A new B5 story. Did you know this? I did not know this.
I am so out of the loop.
Times change. Dangers remain. 10 years after he became President of the Interstellar Alliance, Sheridan prepares for a fateful Babylon 5 reunion that could prevent Earth’s impending doom…if he will also compromise his core principles. Meanwhile, commander Lochley confronts an unexpected interloper on the way station – a being whose presence makes the B5 freeport the crossroads between heaven and hell. In Voices in the Dark, Series creator J. Michael Straczynski reunites with stars Bruce Boxleitner and Tracy Scoggins in two richly imagined stories set after the events of the original series. Richly imagined, too, is Straczynski’s vision of the 23rd century (including a dazzling New York City) – a vision made more spectacular via filmmaking technology unavailable during the original series.
Okay. This, Heroes, and maybe I’ll be getting Battlestar Galactica as well. My SF itch has been well-scratched this year.
Yep. I saw the announcement on the Babylon 5 Scripts site.
According to some of JMS’s posts on USENET, this “Lost Tales” DVD is the first of several. The expectation is that there will be several more B5 stories filmed and sold direct-to-DVD. Apparently, Warner Home Video has made record profits from the B5 DVDs, but the other parts of Warner Bros. don’t care. WHV has decided to go ahead and finance these episodes, despite the fact that WB TV won’t spend a penny on them.