Sept 30: Thieves: The new John Stamos (full house) series about two thieves forced to work together and for the government premiered this week. Here's Scott Strout's take on the new series... Going in I thought this show would be just dreadful to watch. To my surprise I found it not too bad. The opening theft and 
action were fairly well done and while the premise of thieves working for the government is silly I can put my brain to sleep and believe it. Melissa George is super sexy as Rita and from the beginning she provides plenty of eye candy as she bounces around the screen. The show isn't badly written, but is lacking in a couple of 
aspects. John Stamos is just bad casting. He lacks the coolness and natural smart ass ability of say a Bruce Campbell who would be a better choice for the roll. Also He and George just don't have the on screen chemistry that really could make the show work like the Moon Lighting atmosphere the show creators were looking for. Not a bad effort, but better casting then Stamos was needed.

Sept 29: Thor: There may not be a TV Series happening, but a feature film is being fast tracked to hit theatres by 2003. The 13th Warrior's Vladmir Kulich is being courted for the lead. 

Sept 29: Tremors 3: The third installment, Tremors 3: Return to Perfection, being direct to video will hit stores on Tuesday.

Sept 28: I-Man: The Sci-Fi Channel has assembled a little gift for the fans of Prey. They are airing the final episode of the defunct but highly popular series tonight at 7 PM EST, followed by a new episode of I-Man in which Prey co-stars, Adam Storke and Vince Ventresca are reunited in a situation similar to the one which ended Prey's cliffhanger.   To top off the fun, the channel is hosting a live chat with Adam Storke at 9pm, immediately after the I-Man episode airs. There is talk already that fans from around the world will be setting their alarm clocks for the middle of the night to attend the gathering. While this is an unprecedented gesture on the part of a television network, it remains to be seen if they will be the ones to purchase the actual sequel from Prey creator, William Schmidt. (Joan McCartney)

Sept 28: Prey: On a side note to what Joan was nice enough to pass on, a network other than the Sci-Fi Channel has expressed some interest in Prey. There is no official word on which one, but who does Prey creator Bill Schmidt work for now? That would be UPN.

Sept 28: Chimera: Steve Beck will direct the supernatural feature film 'Chimera' for Joel Silver and Robert Zemekis' Dark Castle Entertainment. (hollywood reporter)

Sept 28: The Agency: Scott Strout's take on the series premiere of 'The Agency'... For 45 minutes The Agency was a well written story about a plot to assassinate Fidel Castro. The CIA gets a lead on the shooter and seeing he was trained by them their motive is to stop it so the heat will not fall on them. Then it happened a final 15 minutes filled with plot holes you could drive a truck through. If you know Castro might be taken out why let him walk through the front open entrance of a building? Why would the assassin under deep disguise do nothing more to conceal his identity on the day of the assassination then wear glasses and a police uniform. If you know an assassin is in the building why not be scouring the place trying to find a man whose identity you know. If the President can just pick up the phone and call Castro then why not just tell him there's a plot to kill him and that his security might be in on it. It was a good start turned to brainless action in the final few minutes. Also it lacks the urgency needed to make you feel the situation is real and the actors really don't stand-out. While the show has C.S.I. as a lead in it's up against powerhouse ER and a successful Primetime Thursday. I don't give it hope to last the season unless it can develop more in depth and long running storylines.

Sept 28: Halloween 8: Rick Rosenthal, director of Halloween 8, told compuserve that the movie tested extremely well with audiences but it was thought that some changes to the ending needed to be done. So that is what they are presently working on.

Sept 28: Basic: Samuel L. Jackson is staying busy. He will now be teaming with John Travolta in 'Basic'. The production is scheduled to begin near the end of November. The story is about a DEA agent investigating the disappearance of a respected Army Ranger's disappearance along with several cadets who were with him at the time. (cinescape)

Sept 28: C.S.I.: This truly is a great show as the second season premiered last night. While more of a drama than anything, the series is extremely well written and the characters work great together. C.S.I. is a series to catch every Thursday night at 9pm.

Sept 27: Daredevil: Ben Affleck appears headed towards the lead role for the upcoming Marvel comics, 'Daredevil'. Both Affleck and Matt Damon are big 'DD' fans. Producers would like to sign someone on quickly since the project is due to ramp up production in November. 

Sept 27:  Buffy DVD: The long awaited 'Buffy, the Vampire Slayer' DVD boxed set has an official release date now of January 15th.  The three disc boxed set will present the episodes in full frame. The Cost... $39.98. 

Sept 27: Enterprise Scores: UPN finished up at number two for the night with its premiere of 'Enterprise'. The series pilot averaged a 9.9 rating.

Sept 27: Enterprise Review: Scott Strout checked in with his quick review of the new Trek series... Enterprise... Scott's Take: Finally after suffering though the last years of Voyager the Star Trek franchise has some new life. The two hour pilot was a great start to the newest series and lends a lot of possibility for future storylines. Scott Bakula is great as Jonathan Archer, he's no Kirk or Picard, but I prefer him over Janeway after just one episode. Jolene Blalock is super sexy as T'pol and her character helps add to the show. Sadly at least in the pilot I felt like the other crew members were just there. Nobody really sticking out, but their characters can be fleshed out in future episodes. The real strong suit of the show is great special effects. From the look of the ship, graphics even the phaser fights were better then the other shows and sadly even a few of the movies. If the writers can remember that their writing history for a future we've already seen and avoid some of the anti-climatic story telling of DS9 then Enterprise will keep me watching.  Tim here... I disagree with Scott on the DS-9 story telling. It was the best of all the Trek series. 

Sept 27: Enterprise: VideoCD Cover & CDR Label are on site for download. Check Them Out

Sept 27: Scooby Doo: VideoCD Cover & CDR Label are on site for download. Check Them Out 

Sept 27: Enterprise VHS Label: Dubbing the series to VHS? I have uploaded a VHS side label. CLICK HERE to download the site label. CLICK HERE for the label area. 

Sept 27: Galactica VCD: A Battlestar Galactica VideoCD Cover and CDR Label has been added to the site for download. CLICK HERE for the VCD area

Sept 27: Hulk Locating: Marvel's Kevin Feige has told the Comics Continuum that they are scouting locations around the country for the upcoming Incredible Hulk project to be directed by Ang Lee. Right now they hunt for a small desert area to be used for a small part of the film. 

Sept 27: Enterprise Premiere: Did you see it? The cast is excellent. The sets are incredible, as are the special effects. However, I found the story very slow, as well as predictable. We were dealt a typical timeline story from Braga and Berman. Aliens getting directions from the future... surprise. What is really great for now is that the Federation as we know it really doesn't exist, yet. The new series does have potential, providing we get some fresh writing. My Grade for the pilot movie... cast-B, SFX-A, Sets-A, story-C.

Sept 27: Dragon's Lair: The classic game from Digital Leisure has been announced for CD-Rom on October 3rd. Dragon's Lair is almost 20 years old and was the first laserdisc based game every created. Coming soon will be Dragon's Lair II, and Space Ace. The CD-Rom will feature Mpeg 1 video and be similar to the original game. (scifi wire)

Sept 27: Babylon 5: Rangers: Fans will have to wait a while for the new pilot movie 'Legend of the Rangers'. It will air on the Sci-Fi Channel, but not until January 2nd, 2002. 

Sept 27: Jeremiah: The J. Michael Stracynski and Showtime series will air on Showtime January 11th, 2002. 

Sept 26: Diesel is Riddick: I guess today you only have to have one or two successful films to get the big money. Vin Diesel has signed on the dotted line to reprise his role as Riddick in the upcoming sequel 'Pitch Black 2'. The going price for Riddick... a whopping $11M. (variety)

Sept 26: Jackson does XXX: Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to a role in the upcoming Vin Diesel project 'XXX'. The Diesel is getting $10M for this film. Whew!

Sept 26: Rush Hour 3: Producer Arthur Sarkissian hopes to get the third sequel done within the next two years.

Sept 26: Enterprise Gets Wide: You got it fans. UPN's new Enterprise series follows Angel is using the widescreen format. Yaahooooo!!!

Sept 26: Jurassic Park 3 DVD: Like the 'Planet of the Apes' DVD this JP3 DVD will be packed with over 10 hours of material. It includes a visit to Stan Winston Studios. The DVD hits stores December 11th. 

Sept 26: Dinotopia: ABC is actually considering a 22 episode purchase of the comic book 'Dinotopia'. The series would continue from where the six hour mini-series leaves off. Executive producer Robert Halmi Sr. told the trade papers that this is a seperate deal from the mini-series. If ABC is not interested in the project, Hallmark will shop the series idea to other networks. The Hallmark Channel (Odyssey) is committed to airing repeats of the mini-series and the series. 

Sept 26: Diesel Not Murdock: With Diesel signing for the Pitch Black sequel he is now unavailable for the role of Marvel Comics, 'Daredevil'.

Sept 26: Swartz Sues IGT: Arnold Swartzenegger has filed a $20M lawsuit against IGT (International Gaming Technologies)  for creating a Vegas style video game based on the feature film 'Terminator'. IGT bought the rights to 'Terminator' for a Las Vegas style gaming machine. But Arnolds suit is against IGT for using his voice and likeness in the game. CLICK HERE for a better view of the game Arnold wants in on.

Sept 26: Trek Set Bid: A Star Trek fan will get a chance to visit the set of Star Trek 10. It's a charity auction on eBay by the Chivas Brothers, creators of the Chivas Regal Scotch Whiskey.  The auction will benefit many charities. 

Sept 26: Enterprise the Savior: Paramount is counting on 'Enterprise' to revive the fan interest in Star Trek. However, it will be a tough road with Rick Berman and Brannon Braga behind the series. These two have decimated the franchise. 

Sept 25: Robbie It Is: The remake of the 1956 SF film 'Forbidden Planet' will indeed bring back Robbie the Robot. He will not be updated at all. Robbie will be identical to the original used in 1956. However, the electronics in Robbie's transparent head will be updated. Variety is reporting that New Line is fast tracking the project. (dark horizons)

Sept 25: Deliverance Before Exposed: The Sci-Fi Channel will indeed be showing the PREY finale 'Deliverance' before the Invisible Man episode 'Exposed' which kind of offers fans a semblance of an ending to the Prey episode. It all airs this Friday night. Prey fans tune in. Hopefully the ratings will be good enough that they will listen to Bill Schmidt when he pitches the Prey idea to them. Me, I think he might pitch the idea to UPN where he is now working on UPN's 'Special Unit 2' seires. 

Sept 25: Scooby: AICN has some completed images of the computer generated Scooby Doo for the feature film. Head to AICN to check it out.

Sept 25: Special Unit 2: The second episode in the new season of UPN's 'Special Unit' was written by Bill Schmidt of the series Prey. He is a special consultant to the series. 

Sept 25: Rings Trailer: There is now a full three minute trailer online for download. Check out the trailer at the official 'Lord of the Rings' website.

Sept 25: Jeepers Creepers: There are rumblings about the sequel 'Jeepers Creepers 2'. According to Fangoria magazine, director Victor Salva has big plans for the film which includes more action, monsters, and means a lot more victims too. Jonathan Breck and Gina Philips both have sequel clauses in their original contracts so it is likely they would both return.

Sept 25: Crossing Jordan on NBC: The series stars Jill Hennessy as Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh. Here is Scott Strout's take on the opening episode... From the commercials I was expecting Jill Hennessy's sex appeal to be the focus of the show. Upon viewing what we get is a decent drama in the Law & Order vein. Jill Hennessy is good as Jordan a character stepping on toes, ignoring the higher ups, but never turning off the audience. The show lacks the scientific coolness and energy of C.S.I. Also if Hennessy's character is going to catch the bad guy all by herself every week then plausibility will got out the window. It's like Baywatch...I mean how do lifeguards get into that much trouble? All and all not a bad addition to the NBC line-up and if it can hold the audience once it has Third Watch as a lead in, it will do fine. Also if it's a hit we'll never have to see a sequel to Kommodo

Sept 25: Keep Aaliyah?: Over 10,000 fans want Warner Bro. to keep the scenes of Aaliyah in the film. Even though enough footage wasn't shot to use them in the two films where her character 'Zee' has a much larger and important role. Keep the scenes? NO. This isn't a memorial movie, it's a set of two films valued at nearly $300M and two or three times that at the box office world wide. Fans should expect to see the scene on the DVD as supplemental material but NOT in the actual films. She had not completed all of her scenes before she died in the plane crash.

Sept 24: Pitch Black 2: Vin Diesel has agreed in principle to return, and director David Twohy will step back into the directors chair. Unfortunately however Universal has targeted a Memorial Day 2003 release date. X-Men writer David Hayter will pen the script for the sequel. 

Sept 24: Blade 3: Wesley Snipes must enjoy playing the character 'Blade' because the Calgary Sun is reporting that Snipes has asked 'Blade 2' scribe David Goyer to write a third installment for 'Blade'. Blade 2 will hit theatres in summer 2002.

Sept 24: Enterpise VCD: Enterprise is set to premiere on Wednesday. Many fans will be recording. I have added a VideoCD Cover to the site. Check out all the covers on site. Dark Angel, Angel, Buffy, Relic Hunter, Beastmaster, X-Files, and many many others are there for download. 'CLICK HERE for the VideoCD Cover Area'. HERE for just the CDR Label area.

Sept 24: Trek X Green: Paramount has officially given the greenlight for Star Trek: Nemesis. The SFX will be overseen by Digital Domain. The 10th installment will begin production November 28th. Paramount is looking for a fall or holiday 2003 release. The feature will once again star the crew of Star Trek the Next Generation. Knowing Paramount the film probably has a 'B' movie budget. 

Sept 24: Tracker: Adrian Paul, star of the new TV Series 'Tracker' has done a full interview with 'Prevue Magazine'.  The series follows a prison guard, Paul, who follows an escaped prisoner to Earth. Cole decides to stay on Earth after learning another 218 prisoners have escaped to Earth. He must track them down and recapture them. There will also be some wirework on the series. 

Sept 24: From Hell: The Johnny Depp horror film 'From Hell' has opened its official website at FromHellMovie.com. It is a pretty packed and informative website. If your into horror or Johnny Depp then check it out.

Sept 24: Lord Promo: A full length 30 second promo for 'Lord of the Rings' will premiere on the WB during the season premiere of 'Angel' tonight. 

Sept 24: Blade Runner DVD: Ridley Scott has announced the 'Blade Runner' SE will hit stores in early 2002. 

Sept 24: Timeline: While this feature is still in pre-production, it now looks like filming might move here to the U.S. IGN Filmforce is citing the reasons as poor weather, traveling conditions, a possible strike and other things. The film will need about 40 acres of land to build a medieval village and castle sets. Timelines location manager is now scouting U.S. locations.

Sept 24: Angel Get Wide?: The WB will go all out this season as it will air 'Angel' in Widescreen/ letterbox format tonight and for the entire season. 

Sept 23: I-Man: The Sci-Fi Channel will air 'Exposed', the tribute episode to the 'Prey' cliffhanger, this Friday. Hopefully they will air the Prey finale (Deliverance) before 'Exposed' as previously planned this past Friday. Prey fans get ready...

Sept 23: 24: TV Guide once called Fox's new series '24', starring Kiefer Sutherland, the best new series. Sutherland plays an anti-terrorist government agent trying to stop an assassination. It is done in real time, 24 days in 24 episodes. A fast pasted series that is now in some sort of limbo based on the events of Sept. 11th. It is unknown whether the show will be redone, or shown as intended. 24 is scheduled to air Tues. at 9pm. 

Sept 23: Alias: This show will not be hacked and re-cut because of current events. The new spy series pilot movie is still be given two thumbs up by nearly everyone who has seen it already. It premieres on ABC tonight at 9pm. 

Sept 23: Jules Verne Returns: It didn't score the ratings on the Sci-Fi Channel (not many series do) but 'The Adventures of Jules Verne' gets another go around with fans in syndication this year. I haven't heard whether or not the series will be broadcast in 'Letterbox' as it was filmed, and shown on the SFC. 

Sept 23: Scott Shots II: The rants and raves are here again from Scott Strout as he gives us his second shots before the upcoming new series begin tonight. Read Scott Shots 2. Let Scott know your opinion.

Sept 22: The Core: Variety reports that Paramount is developing a picture in the vein of 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' title... 'The Core'. The feature is slated to begin production in December while being helmed by director Jon Ameil. Peter Hyams was a one time negotiating to direct the film. Terranauts have to correct a planet crushing flaw at the Earth's core due to a toxic waste reaction. 

Sept 22: Lost In Space: the Dark Horizons website has a rumor from Coming Attractions that NBC might be developing a 'Lost In Space' mini-series. It may include several members of the original series passing off the torch to a whole new crew. No script has apparently been done yet. If successful could always lead to a new series. 

Sept 22: Wolf Lake: The new CBS series 'Wolf Lake' starring Lou Diamond Phillips debuted looking like expected. Boring - doomed before it aired after the complete rewrite of the script, and heavy re-shoots. While the series gained its best ratings CBS has had in this slot, it still got beat by a repeat of 'Law & Order' and ABC's '20/20'. In a better time slot the series might actually do better.

Sept 22: No Nosebleed: The new action film project 'Nosebleed' from Jackie Chan has been pulled. It revolved around a window washer (jackie chan) at the World Trade Center, who overhears a plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty. He gains the help of a waitress at the Windows of the World restaurant. You can see why this one has been pulled.

Sept 22: Buffy Repeats: Buffy, the Vampire Slayer begins airing in repeats on FX at 7pm beginning Monday September 24. 

Sept 22: Black Flag: Director of the flop feature 'Tomb Raider' Simon West, will get another chance in the Pirate film 'Black Flag'. West will also produce the film with his partner Jib Polheimus for Warner Bro. The script was written by Christian Gudegast and Paul Scheuring. 

Sept 22: Xbox - Less: A big rumor in the gaming industry has Microsoft shipping only 300,000 units of its Xbox gaming system, when between 600K & 800K were talked about. Microsoft has announced the release date has been pushed back a week from November 8th to November 15th. I ask all gamers to be patient. It should be worth the wait. Any REAL American gamers will get one of these units. It is after all the ONLY gaming system manufactured completely in the United States. 

Sept 22: Buffy Quitting?: There are rumors that Michelle Gellar, who plays Buffy, will leave the show in 2003 when her contract is up. 

Sept 22: Preacher: Production on the comic book character is set to begin in November. While they would like to see a Dougray Scott, or Ben Affleck sign on to play Jesse, an unknown would work fine too. They are also interested in signing interesting name and not just commercial ones. (comics2film.com)

Sept 22: Disney's Picture Slate: Anyone care what Disney has on their animated slate? No... me neither. No point in reporting it then.

Sept 22: Scott Free Deal: Scott Free Productions, owned by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, have signed a three year first look producing and directing deal with 20th Century Fox. The deal includes a directing commitment for both to do at least one film for the studio during that time frame.

Sept 21: Mad-donna: Got to drop my two-cents in on this thing that sings, called Madonna. Her concert last Friday was started with a Prayer, asking President Bush to show some restraint. Over 6000 people are dead or missing of all races, and nationalities. Persons from 65 countries died in the attack. And this 'Terrorist Sympathizer' wants us to show restraint. As she says, terrorism happens around the world, insinuating it is something we must live with. It isn't... What a loser!

Sept 21: 2001 Returns: Stanley Kubrick's '2001' returns to theatres in October in limited release. The new print in 70mm has been digitally enhanced by Warner Brothers. Look for the DVD possibly around Christmas. 

Sept 21: Vegas Casinos Suck: As hell passes through the United States in the wake of the attack several thousand Vegas employees were let go last night by MGM properties (NY NY, Bellagio, treasure island, mirage, etc), Park Place (flamingo, paris, & bally's), and Mandalay Bay properties (circus circus, excalibur, luxor, etc.) the Aladdin dumped 500 employees alone, giving them a letter at the end of their shifts... No relief fund for Vegas I guess. The biggest fuck comes in this... MGM donated $1M to N.Y. and then laid off several hundred employees to make up for it.

Sept 21: The Bellboy: MGM is negotiating with Keenan Ivory Wayans to direct the remake of 'the Bellboy' which will star none other than Jackie Chan. 

Sept 21: Crime Wave: Tribeca Films, owned by Robert De Niro will produce an HBO true-crime mini-series called 'Crime Wave'. De Niro will serve as producer on the mini-series. It will be an unromanticized portrait of mythologized American gangsters, including Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and the Ma Barker gang. The series will also document the birth of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI

Sept 20: Daredevil: Marvel's Kevin Feige told the Comics Continuum that selecting Daredevil was their number one goal. However he did downplay any idea that Vin Diesel was offered the role. A casting decision has not been made yet. They are looking at several actors. Feige also believes that production could begin before the end of the year. 

Sept 20: I-Man Episode Delayed: The 'PREY' related episode every 'PREY' fan was waiting for has been pushed back from this Friday on the Sci-Fi Channel. This is due to the fact that the major networks are having a 'telethon'. The cliffhanger for Prey was to air before the I-Man episode 'Exposed'. Now the SFC will air a Star Trek episode in place of 'Prey' and a rerun of I-Man instead of Exposed. There is no current date for when the episodes will now air together.

Sept 20: The Dead Zone: The TV Series starring Anthony Michael Hall (61) and Nicole deBoer (deepspace nine) is not dead. Lion's Gate is still reporting the TV Pilot will be seen soon on UPN. Ex-Trek producer Michael Piller is producing the series based on Stephen Kings Novel of the same name. The pilot movie tested with audiences the best rating a UPN pilot has received yet. 

Sept 20: Thank You Jim Carrey: Comedy actor Jim Carrey (the Mask), will be donating $1M to the families of victims of the terrorist attack in the United States. It wasn't required, asked for, but thank you Mr. Jim Carrey for the donation.

Sept 20: Locals on Satellite: EchoStar Communication has won a court battle that will allow the satellite company the right to carry the four local networks. (abc, nbc, cbs, and fox). Only Dish Network carries the UPN/WB package.

Sept 20: C.I.D. TV: Patrick Swayze has been enticed to turn his acting towards television and a new series in the vein of J.A.G. for Warner Bro. Swayze will play a member of the U.S. Armies 'Criminal Investigation Division' and the series will be much darker than J.A.G. The hour long drama has no network attached to the project... yet.  It is slated for a new 2002 series. 

Sept 20: Banzai on DVD: The UKDVD Review site is reporting that MGM has announced the DVD release of the 1984 film 'The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai' which starred Peter Weller. The DVD will include lots of extras, but the deleted scenes will be extra with commentary over the dialogue. There will also be a directors commentary, and a making of. The film will also offer an anamorphic widescreen transfer. 

Sept 20: Terrorist Rentals Up: Perhaps Hollywood and some of the American public should sit up and take notice by what is renting at the box office. What is it... TERRORIST movies. People love to see the terrorist get their asses kick. It isn't that act that WE see so much as the action taken against the maniacs who did it. People are renting these films for the fantastic endings. Are there any better than Bruce Willis in Die Hard 1,2, or 3? Hell no... "Yippee Kai-aaiiii Motherfucker." America and our Allies are tough bastards. Don't forget it. Stop treating us like children.

Sept 20: Beetleduece: the Moviehole website is reporting that Tim Burton and Michael Keaton aren't involved in the prequel which is being tossed about. Direct to Video? Probably.

Sept 19: Enterprise: The two-hour premiere on UPN airs Sept 26 and titled 'Broken Bow'. 

Sept 19: Elf: A new fantasy comedy script has been picked up by New Line. The story is about a man who is raised from infancy as an elf after accidentally falling into Santa's gift sack during Christmas. The script is from David Berenbaum and New Line purchased the script for actor Will Ferrell, who is currently negotiating to star. 

Sept 19: Jurassic Park III: The hit feature Jurassic Park III has just increased its take by $25M as ABC & TNT/TBS jointly get the TV rights to it. ABC gets them it in Feb. 2004 for the first four initial runs, and then TNT/TBS get the film in 2006 for an exclusive three and a half year window.

Sept 19: Another Buffy Series?: TV Guide online is reporting that Joss Whedon has talked with Michelle Trachtenberg, who plays Dawn, about starring in yet another Buffy spin-off series. She was asked if a spin-off series was of interest to her. She said it was. We'll see. 

Sept 19: Nana Visitor: The producer of Dark Angel has told the Zap2It website that Nana Visitor's character won't be around very long. Her character will depart right after the second season premiere. They have a big finale for her character planned. Dark Angel has some big changes coming this season fans. Watch closely. Dark Angel will air at 8pm this season on Fox.

Sept 19: Half Past Dead: Steven Seagal has signed on to the action flick 'Half Past Dead' from Franchise Pictures. Don Michael Paul wrote the script and will also direct. Seagal is not the star, but will play an FBI agent seeking stop the plot of a man planning to infiltrate a high-tech security prison to get information from a man on death row. The film stars Morris Chestnut as the mastermind after information on two hundred million hidden from a gold heist.

Sept 19: Superman II: The UK, region 2, DVD has been delayed because it had picture of the World Trade Center on the cover, and is being reworked to remove it.   After all, we all know the WTC never existed, right? We honor the lost lives by acting and hiding images of the buildings. 

Sept 18: Hulk: Some sites are reporting that Rick Baker had not signed on to the Incredible Hulk project yet though was interested. Now Variety is reporting that Rick Baker is officially on board the Ang Lee project. Go Rick!!! On the acting side, Variety also reports that Australian actor Eric Bana is at the top of the list to play Bruce Banner. 

Sept 18: Iron Man: While Joss Whedon may be directing rather than scripting the project, AICN is also reporting a rumor that Ron Howard & Tom Cruise's production company are interested in the project. The second draft delivered by writer Tim McCanlies eliminates Nick Fury in the film and brings the familiar red and gold armor into the film much faster. It also is said to play up the James Bond type feel to the film.

Sept 18: Another Video Movie: Mindfire Entertainment is developing a feature film based on the Sega video game titled... 'The House of the Dead'. It will be an 'R' rated film budgeted for nearly $20M. Production will begin on the project in mid-January with a release to theatres in Late 2002 early 2003.

Sept 18: Eater: Looks like 'Speed' director Jan De Bont will be taking the helm on a TV mini-series titled 'Eater'. The FX Channel mini-series is about an astrophysicist who discovers a black hole headed for Earth. 

Sept 18: MIB2 Change: Rick Baker has confirmed that the end of the movie will be without the World Trade Center but the action will remain the same.

Sept 18: Advocate Groups Suck!!!: Apparently an advocate group is trying to get video stores to pull movies like 'Die Hard', 'Armageddon', 'Independence Day', and 'Deep Impact' from their shelves. Who the fuck are these people to tell me what I can rent to watch! These people get too carried away. FREEDOM... that includes renting or buying what I want to watch.

Sept 18: UPN: The United Paramount Network will be airiing its new season schedule on time. Unlike other networks that have had to push their schedules back at least a week. You will see 'Enterprise', 'Special Unit 2', 'Buffy', and 'Roswell' on their original dates.

Sept 18: Highlander 5: The producers of ENDGAME mentioned at a convention that Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul were both signed on to a fifth film titled 'the Source'. Along with them is Elizabeth Gracen, Paul Wingfield, and Jim Byrnes. It is said that Lambert's role will be small and possibly just flashback scenes. Isn't three straight flops enough in the series of films? (dark horizons) ATTENTION: Adrian Paul however is NOT signed onboard this projects. 

Sept 18: Potter Sequel: After bashing the Potter movie for not being intriguing enough for him to do, now Steven Spielberg says he might, might be persuaded to do the third book, 'Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban'. Who needs him now. 

Sept 17: Apes Series DVD: Planet of the Apes, the Series will now be a four disc set. This will be the complete TV Series from 20th Century Fox for a mere $49.98 and is due to street on November 20th. This is so cool! This will all 14 episodes uncut and complete.  The release coincides with the DVD release of Tim Burton's 'Planet of the Apes' DVD which will street for $29.98. This DVD will be loaded with goodies. Me, I want the series... CLICK HERE for a better look at the Series DVD Cover...

Sept 17: Samuel Arkoff Dies: Cult 'B' movie master Samuel Arkoff has died of natural causes at the ripe age of 83. Arkoff gave us 'I was a Teenage Werewolf', 'Dressed to Kill', 'Machine Gun Kelly', 'Blacula', and 'the Amityville Horror'. The director gave us over 500 'B' movies. 

Sept 17: Legally Blonde: UPN is negotiating with MGM about the possibility of creating a TV series based on the hit movie 'Legally Blonde'. 

Sept 16: Time Machine Moves: Screwed up productions 'the Time Machine' ($122M), and 'Rollerball' will now go head to head in early February at the box office. It will be the battle of who's the worst remake. 

Sept 16: Bleeth a Druggie: The one time Baywatch & Nash Bridges star is apparently a drug addict. Yasmine Bleeth is facing jail time over after getting busted with cocaine in her pocketbook after a car accident. The 33 year old drug addict spent time in rehab last year for substance abuse. Lock the drug addict up for a while. Nothing better to do with all that money, the looks, and some talent. What a waste of flesh.

Sept 15: Braga Tired of Trek: While talking with SFX Magazine recently - writer and trek producer 'Brannon Braga' said he was tired of writing for Voyager. He didn't think he could have written one more line of dialog for the show. Believe me Mr. Braga, we the fans could tell. You must have been tired for years. The series suffered, the franchise suffered and the fans suffered as well. Thanks for sticking around and giving us your best. Yeah, right. Braga says he's refreshed with the new Trek series. We'll see...

Sept 15: Spiderman: Sony will be doing up new posters and a new trailer for the Spiderman feature are already in work. The trailer will be out by December, and the poster very soon, though no exact date has been released. (spiderman hype)

Sept 15: Networks Delay Fall Seasons: With the U.S. Tragedy the big networks have delayed the start of the fall season until the week of September 24th. 

Sept 15: Ticker: Steven Seagal's new film 'Ticker' doesn't appear good enough for the big screen and will now go directly to video. 

Sept 15: The Emmys: The Emmy Awards have been pushed back until October 7th. 

Sept 15: Rick Baker's Next: Coming off of his incredible work on 'Planet of the Apes', and finishing up his goodies on 'Men In Black 2', Master SFX wizard 'Rick Baker' has signed on to 'the Incredible Hulk' and 'Hellboy' projects. 

Sept 15: Hellboy: Pitch Black's 'Vin Diesel' has been offered the leading role in Guillermo Del Toro's upcoming project 'Hellboy' project. 

Sept 15: Collateral Damage: Looks like the movie has officially been scrapped, at least in the U.S., by the studio. Apparently everyone involved, including Arnold agree with the decision. The multi-million dollar film has been completed. I was looking forward to this film. I hope at some point the picture at least finds its way 'direct to video'. the Australian website Dark Horizons is reporting that the film has been pushed back to 2002. 

Sept 15: XXX: Ewan McGregor is being sought to play the villain to Vin Diesel's lead in the upcoming 'Triple X' spy thriller picture. 

Sept 15: 3DFiles.com Closing: Sci-Fi Matrix is posting news that Gaming Site 3DFiles.com is closing. The reason, what else but lack of ad revenues. The demo gaming site has been around for over four years. 

Sept 15: Pet Cemetery: For some unknown reason plans are afoot for a Pet Cemetery 3 project to be directed by Mary Lambert and produced by Ralph Singleton. News continues that Anthony Edwards and Edward Furlong would appear in cameos and they seem to believe they could land James Van Der Beek or James Marsden to star... Teen 17 is reporting that Brendan Fehr (Roswell) is the front runner for the lead role. 

Sept 15: Kari Wuhrer: Remember the babe from 'Sliders' and 'Anaconda'? Well the actress will be appearing in the upcoming Campy Giant Spider flick 'Arac Attack' from Devlin & Emmerich (ID4) It hits theaters on March 15th. 

Sept 15: Swordfish Pulled: Warner Brothers has pulled the Travolta actioner 'Swordfish' from the UK theaters due to a scene in which a building is blown up in L.A. 

Sept 14: Red Dwarf: The MovieHole website has posted news that the Red Dwarf feature now seems headed for a Christmas 2002 Release. Producer Charles Armitage doesn't want the film to compete with Star Wars: Episode One and the Matrix is now being pushed back several months now. 

Sept 14: Scott's Sci-Fi: Scott Strout is a new contributor to Sci-Fi 2000. It has been an interesting summer of Sci-Fi for Scott. Read his Summer Review in Scott's Rant. 

Sept 14: Spidey Gets Modified: In a stupid decision by Sony they will use digital technology to remove the World Trade Center from its scenes of New York in the film. 

Sept 14: Dark Angel Movie?: James Cameron has told Cinescape online that if the series continues to do well, there is the possibility that a feature film might be made. But first the fan base must increase.

Sept 14: Iron Man: Buffy & Angel creator Joss Whedon is reportedly considering an offer to script the upcoming Marvel comics 'Iron Man' feature film. 

Sept 13: Message to Hollywood: We, the world, are able to distinguish reality from make believe. So give us a break with the schedule changes, scrapping of films based on content similar to real life events and situations. We need these movies to escape reality. You will get the jest of what I am talking about from todays news. It all sucks...

Sept 13: Spiderman Pulled: The new promo for Spiderman featuring a spun web by the webslinger 'Spiderman' between the World Trade Center twin towers has been pulled by Sony in recognition of the 'Act of War' against the U.S. in which these same buildings were destroyed. The feature is now in post production and may get some alterations before its release. 

Sept 13: Collateral Moved: The new Arnold Swarzenegger feature 'Collateral Damage', which involve the Swarz's character losing his family in a terrorist bombing, may be scrapped completely rather than just getting pushed back. This is a horrible decision if it happens. 

Sept 13: Dark Angel: (good news) The second season, now in production in Vancouver, have managed to come in under budget. Episode 4 was slightly over but episode 3 was actually under budget, so it worked out. 

Sept 13: Men In Black 2: The sequel, set in New York, has now been suspended with no return to production date. Even the comedy 'Big Trouble' is being pushed back to sometime in 2002. Hollywood... you puss!

Sept 13: Wolf Lake: I have seen this posted in several places with many people under the assumption that the new 'Wolf Lake' series is a werewolf series. From the promos and information released this is a series about a town in which many can turn into a 'WOLF' and not a 'Werewolf'. There is a big difference in the two creatures. 

Sept 13: Independence Day: Fox has pulled the film 'Independence Day' from its line-up in lieu of current events. Only theme matters now I guess, not the fact that the United States, and the world rise above the ashes and kick some ass.

Sept 12: No War For Worlds?: In a big mistake Pendragon Pictures will be putting its 'War of the Worlds' remake on Hiatus.  Immediate Press Release... Pendragon Pictures announces that, due to many story similarities of their production of WAR OF THE WORLDS to the tragic and horrific events surrounding the World Trade Center attack, production is forced to go on hiatus. For at least one to two weeks the principles at Pendragon Pictures will assess the project's potential effects on the spirit of the world. Says Timothy Hines, "I don't, in any way, wish to potentially contribute to the pain and grief of those affected by this senseless act of terror." The hearts and condolences of the principles, cast and crew of Pendragon Pictures' WAR OF THE WORLDS go out to all of those who are suffering from this loss.   This is a mistake... the picture should go on. 

Sept 12: Episode One DVD: George Lucas was charged $4M (nice bullshit tax write off) by his own ILM for new material produced for the Episode One DVD. The DVD will sport seven scenes that were cut from the film and several completely new shots that only last a few seconds each. Star Wars Episode One is due on DVD October 16th. 

Sept 12: Lost World: Fans in the US should be happy as the third season of the once nearly gone series will be seen in 95% of the TV markets. Not bad! Season three premieres Oct 15th. 

Sept 12: Enterprise: Roxanne Dawson, who played Torrez on Voyager, has finished directing an episode of the new Trek series... 'ENTERPRISE'. Her episode is the seventh episode of the season. Brannon Braga as added that the original series Andorians were the silliest aliens in the Trek Universe and fans should enjoy the update to their look, and the series will explore them more.

Sept 12: Lawless X-Filed: AICN is reporting a source report that Lucy Lawless, XENA, will appear frequently in the new season of the X-Files. Her character will be associated to the thought dead... Cigarette-Smoking Man. Lawless will appear in the first and second episode with the Cig-Smoking Man re-appearing in episode two. The X-Files season premieres on Fox November 4th. 

Sept 11: No News Today: With the attacks on this country today there just isn't the mood, need or desire for something as trivial as entertainment news today... a tragedy... Sci-Fi 2000 will resume with news tomorrow.

Sept 10: Daredevil: According to a report from the Hollywood Reporter, their sources have confirmed that Vin Diesel has been offered the lead role in the upcoming 'Daredevil' feature film based on the Marvel character.   It does seem unlikely the actor will accept the role based on his schedule with 'XXX', 'Diablo', and perhaps 'Terminator 3' and the 'Pitch Black' sequel. The actor reportedly has a slew of other projects being offered to him.

Sept 10: Resident Evil: You begin to wonder if this film will ever make it to the theatre. Right now the Zombie flick is scheduled to hit U.S. Theatres on April 5, 2002. the Dark Horizon website has a few images on their site with a link to the Resident Evil forum. 

Sept 10: Star Trek 10: Levar Burton has said that Whoopie Goldberg may reprise her role of 'Ginan' (sp) in a cameo during the opening scene for the tenth film. Paramount can't even get the regulars signed to the projects because the studio is greedy and they are still talking cameos. 

Sept 10: Apes Movie DVD: For a mere $29.99 it looks like those buying the Tim Burton's 'Planet of the Apes' DVD will be getting about 13 hours of material on the two-disc set. Way to go Fox!. The DVD hits stores two days before Christmas. The VHS will be priced for rental but available to do so on November 20th. 

Sept 10: Musketeer #1: With a slow box office right now, the Musketeer finished up the weekend in the top spot taking in almost $11M. The film cost $40M to create from Universal and Miramax. This is the latest chopsocky feature to be released - featuring acrobatic swordplay. 

Sept 10: First Wave Finale: The final new First Wave episode airs Saturday 15 September. Show your support for the series by taking in it last episode. The episode should have been titled 'Last Wave'. Here is another series that will need a two-hour movie to end the series for its fans. It took over 25 years before Gilligan and cast got off that friggin' island.

Sept 10: Rush Hour 2: The Chan/Tucker feature broke the $200M mark this weekend leading most to believe for sure there will be third film - Rush Hour 3

Sept 10: Wolf Lake; the First: This series looks unique in the previews but is my first genre pick to bite the dust this season. The idea that was originally picked up and just been hacked, rewritten, and beat to death for what was finally settled on. Generally not a good thing for series or features. 

Sept 10: 13 Ghosts: Re-shoots for the film will be happening in Vancouver this week. 

Sept 10: Conan 3: Dwayne Johnson, the Rock, has declared  he is not involved in the upcoming King Conan: Crown of Iron. He is however good friends with the previous Conan star Arnold Swartzenegger. If the story could be about an older Conan, the Swartz would be perfect. 

Sept 10: Mutant X: The previews for this new series premiering Nov 7 on WGN, and other networks of course, looks incredible! This might be the new syndicated series to watch... a series to give Andromeda a run for the number one genre spot this season. I just hope - hope that it is as good as the previews we have seen so far.

Sept 9: Prey Fans Celebrate!!!:  Writer/Producer, William Schmidt (charmed, special unit 2) has dusted the cob webs off his original PREY bible with a special project entitled 'Tom's Story'. Now syndicated in over 30 countries, PREY hypothesized a survival conflict between homo sapiens and their evolutionary remolded kin. International fervor for a revival or sequel to the series has been escalating since the show's premature cancellation in 1998 by a sci-fi skittish ABC. Speculation over which American network will get the offer is still open. Don't bet on one of the BIG Three who have never been able to understand the genre. UPN, Fox, and the WB, however, have all tasted success within the realm, and the Frog, of course, holds ownership rights to the series. But indications are that the pitch will be made to the popular Sci-Fi Channel. Not only has the cabler captured the loyalty of Prey's hungry- for- more followers with its consistent airing of reruns, it openly recognize the die hard audience by reuniting Prey leads, Adam Storke and Vincent Ventresca in an episode of The Invisible Man, one of its prime successes in which Ventresca stars. (freelance writer Joan McCartney)

Sept 9: Special Unit 2: Evan Katz's Special Unit 2 team has been seriously applying the spit and polish to season two episodes. With special consultants Jim Finn (Andromeda FX Supervisor) and Bill Schmidt (Prey/ Charmed writer/producer) wielding their own magic brooms, you know fans are in for some exciting results. The sexy season opener, which sweeps into your home on October 3rd, conjures up a youth craving witch on the prowl for a bunch of, shall we say . . . suckers. Then there’s “The Skin” to creep you out with a human/chameleon hybrid who puts a spin on the real meaning of cold blooded. Come Halloween, John de Lancie brings his charisma to the series as king of the Links. If you had the luck to watch John develop Star Trek’s omnipotent and full of himself, “Q”, you won’t want to miss what he does with his newest single lettered character, “Y”. Special Unit 2 airs Wednesdays at 9 PM on UPN. (freelance writer Joan McCartney)

Sept 9: Reeves A Quality Guy: Keannu Reeves earns a gold star and a favorite of this site. He has done it before to get actors but this time the young star of the Matrix sequels has given up part of the back end of his deal on the sequels to the studio. Why... He asked the studio to split the money between the special-effects and costume-design workers stating that he felt they were the ones who made the movie and that they should participate in the money. This is a stand up man looking out for the people who make him look good. Nice One!!! (hollywood.com)

Sept 9: EFC Sucks!???: Does Earth: Final Conflict suck in repeats? Judging by the rating on the Sci-Fi Channel it does. Fans aren't tuning in. Suffering the same fate as Now & Again from bad ratings the channel has pulled the series from its prime time line-up. It has been replaced by 'Tales From the Crypt'. Is it the series, or is the SFC expecting recent series to be a ratings hound like 'Babylon 5'? Running repeats of anything in prime time isn't likely to get the quality ratings the channel suddenly expects. The stupid bastards should have spent the money and picked up the 'Star Trek' franchise. 

Sept 9: Farscape Renewal: It officially hasn't happened as of this moment. It is being planned and the scripts are in work. However it comes down to money again. There is still some negotiations going on between the series production partners. You watch, these... fuckshits will cut the budget in some fashion and well lose the quality stories and end of with crappy effects. It just ain't right. It ain't!

Sept 9: Star Trek, the Email Game: There is a new Star Trek Rangers email role playing game online. Takes minutes to learn and is easy to play. Check out STAR TREK Audacious... it takes place after Next Generation, Deepspace Nine and Voyager. Visit the GREAT LINKS Area for other wonderful sites to check out.

Sept 9: Psychics Everywhere!: Listen carefully. . .Do you hear it? The distinct sound of bleating as one slightly panicked sheep follows the other. Now how long did you honestly expect the big three to sit quietly and ignore all the hubbub about the Sci-Fi Channel’s reality/paranormal hit, Crossing Over with John Edwards?  Before the ink was dry on C-O’s syndication contract with CBS2, the mad scramble was on. Picking up on the frantic spirit, ABC hooked famous psychic, George Anderson, to host Contact, a series of hour long chats with departed "notable" entities. NBC quickly netted James van Praagh for their own spiritual renewal. Now all we need is The Sylvia Brown Show. Did someone just say, “Baa”? (Joan McCartney)

Sept 8: Rings vs Potter: Lord of the Rings apparently will be going head to head with Harry Potter at the theatres next summer. The $300M trilogy against the $150M Harry Potter film. Personally I am looking forward to see the Hobbit trilogy and have little interest in the other.

Sept 8: Willard Gets Done: Morgan and Wong have sealed the deal with New Line for a remake of the 1971 horror feature 'Willard'. This will be Glenn Morgan's directorial debut. His partner Wong, is finishing up his Jet Li feature 'the One' for Revolution. Willard is the story of a dysfunctional adult who uses rats to exact his revenge on them. (variety)

Sept 8: America Loves... Star Trek: TNN, the National Network, will air a Star Trek documentary titled... 'America Loves... Star Trek'. It will open their week long Star Trek marathon. The documentary will look at the characters, cast and storylines over the years. There are interviews with cast members from all the series except for 'Deepspace Nine'.  It will also cover the franchises impact on society and so on. It begins airing the week of Oct 1 -5 (9am - 3am) with three Star Trek movies and 77 favorite episodes of Star Trek: the Next Generation. 

Sept 8: Sega Gaming: Sega may not be able to complete in the gaming console business, but they apparently know about video games. SEGA Gaming has announced that they plan to bring their SEGA sports franchise to all other game platforms. This includes Microsoft's XBox and Nintendo's Game Cube. 

Sept 8: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: Morgan and Wong have also gotten the greenlight from Miramax Films for 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'. It is based on a 1973 ABC TV Movie concerning a woman who inherits a house inhabited by miniature demons. This one is being put into development now and begins production as soon as the team is done with 'Willard'.

Sept 8: Collateral Damage: The new Arnold feature about a fireman whose family is killed by terrorist opens in theatres on October 8th. It appears that many of you have listened to the rampages of 'Harry Knowles' calling Swartzenegger a dinosaur. The Sixth Day was a quality picture from Arnold and Collateral Damage looks to be even better. Give it a chance. Arnold can still carry a feature that appeals to young adults. Dark Horizons has some images sent to him by Warner Brothers. 

Sept 8: Farscape Finale: While fans will have to wait a bit to see the series three finale, which covers the final four episodes, it is said to be big. The four episode arc will conclude three storylines carried through the season and have one big secret scene that only three people know about. As usual the final episode will not air until just prior to the season four premiere - if there is one.

Sept 8: No Star Wars DVD: Lucas not only doesn't have time for Indiana Jones 4 until 2006, he isn't even thinking about the original Star Wars Trilogy for DVD until around the same time frame. The man is just to plain busy with his current 'Star Wars: Episode 2' feature and following 'Episode 3'. So much for the term designating authority. This is called micro-management.

Sept 8: Hollywood Under 40 Money: Big Hollywood names have made the Fortune Magazine under 40 money list. Tom Cruise is at number 19 with $251M, while Jim Carrey sits further down at 36 with a mere $171M (the poor bastard). Also on the list at number 13 is Michael Jordan with $398M. Who was number one? Why Michael Dell, who dropped from $21B down to 16Bk. 

Sept 7: Marvel Comics: Marvel is really kicking some ass in the sales department these days with a number of titles coming to feature films. Seems lost fans are coming back to comics. For the third straight month Marvel comics have had at least 20 of the top 25 titles. In August they had 21. Top selling comic was Ultimate X-Men, and number 3 was Ultimate Spiderman.

Sept 7: Myers Expensive: How much do you get for playing four roles in a feature? Well, Movie Hole is reporting that Mike Myers will get $25M against 21% of the films gross. Production on this film is moving very fast. $25M... give me a fucking break!

Sept 7: Rainbow Six: Tom Clancy has little trouble selling his novels for feature films... Paramount Pictures has bought the rights to his next book, 'Rainbow Six' and already brought in Art Monterastelli to adapt the book into script. The lead character in the book, John Clark, did appear in 'Clear and Present Danger' and was played by William Defoe. 

Sept 7: Mr.Showbiz Closes: Mr. Showbiz will be closing down next month as the Disney Corporation phases out the site moving much of there stuff its ABC.com site. Mr. Showbiz.com was original part of the Starwave Entertianment Group (which was started by Microsoft) sold the site to Disney in for about $100M. Mr.Showbiz.com was originally found in 1995. 

Sept 6: Neverworld: A series pilot under development from Kelsey Grammer (frasier), Robert Nathan and Paramount Network TV, has been picked up by Fox. Neverworld will follow a young man who manages to land himself into a parallel universe. Nathan will create and produce while Grammer gets to executive produce the project. (variety)

Sept 6: Band of Brothers: The Tom Hanks produced 10 hour War mini-series 'Band of Brothers' premieres on HBO this Sunday. Check you HBO listings for exact times. 

Sept 6: Enterprise Big Screen: They haven't taken over the Next Generation guys yet, but the pilot movie telefilm will get the big screen treatment from UPN in Nashville, Tenn. Fans will only get to see it one hour before everyone else on TV, but they get to see it on the big screen. UPN should have done this in other cities. Buffy may get the same treatment.

Sept 6: Mindhunters: Renny Harlins new thriller 'Mindhunters' is about seven young FBI agents who are part of the 'serial killer profiling division' recruits that are training on an island. It soon becomes apparent that one of them is a killer and the rest of them must use their talents to figure out which one of them it is - before they all die. Deep Blue Sea's L.L. Cool J is in negotiations to star in the lead role. The film will have five producers. 

Sept 6: Dark Angel Poster: Beginning tomorrow fans of the series will be able to download a Dark Angel season two poster from darkangelfriday.com. This was set up to advertise the series new season which premieres September 21st. 

Sept 6: Dragon's Lair: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman (Titan A.E. which flopped) will be doing a feature film based on the video game 'Dragon's Lair' as their next project. It was officially announced at Dragon*con in Atlanta. 

Sept 6: Joss Whedon Interview: Buffy and Angel creator Joss Whedon has an interview up at The Orion AV Club

Sept 6: Night Visions: The Fox supernatural series Night Vision is pretty much in the tank after its August 24 episode which ranked fifth in its timeslot and only gained a 4.5 rating.  Doomed is the word. There are only two new episodes left in the series which airs the next to last episode tomorrow night.

Sept 6: Austin Powers 3: The title for the third installment is 'Goldmember' and New Line has given the green light to the project. Mike Myer will also play 'Rat Bastard' in the third film as well as putting on the role of the main Villain and be Dr. Evil too. Also slated to return are mini-me, and Seth Green as Evil's son. Director Jay Roach and Myers are hoping that perhaps Tom Cruise and Sean Connery will do comeos. I just hope this one isn't as stupid as the second film.

Sept 6: The Bourne Identity: This film apparently got past a lot of people. Matt Damon stars in the feature film based on the character Jason Bourne by novelist Robert Ludlum. The idea from Universal is to turn this into a film franchise. along the lines of, who else but James Bond. Also appearing in the film is... Franka Potenta, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, and Judy Profit.  Bourne Identity is already in Post Production and scheduled for a April 2002 release date. The story: A man wakes up on a beach with amnesia and multiple gunshot wounds, and must discover what his identity used to be before he winds up dead. His clues? His initials, the knowledge his facial features have been altered and a piece of micro-film implanted in his hip (From Joan)

Sept 6: Stalker: Rob Cohen, Bob Gale (Back to the Future) and Columbia Pictures are making this film which has apparently moved into development hell for some unknown reason. Stalker tells the story of first contact with an extraterrestrial race which occurred long ago. Now a group of individuals work to infiltrate the core of a quarantined area to determine the secret that lies within. There is no word on any players yet. 

Sept 5: Conan 3: Looking forward to the long talked about Conan 3 feature? Might want to plan on waiting a while  longer as the Wachowski Brothers (Matrix) who will be directing want the recent script from John Milius toned down and he is balking at the changes. The project is at a stalemate at this point. (dark horizons) Hey! - Film the 'R' version for DVD and cut to film to PG-13 afterwards for the theatrical release. Oh, there is a title to the film... King Conan: Crown of Iron.

Sept 5: Willard Remake: Morgan & Wong (Space Above and Beyond) are shopping a spec script for the 'Rats' remake of 'Willard'. To promote the script the duo are sending the spec script to studios inside a cage full of rats. So far they have send the script out to Dreamworks and Miramax along with some others.  

Sept 5: Indiana Jones 2006: God like creature 'George Lucas' has told a French Magazine that there will be no Indiana Jones 4 feature until at least 2006. His mind is focused on his Star Wars projects until 2005. Gee thanks Mr. Lucas, why the fuck bother to talk about doing one. Just what we need, a 60 year old Indiana Jones kicking the crap out of bad guys. Pleeeeasseee...

Sept 5: Back to the Future 4: Disregard all the crap you've been hearing about the possible 'Back to the Future 4' feature. It's just a rumor with nothing to it... so far. Never say never in this business. Producer Bob Gale says you couldn't do a fourth film without Michael J. Fox and he is in no condition to do another one. 

Sept 5: Back to the Future DVD: Why did we have to wait so long for the trilogy to maybe happen on DVD in 2002? Well, according to the digital bits website Universal has been waiting for a deal to the overseas rights to the trilogy with Columbia expires. That is said to happen at the end of this year. 

Sept 5: Forbidden Planet: Dreamworks is doing a new version of the 1956 MGM film 'Forbidden Planet'. New Line has been toying with the idea for a year and a half but their rights to the project expired and Dreamworks picked them up. A writer is expected to be hired soon. 

Sept 5: Exit Wounds: If you missed the feature at the box office, don't miss out it, on DVD. This picture has Joel Silvers name on it, as Steven Seagal attempts to make a comeback in his career minus the ponytail and about 45lbs. Rent it today!

Sept 5: Rollerdud: Star Chris Kline, who did his own stunts in the film, says 'Rollerball' will be worth the wait, and he is very happy with the movie.  Do you think anyone will come out and say, 'Hey, my latest movie sucks! Please don't go see it!' I don't think so. This film has been re-edited and hacked to death for a running time of just 89 minutes to get a PG-13 rating - and then has had some scenes re-shot. Starting to sound like last years 'Supernova'. 89 minutes? That's like an animated feature or Telefilm without commercials.

Sept 5: the Seventh Stream: Hallmark Ent. is shooting a new fantasy television movie for CBS titled, 'The Seventh Stream' which stars Scott Glenn (Silverado and Backdraft) and Saffron Burrows (deep blue sea). Joel gray will script and direct the telefilm about an Irish fisherman, Owen Quinn, who is recovering from the death of his wife and who falls in love with a mysterious, beautiful woman. The woman's arrival brightens up the life of the entire village, but as Quinn uncovers details about his new love's past, he stumbles upon a mystery straight out of Irish folklore. (scifi wire)

Sept 5: Early Edition: Remember this series? A man in Chicago gets tomorrows paper today. Well the fans of the series remember it. The repeats are scoring a rating of 1.6 - which is better than repeats of the last season of Star Trek Voyager, and nearly  as well as Andromeda, Profiler (another one), Invisible Man, Earth: Final Conflict and others. Early Edition along with Profiler and Pretender were maintaining ratings in the low to mid 6's when they were canned. These three were not expensive series and would have been a wonderful fit on the Sci-Fi Channel. They would have made a strong night for the channel.

Sept 5: E.T. revisited: Universal/Amblin is planning a re-release at the box office of E.T. next spring to celebrate the films 20th anniversary. Another way to suck up some serious dough before the DVD gets released. Duh...

Sept 5: Goonies DVD: This is a must have for any fan out there. A 7 minute featurette, 7 minutes of outtakes which include the 'Octopuss' scene and the musocvideo from Cyndi Lauper. The video is rated as an A. You like 'the Goonies'? You gotta have!!! "Goonies never say die!"

Sept 5: Farscape: The wonderful series from the Sci-Fi Channel and Henson productions continues to get released two episodes at a time on DVD. Discs 6 and 7 are coming folks. This is fucked up though. Should be seasonal boxed sets like Buffy, X-Files, the new Trek series coming out soon and others.

Sept 5: Mutant X: The TV Commercials are running for the new marvel comics series. They effects and production quality look outstanding. better than many genre series currently running. A... must see series I think. 

Sept 4: UPN Goes Buffy: Beginning October 2nd, UPN will role out its largest marketing campaign for its series pick-up of 'Buffy, the Vampire Slayer'. The campaign includes thousands of billboards, bus ads, and poster size images of Gellar's eyes with the caption 'Buffy Lives'. Primetime commercials will begin this week on UPN. (new york daily news)

Sept 4: Buffy/Angel Crossovers: More than 6400 fans are petitioning for more crossovers of the two series this season. That's nice, and UPN has already greenlighted the idea with Whedon. However, the WB is adamant that there will be NO crossovers with UPN and Buffy for Angel. 

Sept 4: War of the Worlds Update: Producer Susan Goforth, of Pendragon Pictures dropped me an email with the latest press release and a new piece of artwork from the film. CLlCK HERE for the War of the Worlds area. CLICK HERE just to check out the new press release and image.

Sept 4: V sequel DVD: With the success of the part one DVD mini-series 'V' comes the official announcement that 'V: the Final Battle' will make its way to DVD sometime next year. It will get the special treatment of a two-disc set, deleted scenes, outtakes and trailers. 

Sept 3: Relic Hunter: Will season three be the final season of Relic Hunter? It, like first wave, only had a 66 episode commitment. Hopefully the series will do well enough this year to get a season four greenlight. 

Sept 3: Stargate SG-1: Richard Dean Anderson was sure season five would be his last, since he is the star and executive producer, and is tired of doing the series. However the Sci-Fi Channel must have come up with a nice offer to bring back Anderson for one more season. The star now assures everyone that this will be his last season. He is of course willing to step in the feature film role.

Sept 2: An Incredible Month: I hope it isn't getting old, but my thanks go out to all of you who visit the site once again. Stats this month are again passing the month before. Thanks to all of you - Sci-Fi 2000 had over 100GB of transferred data, 61000+ pageviews and nearly one million total hits for just August. Incredible!  I hope everyone visiting is enjoying Sci-Fi 2000's layout and design. If you do or don't like the site please let me know. Thank you everyone! 

Sept 2: Farscape: With the rumor floating that funding among other things will axe the Invisible Man - the Sci-Fi Channel still has not given the green light to its number one rated show 'Farscape'. It almost appears that the SFC has way to many things in work and needs to set some priorities. Mini-series and telefilms are great, but series make the network. Bonnie Hammer - get your shit together! Your two top rated series need their funding and need renewals. Ambit is reporting that Farscape has been renewed for its fourth season, though no one else has seen anything official on it.

Sept 2: Norris A Dad: 61 year old Action star and Texas Ranger Chuck Norris, is the proud father of Twins. Wife Gena, 33, gave birth to the twins on Thursday Aug. 30. Norris has been married to Gena for three years and both have children from previous marriages. What is it with older men having kids they won't be around to see grow up or do things with?

Sept 2: Collateral Damage: Arnold Swartzenegger will be attending the premiere of his 'Collateral Damage' feature. If your in Chicago or will be during the premiere you can attend the show for $16 and enjoy a pre-show special for $60.oo. The premiere will be early October, and you can guarantee yourself a seat by calling (312) 425-9400. You might be able to mingle with Arnie and his cigar. (TheArnoldFan.com)

Sept 2: Six Million Dollar Man: Lee Majors is reporting that while the Farrelly brothers are talking doing a spoof on the serie, Universal and Miramax are looking into doing a film based on the series. Majors, who is looking to make a comeback on his career at 62, believes he could play an Oscar Goldman type role. Lee Majors has talked to his drug addict ex-wife, Farrah Fawcett, in 12 years. The best thing about Lee Majors... he is a serious Miami Dolphins fan and lived there for the last ten years before movie back to hollywood to jump start his career. 

Sept 2: Lone Gunmen Return: 'Acid' has laid in with an email wanting to pass on the news that 'the Lone Gunmen' will be returning to 'the X-Files' this upcoming season in a few episodes. Fans may not have their series to enjoy anymore... but you will get them two or three times. 

Sept 2: Sci-Fi Series Listing: Can't remember that old or new Sci-Fi Series? Check out the Sci-Fi Series listing. Most series are listed with premiere dates and number of episodes in the run. Sci-Fi Series Listing

Sept 2: Digital Art - Free: Check out the 'Digital Art' area of the site for pictures you can download and print out for your wall or use on your computer for wallpaper. They look great and are done using Photoshop 6. 'Digital Art'

Sept 1: Terminator 3: Vin Diesel told Empire Online that he hasn't seen the script for 'Terminator 3' yet. He is up for the role of the Villain Terminator in the film.

Sept 1: Highlander, the Series: A VHS Cover Sheet for 'Highlander, the Series' has slashed its way onto the site per request for one last week. Enjoy and check out all the cover sheets for VHS and VideoCD. New series and old are on site for download and free. 

Sept 1: Deathlock: Paramount Studios and Marvel Comics will develop 'Deathlock' into a feature film. According to the Hollywood Reporter Raven Mentznet and Stu Zickerman will write the script. Marvel will produce the film with Crystal Sky Productions. 

Sept 1: Jurassic Park IV: Despite Sam Neil's belief that there will be no further sequel, it seems there will be. Spielberg has already talked with ILM, Universal and others about a fourth storyline before Jurassic Park III was even released. It is still be batted around as to whether the story will continue or it will be the dreaded prequel idea. Either way, it looks like fans of the films will get a fourth installment.

Sept 1: TV Themes: Looking for your favorite series television theme? Sci-Fi 2000 has over 345 Television Themes in MP3 and WAV formats for download. Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and horror themes are there for your listening pleasure. See the List - CLICK HERE.

Aug 1: Holliday Reading: It's a long weekend and if you need some reading material then check out my online novel 'The Last Warrior'. Chapters 1 - 9 with 10 - 12 coming today some time. Click the link for chapter listings... The adventures of Packard Steele await you. Action, violence, swearing, aliens, and adventure. What more could you be looking for...