New JMS interview

[Jan]

New JMS interview in the San Diego Comic-Con update with info on upcoming projects including the name of the TV project JMS has in development with Touchstone.

Jan

[vacantlook]

Note: pdf file for that ther' interview. I don't know how many other people still partake in the joy of slow dialup, but my poor no-faster-than-28.8 (thank you Verizon for the slow phonelines) always seems to choke on pdf files. So for anyone that it might would make a difference, be aware it's a pdf when you click the link.

[Capt.Montoya]

2.9 Mb Pdf

Yep, big PDF not recommended for those without a very fast connection. Might be a bit slow even for some fast connections, depending on the server.

Might be better to download for ofline viewing, than watching with the browser plugin.

It's a sort of e-zine, the interview is in page 30 (page 32 of 60 in the PDF).

[Jan]

I remember his saying that about the Rising Stars comic but I don't think I recall his saying that about this particular series. He's been pretty tight-lipped about this one.

Jan

[Jan]

Guess we'll have to wait and see. One thing we do know, JMS doesn't generally do the expected-which is a good bit of the fun for me.

Jan

[Jan]

Unfortunately, that's true. At this point, if I understand how it goes, they're still working on getting somebody to commission a pilot. Then they need to make the pilot-which may or may not be televised. Then the series has to be commissioned and then they have to make the show then they need to put it on the schedule.

It's kind of amazing that anything ever gets on the air!

Jan

[Radhil]

If the pilot's not made yet (can't read the article from here), then unless it's fasttracked, it won't make midseason this year. Earliest we'll see it is September '07. Damn.

[Joe Nazzaro]

Bear in mind that Warners and the then-PEN Network wanted to wait and see what sort of viewing figures they got from 'The Gathering' before they did anything. I think they were pretty happy with the way it turned out, but if the numbers were exceptionally low, they may well have had second thoughts about going forward with a series.

[RGesty]

Anything from JMS is worth waiting for and watching. Hopefully the network execs will keep out and let him do his thing

[Joe Nazzaro]

Sorry, I meant to say PTEN Network. Rest of the message stands. Initially speaking

[Whyruss]

Hmmm didn't JMS mention that he'll probably start a Sci-Fi show called Polaris in the end of 2006? But he needs to write the whole first season before they'll begin the shooting. It's been a while since I read this - don't know if is really happening...

[Jan]

Polaris was once with the Sci-Fi channel for development but was passed on in favor of a show about intergalactic vampires. I don't know if that was the show that he memtioned writing the entire first season of or not. His posts about Polaris can be found here.

There might be other series he's shopping around in addition to Borrowed Lives which has been purchased by Touchstone.

Jan

[Karachi Vyce]

I'm down for a tv series about intergalactic vampires.

I'm not even joking.

Hey ZHD, I'll have to tell my friend, the diehard JMS mark, about this. He'll be thoroughly disgusted.

[Jan]

I'm not certian, Vyce, but I think they made the pilot for the vamp series and it didn't go anywhere. If it was the one I'm thinking of, it seemed to be about a band of bounty-hunter types who had a 'tame' vamp (female, natch) whom they used as a judas goat. I didn't watch enough of it to say it was bad but it definitely wasn't to my taste.

Jan