FEB 28: Ford Rates Are Up: The Sci-Fi Channel has posted a report from the New York Post that Harrison Ford could earn in the neighborhood of $40M to star in the fourth film. A studio source told the Post, "The film would bring a classic end to the series.     Who says we, the fans want it to end! Get a new director and younger person to talk over the whip and hat.

FEB 28: MIB2: MTV's Jackass star Johnny Knoxville has joined the cast of Men In Black 2. He will jump over to the project after finishing up Barry Sonnenfeld's 'Big Trouble'.

FEB 28: the X-Files: Chris Carter says that "Banning anything unforeseen, the series should return for a ninth season. But if it's not a second X-File film would continue where the 8th season ended." David Duchovny might return for the ninth season, but only in an even more limited role than in season 8. He would of course be willing to STAR in an second film. (cinescape)

FEB 28: Witchblade: Top Cow's David Wohl told the Comics Continuum, that a few story elements for the new 11 episode series will be drawing material from the comic books. There will also be other elements that we haven't shown in the comic yet, but are relevant to the origin of the Witchblade in both the comic book and the TV show.

FEB 28: Fat Feature: That's 'Fat Albert' making it way from animated TV to live action feature film. According to the trades, the 20th Century Fox film is being written by Bill Cosby and will have elements from his animated series and original stories. 

FEB 28: Matrix Tax Probs: Once again something might delay the beginning of production of Matrix 2 & 3 as they has out a dispute with Australia over two tax incentive that would provide them a $30M tax cut. Recently the government has tightened loopholes in the law.       Might lead to films moving back to Canada instead of Australia. 

FEB 28: Bloodquest 40K: It appears that the CG feature 'Bloodquest' based on the Warhammer 40K board game from Exile Films may be dead. Exile films has simply posted on their site "Exile Films Is No More". 

FEB 27: Costly Ford: The New York Post is reporting that Harrison Ford's paycheck for K-19: the Widowmaker will be in the $25M range for a mere 20 days worth of work. Just over $1M per day isn't bad money. I might be interested in a job like that. Wonder if anyone is hiring...

FEB 27: Walking With Zombies: Dimension Films will distribute the film, 'I Walked With a Zombie' from director Avi Nesher. It is rumored that Dimension will package the film as a Tales From the Crypt film. Zombies, once titled as 'Ritual' stars Jennifer Gray, Tim Curry and Craig Sheffer. 

FEB 27: Spy Girl: Designed to star 'LeFemme Nakita's' Peta Wilson. A romantic mystery drama pilot about a twentysomething Ivy League grad who joins a private investigation agency. Once there, a romance develops  between her and another P.I. (sftv news)

FEB 27: Special Unit 2: The new series for UPN will see lots of stuff blowing up, a samurai mummy, stock broker werewolves and gargoyles. The new series is a black comedy set to give genre fans what they want. It is also a series likely to die on UPN after about three to five episodes. UPN & Fox have quick fingers. (scifi.com)

FEB 27: Eon Closes Site: Eon Magazine Online is now merging with scifi.com as one online news website. Eon has not been updated since January 31. But I don't think to many were visiting the site that much anymore. Lots of their affiliate sites were dead links.

FEB 27: Dubbing Update: Some pages of the VHS Dubbing area have been updated with photos, and more information. If your dubbing your own collection this is the place to check out.

FEB 27: Scooby Doo: According to Garth at 'Dark Horizons' Pamela Anderson filmed a brief cameo for the new 'Scooby Doo' film.  A June 14, 2002 release date is being rumor with the film. (dark horizons)

FEB 27: C.S.I.: The new Las Vegas based series C.S.I. is doing even better in its new Thursday night time slot following 'Survivor'. The first year series is sitting alone at number 4 in the ratings and number 21 overall for the season.  The decent running Navy series 'J.A.G.' is still doing well at number 17 with a season rating of 28.  Is good to have three initials in your series name it seems.

FEB 27: Apes Online: The Planet of the Apes movie trailer will be online Wednesday at noon. It will appear in theatres on Friday. Internet geeks will get the first look for a change. You can check out the trailer at... PLANET OF THE APES.com. Click the link will open a new browser outside of scifi2k.com. Tuesday, Feb. 27 the trailer will be shipped to TV stations via satellite. You will see it all over the place that night.

FEB 27: Tomb Raider: On March 16 the full Tomb Raider trailer will be released. 

FEB 27: eToys Trouble: The online toy store is scheduled to file for bankruptcy protection within the next 10 days. eToys Inc. has outstanding debts of $274M and know that is more than they will receive in any strategic transaction.  On the same not Disney Internet will be cutting around 150 jobs in an attempt to become profitable. Sure those 150 yearly salaries will turn the company profit around. Yeah... right.

FEB 27: Top Syndies: Andromeda remains the number 1 genre rated series and number 12 overall. tying with repeats of the X-Files. Despite ending this season after five years Xena is the number 2 syndicated first run series and tied at number 16 overall with Jerry Springer. No other genre series has broken the top 20 list.

FEB 27: Get Smart: Warner Brothers will bring TV series Maxwell Smart to big screen in 'Get Smart'. Warner has hired John Whitesell to develop and possibly direct the feature film. Robert Simonds & Roadshow will executive produce the picture from a script by Bill Collage and Adam Cooper. This scripting duo as wrote 'Stretch Armstrong' which has Jackie Chan attached to it for Disney. Is 'Get Smart' a smart idea? We already have the Naked Gun series of films don't we? (hollywood reporter)

FEB 27: Shadow Government: U571 director Jonathan Mostow will helm the President assassination film 'Shadow Government' from Universal,  which kinda parallels the film 'the Manchurian Candidate' but with a President in the likes of 'Air Force One'. Shadows story is about a U.S. president who survives an assassination attempt and comes to wonder whether the people around him were somehow involved. (variety)

FEB 27: Wolf Lake: CBS has order a pilot for a possible new series titled 'Wolf Lake'. A pilot from John Leekly about a werewolf suspensel-thriller set in the Pacific Northwest. 

FEB 26: Galactica News: USA Network Executive Dan Pasternack, who is leading Singers proposed new series is hoping that the new series, which will not air before the fall of 2002 season, will air on a major network as well as the Sci-Fi Channel. It is already being done with NBC & USA airing 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'. The new series will be using state of the art special effects and the premise of the show, finding Earth, may change. Creator Glen Larsen is onboard in an advisory capacity. CLICK HERE for the Battlestar Galactica fan area, which includes an episode guide.

FEB 26: Apes Mini-Series: Sorry folks but the mini-series will be in the form of a Dark House comic book of Planet of the Apes. Dark Horse will publish the three book mini-series beginning in June, with an original graphic novel to follow in July.

FEB 26: Elric Is Back: Michael Moorcock has written a new adventure for his albino character 'Elric of Melnibone'. The new fantasy novel is titled... 'The Dreamthief's Daughter'. Elric is a albino who fights with a sword which devours the souls of his victims.

FEB 26: TV Themes: Well fans, another 100+ television themes were added to the site late yesterday for everyone's pleasure. That brings the total themes on site to over 335 Themes, which may include different versions of a theme and include ending music of others. Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Action and Horror... it's all here here. Grab a theme and hang on. CLICK HERE for the themes page.

FEB 26: Stargate 2: It appears there might be a sequel to the original feature 'Stargate', this time using the cast from the Showtime original series. Universal has approached the main cast of the series and is planning a possible production date sometime in October of this year. Season Five of Stargate SG-1 is due to wrap around that time as well.

FEB 26: Hannibal $$$: After a mere 18 days in release Ridley Scott's 'Hannibal' has eaten up an estimated $128.5M in the U.S. and Canada. Around $200M worldwide. 

FEB 26: Nakita Finale: The USA Network series 'LeFemme Nakita' will finish up its Final 8 episode season with one more episode after last nights airing of episode 7. The final episode airs Sunday, March 4 on USA.

FEB 25: $10 Please: That's right folks, movie prices are going up again. New York is the first to screw the populace raising the prices to $10 per person beginning March 2 in Manhattan. Financially troubled Loews will be the first mega-theaters to raise price between $8 to $10. Cold day in HELL before I pay $10 for a movie I can buy in six months for $20. With the crap dumped on us today, $10 is a lot of money my friend. Time for us to take a stand, and stay away from theatres until prices drop. Wow!!!

FEB 25: Hatch's Galactica: With the news of a fresh Battlestar Galactica Series coming some of you might wish to see some images from Richard Hatches attempt to get permission for his feature/series idea. Images from the trailer he has been showing at conventions around the world. CLICK HERE for the IMAGES. 

FEB 25: 2000AD Feature: The British action comic 2000AD has signed a major film deal with 'Fine Line Features'. that would feature the character 'OUTLAW' on the big screen. The films budget appears to be around $15M ($23M? US). The new film will be direct by Andrew Upton from a script by 'the Mummy's' Lloyd Foneville. The futuristic story follows a reformed criminal who is forced by a weapons-design company to come out of retirement and compete in their Deadliest Man Alive gun-fighting contest.  (sfx online)

FEB 25: UPN Turns Un-cool: I have been a huge UPN fan since the channel premiered airing 'No Where Man' and 'Star Trek Voyager'. I am getting so tired though of UPN constantly giving us new genre series, and yanking their chain before they get to find an audience. They have killed 'the Strip' after 6 episodes, Secret Agent Man after 8 weeks, Level 9 after 6 weeks, and Freedom after a mere 3 episodes, along with Mercy Point also after just three episodes. Some of these we will never know of their potential because UPN pulled the plug so quick. Even quality shows such as No Where Man, and the Sentinel were cancelled despite decent ratings.

FEB 25: Elvis is Back: 3,000 Miles to Graceland started Friday at theatres everywhere. This looks to be a quality movie starring, Kevin Costner, Kurt Russel, Courtney Cox, and Christian Slater. A must see movie.

FEB 25: Time Machine: Irish singer, Samantha Mumba will make her acting debut co-starring opposite  Guy Pearce in the remake of Orson Well's 'The Time Machine' by director Simon Wells. (yes, they are related)

FEB 25: Harry Potter $$$: Warner Brothers is already making money on a feature that isn't due in theatres until late 2002. Warner has made Coca Cola Co. the sole promotional partner for their new film 'Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone' for a mere $40M to $50M. 

FEB 25: Web Names: Celine Dion & Julie Brown have won back their name from a cybersquatter recently. Both of their names were purchased by Canadian Jeff Burgar, who admitted to officials that he has registered sites in 75 famous names. This loser has lost in court other famous name including one to Bruce Springsteen.

FEB 24: Driven: Renny Harlin's new feature 'Driven' has scored well with test audiences rating hirer with women than men. I believe the picture also stars Sylvester Stallone among others. Harlin is currently editing the picture. (variety)

FEB 24: Special Unit 2: The UPN mid-season replacement is expected to begin airing in the next four to six weeks. Six episodes of Special Unit 2 have been filmed so far, around the L.A. area that is always used to be Chicago. The series stars Michail Landes as Detective Nick O'Malley and Alexondra Lee as his partner. Kate Benson costars. Creature effects are done by godzilla's Patrick Tatopoulos while blade runner's Syd Mead creates the space-age weapons.

FEB 24: ElfQuest: The forever in work animated feature 'Elfquest' based on the comic books of the same name. Canal Plus Entertainment has joined the project, but don't expect the new feature until late 2002 to early 2003. Elfquest creators Wendi and Richard Pini are extremely happy with the project so far. Wendi is helping write the script with Marv Wolfman.

FEB 24: New Trek: Trek.com is reporting that designer John Eaves, who designed many a starships, has apparently finished designing the new starship for Paramounts new Star Trek Series. Paramount has yet to announce if the ship will be the Enterprise. The series is still rumored to be set at the birth of the Federation, just prior to the original Trek series. 

FEB 24: Tomb Raider: Paramount has signed the following advertisers for their new feature of Tomb Raider film. Pepsi, Taco Bell, Ericsson, and Land Rover have all partnered for the feature.

FEB 24: First Wave Moving: The Sci-Fi Channel for some reason can't leave anything alone, for fans to get use to. First Wave is moves March 24 to Saturdays at 9pm along with 'Secret Adventures of Jules Verne' at 10pm and 'Black Scorpion' at 11pm.  Lexx will replace Jules Verne on July 28 with new episodes as Verne wraps up its first season.
Sat: 9pm   - First Wave
Sat: 10pm - Jules Verne
Sat: 11pm - Black Scorpion

FEB 24: Friday Change: The Friday night line-up for the Sci-Fi Channel beginning March 23 is as follows... The Invisible Man comes to Friday's at 8pm, as Farscape opens season 3 at 9pm. The Season seven premiere of  'Outer Limits' airs in the 10pm time slot. 
Fri: 8pm   - Invisible Man (season two)
Fri: 9pm   - Farscape  (season 3)
Fri: 10pm - Outer Limits  (season 7)

FEB 23: Battlestar Galactica: X-Men's Bryan Singer and producer Tom DeSanto are actually working on a new 'Battlestar Galactica' television series that mixing up some of the old characters with some new ones.  DeSanto told Smilin' Jack Ruby of Fandom.com that they would like to shoot a pilot as soon as possible, but likely until after the writers strike. He hasn't seen Richard Hatches version but expects him to be involved in the new series. He has no idea which station it would be on yet either. Only that he thinks the fans will love it. And hopes the hardcore fans will give them a chance and not come up with negative things before the pilot airs.  And YES the Galactica will be in the new television series.   I personally hope we get to see Starbuck and Apollo return to the new series along with Boomer. Both Singer and DeSanto are expecting to direct and write some of the episodes.

FEB 23: Mathew Blackheart: The new Sci-Fi Channel series is apparently dead at this time after a one of the financial partners backed out. 'Mathew Blackheart: Monster Smasher is dead'.

FEB 22: First Wave: The Future of the sci-fi series 'First Wave' is hanging in the balance based on the decision from the Sci-Fi Channel and Pearson Entertainment who distributes the series world wide. It comes down to points and ratings. Unfortunately we continue to see quality series like First Wave end while series like 'Black Scorpion' and 'VIP' continue to be renewed.

FEB 22: Voyager: Well, looks like Paramount and the Berman are screwing the fans of the show. There will not be a six episode arc getting Voyager home as there was with DS9. The series will continue near the final episode with the same basic crappy storylines we have had for years. Paramount has taken the wrong road with Voyager for most of the series. They continue to do so now. Trekweb.com has revealed the storylines for several of the final episodes. Nothing special and nothing getting them home.

FEB 22: The Allien Legacy: 20th Century Fox continues to sit on a great franchise with the Aliens, and Predators. It is time to dump Ripley and continue to base the franchise around the aliens or predators. What a waste.

FEB 22: Tick Delayed: Fox has delayed its premiere of the new series 'The Tick' to the summer or fall of this year. This will be  a short lived series based on the comic character of the same name.

FEB 22: Old Shows Do Well: In syndicated reruns 'the Pretender', 'Early Edition', and 'Profiler' are doing well. They continue to have ratings near or equal to news shows such as 'the Invisible Man', 'Sheena', Earth Final Conflict' and first repeats of 'Stargate SG-1' in syndication. Those three shows along with Now and Again, should never have been cancelled.

FEB 22: Trek Sets Built: DS9's Quark, Armin Shimerman' told convention goers in Ill. that the new Star Trek series has already built their sets on the Paramount lot. This only adds to the fire rumors that production on the new trek series could begin near the end of March, early April time frame. Viacom has confirmed officially that the new series will air in the fall.

FEB 22: Pentium 4: Stay away from the Pentium 4 processor folks. There are bugs in the processor and the cost of ram for it is OUTRAGEOUS!!! One of the bugs in the processor prevents you from running two monitors at the same time.  The AMD K7 Athlon processor is the best buy based on speed and overall cost. And hey... NO BUGS.

FEB 22: NBC Scales Back: NBC will be scale down its min-series and original TV Movies this year from around 50 projects to about 10. And next year it could drop to just four or five. NBC is now expected to eliminate its 20 yr old Sunday night movies franchise. 

FEB 21: New THEMES: There are 68 new themes added to the site yesterday. Most were in wav format, and a few in mp3. I would recommend  listening the 'First Wave: Ending Credit' music. Outstanding! The Sci-Fi Channel constantly dubs over the music with ads. Over 235 themes so far on the site. Some of the new themes added include... The Cape, Cop Rock, New versions of Babylon 5, Salvage 1, Shaft, Sheriff Lobo, and others for your pleasure. CLICK HERE  to check them out.

FEB 21: X-Men 2 News: Bryan Singer has confirmed to Empire Online that that he is doing the sequel to his X-Men feature. He is already working on the new script. With the financing of his next project falling through Fox is hoping to begin production in early 2002 with a summer 2002 release. ( cinescape online ) Once again Singer will be under the gun to get the project done for the summer.

FEB 21: the Punisher: Marvel's Kevin Feige says the in development remake of the Punisher will be more true to the comic book, and he will have a skull on his chest. Fantastic Fours scribe Mike France might also get a shot at writing the Punisher script.  France is not officially signed to the project, yet.  The first Punisher film was direct to video starring Dolph Lungren. I thought is was a great action flick. If you haven't seen it yet, it is out on VHS and DVD.

FEB 21: Next Season: Have you seen all the shows in development for next season. Check out 'CHANNEL NEWS' for all the new series being talked about.

FEB 21: Another Elvis: Army of Darkness star Bruce Campbell will be playing an elderly Elvis Presley in the feature film, 'Bubba Ho-Tep'. Campbell will play the real Elvis living in an old folks home where no one believes he's the King. Earlier in his career he changed places with an imitator and he was the one found dead in the bathroom years ago. Now the elderly Elvis must rally his elderly residents and to battle an ancient force of evil. 

FEB 21: Chimera: Dark Castle Entertainment has snagged the horror spec script 'Chimera' from writer Mark Hanlon. The story of a group of seas salvagers who come upon a derelict passenger ship missing since 1953. The take the ship and while being towed is also subject to a number of unusual and mysterious things happen on board. This project will be produced by Joel Silver and directed by Robert Zemekis

FEB 21: The Spider: In HBO's third creature feature 'The Spider' will star Dan Akroyd and Teresa Russell. Scott Ziehl will direct the project that will shoot in Los Angeles. It will based on the 'B' movie from the 1950's Samuel Z. Arkoff film. Also joining the cast will be Amelia Heinle and Roswell's Devon Gummersal.

FEB 21: OZ Returns: The intense HBO drama series 'OZ' will be returning for a fifth season.

FEB 21: Final Fantasy: Despite earlier comments about sequels to the as yet unreleased animated feature 'Final Fantasy' don't look for it to happen to soon. The company doing the film originally budgeted the project at $70M and the cost has also doubled and caused the company to scale back on future projects.

FEB 21: Madonna: She will be singing at the Grammy's. Man she looks horrible since she had the face lift or something. Whew. Get the woman a bag ... or two.

FEB 20: Buffy: Looks like Jenny Calender, as Robia La Morte, will be returning to Buffy the Vampire Slayer next season as a villain.

FEB 20: Tomb Raider: Dark Horizons is reporting that fans of Tomb Raider might not want to expect a sequel anytime soon after the this years release of the first film. According to Angelina Jolie she misses her husband terribly. Says Jolie, "After this [the movie] I'm not doing anything away from home, the only thing is I won't be able to get pregnant and then do Lara Croft straight away again. So I have a lot to think about". She also dropped this great line about her fitness: "Playing Lara has made me so much more athletic. My body has changed - I am so much fitter now, I've been working out so hard that I have finally got a backside and breast".

FEB 20: Body Dollars: How much is your body worth? Jennifer Lopez with the killer hinny is denying rumors that she has insured her assets for $1B. During an interview she said laughing that the rumors were not true.

FEB 20: New Series: NBC-TV has announced a pilot movie based on an Anne Rice script. The project will star Timothy Hutton as Angels battle on Earth as good goes against evil.

FEB 20: Episode III: Is the production thinking at all in design terms about the third and last production in the saga. Lucasfilm Jedi Council, Doug Chiang commented, "We are always conscious of how the new designs will be integrated into the entire Star Wars universe. Because we are only working on one part of a six-part series, the designs need to evolve with the characters and the story in a convincing matter. There needs to be some logic in the designing process to make the series visually cohesive." (cinescape online)

FEB 20: New Labels: Some new VHS side labels (splines) have been added to the site today. Joining the over 200 labels already on the site are... Earth Final Conflict, Empty Nest, Wild Wild West, T.J. Hooker, the Waltons, Lost In Space, Third Watch, ThunderCats, the Pretender, Two Guys & a Girl, and PSI Factor. CLICK HERE for the Labels Main Page.

FEB 20: Xena: Raimi is taking Xena out with another musical episode. Lucy Lawless told the Ananova wire service that one of the show's final episodes would be a "crazy" musical. "It will be a kind of disco version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream," she said. Lawless also says that there will be no feature films or television movies to continue Xena.  "There was always talk of a film but I was too exhausted," she adds. "Now that I have the time and energy, they're not into producing films." 

FEB 20: X-Files: Chris Carter has said that the eighth season cliffhanger may lead straight into the second feature film rather than a ninth season.  May's two-hour season ending cliffhanger could lead into a ninth season or feature film. If the new Lone Gunmen series is successful it may lead to the X-Files being brought to an end. Duchovny is not interested in a new series, or returning for a ninth season. He is however interested in returning for a feature film. This may also lend to the decision on what will be done. What about Robert Patrick? Will he also be in a feature if it happens? (tv guide)

FEB 19: Invisible Man: The new series just completed airing its 21st episode this past Friday and will some for reason go into repeats for three weeks and one pre-empting before returning on Friday March 23 at 8pm with its part 1 first season finale 'Money For Nothing' pt1 & part two 'Money For Nothing' on March 30. Invisible Man will end its first season with 23 episodes.  It appears as if the Sci-Fi Channel is once again abandoning 'First Wave' during its third season. 

FEB 19: K-19: The new Harrison Ford/Liam Neeson  submarine disaster film K-19: The Widowmaker is getting some serious heat from the former Soviet Submariners who survived the incident in real life. They are claiming the filmmakers erroneously portray the men's involvement in the 1961 nuclear sub disaster as a bunch of stupid, disrespectful, eternally drunk Soviet sailors who played cards as the alarms were sounding. K-19 starts filming this month on an authentic Soviet submarine on location in Russia, Iceland and Canada. This isn't the first time a history-based Hollywood sub movie has come under attack over its purported authenticity. Last year, Universal's U-571 was blasted by British officials who said the film--about the capture of a German U-boat containing a secret-code machine--wrongly credited U.S. sailors for the feat, when it was U.K. submariners who actually did the dirty work. The producers tried to appease the Brits by adding text at the end to the closing credits explaining the true story behind the film. Other than 'The Hunt For Red October', submarine films generally do not do that well at the box office to continue making them. 

FEB 19: Writers Respect: We have the strike coming this summer, based on the writers wanting some changes and who can blame them. Did Ridley Scott write Alien? Nope, O'Bannon wrote it. Who gets credit for it... Scott does. Is it fair? Josh Hadley has some thoughts on the subject along with the MPAA latest of wanting to decided what you get to see at the theaters and on television. Do you need a babysitter? Shouldn't parents be monitoring what the babes watch? Read the latest opinions in the Fan Opinion Area. You got an opinion. This is the place... At 40 this month, I think I can decide what I want to watch. Can you?

FEB 19: Hannibal $$$: In just two weeks Ridley Scott's latest feature, 'Hannibal', has grossed over $100M. A pleasant surprise for Scott after his mega-hit 'Gladiator'. 

FEB 19: Soprano's Ending: The show's creator, David Chase, has dropped some major hints that the Emmy-winning HBO mobster saga might get whacked after its fourth season next year. Chase said the mob show's fourth season in 2002 will probably be its last. The New Jersey-born don said he'd like to concentrate on feature films. Quentin Schaffer, an HBO spokesman, told the Times that network executives were not completely surprised to hear Chase's announcement. He said that Chase had originally intended to do The Sopranos as a movie before he saw how great it could be as a television series. Even if the fourth season is The Sopranos swan song don't fear for Tony's fate. Chase vows his antihero won't go the way of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bompensiero, who met with an unfortunate end in a watery grave. "I don't think he should die," said Chase. (Sure, how could you do more movies or later continue the series without your star character.) Season 3 begins on HBO in March.

FEB 19: Jules Verne: The new series premiering on the Sci-Fi Channel (already having aired on satellite television) 'The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne' doesn't appear to be doing that well in the channels ratings. The series cost upwards of $1M per episode and is the only series done digitally and currently in filmed in letterbox format. Jules Verne is film in Montreal Canada in an enormous 100,000 square foot warehouse with five sound stages. All CGI effects are done in house as well. It is still unknown if the Sci-Fi Channel will renew the series for a second season.

FEB 19: Icebox is Empty: The animation website Icebox.com is closing. The company, which became notorious both for hiring major TV writing talent and also for producing edgy programming like the stereotypical Mr. Wong and Queer Duck, will ceased operations on Friday. CEO Steve Stanford said he is ''in the process of trying to sell the company as a whole,'' and is providing due diligence to prospective buyers. Icebox's demise is one of the final coffin nails in a space that has been decimated worse than any other since the Internet downturn began last April. Just in the last nine months, AntEye, Stan Lee Media, Pop, Dotcomix, DEN, Thirsty, Scour, Pseudo and iCast have gone under, and sites like Z, StreamSearch, Hollywood.com and the Hollywood Stock Exchange have struggled with layoffs and financing troubles.

FEB 19: Top Link Thanks: Want to to take a moment and thank  the Save Prey folks for the recent slew of visitors to the site over the last few weeks. I also wanted to thank neoxer.com for the number of visitors from her 'ER' fan site, and my recent link with scifimatrix.com as well.

FEB 19: Exit Wounds: Co-star with Steven Seagal, DMX has a unique way of getting publicity for his latest film. The actor/rapper has been ordered to spend 15 days in jail for a prior infringement. The hip-hopster's lawyer says his client will comply with the ruling as soon as he completes a prior commitment doing promotional work in Los Angeles for the movie Exit Wounds. (The film is due in theaters March 14.) DMX will be in jail and unavailable to appear at the Grammy's where he is nominated for 'Best Rap Album'. DMX was sentenced last May after pleading guilty to a minor traffic violation and pot possession. However, his attorneys called the judge's 15-day jail sentence and $400 fine overly "severe" and filed an appeal arguing that the court unfairly punished him because he was a celebrity.

FEB 19: Justice League: Warner Bros will be making 26 episodes of a Justice League animated series for the Cartoon Network. Bruce Timm will be overseeing it as he has done with the animated Batman and Superman series. The series will feature Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Hawkgirl and Martian Manhunter. Kevin Conroy will continue to vocie Batman, but another actor will voice Superman, since Tim Daly is busy with The Fugitive. (sftv news)

FEB 19: Level 9: UPN pulled the cancelled series for the first three weeks of February. Level 9 was due to return to the airwaves February 23, but looks to have been pulled until further notice. Expect the series in the summer along with Freedom as the station should run through the entire 13 episode run of each before pulling them permanently. Expect them on the Sci-Fi Channel at some point in 2k2. With only 13 episodes of each, it is the only place likely for their return.

FEB 19: Black Hawk Down: Ridley Scott's latest project is scheduled to begin filming Feb. 23. Simon West is executive producing the film with Jerry Bruckenheimer producing. Mark Bowden & Ken Nolan scripted the film.

FEB 19: The One: The successful team of Glen Morgan and James Wong (Millennium & final destination) are currently lensing a new action film starring Jet Li titles 'The One'. Production began January 29. Morgan & Wong are producing while James Wong steps behind the camera. Wong & Morgan are also the creators of the television series 'Space Above & Beyond'.

FEB 19: New Films: From January to April are a slew of new films going into production. Some will be mega-hits while others no more than direct to video material.  Julia Roberts is doing a thriller titled 'Project 3' which begins filming April 1, Mathew McConaughey & Christian Bale are starring the Sci-Fi film 'Reign of Fire' which starts lensing this month. Stephen Baldwin & Tom Skerritt are starring in the action/thriller 'Greenmail'. In January singer Bon Jovi began filming the thriller 'Vampires: Los Muertos'. And Casper Van Dien with Gerald McRaney (Simon & Simon) will attempt to bring back their careers with the action/drama 'Danger Beneath the Seas.'. Another likely 'B' thriller 'Quiet Kill' will star Babylon 5's Cluadia Christian & Beauty & the Beast's Ron Perlman.

FEB 17: Werewolf: Phoenix Pictures has paid $1M for a screenplay called 'Werewolf'. The script from Marshall Todd tells the story of a mysterious blues musician whose mission in life is to rid the Earth of werewolves. One last werewolf remains, who is dwelling among the rich, glamorous along with the drug addicted of Los Angeles.

FEB 17: Witchblade: The new limited edition series is scheduled for the summer (July) according to recent ads running on TNT right now. Cinescape.com is reporting that production on Witchblade is about to start. The limited edition series will be an 11 episode arc. If successful we, the fans can expect to get more. Witchblade stars Yancy Butler (Mann & Machine)

FEB 17: Trek V for 2k1: From Cinescape on24.com is reporting that the new Star Trek series is now officially locked into UPN for the fall 2001 season to replace Star Trek: Voyager. They are also stating that despite contrary rumblings from Rick Berman the new series is indeed pre-federation.

FEB 17: Pern News: The new Ronal Moore series from the Anne McCaffrey novels is scheduled to begin production end of March, early April. The series, which has no cast of filming locations, will be live action with CGI dragons. Says Moore of the series, "The show will be an interpretation of Anne's books, my take on Anne's world. It how I see it successfully moving into television. They are planning to push the envelope on what they can do on TV and deliver creatures that haven't been seen before.  The central character will be Lessa, daughter of a noble family from Ruatha Hold (from Dragonflight). Her family is killed, and she journeys with F'Lar, F'Nor and Kylara to Bendan Weyr to reclaim her title and eventually return as a dragonrider. This is a big project for Moore to get to the small screen by the fall. But I sure hope he makes it. Dragonriders of Pern is a great series of books. (scifi wire)

FEB 17: Dark Angel: Fox's 'Dark Angel' starring Jessica Alba has done something very wrong. At least which may result in NOT being renewed for next season. The series for the week of Jan. 22 has fallen below a six rating with a mere 5.2 rating. 3rd Rock From the Sun brought in a 5.8 rating and is likely getting axed for next season. This lends to a less than bright future for the James Cameron series.

FEB 17: Star Wars: BskyB Network of Great Britain has bought broadcasting rights to the Star Wars Trilogy beginning in March for a mere $17.5M US dollars. 

FEB 17: Freaklinks: This dead series brought in a 3.2 rating for Fox over the same Jan. 22 week equaling the ratings of Buffy, and Angel on the WB. Yet, the show is gone and Fox is trying like hell to land Buffy from the WB. 

FEB 17: Charmed: This is series that hardly anyone talks about but continues to do well in the ratings beating out shows like Buffy, Angel, Voyager, Seven Days and others. The 3 witchy women are fun to watch and extremely beautiful to see work their magic each week.

FEB 17: The A-Team: If reports from the London Daily Express are true this TV to big screen jaunt could be a big budget piece. They are reporting that Mel Gibsom is up for the role of Hannibal Smith, Brendan Frasier as the Face man Timpleton Peck. Trey Diggs is looking at the role Mr. T made famous, B.A. Baracus, and taking on the role of the crazy pilot "Howling Mad Dog" Murdock, originally played by star trek's Dwight Schultz, might be Owen Wilson. Nice report from Garth's 'Dark Horizon's'

FEB 17: Basic Instinct 2: Rumors abound now that in the male lead department Greenwood is out, and now Alec Baldwin or Jimmy Smits is up for the role.

FEB 16: Goonies 2: Corey Feldman told Fandom.com's Smilin' Jack Ruby that a 'Goonies 2' script is in development and if it happens he'll be part of it.

FEB 16: Crusade: Babylon 5's 13 episode spin-off series 'Crusade' will be airing on the 'Sci-Fi Channel' in April. They have worked a deal with Warner Brothers for the rights. On the downside it doesn't appear that the Sci-Fi Channel will NOT be airing the letterbox versions of the series as they are doing with Babylon 5. However, it the series does well in the ratings they may air the letterbox version later in the year. So make sure you watch the damn thing when it airs...

FEB 16: Starchild: Mel Gibson's 'Icon Productions' is working on a vehicle to star Tim Allen titled 'Starchild'. Production is scheduled to begin ramping up after the strike should it happen. The story is about a socially challenged CIA agent who eventually finds himself helping an alien being get back to his home in the stars. In doing so the agent gets caught up in an interplanetary war.

FEB 16: Dead Zone: UPN has ordered a series pilot for 'Dead Zone' based on Stephen Kings novel. Michael Piller, co-creator of ST: DS9, will executive produce the series. The green-light is based on the series casting. Lion's Gate Television will produce the new series.

FEB 16: Battle DVD: Battlefield Earth may suck at the box office as well as the Sci-Fi Channel only having to dump out $2M for the air rights, but it is doing well in rental format. It is the number 7 rated genre rental. It is renting better than Nutty Professor II, Frequency, Mission Impossible 2 and the X-Men. Might make more money in rental and video sales then it did at the box office.

FEB 16: Dyna-Girl: Remember the 70's Saturday morning 'Electra-Woman & Dyna-Girl'? What a campy show it was. Well, the WB has greenlighted the series remake this time updating Dyna-Girl as a college student in Las Vegas where she finds Electra-Woman.

FEB 16: Digital Theatres: It is happening. SW: Episode I was aired from disc at four theatres and Episodes II looks headed to more theatres this time. The audiences were reportedly very pleased with the digital broadcast. Producer Rick McCallum isn't sure how many theatres will do it this time whether it be from digital disc, over high-speed data lines, or arrives via satellite. Star Wars: Episode II was filmed entirely using digital technology.

FEB 16: Halloween 8: Michael Myers will indeed be back in an 8th film that will be filmed in Vancouver, Canada. Production looks slated to begin in April of this year. Scheduled to direct will be E.R. director series director Whitney Ransick from a script by Larry Brand.

FEB 16: Kirk says I DO!: Star Trek's William Shatner has tied the knot for the fourth time. The 69 year old actor has wed 42 year old Elizabeth J. Martin. His third wife drown in the family pool on Aug. 9, 1999. 

FEB 15:SAVE PREY!!!: The fans of the short lived series 'PREY' are still out there waiting. They want you to join them. The Sci-Fi Channel had mentioned a Prey Tele-film to tie up loose ends in the series. The fans want SFC's Bonnie Hammer to remember what she said. They want the Movie. CLICK HERE and read the article from Barbro Johansson, Co-chairman of the 'Save Prey' Project. This was  a great show and deserves an ending. Check out the article. 

FEB 14: Lone Gunmen: The new Fox series 'The Lone Gunmen' will be taking over the X-Files time slot beginning March 14. However you don't want to miss the pilot which will bump those X-Files for one night March 4th. 

FEB 14: New Themes: I have added three new Babylon 5 Themes to the TV Themes page. Check them out... CLICK HERE.

FEB 14: Rush Hour 2: Coming Attractions is reporting today that  'As the World Turns' actress Roselyn Sanchez has joined the cast. 

FEB 14: Spy Kids: Robert Rodriquez's ( the Faculty ) new film is in the can. The film stars Antonio Banderas, Cheech Marin, Robert Patrick, and Teri Hatcher. The story is about the two parents who are captured by their arch-enemy. Their only hope of being rescued lies with their kids who had no idea that mom and dad are super spys. The budget for this film was around $35M. It looks very kid favorable rather than adult oriented.

FEB 14: Slow News: The news appears to be on the slow side this week. Keep checking back for the latest gossip.

FEB 14: 70 for 2003: That 70's Show will get at least a fifth season as Fox has renewed the series through the 2002/2003 seasons. It debuted in 1998. Is is fantasy maybe? Maybe horror, but it is delving into our past.

FEB 13: Trek V: Franchise boss Rick Berman told Star Trek: the Magazine via Voyagers Delight that Paramount has been happy with the two drafts of the pilot movie. They are hoping to get into the pilot between March & April. Paramount is looking at a 2001 premiere date, but still has not decided on whether to give the new series to UPN or take it elsewhere. The series will still have a central starship. Berman still says the pre-federation theme is nothing but a rumor and only a handful of people know the true storyline. 

FEB 13: Exit Wounds: Seagal's co-star Jill Hennessey told syndicated columnists that Steven Seagal looks the best he has in years. Hennessy also revealed that Seagal "made it big-time" in his goal to get back in shape for his comeback movie project. 

FEB 13: Spock on Becker: Leonard Nimoy has filmed a guest star role on Ted Danson's 'Becker'. It is unknown when the episode will air. It is also unlikely he will be playing Spock. Darn!

FEB 13: Weisz on Mummy 3: Racheal Weisz  says she is not interested in participating in 'Mummy 3' should there be another one. She loved doing 'The Mummy Returns', because it was like a family reunion. But twice is definitely enough. (cinescape online)

FEB 13: Lost World TV Movie: Lately they just can't get enough of Sir Author Conan Doyle's 'The Lost World'. Now A&E with the BBC will be doing a three hour TV movie based on the novel. It will be produced by Ivanhoe's Stuart Orme. Production will be in New Zealand and London beginning this month.  The BBC will air the film at Christmas with A&E getting it for the U.S. in the second half of 2002. 

FEB 13: Battlefield Earth: The Sci-Fi Channel in its normal mode of purchasing stupid scifi films has bought the broadcast rights to 'Battlefield Earth' for around $2M. The can begin showing the film in Dec. 2002. (variety)

FEB 13: More Trek V: The SFX Network Web site reported a rumor that the fifth Star Trek series may be ready to launch pre-production as soon as Feb. 19. Citing an unnamed source, the site reported that payroll for staff on the new series kicks off on that day.
The site also reported that producers are seeking space for the show on Paramount's Los Angeles lot, which is fully subscribed with other productions. Star Trek: Voyager, meanwhile, has just four episodes left to film before it heads into the sunset. (scifi.com)

FEB 13: Soldiers: Greg Kinnear has joined the cast of Mel Gibson's 'We were soldiers once... and young'. 

FEB 12: Superman DVD:  Digital Bits is reporting that the DVD will have a 151 minutes version of the film and five featurettes, plus some deleted scenes for a mere $29.98. Not a bad price considering the other Superman DVDs will be $24.98 and only include the theatrical release, dolby 2.0, and a trailer. (digital bits)

FEB 12: Monsters Inc.: Disney has decided to move up its Pixar Film 'Monsters Inc.' from a Thanksgiving release to November 2. The reason for the move is to hit theaters two weeks before 'Harry Potter'. 

FEB 12: X-Files 3 DVD: The new season 3 boxed set of 'The X-Files' will be hitting stores on May 8. The seven disc set will have an SRP of $149.98. (hopefully Costco and Sam's Club will have it for $99.99) Also on the disc will be deleted scenes, exclusive interviews with Chris Carter and more. The set looks outstanding.

FEB 12: Jurasik Chat: Peter Jurasik will be chatting at scifi.com on Feb. 22. Jurasik starred as Lando in the still popular 'Babylon 5' series now airing on the Sci-Fi Channel.

FEB 12: No Voyager Retro: UPN has decided to back out of its self proposed 'End of Voyager Retrospective'.  The special was set to air the Tuesday before the final episode, but after finding out the cost of doing such a special UPN decided not to go ahead with the project.  This was a decision from UPN & Paramount. Want to see it done? Want to Bitch at someone? Email these morons at your convenience and as much as you wish... Pres. of Ent. tom_numan@upn.com , UPN CEO dean_valentine@upn.com or kerry_mccluggage@upn.com   Hell, email them all every day.

FEB 12: Prophecy: Star Trek Voyager aired an outstanding episode Wednesday titled 'Prophecy', which brought hundreds of Klingons onboard Voyager. Klingons who worshipped Torres' unborn child as the prophecy. You have got to love the Klingons of the Star Trek realm, whether you are tired of the series or not. 

FEB 12: LeFemme Nakita Game: Generally you want a game designed after a series or feature film to be released during the it reign. However with Lefemme Nakita fans of the series will get a game to celebrate the series ending. The new game is scheduled to hit stores near the end of 2001. 

FEB 12: Cast Away: The Tom Hanks, plane crash feature 'Cast Away' remains in the top ten and so far has grossed over $209M. Very impressive.

FEB 11: Hannibal: This picture was no where as good as the first film. It surely wasn't as suspenseful as 'Silence of the Lambs'. Ridley Scott actually told the story too well. So much so that the film became predictable. I would say, wait for the DVD. 

FEB 11: Asylum: Stephen King has finished writing the script from Patrick McGrath's novel, Asylum. Paramount Pictures has Jonathan Demme attached to direct if he is available. Also attached to star is Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson. Asylum tells the story set in an English insane asylum. There, the superintendent's wife falls in love with one of the patients who happens to be a murderer. (cinescape)

FEB 10: Star Trek 5 Series: Rick Berman is now telling everyone that we may indeed see the fifth series during the fall 2k1 schedule.  He also believes that there is a strong possibility that the new series will air on UPN, but that is really up to Paramount and is part of the reason for the delay. Berman believes the are ahead of schedule since they already have a script that Paramount is happy with. Without the strike delays it could happen in Sept./Oct 2k1. The new series is likely not to have Star Trek in its title. (cinescape online)

FEB 10: Cage as Batman: Everyone knows that Nicolas Cage is a comics fan and wants badly to be a superhero in an upcoming film. Well, Dark Horizons is reporting that Nicolas Cage is up for the role of Bruce Wayne in the upcoming 'Batman: Year One' from director Darren Aronofsky

FEB 10: Super Sulu: While George Takei won't be captaining the Excelsior anytime soon he will be voicing a supercomputer on a new episode of V.I.P.

FEB 10: TNN Screwing Up: The National Network has really screwed up their programming lately. While airing shows like 'Rockford Files' & 'Miami Vice' they are throwing up these stupid 1/4 page dings with stupid email messages from the channels fans. And stupid emails at that. This is the sort of crappy kiddie crap the Sci-Fi Channel does on its daily four play now. It sucks...

FEB 10: Baywatch Swims Off: The 11-year-old show that made household names of Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff, Yasmine Bleethe and Carmen Electra was deep-sixed in the face of growing competition and an increasingly fragmented TV market, said Brian Harris, president and chief executive of Pearson Television North America, the show's producer. One thing that distinguished ``Baywatch'' from other shows was its appeal across national boundaries. It was viewed by people in more than 100 countries at various times, making it one of the most successful TV shows internationally. How many shows get an 11 year run?

FEB 10: the A-Team: Is this the next Mission Impossible? Kevin Brodbin has been hired to write the script for the in development feature 'The A-Team'.  20th Century Fox (Fox 2000) is hoping that it will become comedy-action franchise. The film will be produced by the TV series creator 'Stephen J. Cannell' and Top Cow Productions.  Brodbin wrote the feature 'Glimmerman'. (cinescape online)

FEB 10: Motorola: Wireless technology firm Motorola Inc. said on Friday it was cutting up to 4,000 jobs, or 12 percent of its work force, in its semiconductor unit in 2001 as a result of slowing demand from key industries.

FEB 10: Dead Crew: Writers Ken and Jim Wheat who wrote last years 'B' movie hit 'Pitch Black' have sold their latest Sci-Fi script 'Dead Crew' to Pandemonium. Dead Crew tells the story of four people who discover they are immortal after surviving a mysterious meteorite shower  (variety)

FEB 9: Rush Hour 2: The sequel with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan filmed again at the Glass Pool Inn in Las Vegas as some finishing touches were put on the Desert Inn front.

FEB 9: Hannibal: The sequel to Silence of the Lambs debut today. This one is said to make the first film look like a Saturday Mornings kid show. Whew! This is a must see for you Horror fans.

FEB 9: We've Got Pern!: Looks like Anne McCaffrey's dragons will actually get to the small screen as the WB has given the green light to Ronald Moore's (star trek) outline for a series. Moore will executive produce the new series. Alright!

FEB 9: Ang Lee no T3: Direct Ang Lee, who will be directing the new HULK feature, told E online that he was offered the helm of Terminator 3 but turned it down. ( Thank Goodness for that! ) He also said that the new Hulk feature would have more depth than a third Terminator film would.     Yunno, the Hulk and the word depth just don't go hank in hand. The big guy has no I.Q. )

FEB 9: Mummy Returns: Universal Pictures has decided to move up 'the Mummy Returns' from May 11th to the 4th and go head to head with Texas Rangers ( been finished along time ), Moulin Rouge and Crazy Beautiful. The 11th would have put the film as the only release that week. Universal claims last years summer of films really kicked off the first weekend of May and decided to move it up a week.

FEB 9: Pearl Harbor: The new Ben Affleck picture is scheduled to release May 25. This should be a great film. 

FEB 7: No Super Costume: Garth over at Dark Horizon has posted that during an interview with the new series pilot for Superboy's 'Smallville', director David Nutter told 'Retro Vision Magazine' that the pilot movie will not show Clark Kent donning the Superman Costume. Says Nutter, "All I can say is you’re not going to see it in the pilot. I think the secret is to do a show that is going to surprise people  Right now we feel that the story is such that it’s not necessary to rely on devices."

FEB 7: Millenium Feature: SFX Magazine chimed in with actor Lance Henrikson (Millenium star) saying that Chris Carter has told him a Millenium film is in the air though likely titled differently, but using that character.     Nothing is firm on this film. Just talk at this point.

FEB 7: No Alien 5: Now Sigourney Weaver has stepped forward to debunk the 'Alien 5' rumor. Her spokesperson said the information was taken from an old press junket.

FEB 7: Mutant X News: Howard Chaykin, who's also writing on Marvel's 'Cable', has been working as the executive consultant on the series for about two weeks. He has hired Mark Lisson, David Newman, and Elizabeth Keyeshian as writers for the show. So far they have two episode outlines and four stories.

FEB 7: Star Wars Busts: You can check them out at the official website. STAR WARS.com

FEB 7: Matrix Game: Variety has reported that Interplay has been award the video game license for the 'The Matrix' by Warner Brothers. The next generation game is due to hit stores around the same time Matrix 2 is released in theatres. (roughly about 18 months to do a game). The Wachowski Brothers visited Shiny Entertainment several times before WB gave the contract. They will continue to make visits throughout the games development.

FEB 7: Ghost Rider: David Goyer is due to have the films script completed by next week. Marvel is expecting everything to fall into place after that.

FEB 7: Hellraiser 6: While the maniac isn't as popular a Freddy Kruegger, Jason, or even Michael Myers our Mr. Pinhead is getting a sixth installment in Hellraiser: Hellseeker. Doug Bradley will reprise the role as Pinhead.

FEB 7: Invisible Man Quiz Site: Inviso Fans should check out the Perseus Project for the ultimate fan quiz. They have more things planned in the coming future. CLICK HERE  for the article sent to me by J.M. McCartney. It is a great site.

FEB 6: Starship: Majel Roddenberry continues to bring her husbands work to the small screen. The last outing brought us the number one syndicated series 'Andromeda'. Now she is prepping two new projects from Gene Roddenberry's war chest. The first is the sci-fi concept 'STARSHIP'. While originally written for a weekly television series, it is now being written for an animated series with the help of Marvel's Stan Lee.

FEB 6: Genesis II: This is the second of Roddenberry's material Majel is working to bring to the small screen. Genesis II was attempted as a television series in 1974 with a pilot movie. It failed though at the time. It told the story of a 20th century scientist who was put in suspended animation and revived in a post-apocalyptic future.

FEB 6: No Alien 5?: Coming Attractions is reporting that 'Coming Soon' has contacted  Fox and they have gotten an official denial stating that the Alien 5 project isn't happening.

FEB 6: Sorry, No Online Press: It appears that MGM will not be allowing any 'online press' into the screening of their 'Hannibal' film which is due to land in theatres February 9th. 

FEB 6:X-Men 2 Update: Marvel's Kevin Feige told ComicsContinuum, that production on 'X-Men 2' could begin before the end of the year. The announcement of Bryan Singer and writer David Hayter should be announced within the next two weeks. The original cast is expected to return along with some new mutants. Singer is still asking for a larger budget on the sequel.

FEB 6: Babylon 5: The repeats of the Warner Brothers Babylon 5 on the Sci-Fi Channel continues to do well in the ratings, drawing nearly the same audience numbers as their original series 'Invisible Man', 'First Wave', 'Black Scorpion', and 'John Edwards'. 

FEB 6: Stargate DVD's: Showtime has is releasing another of its series, 'Stargate SG-1' on DVD. The entire 5 disc first season boxed set is coming in at a SRP of just $89.96. ( thedigitalbits.com ) I would Look for Costco or Sam's Club to have the boxed set at around $65.99 to $69.99. Way to go Showtime!!!

FEB 6: No More Kidman: Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman has separated. They are both claiming the strains of their individual careers is just keeping the couple apart to much. This comes after 11 years of marriage and two adoptions.

FEB 6: Indiana Jones 4: Another rumor folks. 'Traffic' scribe Stephen Gaghan told the New York Times that he has been asked to screenplay the fourth installment. M. Night Shyamalan would never commit to writing the draft that Speilberg and Ford has asked him too.

FEB 6: Colosseum Dead:  It appears now that the new Andrew Dice Clay syndicated series has died during its creation. While it is not on the 2001 fall schedule, Cinescape online is reporting that there may still be some slim hope of the series happening. You can read more about the series synopsis in Channel News. 

FEB 6: Cybersquating News: Nicole Kidman and the Tennis Williams sisters have won cybersquating battles in court. Kidman won hers from American John Zaccarini  (he has lost in court many times lately), who did not show up to challenge the ruling. The William sisters filed their claim to the names after Dublin, Ireland 's Eileen White Byrne offered the names to them for $1M. 

FEB 5: ALIEN 5: This is no joke folks. Sigourney Weaver has agreed to a 15 million pound deal to play Ripley for a fifth time, the Sunday Express reported. The film -- which will be set on Earth for the first time -- would be released in 2004, the 25th anniversary of the original. The Joss Whedon (Buffy & Angel) will be used with Weaver producing the film. The 51 year old actress told the newspaper she always wanted to do an alien film where the went to the planet the aliens came from or even get to earth. Truth or Bull? You decide... 

FEB 5: Jurassic Park III: Jurassic Park finished up its 129 day shoot as of Feb. 1 and has moved into post production. ( dark horizons )

FEB 5: Nintendo Buying SEGA: Both Nintendo and SEGA are denying the rumor that Nintendo is planning to purchase SEGA lock stock and barrel for $2B. However, if you will all remember SEGA also denied the rumor they were going to stop production on the 'Dreamcast'. Which, of course they are doing.  Nintendo would apparently like to get their hands on the Dreamcast technology.

FEB 5: Duchovny Returns: For the X-Files February sweeps Moulder (David Duchovny), makes his return to the series that made him famous for three episodes this month.

FEB 5: King 100: King of the Hill will air its 100th episode Feb 25 on Fox. Renee Zellwegger will voice one of the characters during the episode along with rapper Snoop Dogg.

FEB 5: Hollywood Booming: Hollywood is as busy as ever with TV Series and feature films working to stockpile material should the writers strike actually happen and become an extended problem. "This is actually the busiest January Los Angeles has ever had," EIDC spokesman Morrie Goldman said. "People are clearly rearranging their shooting schedules. They're hedging their bets. They're anticipating a possible work stoppage."

FEB 4: Green Hornet: Variety is reporting that Universal Studios has shelved the project until further notice. One reason is the strike, and the other being that Jet Li has left the project. (cinescape online)

FEB 4: Alien on Invisible Man: Anyone familiar with SFC's Invisible Man series and an Aliens fan would have noticed the use of the Aliens Motion detector used by Corp. Hudson in Aliens. Invisible Man used it as a homing beacon hand monitor. Its use was brief, but it was there. 

FEB 4: Peta Bares All: For all you guys, and maybe some gals out there.  Pita Wilson co-stars in a 'B' movie with Ellen Barkin titled 'Mercy'. It is currently airing on pay cable and is available at your local video store.  Peta Wilson bares everything in this sexual thriller. If your a Peta Wilson fan, you might want to see this movie. It is NOT a genre flick folks... sorry. However, if these are the types of movies she wants to do, then it might be wise for her to stick to 'LeFemme Nikita'.

FEB 4: Strike Talk: Officials for the Writers Guild of America said sufficient progress had been achieved to warrant an extension of talks aimed at clinching a deal on a new three-year labor pact covering the union's 14,000 members nationwide. A decision to extend the talks will be made on a day-to-day basis and it was not clear whether the talks would continue on Sunday.

FEB 4: Rush Hour 2: Filming for Rush Hour 2 has been taking place in Las Vegas recently at 'Glass Motel Inn' and a slightly remodeled 'Desert Inn' (which is closed and will be imploded) I have taken some photos of Desert Inn designed to appear as a Chinatown business front. 'CLICK HERE' to see the images from the Las Vegas Set.  

FEB 4: New LABELS !!!: I have added labels for 'Angel' and 'the Family Man' per request. Enjoy. You can view the entire listing by clicking here. Enjoy. The Angel label matches the cover sheet for the series.

FEB 4: B5 Rumblings: I guess JMS wasn't to happy with Bruce Boxleitner comments about B5 and its audience appeal. Creator J. Michael Stracynski told Eon Magazine that he never owned any part of B5. Warner Brothers paid the deficit financing and own the show, the same way the X-Files is owned by Fox and not creator Chris Carter. Boxleitner had told Eon Magazine that B5 ownership had been taken away from JMS prior the final season being done. Said JMS, "Bruce should talk about what Bruce knows, which is acting. He is not privy to my deals and never has been. WB could not take the show away from me in ownership because I never OWNED B5 to begin with. (from cinescape)

FEB 4: 451 Where Are You?: Mel Gibson couldn't get Fahrenheit 451 done, maybe Green Mile director 'Frank Darabont' can. He is currently in negotiations to rewrite the Terry Hayes written script as well as direct. Should the film get done, Mel Gibson's new Icon Productions and Castle Rock would produce the film. Darabont is now working on 'the Majestic' which stars Jim Carrey. 

FEB 4: Pay to Be #1: Yahoo has quietly launched its 'Pay For Play' advertising. You can now enhance your placement on the search engine by paying a fee. Just like some other sites. This is now due to a tight revenue market. 

FEB 4: Ron Perlman: Beauty and the Beast TV Series star 'Ron Perlman' has stayed extremely busy in the 'B' movie industry. His last big budget film was 'Alien Resurrection' and recently was vanquished by the three witch sisters of the WB's  'Charmed'.

FEB 3: Let Me Go: Once again Peta Wilson is telling the fans to let the series go. She appreciates what the fans did to bring the show back for a fifth season of eight episodes. Says Peta Wilson, "As an actress it is time for me to move on and create something new. As for the final eight episodes... all the loose ends are tied up and all the questions answered.  What more can fans of a series ask? While we may not want our favorite series to end, this is a great way to end it... USA Network actually did something right, but it took the FANS to get it done.

FEB 3: Whedon Gets $$$$: The creator of the WB's 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Angel' has gotten a blood sucking good deal with FOX. He has signed an eight figure deal with 20th Century Fox Television. It is believed that the deal may well be worth over $20M to Whedon. Variety is reporting that ABC-TV is hot for some Whedon programming.  As part of the deal Whedon becomes a movie free agent as of May 1st. 

FEB 3: Black Hawk Down: Obi Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) appears to be taking a role in Ridley Scott's 'Black Hawk Down'. He will part of the ensemble cast which begins production February 23. (hollywood reporter)

FEB 3: Jurassic Park 3: Production designer Ed Verreaux told Horror Online that this film will be darker than its two predecessors. Jurassic Park III features Sam Neill reprising his role as Dr. Alan Grant. Joining him will be Tea Leoni, William H. Macy, Michael Jeter and Trevor Morgan. While traipsing across the island they come across another Ingen compound. What they find is that Ingen people have been breeding  dinosaurs in a big laboratory.

FEB 3: Teddy Lizard: Xena and Seaquest star 'Ted Raimi' will play one armed doctor 'Curt Connors' who goes on to become Spiderman's villainous 'LIZARD'. Whether he will actually get to be the lizard in this film is... doubtful. A sequel? Maybe. Bruce Campbell would have been great in that role though. Sssssssss, Ssssssssss. 

FEB 3: Iron Fist: Scribe John Turman says the film will be true to the source material from the comic books. Artisan and Marvel want the film to hit theatres running, so Iron Fist will open with the main character getting to the city.  Turman says, "There's going to be a version of the costume but it will not be a spandex costume as much as a ceremonial robe. We will see the same color scheme Turman says,  We will see We will see the same color scheme but it's not going to be a costumed hero film. It's going to be an action martial arts film." (comics2film)

FEB 3: Panic Room: Jodie Foster has jumped in and taken over the role that was abandoned by Nicole Kidman's knee injury. Foster became available after Russell Crowe was injured on Fosters directorial project 'Flora Plum'. The details have to be worked out first. But it should get done.

FEB 3: Willy Wonka: Apparently Marilyn Manson is not going to be Willy Wonka in the up-comimg feature film as previously reported. And the project is NOT being directed by 'Tim Burton'. Directing will be 'Gary Ross' (pleasantville) (cinescape online) This is a stupid film to remake.

FEB 3: Willy Wonka: Apparently Marilyn Manson is not going to be Willy Wonka in the up-comimg feature film as previously reported. And the project is NOT being directed by 'Tim Burton'. Directing will be 'Gary Ross' (pleasantville) (cinescape online) This is a stupid film to remake.

FEB 3: Angel Without Buffy?: TV Guide online was asked David Boreanaz, if Angel could survive without Buffy on the WB? He response was that he thought the show would be fine even if Buffy jumped to FOX. Over the negotiations over Buffy though Boreanaz said, "As far as the Buffy talks are concerned, that's not my job. That's like pissing in the wind, man. It's not for me to talk about."    Is this ironic that when 'Angel' began to air there was a discussion whether this would lead to 'Buffy' moving over to Fox when their contract ran out. Now Whedon has signed on with Fox. The writing is in the wind folks.

FEB 3: Save Freakylinks?: You have got to be kidding me, right? This show was horrible. BUT, if your a fan of the show and want to do your part to save the show then check out this web address. CLICK HERE at your own risk.

FEB 3: Bad Bras: New style underwire bras are sending washing-machine repair workers crazy. Bra wires have become the biggest cause of blockages or damage to washing machines in Britain, electrical repairs group Curry's Coverplan said. "With underwire bras now accounting for over half the bra sales in Britain, it's a growing hazard for washing machines, "said Sue Loder, of bra experts Triumph International.  Amazing story.