Dear Space: 2099 supporters, I am sad to announce that as of November 3rd, 2008 all of our Space: 2099 videos will no longer be available with the exception of the Space News. As many of you know, this website was produced to be shown to Granada/ITV as part of a proposal for an enhanced version of Space: 1999 to reignite the franchise. We got their attention all right, but unfortunately they’ve let us know that they're currently not interested in our concept and asked us to remove all the videos with Space: 1999 footage so that there would be no conflict with their distributors.
I want to thank all of you for your great support!
And for this, I have decided to keep the website open, but without its video content. Since the opening on July 21st, I have received more than 10,000 visits and tons of praise emails. I believe that Space: 1999 would have benefited from this concept as it would have been a perfect platform for a new series. I still have all kinds of ideas that haven’t been shown here that could have created an unprecedented event in sci-fi television. I have been told that Granada is looking at some Space: 1999 proposals at the moment for a FULL REMAKE of the series. However, since 2002 I’ve been in contact with the owners of Space: 1999 and each time I got the same reply as this one. As you all know, no remakes have been done to date.
But the Space:2099 project will not end here. I will keep trying to make this idea a reality. You know that hope is the key to morale! I will maintain it, I will exploit it, ruthlessly! If you want to discuss Space: 2099 with other supporters or you want to leave some feedback, you can join our group (which we will continue to maintain in order to keep promoting the concept) at:
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/Space2099/
You are all welcome to join and thanks again for all your kind support!
Sincerely, Eric Bernard |