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3 February 2008 |
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Millennium Reruns Return
 An
unexpected occasion calls for a brief update. Tomorrow,
Millennium returns to television screens in the United
States for the first time in nearly a decade! The series has
been picked up by NBC Universal's horror-themed cable channel,
Chiller. It will begin airing twice each weeknight, at 7:00pm and
3:00am. An updated schedule has been added to the
Airdates
section. Episodes of the series have not been seen in the
United States since the year 2000, when FX aired a New Year's
marathon. Now, a new audience has been granted the opportunity
to meet Frank Black and discover Millennium. Also debuting on Chiller in the coming weeks are
genre shows such as Glen Morgan and James Wong's The Others,
Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Night Visions, and
Howard Gordon's Strange World. Visit the
Chiller TV website for
more details on their programming and their schedule.
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5 May
2006 |
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Remembering Millennium
 I miss Frank Black. Some days I miss Frank Black more than I can say. I miss Millennium, too, but it’s the man that defined the series that is most conspicuous in his absence. It goes without saying that he was a singular hero, unique and utterly irreplaceable. More and more often, when I sit to watch classic episodes from my collection of DVDs I feel as if I am visiting the memorial of a great man who was taken from us when he still had so much to teach us. I am sometimes struck by a strange sense of hope or a painfully nostalgic twinge when I pass a red Jeep Cherokee whilst traveling America’s roadways. I want to know that Frank Black is alive and well, that he’s out there doing what he does best. Today is Lance Henriksen’s birthday, and we raise our glasses to him. Truly, he is one of the greatest actors of our age, and that was never more evident than when he slipped on the identity of our favorite profiler. Happy birthday, Mr. Henriksen. The Millennial Abyss has not been regularly updated for some time and, truthfully, it may not be regularly updated in the foreseeable future. Time will tell. Most of my creative attentions are now devoted to the thematically similar
Revelation and other Fourth Horseman Press publications. That does not mean that this website has been forgotten, however. The episode guide and other subsections will always be periodically tended to, and the site will continue to serve as one of the foremost archives celebrating the series. Additionally, this October will mark Millennium’s tenth anniversary, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we find some way to celebrate. In the meantime, keep watching. Never forget. It’s up to us to keep Frank Black’s memory alive and to continue to live by his example.
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1 October
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Henriksen Calls for
Millennium Movie
 Will
Millennium ever make the move to the big screen? Lance
Henriksen still hopes so, and he's continuing to push to see
that it happens. The Sci-Fi Wire is reporting that during a
recent interview the Millennium star spoke once more
about bringing back Frank Black. "There's many reasons why I
would be [interested]," Henriksen said. "I remember when we
shot the pilot, I thought it was a movie. It took us a month
to shoot the pilot, and it was great. It was a great
experience. Doing a film you'd have more language. You
wouldn't be straddled by the network censors, and it would be
very interesting to get into more detail about certain
things." Henriksen confirmed that he continues to contact
series creator Chris Carter about the potential project.
"We've broached the subject quite a few times. That's like
offering somebody a tremendous amount of work. But he's smart.
He could make it work." The recently released Millennium
DVD collections may help to prove that the audience for such a
film is still out there. Henriksen notes that the numbers
behind those box sets might be the key to reviving the series. "I wonder if the
sales of these will tell us how many people loved the show and
whether or not the movie ought to be made," Henriksen
commented. "I mean, [Frank Black] still is alive. Maybe it's a
good thing there was no closure for Millennium because
now, if we did a movie, it would be good closure for me."
Millennium fans need only to purchase the series on DVD to voice their vote. Visit the
Sci-Fi Wire to read more, including Henriksen's frank
thoughts on The X-Files crossover.
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6 September
2005 |
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Season Three Now
Available on DVD
 The
wait is over! Millennium: The Complete Third Season,
the final DVD collection compiling Millennium's
powerful episodes, is now available in the United States and
Canada. The tumultuous final year of Frank Black's epic
struggle took our hero into unexpected territories, partnering
him with a young protégé and pitting him against memorable
foes. Millennium's ultimate season offered viewers an
eclectic mixture of episodic stories featuring police investigations,
complex conspiracies, black comedy, scientific threats. They
are presented here in widescreen format for the first time,
along with The X-Files crossover episode that united
Frank Black with Agents Mulder and Scully. The six-disc collection also contains
never-before-seen documentaries, featurettes, and commentaries
offering viewers a glimpse behind the scenes. Visit the Abyss
DVD page to review the final collection's complete
features or to learn more about the first two volumes.
Fox Home Entertainment's intricate official
Millennium website has also been updated with new
information, photos, downloads, and sneak-previews. The Region
1 Millennium: The Complete Third Season can be
purchased now from such retailers as
Amazon.com,
Best Buy, and
Wal-Mart.
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15 July
2005 |
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O'Quinn Earns Emmy
Nomination
 Nominations
for the 57th annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced,
and Terry O'Quinn has been nominated in the best supporting
actor category. The former Millennium star's portrayal
of John Locke, one of the enigmatic castaways on the
surreal drama series Lost, has earned him that
recognition for the first time. The ABC series has been
nominated in a total of twelve categories this year, including
outstanding drama series. O'Quinn and co-star Naveen Andrews
have both been nominated for best supporting actor and will be
vying for the award against celebrated actors including Oliver Platt, Alan Alda, and
William Shatner. Fans of Millennium will surely
recognize that O'Quinn's nomination is well-deserved. The winner will be announced during the 57th
annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony to be held on Sunday, September
18th. Visit the
Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences for a complete list of this
year's nominees.
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7 July
2005 |
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Henriksen Heads Into the
West
 Lance
Henriksen will be returning to television this weekend. "Hell
on Wheels," the installment of Stephen Spielberg's Into the
West that features Henriksen, will premiere tomorrow
night, July 8th, on TNT. The Millennium star is one of
several noteworthy names to headline the limited series from
DreamWorks Television; the fourth episode also features
Rachael Leigh Cook, Christian Kane, Irene Bedard, Tom Berenger
and Wes Studi. In a recent interview Henriksen explained, "The
drama of Into the West comes from the hard times and
the realities of life in those days. Everything my character
does in this story is motivated by his family and making sure
that the hard times don't overwhelm them. Because the era was
a brutal era, you had to do what you could to survive. And my
character, as the head of a family, has to do whatever it
takes to make sure that his family survives." The episode will
air on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8:00pm. Visit
Into the West
online for more details on the epic, six-week event or to read
the complete Lance Henriksen
interview.
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27 June 2005 |
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Morgan and Wong's Latest
Destination
 Glen
Morgan and James Wong helped to craft Final Destination
into an original and successful horror thriller, and they
launched a franchise in the process. Now, the former Millennium
producers are hard at work helming the third film in that
franchise. The Deadbolt, a website for film enthusiasts, has
posted an interview with Craig Perry, the producer who enticed Morgan and
Wong into returning. Perry explains, "We
mentioned 'roller coaster' and their reaction was, 'Hey,
that's not bad.' They had to get inspired and the roller
coaster led to a bunch of different scenarios." Despite the
fact that the duo was not involved in the franchise's second
film, Perry
promises the two are dedicated to keeping things consistent.
"One of the
nice things is that Glen and Jim appreciate what Final
Destination 2 did and what it brought to the table in
terms of raising the bar for the franchise. They're not
ignoring Final Destination 2, they're assimilating it
into the vision they have." Visit the
Deadbolt or
Dark Horizons to read more about Morgan and Wong's work on
the project.
Final Destination 3 is now filming for a 2006 release.
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