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Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:17:36 +0000 (UTC)
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

Jan wrote:
>
>
> This is where I always get confused.  At what point of 'in development' would
> the offer to be show-runner happen?  From the outside, it seems like there's
> still a good chance that the show in question still won't happen.  How tied up
> are you once you've accepted an offer like that? You've mentioned before that
> 'in development' is a long process, but are we talking a matter of months or a
> couple of years?
>

I think the point of confusion is that there are two shows here, one
that's in development for next year, which I created, and the other is
a series wherein the people doing it came to me about running it.  This
was similar to the Global Frequency situation last year, which I
would've worked on had the pilot been picked up.  In this case, the
folks involved are already doing one series, for which this would be a
companion series, and 99% of the financing is now in place.  Should
that last 1% go as planned, the series would prep in January and shoot
starting in March.

> I know, too many questions.  I guess what I'm asking for is a 'primer' on How
> Things Work.  When you've got a minute, that is...

We learn by doing.

jms