Showtime Renews Jeremiah
howtime has renewed its SF series Jeremiah for a second season and signed The Lord of the Rings co-star Sean Astin to join a cast that includes Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, according to Variety.
The cable network commissioned 15 new episodes of the J. Michael Straczynski-produced series, which will begin production on Oct. 23. Straczynski's credits include the SCI FI Original Series Babylon 5 and the B5 sequel telefilm The Legend of the Rangers.
Based on the comic book by Herman Huppen, Jeremiah takes place in a post-apocalyptic future in which survivors of a deadly virus called the "Big Death" attempt to rebuild civilization. Astin will play Mr. Smith, who will team with Kurdy (Warner) to build new alliances while Jeremiah (Perry) remains in captivity and prepares to meet his father. Variety added that Showtime has yet to renew its other SF program, Odyssey 5.
Tyler Denies Rings "Re-Shoots"
iv Tyler told SCI FI Wire that it is inaccurate to refer to the recent, additonal principal photography done for the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as "re-shoots."
"It's not like, 'Oh, there is something wrong,'" Tyler said in an interview. "It's actually being done just to enhance the film."
Tyler, who reprises her role as the elf Arwen, was among the cast called back to New Zealand for the additional filming. "Somehow they have the money and the time to be able to do it, and so they are," she said. "I have to say, I think every movie should do that. It's really great to shoot a movie and then look at it and go, 'Ooh.' You don't really ever get to do that. And a lot of films don't require that because they are very clearly mapped out, what they are. You shoot that scene and you've got it. With this, the world was just so, so vast and the amount of footage was so vast. There's just so much material. It's actually been a real luxury and a beautiful thing.
"I was just there in June, and it was really great to see everybody again. I cried when I left. I get to see Fran [Walsh] and Peter [Jackson] and Philippa [Boyens] all the time, and I get to go back to New Zealand and work more. I'll go back next year [for additional Return of the King filming]. The next time will be the really sad time, when we won't ever be going back again to do pick-ups. That will be really sad."
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers opens nationwide in the United States on December 18.
Rhys-Davies Out On A Limb
ohn Rhys-Davies told SCI FI Wire that he didn't ask Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson if he could play both the dwarf Gimli and Treebeard in the upcoming second Rings film, The Two Towers.
"I certainly would not be as impertinent as to ask," Rhys-Davies said in an interview. "P.J. came up one day and said, 'John, [co-screenwriter] Fran [Walsh] and I were just talking. Would you mind taking a shot at doing Treebeard, the voice of Treebeard?'"
Rhys-Davies, who over the years has provided voices for several animated features and numerous TV cartoon shows, eagerly accepted Jackson's offer. "I thought, 'Oh good, a bit more money. Yes, fine, I'll do it.' And then my nightmares began," Rhys-Davies said. "I've had more cold sweats, more waking up in the middle of the night thinking, 'God, how do I play this bloody thing?' than you can imagine. I've had more problems with this than any three or four other parts put together. How the hell do you make a walking and talking tree work? What does a tree sound like? I asked this question to a talk-show host in New York City. He had three friends who were Tolkien experts and he faxed them the question, 'How does a tree talk?' They each sent back a letter. Every one of them disagreed with my own instinctive way of doing it. And one of them actually said that the only person who really could do this was James Earl Jones. And with that I concur utterly. But you've got to try these things."
The Two Towers opens nationwide on Dec. 18.
Wood Wants Fellowship DVD
lijah Wood told SCI FI Wire that he's eager to see the "special extended edition" of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, which New Line Home Entertainment will release as a four-disc DVD set on Nov. 12.
"I can't wait," Wood said in an interview. "I want it now, because it is a half-hour longer. They've cut a half-hour back into the movie."
The actor, who stars in the Rings trilogy as the heroic hobbit Frodo, added, "Instead of having the release with the deleted scenes section, [director Peter Jackson] has literally cut 30 minutes back into the film and added new musical cues that [composer] Howard Shore wrote for the DVD. There are also two discs of supplemental material. So there is a bunch of bonus documentaries and an in-depth study of how the movie was made. It's pretty unbelievable." The second chapter in the Lord of the Rings adventure, The Two Towers, opens nationwide on Dec. 18.
Mad Max 4 A Go?
ad Max 4 has been given a green light, according to the moviehole.net Web site.
The site cited an "insider" as leaking word that Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia, has inked a deal with veteran Mad Max director George Miller to film there beginning in March 2003.
In addition, the site added, negotiations are taking place between Mel Gibson's production company Icon, Fox Studios and Miller to finalize other aspects of the deal. Though Gibson has said in the past that he would be open to reprising his role as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, it remains to be seen whether the actor will appear in the film.
Chabon In Spidey 2 Web
ulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that he is re-writing the script for The Amazing Spider-Man, the sequel to last summer's hit film Spider-Man.
"I'm completely the man for the job," Chabon told the magazine. "It's my destiny."
Chabon's Pulitzer-winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, centered on the pioneering, 1930s-'40s "Golden Age" of comic books. Chabon, who adapted the novel into a screenplay and wrote an unused draft of the X-Men feature, takes over The Amazing Spider-Man from David Koepp, who wrote Spider-Man, and Smallville writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who were brought into the project with great fanfare. Chabon will reportedly retain elements of the Koepp and Gough-Millar drafts in his final screenplay. Columbia Pictures is targeting a summer 2004 release.
Stewart Excited About X-Men 2
atrick Stewart told SCI FI Wire that X-Men 2, currently in production, is not so much a sequel, but rather the first true adventure for the mutant superhero unit.
"I wouldn't say it's a new exploration," the actor, who is reprising his role as Professor Xavier in the follow-up, said in an interview. "In many respects I always looked on the first X-Men film as being like a very expensive extended trailer."
"We were introducing people to who the X-Men were, to what their world was like, who their enemies were and what their conflicts were going to be like," Stewart continued. "X-Men 2 is really extending those themes and notions that were just sketched in in the first film, and we're extending them much more deeply. So, there's my continuing conflict with Magneto [Ian McKellen] and with a new enemy, a very, very dangerous individual [General Stryker] played by Brian Cox. And, of course, Xavier is attempting to hold the X-Men together and trying to change humankind's perception of what mutants are, which finally climaxes in the movie with a very strong scene in the Oval Office between Professor Xavier and the president of the United States [played by Cotter Smith]."
X-Men 2 is slated for release on May 2, 2003.
El Paso Honors Roddenberry
he central El Paso site where Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was born has been marked with a wooden plaque in his honor, according to The Associated Press.
The news service reported that the plaque will be up in time to be viewed by those Trekkers attending this weekend's Trek convention, the first in El Paso.
Roddenberry's plaque, which can be found at Sylvia's Flowers, reads, "He created a universe for his future and that universe was Star Trek, which became a worldwide phenomenon." El Paso city Rep. Anthony Cobos, who paid for the marker with campaign monies, said, "We can become a big Trekkie town."
Stewart: Next Gen In Fans' Hands
atrick Stewart told SCI FI Wire that he's "open" to reprising his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in future Star Trek: The Next Generation features, but that the fate of the big-screen franchise depends on Trek fandom supporting the upcoming Star Trek Nemesis.
"The fans continually ask the question, 'Is this the last movie? Please don't tell us it is. Let there be another movie,'" Stewart said in an interview. "So I say to them, 'We've done our part now in all of this. Everyone from Rick Berman to the cast, the writer and the director has played their part. But now it's up to the fans.'"
Stewart added, "We are opening in the toughest of times. We are surrounded by mega-movies. We are a mega-movie, too, in the great scheme of things, but [Nemesis faces competition from] Harry Potter and James Bond and The Lord of the Rings and Solaris. November-December is crazy. So we have, I don't know, five to seven days to make our impact. You know how it is with movies these days. Unless you're a low-budget independent movie that can sit around in a couple of cinemas in New York and Los Angeles for several weeks, if you don't do [big box office] in that first weekend you're dead. I would love to see Nemesis hit a home run that weekend, to use a current image. That, more than anything, is what would promise a further episode of The Next Generation." Star Trek Nemesis opens nationwide on Dec. 13.
Berman Previews Enterprise
ick Berman, excutive producer of Enterprise, provided SCI FI Wire with a preview of things to come on the latest Star Trek series, which two weeks ago launched its second season.
"I've just been working on 'The Seventh,' which just happens to be the seventh episode," Berman said in an interview. "That's coincidental. That's a show in which T'Pol [Jolene Blalock] takes Archer [Scott Bakula] and Mayweather [Anthony Montgomery] on a secret mission to capture a dangerous Vulcan, who's played by Bruce Davison. And Bruce is just spectacular."
Berman added, "We [then] have a show called 'The Communicator.' Right after a disguised mission to a pre-warp culture, Archer and Reed [Dominic Keating] come back and suddenly realize they've left a communicator on the surface. This is the adventures and misadventures of going back down and trying to find it and being captured by soldiers and accused of being spies of an enemy force on the same planet. It ends up being a Prime Directive type of episode. Archer has to decide how much he's willing to let a pre-warp culture learn and whether he is, in fact, willing to give his life to keep the fact that he's from another world a secret. That's a terrific episode."
"We've also just finished the script for an episode called 'Vanishing Point,'" Berman continued. "It's an episode that's hard to talk about without giving away the secret, but it's based around a transporter accident and it features Hoshi [Linda Park], who's in virtually every scene of the show. That's episode #10, and episode #9 is a day-in-the-life episode. We sort of follow Archer and the gang through a typical day on the Enterprise, but all of a sudden there's a rash of obsessive-compulsive behavior going on. T'Pol and Archer are teamed up in an effort to save everyone's lives. There's a lot of humor in it, but it's pretty scary as well." Enterprise airs Wednesdays on UPN.
EVE Online Release Delayed
imon & Schuster Interactive and developer CCP announced that the much-anticipated online game EVE Online: The Second Genesis has been delayed until March 2003, according to the Web site GameSpot.com.
EVE Online will be a multiplayer futuristic game that allows players to assume the roles of space captains who must contend with space pirates and other assorted threats in the process of seeking fame and fortune.
GameSpot quoted an EVE Online producer as saying, "Delaying the game to fine-tune the features through an extended beta period is essential to deliver a game that is beyond earth-shattering." The Web site also noted that, in addition to extending the beta test, CCP will admit 10,000 more beta testers into the game over the next several months.
Shyamalan To Play With Ouija?
. Night Shyamalan's next film may be a supernatural thriller involving a Ouija board and a ghost, according to a rumor that appeared on the Ain't It Cool News Web site.
The Web site posted a direct Shyamalan quote from a reader who reportedly heard Shyamalan's comments during an appearance on British TV.
Shyamalan, the writer-director of The Sixth Sense and Signs, was quoted as saying: "My next movie is going to be based on death, how it can possess people and make them want to venture into suicide. It revolves around Gilbert Foley, a man in his 40s living in modern-day Philadelphia who stumbles across a Ouija board and begins talking to the spirit of a woman named Cassandra. She says that Death is out looking for him, and he must hide. The thing is, Foley becomes fascinated with dying, and gives up. Cassandra must convince him otherwise, or a terrible wrath will be unleashed."
Peter Pan Takes Flight
ameras are rolling on the big-budget live-action film version of Peter Pan, according to the trade newspaper Screen International.
The film, a rare three-way co-production between Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures and Revolution Studios, is shooting in Queensland, Australia.
Jeremy Sumpter, who portrayed one of Bill Paxton's sons in Frailty, stars as Peter. Others in the cast include Jason Isaacs as Captain Hook, Lynn Redgrave as Aunt Millicent, Olivia Williams as Mrs. Darling, Rachel Hurd-Wood as Wendy, Richard Briers as Smee and Ludivine Sagnier as Tinkerbell. Australian director P.J. Hogan is behind the camera. Peter Pan is tentatively scheduled for release in 2004.
Marvel, Universal In Prime Deal
arvel Studios announced a deal with Universal Pictures to produce film versions of its Sub-Mariner and Prime comic book properties, according to the Comics2Film Web site.
The deal comes on the heels of the first Marvel-Universal collaboration, The Hulk, will which be released nationwide in June.
"With the masterful job currently being done on The Hulk, Universal Pictures has proven to us that it has the vision and creativity to bring our superheroes to the screen in grand fashion," Avi Arad, Marvel's CEO, said in a press release. "Sub-Mariner and Prime are two characters that have incredible stories. Sub-Mariner will be an epic underwater tale of majestic fantasy. Prime is a complete departure from the standard superhero story. With this film we are developing what we think will be Marvel's first superhero action-comedy."
Road to Perdition scribe David Self will write the Sub-Mariner screenplay, with Arad and Kevin Misher set to produce the film and Kevin Feige, Stan Lee and Self on board as executive producers. Don Calame and Chris Conroy will script Prime with Arad and Chuck Gordon producing, and Feige, Lee and Scott Rosenberg serving as executive producers. Universal Studios is owned by Vivendi Universal Entertainment, which also owns the SCI FI Channel.
Henson To Sire Time Dogs
im Henson Pictures will produce its first computer-graphic animated feature, Time Dogs, in collaboration with The Shop Productions, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Time Dogs centers on two canines who journey through time to rescue their human companion and, in the process, save all dogkind from a life of slavery.
"This venture into CG feature animation promises, like all of our films, to be funny and fresh with something entertaining for kids and adults alike," Lisa Henson, president of Jim Henson Pictures, told the trade paper. The script, by Christopher Leone and Laura Harckom, is in final-draft stage. Leone, a visual-effects artist whose credits include The X-Files feature and The Crow: Salvation, will direct.
Jurassic Institute Adds Paleo Art
he Jurassic Park Institute has created one of the largest collections of dinosaur art available on the Internet, with James Gurney (Dinotopia) and Doug Henderson among the six artists contributing nearly 500 pieces of artwork to the Institute's Art Gallery.
The gallery is featured within the "Dinotainment" and "Dino Lab" section of the Institute's Web site.
"Paleo artists bring the fantastic world of dinosaurs to life," Institute director Erik Thompson said in a press release. "Through their incredible talent and expertise, they shape our perception of these incredible creatures and the worlds in which they lived. They are vitally important to the process of studying and understanding dinosaurs, but their art is also based on their own interpretation."
The Jurassic Park Institute is a science-based, educationally focused program. It was established in Oct. 2001 by Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment. Universal Studios is owned by Vivendi Universal Entertainment, which also owns the SCI FI Channel.
Ellingson Arms Hellboy
yRuben Ellingson, concept designer for the upcoming feature Hellboy, told Comics2Film.com that Hellboy director Guillermo Del Toro is crafting a "stand-alone original."
"Obviously, Guillermo has to take this whole world that [comic-series creator] Mike [Mignola] created and bring it into a three-dimensional real world," Ellingson told the Web site. "So he's making very different kinds of decisions in certain areas about how to keep it mysterious and mystical, while other things are more technologically based."
Ellingson, who designed a massive gun for Hellboy (Ron Perlman), as well as the sleek offices of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), added: "The B.P.R.D. is probably more complex than what I think is presented in the graphic novel. Guillermo's mission is to create the world where Hellboy can exist and be believable. There's a sense that, when you meet this character, you're also meeting a larger world that the B.P.R.D. knows about and that members of the B.P.R.D are involved with. How that world is shown, and the elements that comprise it, are part of the bigger story, which is really Hellboy."
Digital Domain Feeds Plant
isual-effects entity Digital Domain will join forces with Shrek writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio to develop a script for a live-action/CGI feature entitled Plant Life, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Elliott and Rossio will rework a script by Tina Anderson and Steve Barr, whose story follows an office's plant-maintenance lady, who emerges as the ultimate corporate spy after she learns to communicate with plants.
"After this film, you'll never look at the plant in your office the same way again," Rossio told the trade paper. "Steve and Tina have created an enchanting group of characters, both human and foliage." Rossio will produce Plant Life with Elliott and Digital Domain president Scott Ross.
Pitt Voices Sinbad
reamWorks studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg told USA Today that he long wanted Brad Pitt to provide a voice for an animated feature, a wish that came true when the star agreed to provide the voice of the titular hero in the upcoming Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.
Pitt joins a voiceover cast that includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
"For ten years I've dreamed of getting Brad Pitt to play one of these great action-adventure leading-men characters," Katzenberg told the newspaper in an interview. "He's so charismatic. He's got such a great sense of humor. It's unlike any role he's done before. There are few titles in the world [that] when you say [them] instantly bring to mind action, adventure [and] fun. And Sinbad is it."
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas currently is in production and slated for a July 2, 2003, release.
Tremors Shakes Up Baja
roduction on the SCI FI Channel's new weekly TV series Tremors began Oct. 1 in Baja, Mexico, according to the network.
The series is based on the movie franchise of the same name and stars Michael Gross as survivalist Burt Gummer, a role he made famous in the three Tremors films.
The ensemble cast will also include Victor Browne [I Shot Andy Warhol, 54], Gladise Jimenez [Thicker Than Water, Blowback], Lela Lee [Exposed, The Moment After], Marcia Strassman [TV's Providence and Welcome Back Kotter] and Dean Norris [The One, The Cell]. The series' executive producer are David Israel, Nancy Roberts, Brent Maddock and Steve Wilson.
Tremors takes place in the sleepy desert town of Perfection, Nev., which is also home to a giant prehistoric worm named El Blanco who is on the endangered species list. Determined not to abandon their town and way of life, the Perfectionists struggle to maintain an uneasy peace with El Blanco and the other dangerous creatures that populate their desert. Tremors will debut on SCI FI in January 2003.
Core Stuck On Launch Pad
aramount Pictures has bumped the release of its SF-adventure film The Core from Nov. 1, 2002, to next year, according to Variety.
Paramount cited the need to add additional special effects to the film, which centers on a group of astronauts and scientists (portrayed by Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Bruce Greenwood and Stanley Tucci) who must drill to the center of the Earth to jump-start the planet's inactive core.
"The Core is a huge film with exciting, innovative effects, and we always knew we were on a tight post-production schedule," Rob Friedman, chief operating officer and vice-chairman of Paramount's Motion Picture Group, told the trade paper. "In order not to compromise the quality of the effects, we have decided to give the filmmakers more time to perfect them. It's important to make the best film possible, not a release date."
The Core is now scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2003.
Amiel Journeys To The Core
on Amiel, director of the upcoming SF action film The Core, told SCI FI Wire that his movie differs significantly from Journey to the Center of the Earth and other films with a similar premise.
"I'd say that the only thing this movie has in common with Journey is that concept of an inner-space movie as opposed to an outer-space movie," Amiel said in an interview. "It doesn't have anything in common with anything I've seen before, which was another attraction to making it. It's related to movies like Armageddon, where a bunch of brilliant misfits go off to save the world, but there the similarities end.
The Core also has a much different, scientifically plausible tone, he said. "Even as an eight-year-old seeing Journey I didn't believe a word of it." For instance, "There's a famous scene where James Mason, who's still dressed in his impeccable Victorian tweeds and ascot, with a tiny little canvas backpack, says, reading into his notebook, 'Day 256. We now have reached...' It was a deliciously misguided piece of work. I don't think there was a single one of Jules Verne's suppositions that was close to being accurate."
Added Amiel, "I hope the film we're making is one that scientists will enjoy on [a certain] level. They'll enjoy pooh-poohing some of the factual liberties we're taking, and they'll get that sense of intellectual superiority that is the main consolation of being a scientist. Kids and adults will love the ride elements, because it will be a great ride. The other thing I think will make this film unusual is that we're making a character-driven visual effects movie, and I don't think those things together are an oxymoron." The Core, which stars Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, Delroy Lindo and Alfre Woodard, opens nationwide on Nov. 1.
Teen Titans To The Rescue
artoon Network and Kids' WB! announced they will launch DC Comics ' Teen Titans as a weekly animated series in 2003.
The half-hour show will be produced by Warner Bros. Animation under the guidance of Emmy Award-winner Glen Murakami.
Based on characters introduced in the DC comic-book series The New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, the show will follow the angst-filled adventures of teenage superheroes Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Boy and Raven as they join forces to protect Earth from a new generation of villains.
"Cartoon Network has experienced great success with Justice League, so we know we have a loyal audience ready to embrace this exciting new show," Jim Samples, Cartoon Network general manager and executive vice president, said in a press release. "These DC Comics characters have incredible powers, but struggle with how to use them." Teen Titans will debut next year on Cartoon Network, followed by broadcast on Kids' WB!
Elwes Gets Enchanted
ary Elwes has joined the cast of Ella Enchanted, a romantic comedy/fantasy currently filming in England.
Elwes, best known to genre audiences for his roles in The Princess Bride and The X-Files, will play the chief villain, Prince Regent Edgar.
Based on the children's tome by Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted follows the saga of Ella (Anne Hathaway), a cursed young woman who must obey everyone. Hugh Dancy co-stars. Ella Enchanted will be released next year by Miramax Films.
De Niro May Provide Godsend
obert De Niro currently is in negotiations to take the lead role in Lions Gate's upcoming cloning thriller Godsend, according to Variety.
The Mary Shelley's Frankenstein star would play a pioneer in stem-cell cloning and regeneration who resurrects the 8-year-old son of a grieving married couple, set to be portrayed by Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Greg Kinnear.
Godsend will be directed by Nick Hamm (The Hole) and scripted by Mark Bombeck. Production will begin in mid-November, with Dimension Films planning a late 2003 theatrical release.
Whitaker Selling Time
orest Whitaker told SCI FI Wire that he will direct a supernatural thriller entitled Selling Time.
"It's about a man who is on top of the world," Whitaker said in an interview. "He's meeting with the president of the United States. He's a media rep. One day, he doesn't pick up his daughter at school because he's been held up by the president. His daughter is abducted at school and she's killed."
Whitaker, who currently is hosting UPN's updated The Twilight Zone series, added: "So he starts to lose his life, and then his boss offers him the opportunity to meet this woman who says if he'll give her seven years of his life, she'll give him back seven years of his daughter's life. He agrees and the next morning the daughter is fine. And it proceeds from there. It's a supernatural thriller, but it's really about prioritizing your time and figuring out what's important."
Though he has often produced projects in the past, Whitaker noted that he will only direct Selling Time. "I don't want to produce it, too, because I want to be unreasonable about everything," he said with a laugh. "People think, 'Oh, producing and directing, that makes you stronger.' No, it makes you weaker. When I'm directing, whatever the problem is, I can just say, 'Guys, just figure it out.'" Whitaker hopes to cast Selling Time soon and begin principal photography in early 2003.
Barker Conjures New Series
live Barker is developing a cable television series based on his 1995 film Lord of Illusions, according to Fangoria.
The proposed series would follow the latest adventures of supernatural private investigator Harry D'Amour, played in the supernatural feature by current Enterprise star Scott Bakula.
"We just handed in the pilot script to Showtime and MGM," co-producer Joe Daley told Fangoria. "The script is by Rick Ramage, who wrote Stigmata. Clive and I are very excited about it." Ramage currently is a writer-producer on UPN's freshman genre series, Haunted.
Daley also confirmed that Bakula's commitment to Enterprise will preclude him from participating in the series. "We are," Daley said, "taking Harry D'Amour in a very exciting [new] direction."
Sunburst Winner Named
argaret Sweatman's When Alice Lay Down With Peter was the winner of the 2002 Sunburst Award, which was given to honor the finest achievement in novel-length Canadian "fantastic" literature published in 2001.
Sweatman received her prizes, a "sunburst" medal and a $1,000 cash prize, during a ceremony held on Sept. 26 at the Canwest Global Writers Festival as part of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival.
Other works short-listed by the Sunburst Award committee included Paradigm of Earth by Candas Jane Dorsey, The Kappa Child by Hiromi Goto, Salamander by Thomas Wharton and Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson.
This year's Sunburst Award jurors included Nalo Hopkinson, Tanya Huff, Douglas Barbour, Hazel Hutchins and Don Hutchison.
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ABC has picked up the rights to Written in Stone, a family series about three cave-dwelling brothers in the prehistoric Pyrenees, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Actress-producer Mimi Rogers and Chris Ciaffa developed the idea and will produce the series, with David Seltzer (Dragonfly) on board as writer.
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The WB confirmed on its Web site that the series premiere of Birds of Prey will run 1 hour and 10 minutes. Birds of Prey takes flight on Oct. 9.
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Witchblade stars Anthony Cistaro, Eric Etebari and John Hensley helped raise more than $10,000 during a four-week auction of 100-plus autographed Witchblade items. Proceeds from the Champions of Charity Auction will benefit Hollygrove and Habitat for Humanity, both based in Los Angeles, and Beacon House in Louisville, Ky.
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The Matrix star Laurence Fishburne wed Firefly actress Gina Torres last weekend. The couple exchanged vows in New York City on Sept. 29.
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