Contents: Overview - Backplot - Questions - Analysis - Notes - JMS

Overview

This project is just a rumor for now and may or may not happen.

Release date: 2005?

Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by ???

Plot Points

Unanswered Questions

Analysis

Notes

• Ain't It Cool News and Coming Attractions have both run articles on the rumors about a B5 theatrical movie. Coming Attractions has a page devoted to the B5 movie.

jms speaks

• As for the feature...that one is going to be the object of some considerable attention from me. I'll probably do what I tend to do for special stuff (should it get into development): noodle it and play with it and outline stuff until finally it refuses to wait any longer, then take a week or so and do nothing else but burn through the draft, then stick it in a box for another week, not look at it, then come back and pretend somebody else wrote it and tear it to shreds, then rebuild.

• Any idea who'd direct the movie?
  I wouldn't want to say anything on this issue that might preclude any discussions; everything is fluid at this time, since nothing is set.

• What did you think of the trailer for the new "Star Wars" movie?
  Thought it looked great...and definitely raises the idea that maybe there shouldn't be a B5 movie until after the last of the three new SW films is out and done. Ain't no way any other SF film project can compete with that.

• In response to a 1998 rumor on the Coming Attractions B5 page
  No posters have been created. Nor have I spoken to WB about any movie concept concerning the Vorlons' impact on Earth. There were some preliminary discussions about a possible storyline (none of which has been accurately reported anywhere, that info is still held only by us), but it's my feeling that a) it's best to concentrate on getting CRUSADE right first, and b) I'm loathe to compete with the new Star Wars movies, and would rather wait until that's all done, so we can also take advantage of new technologies to make the show. Simply put...I'm in no hurry. I'd rather get it right than get it done on Tuesday.

• The B5 tv movies produced so far cost just a tick under $3 million.

  We could almost certainly do a high-quality theatrical feature for about $35-40 million.

  The average going price for a feature these days is $55 million.

Last update: January 5, 1999