Around mid-2008, J. Michael Stracynski, the unquestionable God and fearless leader of the Babylon 5 tribe, made big news when he declared that there will be no further Babylon 5 movies or TV shows or direct-to-DVD spin-offs, mostly because Warner Bros. refuses to give him enough money to make a half-decent movie, the results of which are cheap-looking products like the recent “The Lost Tales”. But perhaps times have changed, especially with JMS now becoming a wanted Hollywood screenwriter, having worked on Clint Eastwood’s “The Changeling” and is now gearing up a remake of “Forbidden Planet”.
The news comes to us courtesy of Skewed and Reviewed, who quotes a source close to JMS, but not JMS himself:
So JMS says that there is no more Babylon 5 unless it is a full picture and is ready to leave the series be rather than compromise it with on the cheap sequels. Seems that despite the series constantly selling better than Warner dreamed of, they always do it cheap. Well as he prepares for New York City Comic Con, JMS, series creator says that now that he is doing films, (The Changeling), and (Upcoming Forbidden Planet), and that he is getting award talk, Warner Bros has initiated contact to ask JMS just how “Big” does it have to be in order to bring Babylon 5 to the screen.
I confirmed this through a JMS source and we are breaking the news to you fans first. I will believe it when and if shooting starts, but I am happy to see that Warner Bros has initated the conversation rather than the other way around.
So again, this is NOT coming from JMS himself, but rather a “JMS source”, so take it for what you will. It could be bullshit, or it could be really good news. Perhaps the success or failure of “Forbidden Planet” at the box office will be the final say.
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