Here it comes... Wachowskis, Straczynski create Netflix scifi

[xortex]

What happened to JMS' 'Polaris' project?

 

[Sindatur]

What happened to JMS' 'Polaris' project?

Wasn't that the one that the Pilot wa too close to the actual events of 911, so, he killed it himself once 911 happened? If not, it was at about the same time, so, I imagine 12+ years along, it's definitely dead.

 

[Jan]

What happened to JMS' 'Polaris' project?

It was too 'science fictiony for the (then) SciFi channel:

On Polaris...we got down to one of three projects of which one or two would be greenlighted for production. It went down to the wire, but finally SFC decided that the premise of Polaris was a little too science fictiony, when they were looking to go for ideas that had more immediate mainstream appeal. So even though they felt that Polaris was the best written of the projects they had in development, they went for a project about intergalactic (not interstellar, intergalactic) vampires called "Bloodsuckers." It is, to be fair, one of those concepts that, when you hear it, you get it, there isn't a lot of background
needed.

Jan

 

[Mr. Adventure]

^^ So did the intergalactic vampires become Stargate Atlantis?

 

[Jan]

^^ So did the intergalactic vampires become Stargate Atlantis?

Far as I can tell, it never got past movie of the week (assuming that this is the same thing). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430926/

Jan

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I forgot about that flick even though it was actually called Bloodsuckers.