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General Rumors about XWP Archive
OCTOBER 1997
Here is the archive!!!
CONSIDER THIS A WARNING!
These babies cover October 1997...that's why we call it an ARCHIVE!Last update: 04-01-98
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Here is the archive!!!
CONSIDER THIS A WARNING!
These babies cover October 1997...that's why we call it an ARCHIVE!Last update: 04-01-98
10-31-97. Kevin Smith and Ted
Raimi
will be filming the episodes THE QUILL IS MIGHTIER THAN
THE SWORD
and BITTER SUITE in November 1997. There is a rumor
that ET is
flying down to cover the taping of BITTER SUITE.
10-31-97. HERCULES NEWS! The
HERCULES
episode FANCY FREE features Iolaus (Michael Hurst) in
drag, while
MEN IN PINK feature Autolycus (Bruce Campbell) and
Salmoneus
(Robert trebor) in drag (no subtext jokes from me
folks). Both
are homages to movies, FANCY FREE to BALLROOM DANCING,
and MEN IN
PINK to SOME LIKE IT HOT. IF I HAD A HAMMER guest stars
Salmoneus
and Atlanta (Corey Everson). Obviously they picked up
Robert
Trebor for one more HERCULES episode, but he's still as
yet not
signed for ANY third season XENA episodes. Because of
Kevin
Sorbo's health problems, there is a rumor that at least
three of
the fourth season's episodes will be HERK-LITE. Tony
Todd might
be filming a HERCULES episode after Thanksgiving. This
has not
been confirmed. Todd has been confirmed, though, as
signed to
appear on STAR TREK: VOYAGER later this season as a new
character
who is of a predatory alien species called
"Alpha-Hirogen".
10-26-97. HTLJ episode IF I
HAD A
HAMMER begins filming in November 1997 and guest stars
Robert
Trebor as Salmoneus and Bruce Campbell as Autolycus.
10-26-97. Ted Raimi at Valley
Forge Con
(10-05-97) said that the name Joxer came from a Eugene
O'Neill
play. He also said that in an upcoming episode, he will
play
Joxer, Jett, and an "Unnamed actor will play Joxer's
sister." The
scubblebutt is that the episode is KING OF ASSASSINS
and that
Raimi will be playing the sister role as well. It looks
like 97-
98 will be the year of the drag. There will be cross
dressing in
an HTLJ's episode as well. He finally mentioned that he
had
written a script for Xena and would soon "pitch" the
story to the
staff on the show to see if it can be done or not. He
said the
story was basically about Xena and Gabrielle come to a
town where
the people are being kidnapped one by one but no one
seems to
care. He said it was a very dark story, rather than a
comedy.
10-26-97. Robert Tapert in
STARLOG #245
(November 1997?): "This season on XENA, we're doing
some tricky
and questionable things, and to some extent, we're
deconstructing
our hero." Also, "[W]e're going to orchestrate our
characters
into making decisions that ultimately prove 'very'
wrong. I
don't think we'll be doing it to the same degree on
HERCULES, but
Xena will make a few wrong decisions, and she and
Gabrielle will
pay for them over the entire season."
10-26-97. From
Nitefal@aol.com: Starlog
Magazine #245 (November 1997 issue?) contains an
interview with
Rob Tapert, executive producer of XWP. Joe Nazzaro
conducts the
four page (including 8 photos) interview. The Tapert
article
covers a wide range of topics, including - The
differences
between HTLJ & XWP; info on the new animated movie &
YOUNG
HERCULES (Tapert is hoping YH becomes an afternoon
strip series
with 80 episodes a year); a little info on the current
season of
these two series; the subtext on Xena; the Joxer
controversy on
Xena; directing (himself, Hurst, Sorbo, Trebor); and
his one-shot
at acting in the "Xena Scrolls" episode ( which was his
tribute
to writer/producer/actor Stephen Cannell).
10-26-97. From
Nitefal@aol.com: Starlog
Magazine #245 (November 1997 issue?) contains an
interview with
Michelle Yeoh, the Chinese action hero actress, whose
roles were
some of those apparantly used by Tapert's Renaissance
team as a
blueprint to develop Xena. Ms. Yeoh is starring in the
latest
James Bond movie, "Tomorrow Never Dies" ( but
definitely not as a
typical 'Bond Girl' ). The article by Michael Gingold
is four
pages (including 9 pictures ), and it contains the most
info on
this interesting actress that I have come across to
date.
10-26-97. Karl Urban
mentioned at
WarriorCon (09/13/97) that we might see
Caesar-Julius-Caesar
again, even after his upcoming DELIVERER episode in a
yet-to-be-filmed ep after hiatus (this is still in
discussion
phase). And right after WarriorCon he had to get to
work on
AMAZON HIGH in a small part in which he plays a
cannibal.
10-26-97. Received this
e-mail on 10-
09-97: "Recently I sent an E-mail to Bruce Campbell and
asked him
if he was going to work on any episodes of Xena and
Hercules
while he was in New Zealand next month. He just wrote
me back
today. He didn't mention anything about Xena but he
said he was
doing 2 episodes of Hercules. His exact message to me
was, 'Yes -
2 'Hercs''. I don't know if this means he if this means
if he is
starring in or directing them."
10-26-97. More Valley Forge
info 10-04-
97): Sam Raimi has nothing to do with the TV show, just
Renaissance Pictures.
10-26-97. More Valley Forge
info 10-04-
97): Lucy Lawless and Kevin Sorbo are definitely going
to be at >
Burbank and that Renee and Michael will not.
Apparently, the Cons
are written into their production schedule and at the
same time,
Renee and Michael will be filming an episode called
"The Quill is
Mightier".
10-26-97. Merchandise update
from
Valley Forge Con (10-04-97). A Dance CD with re-mixes
of Joe
DoLuca's songs and Lucy Lawless singing on it. There
will be no
Grease CD with Lucy Lalwess. It would cost too much for
them to
re-mix it with her voice. In Spring of '98, 12 inch
Xena and
Gabrielle doll twin packs will be sold. In July '98, 6
inch
Gabrielle and Callisto dolls will be sold. More comics,
character
comics based on Callisto/Autolycus and so on are going
to be
coming out. Making of XENA and HERCULES Books; The
Animated Movie
is coming out Jan. 6 1998. In July 1998, The Xena/Herk
Trilogy
will be coming out on video, with the Callisto trilogy
and so on
coming out later. A limited run of 500 Chakrams made
from the
same people who make them for the show are coming.
T-shirts:
Warrior..Princess..Tramp; Bard of Poteidaia; Amazon
Princess;
Ultimate Evil; Iolaus shirt; Xena and Gabrielle
friendship shirt;
Reign of Comedy shirt with Joxer and Autolycus. Also,
the Home
Shopping Club is going to be live at the Upcoming
Burbank Con
with some exclusive stuff.
10-26-97. Sharon Delaney at
the Valley
Forge Con (10-04-97) mentioned that there's word of a
sequel to A
DAY IN THE LIFE. She also revealed that she is 5'7" and
eats
Eggos and drinks McDonald's shakes while answering her
E-mail.
10-26-97. Someone asked
Hudson Leick at
the Valley Forge Convention (10-04-97) if she did her
own stunts
on XWP and she said she did the fight scenes but not
the flips or
equestrian stunts. She added that sometimes men are
dressed up as
Callisto to do scenes "to scoop up Gabrielle." She
pointed to
her arm. "These arms aren't gonna be scoopin' up
Gabrielle." The
audience reacted with approval. Then she added "Not
that I
wouldn't give it a go!" This caused more laughter and
applause.
10-14-97. Looks like either Tony Todd has been
greatly
confused or the fans have. It was reported by some fans
at a SF
Charity Con a couple of months ago that Mr. Todd said
that he had
been signed for 4 shows. Now, Mr. Todd told a fan this
last
weekend that he has signed for NO SHOWS this season. So
it looks
like NO CECROPS and NO ROMANCE for the one of the lucky
ladies.
Unless of course, Mr. Todd or the fans were confused
again.
WHATEVER IS GOING ON, be sure that we shall be
documenting this
most PECULIAR turn of events.
10-14-97. Reported from the Valley Forge Con
10-04-97: "When
asked whether Gabrielle would have a romance this
season, ROC
said not that she was aware of. Besides, Gabrielle's
plate was
rather full as it was. (Guess that rules her out as the
love
interested for Cecrops.)" [Note: looks like the Cecrops
romance
is
MOOT!]
10-14-97. Hudson Leick stated at the Valley Forge
Con (10-
04-97) that she had three more XWPs to film. She had
already by
then filmed MATERNAL INSTINCT, and BITTER SUITE would
be included
in thoese to film...so it looks leick Ms. Leick has
been signed
for two more episodes!!! That makes her tally to 4
(MATERNAL
INSTINCTS, BITTER SUITE, and two unknown at this
point).
10-14-97. Bruce Campbell is reportedly down under
this month
to film two HTLJs episodes. No word on whether he will
be acting
or directing or both.
10-02-97. Autolycus will appear twice in XENA
[KING OF
THIEVES and one other] and twice in HERCULES [Season
opener and
one other].
10-02-97. According to an AoL chat on 09-29-97,
Bruce
Campbell has been signed for two episodes each of XENA
[KING OF
THIEVES and 1 other not filmed yet] and HERCULES
[Season opener
and 1 other not filmed yet].
10-02-97. Kevin Smith (Ares) has been signed for 4
episodes,
but we do not think that number includes THE FURIES,
which was
originally conceived of being the 2nd season-ender
[BITTER SUITE;
DIRTY HALF-DOZEN and 2 more!].
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