Glen here...
Many readers have written in telling me actor Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) has announced (in a very recent interview) that he will play the captain in the new series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.
This is great news for me, as last week I posted Sorbo was interested in starring in one of three Gene Roddenberry posthumous series currently in development - whose titles were Phoenix Rising, Andromeda, Starship.
Specifically, I indicated Sorbo was aiming towards either Phoenix Rising or Andromeda (CLICK HERE to read the previous article & to find out more about these series).
What many fans may not realize is that the Andromeda show with which Sorbo is now involved is actually Phoenix Rising, a series mentioned in the article linked above & being developed by Deep Space Nine's Robert Hewitt Wolfe. That's right: The Powers That Be have taken the name of one Roddenberry series-in-development and slapped it onto Phoenix Rising - a completely unrelated Roddenberry series-in-development. So, Phoenix Rising is now called Andromeda - and The Series Formerly Known as Andromeda now has no title at all (for the moment).
As far as I know, Starship is still called Starship, although now that the title Phoenix Rising is available, they could rename Starship and call it Phoenix Rising, change The Series Formerly Known as Andromeda's title to Starship, and it all works out just fine!?!?!?!?
((sigh))
Anyways, to some extent this smacks of arbitrary decision making, and reflects negatively on all three Roddenberry series in development: as it suggests a certain "interchangeability" between them. That doesn't look good to the fans. None the less, matters such as title changes do not necessarily indicate the potential of a series as a whole - so I supposed we'd better keep an open mind.
But still, it's weird. Feel free to voice your opinions about the title swap in the TALKBACKS below.
Oh, in last week's article I mentioned either Starship or Phoenix Rising (now Andromeda) would feature a character named Dylan Hunt - named after a Roddenberry character from two series pilots in the early 1970's. Sorbo says he will play a captain named Dylan Hunt...
