El fin de TMOS

[María Eugenia Sierra Pérez]

Como ya parecía cantado finalmente JMS ha hablado sobre TMOS.
Confirma el intento para hacer una película de B5 y que al final no se va a 
poder llevar a cabo.

Aquí teneis el mensaje de JMS en inglés



>THE ZOCALO TODAY -February 26, 2005
>
>WHAT'S NEW
>
>THE MEMORY OF SHADOWS - UPDATE
>
>From:  JMS
>Date:  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:52:00
>Subject:  from jms re:tmos
>The rule of thumb in Hollywood is that for every thousand scripts
>that get written, only a few dozen get into development, and out of
>those, only one will ever get made...if that.
>
>A little over a year ago, I was approached by a company that wanted
>to make a Babylon 5 movie.  They optioned the rights, and
>commissioned a script.  (It's worth mentioning that I, not WB, own
>the rights to a B5 movie.  When we were negotiating the original B5
>deal -- by whose terms I will never see a dime in profit -- the one
>thing they did let me have were the movie rights, figuring they'd
>never be worth anything in the long run.)
>
>Anyway...on December 27th of 2003, the script for "The Memory of
>Shadows" was turned in, and the process began of trying to make the
>deal work with all the various forces involved.  It is, to say the
>least, a very difficult process on any movie where the studio does
>not directly take the financial reins.  In terms of B5, Warner's
>position was esssentially, "We only do big-budget movies with big
>names, so you're on your own."  If there were big-name movie actors
>in the film, they'd get behind it; without that, things become very
>problematic, especially as far as the financing was concerned.  You
>much have to put together a consortium of international interests
>and business plans rivaled in complexity only by the Allied invasion
>of Normandy Beach.
>
>Nonetheless, every attempt was made by the people involved to get
>this deal in place.  This was not being done by Doug or myself, but
>rather by the company/individuals who approached us and optioned the
>rights. At times, it seemed we were inches away from a deal...stages
>were reserved at Elstree, actors were contacted, a director was in
>place, the script went through many revisions, a few key staff were
>hired, again not by me...it was really a year-long roller coaster
>ride.
>
>During that time, the people involved, with every good intention,
>tried very hard to pull the necessary pieces together on the deal.
>The option expired in late December 2004, but I renewed it without
>cost, to give those involved more time to try and make things work.
>In the end, however, the deal could be put together, and it did not
>look as if that was going to change at any point in the foreseeable
>future.  So the option has reverted, and to all intents and
>purposes, the project has dead ended.  Nor do I think this
>particular incarnation will arise again at any point in the future,
>though prognostication has always been a tricky art, especially if
>you have to do it without the benefit of hindsight.
>
>This was not the first time someone's taken a run at a B5 feature
>film, and it will not be the last.  Eventually it will happen,
>because such things are simply inevitable.  If they can do a Brady
>Bunch movie, you can be sure that sooner or later, somebody's going
>to do a B5 movie.
>
>The only thing I can say without equivocation is that when that day
>comes, as the rights-holder, I will make darned sure that it's done
>right, because I'd rather have no B5 movie than one that doesn't
>live up to what fans and I myself would want to see.
>
>To that end...I can wait.
>Anyway, just thought you should know the story.
>jms