[B5JMS] "Jeremiah" news

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From: "John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne at attglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:10:59 +0000 (UTC)
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According to 
<http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-06/29/11.30.books>,

A) Showtime has canceled "Jeremiah".
B) The final episodes will, however, be seen in the US this fall.
C) A comic book is being written (no, not by JMS) to carry the story 
further, that will be made available on-line before printing.
D) The Sci-Fi Channel has made no announcements concerning "Jeremiah", 
but some industry people think they might pick it up for a third season.
E) Platinum Studios is also developing a prequel movie.

-- 
John W. Kennedy
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have 
always objected to being governed at all."
   -- G. K. Chesterton.  "The Man Who Was Thursday"



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 01:13:15 +0000 (UTC)
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>The final episodes will, however, be seen in the US this fall.

One of the rumors I heard -- and again, this is only a rumor, from what I heard
from a few people inside -- the reason they pushed the back of the show this
far was because it's a very political story and there was pressure to shove it
to after the elections.

Overall, this season does have a President who was elected by a minority, who
is using strongarm tactics and biological terror to rule the country, another
would-be leader who is using fear tactics and prison camps to instal a new
world order (a leader who doesn't actually exist, who is a template through
whom other, stronger people do what they want)...a war on American soil....

Anyway, that was the rumor, that it was  too political to air the rest early in
an election year, and thus better to wait.

 jms

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