'Bioshock,' which became one of last year's biggest console games, is making the expected move to the big screen with Gore Verbinski on board to direct, according to Variety || The last two seasons of 'Lost' will now be 17 hours each instead of 16 hours to make p for time lost because of the Writers Guild of America strike, says The Hollywood Reporter || Common, a rap artist, has decided to take a turn to acting and has been granted a role on 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,' according to Variety || For the first time, SciFi Channel will rerun episodes of the 1987-94 series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' joining 'Charmed' and 'Mork & Mindy' on the cable outlet, Variety reports || 'Star Trek: The Experience' may be running out of steam. Cedar Fair, which owns the Las Vegas attraction, says there are no plans to renew its contract with CBS Corp., which could close the event next year, TrekToday reports || 'Bioshock,' which became one of last year's biggest console games, is making the expected move to the big screen with Gore Verbinski on board to direct, according to Variety || The last two seasons of 'Lost' will now be 17 hours each instead of 16 hours to make p for time lost because of the Writers Guild of America strike, says The Hollywood Reporter || Common, a rap artist, has decided to take a turn to acting and has been granted a role on 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,' according to Variety || For the first time, SciFi Channel will rerun episodes of the 1987-94 series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' joining 'Charmed' and 'Mork & Mindy' on the cable outlet, Variety reports || 'Star Trek: The Experience' may be running out of steam. Cedar Fair, which owns the Las Vegas attraction, says there are no plans to renew its contract with CBS Corp., which could close the event next year, TrekToday reports ||

Neal, JMS talk B5LR

Telemovie premiere inches closer to launch

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: Cy fy Pulse
Nov-07-2001

It won't be long before the telemovie for "Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers" hits the Sci-Fi Channel screen, and series star Dylan Neal as well as producer J. Michael Straczynski recently talked about the production with Dreamwatch magazine.

"When I first signed up to do it, I immediately started looking on the Internet and reading as much as I could about it," said Neal, who will play David Martel. "I had no idea how involved 'Babylon 5' was -- it's such an in-depth universe Joe has created."

Neal describes his character as someone with a "troubled past," but has since become someone who is looking for justice wherever it's not being served.

"The problem that he runs into is that he's a bit of a renegade and that sort of runs in the face of the Rangers, who are these warrior, Zen-like people. He's not a natural fit," Neal said.

"Babylon 5" revolutionized a lot of television's special effects, and Straczynski talked about how Myriam Sirois' character of Sarah Cantrell will interact with the special effects of the latest B5 project.

"We always tried to take things to the next level and do things that haven't been done before," Straczynski said. "One thing that Myriam does, in the character of Sarah, is when the ship is under attack, she drops into a gunnery pod, which is a three-dimensional holographic representation in space. She floats to the center ofit and she is, in that respect, the ship.

"Instead of the usual someone saying, 'There's a ship, fire,' and pushing a button, where she points in the virtual environment, the ship fires -- death follows. It's a whole different look, very different and unusual CGI."

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