The director question has been discussed at length...but I'm not certain which thread it was. I will try to find it and give you a link, since there were some good insights there.
I will say what I said then...do not count on one of the series directors. WB will not make the same mistake that ST and Paramount made...I.E.: the look and feel of making a two hour episode as a film. JMS will want big, epic. TV is a completely different beast than film and while film directors can easily direct TV, TV directors do not always make good film directors. It's a pacing thing, and more often than not a matter of which one you started in, film or TV.
If, by some wild chance, one of the series directors were to do it, though, it would most likely be Mike Vejar.
There is way too much riding on this, however, so expect a long search, then JMS finding someone who loves B5 or respects his vision or both.
I could write more, but later...work calleth.
CE
I will say what I said then...do not count on one of the series directors. WB will not make the same mistake that ST and Paramount made...I.E.: the look and feel of making a two hour episode as a film. JMS will want big, epic. TV is a completely different beast than film and while film directors can easily direct TV, TV directors do not always make good film directors. It's a pacing thing, and more often than not a matter of which one you started in, film or TV.
If, by some wild chance, one of the series directors were to do it, though, it would most likely be Mike Vejar.
There is way too much riding on this, however, so expect a long search, then JMS finding someone who loves B5 or respects his vision or both.
I could write more, but later...work calleth.
CE
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