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He will prob- Battle of renewed for may Executive Art Director is not involved, but Dean Ifinal) fifth season, although ably star in / am Legend, the man W.R. MOHALLEY Zelda Rubinstein Ithere's a change of venue. The third film version of Richard Stockwell, Editor novel. and Mickey Rooney are. Ififth season shows will air on Matheson's classic SF DAVID MCDONNELL Television: Colum- the forthcoming home of Production is underway on Genre I TNT. TriStar Television is devel- Managing Editor/Designer I the B5 reruns as well as two all- What Dreams May Come. bia animated MICHAEL STEWART Inew, made-for-TNT TV Robin Williams, Max von oping the inevitable of Godzilla as movies. Sydow and Cuba Gooding Jr. TV series version Special Effects Editor cartoon of / DAVID HUTCHISON Here's the rundown. Fourth star in this adaptation of another well as a new Jeannie. season episodes (both new and Matheson novel. Annabella Dream of Assistant Editors the Hard continue to air this Sciorra will play Williams' V.E.N. U.S. on PATRICK HAMBRECHT repeats) will OLEXA (a.k.a. A.N.G.E.L.) has KEITH fall on their regular stations. In great love, his wife. Drive ordered Fox as a mid- 1998. B5 goes to the cable sta- There have been numerous been by Contributing Editors It's a Weird TIMPONE January TNT will release changes since the Fanta- season replacement. ANTHONY tion. On 4, MICHAEL CINCOLD Science-like sitcom with a com- debut a new TV movie, fol- sy Film Calendar on page 24 SICRUN WOLFF SAPHIRE lowed by the regular weekday went to press early. The most puter-created beauty. of the Tim NBC greenlighted The Van Consultants % afternoon broadcast of the four notable is the delay TOM WEAVER (the vam- seasons of reruns. The new fifth Burton Superman film which Helsing Chronicles IAN SPELLING KERRY O'OUINN season episodes will play on a weekly basis, Monday nights, Senior Art Director IE premiering January 19. JIM MCLERNON ^ Claudia Christian is exiting Art Staff V the series, apparently, effective YVONNE JANC LUIS RAMOS with the fifth season's start. m^ ERIC ZHANG Updates: Jennifer Lien will JASON POLKOVITZ only be in rwo Voyager episodes JOHN DINSDALE this season. Jeri Ryan—who West Coast Correspondents plays the new character Seven MARC SHAPIRO WARREN of Nine—has dropped the Lynn BILL credit. Previ- from her screen Financial Director: Joan Baetz ously on Dark Skies, she was Marketing Director: Frank M. Rosner Circulation Manager: Maria DamlanI billed as Jeri Lynn Ryan. Staff: Debbie Irwin, Dee Erwine, Katn- Kevin Dobson won't be arlne Repole, Jose Soto. Correspondents: (West Coast) Kvie back in the syndicated F/X: The counts Pat Jankiewicz, jean-Marc & in Series. Evil Patrick Stewart matches wits against smart alec k\ds Randy Lofficien (NYC) David Hirsch, Joe Nazzaro, Steve Looks like there won't be a Masterminds (now in theaters). Mike McAvennie, iswires, Dan Yakir; (Boston) Will iVlur- Tarzan in town after new TV ray; (Chicago) Jean Airey, Kim Howard hunter's descendant fights chrisslnger, Bill all. Instead of going ahead with would star Nicolas Cage. It will pire Johnson; (West) Craig for mid-season. It's now Florence, Jo Beth Taylor, Michael a second season of Tarzan: The not begin shooting this month, evil) Wolff; IVA) George Kochell, Lynne called Legacy. Epic Adventures (which was but instead commences in Janu- Stephens; IFL) Bill Wilson; (Canada) producers of Stargate Peter Bloch-Hansen, Mark Phillips; intended to replace star Joe Lara ary. Correspondingly, it's shift- The (Booklogl Scott schumack; (Car- release SG-1, of course, made two semi- with Xander De Clie and add a ing from a summer 1998 toons) Kevin Brockschmldt, Mike changes in the mythos Bob Muleady. Jane), the producers are opting to next Christmas. notable Fisher, Tom Holtkamp, Thanks: Robert Beltran, Guiilermo never-before-seen Films: David Cro- established by the film. The to go with Fantasy Del Toro, Vincent D'Onofrlo, Aron various merchandis- reruns. How? The same compa- nenberg's next film, an SF movie and Elsenberg, Erin Gray, David Hanson, Melissa it StarGate. Richard Herd, Lori Holland, ny previously produced four action-adventure, has a unique- ing spin-offs made Kates, penny Kenny, James Kester, TV, it's Stargate. And the seasons of a Tarzan TV series ly capitalized title: eXistenZ. On Scott King, Leah Krantzler, Glen Lar- Kurt Russell LoDuca, Raj Manoharan, starring Wolf Larson (STAR- Paramount has picked up character played by son Joseph Tom Phillips, W.C. Pope, Alex Proyas, rights to The Edu- in the film was Colonel Jack LOG #172). Only the first sea- distribution sandy Rice, Leah Rosenthal, John Richard Dean Mira Sorvino, son of shows were broadcast in cation of Little Tree. James O'Neil; on TV, smith, Doug snauffer, Robert Anderson plays Colonel Jack Jeff Walker, Jason Yungbluth, the U.S. (where it was not a rat- Cromwell and Graham Greene "1" zsmGcKis This extra letter ings performer), but the Larson star in this biographical drama.