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DECEMBER
NEWS
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 December
30th
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Trivial Pursuits
The United Kingdom's Sci-Fi Channel has created a simple trivia contest to
promote their weekly showings of episodes from Millennium's third
season. After elaborating upon the background of the series and its star,
Sci-Fi UK's website reveals to visitors what Lance Henriksen was working at
when not portraying Frank Black. "With
the odd exception, Lance has made a living from playing dark or villainous
roles so his alternative career may come as a bit of a surprise -- he is also
a master potter." Henriksen has donated six
sets of t-shirts and hats, each bearing the logo of his
Screaming
Red Ass pottery line, to the contest. Visit
Sci-Fi UK's competition page for background information and a chance to
win. The closing date for entries is January 6, 2002.
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December
29th
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Limited Editions
Millennium fans should be reminded that limited copies of the
impressive m=1000 music project CDR release remain available.
m=1000,
using creative collages of sound and music, was able to further explore the
artistic tone of the Millennium television series in a powerful way.
This music is not to be missed, especially for those who enjoyed the way in
which the sounds of the series were able to establish a meaningful and
dramatic mood. Those interested in obtaining a copy of the disc should
immediately contact artist
Blithely Menace,
compiler of the compositions, for ordering information.
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December
27th
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Don't Be Dark
It has been revealed that Mangler 2, a recently completed horror film
sequel starring Lance Henriksen, will be released straight to video and DVD on
February 19, 2002. The
Toque, an online humor magazine, has taken the occasion of its premier
to poke fun at our favorite leading man. "Lance Henriksen, known for his role
of Frank Black in Millennium... may have cause for concern. The actor
showed genuine positive emotion during a recent public appearance -- behaviour
which could jeopardize his career," the magazine stated mockingly in its
December 18th
issue. "Henriksen was caught smirking during the premiere of Mangler 2,
where he plays the headmaster of a school whose computer system is infected by
a virus. The 61-year-old actor has made a career of playing solemn and
melancholy characters. Henriksen downplayed the incident by calling the
display of cheerfulness 'just a spasm.'" Millennium fans are fortunate
enough to have been able to glimpse that warmer side of Lance which is kept
from most of his performances. For more information on the release of
Mangler 2 watch
Amazon.com.
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December
24th
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Merry Christmas! Christmas is upon us.
The third season episode "Omerta,"
appropriately, will air
tomorrow morning at 1:00am on the FX cable network. Be sure to
e-mail FX and thank
them for this most recent Millennium showing. If you prefer
"Midnight
of the Century" as a holiday episode then click your
way into the episode guide and peruse the photos, review, and complete transcript available for
that episode. As the
angel Simon once told Frank Black, "Legend has it that ghosts
walk in church yards on Christmas Eve...
There's no telling whose face you might see. Why put off 'til
tomorrow what should be done today?" Have a safe and
happy holiday.
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December
22nd
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Happy Holidays From the Henriksens Lance Henriksen and his family
have relayed some warm holiday wishes to the fan community through his personal
website. The electronic greeting states, "2001
has been a year never to be forgotten, filled with joy and
tragedy, personally and nationally. We are so grateful for all
your interest and support with our web site and the pottery
and hope your are enjoying them both. We wish you and yours a
joyful holiday season and New Year filled with abundance,
health, peace and love. Warmly, Lanceman, Mrs. H, Alcamy
and Little Sage." You can visit Henriksen's official
website, and sign up for his regular mailing list to receive
similar messages, at
bylancehenriksen.com.
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December
20th
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The Four Seasons The virtual fourth season of
Millennium has a new home! Fans will remember that
the virtual season was created following the show's
cancellation as a means of continuing its characters and
themes and bringing closure to its mythology.
The remarkable endeavor, overseen by Matt Asendorf and Dan
Owen, attracted great attention and was discussed in such
prominent publications as
The New York Post, Details,
and
Salon.com. All twenty-two of the season's
well crafted original teleplays have now been archived in a new
Millennial Abyss subsection. Further content pertaining
to the virtual fourth season of Millennium will be
added to the Abyss in the near future. For now, you can click your way to the new
virtual season section and examine the archived scripts,
critical reviews, and print ads which are currently available for each
episode. Special thanks go out to executive producer
Matt Asendorf, whose dedication to the Millennium fan
community has made the preservation of this material possible.
Enjoy!
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December
19th
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All in a Day's Work Chip Johannessen, the talented
writer
who scripted fourteen Millennium episodes and served as
executive producer for the show's third season, has apparently been added
to the writing staff of FOX's unique new drama 24.
Johannessen wrote last week's episode of the
real time serial drama, "4AM - 5AM." Additionally, the
episode was directed Winrich Kolbe, the first season
Millennium director who helmed such episodes as "Kingdom
Come," "Lamentation," and "Broken World."
It's uncertain what the extent of Johannessen and Kolbe's
participation will be for the remainder of the show's season.
Fellow longtime Ten-Thirteen veterans Howard Gordon and Bryan
Spicer contributed to last night's episode, "5AM - 6AM." For
information on upcoming episodes, or for a schedule of 24
encore showings, visit FOX's
official website for the series.
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December
15th
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A Ghost of Christmas Past As fans in the United States are
well aware, the FX cable network which possesses the
syndicated rights to Millennium dropped the series from
its regular schedule several months ago without explanation.
Now, FX has scheduled a single Millennium airing before
the close of 2001. On December 25th,
Christmas Day, FX will air the third season holiday themed
episode "Omerta" at 1:00am. Whether or not this scheduling decision
indicates FX is interested in continuing to air the series in
the future remains to be seen as no solid scheduling
information has been provided yet for 2002. Fans are
encouraged to contact FX
to clearly voice their interest in seeing the series return to
television.
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December
13th
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Series Swap Meet Tired of waiting for cable
television networks to air the Millennium episodes
missing from your personal video collection? Episode
trading is well underway at the
Millennium
Collections website. Fans throughout the United
States and Europe have signed up and are willing to work together to share the
series they love. Compile a list of the episodes you own
on tape as well as those you are looking for and click over to the episode trading department for
an opportunity to join in the venture and experience those
episodes of Millennium you may have missed.
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December
12th
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Music for Millennium Some time ago, artist Blithely
Menace introduced internet audiences to a project
designed to pay tribute to Millennium through creative
collages of sound and music.
m=1000, a collection
of powerful and haunting compositions, proved to be a
stunning endeavor. The tailored songs acted as a
fitting homage to the Millennium series, its
atmospheric tone, and its strongest themes. Now, by
popular demand, the unique music of m=1000 will be available
as a limited CDR release. Those interested in
obtaining a copy of the m=1000 disc should contact
Blithely Menace for further information. Our thanks, as
always, to him for the passionate creative efforts
which have made this remarkable artistic exploration available
to the Millennium fan community.
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December
11th
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Scream TV Canada's Scream digital television
channel, featuring classic and modern horror films and
television series, has recently announced their plans to begin
airing Millennium. "Scream
is happy to announce, starting at the end of December, Chris
Carter's Millennium will be airing from start to
finish."
A sneak preview of the series will
air December 27th at 9:00pm. Starting on December 31st
Scream will air Millennium during a given timeslot from its first
episode to its last. Visit the official
Scream website,
specifically the Millennium
discussion thread, for further details regarding the
channel and its upcoming airdates.
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December
8th
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In the Sci-Fi Spotlight
The United Kingdom's Sci-Fi Channel, continuing to bring episodes to British
audiences for the first time, has listed Millennium among their
December highlights. The official website boasts, "The
UK premiere of season three continues on Sci-Fi this month with Frank and Emma
attempting to bring to justice more sordid and twisted American types. This
month's episodes also include the Christmas episode, 'Omerta' (18th, 9pm)."
Visit the Abyss
airdates
section for the month's schedule or the
Sci-Fi UK
website for further details.
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December
6th
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Devilish Déjà
Vu
Millennium fans who tuned in to see last week's episode of The
X-Files, "Dæmonicus," may have thought they were seeing a passed over
Millennium script resurrected in new context. In the new season, Annabeth
Gish and Robert Patrick seem to be filling familiar roles while investigating
instances of supernatural evil. Whether or not the fans agree, perhaps as a
result of the series' recent change in tone, creator Chris Carter believes
there are plenty of tales for the ongoing X-Files to tell. "There's
still a tremendous number of stories that can be told. The trick is exploring
them with this new cast of characters," Carter recently said. "The only
reasons I stay are that I feel a tremendous loyalty to the people I work
with." Further episode throughout The X-Files' ninth season are sure
to exhibit continued similarities to Millennium, including "Lord of the
Flies" and "Hellbound." Visit the
official X-Files
website for further information.
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December
4th
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From the Potter's Studio
Lance Henriksen, while not acting before a camera, continues to indulge his
creative interests and prove himself to be a masterful potter. Those pieces
of stoneware created by Henriksen have clearly exhibited a unique and
impressive artistic style. With the holidays fast approaching, recently Lance
has been working to make sure plenty of hand made pottery is available for
those fans interested in purchasing unique gifts. Specifically, new items
have recently been added to his one of a kind gallery and he is preparing to
introduce his new Yellow Jacket line. Visit Lance's official website,
bylancehenriksen.com,
to have a look at the pieces of the collection which are available.
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December
1st
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Days of Christmas
The holiday season is fast approaching, a time when the Millennium
fan's mind drifts to those episodes which gave us a glimpse of Christmas with
the Black family. Celebrate the holiday season on your computer throughout
the month of December with Frank and Catherine. The newest monthly wallpaper
image representing the Millennial Abyss calendar project has been posted and
is appropriately festive. Visit the Abyss
calendar section now to get the latest calendar page.
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NOVEMBER NEWS
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November
29th
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Television of Tomorrow
Despite continuing to bring in millions at
the box office and a full slate of upcoming motion pictures in development it
looks as if former Millennium executive producers Glen Morgan and James
Wong will continue to develop television shows for the major networks. Their
latest pilot is being developed in conjunction with
former NASA
scientist Gentry Lee and is based on his latest science fiction novel.
"It's sort of a historical perspective
of the future," Wong told the
Sci-Fi Wire. "It's
really a kind of family drama set in the future, with the implications of what
the future brings... and sort of the ethical and moral problems, and also the
day-to-day problems, that Gentry has envisioned in the near future or the next
100 years." The new series is presumably being developed as a part of the
duo's development deal with DreamWorks and NBC which previously produced the
supernatural television drama The Others.
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November
27th
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Peter and the Pigskin
Millennium's Terry O'Quinn is
currently completing work as the star of Hometown Legend, a high school
football drama scheduled to hit select theaters in January. The film's
official website has endless praise for the talented actor. "Terry O'Quinn
portrays Buster Schuler," the site explains, "the legendary coach who comes
out of retirement for Athens' last season. Director James Anderson wanted
someone who had a presence even when he wasn't speaking... Although Coach
Schuler is a departure from his normally more reserved roles, O'Quinn gives a
phenomenal, dominating performance that, if promoted, could generate award
buzz." Millennium fans know fully well how dominating the man's
presence can be. Visit the official
Hometown Legend
website for more information on the production of the film, its release, and
Terry O'Quinn's participation.
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November
26th
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Make the Trade
Looking to complete your personal
Millennium video collection? Unable to obtain a given episode now that
syndicated airings of the show have stopped? At long last there is a specific
community where Millennium fans can unite to exchange videotaped
episodes of the series. "Millennium
Collections is now taking members for the episode trading center," announced
webmaster Matt Bunch recently.
"It is an encrypted/password protected area where fans with tapes can trade
them. Only those with tapes to trade will be granted memberships. I encourage
anyone who is looking to complete their collection to check it out." Visit
Millennium
Collections to take part in the video trading.
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November
20th
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A Time For Thanksgiving
I'd like to take a moment to extend my sincerest thanks to the Millennium fan community for the
continued enthusiastic support of the Millennial Abyss website and its
ongoing projects. As a result of the upcoming holiday there
will be a pause in the regular Abyss updates until early next week.
You might take this time to connect with fellow fans through the
official
message forum. It should also be noted that the FX
cable network will be showing the crossover episode,
"Millennium," Friday night at 11:00pm as a part of their
annual Thanksgiving marathon of The X-Files.
Wait, worry, and enjoy the holiday, ladies and gentlemen.
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November
19th
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Black and Beyond The
official website of Lance Henriksen has been updated today with
some interesting information on the
actor. The full text of three unique magazine articles, all
of which feature Henriksen as their focus and devoted
considerable space to discussing his work on Millennium, are
now available online. The profiles and
interviews presented by GQ, TV Zone, and
Entertainment Weekly offer new insight into Lance's
thoughts concerning his work as Frank Black. "It isn't about the
millennium finishing," Lance states regarding the show's
sudden and untimely end, "it's really something else. The
millennium was a good hook but in reality it was about
something that is going on all the time. Like, right now there
is an awful lot of strange cases going on in America and
everywhere else. My biggest hope was that we would have done a
Millennium feature film. If anything ever leant itself
to a feature it would be Millennium." Visit
bylancehenriksen.com to read more about Henriksen's
underappreciated film career and his extensive thoughts regarding the past and possible future of Frank Black.
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November
17th
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Tragedy Free TV The effects of the terrorist
attacks against the United States are certainly being felt in
Hollywood. Ten-Thirteen President Frank Spotnitz
recently told TV Guide that the way The X-Files
deals with depicting evil will reflect such concerns.
"We're working on a mythology [episode] now," Spotnitz said,
"and you want to find a way to be thematically relevant and
say something true about fighting evil and fanaticism and
irrationality, but you want to do it in a way that is
appropriate and doesn't trivialize what's really going on in
the world. We've got a certain palette to paint on, which is
the paranormal, and it just does not feel at all appropriate
to mix that with real-life events." I continue to
receive e-mail from fans who've come to realize stunning
thematic parallels between Millennium's stories about
tragedy and human evil and the true events which are making
news around the world. Millennium always did a
powerful job of addressing very real concerns. We can
only imagine how Millennium's creative staff would
choose to address these monumental current affairs if the show
were still on the air today.
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November
16th
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Armageddon On the Air Looking for some apocalyptic
weekend entertainment? "When
a medieval cult undertakes a devious plan to spur Armageddon
by summoning the spirit of Nostradamus it's up to a tough
homicide detective and a clairvoyant FBI agent to foil the
plot before it's too late."
So reads the synopsis of Nostradamus, a 2000 science
fiction adventure film starring Rob Estes which will likely
appeal to the majority of Millennium fans. Look
for Nostradamus this Sunday night, November 18th, at
9:00pm on the
Sci-Fi Channel.
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November
14th
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Episode Guide Overhaul The Millennial Abyss' complete
Millennium episode guide is growing more extensive all the
time. A major renovation of the guide has just been
completed and significant additional information and online materials
have been added to the individual episode entries.
Nearly four hundred photographs have been added to the episode
entries throughout the guide! Over thirty full episode
transcripts are now available. Additionally, seventeen
relevant quotations from various media reviews of
Millennium episodes have been added thus far for fan perusal to
their respective entries. Visit the
first,
second, or
third
season episode guides now and check out the supplements for
your favorite episode. New materials will be added in
the future as they become available.
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November
12th
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Back to the Big Screen Chris Carter and Ten-Thirteen
Productions are finalizing plans with Twentieth Century Fox to
bring The X-Files to movie theaters for the
second time. Both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson
are currently in talks to star in the coming film, which is
expected to be a stand-alone horror story free from the
constraints of the convoluted ongoing X-Files
mythology. Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz will write
and produce the sequel with an eye toward a 2003 release date.
The first film earned Fox $84 million domestically and the box office success of The X-Files' second motion
picture could very well determine the future for further big
screen Ten-Thirteen Productions, including the often talked of
possible
Millennium film. Stay tuned to
Cinescape
for more X-Files movie details.
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November
9th
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On the Up and Up Minor formatting changes and
upgrades are being made to the Millennial Abyss website on a
regular basis for the benefit of visitors. Several of the more recent
updates deserve special notice here. Two new full screen
Millennium images have been added to the
wallpaper section featuring digitally rendered depictions of Frank Black and
Emma Hollis. Additionally, full episode
transcripts continue to be added to the Abyss episode guide as
they become available. The three latest script entries are
"Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense,"
"Midnight of the Century," and
"Borrowed Time." Click the links and
enjoy.
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November
8th
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Two's the Charm Writer/director James Wong has
been talking with
Cinescape regarding his work on The One and, in an
interview released yesterday, he shared his thoughts on
Millennium's second season. Wong remains high-minded
regarding the unique characters and powerful themes he helped
introduce to the show. "I was proud of the work we did
on Millennium... We brought in, I think, some
interesting ideas in regards to the Millennium Group, and
about the coming of the millennium and what that means and
what that portends. I think it was scary in a very different
way than a serial killer stalking you... I think it may have
been sometimes a little too intellectual or sometimes too
obscure, but on the other hand I think [for] people who really
dug it, it was a show that didn’t talk down to you and kind of
went for big ideas." Wong went on to note that,
although he and partner Glen Morgan are working on a number of
big screen projects, he would not dismiss future television
work. Wong's unabridged comments
defending his work on Millennium are
available
here.
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November
7th
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One by One
Millennium's Glen Morgan and James Wong continue to enjoy great success
in the feature film industry. The duo's latest film, The One,
fared better than expected for Sony Pictures and debuted strongly in the
second spot last weekend, bringing in an estimated $20 million, the largest
opening ever for a Jet Li vehicle. The writing/directing team has
already set their sights on their next big screen science fiction tale.
Morgan and Wong Online
reports that, in addition to remaking the classic horror films Willard
and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, the duo's schedule now includes a film
adaptation of John Kessel's 1983
science fiction short story "Hearts Do Not In Eyes Shine."
The film will the tale of a couple seeking to save their marriage using a form
of selective memory erasure and the paranoid troubles they encounter after
undergoing the procedure. More information on Morgan and Wong's upcoming
projects will be reported here as it becomes available.
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November
6th
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In Point of FAQ Looking for detailed answers to
some of the most frequently asked Millennium questions?
From this point forward the official fan FAQ file for the
series will now be hosted here, at the Millennial Abyss.
Recently passed on from Matt Asendorf, the immense FAQ listing
has been revised and updated throughout the past week and will
continue to be adjusted as needed in the future. An
entirely new Abyss subsection, available in the left hand
column of this page, will provide links to each of the six FAQ
pages. From whether or not a Millennium will be
released on DVD to the reasons why Frank's hair went white
during "The Time is Now," the answers to your questions are
in the FAQ.
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November
5th
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Turn the Page Looking to expand the digital
Millennium mood from the Abyss website and into your
regular computer interface? The latest monthly wallpaper
image representing the ongoing calendar project has been
posted and is available for download. Host a crime scene
on your computer desktop and look to Frank Black and Peter
Watts throughout the month of November. Visit the Abyss
calendar section now to download the latest graphic.
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November
3rd
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Leading Men Lock Horns Millennium and The
X-Files fans should be thoroughly entertained after a
visit to
Lance Henriksen vs. Robert Patrick, a website created to
decide precisely which stone faced leading man dominates the
genre. Webmaster Vanessa Evans notes the site is devoted
to "two
of the most underrated and over-productive actors of our time;
Lance Henriksen, often described as the king of B-grade horror
movies, and Robert Patrick." In addition to extensive
comparison between Henriksen and Patrick's lengthy film
résumés
there's notes concerning their involvement with Millennium
and The X-Files, plenty of great photos, a download area, and a trading board for exchanging
films and memorabilia. It's a creative, amusing, and truly unique
website well worth the visit.
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November
2nd
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Mapping the Multiverse The One, the latest motion
picture from former Millennium writers and executive
producers Glen Morgan and James Wong, opens in theaters
nationwide this evening. A sci-fi action adventure based on the idea of parallel universes,
The One stars Jet Li, was written by Morgan and Wong, and
was directed by Jim Wong.
Reviews of the film thus far have been excruciatingly bad.
Fans of the dynamic duo will, of course, have to make their
own judgments. Millennium viewers will recognize
several familiar faces since the film's supporting cast is
rounded out by James Morrison ("Dead Letters"), Tucker
Smallwood ("Goodbye Charlie"), Kim Patton ("Owls" and
"Roosters"), and even features a cameo appearance by writer
Darin Morgan. Visit Sony's
official
website for the film for more information related to its
release or explore
Morgan and Wong Online's extensive The One
subsection before heading out to the theaters.
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