2000

Issue 157
Vol 31 #10 2000

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Fantasia 2000: Disney revamps their classic with new segments in IMAX, and Donald Duck hamming it up to "Pomp and Circumstance." 

Pitch Black: Screenwriter David Twohy (The Arrival) directs his horrors/sci-fi hybrid on Australia's Gold Coast. 

Galaxy Quest: Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver star in a wicked parody of Star Trek. 

Wes Craven on "Scream 3": Director Wes Craven on making the third time the charm, sans Kevin Williamson. 

The Green Mile: An actor's eye view of the making of Stephen King's supernatural thriller. 

Stephen King on "The Green Mile": Back at the keyboard after his own roadside misery, the author looks forward to a cinematic "milestone." 

The Crow 3: Salvation: James O'Barr's dark avenger gets a third movie incarnation, with Kirsten Dunst in the gothic love story from beyond the grave. 

Lost Souls: Cinematographer-turned-director Janusz Kaminski on exorcising the horror cliches. 

Supernova: The story behind MGM's troubled outer space epic, rocked by the departure of director Walter Hill. 

Walter Hill on "Supernova": The producer of the original Alien on taking a long-overdue stab at science fiction, a favored genre. 

Stuart Little: The Lion King director Rob Minkoff films the classic children's tale with a CGI mouse. 

Hangman's Daughter: Director P.J. Pesce on the spaghetti wester prequel to From Dusk Till Dawn. 

Bicentennial Man: Norman Reynolds on designing the future for Isaac Asimov's robot, with Robin Williams as the free-thinking 'droid. 

Toy Story 2: How Pixar's high profile video sequel to the 1995 hit went to movie screens instead. 

Being John Malkovich: Director Spike Jonze and scripter Charles Kaufman on filming their off-kitter fantasy. 

The Sixth Sense: Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan on his horror masterwork.

Issue 158
Vol 31 #11 2000

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Mission To Mars: Walt Disney beats Warner Bros in the race to the red planet, starring Gary Sinise. 

Which planet are you from?: Gary Shandling on writing, co-producing and starring as a wacky alien bent on Earthly sexual union. 

The Crow: Salvation: James O' Barr's Crow comes back for a third time, a comic book horror franchise targeting the teen set. 

El Dorado: DreamWorks Animation takes inspiration from the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "Road" picture formula. 

Frequency: Humanizing SF, fireman Dennis Quaid gets a life-saving message from his policeman son in the future. 

Final Destination: X-Files alumnists Glen Morgan and James Wong make their teen horror movie debut at New Line. 

Voyager's "Trek Memorial": A powerful examination of the devastation of warfare, a February sweeps show a la Gene Roddenberry. 

Star Trek: Voyager: Veteran producer Brannon Braga on shepherding home his final frontier torch carrier. 

Voyager's "Dark Frontier": The making of the series' stunning two-hour movie, plus a look behind the scenes at its amazing visual effects. 

Voyager's "Timeless": How the cast and crew pulled together to make the show's 100th episode an exciting, bittersweet gem. 

Pitch Black: Writer-director David Twohy and star Vin Diesel on filming the sci-fi creature feature in Australia. 

The return of Roman Polanski: The director of Rosemary's Baby and Repulsion on his stylish horror film comeback. 

Polanski's "The Ninth Gate": Johnny Depp stars in Polanski's triumphant return to the horror genre, devilshly good filmmaking.

Issue 159
Vol 31 #12/Vol 32 #1 2000

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X-Men: Filming the comics: Fox shells out $75 million for director Bryan Singer to do the Marvel Comics superheroes right. 

Chicken Run: Stop-motion animators Nick Park and Peter Lord on their high-concept feature film for DreamWorks. 

Dinosaur: Behind-the-scenes of Disney's "Secret Lab" and their first all-digitally animated feature. 

Paul Verheoven's "Hollow Man": The director of Robocop on updating H.G.Wells' "The Invisible Man" with star Kevin Bacon. 

Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle: The Moose from Frostbite Falls gets candid on the set about his co-star and producer Robert J. DeNiro. 

Titan A.E.: Animators Don Bluth and Gary Goldman on targeting the teen market with their SF adventure cartoon feature. 

Battlefield Earth: Producer and star John Travolta and director Roger Christian on adapting L.Ron Hubbard's SF epic. 

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas: Director Brian Levant on continuing the live action features based on the '60s cartoon series. 

The making of "Babylon 5": Behind the scenes of television's SF epic with five-year episode guide and cast profiles. 

Bruce Boxleitner on Captain Sheridan: The actor who played Tron on anchoring the B5 ensemble to complete the SF saga's grand design. 

B5 CGI: A television effects landmark: Foundation Imaging effects supervisor Ron Thornton on ushering in a new era of visual effects for TV. 

Fantasia 2000: Interviews with the creative artists behind Disney's new animation big-screen IMAX milestone, plus a review. 

Scream 3: A look at why the sequel elicits few screams from an audience that prefers to react with sly cackles.

Issue 160
Vol 32 #2 2000

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What Lies beneath?: Not much, in director Robert Zemeckis' hush hush ghost story with Harrison Ford, opening July 21. 

Hannibal: Ridley Scott directs the sequel to Silence of the Lambs, but the book will make it a hard sell. 

The Cell: Video director Tarsem enlivens the serial killer genre, with Vincent D'Onofrio and Jennifer Lopez. 

Filming Marvel's "X-Men": Director Bryan Singer and a talented cast and crew on getting the comic book genre right. 

Chicken Run: The British stop-motion animators at Aardman on completing their first off-the-wall feature for DreamWorks. 

Hollow Man: Kevin Bacon and director Paul Verhoeven on filming an effects-laden up-date of H.G.Wells. 

Philip K. Dick's "Imposter": Gary Sinise and Madeleine Stowe star in Dick's science fiction speculation on the nature of identity. 

Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle: Director Des McAnuff and ILM's CGI effects czars on turning the '60s 'toon icons into a big-budget movie event. 

For The Cause: How Miramax let an auspicious first feature with kick ass effects and sleeper potential gather dust on their shelf. 

Dragonheart: A New Beginning: Producer Rafaella DeLaurentis and director Doug Lefler on filming the direct-to-video sequel. 

The Primevals: Writer, director and stop-motion animator David Allen is dead, but the work continues on his final masterpiece. 

Titan A.E.: 'Toon rebel Don Bluth on mounting Fox Animation's sci-fi epic, long in development hell. 

Godzilla 2000: Millenium: The original Japanese big screen monster strives for a comeback with mixed results that are almost quaint.

Issue 161
Vol 32 #3 2000

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Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Former Star Trek veteran Robert Hewitt Wolfe on crafting a new sci-fi series from notes left by the late Trek creator. 

Philip K. Dick's Impostor: Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe and screenwriter David Twohy on adapting one of the giants of science fiction. 

Shadow of the Vampire: John Malkovich on starring as F.W. Murnau in a fictionalized account of the filming of silent horror classic Nosferatu. 

The X-Files: Is there anywhere to go from here? Chris Carter et.al on the future of the Fox-TV Files. 

The Lone Gunmen: A look at the development and filming of the pilot for The X-Files spin-off, destined as a mid-season replacement on Fox. 

Tilt: What did the Vancouver crew of The X-Files do when the series moved to LA? They banded together to make their own movie. 

Witchblade - The movie: The popular Top Cow comic book franchise makes its movie debut on TNT as a backdoor pilot, starring Yancy Butler. 

Urban Legend: Final Cut: The teen horror franchise continues the Urban Legends theme, but with a new cast, a new director and an all new storyline. 

Requiem for a Dream: A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of PI director Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr. starring Ellen Burstyn. 

Cherry Falls: Romper Stomper director Geoffrey Wright on his unabashed paen to the bygone teen slasher genre. 

The Cell: A look at the auspicious directing debut of rock video stylist Tarsen, a walk on the wild side of the ever popular serial killer genre. 

Lost Souls: Stars Winona Ryder and Ben Chaplin on the directing debut of Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski. 

Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man: A look at Sony Imageworks' mind-bending visual effects and star Kevin Bakon on the rigors of invisibility. 

The Watcher: Director Joe Charbonic on casting James Spader as the FBI profiler on the case of the off-beat serial killer Keanu Reeves. 

X-Men: Has director Bryan Singer unleased Hollywood's comic book floodgate at last, or is it back to the drawing board?

Issue 162
Vol 32 #4/5 2000

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Unbreakable: Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan om reteaming with everyman Bruce Willis for another shocking spiritual journey. 

Schwarzenegger: The Sixth Day: Bond director Roger Spottiswood on directing the action star in a high-tech thriller on the moral issues of cloning. 

Dr. Seuss' Hoe The Grinch Stole Christmas: Director Ron Howard and Digital Domain on adapting the perennial fantasy classic with Jim Carrey in the title role. 

Red Planet: How Warner Bros pumped up the special effects after losing the space race to Disney's competing Mission To Mars. 

The Little Vampire: Screenwriters Larry Wilson (Beetlejuice) and Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run)on making horror fun for kids (and adults, too). 

Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows: Will the top-grossing independent horror film of all-time spawn a Halloween trick or treat? Plus, a checkered look at horror sequels. 

Dungeons & Dragons: Director Corey Solomon, just 29, on his ten-year quest to film the popular fantasyrole-playing game, plus Jeremy Irons on screen villainy. 

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Behind-the-scenes of the final seventh season with the cast, crew and creators, making an end to the best Trek yet. 

Deep Space Nine: Book Ends: The seven year odyssey of the final frontier epic, how the pilot ''Emissary'' fortold Captain Sisko's evolution to a higher life form. 

Deep Space Nine: What you leave behind: Saying goodbye to the station on the edge of forever, an on-the-set report of the filming of the show's amazing two-hour finale. 

Deep Space Nine: Worf Factor: Actor Michael Dorn talks about the importance of Worf's Klingon presence in revitalizing the series' fourth season. 

Deep Space Nine: The top ten: Cast and creators comment on a selection of DS9's finest hours, showcasing the breadth and depth of the remarkable space station saga. 

Frank Herbert's ''Dune'': Producer Richard Rubinstein and director John Harrison on adapting Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece as a six hour mini-series. 

Possessed: Writer/Director Steven de Souza on filming a docu-drama of the case that inspired The Exorcist, a report from the set in Toronto. 

Sinbad: Beyond the veil of Mists: Behind-the-scenes of a busted theatrical, a $20 million CGI animated fantasy that is among the most costly direct-to-video releases ever. 

Curse of the Talisman: Gargoyles spring to life in UPN's November sweeps TV-movie horror-fantasy directed in Australia by Colin Budds. 

Code Red: The Rubicon Conspiracy: UPN's effects-laden TV-movie riff on the Predator series pits an army swat team against alien invaders in the jungle. 

Gene Roddenberry's ''Andromeda'': Writer/producer Robert Wolfe, a graduate of DS9, on stitching together Roddenberry's old concepts to create a new sci-fi show. 

The American Nightmare: Writer/director Adam Simon on the superb documentary tracing the roots of the '70s independent horror film movement.