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It was the dawn of the third age of television, many years before networks would discover the power of long-form storytelling, when Warner Brothers helped former Murder She Wrote writer J. Michael Straczynski realize his dream to cross The Lord of the Rings with Casablanca...IN SPACE! More »
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DC Comics is really going forward with the Watchmen tie-in project that everybody's calling Watchmen 2, as we warned a while back. Bleeding Cool's inside sources tell them that Andy Kubert will draw one of four prequel miniseries, each of which tells a story about a different character from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' masterpiece. And Andy "may not be the only Kubert getting involved with this," writes Rich Johnston. More »
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Actor Walter Koenig sparked a rumor that Babylon 5 was possibly gearing up for a big comeback. Sadly, Chekov misspoke. B5 creator J. Michael Straczynski took to twitter to deny rumors that he was working on bringing back the series stating: More »
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Is Babylon 5 in the midst of a big comeback? The original Alfred Bester, Walter Koenig, spilled the beans on creator J. Michael Straczynski's new plans to bring the series back. More »
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J. Michael Straczynski's new hardcover graphic novel Superman: Earth One portrays Superman as an extraterrestrial who forces himself to masquerade as a human twentysomething. Here's our review and interview with DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio. More »
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Superman can fly around the world so fast he can reverse time. But in Superman comics this year, Kal-El will be hoofing it from sea to shining sea to reconnect with Americans. And he might stop by your hometown! More »
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If there's one thing that Dollhouse's cancellation has proven, it's that Joss Whedon is no longer your Master. But who is waiting in the wings to get their name on your next devotional t-shirt? We consider some potentials; you vote. More »
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J. Michael Straczynski is revealing more details about his remake of Forbidden Planet. Not only does the script call for more action than the original scifi classic, there may be plans in the works for more Forbidden Planet movies. More »
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J. Michael Straczynski, known for everything from Babylon 5 to Changeling to Thor, led a workshop yesterday offering advice to aspiring writers. He stressed the importance of being true to one's passions... although a little compromise goes a long way. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5321877&view=rss&microfeed=true Not a good sign for the epic zombie war movie of our dreams. The film adaptation of Max Brooks' novel World War Z is getting another writer. J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) is out, swapped for Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom). This picture just has to be hemorrhaging money by now. Folks, please save some cash for the actual zombie apocalypse, I wanna see Yonkers go down in flames. [Fangoria] More »
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What's in a term? Apparently a lot, if this discussion from 1997's SF Vortex is anything to go by. Never mind the excitable host. Watch the debate between writers J. Michael Strazcynski, Harlan Ellison, Yvonne Fern and Herbert Solow (the man who not only developed Star Trek as a television series, but also gave Gene Rodenberry the unfortunate nickname "The Great Bird Of The Galaxy"). In the clip below, they discuss whether "Sci Fi" demeans the genre of science fiction - and the result is oddly compelling, even if they're splitting linguistic hairs and acting like cultural snobs in the process. More »
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With The Day the Earth Stood Still bowing next week, you'll want to brace yourself for more epic re-imaginings of iconic 1950s scifi: J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Shakespearean alien melodrama Babylon 5, is hard at work on what he mysteriously calls "not a remake, not a reimagining, not exactly a prequel" of Forbidden Planet. Now he's dropping some hints about what we might see in this contemporary adaptation of the classic that brought us Robby the Robot and Leslie Nielsen as a scene-chewing captain dealing with strange alien tech. More »
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With the liberally revamped version of The Day The Earth Stood Still opening next month, it seemed weird that J. Michael Straczynski was rumored to be writing a retro Forbidden Planet movie that kept the peachy keen 1950s look of the original intact. And now it turns out the rumors were wrong — Straczynski piped up on a Usenet group to say the new movie won't be a continuation of the original, and it won't look like some kind of 1950s pastiche. So how will he pay tribute to the original? More »
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The anthology series Masters Of Science Fiction is finally coming to DVD in the U.S. — a full year after ABC ran four out of the six episodes during the August lull. The four episodes include one brilliant standout: "Jerry Was A Man," based on a Robert Heinlein story about a genetically engineered chain-smoking slave who seeks his freedom, with the help of an heiress (Anne Heche channeling Paris Hilton). The other three televised episodes range from okay to awful, but I'm crossing my fingers for the unaired eps "Little Brother" (written by Walter Mosley) and "Watchbird" (written by Babylon 5's J. Michael Straczynski based on a story by Robert Sheckley). It hits stores on August 5. [TV Shows On DVD] More »
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Now that the dust is settling on WonderCon Weekend it's time to look back and wonder, as we so often do, what just happened? Anywhere that you can see Elvis with a hustle of Leias has to be one of the most wonderful places in the world, despite the hype and inevitable disappointments. The headlines, the low points, and bits that we didn't tell you about at the time all await you after the jump. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=360233&view=rss&microfeed=true Opening the DC Universe panel with an announcement that's been rumored since the announcement earlier this week that J. Michael Straczynski was no longer under exclusive contract to Marvel Comics, Dan DiDio introduced Straczynski as the newest hire for DC. With details of their relationship still being worked out, no projects were officially announced (Although DiDio said that he had an "open door" in terms of characters), JMS did admit that he was talking to people at Warners about a possible Babylon 5 series. More »
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Eager to start the year off with a clean slate for their biggest franchise, Marvel Comics last week released Amazing Spider-Man #545, the final chapter of the "One More Day" storyline. It was a comic that saw Peter Parker make a deal with the Devil that rewrote history, helpfully getting rid of his marriage, the death of his one-time best friend, last year's media-frenzy revelation of his public identity, and twenty-years' worth of stories (here's something to put it in some kind of context). How bad is the storyline in question? Well, for one thing the writer of the book, J. Michael Straczynski, publicly disowned his part in its creation. Plus, the fans are freaking out. More »
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