January News 2005

Dear Ray -- Jon Jashni and I (along with Sheila Allen) have just signed with Warner Brothers to be the Executive Producers of the new Poseidon Adventure movie.  The film will be produced by Mike Fleiss and directed by Wolfgang Petersen and is scheduled to go into production this May (for a May 2006 release).  No script as yet and lots can happen in the next few weeks.  We're all very excited and optimistic, but you never know.

Also, fans should know that there is ANOTHER Poseidon project -- a TV mini-series!  The Paul Gallico Estate controlled the TV rights to the book (Irwin and Warners controlled film rights), so Halmi Productions has filmed their own remake starring Steve Guttenberg and Peter Weller (among others).

  On the LOTG front, NBC called Jon and I yesterday and ordered a treatment (storyline) for a LOTG mini-series.  The writer will be David Kemper ("Farscape") and it is very much based on Irwin's original concept.

VTTBOTS is in development at Fox as a feature.  TT is under discussion as a new series.  LIS is in development. Very exciting times for Irwin Allen fans! Regards, Kevin

A Very Special Thanks to Kevin Burns for this update.