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Babylon 5 Mark II: Words directly from Straczynski

Posted on September 27, 2021 by b520blog

Shortly after the news broke from the various news outlets, J. Michael Straczynski posted the following to social media (beginning first to his Patreon page): To answer all the questions, yes, it’s true, Babylon 5 is now in active development … Continue reading →

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Babylon 5 Mark II: Initial News

Posted on September 27, 2021 by b520blog

So, news today was announced that a rebooted Babylon 5 is being developed by jms for the CW. Below are a number of news articles with the original announcements. I will try to update this web site with news and … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Things Started Back up Here….

Posted on January 22, 2019 by b520blog

This site was originally set up for the Babylon 5 20th Anniversary celebration, which included the big event at Phoenix Comicon in 2013. Since I was heavily involved with that I was not able to update this site as I … Continue reading →

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Phoenix Comicon 2013

Posted on December 5, 2012 by b520blog

The first guest announcement for Phoenix Comicon 2013 (May 23-26, 2013 at the Phoenix Convention Center) is a Babylon 5 20th Anniversary Celebration with J Michael Straczynski Walter Koenig Jerry Doyle Stephen Furst Pat Tallman Claudia Christian Bill Mumy Bruce … Continue reading →

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LosCon, Now and Then

Posted on November 21, 2012 by b520blog

This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend, which means the annual LosCon convention in Los Angeles, which has been held at the LAX Marriott hotel for more than 20 years running (after moving from the Burbank Airport Hilton).  This year’s convention does … Continue reading →

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Resuming Transmission….

Posted on November 21, 2012 by b520blog

November of 1992 saw two major presentations at conventions by jms about the upcoming Babylon 5 pilot movie. In early November, he went to WishCon and got a very good reaction from the audience, however, getting to the presentation he … Continue reading →

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Another August 10th…..

Posted on August 10, 2012 by b520blog

August 10th also happens to be Claudia Christian’s birthday as well as mine.  Back in 1995, I got to visit the Babylon 5 set on my birthday, thanks to Joe.  They were filming for the third season episode A Day … Continue reading →

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August 10, 1992

Posted on August 10, 2012 by b520blog

August 10th is an important day in Babylon 5 History, in 1992 filming started on the pilot…. From: STRACZYNSKI [Joe] Subject: I’m sure that at some time in the… To: GENIE Date: 8/10/1992 7:25:00 PM << Newer : List : … Continue reading →

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August 8, 1992

Posted on August 8, 2012 by b520blog

From a post on August 8th, 1992.  Including news of the Minbari Ambassador casting…. It is now just a tick over T-minus one and counting. We’ll hit that as soon as the second hand clicks past midnight. Spent all day … Continue reading →

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August 6, 1992

Posted on August 6, 2012 by b520blog

One of the things I plan to do here is to spotlight posts by jms as the show filmed and got ready to debut.  He primarily posted on the GEnie online service (and occasionally on Compuserve) back then and the … Continue reading →

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