<spain-b5> El fin de TMOS

[Esteban Benítez]

¿Tienes el enlace?
En jmsnews no lo he visto.

Pues nada.... al menos los derechos son suyos y WB no
puede optar a hacer una peli por su cuenta.

En fin :(


 --- María Eugenia Sierra Pérez <mae_sierra at yahoo.es>
escribió: 
> 
> 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
> 
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