On 12/10/2010 7:59 PM, Jan wrote:   
   > Since JMS seems to play more on the Facebook page lately, I thought I'd see   
   if   
   > he might give us the traditional year-end round-up over there.   
   >   
   >> ME:  This may not work well if you don't have a chance to answer before it   
   >>> scrolls off the front page but...   
   >>   
   >> It's time to ask for the usual year-end round-up of what you're working on,   
   >>> what is finished, what might happen, what won't happen and all the things   
   in   
   >>> between or that we don't know anything about yet.   
   >>   
   >> Among other thi...ngs, people keep asking about Lensman and I've   
   been>wondering   
   >> about Dream Police and Midnight Nation potential projects.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks!   
   >   
   >   
   >> JMS:  Lensman is on hold at Universal, because they know it would cost a   
   mint   
   >>> to produce and they're not certain about the name value, if it's well   
   enough   
   >>> known to bring in an audience that will make the investment pay off...I'm   
   >>> spec'ing out feat...ures now based on Dream Police and Midnight Nation, and   
   >>> have an offer to direct the latter once it's done...I'm almost one-third   
   into   
   >>> the second volume of Superman Earth One, which is going really   
   well...making   
   >>> one last pass at Shattered Union and nearly finished with the outlilne for   
   >>> Vanishing Point, both for Bruckheimer...I may have something to say about a   
   >>> new home for Apocalypse Al in the next week or so...there's been an   
   >>> interesting development on The Flickering Light, about which more   
   later...and   
   >>> two other feature projects have landed on my desk as possible assignments,   
   so   
   >>> we'll see where they go.   
   >   
   > In answer to a question about Vanishing Point being a remake of a 70's car   
   chase   
   > movie:   
   >   
   >> JMS:  Nope, same title, different film. (That title has been used a few   
   times   
   >>> elsewhere as well, but not quite as appropriately as in this case.)   
   >>   
   >> BTW, got word that Superman Earth One has gone back for yet another   
   printing.>I   
   >> think we're getting very close to the 100K mark.   
   >   
   > For those who haven't been there, JMS' Facebook Fan page is:   
   >   
   > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fans-of-J-Michael-Straczynski/13   
   652459402959?ref=ts   
   >   
   > Jan   
   >   
   >   
   Not to hijack a thread which has become a Lensman discussion, but JMS didn't   
   mention   
   anything about the Forbidden Planet remake/prequel.  Is this still an active   
   project   
   with him and the studios?   
      
   Mike   
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