Jerry 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."
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Remmy releases CD: Video debuts on SciFi.com
Cleavant Derricks (Remmy) has released a CD.
Visit Cleavant's official site for details at http://cderricks.com. Sci-Fi.com
debuted Cleavants video for Remmy's Slide. All sliders fans will love this
one. Check it out at http://www.scifi.com/sliders/cleavant/
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Sliders Movie Is In The Works
Sliders co-creator Robert K. Weiss said he is hoping to develop
a feature film version of the SF television series, with production starting
in late 2000 or early 2001. Weiss made the comments in response to questions
in an online chat with fans, according to the Earth Prime fan Web site.
Weiss said he hopes the film will reflect the characters and situations
in the first two seasons of the series, which premiered on Fox, then ran
later on the SCI FI Channel. He also said he hopes to reunite the original
cast, though he added that no talks have occurred with any of the actors.
Once he writes a screenplay, Weiss said he'd have to persuade Universal,
which owns the rights to the show, to agree to develop a feature film.
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