Editing Babylon 5 (section)

== Media franchise ==
{{Main|Babylon 5 (franchise)}}
In November 1994, [[DC Comics|DC]] began publishing monthly ''Babylon 5'' comics. A number of short stories and novels were also produced between 1995 and 2001. Additional books were published by the gaming companies Chameleon Eclectic and [[Mongoose Publishing]], to support their desk-top strategy and [[Role-playing game|role-playing]] games.

Three TV films were released by [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] in 1998, after funding a fifth season of ''Babylon 5'', following the demise of the [[Prime Time Entertainment Network]] the previous year. In addition to ''[[Babylon 5: In the Beginning|In the Beginning]]'', ''[[Babylon 5: Thirdspace|Thirdspace]]'', and ''[[Babylon 5: The River of Souls|The River of Souls]]'', they released a re-edited special edition of the original 1993 tv film, ''[[Babylon 5: The Gathering|The Gathering]]''. In 1999, a fifth tv film was also produced, ''[[Babylon 5: A Call to Arms|A Call to Arms]]'', which acted as a pilot movie for the spin-off series ''[[Crusade (TV series)|Crusade]]'', which TNT canceled after 13 episodes had been filmed.

[[Dell Publishing]] started publication of a series of ''Babylon 5'' novels in 1995, which were ostensibly considered canon within the TV series' continuity, nominally supervised by Straczynski, with later novels in the line being more directly based upon Straczynski's own notes and story outlines. In 1997, [[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]] obtained the publication license from Warner Bros., and proceeded to release a number of original trilogies directly scenarized by Straczynski, as well as novelizations of three of the TNT telefilms (''In the Beginning, Thirdspace'', and ''A Call to Arms''). All of the Del Rey novels are considered completely canonical within the filmic ''Babylon 5'' universe.

In 2000, the [[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]] purchased the rights to rerun the ''Babylon 5'' series, and it premiered a new telefilm, ''[[Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers|The Legend of the Rangers]]'' in 2002, which failed to be picked up as a series. In 2007, the first in a planned anthology of straight-to-DVD short stories, entitled ''[[Babylon 5: The Lost Tales|The Lost Tales]]'', was released by [[Warner Home Video]], but no others were produced, due to funding issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jmsnews.com/messages/message?id=3681 |title=from jms: update |last=Straczynski |first=J. Michael |date=July 13, 2008 |website=JMSNews |publisher=Midnight Design Productions, LLC |access-date=February 24, 2019 |archive-date=February 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225103025/http://www.jmsnews.com/messages/message?id=3681 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Straczynski announced a ''Babylon 5'' film at the 2014 [[San Diego Comic-Con]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/08/babylon-5-movie-eyes-2016-production-start/ |title=J. Michael Straczynski Announces 'Babylon 5' Feature Film Reboot, Eyes 2016 Production Start |last=Munn |first=Patrick |date=August 6, 2014 |publisher=[[TVWise]] |access-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808220139/http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/08/babylon-5-movie-eyes-2016-production-start/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but stated in 2016 that it had been delayed while he completed other productions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/07/31/the-future-of-the-babylon-5-movie/ |title=The Future of the Babylon 5 Movie |website=bleedingcool.com |date=July 31, 2016 |access-date=February 18, 2019 |archive-date=February 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015828/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/07/31/the-future-of-the-babylon-5-movie/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018 Straczynski stated that although he possesses the movie rights, he believed that neither a film nor television series revival would happen while Warner Bros. retained the intellectual property for the TV series, believing that Warner Bros would insist on handling production, and that other studios would be hesitant to produce a film without also having the rights to the TV series.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-babylon-5-television-revival-or-movie-in-your-dreams-says-j-michael-straczynski |title=A Babylon 5 Television Revival Or Movie? In Your Dreams, Says J. Michael Straczynski |first=Josh |last=Weiss |date=April 20, 2018 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |work=[[Syfy Wire]] |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904225757/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-babylon-5-television-revival-or-movie-in-your-dreams-says-j-michael-straczynski |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Reboot===

A reboot of ''Babylon 5'' was announced in September 2021. It was to be produced by Straczynski through [[Studio JMS]], and developed by Warner Bros. Television for [[The CW]],<ref>{{cite web|title='Babylon 5' Series Reboot From J. Michael Straczynski In Works At the CW|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/babylon-5-series-reboot-j-michael-straczynski-development-cw-1234845022/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=September 27, 2021|access-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref> before Warner took the rights back.<ref>{{cite web|title=Babylon 5 Reboot Pilot Pitch "Out to Buyers About Two Weeks Ago": JMS|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/babylon-5-reboot-pilot-pitch-out-to-buyers-about-two-weeks-ago-jms/|work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|last=Flook|first=Ray|date=April 6, 2024|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

===Direct-to-video animated film===

{{Main|Babylon 5: The Road Home}}
Straczynski revealed in May 2023 that he had been working in secret with [[Warner Bros. Animation]] to produce ''[[Babylon 5: The Road Home]]'', a full-length animated film.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/3/23708919/babylon-5-secret-project-jms-straczynski  | title = The secret Babylon 5 project is... an animated movie | first = Sean | last = Hollister | date = May 3, 2023 | accessdate = May 3, 2023 | work = [[The Verge]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Ray |last=Flook |title=Babylon 5: The Road Home Voice Cast Confirmed, Overview Released |url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/babylon-5-the-road-home-voice-cast-confirmed-overview-released/ |website=Bleeding Cool |date=May 10, 2023 |access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref> Most of the main surviving cast members voice their characters in the film, including Boxleitner, Christian, Jurasik, Mumy, Scoggins and Tallman. Other voice actors, replacing roles of those that had died, including Paul Guyet as Zathras and Jeffery Sinclair, Anthony Hansen as Michael Garibaldi, Mara Junot as Reporter and Computer Voice, [[Phil LaMarr]] as Dr. Stephen Franklin, Piotr Michael as David Sheridan, Andrew Morgado as G'Kar, and Rebecca Riedy as Delenn.<ref>{{cite news |first=Aaron |last=Couch |title='Babylon 5: The Road Home' Voice Cast Unveiled (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/babylon-5-the-road-home-voice-cast-unveiled-1235483312 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 10, 2023 |access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref> The film premiered at [[Comic-Con]] in July 2023, and was made available on streaming services and physical media on August 15, 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23141717/babylon-5-the-road-home-first-animated-trailer | title = Watch the first trailer for Babylon 5: The Road Home | first = Sean | last =Hollister | date = June 15, 2023 | accessdate = June 15, 2023 | work = [[The Verge]] }}</ref>