Beau Bridges, Mitch Pileggi and Lou Gossett Jr. Join the Casts Of SCI FI’s ‘Stargate SG-1’ and ‘Stargate Atlantis’
SCI FI Channel Press Release
New York, NY (February 7, 2005) Hot on the heels of the exceptional January premieres of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, SCI FI Channel and MGM Television Entertainment have scored a casting hat trick, welcoming three-time Emmy winner Beau Bridges, Oscar winner Lou Gossett, Jr. and sci-fi favorite Mitch Pileggi to the Stargate family.
Bridges will join the cast of Stargate SG-1 as General Hank Landry, the new head of Stargate Command. When Jack O’Neill is promoted to oversee Homeworld Security, he hand-picks Landry to be his successor. In addition to being committed to a regular role on SG-1, Bridges will also cross over to appear in a few episodes of Stargate Atlantis. Gossett will also join the cast of SG-1 in a recurring role as a Jaffa leader who vies with Teal’c for political control of the new Jaffa nation.
Bridges and Gossett join returning cast members Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge and Michael Shanks, and newest team member Ben Browder, who plays Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell. With these fresh casting additions, Stargate SG-1 (currently the longest-running sci-fi drama on American television) is primed for even greater success as it enters its ninth original season.
X-Files alumnus Mitch Pileggi will take on Stargate Atlantis in a recurring role as a hard-nosed colonel who butts heads with Dr. Weir (Torri Higginson) and Major Sheppard (Joe Flanigan).
Production on both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis is set to begin in March 2005 for summer premieres on SCI FI. Robert C. Cooper and SG-1 co-creator Brad Wright will continue to serve as executive producers on both series, which are distributed by MGM Worldwide Television Distribution.
I just wanted to say that I’m so pleased to see this official confirmation from SCI FI Channel of news exclusively broken by Solutions on the casting of Beau Bridges!
I’m really looking forward to Season 9 now that I know both Louis Gossett Jr *and* Beau Bridges will be joining the cast.
1)I can’t believe RDA is leaving us (no, scratch that, i can)
2)TPTB lied about BB’s char’s name! Now that…is annoying.
why didnt they bring jonas quinn back
Because they hate Jonus, and they didn’t lie about BB name, they had to change it for legal reasons.
:(They should bring Jonas Back. I hope the new members are good. No one can replace RDA of Jonas.:(
sorry i meant RDA or Jonas. 😉