Stargate Planner: Week of July 12-18

You might be interested in these news tidbits and announcements that have been noted on this editor’s calendar and notebook for this week. If you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below. We’ll update this article if something comes to our attention during the week.

Calendar

News Notes

Stargate Universe press:

• Mark Savela – Interviews about VFX Emmy nominations are at Vancouver Sun and The Province.
• Alaina Huffman – Excerpt of SFX interview: Digital Spy: ‘SGU’ Huffman: ‘TJ is starting to mature’.
• Lou Diamond Phillips – Excerpt of SFX interview: Digital Spy: Phillips: ‘TV is my favourite work’; and report on his hosting the Stadium of Fire in Deseret News: Patriotism and stars take center stage at Stadium of Fire.
• Robert Carlyle – Excerpt from video interview: Digital Spy: Robert Carlyle: ‘TV is not a step back’; and The Sun: Carlyle: I want to play Jesus.
• Brian J. Smith – Two excerpts of SFX interview: Digital Spy: ‘SGU’ Smith: ‘Scott starts to question’ and Digital Spy: Brian J. Smith admits nude scene nerves.
• Elyse Levesque – Excerpt from SFX interview: Digital Spy: Levesque: ‘I get scurvy filming SGU’.
• David Blue – SciFi and TV Talk Blog: Stargate Universe: David Blue – True Blue.
• Remi Aubuchon – Collider: Executive Producer Remi Aubuchon Exclusive Interview PERSONS UNKNOWN.
• Mike Banas, editor – Joseph Mallozzi’s Weblog: Fan Q&A.

It should be noted that whenever spoilers come out for SGU, they are placed in the episode guides in the Stargate Wiki without much fanfare here in the News Blog. To keep on top of such updates, visit the main page of the Stargate Wiki to see the “Recent Updates” list of links.

Our News Blog posts since the last Stargate Planner (most recent listed first):

• Brian J. Smith – Chicago Now: Brian J. Smith of SGU ‘gates to “Orient Express”.
• San Diego Comic Con – Stargate Universe at the San Diego Comic Con.
• SGU VFX – Stargate Universe VFX Nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards.
• Robert C. Cooper – Robert C. Cooper Nominated for Directors Guild Award.
• Jewel Staite and David Hewlett – New Projects for Staite, Hewlett.
• Lou Diamond Phillips – Ask Lou Diamond Phillips Your Questions.

Last week, we posted a few background articles in our LJ Companion that you might be interested in. The articles listed in this section don’t have a companion piece in our News Blog here:

• Torri Higginson – Higginson at Shore Leave 32.
• Beau Bridges – Beau Bridges Nominated for Emmy for “The Closer” Role.
• Michael Shanks – More on the Casting for “Red Riding Hood”.
• Jason Momoa – Hello, Conan! Part 2 (new image of Momoa as Conan).

Reminders

For news as it happens, make sure to visit the Stargate Twitter Superfeed for tidbits directly from the Stargate stars and production crew. And don’t forget our new feature Beyond the Event Horizon, which consists of “home pages” with dynamic feeds from our LJ and Blog for the stars of SG-1 and Atlantis.

Our LJ Companion has news bites, polls, and glimpses into the lives of the actors that we don’t necessarily cover here in our more formal news blog. Make sure to visit the LJ’s feed on our front page or visit the site directly to see its mostly fun little tidbits.

For the latest in convention appearances, which are subject to change, make sure to visit Stargate Actor Appearances.