Jan 30: Star Trek Overhaul: Paramount Television is FINALLY getting fed up with the state of the Star Trek franchise. There are rumors within the organization that an overhaul may be in order for Enterprise and the Star Trek franchise. An overhaul that could mean the firing of the two biggest Trek Killers of all, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. Paramount Television Prez. Gary Hart may be making changes as soon as the February sweeps are over. Hopefully some fresh blood will be brought in to make the changes. If smart they would bring in some scifi fans as consultants for ideas, and storylines. Believe it or not fans are loaded with fresh new ideas. Hey, I got mine that's for sure. 

Jan 30: Indiana Jones: The script is finally completed for the fourth Indiana Jones installment by Frank Darabont. The film may begin filming this year, which would be correct if they wish to get done by the 2005 release date. 

Jan 30: Buck Rogers Heads to DVD: The website TVShowsonDVD.com is reporting a rumor that Universal is planning a DVD boxed set release of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century for the shows 25th Anniversary later this year. The Digital Bits website has confirmed that the discs are indeed in production. Gil Gerard & Erin Gray have also been contacted to record audio commentary. The boxed set would also include the movie which started it all. No word if it will be the entire 37 episode run, or just the 24 (including the film) episode first season... 

Jan 30: Starsky & Hutch: The classic cop show, Starsky & Hutch, is heading to DVD March 3rd. The 5 disc boxed set first season from Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment will MSRP for $49.95. The 22 episode set will also include a featurette on the Ford Torino Speedster, original TV promo spots, audio commentary and some useless shit for the comedy Starsky & Hutch feature currently in production. 

Jan 30: Playmakers: The ESPN defunct series Playmakers, while not getting renewed at ESPN thanks to the NFL, is getting the DVD treatment. Fans of the critically acclaimed series can purchase the season boxed set on April 30, 2004. The 3-disc set will be costly at $49.95.

Jan 30: Babylon 5: The final boxed season of Babylon 5 on DVD on April 13th, 2004 with a still high MSRP of $99.95. Should be able to get the boxed set however in the $70.oo price range. 

Jan 29: Dragon Storm: The latest Sci-Fi Channel original film has set of few network marks. Dragon Storm, starring Lord of the Rings actor John Ryes Davies (sliders, Indiana Jones Trilogy) was the most watch original movie in the networks history earning a 2.3 house hold rating (3.03 million viewers). 

Jan 29: Got Yoda?: Some moron actually stole a limited edition bronze Yoda (one of only 36) from the back of a delivery flatbed taking four of the statues to LA. The statues were bolted down in the truck. The driver, who stopped for the night discovered one missing the next morning. The rare statue is valued at $15K to $20K. A reward is being offered of $1000 for info leading to the recovery of Yoda. How stupid can you get. A person could even sell the item without getting busted. For that person it has zero value. 

Jan 29: Anonymous Rex:  The Anonymous Rex telefilm is about intelligent dinosaurs living among humans.  The project was to have been a series developed for the Sci-Fi Channel from Alliance Atlantis the SFC themselves - with a premiere in late 2001, which did not happen. Now the Sci-Fi Channel is going into production with a telefilm version. Sci-Fi vet Joe Menosky is writing the script, and BBC director Julian Jarrold has signed to to helm the telefilm. Anonymous Rex," based on a series of novels by Eric Garcia, is scheduled to begin shooting in March. The project has been in the cable network's development pool for over three years. 

Jan 29: Not Enough Film Work: What do movie folks do when they don't have enough films to go around? Why they turn to television now of course. The fall 2004 season will have projects from known film names as well as familiar television names. JJ Abrahms (alias), Aaron Spelling (to many to list), Mel Gibson, Joel Silver (lethal weapon, tv's The Strip & Freedom) and John Wells all have new series or pilots coming. 

Jan 29: King Kong: Director Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) has signed his leading lady for King Kong. Actress Noami Watts also told folks that production will begin in August. This one could be a huge bomb for Jackson.

Jan 28: UPN Goes Tru Calling: UPN and Aaron Spelling are doing their own style Tru Calling series titled Silver Lake. Shit, bring back Wolf Lake instead. The pilot, just greenlighted by UPN, revolves around a record store owner who uses his psychic abilities to communicate with the dead who still have issues to resolve. Too many supernatural dramas coming out these days. (scifi.com) 

Jan 28: Picard Retired: Patrick Stewart has once again reported, this time to the SyFyPortal.com website, that if the Star Trek franchise continues with feature films it will be without him. He is finished with Star Trek.  A nice decision once the franchise goes into the toilet, walk away. 

Jan 28: Affleck To Script: Ben Affleck is writing a script similar to Good Will Hunting for himself and Matt Damon. 

Jan 27: Enterprise Moves: UPN is moving Enterprise from its Wednesday at 8pm timeslot to 9pm. This move was not done to help Enterprise, but to make room for UPN new stupid animated series Game Over and the return of the Mullets. The 9pm timeslot is just as bad for Enterprise facing the likes of Frasier, King of Queens, The West Wing and Angel. Way to go UPN, you friggin assholes.

Jan 27: More Hulk: After a disappointingly horrible first Hulk film, Marvel is determined to create a second film. Marvel's Kevin Feige promises the film will be more action packed. Who cares. Hard to imagine anyone running back to a theater for a chance the second film might be better. 

Jan 27: Ali Baba: Doesn't look like Sly Stallone is done making movies, even after a dismal run of features. Up now for the Sly is a remake of Ali Baba and the 40  thieves with Cuba Gooding Jr. They are currently searching for their leading lady, and that could be Haifa Wehbe, a Lebanon pop starlet and local beauty.  (darkhorizons.com)

Jan 27: The Longest Yard: Every movie remembers the awesome Burt Reynolds flick, The Longest Yard. Unfortunately Paramount has signed Adam Sandler to star in the remake. He will play Paul Crewe with the likes Snoop Dog & Chris Rock offered roles to star as two of his team mates. Paramount will co-produce this box office bomb with Columbia Pictures. The extra roles are to be filled with former and current NFL players. Sounds like Necessary Roughness all over again. 

Jan 27: Matrix No Threat: One of the most anticipated series of 2003 is no TV threat. ABC's Threat Matrix has stumbled and bumbled its way through most of this season. ABC had picked up the series for a full season, but now trims the first season down to just 16 episodes. The series is not canceled yet, and ABC is still considering the show for its 2004 season. 

Jan 27: Namor: The project is slowly moving along. Universal Pictures has started conceptual artwork for the feature about Prince Namor: The Submariner (Marvels equal to Aquaman). Kevin Feige told the Comics Continuum website that they have just gotten the second revision of the script and its spectacular.

Jan 27: Time Tunnel:  Fans of the series can look forward to watching the series on the pay per view Encore Channel come June, 2004. The series will be uncut and yes, digital if you have digital cable. 

Jan 26: Spears Gets The Dukes: The hot rumor concerning Britney Spears comes with word that she is apparently the front runner to play Daisy Duke, in the upcoming feature 
Dukes of Hazzard, which is based on the television series. Imagine the roles she could land if she could actually act. 

Jan 26: Fuckin' Paramount: What is up with UPN and Paramount? The claim to care so much about the Star Trek Franchise, yet they let it get crushed on one of the worst nights on television. The competition is unbelievable, but rather than move Enterprise and Jake 2.0, Jake is axed and the Trek is left alone with only stupid model bimbos to follow. Why not swap the shows with Thursday night wrestling. That would be better Wednesday comp, and give Enterprise and Jake a chance. Time for UPN to disappear. The friggin' stepchild of CBS and Viacom. This network has yet to move series around to improve the audience. 

Jan 26: New Star Wars Series?: Just might be happening. A proposed series to take place after episode III and before episode IV. It is unknown however, if the series would be another animated project, or live action. A live-action series would be very cool in syndication. 

Jan 26: Scooby Doo: 25 episodes of the original Scooby Doo animated series is hitting DVD on March 11th, 2004. The MSRP is $64.98, but you should be able to locate a set around $45 to $50.

Jan 22: Cameron Ready to Roll: After six years from doing feature films James Cameron has announced to Variety that he is ready to return with a new Sci-Fi film using high-definition 3D cameras. While not talking about any particulars Cameron did say the film would be a big budget science fiction film with a pile of special effects. 3D? Just make film already. 

Jan 22: Enterprise: The relationship between Commander Tucker and T'Pol may finally be taking off according to Connor Trinnear, who plays Tucker. (scifi wire) 

Jan 22: Khitomer.net Update: The DVD/VCD download website for television series and mini-series should be back online with their new server very soon. They have received enough money and hardware donations for one server, and are working on a second. Once they have uploaded all the software and material the site should be back up. KHITOMER.NET. If you're creating your own DVD or VCD library this is the site for clamshells and labels. 

Jan 22: Noble Pass Away: Character actor Noble Willingham has passed away. The actor played in such films as City Slickers I & II, Star Trek the Next Generation, Walker: Texas Ranger (as C.D. McCall), The Last Boy Scout, Ace Ventura Pet Detective, The Howling, Tales From the Crypt, The A-Team, and Quantum Leap  among many other roles. Rest in Peace.

Jan 22: Galactica 6: Cinescape Online has scooped the news that the Sci-Fi Channel has given Battlestar Galactica a six episode commitment. Most of the original mini-series cast will be returning. The biggest scare for the network is the cost per episode, which lead to the cancellation of the networks best series "Farscape".  They should be doing six two-hour telefilms rather than taking Galactica into the hourly format. They were successful using the format, why not stick with it.

Jan 22: Mutant X Continues: The Tribune Entertainment Group has renewed its Mutant X series for a third season. Mutant X is the only first run drama series airing exclusively in syndication.  

Jan 22: Animated Trek: Want the animated Star Trek series on DVD? Paramount doesn't know why anyone would. Star Trek.com is now gauging fan interest in getting the complete 22 episodes on DVD. Head on over and let them know you want the series released on DVD format. You'll find the question at the very bottom of the page. The site didn't make it easy to find. 

Jan 22: Frankenstein Turns Weekly: The USA Network is resurrecting Dr.Frankenstein and his monster for another go around. This time as a weekly series from Martin Scorsese and writer Dean Koontz as they team up with director Marcus Nispel and producer Tony Krantz. The series will take place in present day Seattle. The good doctor has survived through his own genetic tinkering. 

Jan 22: She Spies: The babe trio, She Spies, is taking over the syndicated ratings slowly. The second year series is currently rated second with a 2.2 share with only Andromeda sitting on top at 2.3. A ass hugging third at 2.1 is Mutant X with repeats of Stargate SG-1 also at 2.1.  MGM is currently marketing the series for a third season, but no official pick-up has been announced. The ratings are excellent and the series should be picked up.

Jan 22: Century City: The futuristic law show "Century City" takes place in the year 2030. It debuts for six weeks beginning March 16th, Tuesdays at 9pm on CBS. The new series will use science fiction storylines to deal with modern day problems. 

Jan 22: King Conan, Is No King: The troubled King Conan feature is hitting a few more problems as the Wachowski brothers have left the project. They would have produced the film with Milius writing and directing. The Wachowski's left on their own after constantly arguing with Milius over the films direction and tone. The project is at Warner Bros and Milius is still intent on getting the project off the ground. Wrestler Triple H is the front runner to star in the film. (IGN Filmforce)

Jan 22: Andromeda: The fifth and final season of the series will still air in syndication despite airing on the Sci-Fi Channel. The episodes will air in syndication 7 to 10 days after airing on the SFC with an encore showing. The syndicated market is approx 85% of the television markets in the United States (140 stations)

Jan 21: Carnivale: HBO's series Carnivale is up for two nominations in the ASC's three catagories. The American Society of Cinematographers awards show will take place Sunday, Feb. 8th

Jan 21: Another Dark Shadows: The WB is bringing back another attempt at the 1960's "Dark Shadows" remake. They have hired John Wells, from the West Wing and ER, to develop the new series. They dumped Buffy years ago, and now want a second vampire series again. Nice. 

Jan 21: Charmed: Boo-Delicious checked in with Charmed news that the WB has officially given the greenlight for season 7. While many shows become stagnant after seven seasons, if Charmed remains the same in the ratings the show will continue. I lost interest in the show after Shannon Doherty left. Milano spends most of the show in tight shirts showing off her knockers while carrying the lesbian hairdo. She looks horrible this season. To little hair and to many tattoos.

Jan 21: Galactica A GoGo?: Looks like the mini has become a full blown series. The Vancouver based-teamsters Local 155 has listed a production office for Battlestar Galactica season one on their website. (Hollywood North Report) the SFC has yet to make any official announcement on the shows status. They have ten more days to make it official or the actors walk. 

Jan 21: AvsP Gets Weller: Robocop star Peter Weller (and now B actor) has joined the cast of Alien vs Predators according to a source at AICN. Weller will play Yutani of the Weyland-Yutani company. Billionaire brothers running the greedy company. 

Jan 21: Disney Screws Employees: In a typical Disney fuck up, they will be closing their Florida based animation studio. Disney of course used the standard best strategy for business in the short and long term line of bull-shit. (VFXPro.com)

Jan 21: Potter Gets Expensive: The fourth Harry Potter film is costing $30 million more than the third Lord of the Rings did to make. The fourth Potter film will be budgeted at $130 million. 

Jan 20: 2.0 Equals Zero: UPN has had enough of the shows sub 2.0 ratings and finally pulled the plug on the struggling series. The crew was told on the 15th that production will be halted immediately and pulled from the networks current schedule. There are at least four more episodes already in the can. If not aired in the summer, fans can hope that the series will end up on the SFC. A useless campaign to save the show has been started by the series five fans. 

Jan 20: R.D. Anderson Done: Lead actor Richard Dean Anderson has told fans that he will help launch Stargate: Atlantis by appearing in the pilot, which is being filmed concurrently with the final season of Stargate SG-1.  With the final SG-1's airing, Anderson will walk into the sunset retiring from show business. The article by Yahoo also states that the series will end this year, the series 8th season. There was to have been a ninth season to air alongside Stargate: Atlantis. That may be a misprint on their part.

Jan 20: 4400: Three Deep Space Nine alumns from behind the camera are joining together to create the USA Networks six hour mini-series "4400" (click link to learn about the mini). Robert H. Wolfe (Andromeda) along with Rene Echevarria and Steven Behr will mix it up producing, writing and showrunning with mini-series creator Scott Peters. One of the producers is Francis Ford Coppola, whose television credits include First Wave.  The mini-series will air sometime during the summer of 2004, with production beginning next month.

Jan 20: Enterprise On Red Alert: With the cancellation of Jake 2.0, which UPN and Paramount, after being told they were safe, the rumors on the set of Enterprise are flying fast and hard. The latest on set scuttle is that UPN could be moving Enterprise to a new timeslot followed by cancellation and possibly shopping the series to another network or taking the series into syndication. (cinescape.com) 

Jan 20: Fantastic Astin: Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings, Rudy, and The Goonies) is in the running to actual direct the loooong anticipated Fantastic Four feature from Marvel Comics. The original script done years ago was a favorite of the studio but would have cost well over $300 million to make has been in the rewrite mode for at least three years now. Also on the list to helm includes George Clooney, who continues to star in films that make little cash at the box office. 

Jan 20: More C.S.I.: How long can you keep creating new hit shows from one theme. It worked for Law and Order creating three distinct series, and now CBS is hammering out another C.S.I. series. With the success of C.S.I. and C.S.I.: Miami comes C.S.I.: New York. I can't wait until C.S.I.: Bumfuck Egypt.  The new series, theirs and not mine, will be part of next seasons line-up. 

Jan 20: Family Guy A Go: Creator Seth McFarlane has confirmed that The Family Guy will indeed be returning to television with new episodes. He just doesn't know when.

Jan 15: Stargate & Jeremiah: In the new boxed sets of Stargate SG-1, fans will be getting a free Jeremiah DVD. MGM's way of introducing many possible new fans to the series and a prelude to the new DVD Jeremiah boxed sets. Nice. Hopefully Scifi2k.com will be getting a set or two to give-a-way this time around from MGM. Keep checking back.

Jan 15: Babylon 5 Give-A-Way: It's Here! The Babylon 5 Season 4 boxed set give-a-way is back. Warner Bros and Scifi2k.com is giving two fans an opportunity two take home a stunning boxed set. All you have to do is send me an email with Babylon 5 in the header and your name with mailing address in the text area. One entry per person, per household. Any double entries and you can't win. Forget the name and mailing address you won't be entered. CLICK HERE to enter now. Entries will be taken from January 12th thru Feb 15th. Enter today to win. It's on sale at Amazon for $69.99. You could get one who gets it for free!  

Jan 15: Andromeda Comes to SFC: Tribune Entertainment has finally inked a deal to bring it dismal Andromeda television series to the Sci-Fi Channel. Season Five of Andromeda will be the LAST for the series, and will be a Sci-Fi Original Series rather than finishing up as a syndicated entity. This season, its fourth, will become available to the SFC beginning in March - which includes the previous 66 episodes from the first three seasons. 

Jan 15: Beastmaster Too: The new deal with the Sci-Fi Channel for Andromeda includes the three seasons of Tribune's Other series The Beastmaster (which is already available in seasonal DVD boxed sets). 

Jan 15: Fearless Dropped: You were warned the series was horribly stupid. The WB finally agrees with news that Fearless has been cancelled before it aired. After nothing but criticism over the pilot by Journalists, and yours truly the WB decided it was something that could not be fixed. 

Jan 15: Babylon 5 Scores: The new season four boxed set of Babylon 5 is the number five selling Sci-Fi DVD. It Follows the likes of Two Towers Extended Version, Pirates of the Carribean (not really scifi), Finding Nemo (Not Sci-Fi), and Fellowship of the Rings Extended Version.  This is proof that Babylon 5 is not dead and fans want a new project, feature film or television. 

Jan 15: Bewitched: Jim Carrey has apparently dropped from the role of Darrin in the upcoming Bewitched feature starring Nicole Kidman. Next up for the role is Will Farrell (Elf, Old School).

Jan 15: Johnny Quest: Warner Bros may possibly be preparing to release the Johnny Quest animated series to DVD. The folks over at Digital Bits.com have a good source that confirms it could be happening. (digitalbits.com)  

Jan 12: Lost In Space: The first season of Lost in Space is out on DVD. 29 uncut first season episodes with a few extras thrown in. The Boxed Set is running for a mere $54.99 at retailers now. Yes, that is a bit expensive for a series that wasn't high on the Sci-Fi fans list of wants... like maybe Logan's Run, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Space Above & Beyond, Misfits of Science, V: The Series, Alien Nation and many others.  What boxed sets would you like - The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, M.A.N.T.I.S., Airwolf, Automan, Ark II, Jason of Star Command, Adventures Inc., The Lost World, Adventures of Jules Verne, Beauty &the Beast, The Flash, Time Trax, Viper, Nowhere Man, Highlander the Raven, Something Is Out There, Seven Days, Werewolf, Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, The Burning Zone, Miami Vice, Brimstone, PREY, Conan the Series, The Chronicle, Dark Skies, Early Edition, The Pretender, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat (a classic), FX the Series, First Wave, Freddy's Nightmares, Friday the 13th the series, Good vs Evil, Greatest American Hero, Man From Uncle, The Green Hornet, Jack of All Trades, and many many more. Many of these aren't on anyone's list. The biggest problems comes down to the studios overpricing the boxed sets so fans won't purchase them. 

Jan 12: Cruise Goes For World: Tom Cruise is acting as if he is suddenly interested in doing a remake of War of the Worlds. As if this is a new revolution that suddenly came to him. Actually the actor and Paramount have been working on this for a while. First they had to fuck over an independent production company working on such a project before officially announcing their plans to do the same film. Nice, real nice. 

Jan 12: Twilight Zone: The New Twilight Zone repeats are returning to television in half hour or back to back half-hour segments in about 75% of the television market. The 22 episode series originally aired on UPN last season. Picking up the show include Tribune, WPIX of New York, KCAL/KCBS in LA, and WGN Chicago among others. 

Jan 12: Die Hard 4: The studio and Willis are ready to do the fourth and final installment. However, the script must be a good one worth doing. (USA Today)

Jan 12: Cave: Second & third director of the last two Matrix films, Bruce Hunt, will make his directorial debut for the Screen Gems/ Lakeshore Entertainment horror feature CAVE.  Starring in the film will be Cole Hauser from Pitch Black. The Story - a group of expert cave explorers who find themselves trapped in a deep-sea cave collapse and who mysteriously mutate into primeval beings.

Jan 12: More Zorro?: The feature is actually in pre-production and everyone is back. Banderas tells Coming Soon that the script is awesome. Much better than the first one. Come April of 2004 this one should be going into production. 

Jan 9: Bourne To Rent: The Bourne Identity, starring Matt Damon, wasn't a great action flick to pay $8.50, or more, at the box office. It was however an action renters dream movie. For 2003 The Bourne Identity was the number one rented movie on DVD & VHS - taking in an impressive $79.2 million. Second and third in the rentals were the not so great DiCaprio (and Spielberg) flick with $75.5 million, and M. Night Shyamalan's boring Mel Gibson flick "Signs" with $74.9 million. The Bourne Identity has done so well in rental format that a sequel looks to be happening. 

Jan 9: Enterprise Copies Voyager: If you really want to know why the Star Trek franchise is dying, here is a good reason - Lack of Originality. Wednesday's upcoming episode titled Doctors Orders, has the entire crew sedated as they traverse a dangerous portion of the expanse with the doctor and T'Pol being awake. Isn't this similar to the idea to the Voyager episode where the crew is sedated with only Seven awake as Voyager traverses a portion of space on the way back to Earth? Sure the hell sounds like it to me.  

Jan 9: No Sweeps For Enterprise: Always the same. Paramount and that Dynamic Duo of Dummies (Berman & Braga aka "Triple D") have scheduled zero special guest stars for Sweeps week. Not to surprising as this bunch has done little to save the series or the franchise from stagnation. 

Jan 8: Earthsea: The Sci-Fi Channel has given the greenlight to a four-hour mini-series titled Earthsea. Earthsea follows the tale of a reckless youth destined to become the greatest sorcerer that the mystical land of Earthsea has ever known. When the young wizard Ged discovers that he possesses infinite magical powers, he seeks to master the ancient arts. As he journeys to manhood, he will combat dragons, fall in love, cross death’s threshold, and ultimately wield the power to reunite a kingdom. Earthsea is produced by Hallmark Entertainment and Bender Brown Productions, on a script from Gavin Scott. Producers for the mini-series are Robert Halmi Sr., Kevin Brown and Lawrence Bender. Earthsea is based on the novel from Ursula K. Le Guin. (Futon Critic).

Jan 8: 4400: The USA has given the greenlight to a new series from Deepspace Nine's Rene Encheverria and Ira Behr along with Francis Ford Coppola's production company. 4400 centers on individuals who go missing and turn up, reincarnated of sorts, on Earth. The pilot episode surrounds a murder involving one of the 4400s, which prompts a government agency to form in order to track these superhuman-like beings. The 4400s will appear unaged since their disappearance or death but possess strange healing powers. Repeats of the series could appear on the Sci-Fi Channel as well. 

Jan 8: Scooby Doo 3?: Man, the first one was horrible, and the sequel has yet to scare into theaters. Now comes word that Linda Cardellini, who plays Velma, is already signed for a third feature. Scooby II hits theaters March 26th. 

Jan 8: New Give-A-Ways Soon: Coming soon will be two give-a-ways from Scifi2k.com. Warner Bros will be donating the Box Set of it's Babylon 5 season 4 and MGM will gracious donate a box set or two of Season 5's Stargate SG-1, which will include a Jeremiah Disc also. Look for it to happen soon. Thanks.

Jan 8: Greenfield's Got Sound: Douglas Greenfield, the sound consultant on numerous films including "Alien 3" and "Jurassic Park," will be honored with the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences. The Bonner award recognizes Greenfield's contribution to the Academy and the world of films since the late 1970s. He's been an active member of the Academy for many years and is a member of the newly created Science and Technology Council, a committee formed by the Academy to monitor the current state of technological arts.

Jan 8: Firefly: Joss Whedon had completed the script for the proposed Firefly feature film. He believes the film has a good chance of getting done, but that it may not happen at all. The Firefly script was the hardest writing he has ever done. 

Jan 8: Crowe In With Howard: Never break up a winning team right? Sure looks that way for Ron Howard and Russell Crowe. The two seem to be on a role together, and now Crowe is negotiating with Howard to star in his next feature film, The DaVinci Code.  Crowe is already in production with director Ron Howard in Cinderella Man. 

Jan 8: Batman Ice's It Up: Looks like the new Batman will be spending at least two-weeks filming up in Iceland, fairly soon. 

Jan 8: CSI Goes Into Attack Mode: CBS has put its hit series C.S.I. into attack mode against NBC's new series The Apprentice on Wednesday night. This means that the fledgling series first two weeks will be pitted against CBS' number one product. This also means that Enterprise and Smallville, on UPN and the WB respectively, could take some serious damage in the ratings as well. 

Jan 6: Galactica Gets Prepped: Executive Producer Ronald Moore is prepping Battlestar Galactica for a run at being a new series. However, Moore tells the SyFyPortal Website that the shows status is still up in the air. Discussions are still underway with the network, and the major actors contracts have been extended through January. Moore's been working on the shows bible along with the first few episodes. The Sci-Fi Channel is anxious for the series, but needs to understand the what the economic implications will be for them. He seems positive the series will be picked up. He has decided NOT to return to HBO's Carnivale in its second season to concentrate on development of new projects and on BSG. With an ensemble cast, even of mostly newcomers, and the heavy special effects the series will be costly. Likely more the Stargate SG-1, the SFC's flagship series, and not likely to garner equivalent rating numbers. Why not just do two-hour movies rather than a weekly series. The numbers would work much better for budget as well as ratings. 

Jan 6: Lord of Dollars: Return of the King has already made $291 million domestically. That's just $50 million from the total made by The Two Towers. 

Jan 6: Enterprise: What fans are being treated to this season is what the first season should have been. If Berman and Braga had pulled their heads out of their collective asses earlier, the fifth Star Trek series would not be struggling to get the greenlight for season four. Thanks guys... you assholes.

Jan 6: Hobbit trouble: United Artist and New Line Cinema are bickering about distribution rights to the Hobbit. New Line owns the film rights, but UA owns the distribution rights.  This could derail the project completely. Tolkien's great grandson Royd, who's 34, would love to see his grandfather's vision come to an end with Jackson helming the Hobbit film. 

Jan 6: Iron Man: Despite sagging success at the box office, Marvel Incorp. is still interested in Tom Cruise as billionaire Tony Stark - aka Ironman. Tom Cruise is reportedly also interested in the role. 

Jan 6: Grendel Anyone: Warner Bros has optioned the film rights to Matt Wagner's graphic novel "Grendel" thru its John Wells Productions. WB optioned the rights through Wagner, in association with Dark Horse Entertainment and Arsenal Entertainment. 

Jan 6: Las Vegas: Actor (and heavy duty stupid right winger) Alec Baldwin takes on a guest star role in the new series Las Vegas. The episode titled "Hellraisers and Heartbreakers" airs Monday Jan. 12th. Also appearing in the episode will be country singers Brooks and Dune. 

Jan 1: Jolie In Egypt: Angelina Jolie had taken blankets, winter clothing and toys to a refugee camp in Egypt. She has also pledged $20,000 to build a health center for the camp.  This is great and all. But why don't these Hollywood types start helping the homeless and destitute here in the good ol United States?  Everyone believes there are tons of free stuff available for the struggling here in the States. This is a load of shit. Some people just need a place to start to get back on their feet. If you don't have children, you generally aren't entitled to anything. Time for these people in Hollywood making millions from US and Canada residents to give a little more back to the country which made them rich. 

Jan 1: Astin Gets Nominated: Sean Astin, who plays Sam Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor by the Online Film Critics Society. 

Jan 1: 1000 Corpses II: Rob Zombie has finally finished up the script for his sequel to the horrible feature "House of 1000 Corpses". Lion's Gate, which owns the rights to the franchise has given the green light to the project. Zombie is hoping for a much smoother time for this one. Casting for the sequel could begin as early as today, with release expected to be in the summer of 2005. This one is not expected to be Campy, but more gritty crime drama.  (darkhorizons.com)

Jan 1: Disney Steals Another One: It's a never ending story with Disney and the way they do business. In 1995 a French Writer came up with the fish character called, "Pierrot Le Poisson Clown", which has an uncanny resemblence to Disney's NEMO. Clown fish, including many story ideas. Disney has of course taken the high road and denied the lawsuit. Disney, you SUCK! 

Jan 1: Resident Evil Ready: The sequel is ready to hit theaters. Resident Evil: Apocalypse will scare into theaters on September 10th. 

Jan 1: When Divas Attack: Does anyone really give a good shit if singers like Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears are feuding in a music magazine? This should be something on the Discovey Channel, like their Shark series.  Unless these to bombshells are lip locked and rolling around naked together I don't think anyone cares. Just two spoiled brats. Boo fucking hoo. 

Jan 1: Family Guy to Return: Rumor has it that Fox is looking to bring back its animated series The Family Guy. Because of the DVD sales numbers and ratings on Cartoon Network's Adult Spin Fox is working on a deal to bring the series back. Family guy is created by Seth McFarlane.  (cinescape online) 

Jan 1: Batman 5: Warner Bros is letting everyone know what the new Batman title could be. They have registered domain names with variations of "Batman: Intimidation".