Feb 28: Blade 3: Blade 1 & 2 scribe David Goyer gave comics2film a great interview. He told the site that he wants to take Blade 3 twenty years into the future where the Vampires have taken over the world. He is tired of the standard vampire fare and wants to shake things up. While plans are formed for Del Toro to direct the third installment with Goyer writing and Snipes to star, the project is dependant on the second films success with the $70M the first film made being the target. (comics2film)  Blade 3 is slated to be the last film Goyer writes for someone else. From then on he wants to write and direct his own stuff.

Feb 28: Sony Sucks Too: You will love this too... Mike Scott, 59, agreed to the terms in exchange for a cash settlement of $4,500 -- roughly the cost of the 55-inch TV he bought less than a year ago, When the set started behaving strangely and Sony refused to cover repairs under its one-year warranty, Scott was ready to sue. Scott has bought three Sony big-screen TVs in recent years and had problems with all three. The other two were repaired under a five-year extended warranty he purchased from the store where he bought the sets, but the dealer wouldn't sell him the long-term coverage on the new set. Sony says the sets were damaged by salt air wafting into Scott's Newport Beach home, which is near the Pacific Ocean. A repairman told Scott the salt had corroded the inside of the set, and Sony deemed the damage an "act of God" not covered by the warranty. "Act of God, because I live next to a beach? God destroyed my TV?" Scott says. "Lightning, a storm, stuff like that, that's an act of God. I don't consider air an act of God." Scott still has the TV, which he says he leaves on 24 hours a day because it won't come back on if he ever turns it off. Of the ban from buying Sony's in the future, he says, "They think they win if they can tell me I can never buy another one of their products. As if I would." (zap2it.com)  Act of God. That's rich. Pah-leeze...

Feb 28: Star Wars Exhibit: The 'Star Wars: The Magic of Myth' Exhibit from George Lucas' feature film franchise is making its final U.S. stop at the Brooklyn Museum of Art from April 7th to July 7th. If your going to be in the area this might be something you would enjoy. No, it's not free. You can check on tickets by calling 1-866- 606-R2D2. (Adam Husted)

Feb 28: Terapin Test Continues: I have ran some more testing with the new Terapin VCD Recorder. CLICK HERE for the Terapin Test Page. 

Feb 28: Episode II: Coming Attractions website has learned that Fox & Lucasfilms have decided to have special sneak preview screenings on May 12th, 4 days prior to the films release. Portions of the ticket sales will got to children's charities. They will have previews in Dallas, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, NY, Los Angeles, Washington, and Toronto. 

Feb 27: Galactica: In a report on Moviehole.net indicates Herb Jefferson Jr. (boomer) seems bitter and has very little care about his series 'Battlestar Galactica'. When ask for his thoughts about the American Masters of the series being so bad, the Australian Masters had to be used to create a new boxed set of the series, he commented, "It doesn't matter to me as long as I get paid." When asked questions about the new telefilm from Tom Santo he was very curt and dismissive. 

Feb 27: Titanium Rain: Jackie Chan has added this feature to his busy schedule doing 'Titanium Rain'. He will play a Ming Dynasty Warrior who is thrust into present day after a fallings satellite's debris creates a number of time portals. Chan has also hired a Hollywood make-up artist to hide a facial wound he recently received while working on another project.

Feb 27: Terminator 3: With filming just weeks away the casting call continues for a 20 to 24 year old to play the part of John Connor. (moviehole.net)

Feb 27: Cruisin' Samurai: Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise  is nearly signed for Warner Bros. new feature 'the Last Samurai'. This will be directed by Ed Zwick (glory) on a script from Gladiator scribe John Logan. Cruise will play a Colonel training Japanese troops in 19th century Japan in eradication of the Samurai. 

Feb 27: Batman 5: Moviehole's Clint Morris checked in with some Batman news for the site today... Whether it's the Batman Year One project or not, one actor is keen to pull on the tights - - - and just maybe he might get it. Seems we have our first candidate to play Batman in the next flick. Antonio Sabato Jr, of TV's "Melrose Place" and "General Hospital", has thrown his hat in the ring to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in the next film. While speaking to TV's Rove McManus on Tuesday night's show, Sabato jr mentioned that he wants the role -"If they want me...I'm there" he enthusiastically cried. Co-incidentally Sabato Jr is a huge Batman fan. "He's a role model" says Sabato Jr, who also named his production company namtab - which is batman spelt backwards. (Thanks Clint!)   Might as well throw my hat in the ring, I want to be Kingpin... shit that's Daredevil. Ok, I want to be the Batmobile. Chick's love the car! 

Feb 27: Firefly Production: the new western style space series 'Firefly' from Josh Whedon (buffy) should nearly be done casting his transport ship with the signing of three more actors. Joining lead actor Nathan Fillion is Adam Baldwin (X-Files, the Cape) and Jewel Staite (buffy). Just signed on are the trio of Gina Torres, Ron Glass and Summer Glau. Whedon will write and direct 'Firefly's' two-hour pilot.  Production is scheduled to begin in March.

Feb 26: TNN Stinks: Have you attempted to view a show on TNN? Currently the network is airing shows like Baywatch, Star Trek: the Next Generation and Miami Vice. These morons have a black advertising bar about 2.5 to 3" running across the bottom of the screen. They post stupid fan comments along with the name of the series your watching, phone numbers and so on plus the TNN logo. This is taking advertising to a new low. What could be worse is other networks following their example. During Miami Vice I was also treated the most moronic created ads for Star Trek: the Next Generation. Oh, anyone else having sound problems during a broadcast. Miami Vice sounds goes up and down for the whole hour, except for commercials of course. I have also been informed that Oxygen does this during their broadcast of Xena - Princess Warrior. 

Feb 26: Peter Coyote Interview: Moviehole.net has scored again doing an interview with Peter Coyote about the upcoming ET 21st Anniversary Edition. Here is a blurb from the interview.... Read the full interview by CLICKING HERE.

"On the last day of filming, as we wrapped, Steven told me that he was going to make a sequel when Elliot turned 18. I guess in the intervening years he had time to ponder, "why mess with success?" Also, the "skin" of ET has deteriorated. We couldn't use it for publicity appearances for instance, so perhaps that's another reason why they didn't", Coyote  tells.  

The actor is insistent though that the March re-release of the original is worthy. From our interview though it seems nothing is more important at the moment than the re-release of E.T. "Any movie which has touched millions and millions of people must have something going for it and ET does. The performances are wonderful. The story will make you laugh and (I dare you not to) cry. It's wonderfully conceived and shot, and it's a touching story carefully told. It has no sex or violence in it and yet is totally satisfying to four year olds and forty year olds. What's not to like. It's a great movie!' testifies Coyote. Coyote has also been actively involved in the DVD version of the film, due for release later in the year. 

Feb 26: Dawson Directs: Voyager's Roxanne Dawson (Torres) will direct another upcoming episode of Enterprise titled, "Vox Solis". She previously directed the Enterprise episode 'the Andorian Incident'.

Feb 26: Scifi2k.com Goes Terapin: We have picked up a Terapin unit courtesy of Sam's Club for about $199 plus tax. The Sam's Club in my area only carries the orange version. (gray unit with the orange topper) Inside the box was one CDR-W and a nice ten pack of CDR's along with power supply cable and two sets of connection cables. I will be keeping track of the use of the Terapin so others interested in the unit can determine if one is for them. Read the happening at Terapin Testing Bay.

Feb 26: Kyle Chandler: Early Editions star Kyle Chandler has landed a news series along with movie actor 'Tom Berenger (the Substitute & Major League). This is Berenger's first attempt at TV. Both return in the non-genre series 'What About Joan'. Chandler's Early Edition was the story of a man who got tomorrows paper, today.

Feb 26: Predator 3: Arnoldmovies.com got a report that a screenwriter named Matthew Virchow, is helming the Predator 3 script and Fox is willing to take a look at it. The chances of developing into a feature film are slim as Fox doesn't believe it is a winning project. 

Feb 26: Treasure Island: The Robert Luis Stevenson novel 'Treasure Island' will be getting the feature film treatment with director Steve Minor (Forever Young) at the helm. It will be a modern retelling of the story. A story which several writers are currently working on.

Feb 25: Queen of the Damned: Despite bad reviews 'Queen of the Damned' scared up $15M during a light weekend at the box office - coming in at the number one spot. Dragonfly, also receiving morbid reviews, was third taking in $10M. 

Feb 25: Rings Wins Five: Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' landed five British Awards over the weekend, including 'Best Film'. 

Feb 25: Earth Final Conflict: The five seasons are due to wrap with the series finale in the coming weeks. The biggest question is - Does the series deliver the goods? Do fans actually get an ending to what they started five years ago, or will we be left hanging like most every series does? 

Feb 25: Moviehole Inteviews Sean Astin:  Clint Morris over at Moviehole.net got to chat with Sean Astin about Lord of the Rings 2, and the upcoming Goonies 2 feature. Here is part of the interview. Check out the complete interview at Moviehole by clicking HERE. 

     "The final chapter promises to be the best, because of the awesome changes that all of the characters experience", explains Astin. There's a little more work needed on the film until the public will get to witness the further adventures of our heroes. "Peter and Fran have told me they want to put more heart into 2 Towers and that Sam is the key to that...so I suppose I will be heading to NZ for more work", adds Astin. 
     Astin also tells me about the status of The Goonies 2. "Spielberg told me that he's almost happy with the script that's being developed. I'm sure it will happen at some point. And all of the Goonies are interested in returning...I just hope they capture the right tone in the script". One such treatment of the sequel is rumored to involve the offspring of the original Goonies going on a similar adventure to their 1980's counterparts. "I told Steven that I had an epiphany about the sequel and wanted to share my thoughts with him. But, he seems protective of the process. My fear is that they will try to have the Goonies "Kids" involved, which for my money misses the mark", says Sean. Sans Goonies, Astin tells me there are a couple of movies he wish he could go over; but thinks Goonies is the only film he's interested in following up. 
     The future's looking even more promising for Sean Astin - and it will be almost unfeasible to miss him on a Cineplex in the near future. But as the industry goes, the next job could be just a phone call away or it could be five years down the track. "Although I've got some irons in the fire, I'm not sure what's next", says a hopeful Sean.

Feb 25: Interesting Series Stat: Last year 87 series were canceled. That's 10 more the year before. There are 97 series that haven't been renewed yet. This years 37 series have already been axed by the networks. Another 40 or so will be joining them. There are still 26 new series waiting to debut before the end of this season and another 204 series in development for next this coming fall. the Networks are scheduled to announce their fall schedule in about 10 weeks. (futon critic)

2001/2002 season
90 series not yet renewed
37 series already canceled
26 waiting to debut this season
80+ potential to be cancelled this season
204 series in development for 2002 fall season
87 series cancelled in 2001.

Feb 24: Daredevil: Rythm & Hues has been awarded the entire visual effects contract on the Ben Affleck, Daredevil project. (rotten tomatoes) The will be just over 300 vfx used in the film.

Feb 24: Chuck Jones Dies: Bugs Bunny animator Chuck Jones has died at the age of 89. Jones died of congestive heart failure. In over 300 animated films he has given life to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, Porky Pig, and Pepe Le Pew. Jones also created episodes of the classic 'Tom & Jerry' for MGM.

Feb 24: Tarapin VCD Recorders: I was wondering when a price break would happen on these great little recording units and apparently it has, as Sam's Club here in Las Vegas is carrying the units for just $199.oo each. Quite a deal from the original $4.99 price tag.

Feb 24: The Time Machine: I have watched the making of... 'the Time Machine' on HBO. The special was very well done and exposed some exciting looking effects and story changes that make the updated version very appealing. The film seemed doomed after the problems reported during the production but perhaps these problems have been worked out. Based on the previews, and the HBO special this could be an exciting sleeper for 2002. 

Feb 24: When Do Fans Matter: The internet has brought fans around the world together. The campaigns and fan clubs are huge today. But do we as a group or individual matter when it comes to the networks and studios. Read my views in the new Editorial. CLICK HERE for the editorial, or HERE for the Editorial Main Page Listings.

Feb 23: Wolf Lake & UPN: Cahners is reporting that UPN is close to sealing a deal that will bring former CBS drama series 'Wolf Lake' to UPN. Wolf Lake would air after Enterprise to fill the void left by the cancellation of Special Unit 2 on Wednesdays at 9pm. UPN will air the first five episodes and the 4 remaining unaired episodes. I have seen the unaired pilot and the series should have gone in that direction. It was excellent.

Feb 23: Roswell: UPN has pretty much let everyone know the series is done without officially canceling the series. They have ordered the sets for the show be dismantled. A sure sign the series will not be returning for another season. 

Feb 22: Site Changes: I guess you all noticed the changes to the site. Other areas will be going through similar changes to look a bit more... whatever. I hope everyone enjoys the new look.

Feb 23: New VHS Covers: Despite all the changes going on to the site, eight new covers have been readied for the site from Tim Freeman.  Joining the 125+ selection of covers is 'Wolf Lake', 'Young Americans', 'First Monday', 'Max Bickford', 'According to Jim', 'Mortal Kombat', 'Transformers', and 1975's 'Invisible Man'. Check them out in the VHS Cover Sheet Area.

Feb 23: Twilight Zone: UPN has ordered a telefilm pilot based on the original Twilight Zone series starring Rod Serling. Oscar winner Pen Densham will write and executive produce the project. the original Zone aired on UPN parent station CBS. 

Feb 23: Dinotopia: Vfx supervisor for Dinotopia, Michael McGee told the Sci-Fi Wire that he and his crew have come up with a new technology for to create never before-seen images of humans riding dinosaurs. He devised a motion rig saddle that was driven by a computer generated dinosaur through the computer. The first part of the mini-series airs at 7pm on May 12. 

Feb 22: Terminator 3: The MOVIEHOLE.net site has scored some great news from Arnoldmovies.com that virtual unknown 'Kristanna Loken' has scored what could be a breakout action role as the female Terminator in the new film. the 22 yr-old Loken has played in the films, 'Philly' and 'Panic'. T3 will pick up 10 years in the future re-teaming a twenty-something John Connor with the cyborg protector. Terminator 3 is headed for a 100 day shooting schedule. 

Feb 22: PREY: Last year, Professor Mary Ann Beavis, gave a presentation entitled, 'Prey for Us' Biblical Allusions in a 'Cult' TV Science Fiction Drama" at Luther Seminary, St. Paul. MN. "Prey", as most people know, was a runaway 1998 television series that was badly mistreated by the American ABC network. Despite only 13 episodes, Prey has become a cult phenomenon backed by a world wide campaign to see the production and airing of the newly written sequel movie. A revised edition of the biblical images study is slotted to be published in the first issue of the new online Journal of Religion & Popular Culture. In the meantime, further analysis of the religious/spiritual function/effect of Prey on fans (as opposed to the religious themes in the series) is now under study. Does this show ever cease to amaze and affect people?

Feb 22: X-File Answers: Fox is promising fans that many of the shows mysteries will be answered in the final 5 episodes from the nine seasons. Fans will even get to finally learn if Scully's baby is human.

Feb 22: Del Hellboy: Blade 2 director Guillermo Del Toro is eager to helm the 'Hellboy' comics feature as his next project according to the Sci-Fi Wire. He believes he must do the comic turned feature to prevent it from being fucked up in translation from comic to film. Del Toro wants it to be exactly like the comic book.

Feb 22: Perlman is Hellboy: In the same interview with Sci-Fi Wire Del Toro mentioned that it's Ron Perlman or nobody will assume the lead role. He believes Vin Diesel would be a great alternate and the budget for the film would be larger, but both Del Toro and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola believe Ron Perlman is the perfect person. Perlman is due up next in Blade 2, and then appears in a major role in the still in production 'Star Trek: Nemesis' feature. Perlman biggest role was Vincent on 'Beauty and the Beast'. 

Feb 22: Time Tunnel: Casting has begun for the new Fox series with the signing David Conrad to play Dr. Doug Phillips. Time Tunnel will be a Regency TV & 20th Century TV production. 

Feb 22: New Starsky & Hutch Series: Not exactly but Charlie's Angels McG has teamed with writer John McNamara for the series 'Fast Lane' being hailed as an updated 'Starsky & Hutch'. Set to star in the new series is Bill Bellamy and Peter Facinelli. 

Feb 22: Tekken: Crystal Sky has acquired the rights to make a $60M feature film based on the video game of the same name. Tekken has been one of the most successful video game franchises in the world. Crystal Sky is hoping to get the film into production as soon as possible. (zap2it.com)

Feb 22: Metropolis Anime DVD: Got an email today concerning the DVD release of Metropolis, the animated feature based on the Manga Comic by Osama Tezuka. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON DVD IN SPECIAL EDITION 2-DISC SET NEW RELEASE DATE SET FOR APRIL 23, 2002. The DVD will include a ton of extras such as... Widescreen and Fullscreen versions. The making of... Two animation comparisons, Trailers, and animated menus.

Feb 21: Interesting Time: Yesterday, for sixty minutes, time and day aligned in perfect symmetry. At 8:01 PM, it read, 20:02,20/02/2002.  This event only occurred once before and will never be repeated. The last occasion that time unfolded in such a symmetrical pattern was 10:01 AM on the 10th of January (10/01) in the year 1001. Since the clock reads time up to 23:59, a symmetrical pattern will not happen again.

Feb 21: Eight More Covers Coming: Eight more new covers are coming to the site in the days to come. Wolf Lake, First Monday, Young Americans, Transformers, Max Bickford, Invisible Man from the 1975 series, Mortal Kombat: Conquest, and According to Jim.

Feb 21: Time Tunnel VHS: New VHS Cover Sheets for Green Hornet, Time Tunnel, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea have been added to the site for download. That's about 12 in the past week. Neolase has custom designed these for scifi2k.com. Enjoy.

Feb 20: Duchovny Official: The X-Files gets the official send off with David Duchovny returning for the two-hour series finale on May 19th at 8pm. This will of course set up the series to move back into the feature film realm.

Feb 20: Firefly Addition: Joss Whedon's new Fox series has added Sean Maher to the new space western series.

Feb 20: New Chrome Images: I have added three new images to the Chrome Site. Two under the costume Area and one in the concept art. You can also access the latest images in the Latest Press Release.

Feb 20: Simpson Gets Big in UK: British television have gotten stupid and went into a bidding war of none other than Bart Simpson and Family. Offers for the eleven seasons are hitting nearly $400,000 per half-hour episode between Channel 4 & Channel 5. the BBC2, which has had the rights for the past six seasons dropped out after bidding went over the 149,000 dollars per half-hour episode. Simpsons was one of the BBC2's highest rated series. 

Feb 20: Werewolf Thriller: Fox 2000 will develop a spec script from J. Barton Mitchell title 'Silver Strike'. The story follows a troop of werewolf hunters.

Feb 20: Brosnan Injured: James Bond took it on the knee during filming taking the secret agent man out of action for about two weeks. The film will still hit theaters as planned in November.

Feb 20: Scotty Recovering: 82 year old James Doohan, who played Scotty in the series Star Trek, is recovering from a bout with pneumonia. 

Feb 20: Jeremiah: The Showtime series starring Luke Perry premieres March 3rd at 8pm, from Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski. 

Feb 20: No Galactica in US: the Digitalbits.com website has gotten word from Universal that there are NO plans to release the Battlestar Galactica boxed set in the USA anytime soon. The Aussies (Region 4) will be the only ones getting this incredible piece of work. Hey Universal!!! Fuck you too.

Feb 19: Server Problems: Server problems prevented yesterdays update with Farscape news. So, it goes up today.

Feb 19: CHROME: The Timothy Hines film 'CHROME' is due in theatres in 2003, is moving forward and scifi2k.com has the entire Feb. 17th press release for you to read. CLICK HERE to check out the press release. Three new images from the production will be posted tomorrow.

Feb 19: Nine New Covers: I have seven new VHS Cover Sheets added to the site today. New GvsE, Dark Skies, House of Frankenstein, Strange World, Highlander the Raven, Crusade, and Legend of the Rangers. CLICK HERE for the VHS cover sheet area.

Feb 17: Xena Co-star Dies: Kevin Smith 38, who played Xena's love interest and 'the God of War'... Ares, has died from head injuries sustained in a six story fall while filming in China. Smith was due to play a part in Bruce Willis' upcoming 'Man of War' feature when film begins next month in Hawaii. Kevin Smith leaves behind his wife and three children, Oscar, 11, Tyrone, 9, and Willard, 3. (nzherald.co.nz)

Feb 17: Galactica DVD Set: Yep it's coming to Region 4 for the Aussies, but there are no plans for a region 1 or 2 release, as yet. The Battlestar Galactica DVD Boxed Set will be a 8 disc set that will be filled with special effects features including bios, sketches, photos and quite possibly deleted scenes & interviews. It will hit Aussie stores June 12th. (darkhorizons.com)

Feb 17: Lost World: Returning for one episode will be Roger Colby reprising his role as William Maple White. it will be either episode #320, 321 or 322. (Lost World fan Al Pike)

Feb 17: Firefly: Adam Baldwin & Jewel Staite have joined the cast of Joss Whedon's new series 'Firefly'. Baldwin will play a rough and tough character named Jayne, while Staite will play the ships mechanic. They will join Nathan Fillion who was announced on Monday as the series lead. Adam Baldwin has appeared in genre features such as 'ID4', 'Predator 2', 'From the Earth to the Moon' and the series 'X-Files' and 'the Cape'. 

Feb 16: Cut 2, Deeper: A low budget Aussie horror film is going into production, called Cut 2: Deeper. Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy will star. (filmink.com)

Feb 16: Stargate Fan Revolt: The Sci-Fi Channel could have picked up a potentially expensive lemon with the sixth and final season of Stargate SG-1, due to premiere on the network before season completes its run on Showtime. The death of character Dr. Daniel Jackson played by Michael Shanks has hit many fans hard overseas, who have already seen the episode. That is likely to spread over to the U.S. before the episode premieres here. The series ratings had fallen off over the past years as the storylines became more conspiracy theory and geared toward the younger male audience. Rather than renew the fresh Invisible Man series with unlimited potential for new episodes - the Sci-Fi Channel has purchased five seasons of reruns and 22 new episodes of Stargate that no one may be watching. (salon.com)  Bonnie Hammer... you go girl.

Feb 16: And... Cut to Commercial: Zap2it.com has an interesting article today concerning commercial time. In Primetime the big four networks are averaging between 16 minutes & 17 seconds of commercials per one hour series. NBC is airing the most commercials of the bunch, but... it also tells you how much is cut from a series by the Sci-Fi Channel, TNT, TBS, and TNN. Three to four minutes are cut... that's 4 minutes per episode and 88 minutes from a 22 episode season. That's over two episodes worth of material from one season removed by these networks. Wow!

Feb 16: What's Up With ALF?: Seeing the old Alfer return with Terry Bradshaw in a new 10-10-220 commercial leads one to believe that there may be plans for ALF. Either the long anticipated, and previously reported, DVD boxed set containing the entire ALF Collection or an effort to bring Alf back.

Feb 16: Blackjack: Catch 23 Entertainment has purchased the film rights to the graphic novel, 'Blackjack' from Platnum Studios. Blackjack is a series of novels about a black soldier of fortune. Michael Jai White (Spawn) is slated to star in the new feature.

Feb 16: Charmed is Coolio: Come march will find Coolio guest starring on Charmed as a.... demon. The rapper/actor will play a demon named Lazarus. The episode is titled 'Marry Go-Round. 

Feb 16: Mummy Man Goes TV: Genre feature star 'Brendan Fraser' (the Mummy) will guest star in two upcoming episodes of Scrubs.

Feb 16: Voyage Cover: A new VHS Cover Sheet has been added for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. You can download the cover sheet in the VHS Cover Sheet area. 

Feb 15: Superman 5: Charlie's Angels director 'McG' has been signed to direct 'Superman 5'. The project will likely begin production after the completion of 'Charlie's Angels 2'. 'Alias' series creator J.J. Abrams has been hired by Warner Brothers to pen the script. Jon Peters will produce the fifth installment. Big question is why bother with another Superman sequel? 

Feb 15: No More Austin: New Line Cinema has confirmed that Michael Myers and Jay Roach will likely not be returning for any further Austin Powers films. This is contrary to previous statements by both persons who has stated that they would like to keep going with Austin as long as they could. 

Feb 15: Terminator 3 Update: MovieHole.net has scored a very interesting bit of news concerning Terminator 3 production in Canada. Arnold Swartzenegger is interested in running for the Governorship of California at some point and wants T3 filmed entirely in the United States rather than Canada. He has agreed in a reduction in salary to get the production moved. Arnie doesn't want the publicity of this production being filmed outside the U.S. (moviehole.net)   This leads one to believe that after True Lies 2 the Swartz could be slowing down to turn his attention to California politics. 

Feb 15: Invisible Man Scores Big: The canceled  series has actually done well in syndication compared to other series. This, despite its less than stellar syndication market USA Network sold it to.  For the week of January 28th the series audience was up 18% and scored a 2.0/2.1 in the ratings. Hard to believe no network has stepped forward to pick up the series, or the producers taking the series into total syndication. (ron wolfe) Remember, this rating is a syndicated rating and not its first run rating on the Sci-Fi Channel. 

Feb 15: Enterprise/Smallville: These two fledgling series continue to excel in the ratings as both series ratings remain above 6 and both were number 79 in the overall ratings for the week. While Smallville was already renewed, UPN has yet to greenlight the series for a second season. UPN has failed to renew anything beyond this season. Buffy is the only series scheduled to return, due to its two-year commitment coming over from the WB this past season.

Feb 15: Queen of the Damned: MovieHole.net has posted news that there are a bunch of deleted scenes from the movie over at there website. CLICK HERE to check out the Warner Brothers website.

Feb 15: Witchblade Pilot Again: If there is anyone who hasn't seen the TNT telefilm pilot for 'Witchblade' will be able to view the movie on the WB February 19th at 8pm. (comics2film)

Feb 14: Space Above & Beyond: A new cover sheet for the Morgan & Wang series 'Space Above & Beyond' has been added to the website for download. VHS Cover Sheet Area.

Feb 14: X-Files Finale: The X-Files series will air its series finale broadcast at 8pm Sunday, May 19th. The X-Files will depart the airways with a two-hour finale. The bad news is that the finale will air opposite of endgame episode of Survivor 4. 

Feb 14: Angel Headed to UPN???: Even though ANGEL has managed the same ratings with out the Buffy lead in to it this season, the series may be doomed thanks to the WB's 'Family and Franchise' theme. If the WB backs away from the series, UPN has already agreed to pick up the series from its deal last season to get Buffy. With Roswell departing at the end of this season the slot becomes available to pair the two series up again. (ron wolfe)

Feb 14: I-Man Star Moving On?: Invisible Man & Prey star Vincent Ventresca isn't sitting around hoping a network comes through for his I-Man series. The actor is joining an ABC untitled comedy pilot which also includes genre actress Sabrina Lloyd (sliders). In the comedy about three thirty-something couples Ventresca will play a toy designer whose wife sells Mercedes Benzes. 

Feb 14: Dune: SE Coming:  Artisan will release the special edition DVD of the Telefilm mini-series April 23rd for a mere SRP $26.95. The 3-disc set will include a directors cut of the film which contains over 30 minutes of new footage. (look for sam's club or costco to care the film for as low as $19.99)

Feb 14: Babylon 5: This fall the fans of Babylon 5 will get their wish as the season one boxed set will hit stores. Price... plan around the standard $99 to $150 price range.

Feb 14: NYPD renewed: Not sci-fi but NYPD Blue has been renewed for its 11th season. It has flourished in the ratings despite the competition of '24', 'the Guardian' and 'Frasier'. 

Feb 14: Transformers: The robots in disguise are coming to DVD in a 16 episode first season, five volume boxed set right around April from Rhino.

Feb 14: Legend Ultimate DVD: The folks over at 'the Digital Bits' website have posted some great news that the loooong anticipated Tom Cruise Special Edition 'Legend' DVD will hit stores on May 21st. 'Legend' will be a two disck set with lots of extras.

Feb 13: Episode II: The running time for the second film will be right around 132 minutes - almost the same as the first film. According to producer Rick McCallum they have the have done the final edit on the film and there will be over 2000 effects shots in the film. 1400 of them are done and they are pumping out 40 to 50 per day. It will come down to the wire as they get close to the premiere date. (moviehole.net)

Feb 13: 6 Million Dollar Man: Richard Anderson, who played Oscar on the series, told the Sci-Fi Wire that Miramax has fast tracked the film and he is signed on to reprise his TV role in the film. Lee Majors may play Steve Austin in the movie, but film makers are looking for someone younger to star like 'Brad Pitt' or 'Hugh Jackman'. Anderson produced many of the series episodes and it was he that got Universal interested in backing a feature film. (the scifiwire)

Feb 13: Spiderman: Also coming to production end is Spiderman, due in theatres May 3. Look for Spiderman on Kelloggs Marshmellow Fruit Loops before the premiere.

Feb 13: Futurama Gone: Another petition has gotten started to save yet another fan favorite in Futurama. The series will not be getting the greenlight for its fifth season. CLICK HERE to sign the petition. 

Feb 13: Strange World: the Sci-Fi Wire reports that the shortlived ABC series 'Strange World' (only 3 eps aired) has opened well on the Sci-Fi Channel. The network also believes the 10 un-aired episodes will do even better when they begin airing. Remember fans when this series was on ABC the episodes were about 42 minutes and the SFC will cut them down to 40 minutes for commercials.

Feb 13: Birds of Prey: Invisible Man co-star Brandy Ledford is out for the role in Birds of Prey. The part of Barbara Gordon went to Dina Meyers, who will begin work on the series when her part is likely completed on the upcoming Star Trek: Nemesis feature. Also joining the cast is Dark Angel's Ashley Scott as Huntress/Helena Kyle. Rachel Skarsten will play Black Canary. (Gotham Clock Tower)

Feb 13: PREY Cover Sheet: I have added a PREY VHS Cover Sheet to the site for download. The 13 episode series has a huge fan base. VHS Cover Sheets. Enjoy.

Feb 12: Birds of Prey Turn to I-Man: Dark Horizons website is reporting that the Invisible Man's Brandy Ledford has landed the Barbara Gordon role in the upcoming 'Birds of Prey' series on the WB. Also being reported by Gotham Clock Tower is that Starship Trooper's star Dina Meyers has been cast as Barbara Gordon. 

Feb 12: True Lies 2: Arnold reported to Time Out that the script is completed for True Lies 2, and he hopes to begin filming the project right after he completes Terminator 3. 

Feb 12: Angel Bumped: The WB series 'Angel' will be bumped from the schedule for five weeks beginning March 11th to April 15th for episodes of the troubled series 'Glory Days'. Original episodes of Angel air Feb 18th, 25th, and March 4th. 

Feb 11: Amityville to Return?: Coming Attractions got two emails indicating that the horror franchise might be dusted off and a fourth installment put into development. It would be a sequel to the first film. What else? Why a possible TV series as well may be going into development. Hmmm.

Feb 11: Predator 3: The small budget film may be turning big budget as AICN gets a scoop that Dwayne Johnson, the Rock, might be headlining the project. Sounds unlikely and might not be true. The price for the Rock might be in the $250,000 range. Remember, this one is just a rumor right now and likely not true.

Feb 11: Firefly: The new SF series, Firefly, from Buffy creator Josh Whedon has picked up Nathan Fillion to star. Fillion was one of the stars of 'Two Guys & a Girl'. He will play Captain Malcolm Reynolds. The series will center on Reynolds, the owner & captain of a small 'Firefly' class transport ship. (hollywood reporter)

Feb 11: Sgt. Rock: Joel Silver mentioned that after he saw Arnold in Collateral Damage he still wants the Swartz to play Sgt. Rock for DC Comics and WB. This project had been talked about nearly five years ago, before Arnolds box office draw began its decline. 

Feb 11: Leaping Into Enterprise: Quantum Leap co-star to Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, will be making a guest appearance on Enterprise in the episode 'Detained'. He will play an Alien Colonel.

Feb 11: Jolie Nominated: Angelina Jolie has been nominated for the Razzie Award for worst actress in her film 'Tomb Raider'. 

Feb 10: Dark Angel: The series 'Dark Angel' has performed dismally in the ratings this season. And right now, things don't look better for the series at the end of season 2. Darkangeltv.com looks to be going under and fans should not expect the series 'Dark Angel' to return next season. Ratings for the action drama have been down at least two points all season from last year. Fox cannot afford the budget of maintaining a series with ratings well below 6.5.

Feb 10: Charlie's Angels 2: Adding Jamie Foxx to play Bosley Jr. could be a bad a decision as when Bill Murray played him in the first film. Why not serious up the role a bit and have someone like Dan Akroyd or Michael Keaton play the role?

Feb 10: Rollerball?: Stay at home and watch the original on DVD. 

Feb 10: Collateral Number One: Arnolds new feature, 'Collateral Damage' opened up in the number spot over the weekend with $15.1M. At #2, Big Fat Liar $11M & #3 was the heavily cut and re-shot 'Rollerball' with only $9M. Black Hawk Down dropped to fourth place.

Feb 10: Terminator Gets Stan: SFX Master Stan Winston is onboard T3 officially and has refused to tell fans anything about the project but did say fans are in store for some really big battles. 

Feb 10: Most Wanted Project: Over at Headlines.net is a great poll of fans most wanted projects. The top three were Aliens vs Predator, Batman: Year One, and Alien 5. The bottom dwellers in the poll... Beverly Hills cop 4, A Robocop Sequel, and Predator 3. 

Feb 10: Alias: Roger Moore, James Bond & the Saint, will play the British director of SD-6 - the shows worldwide spy organization. Moore is only scheduled to appear in the upcoming March 10th episode, but there is a chance that Moore could return for... more. :) (zap2it.com)

Feb 10: UPN beats Fox: Overall Thursday night ratings had UPN coming in fourth ahead of Fox & the WB. UPN scored a 5.3/8 share compared to Fox at 4.0/6 and the web at 3.3/5. UPN was also hot on the heels of ABC at third place which carried a 5.9/8 share for the night. (mediaweek.com)

Feb 10: The Agency in trouble?: If you follow UPN's deal with Special Unit 2, then CBS' the Agency might be in trouble too. Special Unit 2's looses 47% of its audience from its Enterprise lead in (it got canceled), and the Agency is loosing 51% of its lead in from the hit series C.S.I. The Agency is number 2 in the 10pm Thursday night slot, but it could still get the axe at the end of the season.

Feb 10: LEXX Joins Scifi2k.com: A LEXX fan named Art has donated a few of his L.E.X.X. VCD covers to the site. I have made some extremely minor adjustments and put them up on the site for download. Check them out in the 'VCD Area'. 3 Fronts, 2 CDR and one VCD back were added.

Feb 9: Daredevil: Actor Jon Favreau has won the coveted role of Froggy Nelson in the new film. (AICN)

Feb 9: Millennium Cover: Josh Hadley has contributed a new Millennium VHS Cover Sheet and you'll find the download in the VHS Cover Sheet Area. 

Feb 9: Lance in T3: Remember Lance Henriksen's small role in the original Terminator film? He recently told the Arnold Fan website that his Terminator character, Detective Vukovich might return in T3 confined to a wheelchair since he didn't die onscreen in the original. 

Feb 9: Enterprise: Despite the series having such a dull appearance it continues to excel this season again with a new episode hitting a 5.8./9 share. 

Feb 9: Special Beats Glory: Special Unit 2 might be on its way out permanently, but it kicked the crap out of the WB's Glory Days by 23% - a 2.4/7 share vs Days 2.2/3 share. But because its lead in 'Enterprise' is 47% higher it make SU2 a loser in the ratings. 

Feb 9: UPN/WB Close in on Fox: With Fox being a one of the major players of the big four, UPN is hot on their ass this season sitting only 1.9/3 shares behind them. Getting established on the 'DISH' is going to put the WB & UPN right with Fox and ABC. The increase in viewership means more advertising dollars and better quality series for both networks.

Feb 9: Deepspace Nine: The VCD backside has been added to the site for Deepspace Nine. A CDR label is still in work. VCD COVERS

Feb 8: Invisible Man the Only Positive This Year:  Ratings are down this season in the genre department compared to last season. In the 18 to 49 range the SFC's 'Invisible Man' showed a 9% increase in viewership. All other ratings for all genre series were down. Here is the Listing. The oddity being that the Invisible Man was included in the series which got its walking papers.

Feb 8: James Gunn Interview: Got an email from moviehole.net's Clint Howard - who got an interview with Scooby Doo scribe James Gunn. Here's the Interview... 

Feb 8: The Chronicle Gets Dispatched: Writers don't know squat! Just as I told fans several weeks ago, the Sci-Fi Channel has announced the official cancellation of a fan favorite 'the Chronicles'. The last episode, 'Snitch In Time' will air March 22nd. Sci-Fi guru Bonnie Hammer says it was a good show that just didn't find its audience. Yunno what Bonnie, Friday nights is a crappy night for a series. It should have aired on Sunday nights or during the week. Hello?

Feb 8: Bond 20: The material girl is apparently negotiating to join the cast of the 20th James Bond film. (moviehole.net)  Just make sure you double her make-up dosage.

Feb 8: Blade 3: Looks set in stone... almost. David Goyer will return to write the third installment while Mr. Del Toro will also return to helm the sequel. This will be the final write only deal for Goyer. He will be turning his attention to writing and directing his own stuff. 

Feb 8: Future Fans F@%Ked: Dark Horizons has some horrible news that the Special Edition DVD release of the Back to the Future is once again on hold until some time next year rather than hitting stores this year. The July release date doesn't leave enough time for the marketing plan to be implemented. 

Feb 8: Invisible Crashes SFC Server: Caroline Hey, of the Save I-Man Campaign, reports that as the closing credits to The Invisible Man finale rolled, a massive influx of fans trying to attend an online chat with the show's stars, Vincent Ventresca and Paul Ben-Victor, crashed SciFi.com's server, effectively canceling the event, which was to have been held at 9 p.m. ET on  2/1/02. A few hours later, approximately 150 fans still online were treated to an impromptu chat with four of the show's stars, courtesy of the I-Maniacs, the unofficial fan club for Sci-Fi's original series.

Feb 8: Nemesis Cameos: Wil Wheaton, Whoopie Goldberg, and Voyagers Kate Mulgrew will all have cameos in the upcoming 10th film. Reports are that things are getting good reviews with the filming and the this may not be the final feature starring the cast of the Next Generation. 

Feb 8: T3 & Chyna: Cinecon.com is dropping some news that Arnold spoke with Chyna after bumping into her on the street and suggested that she interview for the role of the female terminator. Should we see a petite small female in the role or someone who looks like a female terminator? The choice... is not ours.

Feb 6: Invisible Man Convention: THE INVISIBLE MAN SPAWNS VISIBLE CONVENTION. I-ManiCon 2002 draws fans to Baltimore this April. RINGWOOD, NJ: I-ManiCon 2002, the only fan convention devoted exclusively to the hit series, The Invisible Man, will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Linthicum, MD, on April 6-7, 2002. The event is sponsored by the show's unofficial fan club, The I-Maniacs. You can find out more at... sparklingemerald.com/I-ManiCon.

Feb 6: Pretender: I have just added a new Pretender VHS Cover Sheet to the website for download. CLICK HERE for the cover sheet area.

Feb 6: Deepspace Nine: A new Star Trek: Deepspace Nine VCD Cover has been added to the VCD Area. 

Feb 6: Lone Ranger a Go: The WB is moving a head with plans for it Lone Ranger drama series, which will star Dawson's Creek's Chad Michael Murray and Gilmore Girls' Nathaniel Arcand. The series telefilm pilot is slated for the fall 2002.

Feb 6: Birds of Prey: A possible companion piece for Smallville, Birds is based on the DC Comics series about female crime fighters in Batman's hometown, Gotham City. Devoid of superpowers, Black Canary and Oracle (aka Barbara Gordan, aka Batgirl) work together to fight crime. As an added twist, Oracle is crippled due to an ill-fated encounter with the Joker resulting in a bullet to the spine. (zap2it.com)

Feb 6: J.A.G. scores: The CBS series J.A.G. scored a whopping 11.1/17 share in the ratings for Tuesday, Feb 5. The military based series continues to do well in the ratings though no one hardly ever talks about the series. 

Feb 6: I-Man Feature: Almost. Did you know there was an Invisible Man movie script that almost made it into production, before being shot down.? Someone should pick up the series and turn it into telefilms as TNT has done with 'the Pretender'. 

Feb 6: Invisible Baby?: Maybe not... but Invisible Man star Vincent Ventresca and his wife are expecting their second child in July. Hey, this guy really needs to get back to work. Another baby alert goes to Shannon Kenny of I-Man who is expecting. Must be something in the 'quicksilver'. 

Feb 6: Starhunter: The Michael Pare series seems finally headed to the syndie stations this fall. The syndicated action-hour business, a one-time thriving market that has fallen on hard times, is about to get a boost with Western International Syndication's new pact to put "Starhunter" on the air this fall. The domestic distributor has signed with Alliance Atlantis to distribute the upcoming weekly sci-fi series this fall on a barter basis with a 7/7 split. The series follows Michael Pare (Philadelphia Experiment & Eddie and the Cruisers") as bounty hunter Dante Montana, who cruises through space in pursuit of intergalactic criminals. The series has already had a successful run in Canada, with 22 episodes now ready for U.S. broadcasters for the fall. (scott strout)

Feb 6: Once a Thief: The series 'Once a Thief' from October Moon will make its debut in syndication this fall. The series has been in the can and shelved for three years. If the series were to be successful there is little chance of getting the cast back together.

Feb 6: Charlie's Angels 2: Crispin Glover, who played the thin man in the first film will return in the sequel. His character was never actually seen killed in the first film when the house blew up. Glovers to be a busy man with this film and Willard.

Feb 6: ABC Goes Dino: ABC has picked up the new TV series based on the mini-series 'Dinotopia'. Eric Von Detten and Shiloh Strong will lead the cast of the new series. Von Detten and Strong will play teen brothers. Georgina Rylance has been tapped to play a love interest for both. The cast also includes Michael Brandon, Sophie Ward, Jonathan Hyde and Lisa Zane. Principal photography on the series gets under way this month in Budapest, and it may be ready to air as soon as mid-season 2003. 

Feb 5: Willard: Morgan & Wong have started working on the remake of Willard. In a great casting decision they have hired Crispin Glover (Charlies Angel's & as George McFly) for the lead role, in the remake of the 1971 thriller. Glenn Morgan will direct with Wong producing. Production is slated to begin on Feb. 28th.

Feb 5: Fantastic Four: Moviehole.net is reporting that Buffy writer/director Doug Petrie is now attached to helm this loooong anticipated film. Several screenplays have been written but the cost of doing the film kept if from being made.

Feb 5: UPN Says NO: the SyFyPortal is reporting news that UPN is NOT considering picking up the Battlestar Galactica telefilm pilot despite rumors the contrary. 

Feb 4: Charlies Angels 2: From bad acting to stupid decision. With the great news of Bill Murray not returning as Bosley, comes word now that Jamie Foxx will play Bosely Jr. When in the hell did John Bosley's character become comic relief? He was the serious part of the Angels group.  (Jamie Foxx was performing here in Vegas and did an interview with the Las Vegas Review telling them he was up for the role.)

Feb 4: Jeremiah: Showtime has put up a new website for it's upcoming series. CLICK HERE to check out JMS new series. 

Feb 4: Cats & Dogs 2: 102 Dalmations director Kevin Lima has been hired to helm the sequel to the live action/CGI film 'Cats & Dogs'. (hollywood reporter)

Feb 4: Elm Street 8: Coming soon to a Hollywood Video store near you will be 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 8'. The eighth installment will be a direct to video release and so far there is no mention of Robert England playing Freddie. (so much for Freddy vs Jason) (from IMBD.com)

Feb 4: Hawkman: Moviehole.net has reported that 'Hawkman' based on the comic book has been greelighted for a new series.

Feb 4: Tomb Raider 2: IGN Filmforce has released news that two scripts have been completed as templates for the upcoming Tomb Raider sequel. The best of the two scripts will be used for the film. 

Feb 4: Starsky & Hutch: This one is going from decent TV drama to feature film comedy - with Ben Stiller playing Starsky, David (x-files) Duchovny playing Hutch, and Chris Rock playing Huggy Bear. Huh? Comedy... Give me a break.

Feb 4: Scorpion King Trouble: Apparently more filming is necessary as the final cut of the film came down to only 70 minutes. For the next two weeks filming is being done at four different locations starting with Mammoth. A second director has been brought in specifically for this shoot. Producers of the film are hoping to get the film up to around 100 minutes. 

Feb 4: Collateral Damage: Morons Come Out, come out where ever you are! A... reverend (his name isn't worth  mentioning) lead a protest in New York against the feature film 'Collateral Damage' starring Arnold Swartzenegger. This... person also claimed that the film made firefighters look bad. Give me a break. This is just another case of someone going after their 15 minutes of fame. Protesting a film only makes it more popular and makes people want to see it. 

Feb 4: Dragon's Lair 2: Don Bluth studios is nearly ready to release his sequel game to his best selling laserdisc disc game 'Dragon's Lair'. Dragon's Lair 2 will be released for all gaming platforms in July 2002.

Feb 4: Dragon's Lair Feature: Don Bluth and Rob McFarlane have completed the script for the Dragon's Lair animated movie and are currently seeking a distributor for the film. It is expected to begin production with the next three months, with a hopeful 2003 release. The animated feature will be a prequel to the two video games. 

Feb 3: Waterworld Directors Cut: This rare cut of the movie will be airing on pay cable rather than the commercial ridden network 'ABC' as previously done a few years ago. ENCORE will be airing the 175 minute directors cut of the film Feb 4, Monday, at 7pm on Encore East, and 10pm on Encore West. The extended version includes nearly 40 minutes of fresh footage - great extended scenes as well as the mariner getting a name. Get the VCR primed and get this version on tape. VHS Cover Sheet for special edition is available on site. 

Feb 2: Childhoods End: Arthur C. Clarke's SF novel appears headed to the big screen by Universal & Beacon Pictures. Kimberly Pierce, director of Boys Don't Cry, is in negotiations to helm the project. (hollywood reporter)

Feb 2: Foster Returns to Star Wars: Author Alan Dean Foster wrote the famous Star Wars novel 'Splinter of the Minds Eye' has now written a prequel novel to 'Star Wars: Attack of the Clones' titled 'the Approaching Storm'. The hardback is published by Del Rey and available in stores now. 

Feb 2: Glory Days: A VHS Cover Sheet has been added to the site for download. Enjoy. VHS COVERS

Feb 2: Galactica on UPN: BattlestarGalactica.com is reporting that the Project 'Battlestar Galactica', once headed to Fox, is now being shopped around. One stop in the shuffle includes UPN, who was once interested in the project.

Feb 2: Scifi2k Stats Kick: Another month and a sincere thanks to all the visitors who come here.  Scifi2k.com hit over 99,000 pageviews, 1.6M raw hits, and over 226gb of downloaded data. Thank you, and thank you. Your patronage is much appreciated.

Feb 2: Babylon 5, Rangers: With overall ratings being low due the football game there is now a writing campaign for 'Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers'. You can get addresses and information on how to write the letters at B5LR.com. Seems to be a standard practise for genre fans these days to save the shows we enjoy.

Feb 1: Mark Dacascos: The action 'B' star is costarring in 'Brotherhood of the Wolf', and now negotiating to join the cast of Joel Silver's crime thriller 'Cradle to the Grave'. Dacascos starred in the series 'the Crow: Stairway to Heaven'. He would join the film with Jet Li and DMX already on board and play the 'ruthless international criminal who kidnaps the daughter of a crimelord.' (zap2it.com) One of Mark's best films is the rare 'Crying Freeman' feature based on the comic books. 

Feb 1: Enterprise: The Scott Bakula driven Star Trek series 'Enterprise' continues to score in the ratings for UPN with a weekly rating of 5.7/8, beating out Dawson's Creek by a hefty 46%. UPN beat the WB in the overall ratings 4.3/6 t6o 3.3/5.

Feb 1: Rings Makes More Dough: The WB and TBS have agreed to shell out over $160M in a pending deal with New Line Cinema for the television broadcast rights to 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy.

Feb 1: Firestarter Mini: The new Mini-Series 'Firestarter' from the Sci-Fi Channel will air on March 10th & 11th at 9pm. The best news is that the mini-series will air in letterbox format, which means 'Firestarter' will likely be heading out to DVD. The story takes place 10 years from the last film which starred child star 'Drew Barrymore'. 

Feb 1: ABC Orders Genre Pilots: the ABC network has ordered three more genre pilots... Veritas, from Touchstone/Storyline Productions, an Indiana Jones-style two-hour backdoor pilot about a father-son team of archaeologists..., Paranormal Girl, from Touchstone, about a teen-age girl who discovers she has weird powers and is recruited by the FBI to help solve crimes. and Astronauts, from 20th Century TV/Industry, about astronauts looking to win a spot on a mission to Mars. (scifi wire)

Feb 1: Living With the Dead: This April CBS will air the mini-series 'Living With the Dead', which stars Ted Danson (cheers) and real-life wife Mary Steenburgen. The mini-series is based on the life of psychic James Van Praagh. Also appearing in the mini-series is Jack Palance, Diane Ladd, Queen Latifah and Michael Moriarty.