Babylon 5 : legend of the rangers

Monty - the one and only

Here is his message in full, which also includes news on Crusade's ratings on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Okay, some general updates....

The first week of Crusade on SFC actually outpulled B5, coming in at 1.0 for the week, with B5 at .7 (up from .6 the previous week...the series is now in its second rerun cycle at SFC, and is again beginning the pattern of rising as the arc starts moving). For the week Crusade was the #5 rated show, B5 #10.

So B5 now constitutes 2 out of the top 10 shows for SFC, and Crusade is the highest rated strip show on SFC.

On the Legend of the Rangers....

Sets are being built even as I write this. Designs have been worked out that take the B5 look to a new level, including a ship unlike anything we've ever done before, very ambitious, very different appearance.

Most of the cast has been set, there are only two roles left to be cast and those should be locked down in a couple of days. It's starting to pick up considerable speed and momentum. SFC and WB are *extremely* pleased with the script.

There are some comments here and there about the B5 actor who will appear in the TV movie, and the director, but I can't comment pending a press release from SFC, which should be out shortly.

I think people are going to be pleased and surprised by the look and feel of the show...it has an energy that feels a lot like S3 of B5...by turns funny, intense, weird, with action and some very nice character stuff.

It's gonna be very cool....

More info can be found at www.b5lr.com

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I'm not saying what Im saying. I'm not saying what I'm thinking. Im not thinking what Im thinking.
"Then what are you thinking?"
I think I need a drink

Belisarius

May the great God Shrewgar bless it on its journey to our eyes , I truly miss B5

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Shrewgar!

Celt

ah thank you god.

Magwitch

Bugger C4 for pulling B5! The heathons!

Raife

I'm not a B5 worshipper but i have watched the TV movies on sci-fi and a good bit of the series so i will be looking forward to it.

Hey Monty how did you find out all the inside info??? and are you still doing your 3d modelling????

P.s. I read the X-MEN movie script well before the cast did, they edited some good stuff!!

Ltr!!
Raife!!

Belisarius

Oi monty , you do the modelling too ? , Were you with the Jumpagate ? *SWMA aspiree himself*

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Shrewgar!

Monty - the one and only

no I dont to modeling....not yet anway...

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I'm not saying what Im saying. I'm not saying what I'm thinking. Im not thinking what Im thinking.
"Then what are you thinking?"
I think I need a drink

Cloud

More from JMS here:

http://babylon5.about.com/tvradio/babylon5/library/blusenet.htm

And the start of the new series:

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Subject: from jms re: new series
Date: 20 Mar 2001 19:35:24 -0700
From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

Well, that's at least ONE weight off my chest....

To those who've heard the news already, and those just now finding out...the
SciFi Channel today announced that we have a new Babylon 5 TV movie going into
production that will also serve as a pilot for a likely new series.

The movie (and the series) is under the heading of BABYLON 5: THE LEGEND OF THE
RANGERS. The specific title for the 2-hour movie's story is "To Live and Die
in Starlight."

There isn't much I can tell you about the story because we're kinda keeping the
details under wraps as much as possible for the time being. What little I can
say....

It's set in the B5 universe just under 3 years after the events of "Objects at
Rest." At this point there's one major character from the B5 universe in the
script (a fan favorite). Where B5 was a heavy drama with some adventure/action
elements, this one is a little more skewed toward adventure with underlying
drama (which is about what you'd expect from the Anla-Shok).

We've been sitting on this information for a while now...such that we're
already well into pre-production. We'll be shooting this movie around mid-May,
well in advance of any potential actor's strike (the script is done and so far
everybody likes it a LOT).

We've already got designs coming in on a new ship, and a new *kind* of
ship...and we're going to be getting more into Minbari aesthetics, technologies
and philosophy.

It's got some great characters, and it's a lot of fun.

I have other news to announce on other fronts...have since the end of the year,
in fact...but I'm still sitting on the details awaiting another press release
from another studio. What I *can* say is that I have a firm GO order to
executive produce a new series (nominally SF) that will go into production
after the potential SAG strike. When that's finally over, if the strike indeed
happens, we pull the trigger and go into principal photography and it's an
order for a full season's worth of episodes.

I can't give you any details right now on the subject, title, studio or
network. That will have to await the studio's release...so don't even ask.

As far as doing both projects at the same time is concerned...it's actually
quite common, as testified to by folks like John Wells and Aaron Sorkin and
David Kelly and others. So there won't be any conflict.

More later.

jms

(jmsatb5@aol.com)
(all message content (c) 2001 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
and don't send me story ideas)
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