Trek Radio Goes Online
n Internet radio network is offering up music and sound effects from the original Star Trek television series.
"Radio Enterprise" can be accessed through the WiredPlanet.com Web site.
The network offers music by original Trek composers Alexander Courage and Jerry Fielding, as well as streaming MP3 sound effects.
The Web site also netcasts "Radio Sci-Fi," featuring original music from classic SF TV shows and movies Lost in Space, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Time Machine and others. "Radio Sci-Fi" also has electronic remixes of themes from The X-Files, Star Trek and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Online Trek Game Due In Spring
tar Trek: ConQuest Online will be the first online-only game set in the Trek universe when it debuts this spring, game maker Activision announced.
The game will feature characters, ships and weapons from Star Trek: The Next Generation in a race to rule the galaxy.
Star Trek: ConQuest Online is a turn-based strategy game being developed by Genetic Anomalies, which produced the online collectible pieces game Chron X. ConQuest Online will be the basis for an online world that will ultimately include pieces from the entire Trek universe.
A free demo will be available on the Internet soon. The full game will be available at retail stores for $29.99 and will include online registration, special bonus pieces, the game manual, additional art on the CD and one special game piece that is only available at retail.
X-Men Unveiled At ShoWest
heater owners meeting in Las Vegas were treated to an extended show reel for Fox's upcoming summer film X-Men, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name, according to the Hollywood trade papers.
Exhibitors at the ShoWest convention watched a trailer for X-Men that featured heretofore unseen scenes of Rogue (Anna Paquin), Sen. Kelly (Bruce Davison) and Toad (Ray Park).
Director Bryan Singer told the gathering that the movie had wrapped principal photography and that only eight of 370 proposed special effects shots had been finished, according to the Cinescape Web site. Stars at the meeting included Famke Janssen (Jean Grey), Paquin and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (Mystique), but not Halle Berry (Storm), who is dealing with legal problems from an automobile accident last month.
The theater owners apparently liked what they saw. X-Men opens July 14.
It's Tough Being X-Men
he stars of Fox's upcoming X-Men movie talked during a chat with fans Thursday, March 9, on the official Web site about the hardships of filming the effects-heavy film.
It was especially difficult for Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, who endured full-body makeup to play the villainous mutant Mystique, according to chat transcripts posted to the Comics Continuum Web site.
"I was blue for 25 days total, sat through seven-eight hours of makeup [each day]," Romijn-Stamos said. "It was obscene, excruciating. They'd cover me in prosthetics, and then they would brush me, which was horrible because I was inhaling paint fumes."
James Marsden (Cyclops) said it was difficult to see through his famous visor. "Was the visor uncomfortable? It was uncomfortable only in the sense that it obscured my peripheral vision. I had to have people lead me around like a blind man. And the ruby red crystal was hard to see through."
Famke Janssen (Jean Grey) had to dye her brown tresses red for the part. "My hair suffered tremendously for five months to play Jean Grey. If it's red enough for [fans], I don't know."
But not all the actors suffered for their art. Professional wrestler Tyler Mane (Sabretooth) said, "It was a lot of fun. Sabretooth is a bad guy. We'll set that up. I spent 11 1/2 years wrestling as a bad guy. There must be something about me that's evil. LOL." And Anna Paquin (Rogue) said, "I loved my costume! I couldn't really speak for anyone else's. Mine wasn't too complicated."
New X-Men Trailer Due
he new trailer for Fox's upcoming feature film X-Men, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name, reaches theaters in late April or early May, according to the Comics Continuum Web site.
Citing anonymous sources, the site reported that the new trailer will feature Anna Paquin as Rogue, who did not appear in the first teaser trailer, already distributed.
The film wrapped principal photography in Toronto last week and is on track for a July 14 release.
Entertainment Weekly, meanwhile, has photographs of new X-Men action figures to be marketed in connection with the film's release. They include Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Patrick Stewart's Professor X.
Aldiss Honored As SF Grand Master
rian Aldiss will be named 1999 Grand Master at the Nebula Award banquet of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, to be held May 19-21 in New York City.
The coveted Grand Master award represents the pinnacle of peer recognition in the genres of science fiction and fantasy and recognizes a lifetime of achievement, the SFWA announced.
Since the publication of "Criminal Record" in Science Fantasy in 1954, Aldiss has written more than 40 novels and more than 300 short stories, as well as poetry and critical works. A resident of the United Kingdom, Aldiss has previously won Hugo, Nebula, British Science Fiction and John W. Campbell Memorial awards. He has also been Guest of Honor or Toastmaster of the World Science Fiction Convention at least three times.
Previous Grand Masters include Robert A. Heinlein (1974), Jack Williamson (1975), Clifford D. Simak (1976), L. Sprague de Camp (1978), Fritz Leiber (1981), Andre Norton (1983), Arthur C. Clarke (1985), Isaac Asimov (1986), Alfred Bester (1987), Ray Bradbury (1988), Lester del Rey (1990), Frederik Pohl (1992), Damon Knight (1994), A.E. van Vogt (1995), Jack Vance (1996), Poul Anderson (1997) and Hal Clement (1998).
Rings Release Dates Set
ew Line has set tentative release dates for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy: Christmas 2001, Christmas 2002 and Christmas 2003, according to Variety.
The dates were announced in a "show reel" featuring new footage from the films that was screened for attendees at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas.
The three films, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's three novels of the same name, are being shot back to back in New Zealand. The reel mixed behind-the-scenes footage, cast interviews and scenes from the films, the trade paper reported.
Trailers for upcoming SF&F films The Cell, Little Nicky, Lost Souls and Highlander End Game also drew applause at the convention.
Frequency Twists Time Travel Tale
oby Emmerich didn't have a time-travel story in mind when he wrote the script for New Line's upcoming SF thriller film Frequency.
"I like movies that ask a simple 'What if?' ... and then try to explore that premise in the real world," Emmerich told The Hollywood Reporter columnist Martin A. Grove.
In this case, the "What if?" question is "What if you could reach back in time to speak to your dead father by ham radio? What if you were able to warn him about his impending death?" That's the premise of Frequency, in which a young New York cop (Jim Caviezel) in 1999 talks to his firefighter father (Dennis Quaid) in 1969 and warns him about being killed the next day. The result is that the future is changed in unexpected ways.
Emmerich told Grove that the idea is a twist on one he'd been working on for a while. "It was about two kids who find their grandfather's ham radio in the attic. He's a World War I veteran. The grandfather starts telling them [over the radio] about some buried treasure he brought home from France. Then I became interested in writing a movie about the relationship between policemen and firemen. And I thought, 'What if the two guys talking over the radio were a cop and a fireman?' Then I [thought of] this father-son thing." Frequency, which is directed by Gregory Hoblit, opens April 28.
Fox Won't Get Buffy Soon
oss Whedon, creator of The WB's hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, called rumors that his show might switch to the Fox network "premature."
In response to fan questions on the Entertainment Tonight Online Web site, Whedon said, "The rumors that The WB is going to drop Buffy after the contract ends [next year] are a little premature."
He added, "Basically [Twentieth Century] Fox [Television] owns the show, they produce it, they have a contract to put it on The WB. They're in the process of renegotiating that contract for more years. If they can't reach an equitable decision, then Fox does have the right to take the show away from The WB and put it on [the Fox Broadcasting Co.] network. I think that's never happened, and probably won't, but it is an option, and so both sides are sort of rattling their sabers at each other in an effort to make a good deal. Whatever happens, Buffy will still be on. The only difference, of course, is that if it were on Fox, it would be shot on videotape, and you would see a lot of drunken people being arrested with their faces blurred out."
Tara Speaks About Willow
re Willow and Tara going beyond friendship? Yes, according to Amber Benson, who plays the Wiccan companion to sidekick Willow on The WB's hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
"Well, I think that it's OK to say now that Willow and I are a little bit more than friends [laughs]," Benson told the IGN Sci-Fi Web site.
She added, "From what I understand, I think [creator Joss Whedon] really wants to play this as two people, regardless of their sex or gender, that have found each other and really care about each other. And whether it's a sexual relationship or just a really good friendship, I'm not sure how that's going to progress, but I just know that we're really, really close."
Benson hopes to play Tara through the rest of the current year, Buffy's fourth, she said. "I'm hoping I get to stick around for the whole season and hopefully into next season. And Joss has actually said that that looks good, but you never know. I mean, he may decide to turn me into some sort of horrible demon and destroy everybody. But I'm hoping that I turn out to be a nice person who is part of the whole Scooby thing."
The Darkness Heads For Screen
olumbia Pictures is developing a feature film based on the Top Cow comic book series The Darkness, about a young mafioso who discovers he is in line to inherit a mysterious ancient power, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Chris Lee (Final Fantasy: The Movie) will produce, and Chris Morgan is adapting the comic into a screenplay.
The Darkness tells the story of a mafia scion who is the next to inherit a power, called "The Darkness," on his 21st birthday. The catch: he can't have sex, or he will die instantly.
The Darkness is only the latest Top Cow title being developed for the screen. They include Witchblade, which is in production at TNT as a possible television series for the fall.
Suit Centers On Famous Monsters
orrest J. Ackerman, former editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and curator of the world's largest collection of horror-film memorabilia, is suing Ray Ferry, current owner of the magazine, according to Variety.
The suit seeks to resolve ownership issues and redress alleged defamations by Ferry against Ackerman, the trade paper reported.
In 1995, Ackerman resigned from the magazine because of disputes over money, he alleges. Ferry argued that Ackerman contributed little to the magazine while overstating his role in its publication. Ferry and Ackerman joined forces in 1993 to revive Famous Monsters, which peaked in the late 1950s and '60s and ceased publication in 1982. The magazine continues to be published without input from Ackerman.
Ackerman plans to call witnesses in support of his suit, including director John Landis, Kiss band member Gene Simmons, SF author Ray Bradbury and Sara Karloff, daughter of Boris Karloff. Ackerman is perhaps best known in Hollywood for his collection of movie memorabilia, housed in his home, called the Ackermansion.
Hollow Man Trailers On Net
railers are available for Paul Verhoeven's upcoming SF movie Hollow Man, in which Kevin Bacon gets invisible.
The trailers on Columbia Pictures' Web site reveal little about the plot, but show off some of the movie's special effects.
Bacon stars as the leader of a group of scientists at a top-secret military lab who have unlocked the secret of invisibility. Bacon's character, Sebastian Caine, ignores the risks and tests the dangerous procedure on himself--only to
discover his fellow scientists (Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin) are unable to reverse the effect.
The trailer was screened this week at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas.
The film opens this summer.
Final Fantasy Generates Buzz
inal Fantasy: The Movie, based on the SquareSoft video game series Final Fantasy, wowed theater owners with its computer-generated actors and effects, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
A sneak preview of the movie, which is slated for a summer 2001 release, was shown to exhibitors at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas.
The movie is directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi and features the voices of Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland and Steve Buscemi.
Daily Radar.com, meanwhile, reported that the film is nearly 90 percent complete, and speculated that Sony may move up release of the film to Christmas this year. The film already has an official Web site.
King Story To Be Sold Online
tephen King's latest work will be distributed exclusively as an "eBook" on the Internet, the first of his writings to be distributed electronically, Simon & Schuster announced.
"Riding the Bullet," a 16,000-word short story described as "a ghost story in the grand manner," goes on sale Tuesday, March 14, for $2.50 at the publisher's Web site.
"I'm curious to see what sort of response there is, and whether or not this is the future," King said in a press statement. He wrote "Riding the Bullet" shortly after his near-fatal accident in June 1999.
The story will be available as a download for an eBook device, a handheld personal digital assistant or a personal computer. The story will be a co-publication between Scribner and Philtrum Press, King's own press, and electronically published through Simon & Schuster Online.
Jonze Wanted To Helm Episode II?
irector Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich) is rumored to have approached George Lucas about directing the next installment of Star Wars.
Instead, Jonze was offered a role as an Imperial Storm Trooper in Episode II, according to the Daily Radar.com Web site.
If true, Jonze would join his fiancee, Sofia Coppola, as a bit player in the Star Wars saga, the site reported. Sofia, daughter of director Francis Coppola, played a handmaiden to Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I.
Doyle Wins GOP Nomination
abylon 5 star Jerry Doyle (Michael Garibaldi) won the nomination to run for Congress as a Republican in California's 24th District, which represents parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Doyle entered the race when the Republican Party's best hope for a candidate, former Doobie Brothers guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, bowed out.
Doyle will face incumbent Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks, Calif.) in the fall general election. Last year, Doyle told SCI FI Wire that he chose to run because "I'm passionate about it; it's something I really believe in."
"Blofeld" Actor Gray Dies
harles Gray, the British actor who played James Bond nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, died on Tuesday, March 7, his agent told the Reuters news service.
He was 71.
Gray was perhaps best known for playing Blofeld in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever, creating the archetypal Bond villain who was parodied in the character of Dr. Evil in Mike Myers' two Austin Powers films. But Gray also appeared in dozens of other movies, including 1967's Night of the Generals, 1975's Rocky Horror Picture Show and 1980's The Mirror Crack'd.
Gray is the second Bond supporting player to die in recent months, following Desmond Llewelyn, who played "Q" in a series of 007 movies.
Quinn Stars In Night Terrors
idan Quinn will star in the first installment of the Fox paranormal anthology TV series Night Terrors, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Terrors is described as being in the tradition of The Twilight Zone, featuring different casts in each episode.
Episodes will consist of two half-hour segments, the trade paper reported. Quinn stars in the pilot, about a plane crash investigator who begins to question his sanity as he looks into a recent accident.
New Muppet Show Coming
new version of The Muppet Show will return to television following the purchase of The Jim Henson Co. by a German company, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Munich-based EM.TV, which specializes in children's programming, bought the Henson company for $680 million.
Speaking to the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, EM.TV chief executive Thomas Haffa revealed plans for a revival of the popular 1980s TV series, as well as designs for a live stage version of the show.
The series would keep its original format, featuring the popular Muppet characters and human celebrities as guest stars. Though the show has yet to be attached to an American TV network, the intention is to produce it in English and distribute it worldwide.
Meyer Spies In Secret Agent
ina Meyer, who won her greatest fame killing giant bugs in the movie Starship Troopers, welcomes a change of pace playing super-spy Holiday in UPN's new SF-tinged TV series Secret Agent Man, premiered March 7.
"She's been the most fun to play," Meyer told SCI FI Wire. "Holiday's kind of a female James Bond."
Meyer stars with Costas Mandylor in the mid-season replacement series, co-produced by Men in Black director Barry Sonnenfeld and shot in Vancouver, Canada. "[Holiday's] a very contemporary, smart, driven woman of the '90s, or maybe the new millennium," Meyer said. "And it's fun to play with all the cool toys that the guys normally get to play with."
Meyer's no stranger to SF&F movies and films. In addition to playing soldier Dizzy Flores in Troopers, she played the cyberpunk heroine in Johnny Mnemonic opposite Keanu Reeves, a zoologist in the flying rodent thriller Bats and a peasant fighting dragons with Dennis Quaid in Dragonheart.
"I'm kind of ambivalent about it," she said of her genre work. "It's kind of cool; I'm not knocking it. But it's not like the goal in my life to be ... typecast into any specific genre." But she said she still receives mail from Troopers fans. "It's very gratifying," she said. "[I get] letters from guys in the Army who say, 'I'd love to have you [fighting] on my team.' ... It's very flattering, and it makes me feel good that people get something positive out of my performance and some enjoyment out of the film."
Galactica Star Colicos Dead
ohn Colicos, best known as the nefarious Count Baltar in the 1970s TV series Battlestar Galactica, died Monday, March 6, in Toronto after a series of heart attacks, according to the Associated Press.
He was 71.
In addition to his role on Galactica, the Toronto-born Shakespearean actor played the first Klingon, Kor, in the original Star Trek series episode "Errand of Mercy" in 1967. He reprised the role in several episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the last in 1998.
Colicos was also a regular on the soap opera General Hospital, where he played Mikkos Cassadine. Colicos also appeared in many feature films, including Anne of a Thousand Days (1970) and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981).
Colicos is survived by his wife, Mona, and two sons, Nicholas and Edmund.
Murphy Signs On Shrinking Man
ddie Murphy has signed on to star in a feature film remake of the 1957 SF classic The Incredible Shrinking Man, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film is to be directed by Peter Segal (Tommy Boy) for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, the trade paper reported.
The original film, which was written by Richard Matheson based on his novel The Shrinking Man, told the story of a man who finds himself shrinking after being exposed to a mist. Fred Wolf, former head writer on TV's Saturday Night Live, has written a draft for the remake, the trade paper reported.
Murphy was expected to begin filming Shrinking Man after he wraps filming on Pluto Nash, which starts shooting next month.
New Dorian Gray Planned
new feature film based on Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray will update the story's setting and time to contemporary Hollywood, according to Variety columnist Michael Fleming.
Alexander Payne (who co-wrote Election) will co-write and direct the as-yet-untitled movie for Independent Pictures.
The novel, which was first turned into a film in 1945, tells the Faustian story of a man who seems not to age while a painting in his house ages instead. Payne will co-write the script with former UCLA classmate Nate Goodman.
Directors Bow Out Of Potter
olfgang Petersen has passed on directing the feature film version of J.K. Rowling's popular children's novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, according to Variety columnist Michael Fleming.
Rob Reiner is also reportedly passing due to political problems with Castle Rock partner Alan Horn, who would be making decisions about the film, Variety said.
Warner Bros. will meet with other directors this week about taking on the high-profile project, already rejected by Steven Spielberg, Fleming added.
Harry Potter Game Planned
game based on J.K. Rowling's popular Harry Potter series of children's books is being developed by Nintendo for its new gaming platform code-named "Dolphin," according to the GameSpot Web site.
The site speculated that the game would be timed for release with the upcoming feature film version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which is now in development.
The "Dolphin" game platform is reportedly aimed at a Christmas 2000 release. With graphics and game play designed to outperform rivals, the Dolphin will supposedly use DVDs instead of traditional cartridges.
Dick Documentary Diary Online
production diary for the documentary The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick, about the seminal SF author, is being posted to the philipKdick.com Web site.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced that the diary will follow the making of the documentary by Mark Steensland and Andy Massagli.
The 88-minute documentary centers on Dick's mystical experiences in 1974, which had a profound effect on his writings. ``We're talking to people who knew him before, during and after all that stuff to see what we can find out,'' Steensland said in a press announcement.
Currently shooting throughout the Bay Area and Southern California, Steensland and Massagli hope to finish the project by April, in order to capitalize on the publicity surrounding two high-profile films based on Dick stories: Impostor, starring Gary Sinise, which is due August 4; and Minority
Report, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg.
Stations Balk At God
BC's upcoming animated fantasy TV series God, the Devil and Bob is encountering resistance from affiliates in Idaho and Utah, according to Variety.
KPVI-TV in Pocatello, Idaho, and KSL-TV in Salt Lake City said they would not air the comedy, which debuted March 9.
A KSL spokesman said the show contained "tasteless" humor; the other station didn't cite a reason for its refusal to air the series, the trade paper reported. NBC officials have said they expected resistance from affiliates in religiously conservative regions.
God, the Devil and Bob features the voice of French Stewart as the hero, Bob, a Detroit auto worker who finds himself the subject of a bet between the Devil, voiced by Alan Cumming, and God, voiced by James Garner.
Syndie Series Re-Upped For Fall
yndicated television series Relic Hunter, Beastmaster and The Lost World will all return for a second season, according to Variety.
The freshman shows are currently signing up television stations.
Relic Hunter has been signed by stations representing 80 percent of the country's TV markets for the fall. Beastmaster returns with a clearance of 87 percent, the trade paper reported. The Lost World has cleared 86 percent of the country for its second year.
Other syndicated series are hanging on. Peter Benchley's Amazon hasn't been given approval for a second season, but a decision is expected soon. The Back2Back Action hour, featuring Cleopatra 2525 and Jack of All Trades, is doing well in the ratings and is contracted to run through January.
Toymaker Develops Cartoons For Web
erschel Hopper, an animated featurette produced for the Internet, is coming from toymaker Rumpus Corp. as a way to boost sales of its products, according to Variety.
Hopper will tell the story of a rabbit who travels to New York City to find fame and fortune.
The 45-minute film will feature the voices of Brad Renfro, Jason Priestley, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch and gossip columnist Liz Smith, among others. The cartoon will debut on Easter Sunday.
The company is developing other animated featurettes, including The Day I Saved America for July 4 and The Red Bison for Christmas.
Tripods Trilogy Adapted For Film
he Tripods Trilogy, a series of SF children's books by John Christopher, will be developed as feature films by Walt Disney Co.'s Touchstone Pictures.
Newcomer screenwriter Darren Lemke will adapt the books, which include The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead and The Pool of Fire, according to Variety.
The three books, set in the 21st century, tell the story of an Earth conquered by Tripods, aliens who have implanted mind-control devices in anyone older than 15. A young boy and his friends strive to overthrow the Tripods. The books were previously adapted as a BBC television series in 1984, according to the trade paper.
Dragon Hatcher Moves To Screen
eremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, one of Bruce Coville's popular Magic Shop series of children's books, is being adapted for the movies by screenwriter Tim McCanlies (The Iron Giant).
Dragon Hatcher is being developed for the screen by Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co. (TV's Teletubbies), according to Variety.
Dragon Hatcher is envisioned as a live-action feature film with computer-generated special effects. The book tells the story of a boy who buys a dragon's egg and attempts to raise the creature that hatches from it.
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A special edition DVD of The Abyss, James Cameron's 1988 underwater SF thriller, contains 30 minutes of new footage and a 60-minute making-of documentary, Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'. The DVD, priced at $34.98, comes out March 21.
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Activision is developing the first space simulation game based in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, Star Trek: Bridge Commander, coming in 2001. In the game, players will assume the role of captain and will command both Galaxy- and Sovereign-class Federation ships like the U.S.S. Enterprise D and E. The game will feature the voices of Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner.
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The Sixth Sense has supplanted Home Alone as the 11th highest-grossing film of all time in North America, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Sense has sold $285.9 million worth of tickets, surpassing Home Alone's $285.5 million total.
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A seventh NBC affiliate, WNDU-TV in South Bend, Ind., has declined to air the animated series God, the Devil and Bob, which premiered Thursday, March 9, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The affiliate joins others in Utah, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi and other religiously conservative regions of the country. In Pocatello, Idaho, the show will air on an ABC affiliate on Sundays at 11 p.m.
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Oded Fehr has signed to reprise his role from The Mummy in the sequel, The Mummy II. He joins Brendan Fraser in the movie, to be directed by Stephen Sommers starting in May.
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The official Web site is up for The SCI FI Channel's six-hour miniseries Dune, based on Frank Herbert's seminal SF novel of the same name. The site features preliminary images from the miniseries, press releases, links to a discussion area and more. The miniseries, starring William Hurt and Giancarlo Giannini, is currently in production in Prague and Tunisia, with an eye to a late 2000 air date.
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Turner Broadcasting System has bought rights to air 19 films from Paramount Pictures, including The Truman Show, Deep Impact and Star Trek: Insurrection. The films will air primarily on TNT and TBS Superstation, with Turner South and Turner Classic Movies also getting a share of the broadcasts.
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Amy Pietz (Caroline in the City) joins the cast of Cursed, a TV pilot from ATG and NBC Studios. Pietz will play the female lead opposite Steven Weber, who plays a man living under a curse from a former blind date.
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What Planet Are You From?, the SF comedy movie starting Garry Shandling, fared poorly at the box office in its opening weekend, coming in 13th with only $3 million in revenues. By contrast, SF thriller Pitch Black ranked fifth with $5 million, for a total of $29.8 million in two weeks.
