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Normally I try not to react so much to rumors -- maybe it's just that Farscape is so dear to me -- but I've been reading a few messages and reports (yes, all third- and fourth-hand) that sound extremely promising about Farscape returning for a miniseries or "mini-season" run sometime soon!

I don't usually visit the TrekBBS often anymore, but this one thread was at the top of the list in the "top threads" listing shown in TrekToday's sidebar.

Apparently this all started to come out into the open during a convention that's going on (this weekend, right now?) in Burbank. Here's the tidbits I've been able to glean:

• The Farscape actors are "on hold." (I assume this means they're keeping their schedules open for a big project.)
• The studios are reserved from December - February. (Definitely a big project!)
• The sets are being built. (Thank God the fan outcry convinced the suits to just dismantle the sets instead of destroying them!
• A three-part miniseries is apparently the goal for production. (This would probably mean six hours total, assuming two-hour parts like the "Galactica" remake, as well as "Taken.")
• Ben Browder MAY have signed something (possibly some sort of letter of intent).

The above tidbits were apparently let slip by the actress who plays Sikozu, Raelee Hill. Dark Horizons seems to have picked this up, although I haven't found the quoted article from the TrekBBS thread. But it does say that someone tried to follow up with the Australian office, and got cussed out for asking (possibly implying some kind of gag order). A call to the American office received a "no comment at this time" response (emphasis added) with the obvious implication of something coming.

Also apparently, Richard Manning (one of the major writers) said something at the same convention: "Patience. Just a little while longer."

Now, put this all together. This current convention is probably (I'm guessing) the biggest Farscape event of the fall season... what better time would there be to make a surprise announcement to an auditorium full of screaming Farscape fans that their beloved show will be returning?

(I'll try not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but I just pray that it's not the Sci-Fi channel that takes center stage to make the announcement.)

*crosses fingers*

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Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
Well, with Sci Fi channel calling the shots we'll probably see a "reimagining" of farscape with far more sex and Chrighton will be Jane Crighton.

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Actually... it's being said that this new project has NOTHING to do with the Sci-Fi Channel! They're not funding the production at all. (Meaning that the various campaigns have succeeded in raising sufficient funds, even indirectly through awareness and visibility.) The only question is, who's gonna show it? Some people have already said that they wouldn't watch a Farscape revival if it were on Sci-Fi, just because it was Sci-Fi that pulled the plug in the first place.

Personally, I would actually relish that scenario, because it would force those morons to admit their mistake.

Still no confirmation, but it's definitely clear that SOMETHING is going on...

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I believe one of Sci-Fi's reasons was to indeed spend their money on such things as Dune, Taken, and Battlestar Galactica instead of FarScape.

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Good news to be sure.....hopefully they'll just skip the cliffhanger explanation and do a stand--alone story.

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