Note: This is not a spoilers page. I'm living spoiler free these days. I used to be somewhat addicted; it was all to easy, as I could sit down and read quotes from US sites on series that weren't even being advertised over here. This is just news on cast members, writers, directors, etc.
"Scooby Doo" - 31/01/02
the official sitewhere I got this from
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This sounded like a really good idea when I first heard about it, but I have to say, I've heard a lot of negative comments on it. But they are talking about a sequel already.
Anyway, it's due to release June 14, 2002 in the US, but we might not get it over here until later in the autumn. It will star Sarah Michelle Gellar as well as Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Rowan Atkinson. It's been produced by Charles Roven (Three Kings, City of Angels), and directed by Raja Gosnell (Big Momma's House, Never Been Kissed). I haven't heard anything about the plot, but I'm guessing it'll be standard scooby-doo storyline; i.e. someone in a mask. They definitely go to the Spooky Castle, and there's a romance between Fred and Daphne (guess who's playing those parts), and a possible conflict (??) between Fred and Velma. Scooby himself is computer animated, and will be able to walk on two legs, open doors, and talk.
"Bad Girls - Wild Boys" - 23/01/02
where I got this fromThis is another 3 day convention at the Thistle Hotel, Heathrow, London, on the 3-5 May, 2002. It's mainly aimed at Angel, and should have Amy Acker (Fred), J. August Richards (Gunn), Stephanie Romanov (Lilah), Juliet Landau (Dru), and Elizabeth Anne Allen (Amy). They're doing talks, autographs, merchandise, quizzes, photos, debates, fancy dress, and discos each evening. The tickets are £60 for adults, £25 for under 14s, and anyone under 7 goes free. These prices are due to go up by £5 on the 30/01/02, though.
Have fun if you're going, I'm just gonna stay home and sulk cos I'm not.
"Happily N'Ever After" - 11/01/02
where I got this fromSarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sigourney Weaver are due to do the voices for an animated comedy feature for Vanguard Film's man John H. Williams of "Shrek", and funded by Berlin-based Greenlight Media. They're hoping for a summer 2003 release. And it sound a bit premature to me, but they're talking about a sequel too.
It's inspired by Brothers Grimm fairy tales, and is based on an animated tv series "SimsalaGrimm" by Greenlight. It's a love triangle one, between Ella (Gellar - haha, that rhymes!), her ideal prince and her unknown true love, Rick, the palace dishwasher (Prinze Jr. - no, I just said, he's a dishwasher.) Weaver plays Frida, the evil but sexy stepmother.
"We Were Soldiers Once... and Young" - 08/01/02
where I got this fromthe official site
Ok, so Mel Gibson's reuniting with his Braveheart screenwriter, Randall Wallace, who has written and directed "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young". This will star Gibson as the hero, but also Barry Pepper, Ryan Hurst, Chris Klein, Greg Kinnear, and... our old friend Marc Blucas. It's supposed to be kinda like Saving Private Ryan, with 2 hours worth of non-stop action. It's set in November 1965 in Vietnam, and covers a the Battle of laDrang Valley which the US won against overwhelming odds, and was the first meeting with the North Vietnamese Army regulars. To cut a long story short, it's a large scale WW2 movie set in rice paddies. Due to release 1st March 2001.
"Don't Peek" - 07/01/02
where I got this fromIt's supposed to be horror, and seems to have something to do with the Tooth Fairy. I suppose it's probably another one of those situations where it's a myth that the fairy's a myth. Anyway, John Hegeman, John Fasano, William Sherak, and Jason Shuman are set to produce, Jonathan Liebesman to direct, and there's a budget of between $6-8 million dollars. It was written by Joseph Harris. I have absolutely no idea who those names are, so don't ask. It started production in November near Melbourne, Australia. Village Roadshow Prods. will co-finance with Revolution-based Blue Star Pictures. Revolution will distribute.
The story centres on a young man who everyone in town thinks is nuts, except his childhood girlfriend (Emma Caulfield) and her little brother. The young man is the only thing that stands between a legendary evil and the boy.
Just a little note on John Hegeman, apparently he had a major role in the marketing of The Blair Witch Project, but draw you're own conclusions.
"Firefly" - 20/12/01
where I got this fromFox Broadcasting Co. has given a 13-episode commitment to "Firefly," a sci-fi action-drama from Joss Whedon (yipeee!). Whedon is gonna executive produce "Firefly," and they plan to air it in the autumn of 2002 (presumably in the US) There is some speculation that the drama might get "The X-Files" Sunday 9 p.m. slot.
The series will launch with a two-hour pilot episode, which Whedon is writing and will direct.
It'll be set 400-500 years in the future in a newly established Union of Planets, and wil centre on the crew of Serenity, a small transport spaceship of class firefly who will take any job -- legal or not -- to stay afloat and put bread on the table.
Whedon reportedly got the idea for "Firefly" while reading an account of the battle of Gettysburg. The time period for the series is a version of the Reconstruction era, and the captain of Serenity is a war veteran of a big war to unite the planets.
"('Firefly') is kind of a Western in the sense that they ride to the border towns -- these planets that are barely inhabited -- because they want to stay away from the big government, the big radar," he said.
"I've been determined to make a show with no latex before I die," Whedon said, so unlike Buffy and Angel " 'Firefly' will have some extraordinarily scary people in it, but no monsters," he said.
"Ripper" - 21/12/01
where I got this from
Ok, so apparently it's gonna have a more adult theme, and is supposed to be a kind of Prime Suspect with monsters. And they're gonna put in a whole load of ghosts, cos they seem to think this is more British. (Hmm, personally I think this is because if you gave Giles anything scarier he'd get dead before the end of the teaser for the premier and you'd have no more show.) Marti Noxon might be working on it, it's not an impossibility, and although there's mainly gonna be a completely new cast, she thinks that cross overs are very likely (yippee!).
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