Rangers a wrap & airing in January?

Davron posted this at the SciFi bboard. I'm not sure of the source.

New 'Babylon 5' Film Wraps Production

LOS ANGELES - The Sci Fi Channel has completed production on the update to the epic futuristic space series "Babylon 5," a two-hour TV movie called "Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers," creator J. Michael Straczynski told reporters at Tuesday's Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, CA.

The film, which takes places shortly after the series left off but a couple years before the "Babylon" spin-off "Crusade," stars Dylan Neal ("Dawson's Creek"), Myriam Sirois and "B5" regular Andreas Katsulas.

The film details the saga of the Ranger fleet as they attempt to restore order to hundreds of civilizations devastated by the Shadow War. If successful, the film will serve as a pilot for a potential new series on the cable network.

"Legend of the Rangers" is slated to air in January of 2002


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"Draal gave Zathras list of things not to say. This was one. No, not good. Not supposed to mention 'one'... or 'THE one'... Mmmm. You never heard that."

I also saw this article on the Sci-fi board.
I don't know if it is "authentic", but it gave me an idea. If I remember correctly, Sci-fi finished out the end of the second season of Farscape and the first season of I-man in January. Then, they started the new seasons of both shows approximately six weeks later.

This probably means nothing, but I thought of it.

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The Zocalo Today mentions the article as well, and says the source, I just don't remember it.


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The source of the article is Zap2it.com:
http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?19134


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Yes, it's true. Dylan, Myriam, Andreas and JMS attended a press conference on Tuesday.

I said it would probably air in December, so wasn't far off. I might have even said about it tipping into 2002, but I wouldn't swear on that.

As to the wrap, that was over in June!

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Glory: "Please, call me Glory. And get up, looking at you is hurting my neck."
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[This message has been edited by AntonyF (edited July 11, 2001).]

The Television Critics Association is in Los Angeles as part of their press tour. Tuesday's schedule was devoted to cable television, and Sci-Fi hosted panels devoted to B5:LR and the upcoming Stephen King sequel mini-series, Firestarter: The Next Chapter, as well as the in-development-forever Steven Spielberg alien abduction saga, Taken. Not bad company to be in. Curiously, there doesn't seem to have been a panel on Children of Dune.

All of the press accounts derive from this one event. Both Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter also carried pieces on the panels, and confirm the January date. As Antony notes, the airdate is the only actual news here, since production wrapped in mid-June. Amusingly, Sci-Fi Wire, SFC's own "news service" is not carrying this story.

I do wish that when people post this sort of thing they'd indicate the source.

Regards,

Joe

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Joseph DeMartino
Sigh Corps
Pat Tallman Division
joseph-demartino@att.net

December? that is 6 months away! I wish it was sooner...I would gladly give up seeing the Stand over for the 4th time to watch B5lr....

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>December? that is 6 months away! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, it is. And January, which is when the movie is going to air, is seven months away. Sorry.

Joe

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Joseph DeMartino
Sigh Corps
Pat Tallman Division
joseph-demartino@att.net

Actually, January is six months away. See how time flies?


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