Well, this is too bad: the sci-fi show Dark Skies isn't going to be released on DVD as was originally announced.

Producer/writer Bryce Zabel announces on his blog that although The Crow multi-disc set is still on track to be released, Dark Skies won't be. He found out the news after coming home from Comic-Con. Sony has decided to cancel the release because getting the rights to the music used on the show would be too expensive.

Zabel says that he predicted this might be a problem a while ago and offered to work with Sony to get around the music somehow or use other music in certain scenes, but they never got back to him.

Does the name ring a bell? Zabel is a writer and producer (and former correspondent for CNN and chairman/CEO of The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences -- that's the Emmys) who has created, produced, and/or written for several TV shows over the years, including L.A. Law, M.A.N.T.I.S., The Crow, Dallas, The Fifth Corner, Dark Skies, Equal Justice, and Life Goes On, plus many movies. Well, he has a blog!

It's actually a well-designed site, with tons of posts, categories, and photos. Check out his Movie Smackdown contest.