Friday 11-17-00

Friday 11-17-00 - R.B.

Word from Robert Mandell (credits) this week. As always, he's juggling an obscene amount of projects.

Books: Keep an eye out for some children's book series that will appear in 2001 & 2002 (Rave, Web Warriors, and Avalon, Web of Magic, to name a few). Coming up soon is a comic book series written by Chris Rowley (credits) and illustrated by Justin Norman called "The 3rd Degree." In the movie area, a live action feature of Terry Brook's Magic Kingdom For Sale is in the works. Robert says "if you haven't read this book, it's terrific stuff." Also, an animated feature based on the classic Larry Niven (check out All The Myriad Ways - R.B.) series of Ringworld is in the works. TV (does this man not rest?): Another join up with Chris Rowley, these two have something that is still being shopped around (so I'm keeping quiet for the moment). Expect a kick-butt, all CGI action TV series down the road. (We'll post more when it develops.) Galaxy Rangers (Thought I'd forgotten?): The pursuit for a release (be it VHS/DVD) is holding a backseat at the moment while Cartoon Network is reviewing "Tortuna" and "Shoot Out" for a possible broadcast window. (Dea Connick Perez is the VP of programming down there in Atlanta - R.B.) The possibility of sending some eps to W.B. for review was mentioned. If all else fails, "we'll continue to pursue the video releases..." So, with all that, we'd like to say "Thanks" to Robert for taking some time out of his schedule and entertaining ours interests.

Ran across a new discovery today during a routine eBay search for Galaxy Rangers material. Found a listing for some storyboard art from one Ken Landgraf (see credits)! Ken's got his own website up. I'll be sending off an email tomorrow and hopefully we'll get some comments from Ken and his latest doings.