Westworld sequel stars Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Stuart Margolin, John Ryan, and Yul Brynner, who makes a cameo appearance in a dream sequence. Other than Brynner, none of the cast members from the original film appear, and original writer-director Crichton was not involved. The story is set two years after the Westworld tragedy, with the Delos corporation having reopened the park. The story starts when newspaper reporter Chuck Browning (Peter Fonda) and TV reporter Tracy Ballard (Blythe Danner) are invited to review the park. "Beyond Westworld" was created by Michael Crichton which served as a continuation of the two
Doctor Satan's Robot filmed between September 20 and October 29, 1940 under the working title "Doctor Satan", at a cost of $147,381. Locations included the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, California. According to Raymond William Stedman in "Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment" (1971), Republic was unconsciously "observing the transfer of the costumed crusader from prairie to pavement" in the writing of this serial. The western cowboy hero would soon be replaced in popular culture by superheroes and masked crimefighters. The "Mysterious Doctor Satan" serial introduces the updated "Republic robot." A more primitive design had appeared in "Undersea Kingdom". The new robot would