Sept 30: Mad Max to Return: "Mad Max" fans should be happy with the news Moviehole has recieved this morning. After months - make that years - of rumours and speculation, the film is a 'go picture'. An insider tells us that Fox Studios in Sydney have just made a deal with George Miller to have the film shot there in March of 2003. Negotiations are still underway between Icon, Fox and George Miller to iron out further aspects of the deal. (thanks to Clint @ moviehole.net)

Sept 30: Wicked Prayer: Moviehole.net has some other genre news. Edward Furlong, who was dumped from T3 for being a druggy, has been cast as the lead in the fourth 'CROW' film... the Crow: Wicked Prayer. It will also be a direct to video feature. Shooting begins February 15th. Lance Mungia will helm the picture.

Sept 30: Jobs Hates Disney: According to a quote by Jim Hill it seems that Steve Jobs at Pixar (and Apple Computer CEO) hates being in bed with Disney. The quote about Toy Story 3 getting done, "The only way Steve Jobs would now agree to Toy Story 3 was if it would get his company out of its arrangement with the mouse that much quicker. Toy Story 3 is expected by 2003. (dark horizons)

Sept 29: Troy: It's now official that the Hulk star, Eric Bana, will star opposite Brad Pitt in the upcoming feature 'TROY'. Bana will play the Trojan, Prince Hector who is slain by the Greek hero, Achilles (Brad Pitt). 

Sept 29: Odyssey 5: A set of VideoCD/DVD labels have been added to the site for download. CLICK HERE for the VCD Area.

Sept 29: Superman: Warner Bros. is totally pissed off at AICN for their review of the Superman script. The studio is now petrified they might have another 'Batman & Robin' on their hands, and the negative buzz from AICN could kill the movie before it starts. Reportedly the project is now in jeopardy. What fun is a movie about a man who can only be hurt by rocks from his home planet. (darkhorisons.com) Amazing what the report on just one site can do to a huge studio like Warner Bros. 

Sept 28: Illusion TV Series: The new TV series 'Lords of Illusions' based around the feature film will not, as expected, have Scott Bakula available for the lead role since he is starring in UPN's Enterprise. Clive Barker's Seraphim Films is developing the series for Showtime & MGM. They have just turned in a pilot script for consideration. 

Sept 27: The Jacket: Training Day director Antoine Fuqua is in negotiations to helm Paramount's latest project 'The Jacket'. The picture is being produced by Mandalay Pictures and Section Eight. The film is a Sci-Fi themed story about a man who is falsely imprisoned, learns to see into the future. (Variety)

Sept 27: xXx DVD: The DVD of Vin Diesel's James Bond style film XXX will hit retail chains December 31st. Austin Powers: Goldmember will hit December 3rd. (thedigitalbits.com)  Scorpion King finally hits DVD October 1st. 

Sept 27: Dark Angel Returns: Dark Angel star Jessica Alba is heading to the big screen as part of a comic book story. Variety is reporting that Alba will star in 'Beautiful Killer'. The film is based on an issue of Black Bull Comics about a young girl driven to seek vengeance after her parents are killed because of their involvement in the espionage game. Producers are already after writers in hopes of having the project ready to go on Alba's next available slot. The film is being written in the vein of 'Le Femme Nikita'. (moviehole.net) Sure, let's copy something else instead of going original.

Sept 27: Jeremiah: A VCD and CDR Label have been added to the site for download. CLICK HERE for the VCD AREA. 

Sept 27: Gladiator 2: Universal and Dreamworks are slowly moving forward on their proposed sequel to Gladiator. They have hired John Logan (st: nemesis) to pen the script. 

Sept 27: Amazing Dollars: 20th Century Fox has laid in some serious advertising money in the neighborhood of $70M with company like... Radio Shack, Baskin Robbins, Dr. Pepper, and Kraft. Imagine... cheese slices in the shape of Spiderman. Life was never so good. ;) Fox is still negotiating with several companies, and this is already the largest campaign the studio ever had.

Sept 27: Farscape:Farscape's head writer and executive producer David Kemper will be featured on the Interstellar Transmissions radio show tonight from 7pm to 8pm. email your questions for Kemper to scifiradioguy@aol.com. Tune in at www.interstellartransmissions.com to hear it all.

Sept 26: Polaris: J. Michael Stracynski isn't standing still with his series 'Jeremiah' on Showtime. He is also working on his new project for the US Sci-Fi Channel titled 'Polaris'. JMS has turned in the final draft of the two-hour pilot and is waiting to hear back. 

Sept 25: Warriors: Paramount Pictures, working with MTV, have hired director Tony Scott (brother of Ridley) to helm their Warrior feature remake of the 1979 film. Scribes John Glenn and Travis Wright will script mixing, of course, Hong Kong martial arts and contemporary action features together. 

Sept 25: the Punisher: Marvel's Kevin Feige has told the comics2film.com website that Jonathan Hensleigh has turned in a spectacular script for the Punisher feature film. Fans should expect some news very soon. 

Sept 25: JAG: Military action series JAG won its Tuesday time slot with a 10.8/17 share.

Sept 25: Doom: Warner Bros. is still considering the rights to the video game Doom. If the deal goes through, the project will begin lensing within 15 months or the rights revert back to id Software. Reportedly the films story revolve around the third Doom game. (scifi wire)

Sept 25: King Quiting: Writer Stephen King has officially announce that he will be putting down his quill after he finishes several more books. Once he finishes his three remaining books in his fantasy series 'The Dark Tower', that's it. King went on to say he would never stop writing, but he will stop publishing, he doesn't need the money.  Well Mr. King, you could continue to publish and donate the money to worthwhile projects or some truly needy homeless shelters. Heave forbid that could happen.  

Sept 25: Haunted: The series debut of UPN's new series Haunted opened to a somewhat impressive rating of 4.0/6 rating, but came in last in its timeslot for the night, even getting beaten by the WB's 'Grounded for Life'. 

Sept 25: Smallville Scores: The return of the WB's young Superman series 'Smallville' did much better than the season opener of Enterprise. Smallville scored a 6.3/9 rating, and finished third in its timeslot. 

Sept 25: Buffy Duds Out: The season premiere of Buffy on UPN may have let the producers know it's time to let Buffy kill her last vampire. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer only staked out a mere 4.0/6 rating. At least Haunted afterwards was able to maintain most of the Buffy audience... what few there was. 

Sept 25: Monster Megabucks: In the first seven days of release on DVD, Monsters Inc. has taken $179M and made another $256M at the domestic box office. Pixar is one happy company. To bad Disney is involved with Pixar. 

Sept 24: Ventresca Zones In: Star of the canceled series 'Invisible Man' will be stepping into an upcoming episode of UPN's new series, 'The Twilight Zone'. The episode is titled 'Shades of Guilt' which is one of two episodes in the hour long series. It will air Sept. 25th at 9pm. 

Sept 24: Curtis Turns Freaky: Unable to get a big role anymore, Jamie Lee Curtis will step into Annette Bening's departed role in 'Freaky Friday'. God, how many times has this idea been beat to death. 

Sept 24: Monk Renewed: The USA original television series 'MONK' has been given the green for season 2. A 13 episode second season is set for the summer 2003. Monk has averaged a 4.9 rating for the USA network this season and its repeat airings on the ABC network averaged 8.3 while going up against American Idol. ABC is negotiating with USA to air the second season as well. (zap2it.com)

Sept 24: Nikita Returns: The Oxygen Network has picked up the repeat rights to the series, Le Femme Nikita'. It begins airing Monday thru Thursday at 5pm EST, beginning Sept 30th.

Sept 24: Fastlane on the Move: Warner Bros., which produces the series Fastlane, for Fox has worked a deal with MTV to repeat the series. The first episode will hit the music video network beginning Oct. 13th. 

Sept 23: Dr. Who Update: Some of my reporting on Dr. Who and Mr. Head was a bit off. In an email I received today... Mr. Anthony Head has already recorded the three Dr. Who plays, but as the villain and not Dr. Who. What many do not know is that with the success three CD's a fourth one is being planned. (thanks to Grant)

Sept 23: Daredevil Trailer: The Comics2Film.com website got some info that the new Daredevil Trailer will be attached the action feature, 'The Transporter' when it hits theaters.

Sept 23: Odyssey 5: The series seems to be doing well as it aired its final episode of the season. No word from Showtime about the series status for a second season. A new VHS Cover Sheet has been added to the site though for download. 

Sept 23: New V: A new V VCD Cover and CDR Cover have been added to the site for download. Check out all the VCD Cover Sheets. Enjoy.

Sept 22: Dr. Who Radio: Buffy's Giles, played by Anthony Stewart Head, will voice the new Dr. Who on the BBC radio series from Big Finish Productions. Head will voice act Dr. Who in three segments for the radio series coming in February 2002. (Thanks to Bruce)

Sept 22: No Time Tunnel: Fox has decided NOT to go to series with the Time Tunnel pilot. They have shelved the project which was to star David Conrad and Andrea Roth. (Oct. 2002 Starlog. Thanks to Denny)

Sept 22: Blake 7: Interesting news that some important stuff my be coming in the next few weeks regarding the return of 'Blake 7'. 

Sept 21: Jeremiah News: Grant Rosenberg is ready to step into the shows spot vacated by Sam Egan, as Co-Executive Producer. JMS will remain the main man behind the series, writing most of the scripts as well as casting and post production duties. Grant will be doing a few scripts this season and handle the day to day creative production. While they don't have storylines set for the 15 episodes of season two they do have a general idea of where the season is going. Within the next few days fans can expect an announcement on two new cast members for the series. Stars Perry and Warner are locked for the series, but Mr. Rosenberg wouldn't tell me the length of their deals. 

Sept 21: Batman Movie: Toonzone.net is scooping that Warner Brothers is moving forward with plans for another direct to video animated Batman feature titled, 'Batman: The Mystery of the Batwoman'. 

Sept 21: Firefly: I found the effects quite good, the acting very good, and found the first episode less than stellar. The old west style future with the pinging guitar music background was... interesting. Kind of reminded me of Brisco County meets Space Rangers mixed with some Dark Angel. I found little to be impressed with in week one. Week 2 had better be good or the audience is outta here. Friday night is a rough night for any series. The death of Dark Angel is proof - and it died for Firefly. 

Sept 21: John Doe Review: While the season of new television doesn't look too promising one of the shows I was looking forward to was John Doe. As the show opens our hero John Doe (Dominic Purcell) is awaken lying naked in the woods. As he comes to his senses and begins running through the woods he slips and falls into the ocean. Discovered the next morning by fisherman John is taken aboard. Looking around he see everything in black and white. As the fisherman talk to him he soon learns to his disbelief that not does he understand their language but speaks it. Not only does he know that, but as the show progresses John seems to know everything...except who he is. Also he has some unknown symbol branded onto his chest, Using is unbound knowledge John heads to the track and gets some nice start-up money. As he strikes it rich he learns a valuable lesson when one of the horses he bets on falls in the reason. While he might know most things he's able to predict the future. The next day John takes his track winnings and invests it in a sure thing he discovered in the stock market and over night he's loaded.   

   While walking around the city of Seattle one night he walks into a bar and plays the piano. For some reason the song "My funny Valentine" seems familiar to him. while he's there the owner Digger (William Forsythe) offers him a job and John settles into his new life. While watching Jeopardy one night John sees a news report of a missing girl, but for some reason he can see her in color. knowing this must mean something, a link to his past a reason for his gift of unlimited knowledge John convinces the cop on the case that HE can help him find the missing girl. Long story short John using his unlimited knowledge to find that the girl has been kidnapped by her father who faked his death. John tracks the man down, rescues the little girl and saves the day. The little girl offers John no clues as to who he is so he returns to his life. As the show ends he walking on the docks and a women on a boat recognizes him and starts yelling the name "Tony" Giving us the first clue of who he is, but John does not hear her. He only knows that somebody knows him. Tune in next week.

    My Take: I liked it. Purcell's acting is above average and he makes me want to know just who he is. The show is clever and John displays of his knowledge are quite cool. My only problem with that is, I watched a Discovery special on the brain once and it basically said that if you retained everything you saw just on your drive to work in your memory it would basically overload your mind. So the idea that John is somehow able to retain all this info seems unrealistic. Ah, but I'm picky that way. I would have preferred that more clues to the mystery of who John is where revealed, but not rushing a story isn't bad thing. Now the big problem for John Doe is when it's on. Friday is a death blow for a show of this type. It killed Dark Angel because your target audience is at the mall not at home. The good news for it is it's competition. New show Hack what looks like Touched by a Cab Driver is my pick for first show of the year to be canceled. That was Then doesn't look much better. Leaving just Dateline to take away viewers. Hopefully John Doe can garner a good opening audience and keep them hooked. From seeing the first episode...well I'll at least keep watching. Not a good sign though...every show I watch gets canceled. To bad I never watched Friends (Scott Strout)

Sept 20: FASTLANE Review: Here's what I got from it. The show is just like watching any Hollywood action movie. It's filled with quick cut camera shot, plenty of clichés, unrealistic action scenes and characters you won't remember unless you show up and watch next week. Also, like any good Hollywood movie our heroes are always ready with a good comeback, no matter how dire the circumstance and star Facinelli has plenty of chances to run around with his shirt off and gets surrounded by plenty of beautiful women. The show's humor is mostly sophomoric and the acting is on the level of a good porn flick. If your the type of person who likes a good action flick with little story then you'll like the show. If your looking for a good cop show like Miami Vice...forget it. Just wait for HBO to replay the first season of "The Wire" and hope it gets renewed. I really don't give Fastlane much hope. At 9 PM it will be up against "The Amazing Race", "West Wing", "Bachelor" and "Dawson's Creek" it has to hope that whatever audience watched it the first week sticks with it. If not it's doomed. also from watching the show it can't be cheap and that's will be it's biggest shovel full on the coffin if the ratings don't last. I give it maybe a chance to show whatever episodes they've filmed, but am doubtful it will get a pick-up. (Scott Strout)

Sept 20: Scooby Rumor: One can only hope that while they were spoofing things on the Jamie Kennedy experiment with Freddy Prince Jr. they were also joking about his salary of $20M for the sequel to Scooby Doo. No way is this guy worth that kind of money. (bruce)

Sept 20: Xena DVD Boxed Set: The season one DVD boxed set of Xena: Warrior Princess is finally available, but only through the Official Website. The price is just $99.95 (a bit expensive for any boxed set) and will be release on November 30th. The boxed set is a seven disc set with all 24 episodes from the first season in High-Quality digital video. Order yours today. (brian pesti)

Sept 20: Dr. Who Returns: After running for 26 years and getting the axe in 1989 looks to be returning to the small screen on BBC1. Bosses at the network are already in talks as to WHO will the ninth Dr. Who will be. Discussions however are in the very early stages and the show will likely occupy its original time slot. (mirror.co.uk & denny hanes)

Sept 20: Cold Cases:  This another new series from Jerry Bruckheimer titled 'Cold-Cases' will be joining both CSI series on CBS. The new series is about a female detective heading a cold-case squad. Bruckheimer is is hot with CBS with series CSI, CSI: Miami, and Without A Trace. 

Sept 20: Sci-Fi Still Silent: The Sci-Fi Channel is still refusing to talk with CNN Headline News concerning the Farscape cancellation. Hey, fuckem'. True fans are watching the friggin' channel anyways.

Sept 20: Spidey Rewrite: Alfred Gough and Miles Millar were to have done the rewrite for the Amazing Spiderman, but they're out and Pulitzer Prize Winner Michael Chabon is in. He rewrites the draft done by David Koepp, who wrote the first film. Guess he isn't good enough to do the sequel? Doh!

Sept 20: Enterprise: Are fans tired of the series already? Rick Berman still dishing out the standard Star Trek dribble? The second season premiere of Enterprise stayed near it ratings for the season last year, but was nowhere near the 9.1 rating it opened with last year. This seasons first episodes drew a 4.9 rating. Fans of the Star Trek franchise are tired of the stupid time travel storylines. It's a crappy fall back from the 60's where Kirk and crew did it three times. Twice by accident. Berman and staff just can't get away from it. 

Sept 20: Twilight Zone Scores: It's only the first week, but the new Twilight Zone series on UPN actually retained most of its Enterprise audience earning a 4.6 rating, which is what they the network wanted. Special Unit 2, which occupied the slot last season earned a 3.9 rating. 

Sept 20: Hellraiser VII: Production is set for the seventh sequel of Hellraiser. The direct to video feature, originally created by Clive Barker, will film in Romania beginning Oct 21st with Rick Bota directing. Doug Bradley will reprise his role as Pinhead. There is a ton of money to be made in the 'B' direct to video market. With Hellraiser comes word that there might also be a Phantasm 5 direct to video film in the development stages. 

Sept 20: Bewitched: Another series planned for the big screen by Columbia Pictures has a big name actress negotiating for the lead role as Samantha Stevens - a witch who marries a mortal that refuses to let her work her magic. That actress is none other than Nicole Kidman. Austin Powers star Mike Myers is the leading candidate for the role of Darrin. (hollywood reporter)

Sept 20: Birds of Prey: A new VHS Cover Sheet for 'Birds of Prey' has been added to the site for download. Fresh off my design board and ready for downlaod. Enjoy. More cover sheets are on the way... Been is a no work zone for a while... 

Sept 20: Cover Sheets: Just added three new covers to the site tonight. 'Without A Trace', 'Hack' and 'HeMan' (the cartoon). Check them out in the VHS COVER SHEET AREA. (thanks to Tim Freeman for these great covers)

Sept 20: Police Academy Again: It won't die. Moviehole.net is reporting that Steve Guttenberg is looking to do a 'Mahoney' spin-off based on his character from 'Police Academy'. If the script is right he is ready to do it. Guttenberg is also  telling fans that they can expect a 'Three Men and a Baby 3'. 

Sept 20: $85M Monster: Disney makes it work even on video. Monsters Inc. has scared up an amazing $85M since its release to VHS & DVD. It's the largest seller for an opening day ever. 

Sept 19: Firefly: The new series from Joss Whedon premieres tomorrow, Sept 20 at 8pm on FOX. Get the VCR's hot folks, it's time for the new season. 

Sept 19: It's Just Jolie: Angelina Jolie Voight has officially/legally dropped her fathers name, Voight, from her name. She is now just Angelina Jolie. But! Did she and Thorton give each other their vial of blood back to each other that they were dumb enough to wear.

Sept 19: J'Lo Pregnant: Rumor has it that Jennifer Lopez 32 (the Cell), is pregnant. Who's baby is it though? They say its Ben Affleck's (Daredevil), but the woman has been getting around over the last year or so. Time will tell whose sex-trophy/rug rat it really is. 

Sept 18: Holy Effects Batman: Every wonder what the Boy Wonder, Robin, has been up to since his role in the 1960's cult series 'Batman & Robin'? Well Bert Ward at the age of 55 in 2001 started his own visual effects house titled, 'Boy Wonder Visual Effects'. Ward only sleeps about three hours per day and his effects house has done over 20 films including 'Legally Blonde' and the upcoming 'Bulletproof Monk' starring Chow Yun Fat. (Brian Pesti & CNN)

Sept 18: Bowder Interview: If you missed the live interview with Farscape actor Ben Browder you can CLICK HERE for the hotwired area at CNN. 

Sept 18: Hanks Hangs It Up: Actor Tom Hanks (Big, Apollo 13) has decided to give up directing. He believes that it takes up to much time from his family and the pressure is just too great. 

Sept 18: Interesting Tid-Bit: The owner of the new Palms casino here in Las Vegas must not think that much of his new casino. Why is that you ask? Well, the multi-millionaire stays at the MGM in their 15000 square foot suite when he's in town. Interesting eh... There is no charge for this area at MGM. It's a comp for any player who averages six grand per hand at the tables. 

Sept 18: Galaxy Guide: Chicken Run scribe Karey Kirkpatrick has signed on to co-adapt 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', which will based on the late Douglas Adams novel of the same name. Jay Roach (Austin Powers) is still scheduled to direct the picture and produce it with Spyglass Entertainment. 

Sept 18: Blade III: The third installment being written by David Goyer has been given the thumbs up by 'Marvel and New Line'. Goyer has finished the outline for Blade III. 

Sept 18: Save Witchblade: Witchblade doesn't want to be left out in the Save the show campaign. The fans have taken out a full-page ad in Variety magazine in the Sept 16th edition, at the cost of over $3500.oo. Wtichblade was canceled by TNT despite averaging over 2.0 every episode of the two seasons. 

Sept 18: Batman vs Superman Dead: Brett Ratner confirmed that the proposed 'Batman vs Superman' feature is now dead a Warner Brothers because of his film. 

Sept 18: S.W.A.T.: L.L. Cool J. has signed on to play Deke, a leading member of the team, in the upcoming S.W.A.T. feature film which also stars Collin Ferrell, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner, and Michelle Rodriguez. 

Sept 16: SuperBrett: Brett Ratner has confirmed to the Sci-Fi Wire that he has indeed stepped into the helm of Superman. The director says that despite all the hype that is likely over casting, he'll probably go with an unknown. 

Sept 16: Dark Angel: Fans are still trying to save the show for a third season. The Hollywood Reporter will run a print ad to save the show on Sept. 20th. 

Sept 16: Bat vs Supe: Batman vs Superman has been pushed back by Warner Bros. due to the fact that they fear fans might not like seeing two superheroes battling in out with each other. So Warner Bros. President Alan Horn has decided to go with the Superman project because of its lighter appeal and would be the first in a new trilogy. It is possible that 'Batman vs Superman' could actually be scrapped by Warner Bros. completely. (toonzone.net) Check out ToonZone for the entire article.

Sept 16: Dinotopia: ABC has pushed back the season premiere of Dinotopia until November 28th in order to complete its run of the USA Networks series 'MONK'. A series which ABC did not originally want, but will not repeat in Prime Time. 

Sept 16: Ben Browder On CNN: Farscape star Ben Browder will appear live on CNN Sept 17 at 8:15pm EST from Sydney Australia. He will discuss the show and the efforts being made to save his series. CNN Entertainment Anchor Alicia Davis will be conducting the Interview and make the 'Save Farscape Campaign' campaign the main focus of her 'HOTWIRED' web column, which appears on Wednesday morning. 

Sept 16: Farscape: The save the Farscape campaign is likely to become one of the largest 'SAVE THE SHOW' attempts ever. The news has been picked up by Variety, Zap2it, CNN, USA Today, the NY Post, the NY Times, E!, and many others. Over 1,500,000 hits have come to the site. Please do your part to help save the best Sci-Fi series on television today. CLICK HERE to help. While the Sci-Fi Channel is listening, so are other networks. All this hype has at least reopened negotiations between Henson and the SFC. What negotiations? There is already a contract in place for the fifth season. Better another network or syndication rather than returning to the horrible Sci-Fi Channel. 

Sept 16: Stargate SG-1: Now Gateworld is debunking the rumor that the Sci-Fi Channel has picked up Stargate SG-1 for a seventh season. 

Sept 15: Alias Underground: ABC is hoping to add a few online gaming geeks to their fan base for 'ALIAS'. The network has launch Alias Underground as a free interactive download. Two missions are available now with a total of ten planned. Players MUST watch Alias each week to gather codes and information to continue game play. ABC's Senior Vice President Mike Benson believes that the game will be viral and addictive. (Zap2it.com) 

Sept 15: Arthur: HBO is very close to greenlighting Steven Spielberg's 8 episode mini-series 'ARTHUR'. Ensemble Productions is expected to be a producer on the project along with Spielberg. Unlike Band of Brothers for HBO, this one looks to have a big budget. Writer/Director David Leland is in negotiations to write several episodes including the opening episode. (bttf.com)

Sept 15: Superman: McG says he's moving into Superman once 'Charlie's Angels II' wraps, and Moviehole.net has confirmed that director Brett Ratner has signed on to direct the picture with Anthony Hopkins following along to play Superman's daddy. The project is in pre-production as of last week. 

Sept 15: Stargate For 7: The truth about Farscape's demise comes to light. InfinitelyBetter.com reports that the Sci-Fi Channel has given the green light on a seventh season of Stargate SG-1. Richard Dean Anderson is likely to only make a couple of guest appearances since he is not interested in returning. Farscape was however sacrificed for Stargate's 7th season budget, which will be a costly $1.3M per episode. The SFC also has a series based on Tremors in the coming, along with possible series from their telefilms based on Quantum Leap and Battlestar GAlactica. 

Sept 15: Lost Series: How much has the Sci-Fi Channel hurt fans... The list is long, but distinguished. Babylon 5 fans were dumped on with the handling of 'Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers', 'Invisible Man', 'Farscape', 'Black Scorpion', 'the Chronicles', 'Secret Adventures of Jules Verne'. 'Good vs Evil', and 'Mystery Science Theater 3000'.

Sept 15: Indiana Jones DVD's: Heard any rumors about an Indiana Jones boxed set in, or around, October of 2003? Well, it's just a rumor folks. Lucasfilm has given word they have no release date set for the DVD boxed set of the three films. 

Sept 15: She-Spies: The disappointing series She-Spies hits syndication beginning tomorrow. Check local listings in your area. Most syndicated series beginning airing on the weekends. 

Sept 14: Farscape Cliffhanger: Creator Rockne Obannon wants to let fans know that as with previous seasons, season four will end in a cliffhanger. The fourth season was pretty much wrapped when word came down about season five not being picked up by the Sci-Suk Channel. While Dave Kemper and O'Bannon have been commissioned for a feature film script, it would not deal with the cliffhanger episode, but be a stand alone story. A sci-fi insider reports that talks continue with Farscape's production team but there is nothing to ensure anything positive will come from it.

Sept 14: Nemesis on UPN: UPN will attempt to lure all Trek fans to the premiere of Enterprise season 2 with the promise of a new trailer for Star Trek Nemesis on Wednesday, Sept. 18th. It will air during the Enterprise Premiere or that of 'the Twilight Zone' premiere. UPN isn't saying which one it will be so that you'll watch both.

Sept 14: BTTF III DVD Update: The official Back to the Future website has learned from Bob Gale that the Region 1 DVD of Back to the Future III will contain on ONE deleted scene. The expected scene of Doc handing Marty his gun back in 1955 was found but proper permission could not be obtained in time. 

Sept 13: UPN & Farscape: The word is out that UPN, the United Paramount Network, might be interested in picking up the series 'Farscape' after the Sci-Fi Channel's announcement of the series cancellation. UPN is considering the series for the 2003/2004 season. The timing is perfect with Buffy entering its seventh and likely last season since Gellar has no interest in returning. From Marc Berman's daily report inside the industry. This is a great thing to push for. Just remind all the cast and producers that this doesn't mean a pay raise, so that the Henson and Hallmark entities can generate enough profit to make it worth their investment, and it could work. The big trick? To convince the network that they need to keep shooting the show in Australia ­ not only would it be phenomenally less expensive, but it would be much easier for the creative crew to keep working with a minimum of network "help". How BIG is this series really? CNN has covered the Save Farscape campaign. (Thanks to Noah Caraker)

Sept 13: Captain Justice: Roger Corman is stepping behind the camera again to do another low budget 'B' movie. Captain Justice, and almost superhero feature, will cost about $3M and have no name actors starring in it. The story follows a criminal who runs into an idealistic young boy, and who then poses as the boy’s favorite superhero.

Sept 13: Spiderman 2: The website 'Superherohype.com' has learned that Spiderman 2 finally has an official title. It's none other than 'The Amazing Spiderman'. Of course in the movie industry things can always change.

Sept 13: Sleepwalker: Actor Laurence Fishburn (the Matrix) has joined with CBS and Spawn scribe Alan B. McElroy to create a next generation superhero titled 'Sleepwalker'. Most genre shows by CBS have ended up on UPN, so look for the genre series there, even though there is no official word on which network will get it.  (hollywood reporter)

Sept 13: Crowe's Fountain: The Fountain, which was dumped by Brad Pitt, has been offered to Russell Crowe. If Crowe gives the thumbs up the project remains a go, but should the actor give the thumbs down the feature is a NO-GO. (moviehole.net)

Sept 13: Vacation Spin-Off & Caddyshack III: What the hell is a Vacation Flick without 'Chevy Chase' and the Grisswald family. Looks like we are going to see as Zinc Magazine is reporting that Cousin Eddie, played by Randy Quaid, will be getting his own movie. Also reported is that Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, and Louie Anderson are set to return in Caddyshack III. (darkhorizons.com) Great the over 50 crowd return to the golf course.

Sept 13: Superman 5: McG reports that he has seen a draft of the script and is excited about it. He is planning to move into the Superman project as soon as he finishes up 'Charlies Angels 2: Halo'. (cinescape magazine)

Sept 13: Jeremiah: As reported 'Jeremiah', from creator JMS (babylon 5), got renewed by Showtime for 15 episodes. But did you know that every episode came in under budget. This is nothing unusual for JMS. For five season of Babylon they never went over budget. One season JMS handed Warner Brothers back one million dollars. What makes Jeremiah so special in this respect is that the series is filmed almost entirely outdoors in the elements. (b5tv.com)

Sept 13: Crowe to Pretend: Zap2it.com is reporting that Russell Crowe and his band '30 Odd Foot of Grunts' may be invited to tour and open for 'The Pretenders'. The Pretenders are currently opening for Rolling Stones and their Licks tour. Crowe would need to find time in his busy filming career to tour with them.

Sept 13: The Shield to Disc: FX is planning to put their hot new series 'The Shield' to DVD boxed set January 7th, the same day season two is set to premiere. Fox has done this with 24 and now The Shield. Where the HELL is 'Dark Angel'? The Shield will be a four disc set. 

Sept 13: Kim Hunter Dies: Actress Kim Hunter, who played in three Planet of the Apes films as Dr. Zira in the 70's has died at the age of 79. Hunter also won an Oscar for her portrayal of Stella in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. 

Sept 11: The Burning Pirate: There was a fire at Burbank Studios that did about $350K dollars worth of damage to a sound stage being used by Disney for their 'Pirates of the Caribbean' feature. Construction on the sets were underway when the fire broke out.

Sept 11: So It Begins: Fans have already organized to save their 'FARSCAPE' series. They have created websites to save the series as well as a PETITION you can sign. The Sci-Fi Channel has yet to acknowledge the fans of any original series they have had. Bonnie Hammer is awesome at shooting sunshine up the fans asses, and then doing something totally off the wall. 

Sept 11: The Rats: It's been a year since the made for TV movie was pulled by Fox after the Sept. 11th tragedy from its broadcast. Now, one year later, FOX will broadcast 'The Rats' on Sept. 19th.  Rats stars Vincent Spano and Madchen Amick as a pair of New Yorkers battling "a seemingly insurmountable enemy": packs of diseased rodents "fleeing their underground enclaves and terrorizing the public."

Sept 11: Blade III: Luke Goss will return in 'Blade III', even though his character, Jared Nomak, died in Blade 2. Nothing new since Kristofferson return after croaking in the first film. It is likely the character will emerge from one of the embryos seen at the end of 'Blade 2'. 

Sept 11: Pitch Black: Ja Rule looks to be following Vin Diesel from Fast and the Furious to the sequel to Pitch Black in 'Pitch Black: The Chronicles of Riddock'. Ja Rule was offered an increased role in Furious 2 after Diesel backed out, but he felt it was the best move for him at the time.

Sept 11: Gaming News: Microsoft has apparently snapped up the gaming company 'Rareware'. The company was the number one second party developer for Nintendo, and they owned 49% of the company. But with no new Gamecube games on the horizon the deal with Microsoft makes sense.

Sept 11: Disney Ripoff: How much would you pay to visit DisneyWorld? Well Disney thinks it should cost more, and as of this Sunday, will raise prices by $2. Adults will get ripped off for $50 per ticket. If your over nine years old you pay adult prices. Ages 3 to 9 get in for a mere $40 each. A family of four will now pay just $180.oo for a day in the park. What a rip-off. (USA Today)

Sept 11: IMAX: Star Wars Episode II turns into an IMAX feature beginning November 1st, in 70 Imax theaters. 

Sept 10: Farscape the Movie: The Hensen Company and co-creator Rockne' OBannon are working on a script for a Japanese-style anime feature film idea. What the hell aren't they working on bring Farscape itself to the big screen.   I-Man fans and others are apparently the reason for Farscape's demise. After I-Man was dumped, a multitude of fans have sworn off the SFC regardless of how much they enjoy Farscape. The ratings last year at this time were 1.7, while this year the show drop to a 1.2 rating through the same period. The actual drop in viewership was minimal going from 1.32M to 1.2M. Thus the SFC exercised its right to pull back from season 5. The network thought better to cancel the series then listen to their fans... again. And yet, the fans have spoken.

Sept 10: Indy 5: Harrison Ford has confirmed that he and Steven Spielberg have reserved time in 2004 to begin shooting. (cinescape online)

Sept 10: TMNT Games: Konami has signed on to produce new games from a deal with 4Kids Entertainment based around the release of the new TMNT animated cartoon scheduled to air during the first quarter of 2003. The game will be published across multiple game platforms. (toonzone.net)

Sept 10: Terminator 3: Variety reports that Terminator 3 has wrapped principle photography. Director John Mostow reports that after five months of filming, production is on schedule.

Sept 10: Starhunter: While the series has already aired in Canada and elsewhere, it's the first time here in the states. After checking the official website the series starring Michael Pare' will be getting the SHIT Timeslots in most listings. Generally airing on Saturdays, Starhunter will hit the 9pm slots - The majority of timeslots will be in the early am - like Midnight to 3:30am. Here in Vegas the series airs on at 2am. Check out the shitty listings in your area by CLICK HERE for the official website.

Sept 10: Rambo IV: After saying he was too old to play the role again, Sly Stallone is now saying that he is ready to play the character one more time. Says Stallone, "We're talking about doing another Rambo because its time to combine action with politics."  (moviehole.net)

Sept 10: Dead Marathon: USA Network will air the entire first season of 'The Dead Zone' starring Anthony Michael Hall on September 15th 10am est, with the final episode airing at 10pm.

Sept 10: Pitch Black: Universal has decided to shoot the $140M Pitch Black Trilogy in Vancouver rather than Australia, though Vin Diesel wishes otherwise. Universal says that the Australian studios are too busy and don't have the crews available for the filming. Room may likely become available with 'the Fountain' now defunct and Farscape vacating its stages in the next few days. Experienced Sci-Fi crews will be very available until Star Wars 3 comes to town in late 2003. (dark horizons)

Sept 10: Mimic 3: Lance Henrickson, Amanda Plummer and John Kapelos will take the lead roles in the third Mimic installment.

Sept 10: Dragon's Lair: Don Bluth has a 104 day production schedule on his animated 'Dragon's Lair' feature. Bluth studios is planning a Thanksgiving/Christmas release in 2004. So far, there is no distribution contract for the film. 

Sept 10: Futurama: While we won't be seeing any new episodes after this season on FOX, the Cartoon network will be showing the series in repeats. The 72 episodes will air as part of the Sunday 'Adult Swim' programming. Fox has yet to officially cancel the series, but they have not ordered any new episodes, and have a seasons worth in waiting for the 2002/2003 season. 

Sept 9: I'M BACK: Sorry for the lack of updates the past five days or so... Cable modem has been down while I relocated to nicer surroundings and it took three extra days to get the damn cable transferred and up again. But it's done... and the updates will be hitting again almost daily. Thanks for you patience.

Sept 9: Dead Zone: Lucky for fans this one isn't a Sci-Fi Channel series. The USA network though isn't much better. Anthony Michael Hall told the Sci-Fi Wire that work is already underway on its second season. The writers are already coming up with storylines.

Sept 9: VHS Covers: New VHS cover sheets are coming for 'HACK', 'Without a Trace', 'She Spies', and more.

Sept 9: Alien Legacy DVD's: Fox has also announced 1/31/2003 discontinuation date for The ALIEN Legacy box set. Retailers can continue to sell their remaining quantities until depleted, but no additional orders can be placed after that date. Sources say Fox has already begun work on new editions of the classic sci-fi films, but no official announcement or details have been released so far. Stay tuned!

Sept 9: Farscape: Fans are apparently upset over word from the actors that Farscape has indeed been canceled by the Shit-Hole-Scum-Sucking-Asswipes at the Sci-Fi Channel, and... they had no intention of telling the fans. There will now be NO season five. Scifi2k.com told fans over a week ago this was happening... And... it has. Look forward to a SAVE FARSCAPE campaign in the next few days. With the Sci-Fi Channel, it's always like this... isn't it? Don't worry though, you'll still have reruns of the X-Files to look forward to, right? The SFC announced it plans today, using the increasing cost of production and limited core base of fans as the excuse. Funny that the series was never sold into syndication of any type isn't it?

Sept 9: Enterprise Added: Items from the new Star Trek series 'Enterprise' have been added to the Star Trek museum at the Las Vegas Hilton's 'Star Trek Experience'. Also being added are items from Deepspace Nine, Voyager and Star Trek Insurrection. The ride is still a waste of money.

Sept 9: DS-9 in February: The best Star Trek series comes to DVD with the season one boxed set of Star Trek: Deepspace Nine in February 2003..

Sept 9: Hanks Wants Bond: Hollywood A-Lister Tom Hanks hankers there's only one role he'd still love to play - James Bond.  Hanks would do anything to become the British super agent. He says, "I wanted to be James Bond when I was growing up and I have always wanted to be James Bond." Hanks would also go so far as taking his clothes off if that is what a role requires. No Way Tom! (scott strout)

Sept 9: Highlander 5: The rumors are abound once again of a fifth Highlander installment. Filming is reportedly scheduled to begin in early 2003. Let's hope that this is a false rumor. There hasn't been a decent Highlander sequel yet to honor the incredible original film. The title of this debacle... Highlander: The Source. (the official highlander site)

Sept 9: Leprechaun 6: Warwick Davis (Willow) has gotten his wish with the news that Leprechaun 6 has been given the greenlight. The direct to video feature will be titled 'Leprechaun: Back In Da Hood'. 

Sept 3: Go West: HBO has signed Scream II's Timothy Olyphant to star in their new western series 'Deadwood'. He'll play Seth Bullock, a former Marshal turned merchant, who sets up shop in a small town. Production begins next month in Los Angeles of all places. Heaven forbid shooting in Arizona or Texas. I think the High Chaparral sets are still set up and in use for shows in Arizona.

Sept 4: Witchblade Axed: Despite strong ratings through two seasons TNT has decided to drop the series going out with a bang. It is also believed that Butlers health problems, alcohol rehab, during this season played a part in TNT's overall decision. Witchblade drew at least a 2.0 rating during both of its seasons which is considered very good. It may be possible for another network to pick up the series... but will anyone step forward.

Sept 4: DVD Boxed Sets Coming: The news has hit again about older series boxed sets coming to DVD. This year or next fans can expect to see 'Sliders', 'Battlestar Galactica', 'Quantum Leap', 'Dragnet', 'Emergency', and 'The Rockford Files'. Babylon 5 is already on the way to DVD.

Sept 4: Buffy Ties the Knot: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prince Jr. have tied the knot in Mexico over the holidays. 

Sept 4: Turning Pirate: Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings) has joined the cast of Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. He joins Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush. It is being directed by Gore Verbinsky. 

Sept 4: Andromeda: Star Kevin Sorbo will helm be directing several episodes of Andromeda's third season. (Prevue Magazine)

Sept 4: Pretender: You have got to remember the series the Pretender. The series now only available in syndication is still hitting the ratings and earned a 1.3 ratings share. 

Sept 4: To Much X-Files: The Sci-Fi Channel will be airing it's new X-Files pick-up in four hour blocks on Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 7pm to 11pm. Picking up this series, for way to much money, was more important than keeping many original series such as... yes, The Invisible Man and The Chronicle. 

Sept 4: Cleanflicks: The Writers Guild of America has joined with the Directors Guild against 'CleanFlicks' for copyright violations. The company illegally removes sex, violence and foul language from films and sells the movies. 

Sept 3: The Punisher: Producer Gale Anne Hurd has confirmed to darkhorizons.com that she begin production on Marvel Comics, 'The Punisher' next year and casting for the film begins in two-weeks. Her husband, Jonathan Hensleigh, will be taking the helm of the film. 

Sept 3: Ninja Turtles: ToonZone.net has some images of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon up on their site. CLICK HERE for the images.

Sept 3: Shatner Speaks: Onion.com has a great interview on site with Star Trek's Captain Kirk, aka William Shatner. CLICK HERE for the interview. Shatner talks about his early acting career to T.J. Hooker and Captain Kirk and his famous speaking style used in the series. Enjoy.