> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jms at B5) > Date: 20 Mar 2001 19:35:24 -0700 > Lines: 58 > > Well, that's at least ONE weight off my chest.... > > To those who've heard the news already, and those just now finding > out...the SciFi Channel today announced that we have a new Babylon > 5 TV movie going into production that will also serve as a pilot > for a likely new series. > > The movie (and the series) is under the heading of BABYLON 5: THE > LEGEND OF THE RANGERS. The specific title for the 2-hour movie's > story is "To Live and Die in Starlight." > > There isn't much I can tell you about the story because we're > kinda keeping the details under wraps as much as possible for the > time being. What little I can say.... > > It's set in the B5 universe just under 3 years after the events of > "Objects at Rest." At this point there's one major character from > the B5 universe in the script (a fan favorite). Where B5 was a > heavy drama with some adventure/action elements, this one is a > little more skewed toward adventure with underlying drama (which > is about what you'd expect from the Anla-Shok). > > We've been sitting on this information for a while now...such that > we're already well into pre-production. We'll be shooting this > movie around mid-May, well in advance of any potential actor's > strike (the script is done and so far everybody likes it a LOT). > > We've already got designs coming in on a new ship, and a new *kind* > of ship...and we're going to be getting more into Minbari aesthetics, > technologies and philosophy. > > It's got some great characters, and it's a lot of fun. > > I have other news to announce on other fronts...have since the end > of the year, in fact...but I'm still sitting on the details awaiting > another press release from another studio. What I *can* say is that > I have a firm GO order to executive produce a new series (nominally > SF) that will go into production after the potential SAG strike. > When that's finally over, if the strike indeed happens, we pull the > trigger and go into principal photography and it's an order for a > full season's worth of episodes. > > I can't give you any details right now on the subject, title, studio > or network. That will have to await the studio's release...so don't > even ask. > > As far as doing both projects at the same time is concerned...it's > actually quite common, as testified to by folks like John Wells > and Aaron Sorkin and David Kelly and others. So there won't be > any conflict. > > More later. > > jms > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > (all message content (c) 2001 by synthetic worlds, ltd., > permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine > and don't send me story ideas) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jms at B5) > Date: 20 Mar 2001 19:21:47 -0700 > Lines: 41 > So the SciFi Channel asked me what order I'd like to air the > series in, since the folks at TNT kafuffled the airdates and > schedule based on what I'd originally had in mind. The theory > is, you start out with general episodes to introduce the > situation, characters and story, then you focus on individual > characters. The first five we shot, intended to produce this > effect, got shoved to the back of the line and we then had to > air the individual-themed ones *first*...essentially inverting > the order. > > So SFC asked me what the preferred author's order would be...and > that's how they've structured it, costume change be damned. Yes, > there will be some dialogue glitches now, because we looped a few > things to try and do least violence to the chronology of previously > shot shows...but from an overall story perspective, this is the > preferred order (as best I could remember it when they called and > asked). > So here is the order in which the Crusade eps will be broadcast: > > Mon, April 9 8:00 PM CRUSADE RACING THE NIGHT > Tue, April 10 8:00 PM CRUSADE THE NEEDS OF EARTH > Wed, April 11 8:00 PM CRUSADE THE MEMORY OF WAR > Thu, April 12 8:00 PM CRUSADE THE LONG ROAD > Mon, April 16 8:00 PM CRUSADE VISITORS FROM DOWN THE STREET > Tue, April 17 8:00 PM CRUSADE THE WELL OF FOREVER > Wed, April 18 8:00 PM CRUSADE EACH NIGHT I DREAM OF HOME > Thu, April 19 8:00 PM CRUSADE PATTERNS OF THE SOUL > Mon, April 23 8:00 PM CRUSADE THE PATH OF SORROWS > Tue, April 24 8:00 PM CRUSADE RULING FROM THE TOMB > Wed, April 25 8:00 PM CRUSADE THE RULES OF THE GAME > Thu, April 26 8:00 PM CRUSADE WAR ZONE > Mon, April 30 8:00 PM CRUSADE APPEARANCES AND OTHER DECEITS > > jms > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > (all message content (c) 2001 by synthetic worlds, ltd., > permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine > and don't send me story ideas) ______________________________________________________________________ Steve Sloan ......... 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