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Changeling to compete in Cannes Film Festival
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:01 AM - By: Jan
Variety reports that "Changeling", written by J. Michael Straczynski, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie will be one of the films competing at this prestigious film festival.
Congratulations to JMS and all those who made the movie. |
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Volume 14 Now Available to Order
Friday, March 28, 2008 10:44 AM - By: Jan
Volume 14 of The Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski is now available to order. Read the entire page before ordering so you don't miss any of the important information about:
-- The Proof of Purchase for Volume 15
-- When the volume will ship
-- What the 'Signing Bunker' is and what's happening there
-- The cool extras that have been added.
As always, the Debut Discount of $10 off the $39.99 price will be in effect for the first week so get your order in by April 3! |
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Drawing for a signed Comic-Con B5 Mini-Comic
Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:30 PM - By: DougO
I'd like to announce that a new drawing is available at the "Contest" tab above. This month we're giving away a rare San Diego Comic-Con Mini-Comic that is signed by JMS! Entry in the drawing is free so don't miss your chance at this very rare item. |
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JMS Announcements from WonderCon
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:37 AM - By: Jan
JMS had several announcements to make during his spotlight panel at WonderCon on February 23:
* He'll be doing some writing for DC Comics - no word as to what title or titles as yet.
* A deal has been signed for him to write two creator-owned titles for Image, one called "Justice" and the other called "Ten Grand".
* There are two new miniseries planned for Marvel: one Submariner and one Captain America.
* Now that the writer's strike is over, he's got seven more feature films in the works, two of them in the SF genre.
* JMS is starting his own production company named "And the Horse You Rode In On Productions".
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Proof of Purchase for Free Volume 15
Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:29 AM - By: Jan
The Scripts Team has begun the process of ensuring that every fan who buys the 14 volume Script Book series will get their free Volume 15. Go to http://www.babylon5scripts.com/proof/ for complete instructions once you have your Volume 13. Volume 15 will be shipping with Volume 14 so you need to complete your Proof of Purchase *before* ordering Volume 14. |
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Script Book 13 Now Available
Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:57 PM - By: Jan
Volume 13 of the Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski is now available. The discounted price of $29.99 is available only until 10:00 PM PST on January 29, 2008. |
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Volume 13 Available January 23
Friday, January 18, 2008 9:38 PM - By: Jan
Volume 13 of The Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski will be available for sale on January 23 at 10:00 AM PST. With seven scripts from Season 5, this is the penultimate book in the 14 volume series.
"These books are the closest I will come to going to everyone's house, one at a time, and saying 'this is what happened, once upon a time." - J. Michael Straczynski
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Fans support the striking writers
Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:15 PM - By: Jan
A grassroots effort has begun for fans to support the writers in their fight for a fair contract. fans4writers.com has grown out of a group of fans at whedonesque.com to deliver pizzas to the striking writers. It's now encompassing any and all fandoms because we have a unique opportunity to let the world know that when the writers went on strike, so did we fans.
What can you do? Organize food drops to the striking writers if you can. Send a postcard or letter to the AMPTP to let them know how you feel. Don't forget to let the advertisers of your favorite shows know that you support the writers. Sign the petition in support of the WGA. The fans4writers.com folks are accepting donations with plans to a) continue food drops, b) place ads in the 'trades' showing our support and c) contribute to the WGA fund to help support the striking writers.
JMSNews.com salutes these efforts and encourages all fans to get involved. |
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Volume 13, B5 Elections & 2008 Calendars
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:29 AM - By: Jan
In a newsletter from the Scripts Team today, it was announced that Volume 13 of The Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski will be released in January 2008.
You can now show the world your patriotism and political savvy with the new Election Gear. Let the world know that you want the Londo/G'Kar ticket (or vice versa) or make your stand for a balanced budget by electing Zathras and Zathras (and Zathras and Zathras and...)
An all new Quote Calendar and the Concept Art Calendar for 2008 is now available. |
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Special Never Surrender Dreams print
Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:05 AM - By: Jan
For one week only, you can get a print of JMS's message "Never Surrender Dreams" that he'll personally inscribe to the name (or names) that you designate and autograph as well.
Go to http://NeverSurrenderDreams.com for information on the print and to see a short video of JMS telling what that saying means to him. |
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Volume 12 now available to order
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:54 PM - By: Jan
Volume 12 of the Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski is now available to order. Books will ship on September 18 and the debut discount also runs until September 18. |
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Volume 12 for sale on August 31
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 5:06 AM - By: Jan
It's been announced that Volume 12 of the Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski will be available for sale on August 31st. "Vacation Amnesty" is available for those who might be unable to order during the 7-day discount period by emailing help@babylon5scripts.com and putting Vacation Amnesty in the subject line. You will then be added to a list of people who will still be able to purchase the book at the debut discount upon your return. |
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Babylon 5: The Lost Tales update
Saturday, August 04, 2007 9:24 AM - By: Jan
B5: TLT is now the # 1 SF&F title on Amazon.com and # 6 in overall DVD sales.
Only available for pre-order for a few days, the Lost Tales has reached #564 at Amazon.co.uk |
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JMS Project Update
Friday, June 15, 2007 9:25 PM - By: Jan
JMS has confirmed that he's written and turned in a script featuring Marvel's Silver Surfer for Fox Studios. The film is currently slated for a 2008 release date.
In addition, JMS is writing the screenplay for They Marched Into Sunlight based on the book by Pulitzer Prize winning author David Maraniss to be directed by Paul Greengrass and distributed by Universal Pictures. "They Marched Into Sunlight" was a nominated finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2004. |
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Lost Tales Trailer and Video Diaries
Friday, June 01, 2007 7:24 PM - By: DougO
Check out www.babylon5.com for the new Babylon 5: The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark trailer and some of the Video Diaries.
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales DVD will debut on July 31, 2007 and is available for pre-order now. |
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Babylon 5: The Lost Tales Available for Pre-Order
Sunday, April 29, 2007 5:00 AM - By: Jan
--Babylon 5: The Lost Tales is now available for pre-order. The Region 1 release is slated for July 31, 2007 and is available for pre-order at Amazon.com and other outlets.
--Region 2 is scheduled for a Sept. 3, 2007 release and is available for pre-order at Play.com and other outlets.
--Volume 11 of the Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski is now available. With the longest introduction to date, this volume covers the tumultuous events surrounding the eventual confirmation of the fifth season of Babylon 5. Also included are the scripts for "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars", "Sleeping in Light" and "No Compromises" as well as four other fourth and fifth season scripts. |
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:40 PM - By: DougO
This is a bit off-topic, but I thought I’d let you know about a new site I created at weeklyreleases.com. The purpose of the site is to make it easy to view new DVD, CD, Books, and game releases each week. One of my goals was to display lots of products with large images on one page. This results in the site being very bandwidth hungry, however if you have a fast internet connection all is good. Please check it out if that sounds interesting. |
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Saturday, March 10, 2007 6:12 AM - By: Jan
Variety.com reports that JMS's "The Changeling" remains fast-tracked and is attracting such names as Clint Eastwood to direct and Angelina Jolie to star.
--Spoiler warning: [url=http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3971CGSociety.org[\url] features an article on the effects of the upcoming Babylon 5: The Lost Tales with set photos and comments from JMS, concept artist Tim Earls and others.
--At New York Comic Con JMS confirmed that he's writing an adaptation of the novel "World War Z" by Max Brooks for Paramount and Brad Pitt's Plan B Productions. The book is a series of interviews with survivors of the zombie wars and JMS has invented an interviewer for the adaptation but intends to remain as faithful as possible to the book. |
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Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:13 PM - By: Jan
Volume 10 of the Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski will be available as of 10:00 AM (Pacific time) February 28, 2007. As always, there will be a $10 discount for the first week the book is available. Go to Babylon5Scripts.com for details.
Also, for a sneak peek at the new Babylon 5 logo and a CGI sample, check out http://www.babylon5scripts.com/TLT-JMS-Photos.html |
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Monday, October 02, 2006 4:14 PM - By: Jan
Volume 9 of the Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski is now available! With seven (count 'em) scripts from the fourth season, the Shadow War ends and the march toward Earth begins! Also included in this volume are photos from JMS's own archives as well as an outline for one of the Babylon 5 novels and a peek at what might have been in store for the DC comics. $10 discount period is good through 10:00 PM Thursday, October 5. |
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:12 PM - By: DougO
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - JMS announced at San Diego Comic Con recently that Warner Bros. has greenlit a new Babylon 5 project-Babylon 5: The Lost Tales. Currently planned to go direct to DVD (though there's a chance of broadcast, too), JMS described the the project as "An anthology show set in the Babylon 5 universe." "...stories I had for the series but never had a chance to actually put into gear-a bunch of different stories I never had time to produce."
JMS is slated to write, produce and direct the segments, about 30 minutes each. As of SDCC, the plan is to shoot the first of them in September, do post-production the last quarter of 2006 and the first DVD should come out in the second quarter of 2007. |
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Friday, June 23, 2006 3:09 PM - By: Jan
Volume 8 of the Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski is now available with $10 off through Tuesday, June 27. For this volume, JMS has rediscovered all of the original concept art by Peter Ledger much of it never seen before. A full-color sample is on the back cover of the book and there are an additional 15 pages of black and white pages inside. All that and seven Third and Fourth season scripts! |
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Thursday, June 01, 2006 7:37 PM - By: Jan
Volume 7 of the Script Books is now available. This book is the midway point in the regular volumes and to commemorate the occasion a special gift will be included with orders through Aug. 31. Be sure to check out the new items in the Quote Store as well. |
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Thursday, April 20, 2006 4:20 PM - By: Jan
<a href="http://www.babylon5scripts.com/vol06.html" target="_blank">Volume #6 </a> of The Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski is now available with JMS's deeply personal tribute to Andreas Katsulas as well as the scripts for three of the most important episodes in the series -- "Messages from Earth", "Point of No Return" and "Severed Dreams". $10 discount good through April 24 at 10 PM Pacific Time. |
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:53 PM - By: Jan
It's big...It's really big! At 482 pages, <a href="http://www.babylon5scripts.com/vol05.html" target="_blank">Volume 5 of The Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski </a> is the biggest yet! Why so big, you ask? Because the original draft of 'Matters of Honor' is included which has <i>an entirely different 'A' story</i>. This original draft of the Season 3 opener brings this volume up to 8 scripts. The $10 discount is through March 16. |
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Monday, February 13, 2006 6:13 PM - By: Jan
Volume 4 of The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski is now available at <a href="http://www.babylon5scripts.com/vol04.html" target="_blank">http://www.babylon5scripts.com/vol04.html</a> This volume includes an 18 page partial First Season script entitled "Festival" and "another of Straczynski's long-winded, self-indulgent, overblown introductions and episodic commentaries." where we'll be introduced to the production team responsible for creating the show. Discount of $10 through Feb. 17. |
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Thursday, January 05, 2006 6:32 AM - By: Jan
Volume 3 of The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski is now available at <a target="_blank" style="color: #22229C" href="http://www.babylon5scripts.com/vol03.html"> http://www.babylon5scripts.com/vol03.html</a>. Of this volume, JMS writes, "The funniest, most personal, and most revealing volume yet...the book that was so big we had to push the photos to volume 4 just to fit everything in!". The discount of $10. ends on January 8.<br>
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In the Quotes section of the Joe Store (
<a target="_blank" style="color: #22229C" href="http://www.cafepress.com/thejoestore">http://www.cafepress.com/thejoestore</a>), new items are available in women's styles and items with the "I am Grey" quote have been added. Several items are going to be retired as of January 31.
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Saturday, December 24, 2005 3:45 PM - By: DougO
JMSNews would like to wish you a safe and happy holidays! May 2006 bring
you health, happiness, and lots of great science fiction!
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:47 AM - By: Jan
Two big announcements: 1) At the suggestion of fans hungry
for New Babylon 5 Stuff, the Joe Store is now up and running on Cafe
Press. There you'll find clothing, totes, mugs magnets and many other
items with some of JMS's (and the fans) favorite quotes. Need to let
the world know that "In Purple, I'm Stunning" or that you're "...paying off
karma at a vastly accelerated rate"? Then check out <A
href="http://www.cafepress.com/thejoestore">http://www.cafepress.com/thejoestore</A></DIV>
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2) The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski, Volume # 2 is up for sale at a
discounted rate through December 2, 2005. READ seven first season scripts
that take you to the season-ender, Chrysalis. DISCOVER how real life
influenced JMS in his writing and UNCOVER the story behind the famous
"fasten/zip" scene. CHECK OUT <A
href="http://www.babylon5scripts.com/Vol02.htm">http://www.babylon5scriptscom/Vol02.htm</A> for
more information. |
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:56 PM - By: DougO
I'm happy to report that the first volume of the official Babylon 5 scripts is available at <a href="http://www.babylon5scripts.com">www.babylon5scripts.com</A>. Besides the 5 scripts (including the pilot) this volume also includes a 53 page introduction from JMS, 30 pages of memos written during the creation of the pilot episode, and behind the scenes photos. It all looks very interesting and I can’t wait to take a look. |
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Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:39 AM - By: DougO
Congratulations to Javier Heredia who is the winner of the signed Fantastic Four #527! Details of the next drawing will be posted on the contest page soon. |
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Friday, July 29, 2005 6:39 AM - By: DougO
Check out the Contest page for a chance at winning a <b>signed</b> copy of <b>Fantastic Four #527</b>. This issue features an exclusive cover variant that was only given to people who pre-registered for the Wizard World Philadelphia convention. Special thanks goes out to Jan for donating this item. |
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Sunday, February 27, 2005 3:57 AM - By: DougO
The JMSNews forums are back on-line. I upgraded the site to vBulletin 3.0 so please let me know if you encounter any problems. Thanks for your patience over the last week while I restored the site. |
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Saturday, February 26, 2005 7:55 PM - By: DougO
Restoring the JMSNews forums has taken longer than expected. The good news is that the forums are almost ready to go live. I have updated to vBulletin version 3.0 which required porting the database to the new system. This unfortunately did not go as smooth as hoped but I have worked out most of the issues. I expect the forums to be available Sunday morning. Thanks for your patience. |
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Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:30 AM - By: DougO
Update: My goal is to have the JMSNews Forums up and running late Thursday. Thank you for your patience. |
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Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:56 AM - By: DougO
The extended server outage over the past couple days was due to a malicious user gaining access to the server. Unfortunately this required the machine to be reformatted and re-installed from scratch. I’m still investigating the source of the security breach and am only bring services back that I’m sure are secure. Unfortunately this means the JMSNews Forums will be down for at least another day while I evaluate its security. The mail server is also offline. If required I can be contacted <a href="mailto:dougo@nwlink.com">here</a>. I apologize for the inconvenience. |
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Friday, December 24, 2004 5:31 PM - By: DougO
I’d like to wish everyone happy holidays and a wonderful new year! Here’s looking forward to a safe and enjoyable 2005! |
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Sunday, November 21, 2004 3:48 PM - By: DougO
Congratulations to Brian Ross who is the winner of the signed Sleeping in Light script! Details of the next drawing will be posted on the contest page soon. |
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:33 PM - By: DougO
I’d like to thank everyone who showed up today for the Forums birthday party. A lot of visitors dropped in and we had a good time.
I’ve put up a new drawing on the “Contest” page. This one is for a signed copy of the <b>Sleeping in Light</b> script. This script of the Babylon 5 series finale contains a number of special items including deleted dialog and an alternate ending. A definite collector’s item!
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Tuesday, October 12, 2004 5:28 PM - By: DougO
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<td><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080">Happy Birthday to the
JMSNews Forums! We’re holding a virtual birthday party today to
celebrate the Forums one year anniversary. Please stop by and say hello
in the Birthday Party thread in the “Off Topic Discussion” forum.
Between the hours of 5PM and 8PM GMT (that’s 10 AM - 1 PM Pacific) we
are going to try to set a new record for simultaneous users logged on
the forums. Hope to see you there!<br>
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Btw, if you get a chance, check out the new chat feature while you're at
the Community site. </font></td>
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Sunday, October 10, 2004 10:07 AM - By: DougO
On October 13th we’re holding a virtual birthday party to celebrate the one year anniversary of the JMSNews Forums! Please stop by and say hello in the Birthday Party thread in the “Off Topic Discussion” forum. Between the hours of 5PM and 8PM GMT (that’s 10 AM - 1 PM Pacific) we are going to try to set a new record for simultaneous users logged on the forums. Hope to see you there! |
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Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:45 AM - By: DougO
I discovered today that JMS has been nominated for a 2004 Eagle Award in the "Favourite Comics Writer" category. The Eagle Award was established in 1976 and is one of the comics industry's most coveted international prizes. If you'd like to show your support for JMS you can cast your vote at <a href="http://jmsnews.com/ref.aspx?loc=http://www.komixworld.com/survey/public/survey.php?name=eagle2004KW">Eagle Awards 2004</a>. |
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Saturday, July 31, 2004 6:56 PM - By: DougO
I want to let you know that a transcript of the Hawthorne High School Comic Con Q&A session with JMS has been added to the archive. You can view it under May 8th in the archive or by clicking <a href="http://jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17127">here</a>. You may also download a copy <a href="http://jmsnews.com/docs/hawthorne.doc">here</a> in Microsoft Word format. Special thanks goes out to Jan for transcribing the session. Nice work!
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Monday, May 10, 2004 1:25 PM - By: DougO
Welcome to the JMSNews 2.0 site! If you experience any problems with the site please post a report on the "Site Support and Suggestions" community forum or send <a href="mailto:dougo@jmsnews.com">me</a> email. |
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Saturday, April 24, 2004 8:01 PM - By: DougO
Welcome to the JMSNews 2.0 beta site! The site is currently under construction and may go offline
occasionally without warning. If you experience any problems with the site please post a report on the "Site Support and Suggestions" community forum
or send <a href="mailto:dougo@jmsnews.com">me</a> email. This site will operate in parallel with the existing jmsnews.com site for a period of time so
any problems can be identified and resolved. |
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