from jms: new stuff & info
Jms at B5
gun these days...just wanted to give folks (who've been very patient with both
my absence and the momentary glitch in getting stuff through the pipeline whose
ends come out my wrists and onto the keyboard) some brief updates on coming
stuff. (I always feel awkward doing this, like it's some kind of commercial or
something -- "It's NewJMS! New, improved, less fattening!" -- feh. But people
ask, so I answer....)
Tomorrow at 1:58 p.m. we nailed the first shot on the two-hour opener for
"Jeremiah," shooting a couple of quick preliminary second unit shots before the
real start of filming tomorrow, when we begin banging down pages in earnest.
As I write this, we have six more scripts already in hand, well in advance of
getting to the episodes. Titles include "To Sail Beyond the Stars," "Tribes,"
and "Man of Iron, Woman Under Glass," all jms scripts, with "The Bag," "The
Touch," and "City of Roses" by Sam Egan, previously show-runner on The Outer
Limits.
The show has a pretty solid pedigree...me from B5 and Twilight Zone, Sam from
Outer Limits and Northern Exposure, director Russell Mulcahy from the first two
Highlander movies and the On the Beach miniseries, designer Steve Gaeghan from
Stargate and B5: Rangers and Outer Limits, stars Luke Perry and Malcom Jamal
Warner from 90210 and Cosby respectively...it's a real good lineup and both MGM
and Showtime are enthusiastic about everything they've seen. It's a nice
merging of a lot of TV SF and mainstream worlds.
On other fronts....
My new hardcover graphic novel, "Delicate Creatures," story by jms and art by
Michael Zulli, will be appearing at the end of this month from Image/Top
Cow/Joe's Comics. It can be pre-ordered from Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582402256/qid=999761876/sr=8-1/ref
=aps_sr_b_1_1/102-3608192-2288166
The script for the Rising Stars feature is nearly in final shape, and will be
going out to directors within the next few weeks. We already have one very
well known director (as in oscar winning) interested in directing it, so we'll
see. But this is being fast tracked for Summer 2002.
After letting the comics work for Top Cow kinda go fallow while I did
everything else on my plate, I just turned in the script for issue 9 of
Midnight Nation, "Explanations, Valid and Otherwise," so we're getting that
train back onto the rails again. Should have the next Rising Stars comic
script in next week.
(feh...there has to be a better way to do this....)
This weekend the final version of "Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers" goes to
scifi channel. We'll see what we shall see...but from a production standpoint
I think it may be either the best or one of the best MOWs we've ever done.
My next issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man" (#35) should hit stores in about two
weeks, and I strongly commend it to people for a twist in the story and the
character, and the finale of the big conflict that's been going on now for 3
issues. We pull a big thread in Peter Parker's life, and I have a hunch that
this one is gonna disappear as fast as #30 did.
I should be able to announce one other project, the last I could take on at
this point, in about a month or so. The contracts only now got signed. And
I'm now about halfway through the new novel I'm writing, which should be going
out to auction in January (assuming work allows me to finish it by then). Also
this fall we should see the debut of my new anthology comic from Top Cow, each
issue presenting a different story. We haven't nailed down a title yet; I
suggested Eccentric Tales, they like Joe's Comics Presents or Tales of Joe.
Finally: I have air dates for both Rangers (January 2) and the debut of
Jeremiah (January 11).
Heading back to the shadows now to grab a few hours sleep before the cameras
begin rolling again tomorrow (this) morning at 7.
Feh.
jms
(jms...@aol.com)
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JBONETATI
<<Tomorrow at 1:58 p.m. we nailed the first shot on the two-hour opener for
"Jeremiah," shooting a couple of quick preliminary second unit shots before the
real start of filming tomorrow, when we begin banging down pages in earnest. >>
Huh? Finally! It's official! JMS has admitted being a time traveler! NOW we
know how he manages so much!
<< (I always feel awkward doing this, like it's some kind of commercial or
something -- "It's NewJMS! New, improved, less fattening!" -- feh. But people
ask, so I answer....)>>
And we appreciate it, honest.
(snip other news of multiple projects)
More/New JMS stuff coming soon! That's really good news-it's been too long.
Thanks,
Jan
Simon Lipscomb-Allhouse
novel.
Been having a lazy month?
---Dr. Simon Lipscomb-Allhouse, Univ. Labs of Physiology. Oxford.----
No-one is completely useless-
They can always serve as a bad example.
JBONETATI
It's those darned negotiations. They eat up so much of his time. Small
wonder. From the things he's told us, it's a miracle that anything ever gets
made!
Jan
Rob Perkins
"Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20010906041806...@mb-fk.aol.com...
> The script for the Rising Stars feature is nearly in final shape, and will
be
> going out to directors within the next few weeks. We already have one
very
> well known director (as in oscar winning) interested in directing it, so
we'll
> see. But this is being fast tracked for Summer 2002.
Um, isn't that a bit close, timing-wise, for a feature film? I've read the
comic; it seems like you'll have to do some CGI work to make that vision
come to life.
I'm thinking of the time it takes to do a Star Wars movie. Granted,
principal photography didn't take long, and granted, a Star Wars movie is a
very extreme example along the spectrum of FX movies, but still, Summer 2002
is less than a year away!
Personally, if you're gonna do it, I say spend time to do it right. I can
surely wait until Christmastime for a good rendition of a good story. Can
you do it right, in time for summer? Are the Star Wars producers (thinking
of Lucas in particular) just too picky when it comes to visuals?
Rob
Pål Are Nordal
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Jms at B5 wrote:
>
> Titles include "To Sail Beyond the Stars," "Tribes,"
> and "Man of Iron, Woman Under Glass," all jms scripts,
Does the pilot have a title?
> with "The Bag," "The Touch," and "City of Roses" by
> Sam Egan, previously show-runner on The Outer Limits.
http://www.theouterlimits.com/castcrew/writers.html
"Multiple award-winning writer Sam Egan, who currently serves as
creative consultant on season seven of THE OUTER LIMITS, was executive
producer for season six and season five, senior executive consultant for
season four and co-executive producer for season three. Egan also wrote
the script for the feature film THE OUTER LIMITS. His writing/producing
credits also include the series NORTHERN EXPOSURE, SECOND NOAH, SNOOPS,
the movie of the week THE KID WHO LOVED CHRISTMAS and the feature film
IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON. He was creator of the series SWEATING BULLETS as
well as co-creator of the CBS series SNOOPS. Egan also co-wrote the
feature film ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK."
> The show has a pretty solid pedigree...me from B5 and Twilight Zone, Sam from
> Outer Limits and Northern Exposure, director Russell Mulcahy from the first two
> Highlander movies
It should be noted that Mr. Mulcahy was creatively torpedoed on
Highlander 2, and was reportedly so disgusted by the final cut that he
left 15 minutes into the premiere.
> It can be pre-ordered from Amazon at:
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582402256/qid™9761876/sr8-1/ref
> aps_sr_b_1_1/102-3608192-2288166
Amazon adds a lot of unnecessary tracking info to their URLs. You can
cut everything from the number after "ASIN", like this:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582402256/
> The script for the Rising Stars feature is nearly in final shape, and will be
> going out to directors within the next few weeks. We already have one very
> well known director (as in oscar winning) interested in directing it, so we'll
> see. But this is being fast tracked for Summer 2002.
Hmmm... Anybody got a list of active Oscar wining directors?
> (feh...there has to be a better way to do this....)
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> Heading back to the shadows now to grab a few hours sleep before the cameras
How long have you been staying with them?
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>
> This'll be fairly quick because it's nearly 1 a.m. and I'm constantly under the
> gun these days...
GREAT MAKER, Man, when do you sleep???
Sean
James Bell
"Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20010906041806...@mb-fk.aol.com...
> I should be able to announce one other project, the last I could take on
at
> this point, in about a month or so. The contracts only now got signed.
And
> I'm now about halfway through the new novel I'm writing, which should be
going
> out to auction in January (assuming work allows me to finish it by then).
Also
> this fall we should see the debut of my new anthology comic from Top Cow,
each
> issue presenting a different story. We haven't nailed down a title yet; I
> suggested Eccentric Tales, they like Joe's Comics Presents or Tales of
Joe.
Would a title idea be considered a story idea? Because I've got one and am
afraid to share it.
Jim
Hank Arnold
@aol.com says...
> Finally: I have air dates for both Rangers (January 2) and the debut of
> Jeremiah (January 11).
>
>
Thanks for being there......... I don't know how you do it, but I'm glad
you do it..........
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Hank Arnold
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Rob Perkins wrote:
>
> Personally, if you're gonna do it, I say spend time to do it right. I can
> surely wait until Christmastime for a good rendition of a good story. Can
> you do it right, in time for summer?
He's previously indicated that his involvement will be very limited
after the script has been completed.
Mark Private
wrote:
>>each issue presenting a different story. We haven't nailed down a title yet; I
>>suggested Eccentric Tales, they like Joe's Comics Presents or Tales of Joe.
>
>Would a title idea be considered a story idea? Because I've got one and am
>afraid to share it.
>
to do with *significant* authorship). So, unless your title is
something like "5 years of political drama on a space station", it
should be OK.
FWIW my suggestion is: Tales with Teeth - Mark
Rob Perkins
"James Bell" <jam...@naxs.com> wrote in message
news:9nb1eu$pbs$1...@solaris.cc.vt.edu...
> Would a title idea be considered a story idea? Because I've got one and
am
> afraid to share it.
IMO, YES.
Rob
Joseph DeMartino
Is this an acronym that I don't recognize, or are are you telling us
something about yourself? <g>
Regards,
Joe
Craig Powers
>
> > IANAL <
>
> Is this an acronym that I don't recognize, or are are you telling us
> something about yourself? <g>
(I) (A)m (N)ot (A) (L)awyer
Joseph DeMartino
Well, since the word "lawyer" is involved, my misreading is even more
appropriate. <g>
Thanks,
Joe
Thomas Sounness
>
> On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:52:25 -0400, "James Bell" <jam...@naxs.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >"Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
> >news:20010906041806...@mb-fk.aol.com...
> >
> >>Also this fall we should see the debut of my new anthology comic from Top Cow,
> >>each issue presenting a different story. We haven't nailed down a title yet; I
> >>suggested Eccentric Tales, they like Joe's Comics Presents or Tales of Joe.
> >
<snip>
Eccentric Tales - 'they'
Joe's Comics Presents - JMS
Tales of Joe - JMS
Afraid to Share - James Bell
Tales with Teeth - Mark Private
Cup 'o Joe - Thomas
Thomas Sounness
>
> On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:52:25 -0400, "James Bell" <jam...@naxs.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >"Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
> >news:20010906041806...@mb-fk.aol.com...
> >
> >>Also this fall we should see the debut of my new anthology comic from Top Cow,
> >>each issue presenting a different story. We haven't nailed down a title yet; I
> >>suggested Eccentric Tales, they like Joe's Comics Presents or Tales of Joe.
> >
<snip>
sat
> Tomorrow at 1:58 p.m. we nailed the first shot on the two-hour opener for
> "Jeremiah," shooting a couple of quick preliminary second unit shots before the
> real start of filming tomorrow, when we begin banging down pages in earnest.
> As I write this, we have six more scripts already in hand, well in advance of
> getting to the episodes. Titles include "To Sail Beyond the Stars,"
Hmm, with a title like this, but JEREMIAH being a near future dystopia
(at least the comic was), I'm really curious to see what that'll be
about.
> "Tribes,"
> and "Man of Iron, Woman Under Glass," all jms scripts, with "The Bag," "The
> Touch," and "City of Roses" by Sam Egan, previously show-runner on The Outer
> Limits.
Are there any plans for known prose SF authors -- especially those
familiar with the screenplay writing format, such as Larry Niven, Joe
Haldeman, or Steven Barnes -- to be invited to script?
Also, any word on how, or even if, JEREMIAH will be first-run
syndicated outside of America (Canada, in this case)?
> I should be able to announce one other project, the last I could take on at
> this point, in about a month or so. The contracts only now got signed. And
> I'm now about halfway through the new novel I'm writing, which should be going
> out to auction in January (assuming work allows me to finish it by then).
Another horror/thriller novel? Or...?
> Also
> this fall we should see the debut of my new anthology comic from Top Cow, each
> issue presenting a different story. We haven't nailed down a title yet; I
> suggested Eccentric Tales, they like Joe's Comics Presents or Tales of Joe.
Maybe compromise, do something like what Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess
did with STARDUST from DC, and put your name right in as part of the
title?
J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI'S
ECCENTRIC TALES
Tilting at windmills is passe, eh? Anthologies don't do so well in
comics, for the most part. Even Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight,
with its theme and character consistency, is struggling. Even the
unifying thread of the same writer hasn't been enough recently, with
Harlan's DREAM CORRIDOR. Do you have some new approach planned?
scott tilson.
--------------------
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sat
> Mark Private wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:52:25 -0400, "James Bell" <jam...@naxs.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >"Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
> > >news:20010906041806...@mb-fk.aol.com...
> > >
> > >>Also this fall we should see the debut of my new anthology comic from Top Cow,
> > >>each issue presenting a different story. We haven't nailed down a title yet; I
> > >>suggested Eccentric Tales, they like Joe's Comics Presents or Tales of Joe.
> > >
>
> <snip>
>
> Eccentric Tales - 'they'
Uhm, shouldn't this one be 'JMS', and the next 2 'they' or rather "Top
Cow', since "Eccentric Tales" is the one Joe favours?
> Joe's Comics Presents - JMS
> Tales of Joe - JMS
> Afraid to Share - James Bell
> Tales with Teeth - Mark Private
> Cup 'o Joe - Thomas
My 2 cents:
- ECLECTICA
- E.U.T.S. (everything under the sun)
- INFINITY (appealing to the SF fan, but also continues the theme
that this
anthology is any and every kind of story Joe wants to
tell)
- or simply ANTHOLOGY
all with a "J. Michael Straczynski's" before the title, since I assume
Top Cow is pushing for titles with JMS' name in it to help draw
attention and sell the book.
Mike Hennebry
Rob <un-ra...@kudla.org> wrote:
>in_vale...@hotmail.com (sat) wrote:
>>> getting to the episodes. Titles include "To Sail Beyond the Stars,"
>>Hmm, with a title like this, but JEREMIAH being a near future dystopia
>>(at least the comic was), I'm really curious to see what that'll be
>>about.
>
>to do another SF story called "...Sunset" ;)
Given the premise, "Sunrise" would be a more appropriate title.
The sunset is backstory.
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