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EXCLUSIVE: MPI Original Films has acquired film and TV rights to William Forstchen’s bestselling John Matherson Trilogy, consisting of the books One Second After, One Year After and The Final Day, for series development with J. Michael Straczynski attached to write the pilot. MPI will co-produce with Vince Gerardis…

A new version of the Emmy-winning space opera television series Babylon 5 is in the works. The CW has put in development Babylon 5, described as a “from-the-ground-up reboot” of the critically acclaimed 1990s series, from original series creator J. Michael Straczynski and Warner Bros. Television. Written by…

We now know the end date for Netflix’s sci-fi series Sense8. The Internet network revealed today that the series created by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski will wrap June 8. In its release, Netflix described the series-ender as follows: “Personal lives are pushed aside as the cluster, their…

Merry Christmas. Just in time for the holidays, Netflix has announced premiere dates for the special Christmas episode of Sense8, as well as the launch of the second season of sci-fi thriller series’ executive produced by Lana Wachowski, Grant Hill and J. Michael Straczynski. Sense8: A Christmas Special premieres…

Jerry Doyle, a Libertarian talk radio host and actor best known for his 5-season long co-starring role on the cult science fiction series Babylon 5 died on Wednesday in his Las Vegas home. He was 60. His family made the news public via his official Twitter account. Born in Brooklyn in 1956, Doyle began his adult life…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM has optioned Rising Stars, the Top Cow comic series created by J. Michael Straczynski. He is set to write the script, and Alex Gartner and Richard Suckle will produce for Atlas Entertainment. Straczynski created/produced the Emmy and Hugo-winning Babylon 5 series, and he most recently wrote and exec…

They might be on the small screen now, but Lana Wachowski and Andy Wachowski are looking at the big picture with Sense8. With all 12 episodes of the Netflix series set to debut June 5 on the streaming service, Sense8, as my video review says, is a thrilling drama. Yes, the philosophically wide-ranging and globally…

Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski has been tapped to write Red Mars, Spike TV’s scripted drama series project in development based on Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling "hard" science-fiction trilogy about the colonization and terraforming transformation of Mars into a place where humans can live…

Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski and digital company Graphic India have joined with Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes‘ Chernin Entertainment to turn Straczynski's upcoming graphic novel Titans into a feature. Straczynski, whose credits include Thor, World War Z and Sense8, will write the script and produce…

EXCLUSIVE: For the first time, iconic sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison has allowed a film to be developed based on Repent, Harlequin! Said The Ticktock Man, the seminal story he published in Galaxy magazine in 1965. Ellison has granted an option directly to J. Michael Straczynski, whose recent credits include World War Z…

The Wachowskis' new sci-fi drama project Sense8 has landed at Netflix with a 10-episode order for a debut on Netflix Instant in late 2014. The series is produced by Georgeville TV, Reliance Entertainment/Motion Picture Capital's TV studio, in association with J. Michael Straczynski‘s Studio JMS. This marks the first…

EXCLUSIVE: Valiant Entertainment and The Mummy producer Sean Daniel are teaming up to turn the Valiant Comic Shadowman into a live action feature. They’ve made a deal with J. Michael Straczynski to write the script. Straczynski's work ranges from writing/producing TV series that include Babylon 5 and Jeremiah…