Posted on 11/27/2006 7:51:02 PM PST by KevinDavis
Actress Teryl Rothery has been cast in Babylon 5: The Lost Tales, a new direct-to-DVD movie now in production in Vancouver, British Columbia. The film (actually a collection of two one-hour stories) will be released in 2007, picking up some time after the events of the hit 1990s sci-fi television show.
Rothery co-starred for seven years on Stargate SG-1 as the beloved Dr. Janet Fraiser. She will play an ISN news reporter in The Lost Tales, according to writer, director, and executive producer J. Michael Straczynski.
The Lost Tales is intended to be a multiple-DVD series, with this first 2-hour installment subtitled "Voices In the Dark." It stars B5 alums Bruce Boxleitner ("John Sheridan"), Tracy Scoggins ("Elizabeth Lochley"), and Peter Woodward ("Galen").
(Excerpt) Read more at gateworld.net ...
They need this lady to come back. THEN you have a decent series.
I loved that show. I have a blockbuster online membership. I have all the episdoes lined up for rental. LOL!
Direct to DVD? Oh dear.
Ping
KEWL!!!
Bab 5 has made a ridiculous sum of money in DVD (estimates as high as $500 mil), that's what convinced Warner to do some more stuff. But there were some conflicts about what to do, one of the big things is that Warner wanted a new cast of younger bigger names playing the original characters if they were going to fork over big budget money, JMS was adamant that what made the characters great was the actors and he wasn't going to replace them (and even more adamant about the actors that had died, as long as JMS has say there will never be a Ja'Kar played by anyone but Andreas). This killed any big movie project, but they found a happy middle ground in the direct to DVD idea (lower budget, therefore Warner was willing to get the old actors back). Who knows, if the direct to DVDs make any money Warner could be convinced to cough up the money for a real movie.
Yes, but she didn't return for the last part of the original one, either.
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