Actual April announcement

[SmileOfTheShadow]

One of my other favorite writers, Terry Moore, talked in his panel about an upcoming possible movie adaptation of his comic, Echo. Studio bought the rights, they hired a writer to do the script, said it was 50/50 that it was going to production (which 50/50 is a HUGE chance in terms of hollywood) but he didn't sound excited at all.

He didn't sound excited because he said even at that stage, there's 1,000,000things that could kill a production. So though it's moved along very, very well, fans shouldn't likely go on too much of an emotional rollercoaster if it doesn't happen.

B5, because it's an established universe, I feel like we expect them to do something with the brand which takes us out of the reality of the fact that the vast majority of tv or movie projects never get made for zillions of reasons. At least JMS tells us why.

[KoshN]

So, the tone sounds like this is pretty much game over for JMS and WB on Babylon 5.

They've still left a little bit of hope out there, the D, E and F negotiations. In this case, hope is like a Poison Ivy plant that unfortunately WILL NOT DIE no matter how much Brush-B-Gone you put on it. Hell, you could pour Brush-Be-Gone on it full strength and then hit it with a 100 Megaton Thermonuke and it'd still grow and give you a rash.

Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me fifty thousand times, shame on me.

[KoshN]

Absafraggin wonderful. Lucy has pulled the football out, again.

Well, she is PREDICTABLE.

[lotjx]

So, the tone sounds like this is pretty much game over for JMS and WB on Babylon 5.

[JoeD80]

Some cuts from a comment on Joe's facebook:

Re: B5...the studio offered a full season of a new and rebooted B5 as part of a new distribution venue they were creating
...
The negotiations (not between us but between the participants of the venue) dragged on for over a year, we were told repeatedly this is going to happen, but finally, the participants couldn't make the math work. So we and the other three shows that they were hoping to put out there got set aside.
...
But again, B5 was never created to be a Deep Space Franchise, we wanted to do our 5 years and get out clean. That was my intent going into this, and if that's where this ends up, I'm happy to stick with that.

[David Panzer]

I doubt anything more will happen with B5, except for new releases from The Joe Store. Then again, I was wrong about Duke Nukem Forever never coming out.

[Marsden]

Absafraggin wonderful. Lucy has pulled the football out, again.

[Jan]

In case folks have been following this thread but not the Comic-Con thread:

Yes, there was going to be new B5 - it was going to spearhead a new distribution system. A full season commitment was agreed to. A budget of $2-3 million per episode was agreed to. Full creative control for JMS was agreed to. JMS couldn't go into detail but the new distribution system collapsed and so that possibility is closed.

But- JMS has gone back to WB and proposed something else and negotiations are going on, at least in early stages.

In unrelated TV news, JMS has been contracted to write a pilot script for a show called "Epidemic" which he characterized as being set around the CDC about a virus that's gotten out of control, part procedural with some mystery. He wants to be sure to get the details right. Two companies are bidding for it overseas and a US partner is being sought.

Jan

[FuryPilot]

This year's?

Excellent point.

FP

[KoshN]

This year's?

That's what people assumed.

[David Panzer]

That's probably because JMS said he would have something to say on this matter before Comic Con...

This year's?

[galego25]

That seems like a funny time to give up. If anything, my expectations are more ramped up because of Comic Con starting.

That's probably because JMS said he would have something to say on this matter before Comic Con...

[Jan]

Out of curiosity, what is the proper offering for the WiFi gods to ensure proper connectivity?

If I knew, I wouldn't be at their mercy.<g>

Jan

[Dan Dassow]

... WiFi gods of the convention center willing, of course.
Jan

Out of curiosity, what is the proper offering for the WiFi gods to ensure proper connectivity?

[AmyG]

Comic-Con starts tomorrow. And as yet no news. Another possibility fall through?

That seems like a funny time to give up. If anything, my expectations are more ramped up because of Comic Con starting.