Well, I've also done some checking before posting any response here or over at JMSNews on this (though I have posted on this subject prior to this over there and will share my thoughts from there here after I say this):
According to my source, this is a problem folks! WB has suddenly in the eleventh hour decided that TMoS isn't high-profile enough since it's roots are in TV. The financiers are, according to my source, looking for big named actors over JMS's objections because they don't think fans will come out to see TV actors in a big screen film. JMS is supposedly battling on their behalf, but my source tells me that things are coming down to the wire and that a decision will have to come soon...either replace the cast with big stars in the same roles or not.
Supposedly WB is also not considering it to be big enough and are in negotiations with other studios to distribute it.
My source tells me, they're sending out casting notices on main cast...word is to prove no firestorm will come from the fanbase if this gets out and thus shut JMS up.
This means we need to make ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN a shitstorm from HELL rises from the fans!
The word I'm getting is that it's turned into a battle of wills between the financiers/WB and JMS and that they think they're going to prove JMS wrong and win that way.
They think the fans and JMS will balk and let them have their way, since they think the fans don't care.
We have to prove them wrong folks!
Did B5 and JMS teach us nothing? The fight ain't over til it's over and that voices can be heard.
The Scapers did it. ST, Firefly, X-Files...all crossovers with little to- no-name casts. Yet, all but Firefly (which hasn't come out yet) were very successful...hell, ST with two casts.
Now word is that Farscape is going to the big screen.
We must let WB know, en masse, how we feel about even the suggestion or rumor of such changes.
We made them over 100 million in DVD sales...partly to "vote" for TMoS and help ensure it's being made!
I don't know about you, but I'll be damned if they're going to take my money then spit on me! Not just me but the original cast!
What a frelling insult!
Speak up and out! I learned that from being a gay man! And by God, this gay man will make sure that WB hears what he has to say, if I have to do it alone!
They need to hear that we're not going to stand for this, even in rumor, so they know we're behind the project and want JMS to say what's right! They need to know that even rumors of such things are NOT acceptable.
If it turns out to be a rumor, which I am assured it is NOT, then we've done no harm and reassured WB that the fans are ready to support JMS and B5 in a big way!
Come on, folks, let's get the word out!
I might have time to get the WB casting offices, features offices, etc., emails and snail mail addies today, but if someone beats me to it, then I won't be hurt in the least.
We voted once, now we need to make sure every vote has been counted!
If you all are concerned, then I would suggest the gathering of B5 fans. An outcry of fandom, telling them that we've been loyal, we've bought the DVD's and proven that we are here and ready to support TMoS in a big way.
We have to tell them, no casting changes...period. We want TMoS to be true B5. We will make sure it's a success, as long as they stay true to us, who've made all that money for them.
A write-in campaign, an email campaign, an outcry from fans around the world saying, "We want TMoS! We want the original cast! And we'll make it big if you do!" is worth our time.
Look what the SCAPERS and FIREFLY fans achieved, folks!
If this is true, or even if it's rumor, then it won't hurt to make our voices heard either way!!!!!!
Remind WB and TPTB that we're here, that our voice has made them millions, that we won't stand for this, that ST, X-files, SW (the OT and to some degree the PT), LOTR all were major successes with little to no star power.
It's the greatness and quality of the story not the names of the stars that will put butts in the seats.
Besides, they have to be reminded that financially, they cannot loose here! There is simply no way with DVD sales making up more the 3 to 4 times the money on films than box office does now. Even Chronicles of Riddick, as badly as that bombed, is most likely going to get its sequel now because the DVD sales have been good.
No...we must not sit by and allow this. We must stand united with JMS and the cast! JMS is fighting for them and us from what my source says, we must fight along side!
He and they have never abandoned us...we simply cannot abandon them!
CE
