Shanks, Judge in "Rage of Angels"

In a recent interview with IF Magazine, Michael Shanks talks about filming the two direct-to-DVD movies for the Stargate franchise, the growth of his character, Dr. Daniel Jackson, and the moving on to his next project with friend and SG-1 co-star Christopher Judge.

For those who enjoy watching Shanks go “dark side”, you might be in for a special treat as he plays the ultimate bad guy, Lucifer himself, in the pilot for the show Rage of Angels that Judge has written and MGM has picked up. Filming will begin in the fall, possibly in Los Angeles, with veteran Stargate SG-1 and 24 director Brad Turner at the helm.

Shanks describes the show in which Judge will also star:

Chris’ character is basically Gabriel, who has come to Earth [to] find the Angel Michael who has disappeared and he’s basically fed up with the rules of heaven preventing interaction on any level. He casts away the rules of heaven and decides to go look for Michael and in the process hunt down whatever Lucifer brings to the table, and oddly enough I’ll be playing Lucifer. [Laughs] It’ll be an interesting dynamic there. I’ll be playing a misunderstood guy; someone with daddy issues.

To read the full interview, go to the IF Magazine site.

Chris Judge also referred to the project in his “farewell interview” on scifi.com:

I play Gabriel and Shanks plays Lucifer. We’re going a bit against type, I would think. [He smiles.] I wrote the pilot for it. It’s a very dark, sexy, violent show, and I think that’s probably what we’ll be doing next.

To watch the full interview, visit the SG-1 countdown page at Scifi.com.

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