ATTN JMS: Top Cow/"Witchblade" Pilot & TNT Dealings...

[Empero...@aol.com]

Since you have been involved with Top Cow now for a little while, I was
wondering about something that is very interesting and dovetails extensively
with your own experiences:

You might have heard about the TNT "Witchblade" pilot movie currently being
shot in Toronto (starring Yancy Butler, if memory serves, in the title role),
after having been in development for about three or three-and-a-half years,
approximately (I remember reading in "Wizard" articles covering its progress
toward greenlight for production).

Now, since "Crusade" is no longer TNT's prime dramatic series to be aired, I
read that the plans are afoot to take "Witchblade" to series if the premiere
is successful (the movie adapts issues #1-7 or so of the comic series, I
think); undoubtedly, the folks at Top Cow would, of course, probably prefer
to maintain as much adherence to quality control as is possible, but,
obviously, we all have such fond memories of TNT's screwing-over of
"Crusade," and I was wondering...Have you, perchance, held any
(impromptu/unofficial or otherwise) conversations with the people at the
comics company concerning, ummm, some potential "directives"...and
"massaging"...that the nimnuls over at TNT Corporate are very likely to
incorporate if they view this as a franchise property?

I'd certainly hate to see this take the same relative course run by
"Crusade," particularly since you are now working with another company
striving to launch a property with this particular corporation, and, albeit
there is the liklihood that any pull that Top Cow has may be relatively minor
once full production is in gear, it might seem good and prudent to fly a
warning flag high so that they might be on their collective guards.

And, on a similar note, it is GREAT that "Babylon 5" is being wrested away
from those jerkweeds and onto "Sci-Fi," where it should *prosper* in a
nightly, consistent time-slot...

-Leto II

[Jms at B5]

>.Have you, perchance, held any
>(impromptu/unofficial or otherwise) conversations with the people at the
>comics company concerning, ummm, some potential "directives"...and
>"massaging"...that the nimnuls over at TNT Corporate are very likely to
>incorporate if they view this as a franchise property?

We've talked a bit here and there....

jms

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[Ryan Nock]

It's not like Witchblade doesn't have enough sex and violence for TNT. The
Atlanta nimnols don't need to meddle with it too much to get what they want,
sadly. :P