  (uk media)  They should take the concept from... 'Phantom of the Paradise'. ;-)

APR 15:CDR Labels:  Two more CDR Labels have found their way to the site. 'the Addams Family' and 'the A-Team' are up on the site folks. Enjoy. VCD AREA.

APR 14: Ventresca No Fun Bobby: Sci-Fi's 'Invisible Man' Vincent Ventresca  played Fun Bobby on the series 'Friends'. Vincent Ventresca,  see -through lead in the SciFi Channel's blockbuster hit, "The Invisible Man” was asked in a March 30, 2001 IGN sci-fi interview, if Fun Bobby has been invited to Monica Geller’s wedding. Ventresca guested twice  in Friends as Monica’s former beau, Fun Bobby. "I thought they would have him -- you'd want Fun Bobby at the wedding," laughed Ventresca. " Will Monica invite Bobby to attend the nuptials or would NBC rather he (and his several thousand fans)  stay invisible? Thanks to Joan at Perseus Project. 

APR 14: Enterprise: Section 31 is reporting that well placed sources have confirmed the follow tidbits about the new Star Trek series... Quantum Leap star, Scott Bakula, apparently has the lead role as the Captain of the Enterprise.  A Babylon 5 cast member has been cast as the ships 'Vulcan' first officer, name not released. The new starship is the SS Enterprise. The premise takes place before the 100 year war with the Romulans, and the humans and Vulcans are working towards forming a Federation.    At least early in the series we don't have deal with all the crappy federation rules and regulations. This is something that could be Star Trek with the Star Wars style theme thrown in, ala the short lived series 'Space Rangers'.

APR 14: Whoa Mummy: With the release date so close, the Mummy Returns is still in the process of shooting 50 scenes needed to close up the film. 

APR 14: Angel Comedy: Angel star David Boreanaz has joined the cast of 'I 'm With Lucy' with Monica Potter. The comedy begins filming next week. 

APR 11: Mutant Trouble: Looks like the new 'Mutant X' series from 20th Century Fox might get the axe before production ever starts. Marvel comics and 20th are suing each other over the series. Naturally the suit has to do with Mutant X and the X-Men franchis and agreements between both parties. Fox is afraid the new series will ruin its X-Men development in progress and Marvel maintains that it holds X-Men TV Rights.  Currently Mutant X has been sold to 90% of the television market.  Production is set to begin in Vancouver, June 4. 

APR 11: First Wave Trouble?: While the Sci-Fi Channel has greenlighted the fourth season of 'First Wave', Jeff of Brethren Chronicles the official news of First Wave has dropped me an email with a possible bomb... Pearson which distributes internationally was bought out by a German company, Bartlesman AG,  a few days ago and they are contemplating ending all drama shows for North America. That division is to said to be wiped out including First Wave and other shows. A decision hasn't been made yet, and one is expected in the next couple of weeks. If Pearson decides to not keep it's drama programming for North America division First Wave will cease unless Chris Brancato is able to find another plan. He really wants the show to continue and is fighting on every level to keep it going. Thanks to Jeff for the update!  Anyone got some producing dollars?

APR 11: Deadman Pilot: DC comics is head to television in the near future. Jason Pomerance has delivered a script for a television movie which possibly could be a pilot for a 'Deadman' series. 

APR 11: Oh Pee Wee!: Paul Rubens, who portrays the children hero Pee Wee Herman, has announced that he will doing two Pee Wee Herman features back to back. 

APR 11: The Tick: Comics2Film has parted with the news that 'the Tick' from Fox  will be part of the 2001 season, but won't hit the air waves until November. 

APR 11: The Darkness: X-Men's, Anna Paquin has been signed to star in Jaume Balaguero's horror project 'The Darkness'. Her family moves to house in the wilderness. It turns into a house of horrors. The picture will be shot in Spain. (variety) 

APR 11: Bye Mr. Rogers: In November 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood will film its last live episode. Fred Rogers, age 73, is rapping it up. Bought time the pott smokin' dude hangem up. He always reminded me of  Norman Bates of Psycho. Imagine Norman Bates as your kids Sunday school teacher. Makes me shiver. 

APR 11: New CDR Labels: Buck Rogers and Beauty and the Beast CDR Labels have been added for your enjoyment. CLICK HERE for the cdr page nearest you. Lots of labels there with more of them in work. Dark Angel, First Wave, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Farscape, and lots of others.

APR 11: Enchanted: Frasier's David Hyde Pierce and Susan Sarandon are in negotiations to star in Disney's live action/animated feature, 'Enchanted'. It is scheduled to go into production at the end of the writers strike. The script is from Bill Kelly and has rewrites by Rita Hsiao. Barry's Sonnenfeld and Josephson will produce. 

APR 10: TREK V: Production is set to start within the next 30 days. Trek V sets are in the final stages of completion. Still no official word on the 'Scott Backula' deal to captain the Enterprise. The latest rumor to warp in from 'Trekweb' is that a war is on in the new series, as the Enterprise is a warship and not a ship of peace. A Romulan is also rumored to be the first officer. Prior reports indicated that T'Pau, a vulcan, would be first officer. 

APR 10: Battlefield Earth 2: Producers of the first film, 'Battlefield Earth', which includes John Travolta are still working on the sequel to the box office flop. Part two will cover the events that take place after the first film. Why didn't Travolta and crew take the $50M from this film and likely the next and do a 20 hour mini-series of the book. The six hour dune mini-series on the sci-fi channel was done for $20M.

APR 10: Battlefield Animated: Pine Com International has committed to produce 20 one-hour episodes of 'Battlefield Earth'. Terl will be voice by Asian actor Chow Yun-Fat. This is what I mentioned above for the live action version.

APR 10: Star Trek X: Hard to mention the new fifth Star Trek series without touching on the new in development feature. The new film will once again focus on Picard and Data, while the main story will be Picard vs the evil villain. Why Picard and Data? Why not a new idea revolving around Worf and Riker. William Riker was always an under used character, particularly in the feature films. Riker is a throw back to Kirk, which myself and others really like. At least the tenth film will be the final film dedicated to just the cast of the Next Generation. 

APR 10: First Wave Renewed: The Sci-Fi Channel series 'First Wave', currently airing its third season has been given the green light for its fourth. First Wave has aired through episode 54 of its 66 episodes... It stars Sabastian Spence and Tracy Elizabeth Lords. First Wave airs Saturday nights at 9pm on the Sci-Fi Channel. 

APR 10: Rambo 4: Jack Rambo won't be coming to the big screen, according to Stallone. He would love to do another one but doesn't think he would look good in a thong anymore. Sly also believes he is to old to do another Rambo picture. (cindy perlman of cinescape)

APR 10: Deep Blue Sea 2?: Renny Harlin has announced he is working on a sequel to 'Deep Blue Sea'. The script is currently in development and Harlin will pass the directing reins to someone else this time. The story MAY revolve around a little seaside town that might get flooded. Harlin's next project coming to the big screen is 'Driven'. (dark horizons)  While some of the special effects weren't the best, Deep Blue Sea was great film. It was entertaining and action packed to the max. A totally underrated film.

APR 10: Defiance: Pierce Brosnan has inked a deal with Phoenix Pictures to produce and star in an action- adventure film titled, 'Defiance'. He will play the leader of a renegade band of soldiers fighting a totalitarian government. Beau St. Clair will produce the film with Brosnan from a script by Todd Baker. 

APR 10: Bond 20: Speaking of Brosnan. James Bond and his 20th film begin production in January 2k2. 

APR 10: Meaney Series: Another Next Generation and Deepspace Nine co-star is working on television again. Now it's actor Colm Meaney, treks enlisted chief engineer, will be doing 'Random Passage' which is filmed in New Zealand. However, the new series will air on CBC Television so we in the US will not be seeing the series. Hopefully we might get to see the engineering chief return in Star Trek X. 

APR 10: NBC Screwed Up: NBC Internet will be closing soon. The assholes at NBCi have managed to loose $245M in revenues. These stupid companies amaze me that the internet portion of their company isn't part of the main company. These should be supplements to the main company and NOT a company on its own. Stupid management with these big companies. Morons. 300 works will get their walking papers from this fiasco. 

APR 10: Apes Note: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, a great character actor in Hollywood is playing an ape in 'Planet of the Apes' name Krull. He happens to be the same ape you see on the poster for the film. His character is mostly in scenes with the princess, played by Helena Bonham Carter. He can also be scene without the make-up in the upcoming Ben Affleck blockbuster film 'Pearl Harbor'. Some of Tagawa's credits include TV series 'Space Rangers', 'Seven Days', 'Walker: Texas Rangers', 'Star Trek: the Next Generation', and 'Stargate SG-1'. He even had a large role in the film Mortal Kombat and the Phantom. 

APR 10: Fletch Returns: The Fletch remake from Kevin Smith who will produce has been given the green light. Jason Lee has been signed to play the part of Fletch. Chevy Chase, who made the character famous, is not even getting a cameo, believes it is his character and no one can reproduce Fletch. 

APR 10: Bad Boys II: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are interested in reprising their characters in a sequel to the 1995 feature, 'Big Boys'. The sequel is still in development with Bruckheimer Films and Columbia Pictures. (hollywood reporter)

APR 9: Spy Kids #1 Again: Despite the new competition at the box office 'Spy Kids' snuck in at number one with $17.8M over the weekend upping its two week total to $49M. Not bad for a $36M picture. 

APR 9: Dan Tanna Returns: Well, not the series but Robert Urich (Vegas & Spenser For Hire) will star in a new comedy series with the Bandit, Burt Reynolds. The new series is titled, 'Late Bloomers.' Nice to see Urich back even though it is just in a comedy series.

APR 9: Dr. Strange: Director FX/action specialist 'Chuck Russell' not only has Swartzenegger's Doc Savage film on his pallet, but it also planning to do Marvel's feature film, 'Dr. Strange.'

APR 9: Blow: The depressing feature 'Blow' starring Johnny Depp was given a three out of four rating, blew at the box office coming it at number three, while Morgan Freeman's 'Along Came a Spider' webbed its way to number 2 with $17.1M. Blow, hmmmm, it really does. 

APR 9: Swimfan85: A new teen pychological thriller from director John Polson is set to begin production next month in New York. Up for the lead roles are Erika Christenson (traffic) and Roswell's Shiri Appleby. 

APR 9: Adam West: It's been over 30 years since Batman aired new episodes. Adam West still believes that he is type cast as Batman. A reason why he has had a hard time finding work. He has been offered pay days in the neighborhood of $500K &  $1M overseas to done the cape for commercials wearing the mask, but the studio would not allow West to appear in public or a commercial wearing the costume. West continues to work in small roles but believes playing the Bat hurt his career. He is currently a super villain in the Roger Corman Sci-Fi Channel series 'Black Scorpion'.

APR 8: Legacy Virus: Coming Attractions has posted a possible storyline being used for 'X-Men II' is the Legacy Virus. A deadly human-made virus that attacks only mutants. 

APR 8: Grandpa Lives: Everyone, of every age group should remember who the 'Munsters' are. They even have a new Vegas video game designed after the series. Well, the lovable vampire, known as Grandpa (Al Lewis) is still alive and kicking at the ripe age of 90. Eddie does workshops in Florida. Lewis' movie career has spanned over 70 years. He currently has a daily radio show. The Munsters are nearly 36 years old now. Fred Grandy (Herman Munster passed away in 1993) Thought some of you might be interested. Addams Family and the Munsters were great genre comedies, even today.

APR 8: Genre Pages Wanted: Interested in doing a TV Series Fan page for this site? Drop me an email and lets talk about it. I am in search of fan pages similar in design to what is on the site. If you would like to do one, EMAIL ME. More sites are needed. I prefer sites for series that don't have that much support on the web. Shows like Munsters, Addams Family, Harsh Realm, Rescue 77, Logan's Run, War of the Worlds, and any others. 

APR 8: Spy Kids II: Originally director Robert Rodriguez had wanted to start the sequel to his Spy Kids hit the day the movie opened. But with the strike put it off. Says Rodriguez, "I really wanted to shoot before the strike. The little boy in the film is 8 so he's ok, but the little girl is 12." So he may have to refine the script, rewriting the heroine, Carmen, a little older.  Rodriguez though will be using the strike time to his benefit putting together a lot of the special effects ahead of time and put the movie together. Then he has everything except the actors. Rodriquez does his own special effect which keeps his budgets low. Spy Kids was done with a mere $36M. 

APR 8: Walker Ends: Filming of the final Walker: Texas Ranger has been completed. Walker returns from hiatus on April 14 with new episodes, and the two hour finale will air May 12. The Chuck Norris series has kicked out 203 episodes over eight season. Norris says it is time to move on. His next job is a sequel to his CBS movie last year, 'the President's Man'. He'll reprise the role of a mysterious man the President calls on to handle crisis situations.

APR 8: Mars Odyssey: NASA has launched its latest Mars Mission on Saturday, sending a spacecraft the size of a small car to search for water on the 'Red Planet'. 

APR 8: V Mini-Series: The Digital Bits website is reporting that V: the Original Mini-Series DVD is scheduled for JULY. 

APR 8: Def Con 4: There is a bunch of 'B' Movies scheduled for release from now through 2002 which include Def Con 4, the Beastmaster, the Stepford Wives, Evil Dead: Limited Edition, Re-animator, Spacecamp. and Timerider. 

APR 8: Drive Ins Pissed Off: Disney has told the United Drive In Theatre Owners, that they will not be allowed to air the action film 'Pearl Harbor' for more than a month after its May 25th release.  No reason was given for the decision. Theatres only have about 10 to 12 weeks out of the year to make their money. This is not fair to them or the viewing public who enjoy attending outdoor theatres. Disney declined to comment in the article in the weekend edition of USA Today. 

APR 8: Goonies: Extended Version: Yep, it is apparently coming to DVD mid-october. At least according to the Goonies Homepage. The new DVD is supposed to have deleted scenes as well as extended scenes. Whether all this will be in the feature presentation or as extra material is unknown, but it will be included on the disc. Yoo Hoooo!

APR 7: Voyager Finale: What do we have to look forward too? Admiral Janeway (though she is a fake Janeway), Captain Harry Kim, and the Paris, Torres adult daughter. We also get to see Reginald Barkley, and of course the Borg with their queen played by 'Susanna Thompson'.

APR 7: Dracula World: This isn't a movie title, but a theme park Romania wants to open up. The theme park is expected to cost $60 million and should be open by 2002, in an as yet undisclosed location widely thought to be in either Transylvania or near the capital Bucharest, where Prince Vlad  (Vlad the Impaler) is buried. Prince Vlad is a national hero in Romania, but he's better known to the rest of the world as Vlad the Impaler, the Machiavellian ruler of Wallachia, a Romanian province that bordered Transylvania, home of the fictional Count Dracula. The Romanian government plans to attach a Dracula Institute to the theme park, with conference facilities and a library. "This institute will allow us to maintain permanent contact with some 4,000 Dracula clubs around the world," says Tourism Minister Matei Dan, who announced the plan last week.

APR 7: Mummy Site Open: The Mummy site has been relaunched with new flash material. You can check it out at themummy.com.

APR 7: Macabre Remake: Robert Zemekis is considering helming the $25M budgeted remake of Macabre. Writer Victoria Strouse will attempt to... modernize the script from William Castles original work. Dark Castle is producing this one and is considering a remake of Castle's other classic 'the Tingler'. (variety)

APR 7: Neelix Ready to Move On: Ethan Phillips who plays Neelix on Voyager, is glad for the opportunity to do Voyager but is ready to move on. Says Phillips, "I've had enough of the make-up. I will never let myself go through that kind of process again."

APR 7: Dark Angel: Ratings for first year series 'Dark Angel' continue to come up in the mid 6's. For the cost of creating the series every week these ratings may be enough for cancellation. Series such as 'Now and Again', 'the Pretender', 'Profiler', 'the Others', and 'Early Edition' were all in the mid to high six ratings when they got the axe. Having the name 'James Cameron' attached may give the series a second season, but there will have to be some retooling in an effort to get an increase in the ratings. 

APR 7: TNN Update: TNN is making its move to fight with the big boys like TNT & the USA Network. TNN is financing three of it own original series, none of them in the genre catagories but have purchased the repeat rights of Star Trek's, Deepspace Nine, Next Generation, and Voyager along with first year hit repeats of 'C.S.I.'. The network has also purchased the repeat rights to 'Baywatch' which they will air multiple times during the week. 

APR 7: Trek Lost Scenes: Star Trek: Generations has bunch of cut scenes. Section 31 is posting those scenes on their site one at a time, due to bandwidth problems. Check it out. 

APR 7: Trek X Director: Michael Dorn, who portrays the Klingon Worf in the feature films and television series told everyone at the Grand Slam Convention, that if anyone from the cast directs the movie it will be LeVar Burton rather than Jonathan Frakes.  There is also a rumor that Troi and Riker characters will get married in the next and final film that will feature the full Next Generation cast. 

APR 6: Captain Backula: According to the Canadian TV Guide and TrekWeb Scott Backula has been signed to star in the upcoming 'Star Trek V' series. The new series is scheduled to ramp up soon, so information is due to come out soon on casting. On the other side, a source at 'Aint It Cool.com' has posted notice that Mr. Backula is no longer in the running for the role. One report is that Paramount is no longer interested, and other that Bakula pulled out. They could an episode on how he 'Quantum Leaped' into the role. :-) Knowing Trek writers and the CONSTANT time distortions they use it could happen. Really... it could. At least in the new series we won't be stuck with episodes in the Holodeck.

APR 6: Reeves Ex Dies: Keannu Reeves is distraught over the death of his ex-girlfriend, 29 yr old Jennifer Syme, who died in an automobile accident after her car ran into three parked cars. The accident is believed to be caused from drugs she had taken for her depression. They also found a white substance on a role of bills in the car which is being checked for drug residue. Syme's depression came about from her daughter, and Reeves, being still born a few months ago. 

APR 6: Pern Dead: Michael Moore wanted a classy interesting show, and the WB wanted another Buffy/ Xena esque type series. So the plug was pulled just two days before production was to begin. Listen folks, this was a series that was ready to role before the cameras. CGI was lined up, set were built, and the production team set. This would have been a unique and great series and the WB wanted another typical series with dragons instead of vampires. Gimme a break Warner Brothers, expand yourselves... 

APR 6: 3rd Rock Ends: While we all knew the series was over, it has been made official  by NBC. The six year series will end in a one hour special on May 22.  Before this announcement star 'French Stewart' had already signed on to a new series pilot for the fall. 3rd Rock From the Sun returns with new episodes on Tuesday, April 17. Liam Neeson and John Cleese will appear on the series when it returns

APR 6: Roswell: Once again the WB series 'Roswell' will be undergoing some major changes when it returns later this month. The series fate however remains dependant on its performance over the remaining episodes during the May sweeps.

APR 6: Superfly: Another 70's character 'Superfly' is heading to the big screen. Once thought to be a Warner Bros. and Joel Silvers project is now in the hands of Universal with Brian Grazer and scribe Nick Pileggi (goodfellas) producing a script by Steve Zaillian who also scripted Hannibal and Shindler's List. (chud)

APR 6: Nancy Drew: ABC TV is close to making a deal for the Nancy Drew mysteries. The network is planning to adapt one book into a telefilm. Based on its performance they will have the option to do more films or a regular TV series. (variety)

APR 6: Hulk Status: Ang Lee is hoping to begin production on the new feature next year on the Incredible Hulk, which he has no idea the story he will use. Hey Lee, there is a thing called the comic book. Maybe you should check them out. 

APR 6: Firespill: An action disaster film has been picked up by MDP Worldwide. A script by Matt Oppenheimer based on a book by Ian Slater. The film is budgeted for around $70M and is due to begin pre-production in the fall. So far there is no cast or director attached to the film. Firespill tells the story of two tanker that collide and cause a monstrous oil spill that catches fire. A massive firestorm that causes danger to the coast line and the President of the United States who is on vacation.  (variety) 

APR 6: Witchblade: The new limited edition series from TNT finally has a day and timeslot. It will air in June on TNT, Tuesdays at 9pm EST. 

APR 5: the Dead Zone: Another Deepspace Nine actor has a new gig. Nicole DeBoer told the Sci-Fi Wire that she has snagged the female lead in UPN's new series 'The Dead Zone' based on the novel from Stephen King. She will costar with Anthony Michael Hall (Out of Bounds, Pirates of Silicon Valley) They are planning to have the pilot and one episode in the can before the impending strike. Same as the new Trek V series. 

APR 5: X-Men II: Scribe David Hayter has told the comics continuum that he has been signed to pen the sequel to the X-Men. He has no idea what the story is going to be YET, but he is excited to be onboard.

APR 5: Witchblade: TNT has opened its new site area for 'Witchblade'. However, we all know that most official sites don't offer much. It will take the fans to put together a quality site. If you would like to check out the site CLICK HERE.

APR 5: Rock Nukem: Dark Horizons is reporting that the Rock has officially been offered the role of 'Duke Nukem'.  He is their first choice, but will he sign on. 

APR 5: Stolen Spider: Four Spiderman Costumes designed for actor Tobey McGuire were stolen from the films set in Los Angeles. Columbia Pictures has issued a $25000 reward for their safe return. There are enough costumes that it will not affect the films deadlines. Yunno this is an inside job. 

APR 5: Skull 2: The sequel to the frat thriller the Skull begins filming Monday in Toronto. The first film did decent at the box office. Not a bad movie, especially when compared to... Battlefield Earth. 

APR 5: Bowie Goes For Blood: Singer, songwriter and actor, David Bowie will be playing Dracula in an upcoming Italian made for TV Movie remake of 'Dracula'. It is slated to air in the fall. (canada's Jam)

APR 5: Just Visiting: This new feature from Disney is likely to be just that in the theatres... Just Visiting. Previews for the feature have been plain and terribly boring. Might have done better as one of Disney's direct to video features. I won't be spending even matinee dollars on this one.

APR 5: Pitt Goes Sci-Fi: Brad Pitt, who has been selecting a mess of crappy roles of late, is in serious talks to star in an as yet un-named SF picture for Warner Brothers. Darren Aronofsky, who is working on Batman: Year One is writing and will direct the feature film. 

APR 5: Spidey Accident: The second Spiderman accident has occurred. This time it hasn't been fatal as Tobey McGuire's stunt double has been seriously injured which includes a broken leg. Stuntman Zack Hudson was taken immediately to UCLA Medical Facility where he still remains, his condition unknown. It happened during a scene where Hudson was to crash through a wall and skimming a second wall. Hudson crashed into the second wall.  It is unknown whether the accident will cause a delay in the May 2002 scheduled released date.

APR 5: X-Men Awarded: The X-Men has been nominated for 10 Saturn Awards. Grinch was nominated for 8. On the Television Side of things Buffy hit with the most nominations with 7 mentions in cross sections of categories. Also nominated from televisions was the X-Files, Star Trek Voyager, Dark Angel and Angel.

APR 5: Xbox News: Microsoft has denied reports they are behind schedule on the release of the new gaming system due this year. John O'Rourke, director of Sales and Marketing, is saying the XBOX is on schedule for its release in the fall of this year. Microsoft will spend $500M just to market the new game which is slated to compete with Sony's Playstation and Playstation 2. 

APR 4: CDR Series Labels Added: Some new CDR labels have been added today. Dark Angel, Forever Knight, Buffy, Love Boat, A new Scorpious Farscape label and the Time Tunnel. If your dubbing your own series to VideoCD then this is the place to look. CLICK HERE to go straight to the CDR Labels Page.

APR 4: Fandom.com Ceases: Fandom.com has announced it will cease ALL ONLINE SERVICES. For now the fan based sites of Fandom.com will remain live for the time  being. Cinescape online will also remain operating as an investor is found. If not, Fandom.com will go dark. 

APR 4: Rock Nukem: Coming Attractions is reporting a rumor that Scorpion King & WWF favorite 'The Rock', Dwayne Johnson, is being considered to star in the upcoming/ in development 'Duke Nukem'. 

APR 4: Fox Smart?: If you were producing two shows, would you air one against the other? Well Fox is doing it. They produce Buffy, Angel and Dark Angel, though the first two air on the WB (for now). Fox is airing its Dark Angel against Angel. This has drastically hurt the series Angel having to go head to head with Cameron's new expensive series. This just doesn't sound like good business to me. Sounds... stupid, but hey... that's Fox for ya.

APR 4: Darth Maul Returns: Ray Parks official newsletter has indicated that 'Darth Maul' will return in Episode 3. (dark horizons)  Likely he will battle Darth Vader for who will be Emperor's right hand.

APR 4: the Fugitive: It appears that CBS's hard pushed series 'The Fugitive' is a goner at the end of its season and will not see a second. The show is reportedly expensive to make, due to so many location shoots and has fallen drastically in the ratings since its premiere.  This show is horrible and should never have gone beyond the pilot TV Movie. 

APR 4: Gary & Mike: UPN's claymation, 'Gary & Mike' has pretty much set itself for the old toy bin. The series is unlikely to return. This is a series which UPN killed Joel Silver's 'Freedom' for. Nice job guys!

APR 3: Pern Gone: A WB spokes person has announced the plug has been pulled on it TV version of 'Dragonriders of Pern'. This is the second time a series based on the books by Anne McCaffery has died. Fuck!

APR 3: 7 Days: The never talked about, and underrated TV Series '7 Days' is likely for renewal according to series producer, Tom Ropelewski. 7 Days is UPN's second most watched hour behind Voyager. Says Ropelewski, "If your losing your number one rated show do you cancel your number 2 rated show?". 7 Days will finish up its third season after Special Unit 2 finishes with its time slot after its 6 episode run. If it was any other network, he feels the series would be cancelled. But I think if was on another network it might have a much larger audience too.

APR 3: Wolf Lake: The new series cast will feature Graham Greene joining the already signed Lou Diamond Phillips, and Tim Matheson for the supernatural pilot movie for CBS. 

APR 3: Taking Lives: Jennifer Lopez is negotiating to star as an FBI agent in Tony Scott's crime thriller 'Taking Lives'. Lopez has backed out of her role to portray Mexican star Frida Kahlo.  Wonder is she'll get another chance to show of her bust in this film. She seems to be into this. 

APR 3: Madonna: Anyone care that Madonna has announced a concert tour? Didn't think so.

APR 3: Saint Sinner: The Sci-Fi Channel is working with Clive Barker on a new two-hour original movie which is presently titled 'Saint Sinner'. This epic tale of redemption, suspense and horror finds a 19th-century monk unwittingly unleashing two beautiful female
demons upon the world. Even worse, the demons escape into the future, and the monk must track them to present-day Los Angeles to stop them from wreaking deadly havoc.

APR 3: No Craven: Wes Craven's pilot movie for UPN has been passed over by the network. The Craven project, which he was to produce and direct, is a thriller that centers on a wealthy male entrepreneur and a female artificial-intelligence specialist and their exploration of the supernatural. There have been problems with casting which lead to the problems with UPN. It will be shopped around to other networks.

APR 3: Crusade: The Sci-Fi Channel will begin airing the short lived 'Crusade' series April 9th in the order suggested by creator JMS. However, the SFC will only be airing the series once through at this time. So, if you don't have the series get them VCRs ready. 

APR 3: Mutant X update: The new series has hired a stunt coordinator out of Hong Kong.  The official website reports they have cast three of the five leads and at least one of them will be a familiar face to the fans. 

APR 2: Catwoman: Variety is reporting that Ashley Judd has been signed to play 'Catwoman' that Warner Brothers has put on the fast track. John Rogers is currently working on the script for the film. This puts the Batman franchise with three films in work. One based on the Batman: Year One comic book. Another based on the Batman Animated series, and now a third based around Catwoman. 

APR 2: Terminator 3 Rumor: Dark Horizon has posted a scoop that Carrie Ann Moss of Matrix has been cast to play the female terminator in the upcoming film. I personally find it hard to believe when Matrix is filming two films back to back and should be filming when Terminator 3 begins filming. (depending on the strike. Both would stop filming if the strike happens.) 

APR 2: Austin 3: Dark Horizon's has confirmed that Robert Wagner, number two, has been asked to return for the third film which Mike Myers is scripting now.

APR 2: Scorpion King delay: Scorpion King and Arac Attack release dates have been pushed back from late 2001 to the summer of 2002. 

APR 2: X-Men 2: Bryan Singer told SFX Magazine that he would like to explore Wolverine's background that was hinted at in the first film. He would also like to have the Beast in the next film, but can't say whether 'Dark Phoenix' and 'the Sentinels' will show up. The story will continue with the war that Magneto said was coming with the humans. 

APR 2: Trek V: Brannon Braga told the Sci-Fi Wire that Paramount will be releasing some details about the new series in the next few weeks. He did say they were aiming at a fall premiere on UPN. Ain't It Cool News has a supposed pilot script review with tidbits about the new series that everyone already knows about. 

APR 2: Episode One DVD: The Force.net is reporting that the Star Wars: Episode One DVD is complete and has been checked for quality control. The reported DVD is set to have 20 minutes of extra footage, which includes the waterfall scene and Anakin's fight with the young Greedo. 

APR 2: Man Thing: Artisan and Marvel have hired Hans Radionoff to script a proposed 'Man Thing' film. Man Thing is a slight spin on the more known 'Swamp Thing'. 

APR 2: Touched By An Angel: A new cast member joins the angel based series in the form of 'Valerie Bertinelli'. Her first episode with the series airs April 29. She teams with Roma Downey. Bertinelli is married to Eddie Van Halen. 

APR 2: Electa-Woman: The Sid & Marty Kroft project Electra Woman and Dyna Girl have cast their stars. The series will star Markie Post (Night Court) and Anne Stedman. The new series is being created for the WB Network.  Other Kroft projects in work include H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters and The Bugaloos. 

APR 2: Smallville: the pilot for the new WB series Smallville on the verge of wrapping. All that is left will be the addition of the special effects, which does not include the man of steel in his blue and red suit. (Comics Continuum)

APR 1: Genre $$$: Spy Kids was number one at the box office this weekend sneaking in with $27M, while Joel Silvers 'Exit Wounds' increased its four week total to $41M. Spy Kids was done for a budget of just $36M.

APR 1: Damn You Cypher: Coming Attractions is reporting that Matrix bad man 'Cypher' might be returning for a cameo in the sequel. Joe Pantaliano, who played Cypher, was on the local UPN affiliate KMSP channel 9 talking mostly about his role in the Sapranos, but dropped a hint he will be having a day of shooting on the set of Matrix 2. It seems the Wachowski brothers are superstitious and consider him a good luck charm.

APR 1: First Wave Goes Comic: The Sci-Fi Channel original series 'First Wave' will be getting itself comic booked by Andromeda Entertainment. First Wave: Heart of a Killer will ship next week. The second comic First Wave: Jordan Radcliffe, based on the third season character played by Traci Elizabeth Lords, will hit shelves in late May. (comic continuum)

APR 1: Witchblade Filming: The new limited edition series is currently in production, and should be in the can prior to it airing in June. The TNT series starring Yancy Butler (mann & machine) is being shot in Toronto. Should the short run series be successful, there would be more. Witchblade will have a continuous story arch through the entire run, with smaller stories in each episode. Hopefully TNT will handle this series better than it has its other first run series. 

APR 1: Xena Filming Ends: Lucy Lawless and her character will hang the sword on the mantle as the series wraps filming its final episode this Friday. The 33 year old actress isn't talking about the finale. "You'll have to watch and find out." she says. Lawless has no plans for work after the series. And she isn't in a hurry to step into another series anytime soon. Xena has been filming in New Zealand since 1995. A location that seems rough on the actors, at least according to them.

APR 1: Lassiter Signs: Oscar winning director 'John Lasseter' has signed a 10 year contract with Pixar Animation Studios. Lasseter is the director behind the Toy Story movies, A Bugs Life, and the upcoming release of 'Monsters Inc.' November 2. He three released have grossed $1.2B. Unfortunately Pixar is attached with Disney, which distributes the films.

APR 1: More Effects for Less Money: Just ask Robert Rodriquez how to do special effects on a tight budget. Here is some of his ideas. Super special effects in movies are generally synonymous with huge budgets, often topping $100 million. But effects don't have to cost big bucks, says director Robert Rodriguez, whose $36 million Spy Kids (opening today) has more effects than the big-budget Gladiator and The Perfect Storm. "The first person you hire in Hollywood is an effects supervisor," Rodriguez says. "That was the first person I didn't hire." He used off-the-shelf f/x software and did the Kids effects himself. "If you can decide in advance what you want, you can save a ton of money." It's a risky corner to cut, however. Low-budget effects films have yet to make an impression at the box office. Dungeons & Dragons, for example, cost only $36 million but grossed a miserable $15.2 million. 

APR 1: The Oblongs: This is a disgusting animated series. There is nothing funny about this mean spirited series from the folks a the WB. It has been compared to a parody of 'the Addams Family'. Give a break. This suck ass animated cartoon is WAY off the mark. Horrible!