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   Thomas to Your Name   
   Re: From under the rock they crawl   
   24 Feb 09 11:27:34   
   
   From: varillon@gmx.com   
      
   Your Name wrote:   
   > "Thomas"  wrote in message   
   > news:49a2e45d$0$5473$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net...   
   >> Karrde wrote:   
   >>> "Your Name"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:gnppii$sm0$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
   >>>> They are different teams / companies working on the two shows, but   
   > there's   
   >>>> opnly one LucasFilm in charge of it and one George Lucas over-seeing   
   > it.   
   >>>> :-)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I can't remember now whether filming was planned to start in 2009 or   
   > 2010.   
   >>>> As far as we know, they're still trying to work out the script.   
   >>> Yeah, I think the biggest consideration at this point is marketing and   
   > when   
   >>> would be the best time to start the series. Lucas seems to like to use   
   > one   
   >>> project to launch another.  Too much saturation of the market at one   
   > time   
   >>> would probably not be wise.  I'd look for a fall 2010 or spring 2011   
   > start   
   >>> date for the live action series.  I'm guessing that Fox will pick it up,   
   > but   
   >>> if not, it will probably be on SciFi.   
   >> Don't quote me, but I remember Lucas saying that he wanted it on regular   
   >> TV. I doubt he'd pay the big bucks for ABC, but you never know.   
   >   
   > Other way around. The networks pay the production company, so it will be ABC   
   > (or whoever) paying the big bucks to LucasFilm. :-)   
   >   
   > If the production companies had to pay the network, then the network   
   > wouldn't need advertising ... and almost nothing would ever be filmed.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   Ah my mistake. I figured the networks got income from both sides hehe   
      
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