Official Babylon 5 animated movie coming soon

[John Callaham Veteran]

Written by the show's creator J. Michael Straczynski with more details coming next week

 

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I was hoping for a new live action series, but I'll take an animated movie 

[Xenon]

YES! Loved B5! I hope it is a new story and not a rehash. 

[NinjaGinger]

It probably would look dated now, but at the time, I enjoyed it. Animated could mean more weird.

[xpablo]

Well apparently JMS says it's not a reboot or rehash, seems the cast members that are still around have been working on this as well.

I don't know what they plan on for those who are no longer alive, rumor has that it will be released after San Diego Comic Con July 20-23, 2023

most likely going to be on MAX streaming (HBOMax).  I'll definitely be intrigued to watch it. , hopefully this will create new interest and demand for the B5 Reboot to happen.

 

[margrave]

I wanted this new secret project to be a new series of some kind, reboot, continuation, anything.

 

I guess something B5 is better than nothing B5.

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As per J. Michael Straczynski the live action B5 is still proceeding and is on hold till the writers' strike is over.

https://www.facebook.com/officialjmspage/posts/772019140969690

[DramaInc]

On 05/05/2023 at 15:02, primortal said:

As per J. Michael Straczynski the live action B5 is still proceeding and is on hold till the writers' strike is over.

https://www.facebook.com/officialjmspage/posts/772019140969690

The excitement is real. 

I was recently trying a random game called Beyond Blue and Mira Furlan (Delenn) was in it!

[Son_Of_Dad]

Really hinges on the animation style for me

[xpablo]

On 05/05/2023 at 13:02, primortal said:

As per J. Michael Straczynski the live action B5 is still proceeding and is on hold till the writers' strike is over.

https://www.facebook.com/officialjmspage/posts/772019140969690

Still being thought about by WB/CW , not written off yet, but not proceeding, just yet, more like let's see if this Animated feature gets huge ratings and then we'll look into a B5 reboot, then mid way through season 3 we can cancel it, like the good old WB way! . 

I hate to be so negative, but I've been around the block a few times with WB & CW on SciFi series.  Would've been better if they sold B5 to  JMS or NBC/Universal .

[DramaInc]

On 05/05/2023 at 19:19, Son_Of_Dad said:

Really hinges on the animation style for me

I will cry if it ends up looking like anime.  Every time I see anime it just looks like child porn passing as boring low quality cartoons.  ChatGPT could make it if you took tthe "morality" filters off.  

[Zathras5]

On 05/05/2023 at 16:46, DramaInc said:

 was recently trying a random game called Beyond Blue and Mira Furlan (Delenn) was in it!

Ahh, I just played that and didn't even realize until you said that.

[DramaInc]

On 06/05/2023 at 10:39, Zathras5 said:

Ahh, I just played that and didn't even realize until you said that.

Love your nickname.  A true fan.  

[FloatingFatMan]

On 06/05/2023 at 16:07, DramaInc said:

I will cry if it ends up looking like anime.  Every time I see anime it just looks like child porn passing as boring low quality cartoons.  ChatGPT could make it if you took tthe "morality" filters off.  

So, now we know what type of anime you've watched!

Try watching some decent stuff, from places like Studio Ghibli.

[Steven P. Administrators]

I am almost through the first season of Babylon 5 (one episode left). I had never seen it before back when it aired or the reruns, but being a scifi fan I had to give this a go, really hoping Season 2 is better (like many people say online, there are even guides to only watch the "important" episodes of S1, but I watched them all).

[Zathras5]

On 07/05/2023 at 11:00, Steven P. said:

I am almost through the first season of Babylon 5 (one episode left). I had never seen it before back when it aired or the reruns, but being a scifi fan I had to give this a go, really hoping Season 2 is better (like many people say online, there are even guides to only watch the "important" episodes of S1, but I watched them all).

Is it streaming somewhere? I may have to give it a re-watch before this comes out.

Edit: It's on tubi for free... https://tubitv.com/series/300010071/babylon-5?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed

[FloatingFatMan]

On 07/05/2023 at 16:00, Steven P. said:

I am almost through the first season of Babylon 5 (one episode left). I had never seen it before back when it aired or the reruns, but being a scifi fan I had to give this a go, really hoping Season 2 is better (like many people say online, there are even guides to only watch the "important" episodes of S1, but I watched them all).

Season 1 is largely world building stuff.. Season 2 the main plotline really kicks off.

[Xenon]

I haven't been keeping up on the news. Have they announced a animation studio yet?

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On 07/05/2023 at 12:53, Xenon said:

I haven't been keeping up on the news. Have they announced a animation studio yet?

Nothing yet, but the film is done already.  More details next week from Micheal.

[Zathras5]

‘Babylon 5: The Road Home’ Voice Cast Unveiled (Exclusive)

Babylon 5: The Road Home will continue the story he started in the 1990s, with the log line stating, “Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some familiar faces, while discovering cosmic new revelations about the history, purpose, and meaning of the Universe.”

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On 10/05/2023 at 12:17, Zathras5 said:

‘Babylon 5: The Road Home’ Voice Cast Unveiled (Exclusive)

Babylon 5: The Road Home will continue the story he started in the 1990s, with the log line stating, “Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some familiar faces, while discovering cosmic new revelations about the history, purpose, and meaning of the Universe.”

Glad to hear they got all the living cast members back to play their characters.

[Xenon]

I was really hoping for something totally new. I will watch it, but I am kinda disappointed. Reading the story description it does sound kinda interesting. 

Edited May 10, 2023 by Xenon

[DramaInc]

On 10/05/2023 at 15:39, Xenon said:

I was really hoping for something totally new. I will watch it, but I am kinda disappointed. Reading the story description it does sound kinda interesting. 

He said there's a live action series in development still.  

I was always fascinated about what 'beyond the rim' was like.  Or at least I believe what they called the galactic barrier that was so often mentioned in this shows story as a place of where you go when you ready to evolve past this one.  We have established personalities that could be there.  I think the biggest problem is that we've already had to wait too long and they're not picking up enough to fill all appetites.  Well they better commit to like paramount did to star trek.  The writing was better in the 90s during the franchise war and its well known (if you trust the actors and people involved) that DS9 is ripoff that was made after rejecting B5s pitch.  

I really hope the writing catches up with the times and isnt stuck in the 90s and that it's not anime.  

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He posted some images from the movie.

[Zathras5]

Ooh ooh, Zathras!

Is that supposed to be the doctor up top, an older version perhaps.