Apr 29: Andromeda X: The fall-out of Fireworks Entertainment closing is affecting Tribune Entertainment. Fans of Andromeda should know that this development does indeed affect Andromeda. It too has shut down production immediately. Tribune Entertainment had ordered the production on both series for the 2004/2005 season exercising it contractual options, which require it's partner to provide funding for the series. This means that Fireworks is responsible for the funding of both series despite closing shop. Litigation is currently underway with Fireworks claiming they are not obligated to participate in the further financing or production of either series. Tribune claims otherwise, but is unwilling to go forward with production if they have to come up with the funding. (futon critic) 

Apr 29: Sin City: The cast keeps growing. Nick Stahl (Terminator 3, Carnival) has joined the cast of Robert Rodriquez and Frank Miller's Sin City project. 

Apr 29: Elektra: IGN Filmforce is reporting news that actress/model Natassia Malthe has been cast to play the villain Typhoid Mary in the upcoming Daredevil spinoff Elektra, which stars Jennifer Garner and Terrance Stamp. 

Apr 29: Anthem: Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin are teaming up again on a new thriller titled Anthem. The film is a political thriller involving what happens when an impeached President of the United States refuses to surrender his position of leadership. Somehow the President's situation is tied up with a lone FBI agent that has discovered a conspiracy that threatens the fabric of the country's Constitution. Emmerich and Devlin are producing the new film, which they wrote together, at Columbia Pictures. They are bringing in a new fresh screenwriter to polish up the script. 

Apr 28: Andromeda Fate: The Fireworks shutdown could affect the new deal with the Sci-Fi Channel to pick up the final season of Andromeda. Andromeda could suffer the same fate as Mutant X. Tribune is just the distribution company and has little say in the status of Andromeda. If you've got the money, the Fireworks library could be yours. 

Apr 28: Alliance Atlantis: Another Canadian company has shut down the television production side of its company as of last week, with the exception of its C.S.I. franchise. The reason for the Fireworks and Alliance Atlantis shutdown is the gradual shrinking of the international syndicated markets. Something I have been bitching about for the past two years.  Cable networks are picking up repeats of newer series such as Friends, Frasier, Drew Carey, and other dramas to broadcast in these timeslots. The ratings are generally better for these shows than new syndicated television series. 

Apr 28: Van Helsing, The Series: NBC is developing a series based on the Steven Sommers feature starring Hugh Jackman. The series will be titled Transylvannia. The new series, should it happen, will take place in the world of Van Helsing. Sommers was asked to start writing the first six episodes and told NBC no. He was still in the middle of filming Van Helsing and may be working on the sequel, rather than writing for television. Buffy executive producer David Fury has been brought on board to develop the series. Sommers has Deep Rising, The Mummy franchise and the Scorpion King under his belt - you know Van Helsing will kick some ass at the box office starting May 7th. 

Apr 28: Sin City: Dark Angel star Jessica Alba become one of the many known stars to join the cast of Robert Rodriguez's feature Sin City. Already on board?  Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, and Elijah Wood. Production on Sin City began last month. 

Apr 28: X-Men 3: The X-Men's third and likely final foray onto the screen is still in the works, but moving at a snails pace. Hugh Jackman has confirmed that he'll be back for another go as Wolverine.  Jackman will likely spin off Wolverine into a trilogy of his own to add to Van Helsing, and just maybe one James Bond. Pretty impressive.

Apr 28: Indiana Jones IV: Delayed again. What the fuck bother doing the damn thing? Lucas is fiddle fucking around with the script and Harrison Ford is aging by the minute here. Shit or get off the pot. 

Apr 26: Dino-mercial: Anyone take the time to watch the Sci-Fi Channel's Dinocroc premiere? Crap! I thought I was viewing a commercial marathon or something. Five minutes of Dino-croc with five minutes of commercial breaks. Hard to get into one of their telefilms as it is without being slammed with commercial breaks. Was the film any good? Hell, I have no idea. I watched so many commercials it's hard to say. Oh, you mean the movie.  The special effects were low budget, and the acting wasn't to bad either. But I could be thinking of an Expedia.com commercial or something.

Apr 26: Sub-Mariner: The Marvel comics character Sub-Mariner (Marvel's version of of Aquaman) might have found its actor. The Dark Horizon's website have information that The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, might be the front runner.  This is not a Rock type feature. He's just two damn big for the role. The character should be a physical statue, but not built like a mountain. Someone like Mark Dacascas (Crying Freeman, Brotherhood of the Wolf, the Crow: Stairway to Heaven -series) would be the perfect build in appearance from head to toe. An underrated actor who could pull off the role completely. 

Apr 26: Star Shit!: Rick Berman is working on another shitty Star Trek project. Why Shitty? Just look at what the asshole has done with Voyager, Enterprise and the last three Star Trek flicks. Now the Bastard is working on a Star Trek prequel feature film. Can you friggin' believe it? This guy has killed Paramount's cash cow, and they keep this guy around. 

Apr 26: American Gothic: Gary Cole will be returning to his TV Role in a new feature film. The film will be a retelling of the events of the television series. Also joining the cast are original members Nick Searcy, Brenda Bakke and Jake Weber. The movie has been in the works for several years, but the hold-up has been the pending sale of Universal to NBC. That will be sorted out this week. And yes, original Executive Producer Sam Raimi just might be helming the project. It's reported the director is keeping an eye on its status. (moviehole.net) 

Apr 26: Troy: Despite how good this film really is, can it actually recoup the $185 million it cost to make? The film, starring Brad Pitt, has better be as successful overseas and they hope it will be here. The previews look outstanding, but that's just 30 seconds of a two-hour film. 

Apr 23: Stargate Atlantis: The new Sci-Fi Channel series is slated to begin in July, and their website for the series is online with some cast photos, information on the new crew and a bit more. CLICK HERE to check out the site. 

Apr 23: Sky Captain Must Move: Paramount isn't ready to release their new film "Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow" on June 25th. The studio is claiming a crowded release schedule for moving the movies premiere to Sept. 17th. Might be a smart move since June 25th just happens to be Columbia Pictures release of Spiderman 2. 

Apr 23: X-Man Gets Iron Man: David Hayter, who has written the X-Men feature with director Brian Singer has been hired to pen the new Iron Man feature. He will attempt to rewrite the Miles Millar/Alfred Gough draft. 

Apr 23: Watchmen: Screenwriter David Hayter is apparently out as director of the new Watchmen feature based on the comic books. Ain't It Cool News is reporting that Darren Aronofsky is now onboard to helm the project.  This likely will not be Aronofsky's next project though. With Hugh Jackman showing interest in Aronofsky's $70 million dollar project "The Fountain", might be back on the table. Watchmen has been in development hell for several years now. 

Apr 23: New James Bond: MGM COO Chris McGurk has confirmed they are writing the new James Bond script for a generic Bond, and not for Pierce Brosnan. Both MGM and EON productions are in agreement on this one.  (Variety) Selection of a new Bond could be months away. However, the rumors will be going into hi-gear anytime now. 

Apr 23: TBS Wants to Be New: At least that's the line their telling everyone. TBS is getting a new logo, a new on air look, and a new package that kicks off on June 4th. (the futon critic) Hey, it's still TBS airing comedy repeats and their own comedy reality television. 

Apr 23: TNT's The Grid: A new six hour limited series from TNT starring Dylan McDermott (the Practice) and Julianna Margulies (ER) along with Tom Skerritt (Top Gun, Alien). Margulies plays maverick NSA counter-terrorism operative Maya Jackson and McDermott plays FBI agent Max Canary, two of three young American and two British counter-terrorism agents who collaborate to disrupt a ferocious terrorist cell bent on destroying the world’s economic foundations. Production comes from Fox Television Studios and Carnival Films and has already begun. 

Apr 23: Another TNT Western: TNT looks to be following HBO's new hit western saga. Steven Spielberg will be joining the network to produce a new 12 limited western series for 2005. The series titled "Into The West" is about the opening of the American West. The series will follow two multi-generational American and Native American families, with each telling the dramatic stories of the development of the West from their distinct points of view. The episodes will bring them into contact with many of the larger-than-life characters and authentic historic events of the era. Production will begin this summer. (thefutoncritic)

Apr 21: My View Response: Got a great email from Zenophite today concerning my latest News Notes Post yesterday. It was chastising me about not sharing their political views. Accused me of being a conservative guilty of listening to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Hey, guilty as charged. I listen to the truth. The email was great though. Feel free to drop me one.  If you don't agree with my views to the point that it pisses you off maybe you should view your news somewhere else.  I deliver the daily news with my opinions attached to it. I don't pull the punches. There are plenty of websites to give you the news in the same stagnant fashion. I may spell words incorrectly here and there, or use grammar incorrectly. It's me. It my style, my views, my way. It will continue.  

Apr 21: Impossible Moss: Carrie Ann Moss (Matrix) has been cast to star opposite Tom Cruise in the upcoming Mission Impossible 3. Fans of Ving Rhames will be happy to learn that he will be returning as Luther Stickel. 

Apr 21: 21 Jump Street: Paramount is a go for a 21 Jump Street feature. Fast and the Furious director Neal H. Moritz will be running the show for the studio. 

Apr 21: Deathlok: Paramount Pictures is offering the comic turned action flick Deathlok to Punisher director Jonathan Hensleigh. If he isn't interested then Paramounts other project, Naked Jungle could be his. 

Apr 21: TV Land & Friends: In an unprecedented move TV Land will air nothing from 9pm to 10pm in honor of the Friends NBC finale on Thursday May 6th. Whomever tunes in to TV Land will simply find a camera on a group of TV Land staffers who will be watching Friends on NBC. 

Apr 21: Flash Gordon: Stephen Sommers (Van Helsing, Deep Rising, The Mummy) was planning to script and direct a remake of Flash Gordon after Van Helsing. Plans may be changing however. If Van Helsing is the big hit, as expected, Sommers could be doing Van Helsing 2 instead. Flash Gordon would then fall into someone elses hands. 

Apr 20: Galactica: Production on the new Battlestar Galactica series finally begins production this week in Vancouver, BC. Look for the series to begin airing in early 2005. 

Apr 20: Starship Troopers 2: The DVD is coming, but it is also airing on Encore's action channel April 24th at 10pm. The cast includes Richard Burgi (The Sentinel), Colleen Porch, Bill Brown and Ed Quinn. ST: Hero of the Federation will air seven times from April 24th to May 28th. CLICK HERE for the listing of times on Encore. 

Apr 20: Punisher: The new Thomas Jane/ John Travolta action flick opened in second place this weekend earning a decent $14 million dollars. The Punisher opened on 300 less screens than Kill Bill 2.  Not bad for a film with a budget of about $30 million.  Hellboy took in $5.7 million keeping the film in fourth place over the weekend. 

Apr 20: Spy Hunter: John Woo is in the running to direct the new Spy Hunter feature starring Dwayne, The Rock, Johnson. 

Apr 20: The New Batmobile: An anonymous source revealed to Cinescape online that the new Batmobile, which is horrible looking, is an actual working vehicle. It reportedly has been tested at a Military defense site and is capable of 160 miles per hour, and the jet pack on the back is actually operational. CGI on the film is being kept to a minimum. 

Apr 20: Kill Bill 2: The second part of Kill Bill was the number one film at the box office over the weekend beating out Hellboy and the Punisher with a taking of $25.5 million. 

Apr 20: News Notes: Spain is pulling out of Iraq (Pussies!), Saw John Kerry Sunday on Meet the Press... What a fucking idiot. The Democraps should be so proud. Barry, The Juice, Bonds has hit his sixth drug induced homer this week. Have a shot for me Barry! The Yankee's lost 3 of 4 at Boston. A-Rod when 0 for 16 in said series. Cincinnati made a super-stupid move trading cry baby Corey Dillion to the New England Patriot. A team they have to get passed so they can get to the Superbowl.... oh, forget that, they aren't going to the Superbowl.  A Thank you goes to the news outlets for not letting us see any of the good things happening in Iraq. If you think it's all bad over there, you're the fucking idiot now. A Pennsylvania woman kills her 2 kids. Will likely be another temporarily insane plea. We should be cooking the bitch in the chair regardless. It's no excuse. College kids Clarett and Williams have been declared ineligible for the NFL draft. A moron of a mother is suing Coors beer for her 19 year old son's drunk driving accident which took his life. Maybe she should be going after whoever supplied the 19 year old with the booze, or blame her son for driving drunk maybe. Another woman is suing Haribo, a German candy company, after the stupid bitch ate a pound of sticky candy and got sick. A pound of candy? Jeez, what a dope! 

Apr 20: V: The Series on DVD: Fans of the dismal series, based on the two hit mini-series, are getting their series on DVD come July 27th for a mere $39.98. The three disc set will include all 19 episodes with Digital 1.0 mono. It's amazing the series is coming to DVD. Don't expect to many extras with the boxed set. For the price... who needs extras. 

Apr 20: Hellboy DVD: Do not purchase the first release of the Hellboy DVD when it hits stores. A second 3-disc special edition will follow with an additional 20 minutes added to the film plus a ton of extras. The first version should hit retailers around August, with the Special Edition following in December. 

Apr 16: Buffy/Angel Telefilms: Even though UPN and Fox have passed on picking up the WB's canceled Angel series Warner Bros. has been impressed with the fans support to keep the series alive. So much so that they have talked with Joss Whedon about doing up to six telefilms around the Buffy/Angel universe next season. Warner knows that such a venture with this franchise brings in a guaranteed audience. 

Apr 16: Wonderfalls: According to E online the executives at Warner Bros. are planning to review and episode of Fox's canceled Wonderfall series along with its pilot. They are considering the series for their fall line-up. 

Apr 16: X-Men 3: On the cusp of breaking up with her husband, John Stamos, Rebecca Romjin has told the Sci-Fi Wire that she will be returning for the third X-Men feature, even though she hasn't seen a script yet. 

Apr 16: Malkovich Turns Hitchhiker: John Malkovich has joined the cast of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. The part he will play was created just for the film, and is not part of the Douglas Adams novel. 

Apr 14: Tekwar: The William Shatner series is heading to DVD for $29.95. It's a Canadian only release, but you can purchase the item from Amazon.com. Check it out now. The set is the 18 episodes, but does not include the telefilms. 

Apr 14: Walker Storming: Paul Walker is rumored to be the top candidate to take on the roll of Johnny Storm in the upcoming Fantastic Four feature. Also to be rumored for roles are Michael Chiklis (The Commish) as The Thing and Tim Robbins as Dr. Doom. Superherohype.com is rumoring that bodybuilder Ralf Moeller (Gladiator, Conan the Series) has been cast for a role in the film. Moeller would make an interesting Dr. Doom or The Thing. 

Apr 14: Where's Crusoe on Mars: Paramount continues to release crap onto DVD, with no sign of the classic feature Robinson Crusoe on Mars heading to disc anytime soon. Paramount will however release stuff like "Big Top Pee Wee" and "Crazy People". Crusoe on Mars starred Paul Mantee, Vic Lunden and a few brief segments with Batman's Adam West.  Filmed in 1963, the effects are true B style, but the overall film is outstanding. It is well acted and the direction by Byron Hasken is superb. Crusoe's last release was a Criterion Cut of the film on Laserdisc with cast photos, script and more. A sought after collectible still selling for over $250 on eBay - when you can find it. The feature still air in Pan and Scan on the pay cable channels. The Criterion cut is outstanding.

Apr 14: The Triangle: Farscape creator Rockne S. O'Bannon has been hired by Dean Devlin and Bryan Singer to script their "The Triangle" project for the Sci-Fi Channel.

Apr 14: Romjin Dumps Spouse: Rebecca Romjin Stamos has dumped her husband of five years, John Stamos (who starred in Full House). To bad, they were a great couple. 

Apr 14: Spiderman 2: Sony Pictures is working hard to promote the new Spiderman feature. The first film racked up over $800 million world wide, so Sony hopes the this one will do just as well. They are spending over $100 million to promote the Spiderman Sequel. 

Apr 13: Mutant X: The upcoming finale for Mutant X will be changing the lives of everyone on the series for next season. Victoria Pratt has an offer on the table for season four, but the actress hasn't decided if she will return for another season.  What is she going to do? B movies? Pratt has 2525 under her belt and Mutant X. While beautiful, the actress isn't an acting juggernaut in the least. 

Apr 13: Star Wars: Fans don't seem to really give a shit if they'll ever get the first three films in their original theatrical release based on current pre-order sales for the special editions. Pre-orders for the trilogy have actually outsold all expectations at such places as Amazon.com. The trilogy will include a 150 minute documentary about the making of the films. 

Apr 13: Smallville: It's not unexpected, but it is about time the WB officially renewed Smallville for it's fourth season. Smallville's ratings are down to 5.1 from the 6's it rated last season, but have increased the WB's Wednesday timeslot ratings from last year. Young Superman made the move to Wednesdays this season after airing on Tuesday nights during the shows first two years. 

Apr 10: Black Widow: Lions Gate Entertainment is developing a feature film based on the Marvel Comic book character. X-Men producer David Hayter is in talks to script as well as make his directorial debut with this espionage thriller. The project is envisioned as a low budget film set in during the Cold War. Black Widow centers on KGB-trained Russian spy Natasha Romanoff, who becomes the Black Widow after the death of her husband. (IGN Filmforce.com)  This is a down the road picture if Hayter gets the greenlight. 

Apr 10: Dursley's Out: The Dursley's opening segment from the Potter books/ films will NOT be making an appearance in the Goblet of Fire. The book is already to long for a feature film, and some things had to be cut.  I was getting tired of them already. See ya, Uncle Vernon.  You wonder just how good the film can really be after reading the third book. What exactly do you remove and still keep it good? 

Apr 10: No Mars For Rodgriguez:  Robert Rodgriguez may have stabbed himself in the foot.  The director recently quit the directors guild so that he could co-direct Sin City with creator Frank Miller. Co-directing is not allowed by the guild. While being cocky to get around the rules work for Sin City, it won't work for directing duties on the Princess of Mars. Rodriguez recently signed on to direct the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel. Unfortunately Paramount is a member of the DGA, and cannot hire a director who is NOT a member - which Rodriguez no longer is.  Robert Rodriguez has no intention of rejoining the guild once he completes Sin City. Thus, options for the director could become... limited. Needless to say Rodriquez WILL NOT be helming A Princess of Mars. 

Apr 10: Punisher 2: He Ain't Heavy, He's Dead: That's not the title of the sequel, but actor Thomas Jane, who plays the Punisher, is onboard for the sequel. Says the actor, "We are going to do at least one more." Jane knew about the sequel going in, but wanted to make sure he was challenged and had a good time doing the first film before committing to it. (moviehole.net) 

Apr 10: More Bacon Anyone: Actor Kevin Bacon (Tremors, Quicksilver, Footloose) has joined the cast of the Barbarshop 2 spin-off. Bacon joins Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone (Batman Forever), Mena Suvari, Djimon Hounsou, and Lil' JJ.  Need to see Kevin Bacon in an action flick. 

Apr 10: New 007 Rumor: What about the politically challenged Australian actor Heath Ledger (Roar) as James Bond? That the latest anyways. The producers might be looking to take James Bond to a younger audience. Sorry folks, Orlando Bloom has already been shot down for the Bond part. 

Apr 10: No Horny For Clooney: Kevin Smith is indeed attempting to get Jet Li to play the role of Kato in his upcoming Green Hornet flick. However Smith isn't interested in George Clooney for the lead as the Green Hornet.  That's too bad. It's actually a role I could see Clooney doing well with. Where the hell is the Green Lantern? 

Apr 10: Tru Calling: The series will wrap its first season with back to back episodes on Fox April 29th. There is still no word on the series fate. It will likely come down to Fox deciding if they have something better on the table for next season. Calling ratings have not been stellar, keeping the series on the cancellation bubble for most of the season. 

Apr 10: Kingdom Busted: The move to Thursday night was a bust for Kingdom Hospital. it has a dismal 2.6/4 ratings share. Can you say... SEEEEE YAAAA.

Apr 7: Fantastic Four Gets Its Story:  Barbershop director Tim Story has landed a big job - directing the new Fantastic Four feature film. Production is slated to begin in August. Casting is due to begin soon, and location scouting is already underway.

Apr 7: Bonds Gets Number One: Barry Bonds got his first drug induced home run of the season in the S.F. Giants opener yesterday. How many juiced balls will he hit this season? No, I don't like the Giants, and like Barry Bonds even less. He doesn't care about the fans at all. Since he's on the juice, he doesn't care much about the game either.

Apr 7: Barnabus Collins: Warner Bros. has signed Alec Newman as Barnabus Collins for their upcoming remake of Dark Shadows (Newman portrayed Paul Atreides in the SFC mini-series Dune). Also joining the cast is Blair Brown as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. (Brown's stats include Altered States & Space Cowboys) 

Apr 7: Earthsea: The new Sci-Fi Channel mini-series has hired its director in Rob Lieberman. Joining the directing, but in front of the camera will be Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, Predator 2), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men), and Kristen Kreuk (Smallville). Lieberman is a veteran genre director with episodes of The Dead Zone, Jake 2.0 and The X-Files under his belt. 

Apr 7: Babylon 5, Season 5: 22 uncut episode in a six disc boxed set. The msrp for the set is an unimpressive $99.95, but fans can pick the set up online or at Costco in the $65.oo price range. Look for it on shelves April 13th, and hopefully SCIFI2K.COM will be giving away a few sets as we have the first four seasons. 

Apr 7: Casino Royale: Quentin Tarantino told the Sci-Fi Wire that has talked with Pierce Brosnan about adapting Casino Royale as his fifth and final appearance as James Bond. The largest hurdle is for Tarantino. He must convince the snobby producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to divert from their expensive, yet stagnant handling of James Bond.  This is beyond the fact that the producers do NOT want an American behind the camera for any of the Bond films. Tarantino wants to do a $40 million bond picture rather than a money eating $100+ million production. Casino Royale was originally a comedy, but would be turned around into a James Bond style affair. 

Apr 7: Han Solo's Blaster?: Want to own Han Solo's Blaster from Star Wars? Couldn't afford it right? What about a working replica? Yeah?! CooperOwen.com has one for auction along with a replica of Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from Return of the Jedi and many more collectible items. Click the link to check out the auction and bid on your piece of history today. 

Apr 7: C.S.I. Hits the Top: After a two-week absence for basketball, C.S.I. on Thursday night returned to its number one spot in the ratings with an impressive 16.2/25 rating. C.S.I. Miami was also in the top ten for the week. 

Apr 7: Dungeons II: Joel Silvers Pictures is teaming up with Worldwide Pictures to produce the sequel to Dungeons and Dragons. Warner Bros. pictures has picked up the rights to distribute the film in the states and selected international markets. Director Gerry Lively is set to helm the picture in Europe. (moviehole.net)

Apr 7: Police Academy 8: Anyone besides me enjoy this comedy franchise? Even after seven films it has some comedy appeal. Bubba Smith, who played Hightower in the series believes an eighth feature could happen sometime this year. Producers are attempting to bring back the original cast for another go around. It it happens it could be headed for theaters and not just a direct to video deal. It's not like Steve Guttenberg, since his acting career petered out, has anything else going on. (moviehole.net) 

Apr 7: Next Bond?: Rumors are floating that Pierce Brosnan will not be back for the next film. He isn't interested in returning and supposedly has been bought out of his contract to do the next film. Hey, it's all rumor right?  What about the next Bond?  Rumors abound there as well. The latest is that it will be an Australian. Hugh Jackman appears to the front runner, with a mention that, though unlikely, a 45+ year old Mel Gibson could be asked to take on the role. Imagine Jackman getting the role of Bond, Playing Wolverine and taking on monsters in a trilogy as Van Helsing. That would be incredible. 

Apr 6: Sci-Fi Channel Slate:  Check out the latest projects in development at the Sci-Fi Channel by Click Here and heading over to the Channel News area.

Apr 5: Wonder Falls: Fox has canceled the struggling series Wonderfalls after just 4 episodes. The ratings challenged series just wasn't able to find its audience. There are still nine unaired episodes in the series. It is unknown if Fox will burn them off in the summer. The Sci-Fi Channel could end up with them as well.

Apr 5: Farscape: The Sci-Fi Channel (we use that term loosely these days) has finally announced the Farscape mini-series titled, Farscape: Peacekeeper War. The mini will air during the fourth quarter of this year. 

Apr 5: Hellboy: The opening weekend of Hellboy was a success. The new film took in just $23.5 million, but was still the number one picture in theaters over the weekend.

Apr 5: Scooby Sucks: The new sequel to Scooby Doo could be the flop it was predicted to be. The feature fell off 49% at the box office this week but still took in just over $15 million. 

Apr 5: Alias: Jennifer Garner is telling everyone that Alias will be back for its fourth season in the fall. ABC however is keeping quiet about the shows status. 

Apr 2: No Buck or Wilma For Rogers DVD: Gil Gerard and Erin Gray were to have done commentary and extras for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century DVD release. The deal has fallen through and Universal will not be using them.  If this would have increased the boxed price then fans don't need it. Hopefully Universal will just digitally repair the episodes and release them without all the hoopla - which means a higher price.

Apr 2: Black Jack Savage: Anyone remember this one? The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage survived just nine episodes on NBC from Disney Presents in 1991, starring Steven Williams and Daniel Hugh Kelly. 21 Jump Street star Stoney Jackson played Black Jack Savage in the pilot, which Williams portrayed in the series.  What is unique about the series is that this was the early work of the Glenn Morgan and James Wong team. were a writing team on the series, The Commish, 21 Jump Street and it's spawn series Booker, The X-Files, Millenium, The Others, and were the Creators of Space Above & Beyond on Fox. Some of the episodes of Black Jack Savage are still floating around today. 

Apr 2: Hatching Galactica: Richard Hatch is in final negotiations to appear in the new Battlestar Galactica series to play a Nelson Mandela-like character for just one episode. He would have made a great semi-regular cast member as one of the older pilots training the recruits. 

Apr 2: Knowles knows Mars: Harry Knowles, the creator of Ain't It Cool News will be co-producing Paramount Pictures, Princess of Mars. The feature based on the Edgar Rice Burrough's novel series John Carter of Mars. 

Apr 2: Sharkey's Machine: The 1981 feature Sharkey's Machine was probably one of Burt Reynolds best films. Now Warner Bros. has decided to remake this film. Does Hollywood do anything original anymore, other than comicbook superheros. This one, like all the others, will be updated and set in present time. 

Apr 2: Shark Tale: After the Italic Institute of America complained that DreamWorks' upcoming "Shark Tale" depicted Italians poorly -- as evil sharks with ties to the mob -- the studio changed one character's name from Don Brizzi to Don Feinberg. But that was just the beginning. According to the AP, John Mancini, founder of the Institute says, "We want character names identified as Italian dropped, the mannerisms, the forms of speech should be dropped. If they choose to make them Jewish or Rastafarians, we don't like that either, but our bag is Italians."  (zap2it.com)  All the politically correct bullshit is just that... BULLSHIT. When you attack a cartoon for characters names and forms of speech you have a mental problem. The mob has always been associated with these types of names and speech. Now, after 50 or 60 years it's a stereo type? Get the fuck outta here. I don't associate everyone who talks like that with the mob.  It's time to grow up people. Knock this shit off!  Don't make me rub you out. 

Apr 2: Wonderfalls Continues: To fall that is. It's Thursday night premiere opened only to bomb as it has since its premiere. The series, despite being very good, cannot find an audience on Fox. It is doomed. 

Apr 1: Enterprise 4: UPN has greenlit season 4 of Enterprise. The catch however is that UPN doesn't believe the series will resurrect itself. They have given the series just a 12 episode commitment for its fourth season.  The new action added to the series this season has helped the show which is currently pitted against the half-hour send off episode of American Idol - which is tops in its time slot. The WB's Smallville airs during the same hour, but UPN has moved the series to the 9pm timeslot. While Enterprise currently airs against Angel during the 9pm hour, Angel has already received its walking papers.  Should Enterprise do well enough, it could earn the remaining 12 episodes. 

Apr 1: Century City: CBS has canceled the futuristic lawyer series, Century City after just four episodes. The series was fourth in its timeslot, and has been airing opposite American Idol. Century City followed the futuristic medical series from UPN, Mercy Point. 

Apr 1: Land of the Lost: The original Saturday morning Land of the Lost series is heading to TV Land along with HR Puffnstuff. If you need to record the series now would be the time. Check listing for day in time. 

Apr 1: the Martian Chronicles: The mini-series from MGM is heading to DVD this fall. 

Apr 1: Night Stalker: A prelude to the series Kolchak: The Night Stalker coming to DVD is in the works. The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler telefilms are heading to DVD in the fall also. 

Apr 1: Star Wars Trilogy: Sources over at thedigitalbits.com have confirmed that the new Star Wars trilogy dvds will contain new footage, special effects enhancements, and tweaks. 

Apr 1: Enterprise Shift Again: UPN is again shifting Enterprise back to its original 8pm timeslot beginning April 14th, and will premiere another reality series in the 9pm timeslot. A repeat of Azati Prime will air that night. 

Apr 1: Sony TV Survey: What series from Columbia/Tri-star would you like to see on DVD? Now is your chance to take their survey. What about, Dark Skies, Hart to Hart, T.J. Hooker, Get A Life, Fantasy Island, and more. CLICK HERE  to find the listing and links to their survey. Get your vote counted today! (thanks to Grant Harvey for pointing me to the link) CLICK HERE to go right to the survey. Let them know what your interested in and how much you want to pay for a seasonal boxed set.

Apr 1: DVD Pricing: Seasonal boxed sets of our favorite series are coming out almost daily now. The pricing however is all over the place, even when it comes down to the studios. Columbia/Tri-star aka Sony released the Starsky & Hutch season one set for right around $50 (got mine for $37.95 at Wallmart). The same studio previously release the syndicated series Forever Knight at $79.95 for the first season. Why? Is the damn thing gold plated or something? It wasn't even as popular as Starsky & Hutch. That, mixed with the price assures Sony that sales aren't going to be the high. Some sort of pricing needs to be set on the season boxed sets. For around $40 I'll be a several series, and when they hit $60 or more I don't need any series that bad. S.W.A.T.'s 13 episode first season has an SRP of $29.95. Does that mean a full season will be $59.95? It was decent series, but not for sixty bucks. Charge less, sell more. Hello? Anyone out there listening? Doubtful...