Mar 31: Bradbury Gets Star: Sci-Fi author 'Ray Bradbury' will receive the 2193rd star on the Hollywood walk of fame on Monday. 

Mar 31: Bonding With UPN: ABC has cancelled its Saturday Night Bond franchise and CBS/UPN have forked over $30M to take over the broadcast rights this fall. James Bond will likely be making his appearance on UPN this fall. 

Mar 31: X-Files Cover: A newly created X-Files VHS Cover has joined the site for download. CLICK HERE for the VHS Cover Sheet area.

Mar 30: Deepspace Nine Movie: Paramount and Rick Berman have little interest in taking the crew of Deepspace Nine onto the big screen. Fans seem to think differently. They have an online petition you can sign. There are over 5700 signatures so far and you can add yours by CLICKING HERE. At some point hopefully members of the DS9 and Voyager series will mix in with the Next Generation cast in the features.

Mar 30: DS9 UK Favorite: In a recent UK poll Star Trek: Deepspace Nine was voted by fans there to be the number one Star Trek series. Here are the official numbers posted in, TV Zone magazine. (march 6th, 2002 Trekweb website)
Deep Space Nine 39.13%
TNG 21.74%
Voyager 17.39%
TOS 17.04%
The Animated Series 2.61%
Enterprise 2.09%

Mar 30: New ET vs Old ET: The Sci-Fi Wire is running a pole on which ET fans liked the most and whether or not the guns should have been removed from the film. 1900 fans have voted. 73% like the new ET but thought the guns should have remained in the film. 20% preferred the original and only 6% like the 21st Century ET.

Mar 30: G.I. Joe: Looks like rumors of the classic 'G.I. Joe' cartoons and a new CGI series airing on the Cartoon Network are nothing more than that. According to ToonZone.net the Cartoon Network has told them that they have heard nothing about classic G.I. Joe coming to the network, much less a new CGI series being in work. 

Mar 30: Another Game Going Feature: Looks like the Konami game 'Silent Hill' may be the next game turned feature film franchise... or flop. The new film, if it happens, would be based on the first game. Producers are attempting to get Johnny Depp in the lead role. (bloody-disgusting.com)

Mar 30: Airwolf: A new VHS Cover Sheet for 'AIRWOLF' has join the cast and you can CLICK HERE for the cover sheet area. Airwolf aired from 1984 to 1987 amassing 80 episodes. USA network picked up the fourth season using an entirely new cast including 'Forever Knights' Geraint Wyn Davies.

Mar 30: CSI VHS Cover Sheet: I have uploaded a new VHS Cover Sheet for the hit series 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'. CLICK HERE for the VHS Cover Sheet Area. 

Mar 29: CSI: Miami: The spin-off episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation to Miami will air on CBS May 9th & 16th @ 9pm. (two episodes) Catherine and Warrick will go to Miami to help solve a crime. CBS President Les Moonves promises that the new series will NOT be a CSI carbon copy. It will have a different cast and a different feel. Miami will focus on more volatile characters and shoot during the day, unlike Vegas which shoots more during the swingshift. (Vegas looks incredible at night)  the Florida CSI officers will have come up through the ranks and relate well with the police. Vegas CSI are scientists deputized by the police. The color of the city is promised to come out in the new series. CBS has given 13 episode commitment to CSI: Miami (which really means nothing) and if all goes well the series may be shot on location. 

Mar 29: Tracker Petition: Fans of the series 'Tracker' have started a 'Give Tracker a Chance' online petition. Over 220 fans have signed the petition so far. CLICK HERE to sign the petition if you a fan.

Mar 29: Cyber Love Story: Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich are working on a new project titled 'Cyber Love Story'. A Sci-Fi movie about online chat rooms in the future. The script is being written by Ron Bass who wrote 'Rain Man'. Emmerich will direct while Devlin produces. 

Mar 29: Rings DVD's: There will be different versions of the DVD available in August in November. The 4 disc special edition will NOT include the theatrical version of the film. If you want the theatrical version you'll have to buy the set being released in August. The longer, more adult cut of the film will be available in November. Oh, the set in August will be in two separate packs - Widescreen and Pan & Suk formats. The new November edition will have about 11 new scenes added. 

Mar 29: Misc. News: USA Network lied to it viewers as they promised to air a special edition 'BIG DADDY' PG-13 uncut. And yes they did edit the film. Several times during the broadcast the word 'butt' replaced ASS.  Butt even replaced the word balls. Oxygen Trouble... the ladies network is going to shit in a basket. The network is laying off 20 from Oxygen Sports and cut back from its 31 events per year to maybe 12. (variety)

Mar 29: Hulk Begins: Principle photography has begun on Ang Lee's 'Incredible Hulk' production. 

Mar 29: Episode III: X-Men 'Hugh Jackman' (wolverine) may get a cameo appearance in Star Wars: Episode III. (dark horizons)

Mar 29: Dark Angel: The second season series will likely here in May whether or not they'll be back next year. Insiders say they have a 50/50 chance to return. Chances seemed improved with the demise of X-Files ending and even Ally McBeal possibly taking a walk. 

Mar 29: CSI DVD: The UK will again be getting another US series on DVD in the very near future. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation hits the UK stores July 1st in three disc set of episodes 1 - 12. Lucky bastards! The US will of course have to wait on the DVD set thanks to Syndication rules and so forth. (thanks to Elysee's CSI Website) 

Mar 28: Twilight Zone: Jeremy Piven (Family Man) has been cast in the new Twilight Zone pilot movie.

Mar 28: Sega: Sega may be out of it game box wise, but the company is going to be kickin' it on the Xbox in the near future. Four classic titles are currently in development. (game spot) This is a direction Sega can dump a crap load of quality titles out to the fans. 

Mar 28: Metro: Along with Tom Sizemore in Michael Mann's (Miami Vice) new cop series 'Metro' will be David Cubitt, Barry Henley, Michael Paul Chan, and Klea Scott. 

Mar 28: Misc News: John Travolta is in negotiations to star in the upcoming sports drama 'Mr 3000'. A Hall of Fame baseball player seven years from playing has three career hits disallowed dropping him below the magic 3000. He comes out of retirement to get those hits back.

Mar 28: Terapin: I recently found a place, Omega Multimedia,  selling the Terapin units for $456.oo and they said they sold 8 units at that price today when I asked them "How do you justify $456 for a Terapin unit when other online stores are under $300 and some Sam's Club units are selling them for $199.99?" What was their exact reply? Here it is... "Or you could buy them from Sams and resell to us at $250.00 and everyone is happy.  We moved 8 units today." They would give me practically nothing after taxes and shipping and make another $200 off the units online. Wow! Never shop here.

Mar 28: Episode II Surprise: Moviehole.net's Clint Morris checked in with some HOT Star Wars: Episode II news today. Claudia Karvan dropped some pretty big news about the upcoming Episode 2 on Aussie TV. Talking to 'The Panel (channel 10), Karvan, who plays Queen Amilda's old sister in the film, reveals she has been cut from the film altogether. "Last week they told me my scenes were on the cutting room floor. They had to cut back", reveals Karvan. " I was playing Natalie Portman's older sister. Yeah, the older sister with the kids and that (laughing). It was a pretty weird scene for Star Wars anyway. Once we finished doing the scene everyone looked at each other and wondered if that was actually Star Wars". But will Lucas ask her to return for Episode III? "We'll he did send me a note, saying it was such a great pleasure to work with you", she laughs. The host of the show then proceeded to ask people to boycott the film because Lucas cut her role.

Mar 28: Speedy Gonzales Banned: Well, ethics strikes again in another stupid move - this time by the Cartoon Network as they ban the cartoons of 'Speedy Gonzales'. Do you remember the cartoon character? The rapid rodent has been deemed an offensive ethnic stereotype of Mexicans, and has been off the air since the cable network became the sole U.S. broadcaster of old Warner Brothers cartoons in late 1999. There evidently wasn't a problem with the Mexican caricatures at the beginning of Speedy's career. The 1955 animated short "Speedy Gonzales" won an Academy Award, and two other cartoons, "Tabasco Road" and "The Pied Piper of Guadalupe," were nominated for Oscars in 1957 and 1961. Networks like the Cartoon Network have edited out scenes from or simply refused to show animated movies with now-questionable gags or behavior like smoking or drinking since the 1980s. Among the most taboo of Warner Brothers cartoons are the "Censored 11," which depict blacks as fat-lipped minstrels or cannibalistic savages. "It seems to be yet another attempt to be PC," New York account supervisor and cartoon enthusiast Kathleen McCullough said. "Sure, adults understand and dislike the bigger ethnic issues related to such a character, but to little kids, Speedy is just a cartoon!" (fox news)

Mar 27: Enterprise X-Files: When the X-Files wraps production writer John Shiban will join the writing staff of UPN's series Enterprise. He will also serve in the capacity of Co-Executive Producer. Chris Black has been a writer and supervising producer is being promoted also to Co-Executive Producer. 

Mar 27: Alf to Return: I told you so, I told you so. NBC will revive ALF, the alien star of the 80's series and recent return to the 10-10-220 commercials, as part of a 75th Anniversary special this spring. (TV Guide). The rumor persists that ALF may also get his own talk show.

Mar  26: Glory Days: The days really aren't that Glory for the struggling WB series 'Glory Days'. The WB network has pulled the plug on the low rated series despite still having four unaired episodes in the can. Ratings for the series have been horrendous. Repeats of Angel in the Monday @ 9pm timeslot scored better. The unaired episodes could hit the network in the summer. We could also see the unaired episodes on the Sci-Fi Channel should they pick up repeat rights for the series. They recently did this with ABC's 'Strange World' getting the full 13 episodes - 10 of them were unaired episodes.

Mar 26: Darksiders: New Line Cinema has hired super-scribe 'David Goyer' to direct 'Darksiders'. Another vampire film in a slew of many. Yet this one puts a slightly new twist. These Vampires are the good guys. This movie will follow a group of vamps as they work for the FBI to do special projects. Goyer is sidestepping his previous statements that he would only be writing and directing his own material. Tom Parker and Jim Jennewein have written the script. 

Mar 26: Blade 2: If the opening weekend is any indication of what lies head, Blade 3 is a done deal. Blade 2 managed to slip past Ice Age and kicked the crap out of an aging ET. Blade 2 carved up a mere $33.1M to 'Ice Age' at 31.1M and poor ET at $15M. The take for the Blade sequel nearly doubled what the first film made on its opening day.

Mar 26: Wolf Lake: UPN will air the pilot episode on April 3rd @ 9pm, followed by the successive weeks by the four unaired episodes.

Mar 26: UPN Series: UPN is the only network not to have renewed a single series yet, from this season. Buffy  was given a two-year deal when it came over from the WB. Enterprise and WWF Smackdown are definite greenlights.

Mar 26: Ice Age: Don't fear for 'Ice Age' falling from the number one spot in its second week. In two weeks of release the film has managed to CGI up a whopping $79M. This is a wonderful film.

Today's update delay: Sorry for the update delay. The cable access was down this morning and I was unable to upload today's news. Apologies.

Mar 25: Forgotten Realms TV: Fireworks Entertainment (Robocop mini-series) has purchases the television rights to the 'Forgotten Realms' fantasy novels. The live action pilot will be written by genre novelist R.A. Salvatore (star wars nobvels). The new series will tell the story of a land filled wizards & sorcerers. Dungeons & Dragons (the role playing game) owners will help Fireworks develop the series storylines. (variety)

Mar 25: Spidey 2: Marvel's Avi Arad told the Comics Continuum that production on the sequel could begin as early as January 2003. The only reoccurring character exactly the same as the first film will be the costume Spiderman. Everything else will change. There will be new villain and Peter Parker will deal with new issues. There could be more than one villain in the second film. Telling the origin in the first film only left room for one villain.

 Scoop: Farscape Finale Spoilers: The news is out on final four episodes for this season due in April on the Sci-Fi Channel. The following episode titles with synopsis have spoilers.... Read at your own risk. (Josh may have misspelled some names but you'll know who he is talking about.)  You have been warned my friends. SPOILER ALERT

"I-Yensch, You-Yensch"

While Rygel and D'Argo barter an uneasy truce with Scorpius (to work together against the Scarrians) Talyn starts to get so paranoid that he not only destroys an innocent medical ship he blasts Moya. These actions cause the crew to forcibly shut down his systems. During the negotiations with Scorpius (held in a diner) the group is unwittingly caught in a robbery of the diner. Forced to work together they defeat the robbers and come to an agreement on how to insure that both sides can "trust" one another. Agreeing on neural bracelets which allow each of the wearers to feel everything that the other feels Moya crew and Scorpius meet on the Command Carrier. Meanwhile Crais is agonizing over what to do about Talyn and decides that a complete systems reboot is necessary.

"Into the Lion's Den (Part 1): Lambs to the Slaughter"

Aboard the Command Carrier John and Scorpius nervously work together (John has no plans to actually give Scorpius the Wormhole information, rather trying to give false data to Scorpius). Crais and Aryen are finding it very hard to be back amongst the the team-mates and "friends" they used to have as Peacekeepers. The rest of the crew is attacked in an attempt to discredit Moya's crew and Scorpius finds that his command is not as absolute as he believes it is, as his superiors think the Wormhole project is taking too much time and manpower from the fleet. After rebelling from "the Council" Scorpius is stripped of his command. Scorpius follows this by fighting with John and threatening to enslave earth.

"Into the Lion's Den (Part 2): Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"

Not able to actually destroy Scorpius Wormhole information, John unlocks the "secrets" that the ancients endowed him with and is really able to stabilize a Wormhole. With his crew rebelling against him, Scorpius is growing more and more desperate. John and the crew decide that since they can't destroy the Wormhole info that Scorpius has that the next best thing is to destroy the entire Command Carrier. Crais betrays the entire crew by arranging to turn them (and their plan) over to Scorpius in exchange for Talyn being repaired and Scorpius to relinquish the bounty on him. John soon discovers that Crais did not indeed betray them, but rather had his own plan, Talyn and he will Starburst while still within the hold of the Command Carrier, which will cause it to implode slowly (allowing most of the crew time to evacuate). This plan will of course kill him and Talyn. After they make the ultimate sacrifice and the Command Carrier (and MANY, MANY Peacekeeper ships) are destroyed Scorpius and John have their "final" showdown.

"Dog With Two Bones"

With the Peacekeepers severely crippled and Scorpius without any real power, the crew is prepared to go their separate ways (D'argo is going to kill the Sebatian that framed him, Rygel is going to reclaim his throne etc...) and John and Aryen have a hard time saying goodbye. Aryen just can't let John get close again for fear of  loosing him again. While trying to deposit Talyn's remains in the Leviatian graveyard Moya is attacked by an insane Leviathan (who killed her Pilot). The insane Leviatian refuses to allow Talyn to be buried there since he is part Peacekeeper. The crew (at Moya's request) kills the rouge and prepares to break-up. After Aryen leaves, John (feeling down) and the Scorpy- Clone are in Farscape 1 flying around Moya. A Wormhole appears from nowhere and Moya is dragged in. John also has knowledge that Aryen is with child (from the other John) and John is now stranded and out of fuel.

Mar 25: Enterprise UK: The new series Enterprise is scheduled for European DVD release by the end of the year. Thanks to U.S. syndication rights we'll have to wait here in the states. 

Mar 25: Robots: From 'Ice Age' to Robots. This is the next project from the group that brought us 'Ice Age'. $88M in 10 days really kicked off the development of the new CGI feature 'ROBOTS'. Set in a world where only robots live, the aptly-named "Robots" will be overseen by "Ice Age" director Chris Wedge and children's book author William Joyce. Screenwriting team Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel ("City Slickers") have been penning the script.

Mar 25: T3's John Connors: Nick Stahl (In The Bedroom) has landed the role of Sarah's Conner's son 'John Connor' in the new T3: Rise of the Machines feature. 

Mar 25: Chameleon Movies: The Sci-Fi Channel just ran the 'Chameleon' trilogy, which was being considered for a series on UPN last season. The trilogy stars actress 'Bobbie Phillips' as a genetically enhanced agent. The trilogy scored very well on the Sci-Fi Channel ratings averaging a 1.0 rating for the network. The trilogy of 'Chameleon' is out on DVD or coming out soon.

Mar 25: Austin Powers 3: Access Hollywood has learned that Katie Couric, of the Today Show, will make a cameo appearance the upcoming Austin Powers 3 feature.

Mar 25: Astronauts: The ABC pilot telefilm coming in at about $3.5M will be directed by Robert Harmon and star Jeffrey Pierce, Yvette Nipar, Chris Potter, Bobby Hosea, and Jonathan Banks. The series, if it happens, follows the Russians and Americans as they decide to play fair and work together with their space programs. This sounds like 'the Fugitive' series. Expensive pilot and a series that bombs.

Mar 24: Violent Shows: Amazing enough the top 3 most violent series, now gone, were #1 - Xena Princess Warrior with 63 incidents per hour, #2 - Walker: Texas Ranger with 53 per hour and #3 was Sheena at 47 violent incidents per hour. Funny that two of the top three violent shows cast females in the lead roles. 

Mar 24: The Shield: Finally caught two episodes of the series... impressive as hell. I was actually blown away by language content. Hearing Pussy and G.D. a few times on regular cable was... well, quite unique and unexpected. The new series on FX reaches beyond the stale material found today on other networks. I can't say it was refreshing, but it is out there, right on the edge. (thanks to Sherron for a name correction)

Mar 24: Knight Rider: The new film in development will be written to appeal to the 'Fast & the Furious' set. A Revolution Studios rep has said the it will be a huge action film. While Glen Larson is writing the script it will NOT be a remake of the series. Knight Rider will have lots of gadgets and toys like K.I.T.T. did in the series. Fans should be very aware that the studio will overhaul the Trans Am. Into white, we'll have to wait and see. 2004 is the date the studio is shooting for.

Mar 24: Spiderman 2: The sequel is in work and now it comes down to who the villain is going to be. Production and design work went into Doctor Octopus (Doc Ock) before cutting him from the film. This sort of puts the good Doctor on the playing field for Spiderman 2. 

Mar 24: Enterprise Finale: The season one finale of 'Enterprise' will air May 22nd. Production on the finale is scheduled to begin on Wednesday and wrap April 8th. It is unknown right now if the series finale will be a cliffhanger. (psiphy.org)

Mar 23: New Cover: A new Forever Knight VHS Cover Sheet has joined the cast, replacing one that was already on site. Enjoy... CLICK HERE for the Cover Sheet Area.

Mar 23: More Covers: Just added two new covers to the site for download. Joining the multitude of recent additions is 'Picket Fences' and the Cartoon Networks 'Adult Swim' shows. CLICK HERE for the VHS Cover Sheet Area.

Mar 23: Metro: Miami Vice creator Michael Mann has picked up Tom Sizemore (Black Hawk Down, Relic) to star in his new series pilot 'Metro' for CBS. Sizemore will play a lieutenant in the LAPD robbery/homicide division.

Mar 23: Justice League Ending?: There are rumors that the new successful 'Justice League' animated series could be coming to an end after the 26.5 episodes of next season to make room for a 'Teen Titan' series. Toon Zone contacted Justice League producer Bruce Timm about the situation. Says Timm, "This is all I can say on the subject: JUSTICE LEAGUE is NOT in any danger of being cancelled. We've been contracted to produce 26 1/2-hours for next season. Beyond that....who knows? I HOPE our ratings stay strong, as I would love to do a third season...but it's WAY too early to start worrying about that." But when asked about a new Teen Titan animated series Timm wasn't so forthcoming. His only comment was, "No Comment". This leads one to believe that there is indeed something going on with Teen Titans, but whether or not it affects JL remains to be seen. 

Mar 22: Alien Prison: Roland Emmerich is to stay in the genre for his next film at Columbia Pictures. He'll be doing 'Alien Prison'. The story is about six humans, with nothing in common, who are abducted by aliens. They are studied and tortured for years in another solar system. They finally plan an escape and attempt to foil the aliens plans for a full-scale invasion of Earth. (variety) Hollow Man writer Andrew Marlowe has done the latest script revision for Columbia Pictures.

Mar 22: Mummy 3: Rachel Weisz is sticking to her guns and will NOT return for the Mummy 3. The actress turned down $3M to return and will instead costar in 'Marlowe' (another Shakespeare movie) for a mere $140,000. She was adamant before the second one finished film that she would not return. If they are smart you turn Brendan Frasier into the next Indiana Jones star. Hey, it doesn't always have to be about mummy's.

Mar 22: Last Man: Clint at Moviehole.net dropped this news by email today... I have some more details on LAST MAN with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, and it's filming in Australia. - Warner Bros Movie Studios on the Gold Coast is being expanded to the tune of $8 Million - 2500 people will be employed from the country spec. for the film - Two other films will shoot at the same time, utilizing Warner's studio expansion : they are "Ghost Ship" with Julianna Margulies, and "The Great Raid" with Benjiman Bratt. - In addition, "Ghost Ship" (now in pre-production) will also be shot at Queensland's Moreton Bay.

Mar 22: Invisible Man Quest: The quest to save the canceled 'Invisible Man' series continues. Last week the campaign sent two petitions with over 7000 signatures total to UPN, Fox, series distributor Vivendi Universal in hopes of getting their attention. Another online petition is looking for signatures too. You can help out by CLICKING HERE to sign your name. (Save Invisible Man Campaign)

Mar 22: The Dick on DVD: It ain't no porno DVD, it's just ol Dick Tracy starring Warren Beatty. The new DVD is scheduled to hit stores April 4th with an almost standard $19.99 price (Sam's & Costco price of $15.99). No extras, no 16x9, no interviews, nothing. Just the film in widescreen format. It isn't even slated to include a Pan and Scan version with the WS.

Mar 22: Transformers 1984: The 1984 Transformers are coming to DVD on April 24th in a boxed set. The complete first season boxed set of 16 episodes (490 min) on three discs includes a fourth disc which contains all the special features, which are outtakes and deleted scenes. Oh man, I nearly forgot to give the price. Why it's just $60. (For a Cartoon?) You can get a great deal at DVD Planet for $44.96. Much better.

Mar 22: Legend Ultimate Edition: Legend, The Ultimate DVD from Ridley Scott and starring Tom Cruise will finally get onto shelves May 24. The cover looks to be ugly as hell but the extras should make up for the cover. Buyers at $24.98 will get the theatrical cut of the film and the new directors cut. (dvd planet)

Mar 21: Twilight Zone UPN: The new Twilight Zone pilot movie for UPN will be directed Star Trek's Number One first officer, Jonathan Frakes. Frakes has direct a couple of Star Trek features and recently complete directing 'Clockstoppers'. Pen Densham who produced the Outer Limits series for Showtime and the Sci-Fi Channel has written the script and will executive produce the pilot telefilm. 

Mar 21: Roswell: While UPN has yet to officially cancel the series, producer Jonathan Frakes tells the scifi wire that they are shopping 'Roswell' to other networks. Mainly meaning the Sci-Fi Channel, who is likely dumb enough to pick up the series. A series when the fans aren't watching and the actors don't want to do it anymore. 

Mar 21: Angel Status: The WB or UPN? Series co-creator David Greenwalt told the scifi wire that he's confident that Angel will be renewed by the Frog network. All his ranting about being back for season four on the WB was hopefully thinking. It could be a late pick up, based on the WB's projects they are working on and if they'll be ready to join the line-up or not. I would like to see ANGEL back with Buffy on UPN. But this is likely the last season for Buffy. It's Buffy's last year of the contract and Gellar wanting to move on. (Buffy had a two year deal with UPN. (to clarify: Buffy on UPN this season was the first of the deal. The 2002 fall season will be the second and final year of the contract with UPN)

Mar 21: Syndicated Ratings: Where does your favorite series stand... 2001-2002 season-to-date syndicated averages updated through week of February 24.
Of the 118 syndicated series now on TV here's where our shows placed:

place  show          rating

16. andromeda        2.87
17. stargate: sg-1   2.86
22. mutant x           2.80
23. the x-files         2.76
27. buffy tvs          2.63
38. beastmaster      2.03
38. third rock          2.03
42. earth: final conflict 1.93
49. the lost world    1.81
52. relic hunter        1.69
55. the invisible man 1.64
59. sheena              1.55
70. the outer limits   1.38
75. st: voyager        1.23
79. tracker*            1.19
112. adv. of jules verne 0.55

As you can see by the ratings, which are very close, a series renewal or cancellation in syndication is determined by timeslot and advertising dollars over ratings. 

Mar 21: Dead Zone: M*A*S*H star 'David Ogden Stiers' is joining the cast of USA Networks 'the Dead Zone'. Chris Bruno from 'Another World' has also joined the series starring Anthony Michael Hall and Nicole de Boer. 

Mar 21: Taken Cast Set: The new 20 hour mini-series from the Sci-Fi Channel & Steven Spielberg, 'TAKEN', will air over ten straight nights. The cast is set with... William Garson, James Kirk (dark angel), Julie Benz (angel), Chad Morgan (pearl harbor), Eric Close (Now & Again, dark skies), Adam Kaufman (buffy), Heather Donahue (blair witch), Emily Bergl (carrie 2), Gabrielle Rose, Andy Powers, Chad Donella, Steve Burton, Joel Gretsch, Ryan Hurst, Catherine Dent, Anton Yelchin, and Michael Moriarty. This mini-series was passed around to all the major network who passed on it, and was left with the Sci-Fi Channel. Hmmm - wait for the DVD release. 

Mar 21: Disney to Pork 250: Disney is planning to lay the slam bam thank you ma'am to 250 hard working animation employees over this coming year. The reason is simple and so easily used... ongoing staff reorganization. Disney will use a smaller regular staff and freelance as needed. Why would Disney do this? Simple... money. They don't have to pay health and dental insurance benefits for these individuals. Companies today have no loyalties to their employees and employees have no loyalty to companies unwilling to commit to them. Disney has laid off over 4000 people in the past year. 

Mar 20: Script Writing Contest: If you think you have what it takes to be TV or Feature film script writer, Cinescape Magazine has a contest for you. A new script writing contest is happening. CLICK HERE to find out more about the contest, the prizes, rules and more.

Mar 20: Moviehole is Back: In case any fans out there haven't found out, Moviehole.net is back online to serve the public trust. They are online and updating fans. 

Mar 20: C.S.I. Miami: Roswell castmember Adam Rodriguez has joined the cast of the new CBS spin-off series 'C.S.I. Miami'. The new series for the fall will tail off from an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation which bring in the new cast as they head to Miami to help the police solve a crime.

Mar 20: Mummy 3: Regardless of the success from the Rock's 'The Scorpion King', there will be a 'The Mummy 3'. The Arnold Vosloo Resource Page, reports that Stephen Sommers will likely write the third film, but it is unknown if he will again step behind the camera. Casting is up in the air, but Vosloo reports that Brendan Frasier might be interested in returning. (Why the hell not! His movie since Mummy 2 have been horrible.) Don't you think Frasier would make a great Iron Man?

Mar 20: Trek Master Still Here: Star Trek producer Rick Berman will be hanging around Paramount and the Trek franchise for awhile. He has signed a five year 8 figure deal to remain with Paramount. He'll be there til 2006 and fans could be doomed. 

Mar 20: Another Trek to Direct: The Next, Next Generation alumni to direct will be Michael Dorn. He will step behind the camera for an episode of 'Enterprise'. Dorn got the gig through his negotiations to do 'Star Trek: Nemesis' as Worf. Dorn previously directed two episodes of DS-9 and an unaired sitcom pilot he starred in with Marina Sirtis. The episode of Enterprise he will direct has to do with a pleasure planet. (scifi wire)

Mar 20: Daredevil Delay: Dark Horizons has learned that production on Daredevil did not begin as scheduled yesterday. Apparently pre-production hasn't gone as smoothly as hoped. 

Mar 20: The Dead Zone: The new series on USA Network begins airing in June. The series stars 'Anthony Michael Hall' (sixteen candles & breakfast club) and Nicole de Boer (deepspace nine). The series is based on the novel from Stephen King. The series was created for UPN which had no room in their line-up this season giving USA the opportunity to step in and pick up the series.  They have guaranteed a 22 episode run of 'Dead Zone'.

Mar 20: Nemesis: Composer Jerry Goldsmith will step in and score Star Trek: Nemesis. 

Mar 19: Knightrider Update: Variety report: There is finally some movement on David Hasselhoff bringing back his 'Knightrider' in feature film format, based on the 80's TV series. Mayhem Pictures and Revolution Studios are teaming up to do the picture. David Hasselhoff and Glen A. Larson will executive produce with Larson actually writing the first draft of the film. Hasselhoff will offer input on the story and will likely have an onscreen role in the film, but not star.

Mar 19: Spiderman 2: Laura Ziskin, producer of Spiderman, has told the Calgary Sun that work on the sequel is about to start. Ziskin also confirmed that Sam Raimi will be returning to direct the sequel and any other Spiderman films. Production could begin as early as January 2003. Tobey MaGuire is ready to reprise his role as well. 

Mar 19: Barbarella: Drew Barrymore (Charlie's Angels) told the scifi wire that her project 'Barbarella' is slowing moving through development and Charlie's Angels screenwriter Jon August is currently working on the script. While the project is in full development Barrymore has several projects before she would be ready to do this one.

Mar 19: Daredevil: Matrix co-star 'Joe Pantoliano' (also in the Goonies) has landed a role in the upcoming Daredevil feature as a New York reporter named Ben Urich. 

Mar 19: Ice Age Scores: The newly released film 'Ice Age' wasn't frozen at the box office as it raked in an impressive $47.9M. Resident Evil was second with a mild $18.2M while 'The Time Machine' dropped to fourth place with $10.9M (only about $40M since its release).

Mar 19: Solaris: Steven Soderbergh's new film 'Solaris' is about psychologist sent to investigate the unexplained behavior of scientists on a space station. Jeremy Davis has signed on to join Natascha McElhorne and George Clooney for the Fox film. Lensing begins April 29th and a December 13th release date has been set. 

Mar 19: Terminator 3: Production will begin soon on T3: Rise of the Machines, and actress Claire Forlani told Europe's MTV that she has landed the role of a med student named Kate in the film. 

Mar 18: Haunted: A new pilot for UPN by Viacom and CBS Productions has signed Mathew Fox to star as a private eye who solves cases with help from his visions beyond the grave. 

Mar 18: Mad Max 4: Mel Gibson hinted in US Magazine that he likely will not be suited up in the black costume worn by Max. He doesn't believe he is physically up to the job of playing the role again. Beyond Thunderdome was over 20 years ago and Mel doesn't believe he's the man he use to be.  First he was to old to do another Lethal Weapon, and now it's Mad Max. 

Mar 18: I Am Legend: Arnold Schwartzenegger has apparently stepped aside for the lead in 'I Am Legend' making room for Will Smith to star in the film. The Schwartz will now step into a producing role for 'I Am Legend'. Warner Bros. is now talking with Michael Bey and Will Smith to do the film. 

Mar 18: Next Generation DVD: Star Trek the Next Generation DVD boxed sets are here. The price for the seasonal boxed sets have a list price of $140.oo. The seven season boxed set total will be... $980.oo. It is fantastic that seasonal boxed sets are being released for television series. But at $120 to $150 per season just how many people are going to purchase them? How many would buy a set at $50 to $60 per season? These seasonal boxed sets really aren't worth that much. 

Mar 18: Shadow House: Amazing screenwriter 'David Goyer' (Blade 1 & 2) will be teaming up with horror director 'Clive Barker' and director Francis Ford Coppola on Shadow House for HBO. Says Goyer, “We’re trying to see if we can put the HBO spin on it,” says Goyer. “So it is genre, but what I like about the HBO shows is that they take things in a more intelligent direction. There aren’t any special effects in it. It’s scary and psychological.” (cinescape online)

Mar 18: E.I.S.: A new series for ABC about the foot soldiers of the Center for Disease Control. The new CSI style clone will star Adam Goldberg (as a infectious disease specialist), D.B. Woodside, and Billy Burke. (hollywood reporter) This almost sounds like a remake of UPN's shortlived series 'the Burning Zone'.

Mar 18: Moviehole.net Status: Webmaster Clint, of moviehole.net would like everyone to know that his website should be back online in no time. The swarm of fans attempting to read Clint's review of 'Star Wars: Attack of the Clones' took the server into oblivion over the weekend. Don't fret though, they are working on the problem now and hope to have the site and the review back online anytime now. Clint ask that fans be patient.

Mar 18: Resident Evil: Can you say box office flop? The reviews on the film have been dismal. Josh Hadley checked out the film today. Here is what he thought it down and dirty like, no punches pulled...  This sucked both as a bastardization, whoops I mean "Adaptation", of the games and as a stand-alone movie as well.

The dialog and acting are just AWFUL, and the story (being as disconnected as it is from the RE story-line) is very poorly written and erratic as hell. The story moves along at a pace that only a crack-head can appreciate, there are holes that no professional director should let stand and that non-stop techno/metal soundtrack needs to be forever abandoned in the depths of hell (or Hollywood since they are about the same place anyway).

The FX are weak (it seems as though they could only afford make-up for about 1/3 of the zombies and that Licker is so obviously CGI that I felt as if those scenes were not done yet), the acting is just cringe inducing (that "tough" chick almost made me wonder if they miscast her since she was more of a zombie through the movie than the zombies), the dialog made me wince and almost walk out more than once and the story just seems thrown together from various hollywood cliches. The direction was bland and lifeless with only a few nice camera moves to keep you from being bored. The ending (while furthering the gap between "adaption" and bastardazation) is such a blatant and obvious set up for a sequel that I
began to honestly wonder why I stayed until the credits....

   There are a few nice moments (the laser scene is interesting) and I can see where Anderson TRIED (note TRIED) to make references to the games but even those were tired and weak. This is more of a "Dead Trilogy" wanna-a-be than anything else (yes I got the subtle Day Of The Dead joke) but that was not enough to make this a cool film.

   This film is a disaster on every "professional" level and furthers my contention that no-one in Hollywood even remotely cares about making a GOOD
movie anymore, just making a movie....

Mar 18: Snipes Did You Know: Here are some tidbits about Wesley Snipes you might not have known. In his 15 years in doing films he has amassed 42 movies. That includes the four films he's done this year. Snipes is classically trained and once believed to be the dramatic film equal to Denzel Washington. He had no plans to become an action star.  At 39 years old he is a 5th degree black belt who dates a Korean painter name Nikki Park, who is the mother of his two youngest children. Currently the action star garners $15M per picture and up until now has apparently not been paying any taxes due to a false belief in the current IRS system. 

Mar 17: Legacy: UPN's new superhero pilot telefilm, 'Legacy' from Jerry Bruckheimer & Warner Bros. is slated to air this fall. The project was dumped by the WB and picked up by UPN. According to AICN is should have stayed in the dump. The new idea for a possible series is a rehashed storyline about a reluctant normal turned comic book superhero. You can CLICK HERE to check out the entire series scoop at Ain't It Cool News. 

Mar 17: Cloak & Dagger: Avi Arad had been working on a feature film for the Marvel characters 'Cloak & Dagger'. That project has been abandoned in favor of creating a Buffy-esque style TV Series based on the 'Cloak & Dagger' characters. Whatever happened to the 'Thor' series project? 

Mar 17: New Digital Art: Two pieces of Custom Artwork have been added to the site. Check out the DIGITAL ART area for all the great art on site for download.

Mar 17: E.T. is Back: Friday will mark the return of E.T. the Extraterrestrial to the big screen, to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the film. AND... to make more money of course since the film with then hit DVD. To get the DVD ready over 140 shots were reworked and even some filmed again. Digital work was done on many shots to make ET look more lifelike. Even the scene with Elliot & ET on the bike going across the moon was reshot using a real boy instead of the figurine used in the original. 

Mar 17: Fonts: There are over 200 fonts on site for download. Terminator, Bladerunner, and many Star Trek and Star Wars fonts are included on the site. CLICK HERE for the fonts area. 

Mar 17: Spiderman Special: HBO will be premiere their Spiderman half-hour special on April 19th at 10:45pm. Other airings... April 25th @ 8pm, April 28th @ 4pm, May 1st @ 12:30pm and May 4th @ 1:45pm. 

Mar 17: Sub-Mariner: It looks like Universal's 'Sub-Mariner' project is moving forward. Marvel's Avi Arad says the project is looking great.

Mar 16: Nemesis Spoiler: Well, it was actually mentioned many months ago - but AICN has learned that our DATA does indeed die, if that is the correct word, in the 10th film. But not to fret fans, we are indeed left with another Data name B-9. An android who is definitely a rain man compared to the real Data, and slightly shy of full positronic set of data chips. (section 31.com)

Mar 16: Outer Limits Movie: Writer Gerald DiPego and his sons Justin and Zachary have signed a deal with MGM to write a film based on the long-running SF TV series The Outer Limits in what could become a film franchise, Variety reported. Mark Victor and Michael Grais of Victor/Grais and Pen Densham, Guy McElwaine and John Watson of Trilogy Entertainment Group will produce the movie, the trade paper reported. The original Outer Limits series ran in the mid-1960s. MGM TV and Trilogy revived the franchise three decades later, first on Showtime and then on the SCI-FI Channel. After seven seasons, it is cable's longest-running SF anthology series. (ron wolfe)

Mar 16: CBS to join NBC: They aren't merging or anything like that, but CBS is extremely jealous of the serious dough NBC is raking in by airing liquor commercials. NBC is adding more liquor companies to their stable in the near future. Hey, if you can glamorize the beer drinking industry why the hell not hard liquor.

Mar 16: Catwoman: IGN Filmforce has learned that French director Pitof (Jean-Christophe Comar) may be set to helm the upcoming 'Catwoman' feature.  Pitof was the second unit director digital effects supervisor on Alien: Resurrection. 

Mar 16: Bond Theme: Looks like the material girl will compose and perform the title song 'Die Another Day' for the 20th Bond Film. Notable hit Bond themes have included "We Have All the Time in the World" (from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service") sung by Louis Armstrong, "Live and Let Die," performed by Paul McCartney and Wings," "Nobody Does It Better" ("The Spy Who Loved Me") sung by Carly Simon and "For Your Eyes Only," sung by Sheena Easton. Even Duran Duran tapped in with a hit single for a Bond film. Madonna won a Grammy Award for her hit song to 'Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me.'

Mar 16: Miramax Dumps Jobs: Miramax terminated 75 positions Friday (yesterday), about 15% of the studios work force. Miramax is a subsidiary of the 'Walt Disney Company' and the cuts were midlevel positions mostly in New York with some in L.A. and overseas. The company had increased its staff by 17% in October, then re-evaluated its staffing and cut 15% of its jobs. Wow. 

Mar 15: Ice Age Today: The 20th Century Fox production 'Ice Age' opens in theaters today. Ice Age stars the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Dennis Leary. The preview for this one was one of the funniest cartoons I have seen in a long time.

Mar 15: Million Dollar Baby: The tabloid are stepping on the asses in an effort to be the first to get photos of Elizabeth Hurley's unborn child and exclusive photo during its first two years. Two British tabloids, 'Hello' & 'OK', have offered over $2M to get the first images of her child. Man, who gives a rats ass what the kid looks like or who the father is.? What a waste of money...

Mar 15: Starsky & Hutch: Ben Stiller has talked again about his upcoming 'Starsky & Hutch' project. Says Stiller, ""What we're going to try to do is update it in a way. I'd like to do a new buddy cop movie, because I don't think there's been a good one since the Lethal Weapons. There's going to be elements of humor in it and a nod to what it comes from, but essentially, I think, it should just be a really good action comedy". (darkhorizons.com)  The problem still comes down to Ben Stiller doing the project. 

Mar 15: Clones DVD: the latest Star Wars feature, "Attack of the Clones' is slated to hit DVD in the October/November time frame this year. Work is already underway on the DVD supplemental material to be included. 

Mar 15: Wolf Lake: Alex Ganza has the crappy job of trying to stuff four hours of action, drama and plots into a 60 second segment for UPN's 'WOLF LAKE'. UPN is going to air the pilot episode and then at the second week will air a 60 second recap of episodes 2 - 5 before jumping to airing episode six. John Leekley's version was much better than what Gonza turned it into. The unaired pilot was awesome. 

Mar 15: Nemesis Close: Section 31.com has learned the tenth Star Trek feature 'Star Trek: Nemesis' has pretty much completed principal photography. Most of the main stars should have already completed their shoots by now. 

Mar 15: Saturn Awards: TV series... Two season flops were nominated for best network sci-fi series. 
Best Network Television Series:
Angel
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Dark Angel
Enterprise
Smallville
the X-Files

Mar 15: Saturn Awards: You can tell by the duds nominated in many categories that it wasn't the best year for genre movies... If 'Tomb Raider' got nominated - it was bad.

Best Science Fiction Film:
"A.I. Artificial Intelligence"
"Jurassic Park III"
"The One" 
"Planet of the Apes"
" Lara Croft: Tomb Raider " 
"Vanilla Sky" 

Best Fantasy Film:
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
"Monsters Inc."
"The Mummy Returns"
"Shrek"
"Spy Kids"

Best Horror Film:
"The Devil's Backbone"
"Thirteen Ghosts"
"From Hell"
"Hannibal"
"Jeepers Creepers"

Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film:

"Brotherhood of the Wolf"
"Joy Ride"
"Mulholland Drive"
"Black Hawk Down"
"The Man Who Wasn't There"
"Memento"

Mar 14: Terminator Goes Westworld: Despite being a good film, Collateral Damage didn't score at the box office. Another sign that the once big action star, Arnold Schwartzenegger is on the down side of his career. Fans don't seem to view the still massive 50+ year old star as an action icon. While hoping Terminator 3 can revitalize his career, the action star has already signed on to the remake of 'Westworld'. Arnie will step into the robot gone wacky role done originally by Yul Brynner. 

Mar 14: Conan To Return: Arnold Schwartzenegger officially gave word that he will also be returning to the role that put him on the map with a third Conan picture. This time Warner Bros. will put the aging star with a young barbarian. It is the same project being written by John Milius and produced by the same folks bringing us the Matrix trilogy. (variety)

Mar 14: Dark Angel: Fox is scheduled to make a final decision on its low rated second season series in May. Chances for the series return next season are slim with a $2M to $3M per episode budget and ratings down near 4.0. James Cameron returning to direct the season finale may be to little to late. A huge site dedicated to the series at darkangeltv.com is also in financial trouble, is asking fans to raise their entire $4100 requirement for another year of service. Like it or not the site is locked to the fate of the series. Should the series be canceled in May, the fan site is likely to become another internet fan based tomb. 

Mar 14: Spawn Update: The Spawn.net website has posted word that Todd McFarlane & Steve Niles have completed their script for 'Spawn 2'. Producer Don Murphy is happy with the script and signed off on it. Columbia Pictures now has the script and the scripting duo hope this will be the final draft for the film.

Mar 14: Helen of Troy: USA Network has given the green to a four-hour mini-series 'Helen of Troy'. The story will examine the 10-year war fought over Helen, between her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta, and her lover, Paris of Troy. The war was only brought to an end by the Trojan Horse, a wooden horse filled with soldiers that were finally able to invade the city of Troy. Production is slated to begin this summer with a late first quarter airing in 2003. (zap2it.com)

Mar 13: CSI on Top: The second of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has hit full stride and finally toppled 'ER' & 'Friends' to become the number one TV rated Drama. CSI has out performed ER and Friends for the second straight week averaging half a million more viewers this season than ER. (yahoo news)

Mar 13: Dune 2: The second 'Dune' mini-series is set to begin filming in Prague next month. Ain't It Cool News has learned that 'Susan Sarandon' is very close to signing on to play Lady Jessica. The new mini-series will combine both the second and third novels. Dune: Children of Dune is due to air early next year. 

Mar 13: Where the Hell is Captain America?: Not the comic book, the live action feature film? We've got Spiderman, the X-Men, and Blade right now, with Ironman, Ghostrider, Green Lantern, and Daredevil movies in development. That is great, it really is. But where is Captain America? I grew up with him as much as Spiderman and the X-Men. It is time for 'Captain America'. Can't forget his great partner 'Hawk' either. 

Mar 13: Bulletproof Monk: The legendary MAKO (Conan, Crying Freeman, and about 100 other films) is joining the cast of 'Bulletproof Monk' with Chow Yun Fat, Sean William Scott, and James King. Filming will be done in Canada of course. This time in beautiful Toronto. (comics2film.com)

Mar 13: Ninja Scroll: Larry Kasanoff 'Mortal Kombat' has bought all remake rights to the 1994 animated 'Ninja Scroll'. It is of course his intention to turn the project into an FX heavy live action feature.

Mar 13: Terminator Breakdown: Here is where the $172M budget will be spent. only about $90 million will be spent on the actual making of the movie. Star Arnold Schwarzenegger accounts for another $30 million, while director Jonathan Mostow is earning $5 million. The remaining money, nearly $50 million, for the most part is being divvied up between a number of rights-holders and backstage players as the Terminator has passed through quite a few hands on the long road to a third installment, the paper reports.

Mar 13: A Beautiful Mind: Well... that leaves Alec Baldwin out of the picture doesn't it? 

Mar 13: Alias: J.J. Abrams told the Museum of Television and Radio that the hard work will not be slowing down any time soon. While the show has been renewed for next season, he is looking beyond that. They have ideas for three more years. The series has been filming in locations around Burbank that have probably never been used before. Locations that have passed for Brazil and Russia. The only time they actually went on location was to shoot in Las Vegas. 

Mar 13: Attack of the Clones: Clint Morris, webmaster of moviehole.net, has sent some Episode II news from his site. Check out Moviehole.net for the whole story. Joel Edgerton, who plays Uncle Owen Lars in Attack of the Clones, let slip that he will be returning as Uncle Owen in the third film - possibly with a bigger role. Unfortunately he also confirmed that 'Jar Jar Binks' will be in the second film, adding that he would do his best to keep the idiot character from appearing in the third and final installment.

Mar 13: ALF: Now Entertainment Weekly is asking the same question I did weeks ago. 'Is ALF making a comeback?'. They have learned that a possible ALF talk show is in the work. ALF would interact with wacky people who want their 15 minutes of fame. That's another flop waiting to happen. 

Mar 12: Bond 20: The newest Bond film finally has a name. What is it... well... it's titled 'Die Another Day'. Almost as Cheesey as 'Attack of the Clones'. What happen to the catchy titles? Live and Let Die, Goldfinger, the Spy Who Loved Me?

Mar 12: Firestarter II: Did the producers of the Sci-Fi Channel mini-series even watch the original before doing this one? Seems doubtful based on fan reports. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best. The mini-series was given a five by a serious Sci-Fi Channel fan. The only reason for the five was the awesome special effects used. 

Mar 12: The Black Sash: Russell Wong (Romeo Must Die) will star in the series pilot, 'The Black Sash' for the WB. Wong's character returns to his family in San Francisco after being released from jail in China, having been wrongfully accused of drug trafficking.

Mar 12: Blizzard: Knightscove Entertainment will be producer the $10M budget fantasy film, 'Blizzard'. The story tells the tale of a girl and her aunt who become friends with eccentric reindeer 'Blizzard'. The film will be directed by Star Trek's 'Levar Burton'. The film stars, Whoopie Goldberg, Brenda Blethyn and Kevin Pollak. The project is already one month into production.

Mar 12: Pressure: The thriller 'Pressure' starring Kerr Smith looks to be a direct to video feature in the U.S. Other countries may get the Richard Gale thriller in theaters. Blockbuster video here may do a large VHS/DVD release of the film. (moviehole.net)  Basically it comes down the film not being good enough for theatrical release. Kinda like 90% of Jean Claude Van Damme films. :)

Mar 12: Alien 5 Again: This time Ridley Scott talked with FilmInk magazine about Alien 5. Scott told the magazine is might likely be his next film, after a break. He started the franchise off, and feels he might as well bring it to a close... if it's meant to be the last one.

Mar 12: Witches of Eastwick: The feature film is getting the small screen treatment with Fox in the drama pilot 'Witches of Eastwick'. Kelly Rutherford (Kindred, and Brisco County Jr.) will play one of the witches in the pilot. Other casting for the pilot include Chris Evans and Jonathan Bennett will play sons of the witches. 

Mar 12: True Lies 2: Tom Arnold has been pushing this film for five years it seems like. Now Tom Arnold tells TV Guide that they have a great script and are just waiting for James Cameron and Arnold Swartzenegger. Tom is hoping that Arnie will be ready after he completes Terminator 3. (TV Guide)

Mar 12: Firefly: Rebecca Gayheart (Earth 2) has backed out of the role she accepted in the two-hour pilot movie. They are now attempting to recast the role.

Mar 10: Alien 5 Rumors: The Alien Experience website has a rumor that James Cameron may be involved in the Alien 5 thing along with Ridley Scott. Reportedly Ridley Scott has said that even if he doesn't do the project that Cameron might do it. The 52 year old Sigourney Weaver is apparently still hot to do this film too. She is likely expecting a $20M pay check, which will never happen. Either way, it's all rumor. 

Mar 10: Bad Boys 2: Sony has now acknowledged that the Will Smith & Martin Lawrence 'Bad Boys 2' will be on the slate for the 2003 summer releases.

Mar 10: Hulk Production: Producer Gale Ann Hurd the scifi wire that lensing begins in Los Angeles on March 18th. 

Mar 10: Time Machine Tops: Simon Wells remake of H.G. Wells 'The Time Machine' was number one at the box office opening weekend taking in $22.6M dollars.

Mar 10: Trek Episode Vote: Yep, fans can vote for their favorite top five Star Trek: the Next Generation episode on TNN's official website. You can vote from April 1st thru 6th, and watch the selections during the Next Generation five episode Marathon April 14th from 2pm to 7pm ET/PT.

Mar 9: Terminator 3: Special Effects wizard 'Stan Winston' who was the SFX supervisor on Terminator 2 has come on board for the third installment, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Winston comes on board to as the animatronics and make up effects supervisor. 

Mar 9: More Covers: I have added another cover for 'Forever Knight', and one for 'Amazing Race'. CLICK HERE for the VHS Cover Sheet Main Page.

Mar 9: Nemesis: Patrick Stewart tells E! News Daily that Nemesis is begging for a sequel. He doesn't know if this is the final episode for the Next Generation crew, but is well aware that it comes down to profits.

Mar 9: Batman Rumor: Even though none of the Batman projects has been given the greenlight by Warner Bros. the rumors are starting. Now the X-Files Gillian Anderson has been mentioned she may have a role in one of the Batman films. 

Mar 9: More Black Panther: From Cinescape thru Moviehole.net - Wesley Snipes told Cinescape that he's up for Black Panther soon. “We want to get to that next year… next year,” says Snipes of the live action comic book adaptation. “So we’ve got to make a decision – we’re either going to do BLADE 3 next year or we’re going to do BLACK PANTHER. Whichever one comes first, we’re going to do.” While writer-producer-frequent Snipes collaborator David Goyer’s name has been attached to the project almost as long as Snipes’, the film’s star could not confirm or deny whether the filmmaker would be involved. “I don’t know,” says Snipes with a playful smirk on his face. “Hmmm, we shall see.” What is known, however, is that Snipes views the transition from one Marvel Comics superhero to another as a bit of a challenge. “[It’s a] huge challenge,” says Snipes. “And I don’t want to recreate any of [Blade’s] mannerism, same tone of speech, voice, cadence. All of it has to be completely different – even the hair!” And while the actor has no idea of how he is going to approach the role of T’Challa (“Oh, man – I have no clue. I have to go hang out with some [Black] Panthers to go get inspired.”), ultimately he welcomes the challenge the role will bring. “That’s the artistry of acting,” says Snipes. “It’s unfortunate that not a lot of actors are in action films and not a lot of action films have actors or address the acting component. But hell, if I’m in it and I’m trained as a theatrical actor, I’m going to try and bring my training to the movie. That’s my roots. It’s a great challenge – it should be interesting. I’ve played so many cops, I welcome that challenge. I’m tired of playing cops.”

Mar 9: Eck vs Sever: SFX supervisor, Jim Finn, for the film Eck vs Sever checks in with some news concerning the upcoming Antonio Banderas spy vs spy flick. Says Jim Finn, "It is shaping up to be a non stop action film with more explosions and gun fire per foot of film than anything I have seen for a long time." 

Mar 9: Phenomenon TV: ABC has green lit an updated TV movie version of John Travolta's 1996 movie Phenomenon. Christopher Shyer will play the lead as an auto mechanic who becomes super intelligent and telekinetic after being hit by a flash of light from the sky. Gerard Di Pego wrote the feature screenplay and will write the telefilm version too.

Mar 9: Fox Airs Star Wars: During the May sweeps Fox will air three films from the Star Wars saga leading up to the next Star Wars: Episode II release on May 16th. Each movie will feature opening bonus material, including footage from the new film. One film will air each Thursday night starting April 29th thru My May 9th The only feature being left in the cold is the original Star Wars.

Mar 9: Tekken the Movie: Crystal Sky, Namco & Gaga Communication will team up to bring the game 'Tekken' to the big screen with a film budget of $60M. President and CEO of Crystal Sky Steven Paul told zap2it, " The time is right, and Tekken is the perfect game to pursue our dreams together. The game has fun characters and is a wonderful story, unlike some other games, this has a whole style of its own and is a really fun piece that is very commercial." They are anxious to get the project into production. Casting and a director are already being considered.

Mar 8: Enterprise Scores: 'Enterprise' is proving that fans are as interested in repeats as well as original episodes. Wednesday's repeat garnered a 4.0/6 share rating. 

Mar 8: Justice League Renewed: The Cartoon Network has renewed the hit animated series 'Justice League of America' for a second season of 26 episodes. Also renewed for a second 26 episode season was their hit series Samurai Jack. 

Mar 8: Mark Dacascos Sighting: Up and coming martial artist Mark Dacascos (crying freeman & the Crow: Stairway to Heaven) played a monk tonight on the hit genre style drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Four of his brothers are murdered at a monastery in Nevada, and all evidence leads to him - or does it?

Mar 8: PREY Return Closer: The creator of the series 'PREY', William Schmidt, has been shopping around his PREY sequel script 'Tom's Story' to the networks. Now, a source informs me that one network is seriously considering the project.  There is no word on which network it is, but the Save Prey campaigners are planning its most massive campaign, consisting mostly of emails and postcards, to the Sci-Fi Channel. It's been four years since the series was canceled and has enjoyed a successful run as part of the Sci-Fi Channel line-up. CLICK HERE for the Save Prey campaign. Join in Today! The following is the most important part of their PRESS RELEASE: The Prey For Us (PFU) Campaign, the worldwide contingent of fans for the short-lived ABC sci-fi based drama PREY, is targeting the Sci-Fi Channel (Sci-Fi), once again, to produce a TV movie based on a script entitled Tom's Story, written by Prey creator William Schmidt. "Tom's Story" continues the saga of Humans vs. Dominants, an advanced species of genus homo, showcased in the 1998 series.

Mar 8: Cartoon Network Scores!: 2001 was an incredible year for the Cartoon Network with new records for ratings and delivery of target audiences. To gage how well this network performed, they tied for second in Prime Time ratings (1.7) with TNT and USA Network for the year among ad-supported cable networks.

Mar 8: Mission Impossible 3:  While Tom Cruise will appear in 'the Last Samurai' for his next feature, work is starting to gear up on Mission Impossible 3. Apparently Cruise is interested in Alien 3 director 'David Fincher' taking the helm in this one. Cruise has already stated that he wants this one to have more action than any James Bond film has ever had. 

Mar 8: Dark Cameron: the Sci-Fi Wire, part of the scifi.com, has learned that James Cameron may attempt to raise his involvement with Dark Angel and direct the upcoming season finale. A finale that might likely be the series finale based on this seasons dismal ratings. It is hoped that his returning to the series could increase the shows chances for one more season.

Mar 8: Alien 3 Work Print: I am sure some fans remember the Work Print for Alien 3 that has been floating around. There is now a petition out to get a DVD Special Edition done with all the footage restored back into the film. CLICK HERE to check out the petition and add your signature. The work print was much better than the theatrical release. (thanks David) Hopefully David Fincher and the studio will be listening.

Mar 8: Daredevil Casting: David Keith (U-571) has been cast as Jack Murdock, father of the our blind superhero Matt Murdock/Daredevil. (IGN Filmforce)

Mar 8: Deathrace 3000: Tom Cruise is anxious to get his 'Deathrace 3000' feature into production. Based on the 1975 'B' film Deathrace 2000, Cruise will play Frankenstein - the worlds best driver. The script was completed last week and it is possible that Sly Stallone, who played in the original, could appear in the remake as the same character - Machine Gun Joe.  

Mar 8: Clockstoppers: The upcoming scifi genre comedy from Jonathan Frakes will have Terminator's Michael Biehn star as the villain named 'Gates'. Biehn told the Sci-Fi Wire that the film reminded him of the 'Back to the Future' franchise. 

Mar 8: Episode II dazzles: Here in Las Vegas at 'ShoWest Convention' Star Wars Episode II wowed the theater owners with a new trailer geared toward action. it also included a menagerie of new creatures and Yoda in digital projection. Says producer 'Rick McCallum, "We didn't just want to push the envelope. We wanted to lick it." The question is still the same. Is it cost effective for theaters to upgrade to this format? Self proclaimed movie critic Roger Ebert was also here arguing against against digital projection. Lucas appears to be the biggest push towards the digital format. (zap2it.com)

Mar 7: Jason X: Jim Isaac's new 'Jason X' feature is due in theaters next month. I have seen the film, and it is the best of the franchise. If you enjoyed the previous Jason film, you'll have a blast with Jason X for sure. Jason has left the building! Well, the Earth actually. Jason boldly goes where mankind has gone before. Read my review of the film by CLICKING HERE. There are some images from the movie there as well. 

Mar 7: New Muppets: A new generation of Muppets is ready to take on primetime. Jim Henson Television has partnered with producers Team Todd and Fox Broadcasting Co. to develop a Muppet series that will feature a new crop of characters in addition to Kermit, Miss Piggy and other long-standing members of Henson's fuzzy troupe. The project is still in the early stages of development, but the plan is to take a wholly new approach to a Muppet series -- it will not be a remake of the successful "Muppet Show" comedy-variety vehicle that aired in syndication from 1976-81. (hollywood reporter)

Mar 7: Sci-Fi Channel Projects: The Sci-Fi Channel has canceled 'L.E.X.X.', 'the Invisible Man', 'Outer Limits', and 'the Chronicles' this season. Only Farscape Returns as part of the SFC fight for original programming. What does the SFC have slated for us this fall? The sixth and final season of 'Stargate SG-1', 'Anonymous Rex', and 'Riverworld'. Only four series and two of these could be duds by the SFC's mid-season. What was it they wanted... oh yes... original programming. Four series. You've come a long way Bonnie. 

Mar 6: VHS Covers: Scifi2k.com has added two new covers for download. One for the upcoming mini-series 'Firestarter', and another for CBS's 'American Fighter Pilot' series. CLICK HERE for the VHS Cover Sheet Area.

Mar 6: Alien 5 Alive?: Ridley Scott confirmed to E! News he will be working on the pre-production stages of the Crusades for the next few months, but will NOT be his next directing gig. Crusades will likely be the next project following whatever the next one will be. Alien 5 maybe?

Mar 6: Cat In Mike Myers: Austin Powers star Mike Myers has signed on to headline 'Cat In The Hat', based on the Dr. Suess' classic children's book. (Entertainment Weekly)

Mar 6: X-Men 2: the Dark Horizons website is has learned that 'X-Men 2' will begin filming in Germany on May 8th. 

Mar 6: Stargate & Shanks: The recently departed Michael Shanks will return as a guest appearance in the fourth episode of season six. Shanks also has an option for five other episodes during the final season.

Mar 6: Leprechaun 6: What do you do after playing an Ewok in Star Wars 3? Why - make Leprechaun movies of course. Clint Morris, webmaster of moviehole.net, checked in with this news... Warwick Davis, he of "I played Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi" fame, contacted Moviehole today to drop some news about a possible "Leprechaun 6", in particular one that Davis is thinking of making himself, if he can buy the rights. "The 'Lep' sequel thing is something I have been thinking about for some years now. Myself and Gabe Bartalos (Lep make-up designer & artist), have many ideas for a sequel. Gabe is also very keen to direct. I would say that Gabe & I know the character of the Leprechaun better than anyone else, so who better to make a part 6!", tells Davis. When asked about the return of those pesky Ewoks though, Davis replied "I don't think the Ewoks will return. They have had their day. Although, I'd love to see the Ewok movies on DVD - come on Lucasfilm!".

Mar 6: Black Panther: Comics2Film.com has some interesting news that Wesley Snipes and David Goyer have talked about doing the Marvel Comics character 'Black Panther'. Both enjoy working together and they have talked about doing it. If it happens it won't be until after Blade 3, which is the final script Goyer will write for someone else to direct. So if it comes to pass, Goyer would be writing the script to direct himself. 

Mar 6: Green Lantern: Also from the Moviehole.net webmaster was this genre tidbit that is very interesting. He missed out on playing Spiderman, so now Kerr Smith (Dawsons Creek) is putting his feelers out to play "The Green Lantern", Whilst talking to Moviehole, the WB star says "The Green Lantern!" he declares. "We should make a film about this guy. He could kick any other super hero's ass". Smith also talked about two of his upcoming movies, "Pressure" and "Ground Zero". "I play Jack 8 months of the year, anything else I do is going to differ from Jack...I can guarantee that", says Smith, who has just wrapped a film called Pressure from Director Richard Gale. "I've never met a guy who could recite an entire film verbatim. Richard did just that. We were at my house and we put in a tape of "Pressure" to only find out that the audio had not been transferred properly. Richard did the audio for us. Ninety minutes later he was done...unbelievable.  That shows how well he knows this film and how much of himself he put into it", he says. "Right now its floating around the Festival circuit.  I'd like to see it come out this summer though", says Smith. "I have another film already completed. It's called "Ground Zero". It has nothing to do with 9/11; it was actually made before that happened.  It's a film about nuclear weapons and terrorism that NBC will hopefully air this summer". "I thought "The Forsaken" (his last film) was an interestingly edgy film. I enjoyed making the picture, and I thought it should of done better than it did. Sony was happy though, it made money", says Smith. 

Mar 5: Allen Sci-Fi Returns: Irwin Allen is being resurrected through his series as producers Kevin Burns & Jon Jashni have worked a deal with 20th Century Fox TV, Fox Studios and Irwin Allen Estates. These gentlemen will be recreating four of Irwin Allen's classic series into film or TV series. The four series are everyone's favorites - Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Time Tunnel (already in work) and Lost In Space (in development). Rupert Murdoch's pact also includes the rights to air reruns of the classics as well as creating the new series/films. Besides the rights to turn the series into series and or films also includes merchandise and licensing rights. Great news for fans.

Mar 5: Young Arthur: The new Smallville style series from NBC has cast Julian Morris and Paul Wasilewski in the lead roles. (trade paper)

Mar 5: The Dead Zone: USA's new series starring Anthony Michael Hall (Out of Bounds, Pirates of Silicon Valley) will premiere on the USA Network in July or August.  The Dead Zone was originally developed for UPN, who had no room on the last seasons schedule after picking up Buffy and Roswell. 

Mar 5: Time Tunnel: Fox has cast Andrea Roth and Max Baker in their new series due out this fall. Time Tunnel has been given a 13 episode commitment.

Mar 5: Firefly: Josh Whedon's new series continues to pick up cast members. Earth 2's Rebecca Grayheart has joined the new series on Fox. She will play Inara, one of the Firefly's crewmen. 

Mar 5: Mel To Retire?: Zap2it.com has heard that Mel Gibson may be calling it quits as an actor at 46 and turn strictly producer. Gibson told the World Entertainment News Network that "Things aren't the same now that I'm 46 as they were when I was in my twenties," admitted the star. "I used to do long location shoots, now I don't want to work away from home. When I'm filming, I go home every weekend. Being away from the family is not conducive to a happy life. Filmmaking is what I love now. I don't want to be the 'star' of a movie anymore, I want to be part of the movie making process from the other side of the camera." Some indications are that his upcoming feature 'Signs' may be his final film.   Nahhhhh.

Mar 5: B5 on DVD: the Digitalbits.com has word that Columbia House is offering the sci-fi series 'Babylon 5' on DVD through them. Warner will also be offering more episodes in stores in the near future. Columbia House is a horrible place to purchase any series. Fans should remember that Columbia has never complete a series on VHS format. Will DVD be any different?

Mar 5: Back to the Future: The Digitalbits website has also learned that Universal is planning a December 2002 release of the 'Back to the Future' trilogy. As many times as Universal has changed the dates for this, don't chisel this one in stone either. 

Mar 5: Summer Hits: According to the recent Zap2it.com poll there are only four films fans are looking forward to this summer. what could they be? Of course Star Wars and Spiderman are the top two spots. Next up is Men In Black with Austin Powers a distant fourth. Other summer films like Scooby Doo, Minority Report, Signs and the Sum of all Fears seem to have little interest from movie goers. 

Mar 5: Dreamcatcher: Principle photography has begun on the adaptation of Stephen Kings novel 'Dreamcatcher' in British Columbia. The book is a Stephen King best seller. There is usually no in between with a King novel turned feature or mini-series. It's either very good or piss poor.

Mar 5: the A-Team: Counting Down.com has learned that the script for the new feature film based on the TV series is complete. Chris Carlisle of Top Cow reports that it still needs some polishing. While the series relied on a comedy level they plan on the film being more dramatic along the lines of the 'Lethal Weapon' franchise. 

Mar 5: Birds of Prey: The Batman spinoff series pilot begins shooting next week. 

Mar 4: 007 News: Michael Madsen's double agent character 'Damien Falco' in Bond 20 will be a recurring character in the 007 saga for at least one more film. 

Mar 4: Angel: While the WB might not be so keen on keeping the Buffy spin-off series 'Angel' for next season, it is possible the series could remain with the network. Reports are that the WB may have more pressing matters to deal with. Fans need not worry as Angel will return next season on the WB or UPN. 

Mar 4: Lone Gunmen: Fans of the Lone Gunmen series will want to catch the X-Files April 21st show. It will serve as a conclusion to the ill-fated spinoff series.

Mar 4: C.S.I. the game?: Yep. The second year series is being transformed into a video game. Ubi Soft Entertainment is creating several games based on the series 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'. The PC version of the game will hit stores in the last part of 2003. 

Mar 4: CSI Scores: It looks like the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is hitting its stride. As season two nears completion Thursday nights episode brought in over 29 million viewers. Its best audience take yet.

Mar 4: Profiler Star Returns: Profiler star Amy Walker walked away from her series a few years ago to get back into motion pictures. After learning there was little interest in her for movie roles the actress is returning a new comedy series 'My Wonderful Life'. It isn't a genre series, so the synopsis to the new series is... meaningless.

Mar 3: No Alien 5: At least for now there will be no 'Alien 5' installment to the stagnant franchise. Ridley Scott has decided to go with another gladiator style film about the 11th Century Crusades. There isn't even a script for the film yet. But... there isn't one for Alien 5 yet either. 

Mar 3: Damned Horrible Queen: There has been anyone who enjoyed this film I think. Josh Hadley actually took the time to screen the film at his local theater and checks in with this quick review of the film... CLICK HERE for the review. 

Mar 3: Van Helsing: Mummy director Stephen Sommers and partner Bob Ducsay are working together on a script for 'Van Helsing'. The Universal project is about the fearless vampire hunter immortalized in Bram Stoker's Dracula Novel. This story will have Helsing battling not just our Count Dracula, but the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein too. The project should begin lensing in the fall.

Mar 2: Wolf Lake: UPN has confirmed that they will be picking up the CBS cast off series 'Wolf Lake'. The will not be airing the entire run of nine episodes. For some reason UPN will air the pilot episode at 9pm on April 3 and in subsequent weeks broadcast the four never- before-seen episodes. 

Mar 2: Witchblade Season 2: the Comics Continuum got some news about season 2. Last year was very serialized, and producer Ralph Hemeker informed the site that the episodes will be a bit more standalone this season. There will of course be plot threads that carry on through the 13 episode season. Witchblade's second season premieres this summer on TNT.

Mar 2: Deep Core: Variety reports that Columbia has purchased rights to the horror thriller 'Deep Core'. The storyline is about a research submarine deep beneath the polar ice caps, where scientists encounter a deadly predator never before seen by mankind. Kind pf rings a bell with Deepstar 6 and Leviathan.

Mar 2: Star Wars - Clones Trailer on Fox: Come March 10th on Fox TV fans will get to see the 2.5 minute trailer for 'Star Wars: Attack of the Clones'  The full trailer appears between 'Malcolm in the Middle' & 'the X-Files'. While it should be online by fans for download minutes after airing on TV, fans will get to see it four days later in theaters with the debut of the CGI film 'Ice Age' - March 15th. 

Mar 2: The A-Team: The A-Team has joined the schedule on TNN. If you can stomach a black bar across the bottom of the screen with logo and phone numbers flashing, catch it here. Best bet is to stay with TV Land to watch the series. TNN, weekdays at 4pm.

Mar 2: Terapin Update: I received a great email from a gentlemen named Larry who has recorded over 1000 hours of material so far on his Terapin. CLICK HERE for the Terapin testing.

Mar 2: RE2: Plans are already in work for 'Resident Evil 2' should the first film be successful at the box office.  Previews for the film has looked good. Resident Evil opens in theaters March 15th from director Paul Anderson

Mar 2: Futurama Trouble: Despite having enough episodes in the can for next season. Zap2it.com reports the following... the animated comedy is in danger of meeting its end at the end of this season. Sure, FOX has enough episodes in the can to air the series until the end of 2003, but whether the people who work on the show will still have jobs is a question that remains up in the air. The show's animators have already been let go,