Through his representatives, Michael Shanks has issued a clarification of the situation regarding his cancellation of last weekend’s London Expo attendance and his status for Season 10. This announcement was given to and posted on the MichaelShanks-Online.com site:
Ending much speculation resulting from the London Expo cancellation, the following information has been provided to MSOL by Michael’s publicist:
Michael has advised that his appearance at the London Expo was actually cancelled awhile ago as he had some general meetings in Los Angeles that weekend, and not for any specific meeting about any particular major TV role [as has been previously reported]. Further, in terms of his appearance in Season 10 of Stargate SG-1, at this time Michael is not confirmed as returning and “is essentially a free agent as far as work is concerned”.
Stargate SG-1 Solutions independently obtained the same information from Shanks’ representatives, who assured us the actor was in LA for general meetings, “nothing specific, nothing concrete.” We certainly hope that Shanks’ “free agent as of right now” status is converted to “signed for S10” very soon. Fans will certainly take the opportunity to ask Michael Shanks directly if he will be in Stargate’s extraordinary 10th season at the Wolf SG10 convention this weekend in the UK.
Let’s hope so… Daniel and Vala are so magical and wonderful to watch, that I can’t imagine the show without Daniel, as he is the real Heart and Soul of SG-1.
I hope he comes back for S10, it’s not the same without him, especially with out RDA now. And with Claudia signing on, you can’t have Vala without Daniel, and you can’t have SG-1 without Daniel!!