Indeed. I wanted to puke when I saw "Riverworld". My first thought after
viewing it was, "I hope they don't do anymore 'adaptations'".
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."
~ Stephen Wright
On Thu, 20 May 2004 00:21:39 -0400, "James" <jgroover6 DeleteThis @home.com> wrote:
!Well, they (SCI FI Channel) sure screwed the pooch when they made
!"RiverWorld". The only thing that "Mini" had in common with the book was
!....they had a river and they were on a world.
!It was awful. I felt as though I had seen a sacrilege.
!
!
!"ANIM8Rfsk" <anim8rfsk DeleteThis @aol.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
!news:20040405142130.17857.00000729@mb-m21.aol.com...
!> SCI FI'S Upcoming Television Events Shatter the Boundaries of
Imagination
!>
!>
!> NEW YORK, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- SCI FI Channel, responsible for almost
!> single-handedly reviving the miniseries format in the past few years,
has
!> established itself as the industry's leading producer of original movies
!and
!> awe-inspiring television events. Continuing to attract Hollywood's
!hottest
!> filmmakers, SCI FI has partnered with DreamWorks and Steven Spielberg
for
!a
!> second miniseries (the first was the Emmy Award-winning Steven Spielberg
!> Presents TAKEN) entitled Nine Lives, and has signed deals in recent
months
!with
!> Martin Scorsese, Bryan Singer, Dean Devlin, Joel Silver and Gale Anne
!Hurd,
!> among others. Oscar(R)-caliber actors such as Timothy Hutton, Randy
Quaid
!and
!> Isabella Rossellini lead the casts of SCI FI's upcoming 2004 miniseries,
!while
!> other stars have signed on for future epics.
!>
!> Following is a list of projects that lead SCI FI's development slate,
with
!a
!> number of luminaries making the Channel their creative home:
!>
!> Earthsea
!>
!> SCI FI announces today the signing of an extraordinary triumvirate of
!stars --
!> Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, X2, The Underclassmen), Danny Glover and Kristin
!Kreuk
!> (Smallville) -- who join Isabella Rossellini in the year's most
!breath-taking
!> television event. Premiering this December, this epic fantasy, based on
!Ursula
!> K. Le Guin's award-winning "Earthsea" novels, follows the adventures of
a
!Ged
!> (Ashmore), a reckless youth destined to become the greatest sorcerer
that
!the
!> mystical land of Earthsea has ever known. When Ged discovers that he
!possesses
!> infinite magical powers, he seeks to master the ancient arts with the
help
!of
!> the legendary wizard Ogion (Glover). As he battles unimaginable evils,
!Ged
!> finds an ally in Tenar (Kreuk), the vibrant and devout pupil to High
!Priestess
!> Thar (Rossellini). Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, in association
!with
!> Bender-Brown Productions, Earthsea is written by Gavin Scott (The Mists
of
!> Avalon) and executive produced by Robert Halmi, Sr. (Dreamkeeper,
Merlin),
!> Lawrence Bender (Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction) and Kevin Brown (Roswell). Rob
!> Lieberman (The Dead Zone, Strong Medicine) will direct.
!>
!> Dresden Files (working title)
!>
!> Based on the best-selling "Dresden Files" novels by Jim Butcher, this
!2-hour
!> backdoor pilot film will be executive produced by Academy Award(R)
winner
!> Nicolas Cage and Norm Golightly of Saturn Films. Erik Dresden is a
!detective
!> with extraordinary powers, the kind that could belong only to the
!descendant of
!> a long line of wizards. Where others see the typical crimes of assault,
!> kidnapping and serial killings, Erik sees otherworldly forces at work --
!which
!> only he knows how to combat. Whether consulting for the police on
!inexplicable
!> crimes or following his own cases, Erik has a unique outlook on the
world,
!and
!> wields a wry sense of humor as one of his most potent weapons. The
project
!is
!> produced by Lions Gate Television and Cage's Saturn Films (The Life of
!David
!> Gale, Shadow of the Vampire), with Morgan Gendel (Law & Order, Star
Trek:
!Deep
!> Space Nine and Next Generation) writing; Gendel and Anthony Peckham
(Don't
!Say
!> a Word, 5 Days to Midnight) are executive producers.
!>
!> Farscape: Peacekeeper War
!>
!> Back by popular demand and premiering in fourth quarter 2004! This
4-hour
!> miniseries picks up where the series' finale left off. The miniseries
!will
!> bring resolution -- Farscape-style -- to many of the burning questions
!left
!> unanswered, and reunites John Crichton (Ben Browder), Aeryn Sun (Claudia
!Black)
!> and the rest of the Moya crew for one final adventure. Produced by The
Jim
!> Henson Company, in association with Hallmark Entertainment, the project
is
!> executive produced by Robert Halmi, Jr., and written by series creator
!Rockne
!> O'Bannon and executive producer David Kemper. Brian Henson directs.
!>
!> History of the Devil
!>
!> From Executive Producer Clive Barker and his Seraphim Films, this
six-hour
!> limited series deals with the Devil -- who's trying to litigate his way
!back
!> into Heaven. Tired of hearing "the Devil made me do it," he hires a
!topnotch
!> New York defense attorney to prove that he is the least of the world's
!> problems. Also executive producing are Jeff Hayes and Greg Coote of
!> Coote-Hayes Productions, and Joe Daley and Anthony DiBlasi. Produced by
!Lions
!> Gate Television, executive producer Peter Filardi (The Craft, Salem's
Lot)
!will
!> write the adaptation, which is based on Barker's play, "The History of
the
!> Devil or Scenes from a Pretended Life."
!>
!> Blackwater
!>
!> Based on Michael McDowell's (Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas)
!popular
!> Blackwater novels, this 4-hour miniseries is a Southern gothic tale of
the
!> terrifying rise to power of a Water Witch. Secretly marrying into a
!wealthy
!> and influential Southern family, she uses her powers to destroy her
!family's
!> enemies. The multi-generational supernatural thriller will be produced
by
!> Mandalay Entertainment (Sleepy Hollow) and The Orphanage, in association
!with
!> Sony Pictures Television.
!>
!> Winney
!>
!> A satiric thriller from the creator of Beetlejuice, this 4-hour
miniseries
!is a
!> biting look at American culture. Beloved American cartoon character
!Winney has
!> become so popular that it's possible it may be elected President.
However,
!> Steve, the puppeteer who gave Winney its movements for a popular talk
!show,
!> discovers that the character's creator has made a pact with the Devil to
!bring
!> Winney to life. Steve alone knows the truth and stands in the way of
!Winney's
!> world domination. Based on the popular short film Winney: A Cute
!Candidate by
!> Florence Deygas and Olivier Kuntzel. Larry Wilson (Beetlejuice), Deygas
!and
!> Kuntzel will executive produce, with Wilson writing the script.
!>
!> Ringworld
!>
!> Based on the classic Larry Niven books, this 4-hour miniseries follows
!four
!> explorers who crashland on "Ringworld" -- an artificial world, mammoth
in
!scope
!> and built in the shape of a ring that rotates around a gravitational sun
!force.
!> Exploring its harsh terrain, the team encounters alien beings, but they
!also
!> come to realize that the Ring was once home to an incredibly advanced,
!> technologically-sophisticated civilization which mysteriously vanished
!after
!> building it...or have they? Executive produced by Bob Mandel and Micky
!Hyman.
!>
!> SCI FI's December 2003 miniseries, Battlestar Galactica, was the most-
!watched
!> cable miniseries of the year, and is currently being developed as a
weekly
!> series. The Channel's next major event, 5 Days to Midnight, starring
!Academy
!> Award(R) winner Timothy Hutton and Randy Quaid, will premiere in June
!2004.
!> The fantasy adventure epic Earthsea will follow in December 2004.
!>
!> SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on.
SCI
!FI
!> fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events,
!blockbuster
!> movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a
!> dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and
!currently
!> in 83 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a program service of Universal
!> Television Networks, part of the Universal Television Group
!> (www.universalstudios.com), a division of Vivendi Universal
Entertainment
!> (VUE), the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi
!> Universal, a global media and communications company.
!>
!> SOURCE SCI FI Channel
!>
!> CO: SCI FI Channel; Universal Television Group; Vivendi Universal
!>
!> ST: New York
!>
!> SU:
!>
!> Web site:
http://www.scifi.com
!>
!>
http://www.prnewswire.com
!>
!> 04/05/2004 14:00 EDT
!>
!
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