Dec 29: Galactica A Go: Latest word is that The Sci-Fi Channel has decided to pick up Battlestar Galactica. It is likely an announcement will come officially after the new year. The cable network had to decided before December 31st. when the major actors options would run out. Fans could expect to see the new series in 2004. (still a rumor for now)    Knowing the Sci-Fi Channel expect cancellation before the end of the first season after giving a tight budget and extensive stock footage that will be shot. Yunno this series will have almost no budget. After all the SFC is essentially the Stargate Channel. 

Dec 29: Catwoman?: Has anyone noticed the new Catwoman photos look like something from the Roger Corman features and television series "Black Scorpion"? Sure does to me. 

Dec 29: Nightstalkers: Jessica Biel has confirmed in an interview with Wizard Magazine that if the final Blade film does well at the box office it's expected that The Nightstalkers (Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds) will spin-off into their own features. Biel loves the action roles (unlike many Hollywood actors) and would jump at the chance to bring Abigail and Hannibal King into their own feature. 

Dec 29: $200 Million: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King continues to kick some serious ass at the box office. In just 11 days the feature film has grossed $200 million. With all this money the trilogy has made (over 2.4 billion dollars) New Line is considering having a cheap American special effects company finish up the effects for the missing 1hour and 10 minutes of footage that will be restored in the special edition DVD. Fans are outraged that NOW the production company would play greedy, cutting back on the quality with the third and final film. 

Dec 29: Silver Surfer: Kevin Feige of Marvel Studios has confirmed that after Fantastic Four comes to the big screen, Silver Surfter will be the next big project for Marvel. (likely two or three years) 

Dec 29: More Enterprise Trouble: CBS head honcho, Leslie Moonves is not happy with Enterprises performance this year and has said that WILL be addressed after the season is over. UPN has lost money every year since being purchased by Viacom/CBS. They are happy with UPN's Monday/Tuesday performance as well as the wrestling on Thursday nights. That leaves Enterprise and Jake 2.0 in hot water.  Moonves seems to stupid to realize the competition that these two shows go up against on Wednesday nights.  Friday nights would be a great spot for both shows, or if UPN had a Sunday night line-up it could work great in the 7pm to 9pm timeslot. But hey, were just fans, what the Hell do we know?

Dec 27: Midnight Casting: Randy Quaid (The Wraith, Hard Rain, ID4) has signed on to join to the cast in the Sci-Fi Channel's 5 Days to Midnight. Also joining the cast are Nicole deBoer (The Dead Zone, Deepspace Nine), Angus McFadyen (Miracles). Already set to star is Timothy Hutton with David McIlwraith, Kari Matchett. The five hour mini-series is set to air in one hour episodes, over five consecutive nights beginning in June 2004. 

Dec 27: Enterprise: Repeats of Enterprise over the Holidays have beaten repeats of Charmed and Smallville in the ratings. Jake 2.0 has had a decent increase in audience airing new episodes over the same period. 

Dec 27: Bewitched: This project might be moving forward again as reports surface that Nicole Kidman is finally close to signing the contract to star as Samantha Stevens. Kidman reports she is having a difficult time learning to do the nose thing that original series star Elizabeth Montgomery did to perform magic.

Dec 27: Seabiscuit: The film was no juggernaut at the box office with $120 million, but things changed as the film hit VHS and DVD over the holidays taking in over $80 million. 

Dec 27: King Conan:  The WWE's wrestler Triple H might be taking over the Arnold Schwartzenegger role of King Conan after he finishes up his currently role in the third Blade film. (superherohype.com) 

Dec 27: King Kong: Peter Jackson's new King Kong feature remake could be called Lord of Kong if the casting goes the right way. Already Ian McKellon wants in, and now comes word that Rings stars Elijah Woods and Andy Serkis want in too. (moviehole.net)

Dec 24: Merry Christmas: I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and hopes for a wonderful new year in 2004.  Last day for Christmas shopping.  News is slow for the Holiday Season. 

Dec 24: Rings of Money: Return of the King has gobbled up an impressive $243 million world wide opening weekend and over $74 million in the United States. The opening weekend worldwide made nearly enough to pay for the entire three films budget of $300 million. The total for the three films now is over $2.1 billion dollars. A nice investment for Warner Bros. who took a big risk filming three films a the same time. 

Dec 24: Stargate Atlantis: Adam Baldwin (Firefly, Independence Day, Predator 2) is pursuing a role in the new Stargate series. Baldwin is up for a supporting role stating that he is a little past his prime for a starring role when is suppose to be someone in their early 20's. Atlantis is already slated to run along with Stargate SG-1. There are 20 episodes slated for the first season. 

Dec 24: Subatomic: Hyde Park Entertainment is shopping around it new television series "Subatomic" based on the graphic novel from Mad Yak Press and creator Patrick Neighly. It revolves around a young surveillance expert that is being hunted by a big brother antiterrorist from which he escaped to try and lead a normal life. 

Dec 24: K.I.T.T. Has Engine Trouble: Looks like the proposed Knight Rider feature from Revolution Studios might be turning off it engine. Word is that Executive Producer David Hasselhoff has given up on the project and Revolution Studios isn't answering anything about the project that was scheduled to hit theaters in 2004. (moviehole.net)

Dec 24: The Devil: For the new Constantine feature starring Keannu Reeves has signed their man to play the Devil. This will be handled by Peter Stormare (Armageddon). The Devil is the arch-nemesis of the main character John Constantine. Racheal Weisz (The Mummy) will play a policewoman named Angela who becomes involved with Constantine after her twin sister is murdered. 

Dec 24: Fox Release Dates: Alien vs Predator is slated to hit theaters August 6th 2004. I Robot starring Will Smith will launch on July 16th, and Stay (a supernatural thriller) will release in 2004, but has been given no official release date.  

Dec 24: Hu Joins Matrix: What do you do when the movie roles aren't rolling in? Join a television series these days it appears. Kelly Hu, who started in television before jumping to features is returning to television in the series Threat Matrix for about five episodes. Production on these episodes will begin Monday, January 5th. Her character will be a member of the show's central anti-terror government team. 

Dec 19: Battlestar Galactica Rumor Central: Here is an interesting rumor on the Galactica forum of scifi.com.  Apparently the Sci-Fi Channel (actually the Stargate Network) has been pulling all the strings to launch Galactica as a weekly series hoping to have it hit the network in July of 2004. Here's the twist in the news... NBC which owns Universal, Galactica's production company, has decided it wants to add the science fiction drama as part of its fall 2004 line-up. Remember this is just a rumor that was posted with no source. Interesting if true.  Most recently networks passed on recent hits CSI, MONK, and The Dead Zone which ended up on a different network or cable outlet. Battlestar Galactica would broadcast to a larger audience on NBC. 

Dec 19: King is King: Return of the King had a Wizard like opening day (12.17.03) spelling up a whopping $34.1 million. 

Dec 19: Rings vs Potter: It's amazing how much Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter have done at the box office.  Lord of the Rings has grossed $1.9 billion to date while Harry Potter has made $1.9 billion as well. The third film totals will determine the trilogy champ. 

Dec 18: Buffy Snubs Angel: Sarah Michelle Gellar turned down an opportunity to return as Buffy the Vampire Slayer during a two-parter on Angel for the May Sweeps.  Gellar said the time was not right to return. It's more likely that Gellar would like to distance herself from the Buffy character. 

Dec 18: Lord of the Box Office: During a midnight showing at 2100 theaters around the country Lord of the Rings was a sell out. In that single showing it is estimated that the film took in a hefty $8 million. 

Dec 18: Pearl City: NBC is close to greenlighting a new Hawaii cop show titled "Pearl City".  Big thing is will the show be like the series Las Vegas and CSI where most all the shows are filmed in Los Angeles. 

Dec 18: ALF, the Next David Letterman: The past year has been filled with tales of efforts to return ALF to television. First we have been slammed with phone ads of ALF talking with sports stars about long distance phone service. Hey, the guy is from a far off galaxy. Who would no long distance better than him? Then the creators of ALF have been pushing a stupid talk show idea to every network. You would expect to see the talking fur ball on the Sci-Fi Channel, but Nickelodeon has is now developing a talk show titled "Alf's Hit Talk Show". ALF name is Gordon Shumway, and is voiced by Paul Fusco. 

Dec 18: 50,000 Cable Boxes: Two morons were busted on Wednesday for selling 50,000 illegal cable boxes allowing users to get premium programming for free. They were charged with 13 counts that include mail fraud, money laundering, and unlawful interception of cable services. Are they in trouble? Oh yeah... these bozos grossed over $10 million in sales. Both Darryl Poll of Simi Valley, Ca. (age 41) and Las Vegas resident Carlo Mireles (age 29) are out on bail. They face up to 62 years in prison and a fine of $3.5 million. 

Dec 18: Azkaban Digitized For IMAX: Come June when the third Harry Potter film hits theaters, Prisoner of Azkaban will also land in the small IMAX market. The first two Harry Potter films have grossed $1.9 billion dollars for Warner Bros. 

Dec 18: Enterprise: Star Trek Voyagers helmsman Tom Paris, aka actor Robert Duncan McNeil will be directing an episode of Enterprise in February. 

Dec 18: Goblet of Fire: Just finished reading the fourth Harry Potter novel "The Goblet of Fire". The best of the first four by far. The writing was excellent and I found the novel geared more for teens to adult rather than the younger audience. While much of the book will not be in the film, it should make for a great adventure. 

Dec 17: Storm: X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner is planning to use the third X-Men film as a leaping platform for a Wolverine spin-off. Everyone knows this, but she is also planning using the film as a springboard for Halle Berry's Storm character. 

Dec 17: X-Men 3 Update: Donner was also spilled the beans that Femke Janssen will return in the third film as Jean Gray, who will be transformed into the Phoenix as it lead up to at the end of the second film.  Halle Berry is blackmailing the producers with threats that she will not return to the franchise unless her character has more to do. Donner insists that they have a great storyline for her character.  It would be better if the role of Storm was recast. 

Dec 17: $6 Million Man: Actor Lee Majors, who played the original bionic man in the television series, is happy that Jim Carrey will take on the role in the comedic version in development right now. 

Dec 17: Young Indy: The Digital Bits website has heard rumor that fans of the Young Indiana Jones series can expect to see the DVD's very soon. 

Dec 17: Wizards: The incredible animated feature Wizards will be sliding back to DVD next year. Ralph Bakshi will be recording his audio commentary for the DVD very soon.

Dec 15: Babylon 5 Gets Big: The Babylon 5 project JMS doesn't want to tell anyone about looks to be a Feature Film. A UK source for the Dark Horizons website reports that Winchester Films is in discussions with creator J. Michael Strazynski about taking the series to the big screen. The project would begin shooting late 2004 should it happen. Winchester Films would have to be working with Warner Bros. for this to take place. 

Dec 13: Return of King DVD: Fans will be happy to know that they can expect a DVD release of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King to be over 4hrs and 30min. The theatrical release will be a mere 3hrs and 20min. King opens Dec. 17th. Image the hack job required to remove 1hr and 10min from this epic tale? "Dammit Jim! I'm a hollywood executive, not a story teller!" 

Dec 13: Anchor Bay SOLD: Fans know this company for putting out DVD boxed sets of television series. Anchor Bay has been sold to IDT Entertainment, who are a multinational telephone & technology company... "Oh Great!" The company wants everyone to know that customers will see no visible change in product distribution, etc. Through negotiations the company has been purchasing the rides to animated series such as Spiderman, Beast Wars, and Reboot. Chances are fans will now being seeing these sets on DVD. The have also purchased the rights to Gene Roddenberry projects Starpoint Academy and Char. IDT seems to working hard already to become a huge distribution company. But!!! Will they be smart enough to know that cheaper, sells more. Anchor Bay comes with 3500 owned or licensed titles. IDT intends to increase their library. 

Dec 13: Carnivale A Go: HBO has given the thumbs up for a second season of it's first year series Carnivale for another 13 episodes. Production is slated for the fall, which means a late 2004 premiere. Ronald D. Moore however will not be returning for the second season. Howard Klein and Daniel Knauf will be returning. It is unknown which characters will be returning since several where left hanging at the end of the first season. 

Dec 13: UPN Shakedown: With the Parkers wrapping after just 19 episodes and being one of UPN's best rated shows, it could signal a major shake-up for the network this fall. The network is last in the ratings and seldom attempts changes to make things better, beyond having a quick axe. 

Dec 13: More Little House?: ABC has greenlit a new mini-series that will be more faithful to the novels unlike the Michael Landon series of the same name. 

Dec 13: The Extreme Team: Also being call "The X-Team"  New telefilm with production already completed about A secret Black Ops rescue team made up of Gen X extreme sport athletes go to New Zealand to save a former member that has been kidnapped. Telefilm stars Jeremy Kewley, Eric Mabius, Ling Bai, Chris Pratt, Paul Francis, and Elizabeth Lackey.  This one reminds me of the Fox telefilm... Blade Squad. 

Dec 12: Khitomer Site Down: For the fans burning their own DVD's and using VCD/DVD clamshells and labels from Khitomer, the site is down. The guys over there are having trouble with their host, who has serious hardware errors.  It is unknown what the problem is and when it will be back online. http://www.khitomer.net 

Dec 12: Spiderman 2 Online: The new trailer for Spiderman 2 will be posted online December 15th at exactly 12:01am EST on Yahoo.com. Spiderman 2 opens in theaters July 2004. 

Dec 12: Jake 2.0 Gets Bionic: Lee Majors, once the Bionic Man, will be showing up on Jake 2.0 in Wednesday's episode "Double Agent". He plays the character Richard Fox, who's brought out of retirement by the NSA to help Jake brink in a double agent played by Barbara Tyson. 

Dec 12: Catwoman Doomed?: One of the reports that the Superhero Hype website got from someone on the set is that Warner Bros. is working closely with the production and requested 15 minutes of rough footage that's been shot to make sure they liked it. They are "being careful" with Catwoman and have what appears to be the dreaded "hands on approach". This generally means box office flop. To much studio hands on meana dismal results for fans. This one could be another Wild Wild West disaster - Great cast, big budget, monster flop. 

Dec 11: Galactica Mini-Ratings: While some were disappointed with the mini-series overall Battlestar Galactica averaged a 3.5 ratings over the two night run. (That's 4.6 million viewers) The four-hour mini-series had the channel's best ratings for 2003 and third best ever for the network. I doubt the ratings were good enough to warrant a new series. For Battlestar Galactica's sake, I hope not. 

Dec 11: Galactica Overview: I enjoyed the mini-series better than any episodes of the original. The special effects were outstanding. Most of the acting was very good, with the exception of Starbuck. The actress did not fit the role. I found the mini-series slow in many places, but that is also due to the budget restraints that come with the Sci-Fi Channel. This one did not get the $20 million that the dune mini-series had. AICN's review of the mini-series was the biggest piece of crap they have run. The mini-series could have been better, but it was very good for being on the Sci-Suk Channel. 

Dec 11: Enterprise to Die: It has been confirmed that this seasons episode total will be 24 rather than 26. UPN and Paramount have decided to allow the Star Trek franchise to die as they will NOT be moving the series to Friday nights.  Can fans say... "Thank you Rick Berman." With the great work Michael Pillar, former Trek executive producer, has done with USA networks The Dead Zone and most recently the Battlestar Galactica mini-series he should have been given the reins for the Star Trek franchise. It might be in a different place right now. 

Dec 11: Smithsonian Lays An Egg:  The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has added an EGG from James Cameron's "Aliens" along with a copy of the films screenplay and movie poster. 

Dec 11: New Warhammer 40K: THQ has announced a follow-up video game to its recent Wahammer 40,000: Fire Warrior. The new title will be Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.  It is schedule for PC release in the fall of 2004. (From THQ)

Dec 10: Batman: Christian Bale, Michael Cain and Viggo Mortensen and Katie Holmes in the new Batman film. Well, Lord of the Rings co-star Mortensen hasn't signed on yet, but director Christopher Nolan wants the star to take on the role of the Villain in the fifth Batman installment. Katie Holmes on the other hand has signed on to play the love interest for Christian Bale/Batman Production on Batman is slated to begin in April 2004.  Any reason that every film Batman has to have a love interest. It's usually a wasted role to get the token babe in the films. The comics seldom showed Batman in love. It isn't needed in a superhero film. 

Dec 10: 10-8 in Trouble: The new ABC drama 10-8 has had its full season order cut back just 15 episodes this season. This may not be a bad thing this season for the show however. ABC wants the Sunday 8pm time-slot to launch a new mid-season replacement series. The network has 10 series waiting on the bench to get some viewer time. 10-8 averages a decent  8.3 million viewers. (futon critic)

Dec 10: Goblet of Fire: Director Mike Newell will helm the fifth Potter film. He is worried about the history of the previous three films messing up his own creativity on the feature. He will be picking up the crew from the third film to keep the young actors with familiar faces. Newell is extremely happy with the technicians and crew from the Potter films. The producers and studio are telling Newell they want his unique vision in the film, but he is still tied down to the characters and history already done with the franchise. 

Dec 10: Enterprise Moving?: Is UPN and Paramount finally pulling some head out of their asses? They practically waited til the show is dead, but FINALLY there is rumor that Enterprise, and likely Jake 2.0, may be moving from Wednesday to Friday. The line-up on Wednesday is just to strong for Enterprise and Jake 2.0 to gain audience. Swapping Thursday nights with Smackdown would have been better. Friday is a rough night to get viewers. Most recently has been the demise of Dark Angel, John Doe, and Firefly on Friday nights. If UPN fails to move Enterprise season 4 next year will be the series last. 

Dec 9: Enterprise Trouble Again: the Dark Horizons website has post a rumor that Producers of the show were given a memo that this years 26 episodes would be cut down to 24, and next season would also be just 24 and the shows final season. Enterprise has really been pounded this year with Stagnant effort by Paramount to make the show better and UPN to move the show to another night. Berman and Braga have also done little to make the show unique. If the show is canceled after its fourth season, it has been a total team effort to make sure this show would fail. 

Dec 9: Farscape Mini: It's pretty much official that Hensen Studios and the Sci-Fi Channel are green on the mini-series. The new mini-series slated to close up all the loose ends, is set to begin production December 15th and the original stars will be reprising their roles. 

Dec 9: Daredevil: The man who has made a living off not be able to really act in big budget films, Ben Affleck, tells the Sci-Fi Wire website that he is reluctant to reprise the role of Daredevil. It might be to much work for him. This, coming from a guy who does a piece of shit movie with JLO and then runs to do Paycheck.  He told the site he isn't banging down the door to get Daredevil II made, but would don the cowl for a cameo in Elektra. What a puss. Could have his own superhero franchise, but it's too much work for all that easy money. Asswipe! Ahhh go booze it up yah punk.

Dec 9: Cat Sucks: Movie Goers were told that Cat in the Hat sucks, but no one wanted to listen. After its first week at number one movie goers told their friends to save the money for something else. The Cat fell from the number one spot to fifth place after its second week earning just $7.3 million. 

Dec 9: B5 Movie Boxed Set: There is a new Babylon 5 boxed set coming out that will package all five telefilms neatly together. JMS will have commentary on "In The Beginning" and "The Gathering". This should hit stores following the fifth and final season boxed set of Bablyon 5 in 2004. 

Dec 9: Crusade: Warner Bros is so pleased with the DVD sales of Babylon 5 that are rewarding fans with a B5: Crusade boxed set sometime in 2004. 

Dec 6: X-Men 3 Creeps Forward: A third X-Men film is finally beginning to creep forward as Fox has entered negotiations with Brian Singer. He has already inked a deal with Fox to develop projects that he will direct and produce. One stumbling block with the third film will be the cost. The actors were signed for two pictures and new deals will have to be worked out for the new film, which means a larger budget. Halle Berry believes she is worth two or three times what she was making to reprise her role as Storm. She isn't interested unless Storm has a larger role in the film. Fans could see less returning stars for new X-Men characters. 

Dec 6: Dr. Jekyll is That You?:  The Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde horror tale is making a come back at Dimension Films. Mike Fleiss will be producing the retelling, that will be based on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic. 

Dec 6: Get Conan: While the Rock, Dwayne Johnson, is planning to have a blast doing the sequel to Get Shorty titled "Be Cool" with Travolta and Uma Thurman, he isn't so sure he wants to step into roles that Arnold Swartzennegger has made his own. While the discussions are constantly out there about about the wrestler turned actor taking over for Arnold, he's not so sure he wants the role of Conan, Terminator, or Predator star. 

Dec 6: Wuhrer is Forsaken: B Movie babe Kari Wurher will get forsaken in a new direct to video production of The Prophecy: Forsaken. This is the fourth Prophecy film with a fifth right behind titled The Prophecy: Uprising. Wuhrer has done television and feature films. (Sliders, Anaconda and most recently Eight Legged Freaks). Wuhrer was born in 1967, stands 5'5" and weighs in at 105lbs. For the guys... Her boob job came after her role in  Anaconda. 

Dec 5: 4400: USA network has ordered a pilot telefilm which centers around 4400 people who were abducted by UFO's and returned with no memory of their experience. Each of them was gone from one month to several decades. The pilot will premiere in the summer of 2004. Production is slated to begin in February. It is being produced by Viacom Productions and Renegade 83. 4400 is from Francis Ford Coppola, Rene Enchevarria (Dark Angel) and Maira Suro. 

Dec 4: Carnivale on HBO: The new dark drama on HBO, Carnivale, is pretty close to earning a second year renewal. The series is just finishing up its first season with some very interesting twists and turns. 

Dec 4: Alien Quadrilogy: The new nine-disc set is moving steadily off the shelf since yesterday. If you're looking to pick up a set for Christmas check our Costco or Price-Costco where they are selling the impressive set for just $61.99. The MSRP on the set is $99.99. I believe Wallmart has the set for $69.99. Get yours today. 

Dec 4: 47 With Chrildren: Actress Geena Davis (the Fly, Cutthroat Island) is pregnant with twins at the age of 47 with her 33 year old husband Dr. Reza Jarrahy. 47?  Her husband is a neurosurgeon. Maybe he is treating her for brain damage. Davis isn't big on sticking with husbands to long. She has previously been married to director Rinny Harlin, Jeff Goldbloom and Richard Emmolo. 

Dec 4: Mortal Souls Options: Blue Cactus Pictures has optioned the rights to the comic book Mortal Souls from Steven Grant. Grant has worked on Marvel Comics The Punisher, Robocop, Superman and Catwoman. Mortal Souls is published by Avatar Press. 

Dec 3: Sci-Fi Channel Gets Dead Lawyers: The Sci-Fi Channel has finally decided on another low budget series project titled "Dead Lawyers" from the Zanuck Co and Sony Television. This project has been waiting on the go-ahead for several months.  They have picked up Sean Patrick Flanery (Young Indiana Jones, The Dead Zone, The Strip) and Oscar winner F Murray Abraham to star in the series pilot. Flanery stars as Jimmy Quinn, a ruthless, soulless attorney to the rich and famous. When he dies in a car crash, Quinn is sent back to Earth where he must work pro bono cases until he can undo all of the harm he has apparently done to society. He joins mentor Abraham at a law firm of dead attorneys, all of whom are similarly trying to atone for their corporate sins. Dead Lawyers will be directed by NYPD Blue helmer Christopher Murphey. Production is slated to begin this month (december) in Toronto. (zap2it.com) 

Dec 3: Firefly Boxed Set: Did you enjoy the short lived series? Enough the purchase the short first season?  On December 9th you get your chance to purchase the boxed set on DVD, which includes the three unaired episodes. Firefly includes commentary by cast and crew; a gag reel, deleted scenes and a musical performance by Adam Baldwin. Best of all... the episodes are presented in Widescreen as they were originally filmed. That mean uncut for the commercial experience. 

Dec 3: Jeremiah Update: Looks like Showtime will broadcast the remaining Jeremiah Season Two episodes beginning sometime in March 2004. What about season 3 ???  According to a member of the show, MGM is attempting to set up season 3 without J. Michael Strazcynski (he resigned from the show at the end of season two) at Showtime or somewhere else. 

Dec 3: Galactica Companion Is Here: It's out, just in time for the new Battlestar Galactica mini-series. The new Battlestar Galactica Companion, from authors Ritchie F. Levine and David Criswell,  however is geared for the original series. It's stuffed with all things Battlestar including interviews with cast and crew. You can pick up the new  companion online from Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. It currently priced at $39.98. Order your copy today. 

Dec 3: Babylon 5: The recent DVD sales might have a bit to do with Warner Bros. interest in the defunct series resurrection. J. Michael Straczynski moved his new Babylon 5 project in the writing phase as the project has moved from discussion to money. He is writing furiously tells JMS to the Babylon 5 message board. JMS has plenty of time after abandoning his Showtime series Jeremiah, stating he cannot stand the way MGM dominates and controls the show. He also stated that he will never work for MGM again under its present administration. 

Dec 2: Classics Gone?: There are some sources/rumors that the Sci-Fi Channel will be dumping the classics from their programming. The rumor reports this to be for more new programming, but should the channel do this they will have NOTHING to air during the day for their entire broadcasting days. 

Dec 2: Comcast Fucks Fans: Comcast has made a drastic move taking the Sci-Fi Channel from it's basic package and moving it to their digital package - which means fans must pay for the channel. There is nothing on the channel worth dumping a monthly extra fee/charge to watch. Nice work Comcast, really nice. I had their shitty service when I lived in California. Had to wait almost 8 months when the channel came online for them to pick it up. They suck.

Dec 2: The Hobbit: Peter Jackson hasn't had enough. The Director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy is interested in helming a feature film version of "The Hobbit". Jackson will make at least his King Kong feature before working on the Hobbit. 

Dec 2: Timeline Sucks: Well, the book was boringly long, and fans who read any of the book knew that any adaptation to the big screen would not be worth the $7 to $10 to see it. The feature tanked at the box office earning just $12.6 million over the five day weekend. Look for the DVD release next week... just kidding. 

Dec 2: Passion Wanted at Vatican: The Vatican has requested a free early  secret viewing of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ". Mel Gibson has yet to agree but likely will.  Hey, pay your $10 bucks like everyone else. 

Dec 2: Doom: Every studio seems interested in this game as a feature film, but don't really want to do anything with it. First Columbia had and then Universal - neither stepping up and developing the project. Now Warner Bros has their hands on it and are moving very slowly. The first draft is just now getting done. This time WB has deadlines to get a script, greenlight the project and start production or the rights revert back to the gaming company. Warner says they are serious about the project. 

Dec 2: The Taken Channel: With the way the Sci-Fi Channel is pounding it long mini-series TAKEN at viewers they should change the channels name to the Taken Channel. The mini-series had a rather disappointing ending after what... 20 hours. Taken just wasn't good enough to keep pounding over and over at viewers. Give it a rest. 

Dec 2: X-Files 2: David Duchovny told fans on the Razor gaming website that the second X-Files film is currently in development with filming possibly starting as early as sometime next year. 

Dec 2: Alien Rumor: The Dark Horizons website has a big rumor that due to the success of the Alien limited re-release Fox is ready to continue the franchise and has signed the 50+ year old Sigourney Weaver for Alien 5. Like the site I seriously doubt this is true. 

Dec 2: Clint With the Bat: Another quick rumor is that Clint Eastwood has been offered the role of Gotham City's Major and looks to be excited with the role. 

Dec 2: Stargate SG-1: The Sci-Fi Channel will resume the seventh season of the series beginning January 9th at 9pm. 

Dec 2: Monk Returns: The third season of Monk returns to the USA network with seven new episodes on January 16th at 10pm. 

Dec 1: Aliens: Look for the Alien Quadrilogy tomorrow December 2nd at your local retailer. Shop around for the nine disc boxed set of the four special edition features.  It can be had for as low as $69.99 but retails for $99.99.  Costco should be selling the boxed sets for this price. Best Buy could offer the sets this low the first day or two. Amazon online is offering the set for $69.99. 

Dec 1: Fast and the Furious 3: Paul Walker who starred in both films believes that after the success of the sequel Vin Diesel might be ready to return for the third film. (zap2it.com)  Why would Diesel return to this franchise when he refused to return to the xXx franchise that was such a hit? 

Dec 1: Pitch Black: Remember this sleeper hit? Don't forget to look for Vin Diesel's new trilogoy (the Chronicles of Riddock) based on his character from the film beginning in June 2004. 

Dec 1: King Kong: Lord of the Rings actor Ian McKellen, has told the zap2it website that he might have a part in Peter Jackson's upcoming King Kong project. McKellen is more than willing to do the role, whatever it is. 

Dec 1: Everett Burrell: Burrell contributed to the stunning special effects we say in the Dune Mini-Series on the Sci-Fi Channel. He has left Cantina Pictures to join Caf'e FX as their Animation Supervisor. For Cantina Burrell served as the Special Effects Super, and 3D animator, modeler, texture artist and 2D compositor. Caf'e FX just finished up their effects for the feature film "Gothika"

Nov 27: Tru For More: Fox has picked up another seven episodes of their new series "Tru Calling". This will bring the first season to 20 episodes. The remaining two were not picked up due to baseballs post season. The pickup comes despite poor ratings for the series at just over 4 million viewers. Tru Calling is the seasons least watched show. 

Nov 27: Indy IV: IndyExperience.com is reporting that the final Indiana Jones feature could be gearing up into pre-production. Rumors are that artists have begun working on storyboards and concept artwork. 

Nov 27: Andromeda: The changes for the series have not been so well received by fans this season. Looks like some fans are walking away from the series. Ratings are down, especially last week when the ratings were just 1.9, falling to fourth place. Mutant X took the top spot tied with repeats of Stargate SG-1 at 2.3. The second season of She Spies is at 2.1 with Andromeda down to 1.9 barely beating repeats of Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  I don't watch the show anymore. To many storyline changes.