Gordon R. Dickson Dies
rolific SF author Gordon R. Dickson died Jan. 31 at his home in Richfield, Minn.
He was 77, according to Todd Davidson, director of the Morris Nilsen Funeral Chapel in Richfield.
In a career that spanned a half century, Dickson published more than 80 novels and many short stories, and was publishing new work as late as last year, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America reported. His best-known work is the Childe Cycle series of novels, which were intended to present an evolutionary blueprint for humanity's ultimate expansion throughout the galaxy, according to the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Dickson also collaborated frequently with SF author Poul Anderson, with whom he attended the University of Minnesota, most notably on the Hoka series, about a race of furry aliens who mimic human culture, according to the SFWA.
Dickson, a native of Canada who became a U.S. citizen after immigrating at age 13, was president of the SFWA from 1969 to 1971. In the course of his career, he received a Nebula Award and three Hugo Awards. Last year, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
Dickson is survived by a brother, Craig Dickson; three nephews; and one niece. Services will take place Feb. 3 at the Morris Nilsen Funeral Chapel in Richfield.
High-Tech Trek Sign Goes Up
PN has erected a high-tech billboard along Los Angeles' famed Sunset Strip to commemorate the final season of Star Trek: Voyager, the official Trek Web site reported.
For now, the billboard stands swathed in black vinyl, with only the Voyager logo and a piece of the starship visible, along with the words "Coming Soon."
"We wanted to do something very special for the final season of Star Trek: Voyager," Bob Bouknight, senior vice president of marketing for UPN, told the site. "Our goal was to design a billboard to rival the ones along Sunset Boulevard."
The sign will employ special-effects technology with laser-like lighting effects developed by CooLight, a Florida-based manufacturer and national distributor of electro-luminescent wire, the site reported. "It's very exciting to be working with UPN on such an imaginative project," CooLight president Joel Wylan told the site. "It's the next logical step for our company, and it says a lot about UPN that they're going with the most cutting-edge signage technology that's available today. It's going to be spectacular."
Neelix Not Eager For Earth
than Phillips--Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager--told the official Trek Web site that his character will have mixed feelings about the ship's ultimate return to Earth--not that producers have said when that will happen.
"I don't know," Phillips told the site. "They haven't told us anything [about] whether we're getting home. We're all in the dark."
As for Neelix and the return home, "I don't really have anything vested in it, in terms of my character," Phillips said. "This isn't home to him, so as far as Neelix is concerned, whatever happens to him is fine. He's not dying to get to Earth. His home is Voyager. Maybe, subconsciously, he wishes they didn't arrive home. Then he could continue to be in his position. But if they were to arrive home, I don't think he'd make a fuss. He'd be happy for everybody, as he has that generosity of spirit about him."
Voyager Sound Honored
tar Trek: Voyager was nominated by the Cinema Audio Society for an award for outstanding sound mixing, the official Trek Web site reported.
The nomination is for the "Unimatrix Zero" episodes, on which Cinema Audio Society member Alan Bernard is listed as the sound mixer.
The awards will be handed out at a banquet on March 3 in Universal City, Calif.
Innocent Plea In Trek Stalking
arlon Esracio Pagtakhan pleaded not guilty Jan. 31 in Los Angeles Superior Court to eight criminal counts for allegedly stalking Star Trek: Voyager star Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), according to E! Online.
The 22-year-old man was arrested in November on two counts of stalking and six counts of writing threatening letters for extortion to Ryan and her boyfriend, Voyager producer Brannon Braga.
Prosecutors said that Pagtakhan began stalking Braga last February and continued through mid-October, and that he began harassing Ryan last March and kept it up through the end of October, not stopping until Ryan and Braga got a restraining order against him, E! reported. Pagtakhan is being held in lieu of $405,000 bail pending a pretrial hearing on March 8.
Jackson Wants Rings Reality
eter Jackson, director of the upcoming Lord of the Rings film trilogy, told E! Online that he faces a year's worth of post-production now that principal photography has wrapped. The challenge is to keep things real and faithful to J.R.R. Tolkien's original books, he said.
"The one thing I've always been consistently going for in the style of the shooting and the performances and the design is to make Middle-Earth feel real and lived-in," Jackson told the site. "And whether it's an elf or a dwarf or a hobbit or a human, I think it's important for us to convey that the character is real and exists at a particular moment in time."
Conveying the reality of the films means pushing the envelope in terms of violence, Jackson said. "It's going to be PG-13. Again, it's part of making it real. The material we've shot would easily give us an R-rated movie if we chose to cut it that way. We haven't shot anything that is disturbing or horrific or nasty. We're just trying to depict battles realistically. But we'll be very circumspect with how we edit the material. We're aiming for the tougher end of a PG-13--we'll try and push the envelope a little bit."
Jackson added, "Real life is quite complex--nothing is ever black and white. And even though we are dealing with good and evil in a very clear-cut way, as Tolkien wrote, we're trying to capture some of the story's complexity. For example, the character of Boromir. He is a fundamentally good person--good at heart--but he does things villains would do. He tries to take the Ring forcibly from Frodo. It's fun to film good people doing bad things, and it makes for a movie that has a little more interest and psychological content."
The other challenge is to keep focus through all three films. "The difficulty is you have to imagine the momentum of the films as a whole," Jackson said. "I always find it's very easy to lock yourself into making a shot feel nice, but lose the big picture. You forget that the camera should move faster, because when you cut it, you want this to be a part of a fast scene. Momentum is a very hard thing to maintain." The first Rings film, The Fellowship of the Ring, opens Dec. 19.
Gunmen Is No Spinoff
om Braidwood--who plays Frohike in Fox's upcoming series The Lone Gunmen--told TV Guide Online that his show will be a lot more than just a spinoff of The X-Files.
"The way the comedy has been happening, and the direction the show has taken, it's really not a spinoff," Braidwood told the site. "It's sort of like what we do in our life when we're not helping out Mulder and Scully. ... And this is what we do, this is our life, which is very different than the X-Files life."
Braidwood appears with Dean Haglund and Bruce Harwood as the titular heroes. "It's really interesting to have to focus on it day in and day out," said Braidwood, who originally joined The X-Files as an assistant director. "If they run the series, and it doesn't get picked up, I'm quite certain I'll simply go back to focusing on directing and producing. But I would probably also make an effort to do auditions."
Braidwood also said he has no problem with the series' attractive new regulars, Zuleikha Robinson and Stephen Snedden, to bolster the core trio. "Us three are really ugly," he said.
More Episode II For Anakin
tar Wars: Episode II star Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker) will go back before the cameras to shoot additional scenes in the spring and again in November, Variety columnist Army Archerd reported.
Archerd added that Christensen will reprise the role in 2003, when Episode III is expected to begin production.
Christensen told Archerd that he and his Vancouver family spent the Christmas holidays at director George Lucas' Marin County, Calif., ranch.
Meanwhile, Episode II designer Doug Chiang told the official Star Wars Web site that the movie will introduce two new planets. Chiang added, "We will be developing Coruscant and Naboo further. You will see parts of Coruscant and Naboo that we have never seen before. There will be some neat surprises."
Star Wars E-Book To Come
el Rey Books will publish "Star Wars: Darth Maul: Saboteur" on Feb. 15, the first original Star Wars story to be made available exclusively in e-book format, the company announced.
"Saboteur" is the preface to the Star Wars novel Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, which was recently published by Ballantine Books. Del Rey is a division of Ballantine.
"Saboteur," written by Star Wars: The New Jedi Order author James Luceno, runs about 14,000 words and is priced at $1.99. It will be available for the four major e-book platforms--Microsoft Reader, Gemstar, peanut press and Adobe/GlassBook--and can be downloaded from a number of Web sites, including traditional and online bookstores such as Barnes & Noble.com, Amazon.com and Powells.com, Del Rey announced.
Boxleitner Doubts New B5
abylon 5 star Bruce Boxleitner told the Eon magazine Web site that he questions whether any new B5 project would get off the ground.
B5 creator J. Michael Straczynski has told fans that he's in talks with The SCI FI Channel on a variety of projects set in the B5 universe; a SCI FI spokeswoman would only confirm that talks about unspecified projects are underway.
But Boxleitner is dubious. "Time/Warner, which is now AOL, [is going to ask,] 'Where is the money to be made?' Just run the old series over and over again," he said. "They don't need to make any more, that's the problem. It's not about what the fans want, or if it would be cool. It's all about profit, and there's no profit in making it. It's past--it's a passe thing. Star Trek is the only thing that has ever lived on, and we gave them a good run for their money. Businesswise, the market that Babylon 5 was in is gone and does not exist anymore. Syndication is disappearing."
Boxleitner added, "If there was a way for The SCI FI Channel to do it again, I think they should do movies. Don't do another series--there's been enough. Continue to do the two-hour telemovies, because I think it's viable. They could sell that. To do a strip series again--I'm not sure that would work in this market right now, which is motion pictures. Believe me, television is heading into a recession."
JMS Confirms SCI FI Talks
abylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski confirmed for fans that he and partner Doug Netter are talking with The SCI FI Channel about new projects, which could include a new TV movie or series set in the B5 universe.
A spokeswoman for SCI FI had earlier told SCI FI Wire that such talks were underway, but would not offer details about them.
But in a posting to a SCIFI.COM bulletin board, Straczynski said, "To confirm what [SCI FI executive vice president and general manager] Bonnie Hammer has stated, yes, there are conversations ongoing between SFC, [Warner Brothers], myself and Doug Netter about some new projects. I'm not at liberty at this point to be much more specific than that. Could be a movie in the B5 universe. Could be a series set in the B5 universe. Could be a combination of those, plus a little something else. Suffice to say that SFC wants to become the new home for B5 in all its parts and pieces, and there are several possible ways to accomplish this currently under discussion."
Straczynski added, "We may have some resolution on these issues as early as next month. To that end, we have verified the availability and interest of those who helped make B5 a success among the crew, and everyone we have spoken to is excited and ready to get going. Same crew, same quality, same dedication. Beyond that, I can't comment ... except to say that if we get the go-ahead on what I think may be coming, it could be a very exciting opportunity to do another kind of story that no one's ever done before in SF TV, just as no one had ever done anything quite like B5 before."
Alba Gets TV Guide Nods
essica Alba, star of Fox's hit SF series Dark Angel, received two nominations for the 2001 TV Guide Awards, which were announced Jan. 29.
The awards will be presented in ceremonies televised on Fox on March 7.
Alba was nominated as actress of the year in a new show and breakout star of the year. In other genre programs, Kristen Johnston (3rd Rock from the Sun) was nominated for supporting actress of the year in a comedy series, and Alyson Hannigan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) was nominated as supporting actress of the year in a drama series.
Richards Would Re-Up As Trooper
enise Richards told SCI FI Wire that she's willing to reprise her role as starship pilot Carmen Ibanez in any sequel to her breakout film, 1997's Starship Troopers.
But Richards--who spoke to reporters while promoting her current film, Valentine--said she doubts one will be made.
"I don't think they will," Richards said in an interview. "It's been so long. I don't think they will do it." But she added that she would love to work again with Troopers director Paul Verhoeven. "He's a good maniac," she said. "I hope one day I do another movie with him. I really admire him as a director. He's so passionate. And he is a wild madman when he wants something, and I admire that. He's great."
Richards said she enjoyed working on Starship Troopers. "I had so much fun on that. Six months of working with such a young, fun cast, all at the same level. We had a great time. ... It was my first real movie, and the funnest part was working ... with a cast where we were all at the same level, and just so excited to be there. And just the newness of everything and not knowing. It was fun."
Akira To Be Rereleased
he classic anime film Akira is being restored and prepared for a theatrical rerelease in the United States this spring, Variety reported.
Pioneer Entertainment will spend $1 million to restore the animated 1988 film.
Pioneer is also planning to introduce the first DVD and a new VHS edition in the fourth quarter. International Video Conversions will provide high-definition mastering and remix the audio components to create a soundtrack in Dolby Digital AC3 Surround Sound, Variety reported. A new English dub will also be created from a fresh translation of the original Japanese script.
Jurassic III Is Darker
d Verreaux, production designer on the upcoming Jurassic Park III, told the Horror Online Web site that the third installment in the dinosaur film franchise will be darker than its predecessors.
"I think it's going to be a little bit darker, a little bit more moody," Verreaux told the site. "Shelly Johnson, the [director of photography], has just really done a great job at photographing [the film]."
The film features Sam Neill, reprising his Jurassic Park role of Dr. Alan Grant, and Téa Leoni, William H. Macy, Michael Jeter and Trevor Morgan. In one scene, "our band of survivors [has] been traipsing across the island, and they come across another Ingen compound," Verreaux said. "And what they find is that the Ingen people have been breeding dinosaurs in a big laboratory."
Verreaux is bringing to bear his experience from the first Jurassic Park film. "That's been a real help for me," he said. "I haven't had to find guys who have to reinvent the wheel. ... It's like, 'We've already done this, we know what this set looks like.' The thing is, we did try and make this look different from I and II. Hopefully, we were able to succeed." Jurassic Park III opens July 14.
Wilson Ready To Leave Nikita
eta Wilson--star of USA Network's original series La Femme Nikita--told syndicated columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith that she's grateful fans lobbied to resurrect the show for a brief fifth season--but added that she's ready to move on.
"Those people worked so hard to bring us back, it's a real compliment to the entire cast and crew, but I think Nikita's done," Wilson told the columnists. "As an actress, it's time for me to move on and create something new."
Wilson said the fifth season's eight episodes should satisfy fans. "All the loose ends are tied up, and all the questions are answered," she said. "Maybe now they can let it go."
USA Network is owned by USA Networks, which also owns SCIFI.COM.
Universal Developing Giants
niversal Pictures will develop the fantasy epic movie Giants with director Ralph Zondag (Dinosaur) and writer Mark Steilen, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film tells the story of a family cast away on an island inhabited by giants.
Zondag and Steilen will co-produce the project. They partnered on the project after becoming friends through their children, the trade paper reported.
Davis Goes Deep In Below
atthew Davis (Tigerland) has landed a lead role in the supernatural World War II submarine movie Below, Variety reported.
David Twohy (Pitch Black) will direct the Dimension film from a script he co-wrote with Darren Aronofsky (Pi) and Lucas Sussman.
Davis will play a young officer on an American submarine dispatched to pick up three survivors from a British hospital ship. While the sub plays a cat-and-mouse game with a German destroyer, strange things begin to occur, the trade paper reported. Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense) has been cast in the role of a British doctor.
Exorcist Prequel Is Casting
akers of the upcoming prequel to The Exorcist have put out a casting call for an African-American boy between 10 and 14 years old, the Dark Horizons Web site reported.
The actor will appear as part of the story of Father Merrin's first encounter with the devil during his missionary work in Africa.
The casting call takes place Feb. 7 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Los Angeles. For information, call (818) 954-2929.
Warcraft III Expected In 2001
lizzard Entertainment announced that the third installment of its Warcraft video game series, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, will be released this year for the PC.
A Macintosh version of the game is expected in early 2002. The game will retail for about $50.
Players will be able to control one of four races of creatures in the game: humans, orcs, night elves and the undead, the company announced.
Darabont Talks Fahrenheit
rank Darabont (The Green Mile) is in talks to direct the long-awaited feature-film update of Ray Bradbury's classic SF novel Fahrenheit 451, Variety reported.
Darabont would also rewrite Terry Hayes' script for Castle Rock and Warner Brothers, the trade paper reported.
The studio will finance and produce Fahrenheit 451 with Icon's Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey and Storyline's Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Gibson had originally intended to direct the film, but opted out, the trade paper reported. Bradbury's novel was previously filmed in 1966 by director François Truffaut.
DreamWorks Weds 'The Ring'
reamWorks will develop a movie based on Hideo Nakata's Japanese horror-mystery phenomenon The Ring, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
A Japanese television series and 1998 film, based on Suzuki Koji's series of Ring novels, have been a big hit throughout Southeast Asia.
The Ring centers on a journalist who investigates an urban legend about a cursed videotape that supposedly kills viewers seven days after they watch it.
Clock Starts On Clockstoppers
aramount Pictures announced the start of principal photography Jan. 30 in Los Angeles on Clockstoppers, an SF film directed by Jonathan Frakes.
The film stars Jesse Bradford, Paula Garces, French Stewart, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas and Julia Sweeney and is based on a script by J. David Stem and David N. Weiss, from a story by Rob Hedden and Andy Hedden.
Bradford stars as Zak Gibbs, who discovers an odd wristwatch amidst his father's inventions that seems to stop time. But Zak and his friend Francesca (Garces) soon find out they are not alone in "hypertime," and someone else wants the watch.
Manson Won't Be Willy Wonka
arner Brothers Pictures on Jan. 31 vehemently denied news reports that shock rocker Marilyn Manson would star in a remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, or that Tim Burton was the director.
The rumor had been reported in both the New York Post and the British Sun tabloid.
"Contrary to a false and misleading report published in the Jan. 31 edition of the New York Post, singer Marilyn Manson has not been cast in a role in the upcoming Warner Brothers Pictures film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Warner said in a statement. "Additionally, the director of the project is not Tim Burton, as falsely stated in the Post. Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Dave, Big) is directing the film, currently in development at the studio, from a screenplay by Scott Frank (Out of Sight), which he is adapting from the beloved Roald Dahl novel." The studio also asked the Post to issue a retraction.
BFSA Short List Announced
he British Science Fiction Association announced the short list for its 2000 annual awards.
The awards are presented annually by the association, based on a vote of BFSA members and members of the British national SF convention, Eastercon.
The awards will be presented April 15 at the 2001 Eastercon in Leicestershire, Great Britain. A complete list of nominees follows.
Best Novel
•Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
•redRobe by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
•Paradox by John Meaney
•Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds
•Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
Best Short Fiction
•"Destiny on Tartarus" by Eric Brown
•"La Vampiresse" by Tanith Lee
•"Adventures in the Ghost Trade" by Liz Williams
•"Singing Each to Each" by Paul di Filippo
•"The Suspect Genome" by Peter F. Hamilton
Best Artwork
•Physiognomies of Flight by China Miéville
•Hideaway by Dominic Harman
•Afetere's Eyes by Gerald Gaubert
Warchild Wins Award
arner Aspect announced that Warchild author Karin Lowachee is the winner of its Warner Aspect First Novel Contest.
Lowachee's book bested more than 1,000 manuscripts from all over the world, the publisher announced.
Tim Powers, winner of the World Fantasy Award for Last Call and the Philip K. Dick Award for The Anubis Gates, made the final selection. The contest was open to authors who have not previously published a novel. Warchild, an epic SF tale, is scheduled for publication in February 2002.
Chicken Run Gets BAFTA Nods
hicken Run was the only genre film to garner notable nominations for British Academy Film Awards, which will be announced Feb. 25 at London's Odeon Leicester Square theater, Variety reported.
But genre films fared well in nominations for the Orange Audience Award 2001, which are voted on by the general public.
Chicken Run was nominated for the Alexander Korda Award for outstanding British film of the year, for visual effects and for an Orange Audience Award.
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas was nominated for best makeup and hair and for an Orange award. The other Orange nominees included Dinosaur, Mission: Impossible 2, Stuart Little, What Lies Beneath and X-Men.
Aurealis Nominees Announced
he editors of Aurealis magazine have announced the short list for the Aurealis Awards 2000, recognizing excellence in Australian speculative fiction.
The winners of the Aurealis Awards will be announced on March 2 at a ceremony in Melbourne, Australia. A complete list of nominees follows.
Division A: Science Fiction
Best Novel
•The Deep Field by James Bradley
•The Miocene Arrow by Sean McMullen
•Evergence 2: The Dying Light by Sean Williams and Shane Dix
•Sea As Mirror by Tess Williams
Best Short Story
•Nominees to come.
Division B: Fantasy
Best Novel
•The Nameless Day by Sara Douglass
•The Darkness by Anthony Eaton
•Medalon by Jennifer Fallon
•Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
•Vixen by Hoa Pham
Best Short Story
•"Goddess and the Geek" by Louise Cusack
•"The Fruits of Habit" by Chris Kenworthy
•"The Boy Who Didn't Yearn" by Margo Lanagan
•"The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)" by Geoffrey
Maloney
•"The Left Behind" by Kaaron Warren
Division C: Horror
Best Novel
•Blackwater Days by Terry Dowling
•The Resurrectionists by Kim Wilkins
Best Short Story
•"The First and Final Game" by Deborah Biancotti
•"Marilyn" by Jack Dann
•"A Sentiment Open to Doubt" by Stephen Dedman
•"That Old Black Graffiti" by Robert Hood
•"Sewercide" by Michael Pryor
Division D: Young Adult
Best Novel
•Horsehead Soup by Rory Barnes
•Ferren and the Angel by Richard Harland
•Omega by Christine Harris
•Thursday's Child by Sonya Hartnett
•The Green Prince by Sophie Masson
Best Short Story
•"Avalon" by Brian Caswell
•"The Boy Who Didn't Yearn" by Margo Lanagan
•"Midsummer Mission" by Margo Lanagan
•"The Queen's Notice" by Margo Lanagan
•"White Time" by Margo Lanagan
Convenors' Award
•Transrealist Fiction--Writing in the Slipstream of Science by Damien Broderick
•Spinouts--Bronze, edited by Paul Collins and Meredith Costain
•SF Commentary #76 (The Unrelenting Gaze--George Turner, Non-fiction: A Selection), edited by Bruce Gillespie
•White Time by Margo Lanagan
•The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan
Turman To Start Iron Fist
ohn Turman, screenwriter for the upcoming Iron Fist movie, told the Comics2Film Web site that he is days away from starting his first draft.
Turman recently returned from a trip to Europe, where he met with Iron Fist star Ray Park (X-Men), the site reported.
"Ray is a great guy," Turman told the site. "He's a really talented martial artist, and he's very excited about this. He's got a real sense of humor that we're going to try to make part of the character."
Turman said the film's story will tell the origins of the superhero character, as it appeared in the Marvel Comics series of the same name, on which the movie is based. "Both Marvel and Artisan want to start this story running, so we're going to start with Iron Fist coming into the city," Turman said. The present-day setting for the film has not yet been determined. Turman told the site that it could be New York, Hong Kong or an unnamed city.
The film will tell the story of Daniel Rand, who was trained in the mystical city of K'un-L'un to become the Iron Fist. "While there's wall-to-wall action, it's really a story about a guy trying to find out the truth of who he is and who he wants to be," Turman said. "It's a quest for vengeance that turns into a search for the truth. This is about a character returning to avenge his parents' deaths and learning that the villain, that evil, is not as black-and-white as he thought it was."
SF Film, TV Designers Nominated
roduction designers for The Cell and Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas won nominations for the Art Directors Guild's feature-film award in the period/fantasy category, Variety reported.
Winners will be announced Feb. 24 at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Single-camera television series nominations went to the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Critical Care" and the X-Files episode "Without."
Set Fire Halts Evolution
roduction halted on the SF movie Evolution Jan. 30 when special effects sparked a fire on the Los Angeles set, the Associated Press reported.
Star David Duchovny and several gorilla-suited actors escaped unharmed, the wire service reported.
The fire erupted at the Raleigh Studios lot during production on the DreamWorks film, the AP reported. Scores of actors and production staff poured out of the lot, and Duchovny was whisked off to a shopping center. The fire occurred as crews set off five fireballs, 15 feet in diameter, fire officials told the AP. One of the fireballs ignited the scenery. Firefighters quickly put out the blaze. The film was expected to resume production the following day.
Lords Catches A New Wave
raci Elizabeth Lords, who plays Jordan in The SCI FI Channel's original series First Wave, told SCI FI Wire that viewers can expect surprises as the third season wraps up.
"I think what's really great about season three is that the writers homed in on the four central characters," Lords said in an interview. "We get to know a lot more about Cade and what happened when he was young. ... We plumb the depths of Jordan, Eddie and even Joshua. ... We see Jordan, Cade and Eddie become really close friends. And we'll see that the second wave of aliens is alive at the end of the third season. ... There will be a pretty exciting conclusion."
Lords joined the cast of the show this year as the underground militia leader with a chip on her shoulder. "The character is really interesting, because she starts out the season being completely broken and bent on revenge. She lost her entire family to the alien force, ... and she just wants revenge. She discovers Cade's journals on the Internet ... and realizes that she's not the only one who believes in this. She forms an underground army to stop the aliens, ... and they just have a heck of ride."
Lords added, "The thing I really love about Jordan is that she starts out being really hard and determined, a take-no-prisoners, shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later kind of person. What's nice about the character is that [series creator] Chris Brancato ... took her to a place where we discover many different levels of Jordan. ... She is rediscovering life again and having faith in humanity again, and really seeing things a different way. There are also interesting parallels between Jordan and Cade Foster. ... He's like a mirror for her. He was a lot like Jordan in season one. ... He teaches her, and she teaches him, ... and you begin to see the cracks in this tough exterior of hers. ... She runs the gamut of emotions, which was really exciting to play as an actress." First Wave airs Mondays at 8 p.m. and 12 a.m. ET/PT.
Lords Shifts Shape In Masks
raci Elizabeth Lords told SCI FI Wire that she just completed the role of a chameleon-like villain in City of Masks, the sequel to the 1996 Hong Kong action film Black Mask, which starred Jet Li.
Lords said Tsui Hark directed her in the sequel, which does not star Li.
"I play the role of Chameleon," Lords said in an interview. "It's the closest thing to a cartoon character I've ever played. I liked the director a lot, Tsui Hark. [Chameleon] can shape-shift and blend into all kinds of backgrounds. ... It would be a nice superpower to have. ... [City of Masks] is about these four wrestlers who are kind of WWF-like ... and they are so obsessed with becoming famous, they would do anything to enhance their performance, and they start experimenting with these weird drugs that change them into monsters," Lords said. City of Masks is aiming at a summer 2002 release, Lords said.
No Lords In Blade 2
raci Elizabeth Lords told SCI FI Wire that she will not appear in Blade 2: Bloodhunt, the sequel to 1999's Blade, and that her role will be written out of the film.
"There was a lot of [reasons]," Lords said in an interview. "I think that Blade was such a great show, and I loved it and loved working with New Line. But for many different reasons, including scheduling, Blade 2 just wasn't right."
Lords was originally supposed to play the twin of her vampire character, who died in the first movie. Since Lords opted out of the sequel, "I've heard that that role has since been written out," she said. "Now that role doesn't even exist." Blade 2, which is directed by Guillermo del Toro, is currently in production and is based on the Marvel Comics series Blade the Vampire Hunter.
Lords currently co-stars in The SCI FI Channel original series First Wave, which wrapped production on its third season last month.
Disney Conjures Up Jinn
isney's Touchstone Pictures will develop Jinn, a supernatural thriller movie based on Matt Delaney's upcoming novel of the same name, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Jacobson Company will produce.
The film will tell the story of a Boston homicide detective who investigates a series of bizarre murders and finds that an ancient Arabic demon has been brought back to life. The book is scheduled to be published in the fall by St. Martin's Press.
Whedon Signs Big Deal With Fox
oss Whedon--creator of The WB's hit series Buffy the Vampire Slayer--has signed a four-year production deal with the show's producer, 20th Century Fox Television, Variety reported.
Under the deal, estimated to be worth more than $20 million, Whedon will create and produce new programming for Fox, while continuing as executive producer on Buffy and its spinoff, Angel, the trade paper reported.
Whedon's new deal doesn't include movies. Whedon becomes a free agent in the feature world as of May 1. He was previously set up at the studio under a four-year, $16 million deal that covered both TV and film, Variety reported.
The trade paper reported that the Fox TV network could pick up a Whedon pilot to be developed for next season. Other networks, including ABC, have also expressed interest in working with Whedon, Variety reported. Fox is currently in contract renewal talks with The WB over Buffy, in which both sides have traded rancorous comments.
Spielberg, Howard Do Web Shorts
teven Spielberg and Ron Howard will create animated short films for DreamWorks' CountingDown.com Web site, part of the site's new theater section, the site announced.
The first pair of shorts--part of a series of Dreams created exclusively for the Web by Howard--will feature Howard and Spielberg each explaining a personal dream. Both shorts will premiere on CountingDown.com on Feb. 5.
PDI DreamWorks (Antz) animated the shorts using Flash animation technology. "This will be the first time that either Steven Spielberg or Ron Howard have created content specifically for the Web, and we are extremely pleased to have this opportunity to display their work to their millions of fans online," CountingDown.com co-founder Tim Doyle said in a statement.
Rowling To Meet Queen
.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series of children's novels, will meet Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on March 22, the SFX Network reported.
The queen will visit a library, a school, a book shop and Bloomsbury Publishers' London headquarters, where she and Rowling will meet, the site reported. There will later be a reception for 600 people from the publishing industry at Buckingham Palace.
Rowling will also visit Buckingham Palace on March 2 to collect her Officer of the British Empire honor. Rowling had to postpone a previous meeting because her daughter was ill.
Warner Swats Potter Fans
nternet fans of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books are running afoul of Warner Brothers, which is producing a feature film based on the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
The studio has issued letters to fans who have registered domain names featuring what Warner claims are trademarks. The fans include teen-age girls, such as Claire Field, a British fan who registered the domain harrypotterguide.co.uk, and Singapore fan Catherine Chang, who registered HarryPotterNetwork.net.
As a result, British fan Alastair Alexander has created a Web site called PotterWar to protest Warner's heavy hand.
For its part, Warner seems to be backing off. "We've been naive," Warner senior vice president Diane Nelson told Entertainment-Rewired Magazine. "The studio's letter is an act of miscommunication. We never intended to shut down any Web sites. In some cases, we just wanted those we contacted to transfer the domain name over to us. In no way is our goal to shut down the Web sites."
Witchblade Series To Shoot
NT's upcoming supernatural series Witchblade is slated to begin production Feb. 19 in Toronto, the Comics2Film Web site reported.
The first episode to film, "Diplopia," will be the third to air when the series premieres in August. Witchblade is based on the Top Cow comic series of the same name.
Toronto will stand in for New York City. Yancy Butler will reprise the lead role of Sara Pezzini from TNT's popular Witchblade movie last year. The cast also includes Anthony Cistaro as Kenneth Irons, Eric Etebari as Ian Nottingham and David Chokachi as Jake McCartey. The site reported that the series will add several new characters: Gabriel Bowman, a street-smart entrepreneur; Madame Boucher, a character from the comics; Danielle, who is connected to Irons in a love-hate relationship; and Captain Yardley Scott, Sara's boss.
Film Does The Switcheroo
evolution Studios will develop Switcheroo, a fantasy film from producer John Fogel and his JAF Entertainment company, Variety reported.
Timothy Tori will write the screenplay, based on an original idea from Revolution partner Todd Garner.
The comedy movie tells the story of a white research scientist and a black janitor who switch bodies.
Fox To Unwind Rewind
ox will develop Rewind, a fantasy film based on a spec script by UCLA film student Kelly Kennemer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Wendy Finerman {Forrest Gump) will produce the movie.
The script tells the story of a real estate executive whose life is spiraling out of control, and who receives a second chance to right familial wrongs.
Kennemer, who plans to take the next term off from the graduate screenwriting program at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television to concentrate on writing, is a former commercial casting director. His Rewind script earned first prize and $10,000 last fall in the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award contest and was one of five selected for the UCLA Screenwriting Showcase 2000, the trade paper reported.
Dorn Stars In Dune Game
tar Trek: The Next Generation's Michael Dorn is among the cast of actors who will voice Westwood Studios' upcoming video game Emperor: Battle for Dune, the company announced.
The real-time strategy game is due out this summer for PC from Electronic Arts.
Dorn plays Duke Achillus of House Atreides. He is joined by Michael McShane as Baron Rakan of House Harkonnen and Vincent Schiavelli as Yanich Kobal, the baron's advisor.
The game features a non-linear planetary campaign, with 33 different maps to fight on and more than 100 missions. The game is based on Frank Herbert's Dune series of SF novels.
Cameron Wasn't Left Behind
irk Cameron--the onetime TV teen heartthrob who stars in the upcoming Christian apocalyptic film Left Behind--told SCI FI Wire that the role fell into his lap almost as if through divine intervention.
The independent movie, which is based on the best-selling novel series of the same name, opens Feb. 2, co-starring Cameron and his real-life wife, Chelsea Noble.
"Chelsea was reading the books," Cameron told reporters while promoting the film in Los Angeles. "She finished the first one about two in the morning, and she ... said, 'Wake up! This is such a great book! You have to read it!' ... And she says, ... 'They have to turn this into a movie. And if they do, I'd love to play the role of Hattie.' And it was about two weeks later that [producer] Peter Lalonde called. ... We called them back, and they said, 'Yeah, we want to send you the script [for Left Behind].' I hadn't read the book. But I got the screenplay, and it was great, and I said, 'Yeah, I'm definitely interested.' And Chelsea's like, 'Well, find out more. What role do they want you to play?' And they said, 'Well, we'd like to know if you'd be interested in playing Buck. But that's not all, we'd like to know if Chelsea would be interested in playing Hattie.' ... And we're like, 'Are you serious?' And so, yeah, we sat down and started talking to them, and within two weeks, we were packing up our family, and we moved to Canada, and we were shooting."
Cameron plays Buck Williams, a reporter for a CNN-like cable news network who becomes wrapped up in a conspiracy that coincides with the beginning of the End Times, as prophesied by the Bible and the Book of Revelation, at least according to fundamentalist Christian interpretation. Cameron, who describes himself as a Christian, denied that the movie is intended to win new converts. "Is this some sort of Christian propaganda mission? No," he said. "And I don't have a crystal ball. I couldn't tell you exactly what the year 2010 is going to look like, or whenever this might happen. But from a personal perspective, I think that the Bible is an awesome book. I mean, when I read through there, there's some pretty incredible and intriguing stuff in there, and I've come to find it to be incredibly trustworthy in all the things that it talks about, from history to spirituality, to just basic, practical stuff about life. So I have no reason to doubt that this kind of thing would happen. ... Exactly what's going to happen, exactly how? I guess we'll have to wait and see."
Farscape Video Game Near
imon & Schuster Interactive, in association with The Jim Henson Co., will publish a computer game based on The SCI FI Channel's original series Farscape in the first quarter of 2002.
The Farscape game is being developed by the Red Lemon game studio for the PC and an unnamed next-generation gaming console, the companies announced.
The game will be an action adventure in which gamers can assume the role of astronaut John Crichton, Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun, Chiana, D'Argo, Rygel or Zhaan. The game will find the crew of the sentient ship Moya stranded on a desolate planet in a far-off corner of the universe, caught between warring native factions and the deadly Peacekeepers. Gamers will have to uncover clues to a mystery to stop a threat to galactic stability before time runs out.
The game will combine character interactions and fast-paced combat in a third-person environment. The first public demonstration of the game will take place at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles in May.
Aaliyah Enters The Matrix
op singer Aaliyah (Queen of the Damned) will join the cast of The Matrix 2 and 3, the upcoming sequels to producer Joel Silver's 1999 hit movie The Matrix, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Matrix 2 is slated to start production in March in Australia, under the direction of brothers Larry and Andy Wachowski. The Matrix 3 is scheduled to be shot immediately afterwards, the trade paper reported.
Aaliyah will play a character named Zee and will likely be more prominent in the third installment, according to the Reporter. She joins original cast members Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving, as well as Jada Pinkett Smith, who will play Niobi, the love interest for Fishburne's character, Morpheus.
Aaliyah recently wrapped Damned, based on Anne Rice's vampire novel of the same name, in which she played the title role.
Mists Star Welcomed Change
ulianna Margulies--the former ER star who will play King Arthur's sister in the upcoming Mists of Avalon miniseries--told TV Guide Online that she welcomes the change.
"It's as far away from pink scrubs as you can get," Margulies told the site.
Margulies plays Morgaine in the TNT series based on Marion Zimmer Bradley's best-selling novel of the same name, a distaff retelling of the Arthurian legends. Margulies called Morgaine "the quintessential female character." But it took some convincing to get Margulies to sign on. "I actually tried not to read [the script,] because I thought, 'I'm leaving television. I shouldn't go and do television right away,'" she said. "And [then] I got snowed in at O'Haire Airport one day while I was doing ER, and I read the script, and I couldn't put it down."
Mr. Bean To Bedevil Scooby?
owan Atkinson (Bean) is in talks to play the lead villain in the upcoming live-action movie based on the animated television series Scooby-Doo, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Raja Gosnell will direct the film, which is scheduled to begin shooting Feb. 13 in Australia. James Gunn and John August wrote the script.
Atkinson would join a cast that includes real-life couple Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar as Fred and Daphne, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy and Linda Cardellini as Velma. Atkinson's character will be called Mondavarious, the trade paper reported.
Brandy In Talks For O.Z.
inger and actress Brandy is in talks to play Dorothy in a hip-hop television adaptation of L. Frank Baum's classic children's book The Wizard of Oz for Fox broadcasting, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Randall Kleiser will direct the television movie, tentatively titled The O.Z., the trade paper reported.
Brandy joins Queen Latifah (Glenda the Good Witch), Busta Rhymes (Cowardly Lion), Little Richard (the Wizard), Ginuwine (the Scarecrow) and R&B group IMX (the flying monkeys), all of whom have agreed in principle to do the Fox TV Pictures project, though no deals have been signed, the trade paper reported. Tina Andrews is writing the script. Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife, Tracey, will oversee the musical part of the project through her Edmonds Entertainment Group, according to the Reporter.
In the new version of the classic story, Dorothy will be a successful but lonely hip-hop musical producer in Los Angeles who finds herself after a massive earthquake in a strange land called the Big O.Z.
Beacon Undergoes Regression
eacon Pictures will develop Regression, a fantasy thriller movie based on writer Leonard Hartman's original pitch, Variety reported.
Hartman will write the script.
The movie tells the story of a graduate student who undergoes treatment for an extreme anxiety disorder linked to a past life in which she was apparently murdered. Unable to remember who the killer is, she and her psychiatrist go to a local island where they believe her previous incarnation lived, the trade paper reported.
Galactica News Premature
CI FI Wire jumped the gun on news that The SCI FI Channel was developing a series based on the 1970s SF show Battlestar Galactica.
In fact, a spokesman for SCI FI did not confirm rumors that such a series was in development.
Freakylinks Goes Dark
spokeswoman for Fox told SCI FI Wire that its paranormal drama series Freakylinks has been pulled from the network's schedule for the sweeps month of February.
The last original episode aired Jan. 26.
But the spokeswoman denied a report that the network has decided to cancel the low-rated show, though no new airings have been slated. "They haven't told me that it's gone for good, but it's not scheduled for February," the spokeswoman said in an interview. Nine episodes of the show's original 13 have aired; production has already wrapped, she added.
Heigl Awaits Roswell Word
atherine Heigl, who plays Isabel in The WB's teen alien series Roswell, told SCI FI Wire that she's hoping the network picks the series up for a third year, though there's been no word yet.
"Not yet," Heigl said while promoting her upcoming film Valentine. "We're going through the same thing we went through last year. I'm fairly confident that it will be picked up. I hope the fans are, too. I hope the network is, too."
Heigl said that the show is shooting the 16th episode of this season's 21. "I think that you're going to see some major changes in Isabel's life and in who she is," Heigl added. "It's going well. It's a lot of work. I don't even remember what's it like anymore to have a normal life and normal hours a day. But it's going well. I think the show is finding its groove, which I'm glad about."
Heigl added that she values the support of fans, who came together last year for a party to benefit charity. "Seriously, I was a Beatle that night," she said. "I was huge that night. I was famous that night. That was fun. It was really exciting that they did that. ... We had people coming from the Midwest, from the East Coast. We had people coming from Japan. We had them from all over. ... It was [surreal]. Omigod. We got up on stage, and the applause and the standing ovation and the roar of the crowd, I was like, 'I could get used to this. This is good. Yeah! This is why I'm here!'"
Logan's Run Remake Mulled
illiam F. Nolan, co-author of the novel Logan's Run, told Cinescape Online that he has high hopes for an upcoming feature-film version of the book that was previously turned into a 1976 movie and a 1977 TV series.
Director Skip Woods is planning a $100 million remake that would hew closer to the original novel, the site reported.
Nolan told the site that Woods plans to stay true to several elements of the book that were changed by the earlier versions. For instance, the villainous cyborg Box won't be the "slow-moving vanity table" seen in the 1976 film, Nolan said. "He's going to be a fast-moving, deadly piece of work," Nolan told Cinescape contributor John Muir.
Gugino To Star In The One
arla Gugino will play the female lead in the upcoming SF thriller movie The One, starring Jet Li, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Genre specialists James Wong and Glen Morgan (Final Destination) will make the movie, which begins shooting Jan. 29.
Wong and Morgan wrote the $48 million movie, and Wong will direct. The One tells the story of a cop (Li) who must fight his evil double from a parallel universe to save the world. Gugino will play Li's wife.
3rd Rock Finale Filmed
akers of NBC's SF sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun have filmed a potential series finale in which the aliens get a call to return to their home planet, the Reuters news service reported.
The show wrapped production on its sixth season on Jan. 26, but no decision has been made on whether the series will be picked up for another year. No date has been set for the finale yet.
Elvis Costello flew in from Ireland to guest-star on the show and sang Fly Me to the Moon for the episode, the wire service reported. The final episode, which will either be aired as two half-hour shows on consecutive weeks or as a one-hour finale, begins when the aliens get a message from their home planet that it's time to return. The finale will air if the series is canceled.
Tarsem To Helm Constantine
arsem, director of last year's The Cell, will helm Warner Brothers' upcoming supernatural thriller movie Constantine, based on the DC-Vertigo comic series Hellblazer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
No firm start date has been set for the project, which probably won't begin production before impending writers' and actors' strikes.
Constantine tells the story of investigator John Constantine, who dabbles in the occult and teams with a female police officer to fight the forces of evil, according to the Reporter. Kevin Brodbin (The Glimmer Man) wrote the script, with a rewrite by Mark Bomback and Frank Cappello.
Imax Warns About Castle Film
max Corp. is warning exhibtors not to screen the 3-D computer-animated horror film Haunted Castle without warnings about its graphic violence, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The company fears the movie could could tarnish the Imax image, the trade paper reported.
Belgium-based nWave Pictures, the film's distributor, and some exhibitors see Imax's warning as an attempt at censorship, and several exhibitors said that they plan to begin running the PG-rated 40-minute film next month, the trade paper reported.
nWave chief executive Ben Stassen directed the film, which tells the story of a young musician who inherits a castle inhabited by the devil.
Briefly Noted
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At least two fans of Fox's paranormal show Freakylinks, which appears headed toward cancellation, have signed an online petition to save the show. Freakylinks has been pulled from Fox's schedule during February.
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Kristin Kreuk has been chosen to play the role of Lana Lang in The WB's upcoming Superman series Smallville, according to the Fandom Superman Homepage. Kreuk will also star as Snow White in May on ABC.
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Chris Coppola will play the villainous Heckler in Sam Raimi's upcoming Spider-Man movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) has been named supporting actor of the year at Showest 2001, the annual convention of movie theater owners. Osment will be honored March 8 in Las Vegas. A teaser trailer for Osment's upcoming A.I., meanwhile, has been posted to the Web. Steven Spielberg will direct.
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Ted Raimi (Xena: Warrior Princess), brother of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi, will play one-armed doctor Curt Connors, aka The Lizard, in the upcoming film based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name, the Comics2Film Web site reported.
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The Matrix 2 will begin production in mid-March with a 12-week live-action shoot in Oakland, Calif., Variety reported. The production will then shut down for editing in order to synchronize special effects later. Filming on Matrix 2 and 3 will resume after the expected actors' strike ends--three months later--in Australia, the trade paper reported.
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David Soul is set to star in a proposed British radio series based on the 1930s serial The Shadow, the SFX Network Web site reported. Soul will appear in the pilot of the series, which could find its way onto Great Britain's Radio 4, with Doctor Who radio series producer Dan Freedman at the helm, the site reported.
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A proposed feature-film update of the old Green Hornet television and radio serial has been shelved because Jet Li has dropped out, Variety reported.
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Chuck Parello will co-write and direct The Werewolf of Allariz, an English-language movie for the Spanish Filmax Group, based on the Spanish short story of the same name by Alfredo Conde, Variety reported.
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The Dark Horizons Web site reported that A&E is making a new television film based on Ursula K. LeGuin's classic SF novel The Lathe of Heaven, to begin shooting in Montreal in April, with a 2002 air date. Twenty years ago, PBS filmed its own version of the novel, which went on to become a classic of SF television and was rereleased just last year.
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Star Trek's William Shatner will emcee the Miss USA pageant, which will be broadcast March 2 from the Genesis Convention Center in Gary, Ind., the Associated Press reported.
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Willem Dafoe, who co-stars in the movie Shadow of the Vampire, was nominated for best actor in a supporting role by the Screen Actors Guild on Jan. 30. The SAG awards will be presented March 11.
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The Ain't It Cool News Web site reported a rumor that R&B singer Samantha Mumba will be the female lead in the upcoming SF film The Time Machine, which stars Guy Pearce. Mumba will reportedly play Mara, the woman Pearce's time traveler meets in the future.
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Joan Collins will star in Ozzie, a fantasy family film about a talking koala bear, according to the Reuters news service. The New Zealand independent film is slated for an early 2002 release.
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The Hollywood trade papers confirmed a rumor that Mark Addy will star opposite Guy Pearce in The Time Machine, Simon Wells' movie based on the classic SF novel by his grandfather, H.G. Wells. The Warner Brothers/DreamWorks co-production begins shooting Feb. 4.
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Tron star Bruce Boxleitner told the Eon magazine Web site that he'd be willing to appear in the proposed sequel, Tron 2.0. "[Director] Steven [Lisberger is] doing a script. I hope he remembers his old buddies," he said. "I could be old Tron! I don't know. I read the premise of the plot, and it doesn't even involve the old cast. ... Personally, I think they should get a guy that looks like Bill Gates."
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Steven Spielberg received an honorary knighthood on Jan. 29 in recognition of his "unique and outstanding contribution to international film," British Ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer said, according to a report on the Reuters news service. Spielberg (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park) received the honor at a ceremony at the British Embassy in Washington.
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DreamWorks has partnered with Burger King, Baskin-Robbins, Heinz and Chevron to promote its upcoming computer-animated fantasy film Shrek, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film opens May 18.
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A limited-edition version of Final Fantasy X, the latest installment in the popular video game series, will be released in Japan this summer, the FGN Web site reported. The double DVD special edition will feature extra music and a special hi-res version of the game. The U.S. release is set for fall, though it's not known whether a special pack is planned, the site reported.
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Paramount Pictures has posted two new television trailers for its upcoming Tomb Raider movie on the official Web site. The trailers for the movie, which is based on the popular Eidos video game series of the same name, debuted during the Super Bowl on CBS Jan. 28.
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The actresses who provide the voices for the Powerpuff Girls television series on Cartoon Network have signed on for the feature-film version of the animated show after all, Variety reported. Filmmakers had threatened to replace the voice-over actresses in a dispute over compensation.
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Alexander Siddig (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) has joined the cast of Reign of Fire, a post-apocalyptic movie about fighting dragons, according to the Sid City fan Web site.
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Doug E. Doug will join the cast of the SF comedy film Arac Attack, Variety reported. The movie tells the story of a small town attacked by giant spiders after a toxic waste spill.
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A poll by readers of Great Britain's Total Film magazine voted Indiana Jones the top movie hero of all time, beating native son James Bond. Bond came in second, while Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley from the Alien series of films ranked No. 5.
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