Stargate Planner: Week of September 20-26

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

Monday, September 20
Tuesday, September 21
Wednesday, September 22	SGU’s “Pain” and “Subversion” will start on Sky2 in the UK at 9 PM.
Thursday, September 23
Friday, September 24	Mitch Pileggi returns to Supernatural as Samuel Campbell in the season premiere “Exile on Main Street” on The CW at 9 PM. Look for Corin Nemec to start his recurring role as cousin Christian Campbell next week. [original story]
Saturday, September 25	Tonight is the night we’ll find out if Robert C. Cooper has received the Directors Guild of Canada Award for SGU’s “Human”. The Gala is being held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto and is being hosted by SGA guest actor Dave Foley. The Sac Sci-Fi Horror Show in Sacramento, California, begins today and ends tomorrow (the 26th). Jewel Staite is scheduled to be a guest there. Make sure to check the schedule at the event’s website.
Sunday, September 26

News Notes

News Flashes and Brief Follow-Ups

Paul McGillion – He’s getting married! According to Jewel Staite on her Twitter today (September 19): “Headed to Paul McGillion‘s wedding. In other news, hell just froze over. CONGRATS PAULY!!!”

Stargate Universe Press

Season Two – Make sure to visit the SGU Hiatus Page here on Solutions for the international premiere schedule and links to our new SGU Episode Gallery, which contains stills from the first few episodes of the new season, and to our updated episode guides in the Stargate Wiki (spoilers).
Linda McGibney – Joseph Mallozzi’s Weblog: Writer/Supervising Producer Linda McGibney Answers Your Questions!
Lou Diamond Phillips – Card Player: Charity Poker — Nancy Cartwright Announces 5th Annual Monte Carlo Night (scheduled for Saturday, October 2).
Jennifer Spence – Joseph Mallozzi’s Weblog: Actress Jennifer Spence Answers Your Questions.
Mark Savela, VFX – Chicago Now: On the ‘Stargate Universe’ set: Awesome SFX, realistic Destiny.

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.

Solutions News Blog Round-Up

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

Solutions LJ Companion Background Articles

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:

Rachel Luttrell – Rachel Luttrell Fan Q&A Part 1.
SGU S2 – Stargate Universe Season Two Premiere Dates and second Syfy Promo video.
Robert Picardo, Kavan Smith – Picardo, Smith in Syfy Movies in October.
Jewel Staite – Jewel Staite’s Second Blastr Blog Entry.
Jason Momoa – “Game of Thrones” Preview and BTS Videos.

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.