What happened to the NBC, made for TV, “Lost in Space” reunion movie?
We had a good script and NBC was excited with it. Jonathan Harris was also very excited about it, he had it memorized and had ‘improved’ it by rewriting most of Dr. Smith’s lines. This was planned as a reunion movie that would bring the cast back together and end with the possibility of a new series. Of course, after the passing of Jonathan the project became very difficult and I I really did not feel it could be done well without him. Some alternate ideas were considered, including one were Dr. Smith’s personality was expressed through the Robot. But sadly, the “Lost In Space” reunion that I wanted to do died with Jonathan. What time frame can we expect on the release of the new series? WB has ordered what is called a “Put Pilot” which means a script will be written for a one hour pilot episode. If that script is approved then shooting should start in January. Location for shooting the pilot is not yet known, perhaps some place like Vancouver. The pilot should be ready for review by A
