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April 27, 2000 Cleavant Derricks, guest starred on tonight's Charmed. This one snuck up on me (maybe it's because I don't get the WB locally anymore). Thanks to Temporal Flux for the post. Screen capture courtesy of Briaslider. Charmed - Ex Libris Episode # 41 Phoebe encounters the ghost of fellow student Charleen who was the victim of a demon that kills individuals that can prove the existence of demons. As Phoebe tries to help Charleen seek justice for her untimely death, Prue helps a father bring his daughter's killer to justice. Dan unearths parts of Leo's past and informs Piper that Leo was married. Starring Guest Starring
Teleplay by Brad Kern
April 24, 2000 The second episode of Cleopatra
2525 written by Sliders writer-producer Chris Black airs this week (check
my February 21 post on this page for information on his first episode).
The Betrayers did a good job of cloning Cleo -- the double actually believes she's the real thing!... Can Sarge and Hel figure out which one is their real teammate in time? Cast
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March 15, 2000 Sliders Zoe McLellan, guest starred on this weeks Star Trek: Voyager. Zoe played Logan St.Clair in the Sliders third season episode Double Cross. Star Trek: Voyager - Good Shepherd Janeway shepherds three troubled crew members on a short mission away from Voyager to help them adjust to the demands of their jobs and recognize the constraints of their personalities. But an unexpected attack threatens their lives, demanding that all four work in full interaction and complete unity in order to survive. Starring Guest Starring
Directed by
March 10, 2000 The much anticipated movie starring Jerry O'Connell, Mission to Mars, started in theaters today. Here is the plot from Cinescape Online. MISSION TO MARS
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Charlie O'Connell has a new movie that debuts tonight as well, a made for TV movie. "Death by Magic" airs tonight on UPN's Blockbuster cinema. Here is the information from UPN's official site. DEATH BY MAGIC In the last days of the millennium as the forces of evil attempt to dominate the earth, a handsome young street magician, Michael Devane is mankind's last chance to preserve morality. Since the beginning of time, a war has raged between good and evil for the fate of the earth. Fighting the battle for good is the Grand Magus. At the turn of each new millennium, when the forces of evil are at their most powerful, a new magician is chosen to lead the confrontation against The Other Side. The current Grand Magus, Simon and his assistant, the beautiful and powerful Kiley, must race against time to find his replacement as the earth disintegrates under the growing power of malevolence.
When the true nature - and power - of the existence of evil is shown to him in the guise of the corrupt and forceful Regina, he agrees to undergo Simon's training. To ensure her dominance and to fatally distract Michael, Regina kidnaps and draws Molly to the side of evil. After Michael passes Simon's tests and emerges as the new Grand Magus, he confronts Regina to rescue Molly's soul and sets the stage for an epochal, supernatural battle of good versus evil. Starring
March 2, 2000 It would appear the Sliders Movie project is moving right along. This article came from yesterdays SCI FI Wire. O'Connell To Discuss Sliders Movie Jerry O'Connell, who starred in The SCI FI Channel series Sliders, told SCI FI Wire that he is scheduled to meet the week of Mar. 6 with series co-creator Robert K. Weiss to discuss the possibility of making a feature film based on the show. It would be O'Connell's first association with the series since he left it after the fourth season. Speaking at a press event to promote his upcoming movie Mission to Mars, O'Connell said, "I'm meeting with [Weiss] next week for a possible Sliders movie. A feature film. ... [It] should be pretty fun." Weiss co-created the popular SF series in 1995 with Tracy Torme. O'Connell, who played the lead character Quinn Mallory, said he lost touch with the show since he left, owing in part to what he called a contractual dispute between him and Studios USA, which owns the show. It's part of the reason he would decline to take part in another television series based on Sliders, O'Connell said. Studios USA had no comment on the dispute. Studios USA is owned by USA Networks, which also owns The SCI FI Channel. In Mission to Mars, O'Connell plays astronaut Phil Ohlmyer, who takes part in a rescue mission to the red planet. "It's so much more fun to be an astronaut," he said of his role. "You put on that spacesuit every day. You have the American flag over one arm. You've got a NASA patch on another. That's like every red-blooded American's dream come true. It was a real pleasure. I was like a four-year-old again getting into that suit. I loved it."
February 21, 2000 Sliders writer-producer Chris
Black is keeping busy, He's a producer on Studio USA series Cleopatra 2525.
Not only that but he seems to be writing a few episodes as well the first
of which is the episode that airs this week (be advised that this episode
is the Conclusion of the two part story started in episode # 5 "Home").
Thanks to Temporal Flux for the information.
Attempting to save Sarge's sorely misled sister, Cleo winds up in a Betrayer robot factory. Can Sarge and Hel get to her before she's cloned and programmed for destruction? Cast
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February 4, 2000 Sliders movie update, from an interview with Cleavant Derricks, as the series draws to a close. Plus a little bit about Cleavants new CD and the possibility what the future may hold. This excerpt is from an article that appeared at scifi.ign.com. All Good Things... As tonight proves, however, all good things must come to an end. But don't count Sliders out just yet. "Sliders never dies; it never goes away," Derricks insists. "It always stays there because it's in the imagination of every person that watched that show. Who's to say what's going to come out of it?" In fact, Sliders co-creator Robert Weiss recently announced plans for a Sliders feature film. "Robert Weiss, one of the best producers that we've had a chance to work with, always had a fondness for this show," says Derricks. "He and Tracy Torme have discussed things. I'm going to be talking with Tracy later on this week, because Tracy had mentioned that he needs to talk to me about some ideas that they've been discussing. I would trust and hope that if that came about, it would happen with the original cast, because I would love to give that back to the fans. But I wouldn't mind even doing that with the original cast and even coming on with the newer cast later on, because I had that much fun with all of those people, and I think they have something to say about sliding." But whatever the future holds for Sliders, there is life beyond the series for Derricks. He has a CD out entitled Beginnings. Inspired by his turn as Crying Man, the album has a special track just for Sliders fans. "I have a song on it called 'Remmy's Slide,'" Derricks says. "It was just my thanks to the fans for so many wonderful seasons of a great run. That CD is out there because of the response of the fans." Derricks also has a second CD in the works and plans to appear on the screen again soon.
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street magician Michael and his devoted, but troubled sister Molly are
footloose street performers in a world of evil-induced natural and manmade
disasters, disease and famine. Although Michael has always been subconsciously
aware that his magical powers were greater than he acknowledged, he is
totally resistant and disbelieving when approached by Simon and Kiley and
identified as Simon's heir apparent.
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