Sept 30: Lost: The second episode of the new series has aired. It was as intriguing as the first. LOST is a quality piece of work for ABC. That doesn't mean the series will be a hit however. Good doesn't mean audience participation. But if you are looking for good drama with some action thrown in, LOST could be the series for you. It airs Wednesday nights at 8pm on ABC. ABC will repeat the first two episodes back to back Saturday night. Don't mess it.

Sept 30: Kevin Hill: The new UPN series starring Taye Diggs premiered last night at 9pm. I'm not sure if CBS was worried or not, but they aired a special episode of C.S.I. at their 9pm timeslot. Kevin Hill has potential to be an excellent drama series for UPN if some fans tune in. 

Sept 30: Aeon Flux: Production resumes on Aeon Flux come Monday morning after being halted when star Charlize Theron got hurt doing some wire work on a trampoline. 

Sept 30: James Bond Delayed: Eon Productions and MGM have done a fairly shitty job with James Bond over the past years. The films have done well, but could have been so much better.  Now comes word that MGM will delay another James Bond until maybe 2006. The studio is currently in the process of being purchased by Sony, so feature negotiations have been put on hold for the last five months. 

Sept 30: Bad Vice News: There is some bad news brewing on the Miami Vice feature front. Jamie Foxx is actually being considered for the role of Ricardo Tubbs, played so gracefully by Philip Michael Thomas in the series. Mann recently directed Foxx in the feature "Collateral". (moviehole.net) 

Sept 30: Magnum PI: Tom Selleck appears heavily involved in the feature film. The actor has input on the script and tone of the film. So, as you can tell the film is still in the scripting stages.

Sept 30: Star Wars: The Series: Man Star Wars fans are a bit upset to learn that Kevin Smith's name is being rumored to head the new series. Lucas likes Smith and could pass the Wars TV torch to the director/writer.

Sept 30: More Wars Films: Despite George Lucas' denial of more Star Wars films, the word on the street is that there are indeed plans in the works for three more features. 

Sept 30: More AvsP: Previous announcement talked of separate Alien and Predator features. Now director Paul Anderson tells the Dread Central website that Fox is making noise now about a possible sequel. The feature film has opened to large numbers in every country so far. AvsP could be the highest grossing film of either franchise to date. (moviehole.net)

Sept 30: CSI: NY: The latest installment seems just as dominating as the first two. NBC thought it smart to put it Law & Order (which has spawned two spin-off series also) against the new CSI series. Their attempt has backfired as CSI: NY has dominated the timeslot for the first two-weeks of the new season and the numbers are likely to get better over the rest of the season. 

Sept 26: Top Cartoons: Who's tops of the 80's in the cartoon world? Top minds just might want to know. They aren't some obscure cartoons you won't remember. HeMan and the Masters of the Universe ruled the 80's until 1987. He was the hero who fought off G.I. Joe, Optimus Prime and the Transformers and even Voltron from the top spot. HeMan aired in 32 countries and earned over one billion dollars in toys sales for the toy company "Mattel".  Unfortunately cartoons fade and by the late 80's these heroes of the animated airwaves had fallen from favor. Kids were ready to move on. From the ashes rose  "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.  These "Heroes in a Half Shell" earned over one billion dollars in toy sales and spawned three live action feature films. They ruled the cartoon highway like no other anime' could. It's turtle power dudes! It just isn't the same today with kids flocking to a sponge named Bob and some girls who are powder puffs. I'll take Johnny Quest, the Herculoids and the original Scooby Doo any day. Wile E. Coyote, are you out there? What about these guys... Space Ghost, Thundar the Barbarian, Dungeons & Dragons, Spiderman & his Amazing Friends, Bravestar and the Real Ghostbusters. 

Sept 26: Jerry O'Connell: The main man from Sliders, Jerry O'Connell had turned his recurring role on Crossing Jordan into a full time job this season. After turning down a long term contract for a serious role on CSI: New York City working under Gary Sinise. (O'Connell worked with Sinise on the feature "Mission to Mars". )

Sept 26: Williams Joins NBC: Actress and Singer Vanessa Williams (Eraser) has inked a deal with NBC to add her name to a long list of daytime talk show hosts. (Hollywood Reporter) I'll watch just to see her. 

Sept 25: Terminator 4 Gets Ready: Production is gearing up for the fourth Terminator installment in early 2005. What about the cast... who knows. Neither Clair Danes or Nick Stahl were signed for T4. Talks have begun with Schwarzenegger on a possible cameo appearance as well as with Jonathan Mostow to take the helm again. Mostow will direct a film by Paramount before taking the reins to T4.

Sept 25: Earthsea a Tapping: The Sci-Fi Channel has added a guest appearance by Stargate SG-1's Amanda Tapping during their mini-series "Earthsea". She will play the ghost of Lady Elfarran who appears to the main character early in the mini. 

Sept 25: Enterprise on DVD: Fans of the series will see the series four season during 2005. The announcement could come before the end of October from Paramount. (thedigitalbits.com)

Sept 24: Lost Scores Big: ABC's new series premiere of LOST scored decent on Wednesday night earning a 6.8 rating (that's 18.7 million viewers). While the ratings are no juggernaut, it was a great premiere for ABC, even though "The Pretender" got the axe with 6.5 ratings at the shows end.

Sept 24: CSI: NY: CSI: New York can say it kicked the shit out of Law & Order. CSI drew 19.3 million viewers while L&O sifted out 15.4 million. 

Sept 24: Hawaii Doomed: Typhoon up the ass is more like it. The shows writing is so bad nothing else can save Hawaii. If you like the show, plan for the worst. You can expect this one to enter the hiatus void at any moment. The writing for the show is horrific. 

Sept 24: Veronica Mars: This lame series from UPN is essentially the replacement series for last years "Jake 2.0", which was decent television series. The ratings for Veronica Mars premiere was lower than that of Jake 2.0. Can you say... toast.

Sept 24: Reaper: Media 8 Entertainment has purchased the feature film rights, including producing and distribution to the Sci-Fi feature REAPER. Production is already slated to begin in February. A Private Detective finds himself immersed in a surreal underworld where the differences between life and death become blurred. (variety)

Sept 24: Hellboy 2 Delayed: The sequel to Hellboy is being pushed back so that director Guillermo del Toro can take on another project first. The delay is expected to be about a year-and-a-half.

Sept 24: Stargate SG-1 Meets Farscape: Actress Claudia Black from the hit cancelled series Farscape will land in an episode of Stargate SG-1 titled "Prometheus Unbound". She'll play a character named Vala. Black will also be re-appearing in the Farscape mini-series as Aeryn Sun

Sept 24: Anonymous Rex: The new two-hour telefilm slash back door pilot titled Anonymous Rex is slated to air on the Sci-Fi Channel, or Stargate Channel as many call it, on November 19th. The telefilm is based on the novel series by Eric Garcia about private investigators who are actually dinosaurs masquerading on Earth as human beings. The private eyes investigate the death of another investigator in the pilot. (futon critic)

Sept 24: Star Wars Saps: Yeah, that would be America. George has hacked and slashed the original Star Wars trilogy while we all bitched, moaned and complained all the way to Wallmart. I was one too. Walking through Wallyworld I couldn't resist picking up that ugly $40 boxed set. What a sucker we all are. Lucas and Fox sucked up $115 million on just the first day of sales - and we didn't even get the original films. 

Sept 20: Disney: After running the last of the Disney clan out of town, Disney's CEO Michael Eisner has announced that he'll resign in two-years when his current contract expires. Eisner has tarnished the Disney image while he's been the CEO. The franchise is so huge it could be years before they fell the effects of his poor management tactics.

Sept 20: Weak Box Office: A good weekend at the box office was expected with Mr. 3000, Sky Captain and Wimbledon joining Cellular and Resident Evil. That wasn't the case however as Sky Captain opened with just $16.2 million and Mr. 3000 a distant second with just over $9 million. Looks like many movie goers found something else to do over the weekend. A $16 million opening is bad, but I thought the film would do much better along with Resident Evil 2 - which lost 60% of it's first week audience to make just $9 million ($37 million over the first two weeks.) 

Sept 20: Quantum Leap: The Sci-Fi Channel is developing a telefilm/ possible series based on the original series Quantum Leap which starred Scott Bakula. The network is planning to re-imagine the series as they did with Battlestar Galactica. If the network doesn't get the project off the ground within the few weeks creator Donald P. Bellesario and Bakula will attempt to bring QL to the big screen by 2006. (IESB)

Sept 20: Star Wars TV: George Lucas has confirmed the new television series based on the universe he created. Luckily for fans, Lucas will not be heading up the new series. No official word on when the series would premiere. HBO or Showtime would be a much better place for an adult oriented project.

Sept 16: Ghost in the Shell 2: The new adult oriented animated feature "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence" from Dreamworks opens in theaters tomorrow, Sept. 17th. The new feature will get the largest opening ever for an adult-oriented animated movie in the U.S. Check the official Go Fish website for more info on the film. CLICK HERE for their website.

Sept 16: It's Sky Captain Time: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow actually opens tomorrow in theaters. Check local theaters and listings for times in your area.

Sept 16: The Rock is Doomed: Dwayne Johnson, aka the Rock, has signed on the dotted line to star in the upcoming video game turned action movie "Doom". The Rock now has the video game "Spy Hunter" and "Doom" on his chart. Doom follows an expanding list of video games turn live action movie. Most of them haven't done well at the box office. Also signing to co-star with the Rock is Karl Urban (Bourne Identity) as an assassin. 

Sept 16: Jeremiah May Live On: Executive Producer Scott Rosenberg told the Sci-Fi Wire Jeremiah may have some life left after its two-hour season ending run on Showtime. Unfortunately if Showtime sticks to their guns about NO third season it will continue in an electronic comic book form only. If the ratings are good Rosenberg is hoping that Showtime will give the series a third season even without J. Michael Stracynski.  Chances for that are so very small. 

Sept 16: Ghost Rider: The new Ghost Rider film is now scheduled to begin filming in January down in Australia with a summer 2006 release planned. It is unlikely now that Nicolas Cage will star. The studio is reportedly interested in someone younger in the lead role. 

Sept 16: Foundation Attacks Sharks: The Columbus Citizens Foundation has attacked Dreamworks for their new animated feature Shark Tale. They are outraged that the film depicts Italian Americans in a bad way. Ohhh, it's not politically correct? What a load of dog shit. I have two letters for that "Fuck" and "You".  :O)  Of course Dreamworks said it in a nice way. How come they aren't all over the Sapranos? Why aren't they trying to get the Godfather films pulled off the video shelves? No, they have to go after a childs cartoon. 

Sept 16: Tru Calling Pulled: Fox has had second thoughts about the second year series Tru Calling. They have pushed the season premiere to mid-season and are considering a change from l3 episodes to just 6. This is what Hiatus is all about. The word on the street (I like that) comes down to the shows budget and the fact that Fox is in its "Reality Show Phase" and could get the same ratings with a cheaper budgeted reality show.

Sept 16: The Dukes Suck: You already know the new Dukes Of Hazzard feature film will be a box office flop before it ever gets made. Now the truth is out. Actress, I use the term so very loosely, Jessica Simpson has signed on to play the role of Daisy Duke. "Flop Flop, Piss Piss, Oh what a shitty film this is'" 

Sept 16: 4400 Hold Up: Why no word on the renewal of USA networks hit series 4400? Well, one obstacle is money, of course. None of the cast was signed beyond the six-hour mini-series. That could raise production costs to about $1.5 million per episode. The second stalling point is that the USA network and Paramount Network Television are arguing over broadcast rights. NBC Universal, which owns the USA Network, wants the rights to rebroadcast the episodes on one of their affiliates should they decided to do so, for a nominal fee. Paramount, which is owned by Viacom/CBS doesn't want the series to end up on CBS as as a mid-season replacement series. Viacom is also stressing that the deal with USA was done before the merger with NBC. If this deal does not work out the USA Network could then actually shop the around to NBC Universal. USA wants the deal done quickly so they can get another 13 episodes done for their summer 2005 premiere. 

Sept 11: The Punisher Sells: The Thomas Jane/ John Travolta film didn't set the box office on fire, but the Punisher DVD/VHS did sell 1.8 million copies in the first five days. The makes it one of the best selling features of the year, despite making just $33 million at the box office. I still like the Dolph Lundgren video release only feature better. 

Sept 11: Primer: THINKFilm is planning 2 more screenings before their upcoming release of PRIMER on September 27th and 28th before the New York City press day . Primer is a prize winner at Sundance that was done for just $7,000 by writer-director-actor Shane Carruth. Both screenings will take place in New York on September 23rd. There will be press days in New York (Sept. 27th), Dallas (Oct. 8th) and Los Angeles (Oct. 22nd).

Sept 11: Aeon Flux Accident: Actress Charlize Theron was injured again on the set of Aeon Flux. She returned to Los Angeles on Tuesday (Aug 31) after injuring her neck. She was doing wire work in high heels. During a somersault she slipped and injured herself. The slip disc nearly went into her spinal cord. She fine now but it could have been much worse. Her actor boyfriend Stuart Townsend was worried and told Theron that the stunt girl is going to start working, and not you. That's sweet, but it's her career. They aren't married and the decisions about doing stunts falls completely on Charlize Theron, and how much she wants to do. 

Sept 11: Frank Thomas Passes: Legendary animator Frank Thomas, who worked on the Snow White, has passed away. The 92 year old died at his home in Flintridge, California. Thomas also worked on the classics "Dumbo", "Pinochio", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Cinderella". Frank Thomas is part of the old Disney legacy and wonderful talents that worked at the studio.  

Sept 11: Charmed Turns 7:  Paramount's production of Charmed has entered it's seventh season on the WB. An eighth remains a strong possibility as well. Executive producer Brad Kern tells Zap2It.com that he doesn't have an answer for why the show has had such longevity. Viewers simply need to watch the show to see the three pieces of eye candy to know why so many stick around every year. While the story lines the last two seasons have been bad, the scantly dressed Alyssa Milano episodes have increased. Skin sells, and Charmed has three beautiful young woman that actually have some acting talent when the writers decided to use it. 

Sept 9: Aliens & Predators Going Solo: 20th Century Fox is very happy with the Alien vs Predator success at the box office. While many critics don't like the sequel it's apparent that fans do. The plan now is a Predator feature and another Alien feature, but no AVP sequel. Predator 3 seems to be the hottest project with the story open for a fourth film with a possible Arnold Schwartzenegger character return. As for those Alien creatures... we're back to the Ridley Scott / Sigourney Weaver team-up. This is the time for the Steve Perry Alien trilogy novels. 

Sept 9: Starhunter 2300: The first season boxed set of  Starhunter 2300 the series could hit retailers as early as October 12th. Most of us in the U.S. never even got a chance to see either season. In some locations it aired on Sundays at midnight. The first season stars Michael Pare (Philadelphia Experiment) and is totally different from the second season which was totally revamped and other star brought in. It is unknown if the boxed set will be the Canadian version or the edited U.S. version. (TVShowsondvd.com)

Sept 9: Babylon 5 Winners: I don't usually post the winners of the give-a-ways but what the hell. The B5 season 5 winners are Brian in Coheos, NY and Phillip in Florence, KY. The B5: Movie Collections go to Grant in North Borough, MA and Bobby in Rio Rancho, NM.  Congrats to the winners. The Wonder Woman season one collections are on the clock. Enter today to win. 

Sept 9: More Dirty Harry: Clint over at Moviehole.net has info that Warner Bros. is working on a new "Dirty Harry" feature that will bring back Clint Eastwood as police detective Harry Callahan. It is rumored to be in the vein of the original film. 

Sept 9: Jurassic Park 4: Moviehole.net also reported a tidbit that special effects wizard Stan Winston has reported that the script is finished and plans are to begin production very soon on the film. 

Sept 9: Crappy Hulk Sequel Happening: Movies good. Hulk movie bad. Sequel... bad. Superhero Hype has some horrible news that the planned sequel from Marvel just might be moving ahead. Michael France is slated to do the script and a director could be named soon. Eric Bana is not looking forward to another box office flop. The Hulk, Troy and another Hulk feature. Whew! This is a good place for stick up. Wonder what he wants on his acting tombstone? 

Sept 9: MONK: The hit series MONK on the USA Network is retooling the series. Producers of the series will not be bringing back Bitty Schram, who played Sharona Fleming. When the series returns in January for the remained of its third season she will not be there. Casting is currently underway for a thirty-something actress to play a widow who's a bartender and takes on the job of working for Adrian Monk. 

Sept 9: The District Returns: Well, in repeats anyways. TNT has picked up the rebroadcast rights to the cancelled series "The District". They will add the three season series to its weekday schedule. 

Sept 9: More Rescue Me: The FX network has picked up the second season of Rescue Me after just five airings and a solid 2.0 rating. 13 episodes in the second season are confirmed with a possible 15 total. Rescue Me stars Denis Leary, who is also an executive producer with Jim Serpico and Peter Tolan. 

Sept 8: The Scott's at Sci-Fi: Ridley Scott and brother Tony Scott are joining with the Sci-Fi Channel to produce a remake of the Andromeda Strain into a four-hour mini-series. 

Sept 8: The Thing... Again:  Wasn't John Carpenter's "The Thing" a perfect remake of the 1950's version? Most fans do, but the Sci-Fi Channel and Frank Darabont believe they can do better in a new four-hour mini-series. David Leslie Johnson is writing the adaptation. Frank Darabont co-produced the the 1982 Carpenter version. 

Sept 8: Frankenstein: USA Network has opened a new website for their upcoming adaptation of Frankenstein. CLICK HERE for the website. Frankenstein is scheduled to premiere October 9th at 9pm. You start to wonder how many times you can retell this story and keep people coming back for more. 

Sept 8: Enterprise Doomed: This season was already set to be the final season of Star Trek: Enterprise. Any hope of a reprieve at the end of the season went out the door when Paramount Network TV Executive Gary Hart stepped down. Hart supported  the renewal of the series for another season. 

Sept 8: Hawaii Warming Up: The second episode of the new series stepped up its audience participation by almost 26%.  A new episode will air this Friday night as well. 

Sept 8: Star Trek: The Complete Set: Paramount Studios is planning a complete Star Trek the original series in a 3 season boxed set on December 14th, just in time for Christmas. 

Sept 8: The 4400 on DVD: Paramount is wasting little time getting "The 4400" to DVD on December 21st. 

Sept 8: B5: Crusade: Warner Bros. will complete the final piece of the Babylon 5 franchise to DVD on December 7th. The four disc boxed set is to retail at a bit expensive price of... $59.99. 

Sept 5: Harry Potter 5: Harry Potter may be getting his first female director with "The Order of the Phoenix". "Vanity Fair" director Mira Nair has been offered the directing duties. She's reading the script but hasn't decided yet. Don't worry she'll do it. (zap2it.com)  It's time to do these films two or three back to back.  Don't ask Kevin Smith to direct it. The project is too big for him. Just ask him.

Sept 5: Enjoy the weekend from Scifi2k.com

Sept 2: More Underworld: The sequel is slated to begin production in November. The script is complete and the films first stars are returning, and they will be getting a few extra bucks in the wallets as well. 

Sept 2: The Original Trek Boxed Set: The first season boxed set of the original Star Trek series is available on DVD. Costco is selling the first season for $80.95. The new boxed set comes in a yellow container that looks pretty cool other than the yellow. 

Sept 2: Las Vegas: The second season of Las Vegas starring James Caan begins Monday, Sept. 13th at 9pm. The series left with the character Danny, played by Josh DuHamel, leaving the Montecito and heading to Iraq after the military reinstated him for a an unspecified mission. He may be slated to return during the first episode of the new season.

Sept 2: Carnivale: Fans of the HBO series should be happy to learn that the first season boxed set will hit retailers on December 7th for $99.99. Online shoppers can pick up the set for $69.99 and possibly at Costco for $74.99. 

Sept 2: Should Trek Take a Breather?: This seems to be the pondering question among everyone attached or familiar with the series. The franchise doesn't need to rest, it needs to evolve. With Rick Berman and Brannon Braga the franchise has become stagnant on both the television and feature film fronts. The franchise needs fresh ideas and storylines - not to be placed into moth balls for a few years. Evolve and expand. Hello? Is anyone home? Shit, didn't think so? Gimmee the keys, I'll drive.

Sept 2: Hellboy: Director Guillermo Del Toro told Empire online that he would love to do Hellboy as a trilogy... at the least. 

Sept 2: Superman: Comic Book writer Mark Millar told the folks over at the Superherohype website that his learn director Mark Singer has signed Jim Caviezel (Count of Monte Cristo & Passions of the Christ) to play Superman. Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool (that I've sold out) .com has de-bunct that report but you don't really know till it becomes official. Caviezel is a quality actor, but he's 37 years old and that doesn't fit Warner's desire to have the part played by a twenty-something actor. Millar is positive Caviezel is Superman.

Sept 2: Na-no, Na-no:  It is time. The series that put Robin Williams on the comedy map finally hits retails on September 7th. The 4 disc slim case first season boxed set will cost fans $38.99 with an online price of $27.29. "Mork calling Orson. Come in Orson." 

Sept 2: At The Box Office: The Jet Li feature "Hero" is sitting at the top spot. The number two film is the comedy "Without a Paddle". Tucked right on its ass is "Princess Diaries 2" which has maintained its audience appeal while AVP has dropped from number one to number four and now in the number seven slot.  Collateral and Exorcist: The Beginning are already tumbling their way out of the top ten. The Exorcist flick is down to number 5 with Collateral in the 6th spot. 

Sept 2: Aeon Injured: Charlize Theron was injured on the set of her new film "Aeon Flux" while performing one her many wire stunts. The injury was unspecified but it was also reported there were no cuts or broken bones. 

Sept 2: Kevin Smith: This guy can't handle directing a big budget film like The Green Hornet, but he doesn't mind heading back to his childish roots with a stupid sequel to "Clerks". I won't even give the title to the film, because even that isn't original. Nice work Mr. Smith. Just phone it in from now on. We don't want you to move forward with your career. Just keep doing the dumb-shit stuff.

Sept 2: Highlander, Animated Style: Not only will there be a fifth live action flop in the dismal highlander franchise from producer Davis-Panzer productions, but there is now an animated feature in development too. It's two, two flops in one. (cinescape)

Sept 2: Area 51: Paramount has decided that the video game "Area 51" deserves the movie treatment too and picked up the feature film rights. It likely to be a live action film.

Sept 2: Goyer Gets His Deal: Writer David Goyer has now added director to his resume and signed his second deal with Warner Bros. moving over from New Line.  It's a one-year first-look deal writing, producing and directing for the studio. Warner has an option to pick up a two-year extension on the deal if they are happy with his work. One deal that may be heading his way is a remake of Soylent Green which originally starred Charleston Heston. (variety)

Sept 2: Doohan Makes Final Appearance: Star Trek's 84 year old Scotty, James Doohan has made his final public appearance accepting his star on Hollywoods walk-of-fame. Doohan is suffering from Parkinson's disease and diabetes. He is also in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Thanks James.