Oct 30: Enterprise: I find it amazing that UPN is just sitting with their heads up their asses while Enterprise and Jake 2.0 get pounded in the ratings each week. How do you save the shows and improve the ratings? Tough if you don't move them. Smallville & Angel are dominating the night, and even though Enterprise is probably having its best season and Jake 2.0 is a decent series people aren't tuning in. Many that I know, watch the WB and record UPN to watch the shows later. That doesn't earn ratings for UPN. Why not a million dollar or two give-a-way in prizes. Something that can be carried out over a four week period, and must be reported during the run of the show to count. Make people watch, and after the give-a-way maybe some will stay because they find out they like the series. 

Oct 30: Ghost Rider: The Marvel Comics project Ghost Rider, to star Nicolas Cage, has had production pushed back late into 2004, which means a summer 2005 release at the earliest. (yahoomovies.com)

Oct 30: Resident Evil: Apocalypse:  The sequel to poor performing original has been pushed back for months to September 24th. (yahoomovies.com)

Oct 30: UFO May Return: The British based series looks to be reworked for the US. UFO is being adapted for US Television by Carlton America, the US based arm of the UK's Carlton. "Outer Limits" veterans Pen Densham, Neil Kaplan and John Watson of Trilogy Entertainment are doing the work. 

Oct 28: No Jinx: MGM has pulled the plug on its proposed James Bond spin-off feature based on the character Jinx. 

Oct 28: Nightingale: UPN is developing a new supernatural series based around a woman who's guided by unseen forces to fight evil at night, but has no memory of doing so once the sun rises. Brandon Camp and Mike Thompson (John Doe) are writing and executive producing via Sony Pictures Television. 

Oct 28: Navy: NCIS: The new CSI series spun-off from a JAG episode has been picked up for the full season by CBS. 

Oct 28: Joan: CBS has also picked up surprise hit (I still don't care for the show) Joan of Arcadia for a full first season. 

Oct 28: Lions to buy Artisan: Lions Gate is acquiring the Canadian based Artisan Entertainment. Lions gate will purchase the company for about $155 million and assume an additional $55 million in the companies debt. (Hollywood Reporter)

Oct 28: Phantom: Hyde Park and Crusader Entertainment have hired Olympic gold medalist turned feature film scribe Mel Stewart to pen a script based on the well known comic strip. (Hollywood Reporter) 

Oct 28: Laurence Fishburne: The actor is following Russell Crowe's idea and is refusing to talk with internet journalists. Rather than give a warning as Crowe did,  Fishburne simply refused to speak with them during a scheduled round table for the online press.  What an asshole move. 

Oct 28: Rome: HBO and the BBC have greenlit a 12 episode series based on the Ancient Roman Empire. Production is scheduled to begin next year at Rome's Cinecitta Studios with location shoots throughout Europe and North America. Rome has an episode budget of a whopping $5 million. The project has been in development for over three years. (Hollywood Reporter) This project sounds really awesome. 

Oct 26: V, The Return: With the scripting underway, it looks like Marc Singer, Robert Englund, Faye Grant and Jane Badler are going to return. All of them have expressed an interest to return. Johnson however wants everyone to remember, that at this point NO ONE is confirmed. 

Oct 26: AvsP: The lead actress has been hired to star in the upcoming Alien vs Predator feature film. She is, Sanaa Lathan, and joins Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, and Ewen Bremner. 

Oct 26: Man-Thing: Artisan Entertainment is set to bring Man-Thing to the big screen in a collaboration with Marvel Studios and Fierce Entertainment. The feature will star Jack Thompson, Matt Le Nevez, Rawiri Paratene, Steve Bastoni, and Rachel Taylor. Post-Production is underway, and it's set for theaters August 27, 2004. The $15 million budgeted horror flick was once to be a direct to video film, but will be given a chance at the box office. Horror flicks are the hot subject matter these days. Investors want to see if Man-Thing can become a viable movie franchise, aka Blade. 

Oct 26: Not enough Blue: Enterprise producers can't get enough of them blue Andorians. Jeffrey Combs will again don the green costume and make-up for his recurring Andorian character Shran. The episode will be titled Proving Ground. So much for the expanse and kicking some alien ass. Isn't everything in Enterprise tinged with... BLUE?

Oct 26: War of the Worlds RPG: Gold Rush Games has come up with a War of the Worlds RPG source book. It's based on the original science-fiction classic novel by H.G. Wells. The book includes both the complete text of the original novel by H.G. Wells, as well as a sourcebook containing information about the people, places and equipment found in the novel. The source book section includes Action! System and d20 System stats for the major characters, the Martians and Martian equipment, allowing you to
incorporate The War of the Worlds into your adventure roleplaying game using the Action! System or d20 System. The price on the source book is $24.95.

Oct 26: Jake 2.0 Has a Hard Road: UPN looks to be making sure that Enterprise and Jake 2.0 don't make it beyond this season. Poor Jake is getting beat up despite the nanites making him a bit more powerful. The show is being for to go head to head with ABC's  The Bachelor, WB's Angel, NBC's The West Wing, and CBS's 

Oct 23: Goonies II: the sequel to Goonies looks to be getting underway pretty soon. Richard Donner has been seen in Astoria scouting locations for months. The script is complete and he's told most of the cast that Speilberg has given the thumbs up for the project. The reason for the wait has been on Sean Astin, who been doing re-shoots for the final Lord of the Rings film. Goonies 2 is scheduled to be release to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the original film. (moviehole.net)

Oct 23: Andromeda Slips: The number one syndicated series Andromeda and number two show Mutant X ratings have fallen below the 2.0 mark while She Spies jumps to the number one spot as the number one syndicated first run show with a 2.4 rating. Repeats of Stargate SG-1 is number two in the overall genre ratings at 2.1. Mutant X and Andromeda have fallen to 1.8 each. This could have something to do with the baseball playoffs. What is amazing is that Tribune Entertainment has beat the hell out of Andromeda changing the series plot and cast members to improve ratings and the ratings have remained the same through its four seasons. 

Oct 22: UFO: The 26 episodes of the series UFO are slated for boxed set release on Oct. 28, 2003. The 8 DVD set will include extras for an unimpressive $79.99. 

Oct 22: King Arthur: Clive Owens has landed the role of King Arthur in the upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer Arthur flick. (Chicago Sun)

Oct 22: Alien vs Predator: Filming on the film begins shooting next week in Prague. 

Oct 22: Pirates Trilogy: After Disney said this sequel would be the last one based on a park ride comes word that Disney is now considering filming two Pirates of the Caribbean sequels back to back ala Matrix. The company has seen what a box office bonanza Lord of the Rings and Matrix have/will be. They want to cash in on the cash cow too. 

Oct 21: Enterprise HD News: Finally today, Enterprise fans will be happy to learn that the show will now be broadcast in full 1080i HD resolution by UPN affiliates starting with tomorrow night's episode, thanks to a new promotional partnership with Zenith. So there's another good reason to pick up that new widescreen Digital TV. (Bruce)

Oct 20: I-Man Scripts: The first set of scripts have been put up on eBay for bidding. Here's a list of the first set... START BIDDING!
1. 2565833513
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7. 2565833460
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Prices do not include shipping. That will be handled after the bidding concludes. 

Oct 20: Massacre: The new version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre opened at the box office in the top spot this weekend taking in an estimated $29.1 million. 

Oct 20: Pirates Steal at the Box Office: Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean hit the $300 million mark over the weekend. The only other film hitting that mark this year was another Disney flick, Finding Nemo. 

Oct 17: A Sell Out: AICN ruler Harry Knowles has agreed to produce a comedy titled Ghost Town for Revolution Studios, based on his own pitch to them. This brings to light the many complaints against Knowle and the website for being less than biased on their website over the past year or so. Hard to be honest about feature films and rumors when your trying to get in. Time to give up the website. 

Oct 20: Ben Affleck, IDIOT-Savant: Well, the underwhelming actor, has launch himself into the extreme right wing idiot catagory thanks to his recent comments. The politically challenged actor falls into the idiot catagory with the likes of Susan Sarandon, The Dixie Chicks, Tim Robbins, and Alec Baldwin. Real winners from the Hollywood world. Nice, real nice.

Oct 20: Pamela Anderson: Porn star and actress, we use that term loosely, is going after KFC for their treatment of chickens and they way they are killed. I would like her to be informed that all these chickens demanded a beheading after being subjected to one of Anderson's acting performances. Her best performances were below the waist in the Pam and Tommy video. 

Oct 20: Cold Cases: CBS has ordered an unknown amount of new scripts for the new series doing average in the ratings. 

Oct 20: Joan of Arcadia: CBS has not yet ordered a full season of the series, but did ask for six more teleplays (scripts). The series is one of the bigger successes this season, but I find the drama less than average family fair. 

Oct 20: Las Vegas: As you may have heard that the new series Las Vegas has had the back nine episodes picked up by NBC. 

Oct 17: Matrix Revolutions: The third and final installment comes in at just 128 minutes. Much shorter than the previous two films. 

Oct 17: Van Helsing: The crew for Van Helsing will get into the reunion mode for two-weeks beginning Monday as they gather in LA to re-shoot some footage for the feature film. 

Oct 16: Sell Out: Harry Knowles who runs AICN has struck a deal with Revolution Studios to produce a comedy, Ghost Town, from his own pitch. Kind of hard to be un-biased in your reviews and information when this happens. Puts the website under the microscope as to just how honest can they really be on what they report. It's a great thing for Knowles, but it's time to give up the website. 

Oct 16: New Syndication: Mutant X and Andromeda as expected are still the top dogs in the scifi syndicated first run market. Each series earning a 2.1 rating over their first weeks. What is really unique is that repeats of Adventure Inc. from its first and only season are still earning a 1.4 rating. This series should not have been canceled after its first season. After cancellation Adventure Inc. has gain a monstrous audience as more people have been given the opportunity to see it. 

Oct 16: Barbarella: The long awaited project "Barbarella" from Drew Barrymore's production company is finally moving forward after being on hold for two years. Luckily the new Barbarella feature will NOT resemble the 1968 cheesey scifi adventure starring Jane Fonda. It will be based on the two untranslated French comic books. 

Oct 14: IMan Scripts For Sale: Beginning October 17th on Ebay fans can begin bidding on Invisible Man Scripts. Included will be writers first drafts (these are RARE) and production drafts. These are real scripts, in good shape, that were used by cast or crew. Six to Ten scripts will be put online at a time, to be auctioned over a three day period. With a movie in development and the cult fan base the series is becoming these could become quite collectible. 

Oct 14: Ash to Kick Ass: The Fangoria Website has confirmed that Bruce Campbell will star (and kick ass) as ASH in the sequel to Freddie vs Jason. 

Oct 14: Die Hard 4: Mark Bomback (the Godsend) has been hired to pen the script for Die Hard 4. (Variety)

Oct 11: Bewitched: Saturday Night Live alumni Will Farrell (Night at the Roxbury) has signed on to star in the upcoming Bewitched feature film as Darrin Stevens. Bewitched is based on the 60's television series turned movie franchise. 

Oct 11: Jake 2.0: The new series following Star Trek: Enterpise is proving it can carry the load. While Enterprise is earning a 2.6 rating share, and Jake 2.0 is keeping most of the lead in audience with a 2.3 audience share. UPN still needs to move these two shows to another night. Smallville & Angel are killing them in the ratings. OR... come up with a gimmick to pull in viewers for several weeks. Guarantee an extended audience for a month and see if you can keep some of them. 

Oct 11: In Living Color: The series that re-launched Jim Carrey's career is coming to DVD in the near future. 

Oct 11: Zorro 2 is On: Director Martin Campbell has confirmed to LatinoReview.com that he will helming the sequel to Zorro starring Antonio Banderas. Negotiations are in progress with Catherine Zeta Jones to return  and Anthony Hopkins is interested to return in possible flashback scenes. Zorro 2 is slated for a 2004 release. (darkhorizons.com)

Oct 11: King Conan: John Milius plans to move ahead without Arnold Schwartzenegger. (page six)

Oct 11: Lost in Space Project Update: Variety has learned that the WB will be paying out $2 million for the pilot, and $1.2 million for each episode of the series. Best news of all it that the robot will be there and Dr. Smith will NOT. While having space creature, blaster weapons and all the goodies like that, the series will be about they typical American family. 

Oct 11: Nine Lives: The recently reported Stephen Spielberg project for the Sci-Fi Channel will come in at about 18 hours. 

Oct 11: Alias Mom Tossed: I guess it is possible to price yourself off a series - at least if your a supporting role. Lena Olin who played Sydney's mother in Alias will not be returning after asking for to much money. 

Oct 11: Without a Trace: The Bruckheimer series following another Bruckheimer project, CSI, is taking a hold on the 10pm audience. The juggernaut ER, recently upended from the number one drama spot by CSI, has Without a Trace creeping up its ass now. The top four shows in the ratings are CSI 19.2/27, Friends 16.1/24, ER 15.4/22, and Without a Trace 13.1/19. With Friends ending near mid-season Without  a Trace could be in the number two spot by seasons end. However, if the Friends audience jumps to the number six show Scrubs or sevens Will & Grace things could change drastically.  

Oct 11: Untouchables: Director Michael Bay and UC: Undercover creator Shane Salerno are teaming up with ABC in a new pilot about the real-life war between Eliot Ness and gangster Al Capone. Both would serve as executive producers on the new series. Salerno is scripting the pilot and Bay will direct.  (Cinescape.com)

Oct 9: Demonologist Network: Clive Barker, who latest choices in projects have been horrible, is bring his demons to NBC in a new series for the fall 2004 season. The pilot titled "Demonologist" will be loosely based on the novel of the same name from Gerald Daniel Brittle. 

Oct 9: Lost In Space - Official: The official word greenlighting the pilot for Lost in Space came today as previously reported. 

Oct 9: T4 News: Arnold is pretty much out. Being considered now for the Terminator role is offering the part to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Something that could put a fire back into the franchise. Even Linda Hamilton is being asked back for a dream sequence and they believe she might be interested. John Mostow will NOT be helming the fourth film. 

Oct 9: Catwoman: There is a rumor floating around that Halle Berry is already trying to get out of her sequel clause. 

Oct 9: Lost in Space DVD: The DVD boxed set of the first season will street January 13th, 2004. The boxed set will inlcude all 29 first season episodes plus the unaired pilot episode. The video is black and white, with mono sound in English. The price is an outrageous MSRP of $79.99. Just how many people will be interested at that price? Three? Four maybe? The set should be priced at $30 to $40 per season. (digitalbits.com)

Oct 9: Comp USA/Good Guys: Comp USA is spending $55,000,000 to purchase the flailing Good Guys company. Comp USA believes this will give them a special niche in the industry to sell their components and install them. This would now include HDTV, distributed audio, music servers, complete home theaters and more. 

Oct 8: I-Man Get Together: Paul Ben Victor and Vincent Ventresca (THE INVISIBLE MAN) are teaming up for a television appearance but not as the underpaid government agents, Hobbes and Fawkes. They will be sharing the small screen as gambling buddies, Michael (Ben Victor) and Elliot (Ventresca) in an upcoming episode of NBC’s new show, “Las Vegas”. According to the PerseusProject web site, the two friends were chosen for the roles because of their notable on-camera chemistry and are enjoying the reunion.  “We just finished our 3rd shooting day [Oct 6th] and it has been nothing but old days revisited," Ben Victor admitted. " We are [seen] throughout the episode and it should be quite a chuckle. We lost it today for a few minutes and we could barely get through the scene. Big laughs!!! We are comical characters for sure”. The name of the episode and its airing date have not been released yet, but rest assured, the ratings for the show will spike when it airs. (Joan)

Oct 8: xXx 2: While Vin Diesel will not be returning to the franchise in front of the screen, he will remain as an executive producer on the sequel. 

Oct 8: Man From Uncle: The Rights to the 1960's TV show "Man From Uncle" have been purchased by Ember Entertainment. The agents of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement team fight evil caused by a group called Thrush. No word yet if this will become a television project or feature film. Feature is written all over it, aka 007, and Mission Impossible. 

Oct 7: Tarzan: The WB's Tarzan premiered last night. Director David Nutter (Babylon 5) did an outstanding job with the first episode. It opened with a dark feel and held me through the one hour episode. The monkey fighting style designed for the Tarzan was incredible, as was the main characters acting. This series has potential to be the next smallville for the WB. The writers however must come up with some interesting stories to keep the series alive.

Oct 7: Joan of Arcadia: After watching two-episodes this one looks like a dude in the making. There was some decent dramatic scenes and the writing is simply so so at best. The writing seems stretched to cover the hour time-slot. Doubt I'll be watching anymore. After a few more episodes just about everyone in town will have talked to Joan as God. The novelty wears off after a while.

Oct 7: Navy NCIS: The show could go either way. I don't find any of the characters in the series as interesting as those in CSI or CSI: Miami.  The problem with the series is more towards the writing than the acting, which is average at best. 

Oct 7: Carnivale: The HBO series is excellent. I'm hooked to it after just the first episode, and the fourth aired last night against Tarzan. Gotta love the VCR. The series basically about good vs evil is much more with the writing, acting and backdrop of the series. There are characters for every viewer to find of interest. This is a must see. 

Oct 7: Jake 2.0: Interesting series from UPN that has the potential to become a solid performer behind Enterprise this season. Jake started slow and continues to find itself each week and it does get better. Unfortunately Enterprise and Jake are battle Smallville and Angel head to head on Wednesday's. If the first weeks ratings of these four fighting in the ratings, Jake is its lead in series are in trouble. Jake 2.0 could be outdated before it gets going. Maybe a little more James Bond style and Baywatch look, if you know what I mean...

Oct 7: Tru Calling: This one is to much like seven days without the time machine. The premise sucks, and the series appears doomed. 

Oct 7: The Handler: One word describes this series... BORING. The acting is lifeless, the writing is horrible in the Handler. No action and no drama... just boring. Tune in elsewhere - please. 

Oct 7: Las Vegas: This is another series that has potential depending on the shows writers. If they can tell a good story the acting is in place. It's great to see James Caan on the small screen. He even makes the bad writing sound good. I like the series, but it needs a bit more to keep people hanging around. Maybe some more scenes of Vegas and bit more action. Using more character driven stories rather than the standard Las Vegas stories would work well in the show. 

Oct 7: Threat Matrix: The only thing going for this series is the threat of an early cancellation notice. There's no cohesiveness with the actors. They just seem to be going through the motions of the script. Dialogue writing doesn't exist with Threat Matrix. Must have gotten their creative writing team from some mute clan in the backwoods of Africa or something. I don't know if they have watched television before. This was a really anticipated series, and fans have been very disappointed. 

Oct 7: The OC: More of a young persons series that easily relates to what Beverly Hills 90210 use to be. Seems to be the same target audience. The first two-episodes were pretty good and the series has done well in the ratings. Should be around for a while. 

Oct 7: Karen Sisko: Carla Gugino is beautiful, funny, and a good actress. But it's hard to buy this petite female in the role she plays. She lacks the build for the role, like no mucles at all. The series looks great and I really enjoyed the first episode. Could be a keep for several seasons, but she needs to bulk up a bit for the role. You can't toss guys around and throw a punch with no muscle behind it. Isn't going to happen. 

Oct 7: Andromeda: After watching this seasons first episode of Andromeda I was left wondering... what has this series accomplished in its three seasons?  Nothing. They've managed to change the shows basic plot every year and alienate all the people that created the series to begin with. I don't find the series moving forward and the fans are the ones left out in the cold of space waiting for what the series was suppose to have been. 

Oct 7: Prisoner of Azkaban: The Harry Potter project has picked up Emma Thompson to portray Professor Trelawney. 

Oct 7: Lost in Space: The new Lost in Space project has landed at the WB according to the DarkHorizons.com website. Brian Singer is excited to be working with John Woo on the project. Why is Woo doing the project when he said he doesn't like Sci-Fi? 

Oct 4: Universal Bones Lawless/Sorbo: Kevin Sorbo (Hercules) and Lucy Lawless (Xena) have filed lawsuit against Universal Studios. What has a Hollywood Studio done now? Glad you ask. breach-of-contract lawsuits against Universal Studios claiming that the studio cooked its books in order to prevent them from receiving a percentage of the grosses on their series. Lawless said her deal called for her to receive 5 percent of the adjusted
gross receipts, while Sorbo, in a separate suit, claimed 8 percent. However, they accused Universal of rigging its figures by inflating production and distribution costs. A Universal spokesperson said that the company does not
comment on lawsuits." (imbd.com) Remember Fox screwing David Duchovny the same way several years ago? Greedy bastards agree to a deal and then cook the books not to pay. 

Oct 4: Midler/Walken, aka Divas: Bette Midler and Christopher Walken, the stars of "The Stepford Wives" have been assholes on the set towards director Frank Oz. Supposedly things are settled now, but it never should have happened. This crap is starting to happen during many productions, and it does nothing but ruin the film for the fans when it's released. Believe it or not WE are the most important part of the puzzle. 

Oct 4: Teen Wolf: The Cheesey Teen Wolf character originally portrayed by Micheal J. Fox, is heading to UPN as a new series. UPN and Warner Bros. are looking to depart from the comedic portion of the two film franchise and create a Buffy-esque style series. A college student who finds himself to be a werewolf. Warner Bros. has purchased the rights from MGM and UPN has given a script commitment. 

Oct 4: Out of Diesel: Believe this or not but action star Vin Diesel has confirmed that he is out of the xXx franchise, and has no interested in returning to the character. Stepping into the role will be... Ice Cube. Not exactly the physical specimen, but could do nicely in the role.  To bad. I liked the film with Diesel. The script was very good, but he was. 

Oct 4: Star Trek TNG: Want a set of all seven seasons at one time? One price gets it all.  Well in the United Kingdom Paramount is planning a seven season boxed set titled... "The Borg Megacube". No word on a U.S. release. Do it with Deepspace Nine at a decent price and I'm there. 

Oct 4: Submariner (Prince Namor): From the pages of Superhero Hype. Kevin Feige of Marvel Comics told Wizard Magazine that the script is epic script for Prince Namor is complete. Now comes the fine tuning of the script to turn it into a masterpiece. 

Oct 3: Dr. Who: Tom Baker (Dr. #7) told the BBC local evening news that tranvestite english comedian Eddie Izzard is the new new doctor. (Grant) After the supposed leak the BBC website put information that Baker was making a comment that Izzard WOULD BE an interesting choice - but that is NOT what he said.  Time will tell. 

Oct 3: Anonymous Rex: The Sci-Fi Channel has FINALLY given the greenlit to put the pilot into production. Development has been done to create the effects techniques needed to create dinosaurs disguised as humans, which is what slowed down going into production. (Ron Wolfe) Check the website... www.ericgarcia.com for more information.

Oct 3: Tremors 4: A shitty series can't keep an a bad idea down. Despite poor performances by the defunct series, and two sequel films, there will be a Tremors 4 prequel direct to video feature. Expect the video in December of 2003. 

Oct 3: New DVD Series: Coming soon to DVD will be... The Tick on Sept. 30th. Black Scorpion on 9.23. Battlestar Galactica on 10.21 with the feature film due out the same day. The Lost World hits retailers on 11.04. Lost in Space joins the DVD craze on 1.6.04 and Jeremiah on 1.20.04

Oct 3: Catwoman: Time Magazine has a great image of the new Catwoman in costume. Halle Berry looks hot, in the revealing outfit. 

Oct 3: Batman: Things are shaping up on the new Batman feature. Chrstian Bale is set to don cape and cowl; the script is about ready, and they have a release date. Now, just do a good job with the production. 

Oct 3: Logan's Run: Should the film really get a remake? Sure the feature doesn't match the book, but it was a good flick. Be that as it may, the Dark Horizons website is reporting that Bryan Singer could be attached to helm the the proposed big budget remake. New Stuff? Nah!!!

Oct 3: Lord of the Rings Gets Loooong: AICN has learned that the run-time of the third and final Rings film "Return of the King" is a 3.5 hours. Any chance this will be getting a serious cut down? Sure hope not. 

Oct 3: Red Dwarf: Anyone else tired of the project already. Well, production has been delayed AGAIN. This time it's been pushed back until May of 2004. 

Oct 3: Stupid Stooge: There are some things you don't mess with. Well, maybe a lot of things. One of them is the classics, and that includes the comedy of the Three Stooges. But nothing is sacred anymore. Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. has greenlit the Farrelly Bros. desire to revisit the comedy team. Stupid... 

Oct 3: Weaver Hot For an Alien: Sigourney Weaver is HOT for an Alien 5 feature (big paycheck). She and Fox have talk to Ridley Scott about it. Scott says right now and nothing is serious. He isn't ever sure he would want to do it. If Weaver is in a new Alien 5 feature you can likely plan on a flop. She's a 50+ actress which puts fans off as a lead. Look at action stars Stallone and Schwarzenegger. Doesn't matter if the script and film are good. Old actor, no money at the box office. 

Oct 2: Carnivale: Excellent HBO series. If you haven't watched it yet, you have truly miss out on some excellent characters and writing. If you have HBO, take a chance a catch an epiosde. Nick Stahl is great in the series. 

Oct 2: Jimmy Smits: Smits, hot off his Star Wars gig, has a new series from Warner Bros. and Bruckheimer's Production company. Jimmy Smits (NYPD Blue) will play a Private Eye (original eh) who handles the problems of the rich and famous. Smits walked away from the hit series NYPD Blue and his five Emmy nominations.  Bruckheimer has also helped another NYPD Blue walk away return in a hit series in David Caruso - who stars in CSI: Miami.

Oct 2: Halle Walks: Actress Halle Berry (X-Men) has dumped her sex addicted husband, R&B singer Eric Benet. Hard to believe she dumped ex-baseball player David Justice for this guy. 

Oct 2: UPN Trouble: The WB wiped the floor on Wednesday Night with Smallville & Angel. Enterprise hit just a 2.6 with Jake 2.0 a dismal 1.7. Smallville crushed Enterprise with its 4.15 overnight which also decimated CBS & NBC in the 8pm timeslot. Jake on the other hand dropped from a 1.7 in the first half-hour to a 1.5 for the second.  Jake is to young to be taking on the fan base of Angel. Another week or two of this and Jake 2.0 will be done. Angels hour rating was comfortable 3.75 following Smallville.

Oct 2: UPN To Stick Around: UPN has signed a new multi-year deal with its Fox Affiliates. The deal, which is retro to Sept. 1 this year, includes Las Angeles, New York, and Chicago. The new deal saves UPN from losing nearly one-third of its market.