Wahey! Babylon 5 movie planned!

Nearly a decade on from its airing, cult sci-fi hit "Babylon 5" is finally getting a big screen film release. Spanning 110 episodes, five made for TV movies and a short-lived "Crusade" spin-off series, "Babylon 5" was one of the more unique shows on television when it aired back in the mid-90's thanks to creator J. Michael Straczynski's planning out of all the show's key events before even starting the pilot.

As a result it was a show that was so rich in its mythology that there were practically no stand-alone episodes, every one contributed in a small or big way to overall story and character arcs. Visions and dreams in the first or second season came true in the third or fourth and much like "Lost" now, the first two years revolved around a mystery which in this case was an ancient race called the Shadows whom eventually everyone went into war with.

Now, Production Weekly reports that Steven Beck will direct the JMS-penned theatrical feature "The Memory of Shadows" starting this April in the UK. In it, the technology left over by the now gone Shadow race has been found and is being used by an unknown force. Earth Intelligence Officer Diane Baker, whose brother was recently killed in a mysterious explosion, is out to uncover the intergalactic conspiracy.

Helping her will be Galen, the "Crusade" character and techno-mage who has been charged with keeping the technology out of others hands. No word yet on whether the likes of Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan Peter Jurasik, Andreas Katsulas, Tracey Scoggins or any of the show's cast members will make cameos.