April 30: X-Men Roles: Activision and Raven Software are developing a new X-Men: Legends role playing game. It will be for XBox, Playstation 2 and Gamecube. The game is expected in 2004. 

April 30: Adventure Inc. Canned: Despite some quality ratings near the 2.0 mark in syndication and practically zero advertising in most markets, Adventure Inc. has been canceled. It was a decent series with decent ratings... but ratings don't matter that much these days. It's just about advertising dollars. Ask Farscape, Odyssey 5, Witchblade, Invisible Man, Special Unit 2, the Chronicles, and others. 

April 30: Fox Holds Out For the Summer: Fans of  24, John Doe, and Fastlane will not get to see any repeats of the series this summer. Fox has decided to air movies and a crap load of reality series. If you're missing an episode or two for your personal collection your basically screwed. 

April 30: Resident Evil 2: Milla Jovovich (Fifth Element) has officially signed on to the sequel, along with director, Alexander Witt. Paul S. Anderson, who helmed the first one, will be producing. 

April 30: Enterprise: You wonder if Paramount is around watching things. You got this billion dollar franchise sitting in the toilet. Do these morons from outer space even realize that every week the Enterprise audience gets smaller? These freaks from another galaxy think that fans are saturated with Star Trek, and it's time to pull back and can the franchise for years. Wake up and smell the shit you live in, you friggin' morons... look no further than the two waste paychecks you pay to keep the franchise fresh and interesting. Why don't you shove your thousand dollar loafers up Braga and Berman's asses and kick the fucks out the door. Enterprise isn't boring, or even suffering from bad acting. It poor writing and miss-management. I've been a fan since 1969, and I don't care if I watch the show or not. Hello? What are they at Paramount... idiot savants, without the savant. Enterprise is worse than Farscape, Special Unit 2, Odyssey 5, the Chronicle, The Invisible Man - they're gone. 

April 30: Chewie, is That You: Peter Mayhew has confirmed that Chewbacca will make an appearance in the Star Wars: Episode III. He is being used as one piece of the puzzle tying the six films together. 

April 30: Elliot Stays With JAG: JAG star David James Elliot has signed a new deal with CBS for one more season of JAG - it's ninth. The actor will earn $300,000 per episode. Elliot is one of the few actors who has not taken advantage of his acting skills and looks to taken on other roles on television and film. He seems content to stay with the one series. 

April 30: Phantom: Director Joel Shumaker has offered the lead role in Phantom of the Opera to Scottish born actor Gerard Butler. The female lead "Christina" comes down to Anne Hathaway and Emmy Rossum

April 30: 80 Days: Jackie Chan's "Around the World in 80 Days" has added some cameos. They include John Cleese and Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

April 30: Indiana Jones: The Digital Bits website has reported that when Paramount releases the Indiana Jones boxed set, that will be the only way you can get it. The three films will not be released individually. There's no official word on when the films will be released. 

April 30: The Howling: A Special Edition DVD of The Howling is slated to hit retail stores on August 26th. The feature film has spawn a slew of direct to video sequels. The special effects in the film are awesome. 

April 30: The Punisher: Superhero Hype.com has a great picture of actor Thomas Jane in costume as the Marvel comics character. He looks good, but Howie Long would have looked awesome. 

April 29: Adventure Inc. Death: Jesse Nilsson, star of the syndicated TV show Adventure, Inc., died of heart failure on April 26 at his parents' home in North York, Ontario, Canada, the Toronto National Post newspaper reported. He was 25. The young actor had suffered from Pneumonia two weeks prior to his death. Nilsson starred as Gabriel Patterson in Adventure, Inc., produced by Fireworks Entertainment and Tribune Entertainment. The show has not been picked up for a second year yet.

April 29: Angel 5: AICN has the scoop that the WB has greenlit the fifth season of Angel. There will be many changes, which make the series look more like Buffy with all the people coming over including many writers from Buffy and Firefly. 

April 29: Buffy Won't Die: UPN has apparently asking Australian actress Valance to replace Buffy in the long running series. She is interested and negotiations are continuing. 

April 24: Angel Changes to Buffy: Josh Whedon just can't let the Buffy cast move on to other stuff. Every week we're hearing so and so doesn't die and their left wide open to come to Angel. Jesus, let Angel be its own series not some Buffy show named Angel. 4

April 24: Enterprise Trouble: Rumor has it that CBS is pressuring Paramount and UPN to cancel Enterprises third season and shelve the Star Trek franchise for a few years at least. Rick Berman and Brannon Braga have crammed the same shit down the fans throats with Next Generation, Voyager and now Enterprise. While being promised free blood, we got stale bread. These guys should have the heads handed to them in a hand basket for what they have done to the franchise. The Fucks!

April 24: Alien 5: Sigourney Weaver is once again talking about doing a new Alien film again. If Ridley Scott and James Cameron decide to team up for another Alien feature it is time to leave Sigourney Weaver behind and move on. 

April 24: Silverstone Does Doo: Alicia Silverstone has joined the cast of Scooby Doo 2 according to Zap2It.com. She will play a relentless reporter. 

April 24: Werewolf: Rapper/Actor DMX is currently negotiating for the lead role Werewolf for Italian director Dario Piana. Werewolf centers on a mysterious bluesman (DMX) whose mission is to rid the Earth of werewolves, the last of whom live among the rich, glamorous and drug-addicted in the Hollywood Hills. 

April 24: No More Picard: Patrick Stewart again tells the tabloids he won't be playing Captain Picard again. Hey, nice of the guy to step forward with that after the franchise is in the dumps and Viacom is ready to shelve the franchise. What a guy... thank Stew, big of you. Maybe someone should take Braga, Berman and Stewart into a dark alley and beat the hell out of all three of them.

April 24: Farscape Joins Dead Zone: Farscape writer Mike Cassutt has joined the writing staff of USA's "The Dead Zone". 

April 24: Lost Dead Zone Episode: The scifi channel was to have aired the missing Dead Zone episode "The Hunt For Osama". Now that appears to be off again. It is possible the episode, now titled "The Hunt", might hit DVD if USA does not air the episode. 

April 24: Black Sash BOMBS:  The new WB series the Black Sash is doing dismally in the ratings and will not be airing in during the upcoming SWEEPS. 

April 24: Angel Looking Good: The past several weeks Angel has been making it known that it's ready to be renewed. It latest ratings 4.1 were great, but below the norm for its 2000/2001 season. Angel has also been able to increase its lead-in audience. May 12th, will likely be the day the WB decides the shows fate. 

April 24: The Flash: Remember the 90's television series "THE FLASH"? The series is being considered by Warner Brothers for a series DVD boxed set. The Flash starred John Wesley Shipe. The series was surround by a true comic book feel, great looking costume, decent acting and great special effects. Also being planned by Warner is Lois and Clark, Smallville, and the Dukes of Hazzard. Coming soon from Warner is Le Femme Nakita, Southpark, and season two of Babylon 5. 

April 24: S.W.A.T.: The 70's hit television series S.W.A.T. is coming to DVD in boxed sets along with Charlie's Angels.

April 24: Tomb Raider 3: Angelina Jolie is reportedly ready to strap on the fake titters for third film if the Tomb Raider 2 is well received at the box office. She tells reporters this film is much better than the first, being more true to the game, more of a puzzle. If the fans want it, she's ready to go. (moviehole.net)

April 19: Neo Gets Hellblazer: Keannu Reeves, who could make nearly $150 million from the Matrix sequels due out this year, has signed on to star in the D.C. Comics adaptation of Constantine: Hellblazer. Lauren Shuler Donner is producing and thinks Reeves in hot in the role. The film is scheduled for a summer 2004 release, and will be helmed by first-timer Francis Lawrence. (Zap2it.com)

April 19: More CSI Miami: A&E beat out TNN for repeat rights to C.S.I. Miami beginning in 2004, as part of their prime time line-up. The cable network will pay $1.025 million per episode for the drama which will air once-a-week starting fall 2004 and then five-times-a-week beginning in fall 2006. "Miami" will join recent acquisitions "Crossing Jordan" and "Third Watch," both of which began cable runs on the channel earlier this season. (futon critic)

April 19: Ghost Rider: The studio wants Mark Steven Johnson to pen the script from scratch. Fans can expect the film to be light on the violence side so that kiddies can take in the film.  Nicolas Cage is still slated to star in the newest take on the character. (Scott Strout)

April 19: Texas Chainsaw Trouble: The stupid remake is having some major shooting problems, with huge reshoots going on. Enough to push the film back from October to January 2004. A month were expected trash films are generally released. 

April 19: The League: The is reportedly the new title for The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. The studio thought the title to long for the public to remember. Yeah, were stupid. The release date has also been pushed back one to two months... is this a flop waiting to happen? The previews so far have looked outstanding. 

April 19: Crowe's Prenups:  Russell Crowe has prenups with the new wife. If she stays with him three years she earns $15 million, and he will set up a trust fund of $3 million for each child they have should they get divorced. Should they split the lady of the manor gets to keep it ($8.25M), while Crowe gets his 800 acre ranch. 

April 19: Spike TV: That is TNN's new name, "Spike TV". The network, which is already male dominated, has made it official that it is going to be a male oriented network. The networks ratings are down 35%. Rather than a name change do you think it might be something else like that Damn black bar across the television screen? Hello, that sucks people. 

April 19: Michael Moore: He is a fucking Shit-Hole scumbag, jerk-off ass-hole. 

April 19: Ford Done: Is Harrison Ford falling by the waste side like box office hero's Sly Stallone and Arnold Schwartzenegger? His latest films haven't done well at the box office and his latest film with Josh Harnett, "Hollywood Homicide" has flopped with test audiences. So much so that the producers have gone back to do massive reshoots. 

April 19: Brothers Grimm: Terry Gilliam will be coming over from Good Omens to helm the feature Brothers Grimm. 

April 19: Electra: Jennifer Garners solo film "Electra" has finally picked up its writers. Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzer will team up to pen the script. They recently completed a well received draft to Marvel's "Deathlok".

April 19: Sabrina Done: The stupid and stale series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch finally comes to a close after its 7th season. This one went about two seasons to long. 

April 19: W&G 2005: NBC is nearly complete with a deal to keep Will and Grace on the air through the 2004/2005 season. The four actors will receive about $400,000 per half-hour episode or $8.8 million per season. Yeah, that's a few dollars. 

April 19: Hunter Bombs: The recent televised Hunter movie had its ratings drop 17% from the first film. It might have helped if NBC had actually advertised the friggin telefilm just a little bit. I wanted to see the damn thing and didn't even know it was being broadcast. Shit!

April 15: More Dead Zone: USA Network has ordered six additional episodes of its original series "The Dead Zone" to air this summer. This is considered a continuation of the second season, and is scheduled to begin airing Sunday July 6th. While no decision has been made on a third season, the unaired episode "The Hunt For Osama" will be airing airing on the Sci-Fi Channel. The episode was originally pulled for sensitive content. Apparently USA still doesn't want to air the episode, but its sister network can. (trekweb.com)

April 15: Wolverine: Producers of the X-Men are already planning a Wolverine spin-off feature. Unfortunately producer Lauren Donner wants the villain to be Magneto. Is this guy going to be the villain in every movie featuring the X-Men? Shit, come up with something new for crying out loud. Jackman doesn't know anything about a Wolverine feature, but he's there if they do one. 

April 15: Invisible Dick:  The Invisible Man star Vincent Ventresca has landed the lead role in UPN's series pilot "Vegas Dick" according to the futon critic. 

April 15: Knight Writer: Revolution Studios has hired a couple of first time writers to pen the new Knight Rider feature. David Elliott and Paul Lovett will be writing the story as an action comedy. 

April 15: JP4: Stan Winston and Steven Spielberg are brainstorming new ideas for Jurassic Park IV. Fans can expect to see new dinosaurs along with the favorites from the previous three films. (Box Office Magazine) 

April 15: X3: There isn't a greenlight for the project just yet - that will depend on the box office. But Bryan Singer and friends have had some discussions on a possible third film. 

April 15: Tremors Gets Bombed: The new series Tremors is taking a triple back-flip dive. After stellar ratings its opening week, fans have learned how dumb the series is. The shows audience has dropped off 35% in its second week. Imagine loosing Farscape, Invisible Man, and The Chronicle for this. Way to go Sci-Fi. 

April 15: Scorpion King: Kelly Hu tells Zap2It.com that if there was a second Scorpion King feature it would have happened already. King made $90 million at the office, but cost $60 million to make. What the hell did they spend $60 million on? Jeez. 

April 15: Sci-Fi Fans Scary: It almost appears that the people watching the Sci-Fi Channel are questionable as genre fans. My reason is how well the new series "Scare Tactics" has done averaging about a 1.4 rating since it's premiere. I watched one episode and was amazed this could be on television it was so stupid. 

April 14: Final Cut: Comedian Robin Williams will be starring in the Sci-Fi feature Final Cut for Lion's Gate. He will play a man who lives in a world where peoples lives are recorded on an implant chip. 

April 14: Dead or Alive: The video game is coming to the big screen in a $30 million feature. The babe (box office flop) film will premiere in theaters in 2004. Like Resident Evil, Impact Pictures promises the film to be true to the video game. The story will center on four female characters from the game invited to fight in a tournament. "The four voluptuous girls in the movie are invited by Fame Douglas to partake in the DEAD OR ALIVE world fighting tournament on an exotic island.

April 14: TIVO 4.0: TiVo Series2 units will soon automatically upgrade to a new software revision that adds improved features to the DVR and enables the long-awaited Home Media Option. TiVo staffers announced the rollout of version 4.0, which will be sent to Series2 subscribers over the next several weeks. Although the Home Media Option is only available after paying a one-time fee of $99, Series2 owners can still reap the enhancements of version 4.0 without shelling out for the premium service. 4.0 includes new "Now Playing Options" for sorting recorded programs and the ability to quickly jump through long lists using the Advance button.

April 14: Ghost Rider: Nicolas Cage is back and ready to star in the upcoming "Ghost Rider" flick. Daredevil's Mark Steven Johnson has agreed to rewrite and direct a film adaptation of Marvel Comics' GHOST RIDER, starring Nicolas Cage. Columbia Pictures is producing the film. 

April 14: Fantasy Island: It didn't work on a come back to television, so Columbia will take the theme to the big screen. Todd Alcott has been hired to direct the film. 

April 14: Farscape Note: While the series was canceled by the Sci-Fi Channel, the Farscape section of their website at scifi.com were among the top areas visited during the month of March. 

April 14: Real Steel: Remember the B film, Robot Jox? I do, and apparently Dreamworks does. They have purchased the rights to Real Steel. It is set in the futuristic world of robot fighting where humans create and promote 2,000 pound humanoid robots that duke it out in a boxing ring with hopes of making it to the robot boxing championships.

April 14: Starsky & Hutch: Carmen Electra is negotiating to play a role in the upcoming Starsky and Hutch film set to star Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. Ben Stiller... A Box Office flop waiting to happen.  S&H as a comedy sucks.

April 14: Dreadnaught: Vin Diesel (to star) and Dominic Sena (to direct) are currently negotiating to star in the military action thriller Dreadnaught. The story is about a captain who must go up against his commanding officer on the most high-tech warship ever built.

April 14: Conan 3: Slowly it moves... Writer John Milius would like to have Sean Connery co-star in the film as Conan's commander and tyrannical ruler. 

April 14: Alien 5: James Cameron & Ridley Scott? James Cameron told the Associated Press that he talked with Ridley Scott about him directing the fifth film while Cameron writes and produces. 

April 14: X-Men II: The final cut of the X-Men due to be completed within the next week will run 135 minutes - 30 minutes longer than the first X-Men feature. 

April 9: Streetfighter II: Moviehole.net can confirm that plans are underway for Jean Claude Van Damme to star in a sequel to [the moderately successfull] "Streetfighter". The original film was based on the classic video game, with Van Damme in the lead role and Raul Julia playing the film's main villain. It's not yet known whether "Streetfighter 2" will be filmed in Australia - as the first one was - but it is projected that it'll get a theatrical release.

April 9: Scare-Tactics: The Sci-Fi Channel's Candid Camera-like series hosted by former Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed star Shannen Doherty, debuted this past Friday at 10 p.m. Eastern time as the most-watched non-news cable program for the night in adults 18-49 (1.32 million). Back-to-back episodes of the half-hour series averaged a solid 1.5 household rating with 2.16 million total viewers. Scare Tactics' delivery among adults 18-49 was the best-ever for any premiere on Sci-Fi.

April 8: Alien 5: Man, this is the movie talk that will never die. James Cameron looks willing to throw his hat back into the franchise according to his recent interview with Jam Movies. Cameron is interested in another Aliens Project if 20th Century Fox is willing to throw out the Aliens vs Predator project. 

April 8: Cleopatra 2525: The Sci-Fi Channel has picked up the repeats of Cleopatra 2525. Beginning on the 11th it will replace Adrian Paul's Tracker, which they are putting on Hiatus. Fans will be seeing  back to back episodes of the Cleo. I would have bought Jack of all Trades before Cleo. Better series and great opening theme. 

April 8: New Robin Hood: Kevin Costner flicks always get an extended version, and now comes the Robin Hood: extended version on DVD June 10th, at just $26.99. The movie will be digitally digitally transferred and include 12 minutes of never before seen footage and other standard bonus material. Robin Hook was a great tale and this is a must have for fans. Up next, they should do an extended version of the Postman. 

April 8: Alias: David Carradine will be appearing on Alias as a mysterious monk in an upcoming episode airing April 27th.

April 8: Young MacGyver: Jared Padalecki has nabbed the title role in the WB series pilot. 

April 8: New Robin Hood: Kevin Costner flicks always get an extended version, and now comes the Robin Hood: extended version on DVD June 10th, at just $26.99. The movie will be digitally digitally transferred and include 12 minutes of never before seen footage and other standard bonus material. Robin Hook was a great tale and this is a must have for fans. Up next, they should do an extended version of the Postman. 

April 8: Alias: David Carradine will be appearing on Alias as a mysterious monk in an upcoming episode airing April 27th.

April 8: Young MacGyver: Jared Padalecki has nabbed the title role in the WB series pilot. 

April 8: JP4 Trouble?: Oh man, director Simon West, who destroyed Laura Croft, has been picked to helm the fourth Jurassic Park feature. What the HELL happened to Joe Johnston who kicked ass on the third film?  

April 8: Mummy III: Rachel Weisz discovered that her acting career is very limited beyond the Mummy stuff. She is now backstepping on her previous statements about not wanting to do anymore Mummy films. The actress has told the Sci-Fi Wire that if they do a third film she hopes to be asked to be in it. 

April 8: Seven Days Returns: The UPN series which lasted three seasons (66 episodes) will begin airing on TNN April 14th. It will air in the 3pm to 6pm slot with Star Trek the Next Generation and Highlander. This would be great if the stupid ass station would stop using the black friggin' bar across the bottom. 

April 8: Babylon 5: The season two boxed set is due out soon. Scifi2k.com will be giving away a season one and two boxed set. But others can purchase the set online from $59.99 to $89.99. Look for it April 29th. 

April 8: Dark Angel Season II: Own the second and final season of Dark Angel for a mere $44.99 at Amazon.com. 

April 5: No Buffy Spin: It's official, There will be no Buffy spin-off series at least for next season. 

April 5: New Aliens Cuts: The new 9 disc Quadrilogy boxed set will include the regular ALiens extended version and will now include extended versions of Alien, Alien 3, and Alien: Resurrection. This is a must have boxed set for any ALIEN fan out there. Alien will have about 10 minutes restored, and Alien 3 should have about 15 minutes of new footage. Alien Resurrection... I have no idea. Look for it late 2003 according to Fox. Viewers will be able to select the standard theatrical release or the extended version via seamless branching. (thedigitalbits.com)

April 5: Run Will Robinson: The  lisfest/B9 robot (Lost In Space Robot) builders con next weekend April 12th Saturday(1 day only at the forum in Cleveland Ohio),Bob May (robot) and Mark Goddard(Don West) are scheduled to appear, More information at LISFEST. Click the link to check it out. 

April 5: Out of Miracles: ABC has yank the supernatural series Miracles after averaging a 2.5/6 share rating. 

April 4: The Punisher: AICN got the scoop that actor Thomas Jane (Deep Blue Sea, 61) has signed on for the lead role in "the Punisher". There's even word that possibly Burt Reynolds could play the lead villain in the film. Not a bad signing, but Howie Long would have been an excellent Punisher. 

April 4: Silver Surfer: Vin Diesel has told the National Post that he would like to tackle the role of playing the Silver Surfer. (superherohype.com)

April 4: Channel News: There are lots of new series and mini-series/telefilms in development at the Sci-Fi Channel. Read it all in the Channel News... CLICK HERE. 

April 4: Stargate Spin-off: The Sci-Fi Channel has announced that Stargate SG-1 will get a spin-off series for the 2004/2005 season. The spin-off series is the previously speculated series Stargate: Atlantis. CLICK HERE to read about more Sci-Fi Channel series in DEVELOPMENT for the 2004/5 season. Read about, Dead Lawyers; Painkiller Jane, The Divide, Legion, The Evil One, Suture Girl, and Total Eclipse.

April 4: Battlestar Galactica: Production finally began on the Sci-Fi Channel April 1st. 

April 4: Adventure Inc.: The fledgling series is keeping up with the big boys in the ratings war among syndicated first run series. While Andromeda and Mutant X continue to fight over the number one spot in the 2.0 arena (and have the best two time-slot available), Adventure Inc. hangs tough in the 1.9 rating area. AI normally airs after the two big-boys. All three shows are produced by Tribune Ent. 

April 4: The Thing Goes Mini-Series: The Sci-Fi Channel seems remake crazy as they have announced plans for a mini-series based on the Thing, which has already been remade once. John Carpenter's remake was outstanding and likely the directors best piece of work. 

April 4: Marsters An Angel: James Marsters has confirmed that he will likely be moving on to Angel with the end of Buffy on UPN. 

April 4: JMS Goes for Three: J. Michael Stracynski told the Comics2Film.com website that the contracts have just been signed and he now has his third series going into development. JMS has given fans Babylon 5 and Jeremiah. 

April 4: No More Rabbit: Fans hoping the recent success of the DVD for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would lead to a sequel feature will be disappointed. Associate producer Don Hahn told Animated Movies that is just isn't in the cards. Ideas were actually kicked around but it never got far enough to develop into something. (dark horizons.com)

April 4: The Crow: Edward Furlong took a few moments from his drug habit to talk with MTV about his new movie gig, The Crow: Wicked Prayer. You can check out their website to her what this guy has to say. In the photo they used the guy even looks wasted. 

April 4: Dark Angel: Fans of DA are indeed lucky. The second and final season of James Cameron's Dark Angel are slated for a DVD boxed set. At $60 the boxed set is slated for an October 2003 release. Now if we could just get them to release, Space: Above and Beyond. (digitalbits.com)

April 4: Lost In Space: Fox has schedule the cult series "Lost In Space" for a season one boxed set due out January 2004 at an overpriced $79.95 tag. Something like this should carry a $40 to $50 price tag max. 

April 4: Garner Splits From Hubby: Alias and Daredevil star Jennifer Garner and husband/actor Scott Foley are calling it quits. 

April 4: Midnight Nation: Mark Steven Johnson, director of Daredevil, has chosen his next project in J. Michael Stracynski's comic book Midnight Nation. 

April 4: Jeremiah: Production of the second season of Showtime's Jeremiah has wrapped. Season two should begin airing on Showtime in early to mid August. 

April 4: Mutant X DVD: ADV Films has announced that season one, volume 1, of Mutant X will hit retailers in June 2003. You noticed the shitty Volume One right? ADV won't be releasing any boxed sets for this one or The Beastmaster. 

April 4: Eater: the FX network has greenlit the mini-series EATER, about a black hole hurtling towards Earth. 

April 4: Sci-Fi Scores Again: Despite somewhat average telefilms in Tremors and Riverworld (came out great on DVD), the channel got some great ratings. Tremors back to back airing to two episodes earned the network, currently up for sale, a 1.6 ratings share for the first hour, and increased to a 1.8 for the second. Riverworld, which aired March 22nd earned the network at whopping 2.2 overnight rating or 2.7 million viewers. With the help of these two shows along with Taken, the Sci-Fi Channel ended the quarter with a record 1.0 average rating in primetime, up an astonishing 33% from last year. Despite fan disapproval, the decision to turn from television series to telefilms has proven to be a good move. 

April 4: Firefly: The short-lived Fox series Firefly is likely to get the DVD treatment in 2004. It is currently in development at Fox. Where the hell is Space: Above & Beyond?