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I posted the info about B5:LotR on the main news page, but figued I'd post the entire bit here, too:
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This'll be fairly quick because it's nearly 1 a.m. and I'm constantly under the
gun these days...just wanted to give folks (who've been very patient with both
my absence and the momentary glitch in getting stuff through the pipeline whose
ends come out my wrists and onto the keyboard) some brief updates on coming
stuff. (I always feel awkward doing this, like it's some kind of commercial or
something -- "It's NewJMS! New, improved, less fattening!" -- feh. But people
ask, so I answer....)
Tomorrow at 1:58 p.m. we nailed the first shot on the two-hour opener for
"Jeremiah," shooting a couple of quick preliminary second unit shots before the
real start of filming tomorrow, when we begin banging down pages in earnest.
As I write this, we have six more scripts already in hand, well in advance of
getting to the episodes. Titles include "To Sail Beyond the Stars," "Tribes,"
and "Man of Iron, Woman Under Glass," all jms scripts, with "The Bag," "The
Touch," and "City of Roses" by Sam Egan, previously show-runner on The Outer
Limits.
The show has a pretty solid pedigree...me from B5 and Twilight Zone, Sam from
Outer Limits and Northern Exposure, director Russell Mulcahy from the first two
Highlander movies and the On the Beach miniseries, designer Steve Gaeghan from
Stargate and B5: Rangers and Outer Limits, stars Luke Perry and Malcom Jamal
Warner from 90210 and Cosby respectively...it's a real good lineup and both MGM
and Showtime are enthusiastic about everything they've seen. It's a nice
merging of a lot of TV SF and mainstream worlds.
On other fronts....
My new hardcover graphic novel, "Delicate Creatures," story by jms and art by
Michael Zulli, will be appearing at the end of this month from Image/Top
Cow/Joe's Comics. It can be pre-ordered from Amazon at: [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582402256/qid=999761876/sr=8-1/ref"]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582402256/qid=999761876/sr=8-1/ref[/url]
=aps_sr_b_1_1/102-3608192-2288166
The script for the Rising Stars feature is nearly in final shape, and will be
going out to directors within the next few weeks. We already have one very
well known director (as in oscar winning) interested in directing it, so we'll
see. But this is being fast tracked for Summer 2002.
After letting the comics work for Top Cow kinda go fallow while I did
everything else on my plate, I just turned in the script for issue 9 of
Midnight Nation, "Explanations, Valid and Otherwise," so we're getting that
train back onto the rails again. Should have the next Rising Stars comic
script in next week.
(feh...there has to be a better way to do this....)
This weekend the final version of "Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers" goes to
scifi channel. We'll see what we shall see...but from a production standpoint
I think it may be either the best or one of the best MOWs we've ever done.
My next issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man" (#35) should hit stores in about two
weeks, and I strongly commend it to people for a twist in the story and the
character, and the finale of the big conflict that's been going on now for 3
issues. We pull a big thread in Peter Parker's life, and I have a hunch that
this one is gonna disappear as fast as #30 did.
I should be able to announce one other project, the last I could take on at
this point, in about a month or so. The contracts only now got signed. And
I'm now about halfway through the new novel I'm writing, which should be going
out to auction in January (assuming work allows me to finish it by then). Also
this fall we should see the debut of my new anthology comic from Top Cow, each
issue presenting a different story. We haven't nailed down a title yet; I
suggested Eccentric Tales, they like Joe's Comics Presents or Tales of Joe.
Finally: I have air dates for both Rangers (January 2) and the debut of
Jeremiah (January 11).
Heading back to the shadows now to grab a few hours sleep before the cameras
begin rolling again tomorrow (this) morning at 7.
Feh.
jms
(jmsatb5@aol.com)
(all message content (c) 2001 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
and don't send me story ideas)[/quote]
[quote]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This'll be fairly quick because it's nearly 1 a.m. and I'm constantly under the
gun these days...just wanted to give folks (who've been very patient with both
my absence and the momentary glitch in getting stuff through the pipeline whose
ends come out my wrists and onto the keyboard) some brief updates on coming
stuff. (I always feel awkward doing this, like it's some kind of commercial or
something -- "It's NewJMS! New, improved, less fattening!" -- feh. But people
ask, so I answer....)
Tomorrow at 1:58 p.m. we nailed the first shot on the two-hour opener for
"Jeremiah," shooting a couple of quick preliminary second unit shots before the
real start of filming tomorrow, when we begin banging down pages in earnest.
As I write this, we have six more scripts already in hand, well in advance of
getting to the episodes. Titles include "To Sail Beyond the Stars," "Tribes,"
and "Man of Iron, Woman Under Glass," all jms scripts, with "The Bag," "The
Touch," and "City of Roses" by Sam Egan, previously show-runner on The Outer
Limits.
The show has a pretty solid pedigree...me from B5 and Twilight Zone, Sam from
Outer Limits and Northern Exposure, director Russell Mulcahy from the first two
Highlander movies and the On the Beach miniseries, designer Steve Gaeghan from
Stargate and B5: Rangers and Outer Limits, stars Luke Perry and Malcom Jamal
Warner from 90210 and Cosby respectively...it's a real good lineup and both MGM
and Showtime are enthusiastic about everything they've seen. It's a nice
merging of a lot of TV SF and mainstream worlds.
On other fronts....
My new hardcover graphic novel, "Delicate Creatures," story by jms and art by
Michael Zulli, will be appearing at the end of this month from Image/Top
Cow/Joe's Comics. It can be pre-ordered from Amazon at: [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582402256/qid=999761876/sr=8-1/ref"]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582402256/qid=999761876/sr=8-1/ref[/url]
=aps_sr_b_1_1/102-3608192-2288166
The script for the Rising Stars feature is nearly in final shape, and will be
going out to directors within the next few weeks. We already have one very
well known director (as in oscar winning) interested in directing it, so we'll
see. But this is being fast tracked for Summer 2002.
After letting the comics work for Top Cow kinda go fallow while I did
everything else on my plate, I just turned in the script for issue 9 of
Midnight Nation, "Explanations, Valid and Otherwise," so we're getting that
train back onto the rails again. Should have the next Rising Stars comic
script in next week.
(feh...there has to be a better way to do this....)
This weekend the final version of "Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers" goes to
scifi channel. We'll see what we shall see...but from a production standpoint
I think it may be either the best or one of the best MOWs we've ever done.
My next issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man" (#35) should hit stores in about two
weeks, and I strongly commend it to people for a twist in the story and the
character, and the finale of the big conflict that's been going on now for 3
issues. We pull a big thread in Peter Parker's life, and I have a hunch that
this one is gonna disappear as fast as #30 did.
I should be able to announce one other project, the last I could take on at
this point, in about a month or so. The contracts only now got signed. And
I'm now about halfway through the new novel I'm writing, which should be going
out to auction in January (assuming work allows me to finish it by then). Also
this fall we should see the debut of my new anthology comic from Top Cow, each
issue presenting a different story. We haven't nailed down a title yet; I
suggested Eccentric Tales, they like Joe's Comics Presents or Tales of Joe.
Finally: I have air dates for both Rangers (January 2) and the debut of
Jeremiah (January 11).
Heading back to the shadows now to grab a few hours sleep before the cameras
begin rolling again tomorrow (this) morning at 7.
Feh.
jms
(jmsatb5@aol.com)
(all message content (c) 2001 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
and don't send me story ideas)[/quote]
Comments
What did SFX magazine do to piss him off? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
I like the sound of that Jeremiah thing. Look forward to it appearing here.
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
I like the sound of all that hes doing right now... lets hope lots of it gets out here one day... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Aint life great :) :) :)
[b]Heh.
What did SFX magazine do to piss him off? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img][/b][/quote]
As far as I remember they just slated B5 completely and said it was crap, and were very pro Star Trek. I maybe wrong though, but that reason does seem familiar to me.
Well its great to see that things have moved very weel for the film! The anticipation for this one will be very big!
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'The future is all around us' G'kar
'I have no surviving enemies! None what so ever!' Galen
Visit my B5 site at: [url="http://www.nialb5.com"]B5 site[/url].
[i][b]B5:LotR[/b][/i] is going to be fun to watch...for some reasons more...secretive...than others... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/vsml.gif[/img] ...(looks at Jack and Randy)... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/vsml.gif[/img] ...
-Rick
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[i]"...In the end it would hold because what is built endures. And what is loved endures.
And Babylon 5...Babylon 5 endures."[/i] -- Delenn in the Babylon 5 episode [i]Rising Star[/i]
[This message has been edited by Rick (edited 09-07-2001).]
[This message has been edited by Rick (edited 09-07-2001).]
Rick...promise me you'll elaborate on that when the time is right (even if that time is after whatever-it-is airs on LotR).\
LOL...did you have second thoughts on that Hihglander rant? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
[This message has been edited by samuelk (edited 09-07-2001).]
[b] Rick...promise me you'll elaborate on that when the time is right (even if that time is after whatever-it-is airs on LotR).\
LOL...did you have second thoughts on that Hihglander rant? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
[This message has been edited by samuelk (edited 09-07-2001).][/b][/quote]
No second thoughts on the rant itself....just second thoughts on posting it.
Suffice it to say, my opinion of Highlander 2 is such that everyone responsible for that film should be hung by their privates.
Re: embellishing on the other thing...we'll see.
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[i]"...In the end it would hold because what is built endures. And what is loved endures.
And Babylon 5...Babylon 5 endures."[/i] -- Delenn in the Babylon 5 episode [i]Rising Star[/i]
Yeah, that's what I meant. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
:d
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
There are two MAJOR dates the next 6 months:
19.Desember 2001 : Tolkien : Lord Of The Rings
2.January 2001 : Babylon 5: Legend Of The Rangers.
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!
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2.January 2001 : Babylon 5: Legend Of The Rangers.
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!![/b][/quote]
And we've all missed it then! [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
Cherio.
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Catapvltam habeo. Nisi pecvniam omnem mihi dabis, ad capvt tvvm saxvm immane mittam.
Mater tva criceta fvit, et pater tvo redolvit bacarvm sambvcvs.
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'The future is all around us' G'kar
'I have no surviving enemies! None what so ever!' Galen
Visit my B5 site at: [url="http://www.nialb5.com"]B5 site[/url].
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b]Highlander 1 and 2 was ok...3/4 sucked big time...
[/b][/quote]
Dude...you SO don't want to get me started on that H2 and that "Planet Zeist" crap it subjected us all to...
Eww...
-R.
[b]
And we've all missed it then! [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
Cherio.
[/b][/quote]
What do you expect from a mundane? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
Apperently they did that on a Saturday afternoon. Anyone who lives in the UK will therefore know that that is the worst time to film a battle which involves all of the protagonists waving sharp heavy objects at eachother. This danger is compunded by the fact that the vast majoriy of the extras used there, had just been in the pub watching the football, and were therefore probably quite drunk.
Needless to say; a few digits were missing by the time the shooting was over. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Cherio.
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Catapvltam habeo. Nisi pecvniam omnem mihi dabis, ad capvt tvvm saxvm immane mittam.
Mater tva criceta fvit, et pater tvo redolvit bacarvm sambvcvs.
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
That one guy who got an arrow in his ass probably wished he hadn't come to work that day!
hah hah!
[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
[b] Dude...you SO don't want to get me started on that H2 and that "Planet Zeist" crap it subjected us all to...
Eww...
-R.[/b][/quote]
When they came out with the DVD, it was the "Renegade" version. They took all that Zeist crap out of it, re-shot the ending and added some extra footage. It's not too awful.
My feeling is that somebody wrote the script, and somebody else said, you know, that HIGHLANDER flick did some business. Can we attach the script to the franchise...