THE ZOCALO TODAY – April 23, 2005

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JMS YARD SALE – THE LATEST

Update: 4/21/2005 4:11:57 AM
It might be worth mentioning that I think the Medal, and the
painting by Peter, are going to be the last really big items. I
think I'll keep it to more reasonable stuff after that, mainly
scripts, director's cuts, and at the most there's a PPG and a link
that might go...but beyond that, I think I'll pull it back. So
what's out now goes out, but after that...not so much.

Date: 4/20/2005 1:32:47 AM
A follow-up on this subject....
Tomorrow, the Seeing Double auctions start at 1:00 p.m. PST
By "seeing double" I mean that I have two of these, and there's no
reason for me to hold on to both, so I'm putting one of them up in
each of these three auctions.

The first two are doubles of my complete He-Man and She-Ra
production archives, NOT the scripts, but a truckload of other
stuff. Storyboards, art, memos, series bibles, publicity stuff, you
name it.

The third one...is the one that I debated about for a long time, but
I want this whole thing to be kind of special, to put something that
I would want to have as a fan, not just to clear out stuff from the
garage. Something...special.

Because that's almost half the fun...knowing these things are going
to get good homes, appreciated and shown off.
So what's item number three?

Nothing less than one of the two Medals from the Battle of the Line
seen in Sinclair's quarters in the pilot. Both were used on screen,
interchangeably. I'm keeping one, and letting the other one go to a
fan who can appreciate it.

Yep. THAT medal.

The one that changed everything for the Babylon 5 storyline.
jms

** For those who missed the first announcement, JMS is listed under
seller name babylon5auctions. You can search on the name and get a
listing of what is now on-line. Someone just pointed out that the
Londo doll -- yes the one everyone has wanted -- went for $7211.09.

DISCUSSION TOPICS

JMS' yard sale makes me think of all the Babylon 5 momentos I have
squirreled away. Among the pictures and cards and DVDs, is there a
favorite -- something that is special -- the one thing you would
hate to part with? What is that and why is it special to you?

Send in your thoughts and comments to sgbruckner@.... I will
post them on the Discussion Page for everyone to share and enjoy.
There are some good ones so far. Add yours! If you see an old topic
you want to respond to, go right ahead. We enjoy hearing from you.

KEEPING UP WITH CAST AND CREW

JOHN COPELAND:
John Copeland has been very busy with projects for the Discovery
Channel. He produced 2 shows coming on the Discovery channel next
month. Alien Planet will air on May 14 -- it is a 2 hour special and
will be on at 8pm and again at 10pm. The other is on May 17th called
the Science of StarWars.

BILL MUMY:
Bill's band, THE JENERATORS will be performing Live in Concert!
Saturday - APRIL 23rd 9:15pm
RUSTY'S SURF RANCH
on the Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica, California
CALL RUSTY'S FOR DETAILS AND RESERVATIONS -
310-393-7437
The Jenerators are proud to announce the release of their third
CD, "PONY UP"! Come to the gig, enjoy the live music and pick up a
copy of the brand new 14 song CD!
ONE SET ONLY
Bill Mumy, Miguel Ferrer,Gary Stockdale, David Jolliffe,Tom
Hebenstreit

J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI - CONVENTION APPEARANCES:
Joe will be a special guest at this year's SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON, July
14-17, 2005. Go to http://www.comic-con.org/cci/ for more details
about the event.

NEW SCI FI PUBLICATIONS

Cult Times #116: Alias' Producer Jeffrey Bell is writing and
directing for the increasingly cross- pollinating family and work
lives of Sydney Bristow. We find out what's coming up for the super-
spy in this feature.
Starburst Special #69: STAR WARS SPECIAL: This issue contains: The
Complete History -- From The Phantom Menace to Return of the Jedi,
we look at the complete six-chapter epic; Dark Influences -- 10 ways
the Star Wars trilogy has influenced Revenge of the Sith, and
Archive Interviews -- Original Starburst interviews with Mark
Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Empire Strikes Back director
Irvin Kirshner and Return of the Jedi director Richard Marquand.

COMICS COMING IN JULY:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #522
Written by J. Michael Straczynski, penciled by Mike Deodato, cover
by Kaare Andrews.
It's an action-packed extravaganza as the hordes of Hydra make a
final push to take over the United States!! And it's up to
everyone's favorite red, white, and blue web-slinger to make sure
that "Hail Hydra" isn't the new national anthem!

FANTASTIC FOUR #529
Written by J. Michael Straczynski, pencils and cover by Mike McKone.
"Appointment Overdue!" Reed's got a rendezvous to keep at the edge
of space?but in order to reach it, he's going to have to work his
way through a battalion of America's best-trained fighting men!

STARGATE SG-1 RA REBORN PREQUEL CARTER & JACKSON
Written by James Anthony, art and cover by Jorge Correa.
Series artist Jorge Correa provides this striking new cover of team
members Samantha Carter and Daniel Jackson! The SG-1 team must face
their ultimate foe once more! As Daniel Jackson recounts the story
of the first Stargate mission, a familiar presence reappears on
Abydonian soil. Has the most feared Goa'uld of all time been reborn
from the ashes to terrorize the universe again? The longest running
hit scifi series on television blasts into 2005 with a titanic new
series that features the return of Ra! Limited to 1000 copies.

STARGATE SG-1: DANIEL'S SONG #1 ROYAL BLUE
Written by James Anthony, art and cover by Jorge Correa.
Royal Blue editions are the ultimate collectible! The SG1 team
discovers an ancient alien device that promises to bring "peace to
the past." While attempting to decipher its glyphs a sudden
electrical discharge engulfs and throws Daniel unconscious to the
ground. He wakes on Abydos to find Skaa'ra and Sha're are still
alive and free of Goa'uld possession. Somehow he has been
transported into the past before the arrival of Apophis and has been
given another chance to save his wife and the people of Abydos.
Determined not to make the same mistakes again Daniel prepares an
ambush for the System Lord in an attempt to change the outcome of
this pivotal moment in his life. Limited to 100 copies, all of which
ship bagged in a special protective case with a certificate of
authenticity.

STARGATE SG-1 2005 CONVENTION SPECIAL EVIL NOX EDITION
Written by James Anthony, art by Jorge Correa, cover by Mauricio
Melo.
The SG-1 team is facing the foe they never expected, one of the Nox
gone bad on this exclusive new cover from artist Mauricio Melo!
Pinned down by invisible attackers the SG1 team discovers that the
Goa'uld have uncovered the secrets to the Nox invisibility
technology. They appear on the verge of being overrun when Anteaus
and his Nox companions appear among them and help dispatch the
attacking Jaffa. Anteaus reveals that one of their own has turned
from the peaceful life journey to embrace the Goa'uld philosophy.
The team is forced to find a way to stop the traitor before she can
make the already powerful Goa'uld invincible! Limited to 1000
copies.

STARGATE ATLANTIS PREVIEW PAINTED WEIR
Written by Stuart Moore, art by Mauricio Melo, cover by Lucio
Rubira.
Painter Lucio Rubira offers this beautiful new piece featuring the
commanding Dr Weir. Don't miss this special look at this summer's
biggest licensed comic book launch! This limited edition preview
offers a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the new Stargate
Atlantis comic and the first series, Wraithfall! Stationed thousands
of light-years from Earth, the team from Stargate Atlantis has a
whole new galaxy to explore...but most of those worlds are under
siege by the Wraith, an ancient and deadly vampire race. In
Wraithfall, the Atlantis team meets the Karrans, a primitive race
that has made a bizarre deal with the Wraith. Limited to 1000
copies.

SCI-FI NEWS:

LAND OF THE LOST:
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Will Ferrell will star in the
comedy feature LAND OF THE LOST, based on the classic television
series of the same name. Universal acquired the feature rights from
Sid and Marty Krofft, executive producers of the original television
series, who will produce the feature for the studio. The
original "Land of the Lost" series revolved around forest ranger
Rick Marshall and his children, Will and Holly, who are caught in a
time vortex while exploring the Colorado River on a raft and
transported to a mysterious world. The feature film will be an
update of the series, which ran from 1973-1977 on NBC and is due out
on DVD this month.

LOCUSTS:
On April 24, you can catch Lucy Lawless (XENA) in a CBS movie
thriller, LOCUSTS. Lawless stars as a Department of Agriculture
official desperately battling a deadly breed of voracious,
bioengineered insects that have escaped from a government lab. In an
interview during the filming in Louisiana, Lawless said, "I play a
young gal who has come into the department of agriculture as the
undersecretary, which may not sound as sexy to you as it is in
reality." Lawless says wryly of her character, Dr. Maddy
Rierdon, "... she discovers that one of the scientists, her mentor,
has run amok with a program and it all gets out of hand. This
dangerous bunch of hybrid locusts escapes from the lab, and the
movie is about us hunting them down, with a conspiracy angle to the
story as well." (Dylan Neal, David Martel from LEGEND OF THE
RANGERS, also stars in LOCUSTS.)

SMALLVILLE:
ABC Family channel is planning a marathon of episodes for Sunday,
May 15 -- in preparation for the season finale of the show on May
18. The theme of the marathon is "Smallville to Superman," and it
features many mythology-based episodes of the show, including two
guest-featuring Christopher Reeve as Dr. Virgil Swann. Following the
Smallville marathon, at 8PM, ABC Family will be showing "Superman:
The Movie" with Reeve as Superman and Margot Kidder as Lois Lane.
Here's the schedule:
2PM: "Rosetta"
3PM: "Calling"
4PM: "Exodus"
5PM: "Exile"
6PM: "Legacy"
7PM: "Covenant"
8PM: "Superman: The Movie"

REVELATIONS:
NBC's new limited series, REVELATIONS, did quite well in its second
outing. REVELATIONS delivered 11.5 million viewers, down 13 percent
from last week's premiere, but still impressive for the network.

ALIAS/DAREDEVIL:
People magazine reported that DAREDEVIL star Ben Affleck asked
ELEKTRA/ALIAS' Jennifer Garner to marry him over the weekend during
a lavish 33rd birthday party for her, sealing the deal with a 4.5-
carat diamond ring from Harry Winston valued at $500,000.

SUPERMAN RETURNS:
USA Today has the first pictures of Brandon Routh as Superman in
Bryan Singer's SUPERMAN RETURNS. Bryan Singer decided to stick with
the traditional look, but has made a few subtle changes. Singer
decided to keep the cape, the blue body suit, the red tights — even
the V-cut opening of Superman's boots. The character's S insignia is
slightly smaller and higher on his chest, and instead of being
painted on, it's more of a three-dimensional plate. The insignia is
added to Superman's belt buckle. Costume designer Louise Mingenbach
preserved the blue, red and yellow motif, but the shades are
slightly darker than the bright primary colors of the comics.
Superman's yellow belt is more golden, and his cape is a deep
scarlet.

CSI
Everyone who watches this series has been curious about the season
finale coming -- especially since "Grave Danger" is being directed
by Quentin Tarantino. Information has been posted at CSI Files about
the final episode for the season -- but don't go there unless you
want to know what is going to happen! Read SPOILER WARNING in large
print.

PLATINUM STUDIOS:
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's Los Angeles-based Platinum Studios has
acquired a 20% stake in French comic book syndicate Hexagon Comics
and picked up exclusive rights to develop worldwide film and
television properties from Hexagon's library. To read more about
this, go to http://www.platinumstudios.com/hexagon_comics/ or go to
Platinum Studio page here at The Zocalo Today.

STARGATE ATLANTIS:
The "Childhood's End" episode of STARGATE ATLANTIS has been selected
by the juries for the 2005 Hugo Awards (CHICAGO FILM AND TELEVISION
FESTIVAL) for the SILVER PLAQUE in the category of SPECIAL
ACHIEVEMENT: DIRECTION (David Winning). This work has been singled-
out in a competition filled with hundreds of entrants from around
the world. Philip Bajorat of Cinema Chicago said they are honored to
include Stargate: Atlantis - "Childhood's End" on the list of award
winners. Honoring the Best in Television, the 2005 Hugo Awards will
be presented at Chicago's Park West on March 31, 2005. The event,
hosted by Bill Rancic of The Apprentice, will feature screenings of
Hugo winning commercials and programming as well as a Career
Achievement Award to TV commercials director Tony Kaye and the
Commitment to Chicago Award to WTTW.

SOUTHLAND TALES:
According to Variety, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will join Seann
William Scott and Sarah Michelle Gellar in the science-fiction
thriller SOUTHLAND TALES for writer-director Richard Kelly (Donnie
Darko). The Cherry Road Films production is slated to begin Aug. 1
in Los Angeles. SOUTHLAND TALES is set in Los Angeles on July 4,
2008, as the city stands on the brink of social, economic and
environmental disaster. Johnson will star as an amnesiac action star
whose life intertwines with an adult film star developing her own
reality television project and a Hermosa Beach police officer who
holds the key to a vast conspiracy. SOUTHLAND TALES also will be
presented as a nine-part interactive experience, with the prequel
saga to be published as six separate 100-page graphic novels written
by Kelly. These will be released over a six-month period early next
year leading up to the film's release, with the feature film
covering the story's final three chapters.

HARRY POTTER:
According to The Leaky Cauldron , the full theatrical trailer for
the fourth Harry Potter film, THE GOBLET OF FIRE, will hit theaters
May 13. Parts of it will air on ABC on May 7 during a broadcast of
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS.

V FOR VENDETTA:
Stephen Fry, who is the voice of The Guide in The Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy, and the actor confirmed rumors that he is starring in
Warner Bros.' V For Vendetta to Empire Online. "I'm playing the
character of Gordon Deitrich, who's a chat show host who questions
the authority of the people who run Britain in this post-viral
facist state, as it were," says Fry. Fry also revealed more casting
that hasn't been announced yet, saying that John Hurt, Tim Pigott-
Smith and Sinead Cusack are part of the cast. They join the
previously- announced Natalie Portman, James Purefoy and Stephen
Rea. The action-thriller, directed by James McTeigue and written by
the Wachowski brothers, hits theaters on November 4.

ELECTRIC GOD:
According to Variety, Nicolas Cage will star in ELECTRIC GOD for
director Mark Pellington. The drama will be produced by Andrew
Hauptman's Mission Pictures with Cage's Saturn Films. David Murray
adapted the script from the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde (Pay It
Forward). The story concerns a man who lives an isolated life in
hopes of controlling his violent temper but finds redemption when
forced to reach out to others.

BATMAN BEGINS/SMALLVILLE:
The WB will air an eight-minute preview of Warner Brothers' upcoming
comic-book movie BATMAN BEGINS during the May 18 season finale
episode of SMALLVILLE, a 90-minute extended segment that begins at 8
p.m. ET/PT.

DA VINCI CODE:
The roster of stars continues to build for the upcoming DA VINCI
CODE film. Ian McKellen (X2) and Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2) have
joined the cast for Ron Howard's upcoming film adaptation of the Dan
Brown best-seller. Akiva Goldsman wrote the script, and Brian Grazer
is producing with John Calley for Sony. According to Variety, Molina
will play zealous Bishop Arigarosa, who's keenly interested in the
sleuthing activities of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom
Hanks) and cryptographer Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou). McKellen will
play Sir Teabing, a wealthy man who acts as a resource for Langdon
even as he shows his own ambitions to uncover the Holy Grail. The Da
Vinci Code begins production in June for a May 19, 2006, release.

THE MARTIAN CHILD:
The Hollywood Reporter indicates that Amanda Peet has signed on to
star opposite John Cusack in New Line Cinema's THE MARTIAN CHILD.
The story is based on a short story from SF author David Gerrold
(Babylon 5). Joan Cusack also is joining the cast. Menno Meyjes is
directing Martian from a script by Jonathan Tolins and Seth Bass,
described as an unusual father-son relationship, and a cross between
Parenthood and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

STAR WARS:
Reuters reports that the next STAR WARS theme tune will be released
as a single, the first time music from the long-running epic has
been released in that format. "It is composed by five-time Oscar
winner John Williams and depicts the fateful struggle between Jedi
knight Anakin Skywalker and his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi." Williams
conducted the London Symphony Orchestra to record this choral and
orchestral piece. SonyBMG will release "Battle of the Heroes" on May
23.

SPEEDO:
Variety reports that Warner Bros. has set up SPEEDO, a film inspired
by a Jesse Moss-directed documentary about a demolition driver. The
film will be written by Alex Tanaka and Brian Gatewood. SPEEDO will
focus on the exploits of a drag racer who turns to demolition racing
and crashes his way to modest fame on a Long Island race track. He
becomes so passionate about it that he struggles to keep his family
together.

ENTERPRISE MOVIE:
While Scott Bakula expressed interest in reprising his character of
Capt. Jonathan Archer in an ENTERPRISE film he said during an
interview at the show's wrap party in Hollywood last week, "They
haven't [asked], but the reality is that Paramount has been under
such internal upheaval in the last year that right now there's
really nobody that's there that is a fan of Star Trek." Bakula said
that recent turnover of several key Paramount executives has
dampened enthusiasm for future Trek projects. "It's all turned over,
so I don't know what's going to happen with Star Trek as a
franchise," Bakula said. "Obviously it's been very important to that
studio for a great number of years and brought a lot of revenue for
them. But I'm not sure how they will re-address or kind of re-
approach it as the dust settles. But we'll see."

STAR WARS: EPISODE III:
With the May 19 release date approaching, advance sales of tickets
for STAR WARS: EPISODE THREE: REVENGE OF THE SITH are almost sold
out at the Arclight cineplex in Hollywood, Calif.. AP reported that
tickets for the 12:01 a.m. May 19 showing of George Lucas' latest
installment of the Star Wars series have already sold out for all
four screenings at the Arclight. Tickets went on sale April 15 at
many theaters across the country and at online providers like
Fandango.com, which represents about 70 percent of the country's
movie houses that have remote ticket sales.

ZODIAC:
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Mark Ruffalo is in negotiations
and Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey have signed onto David
Fincher's long-gestating thriller "Zodiac." Phoenix Pictures is
producing. Gyllenhaal will play Robert Graysmith, the journalist and
author of the two books, "Zodiac" and "Zodiac Unmasked," upon which
the film is based. Downey will play fellow reporter Paul Avery, and
Ruffalo would play the San Francisco homicide inspector in charge of
the case. The books revolve around the real-life tale of a serial
killer known as the Zodiac Killer, who terrorized San Francisco for
25 years. Graysmith and Avery worked at the San Francisco Chronicle,
which the killer used as a conduit to communicate with authorities.
James Vanderbilt is adapting.

OVER THE HEDGE:
William Shatner, Nick Nolte, Steve Carell, Avril Lavigne, Catherine
O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Wanda Sykes and Allison Janney will lend their
voices to DreamWorks Animation's OVER THE HEDGE. Bruce Willis has
already signed on to voice R.J., the raccoon, and Garry Shandling
has agreed to voice Verne, the turtle. The story centers on a
mischievous raccoon and his sensitive best friend, a turtle, who
with the other forest creatures find their woodland home being
encroached by suburbia.

THE EQUALIZER:
Variety reports that the 1980s CBS drama THE EQUALIZER is headed to
the big screen. Mace Neufeld, one of the producers of SAHARA and the
catalyst behind the series of adaptations of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
books, is teaming with series creator and executive producer Michael
Sloan and Tony Eldridge on the project. Created by Sloan and Richard
Lindheim, the series starred British actor Edward Woodward as Robert
McCall, a veteran covert operative who, seeking redemption for his
dark deeds, quits a CIA-like agency and puts an advertisement in the
paper that reads simply: Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the
Equalizer." The series ran from 1985-89.

CONVENTION CALENDAR

May 6-8, 2005
TO BE CONTINUED
Place: Chicago Marriott Schaumburg Hotel
City: Schaumberg, IL.
For more information, visit www.2becontinued.com.

May 5-8, 2005
Fed-Con 14
City: Bonn, Germany
Place: The Maritim-hotel
B5 Guests: J. Michael Straczynski, Stephen Furst
Other Guests: Kevin Sorbo, Leonard Nimoy, Jolene Blalock, Brent
Spiner, Dominic Keating, John de Lancie, James Darren, Gary Graham,
Andrew Robinson, Richard Arnold, and more.
For more information, visit their website at
http://www.fedcon.de/main.php?lang=en.

May 13-15, 2005
Comics Expo 2
City: Bristol, England
Place: BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWELTH EXHIBITION HALL and THE RAMADA
PLAZA
B5 Guest: J. Michael Straczynski
For more information, visit their website at
http://comicexpo.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/

May 27-29, 2005
OFFICIAL STARGATE SG-1 CONVENTION TOUR
Location: London, England
Guests: Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Don S. Davis
For more information, go to: http://www.fansofstargate.com/

May 27-29, 2005
MARCON
Place: Hyatt Regency, Columbus OH
Media Guest: Richard Hatch
For more information, go to http://www.marcon.org/

There are more convention dates on the extended calendar, including
gatherings like GATECON in Vancouver on July 25 to August 1. Don't
miss the details.

Be sure to visit the referenced sites to see if there have been
changes in dates/guests attending. Visit our Convention Calendar for
a full listing of upcoming conventions at
http://www.isnnews.net/zocalo/convention.shtml.

I guess that is about it for now. Be sure to visit the website
often. It is updated daily -- so don't miss anything.

I hope you all have a terrific weekend.
Be safe.
Sandy

Sandra Bruckner
Editor/Publisher
ISN News: The Zocalo Today
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