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Skriven 2007-04-15 08:47:39 av SLerman (16995.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 13544 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (16989.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: update from jms 4/15/07
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On Apr 15, 6:46 am, "jmsa...@aol.com" <jmsa...@aol.com> wrote:
> There's been a lot going on, and more to come, so these will be brief
> and to the point....
>
> The first draft for the script to World War Z has been turned in and
> has met with a *very* positive reaction.  I'm making my final
> revisions now and should turn in the second draft by the 23rd or so.
>
> The B5 DVD has been fully delivered to WB along with finals on all of
> the director's blogs, the interviews, and fireside chats.  I'd expect
> to see them online in a few weeks, one at a time.
>
> "Changeling" continues unabated toward production in the fall.  I'm
> looking forward to meeting Clint Eastwood soon, once he returns from
> vacation.
>
> Having finished WWZ and David, there are at present five other feature
> projects in front of me which I'll be choosing between over the next
> few weeks: one based on a mainstream historical novel by a pulitzer
> prize winning author, another historical work, a very well known
> Marvel comics character, a sequel to a classic mainstream mystery
> film, and a movie based on a massively influential series of SF
> novels.  Which of those goes first will depend on the deals now being
> put together.  Suffice to say I've found myself in rather stunning
> company of late.
>
> Expect several major announcements at San Diego Comic Con in addition
> to all the stuff already discussed.
>
> One of the projects I can't talk about yet is taking me to London in
> early May for a week, and shortly afterward, Berlin.  While I'm there,
> I'll also use the time to have meetings at the BBC, Channel 4 and
> elsewhere, and may try to work in a signing somewhere.
>
> Finally, volume 11 of the script books is about to come out, and I
> wanted to let folks know that there won't be any photos or memos in
> this volume (well, one memo) because this covers the insane period
> between the end of the fourth season and the beginnings of the fifth
> season...all of the fireworks, all the twists and turns, much of it
> never before revealed in detail, day by day, hour by hour, and in
> order to cover all that the introduction/commentary section turned
> into the longest one to date, and not by just a little.  It's almost
> 23,000 words long, covering over 70 pages.  If you want the skinny on
> what happened during those explosive months, this is the definitive
> last word on the subject.
>
> Also, because these books are being written in chronological fashion
> following the history of the show year by year, we decided to move
> Sleeping in Light into this volume...so you get Deconstruction,
> Sleeping in Light, and the season 5 debut, No Compromises, and four
> others.
>
> The one thing I can promise is that folks are going to be talking
> about this volume for a very, very long time...and many things not
> previously understood or debated about will be set to rights and
> explained, once and for all.
>
> jms

Good to see you attracting attention from more people. Any plans to
clone you in the near future? Sounds like you'll need one or two more
of you to get all of this stuff done.
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