Sci Fi Channel has put up a new Stargate Universe sneak peak, which includes both a trailer and snippets of interviews with the cast. Included are Robert Carlyle (Rush), Lou Diamond Phillips (Col. Telford), Brian J. Smith (Scott), Ming Na (Wray), and Elyse Levesque (Chloe). This is the third video to be released for the very secretive project. Rumor has it that cast photos will be released this weekend. Watch this space for those!
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Joe Flanigan Answers AXN Chat Questions
While he missed the May 20 scheduled chat with AXN of Hungary due to a bad internet connection, Joe Flanigan did answer quite a few questions from fans afterward. AXN has published the Q&A today. He discusses everything from his bees to what the success of SGU might mean to how the Stargate franchise views its actors.
Note: start at the bottom of the inset window and work your way upward, as the Q&A was conducted as a sort of chat.
DVD Gallery — Shanks, Bourne in “Lost Treasure”
Screencaps Gallery: Over 50 Full-size Images Here!
The Sci Fi adventure/horror movie Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon came out on DVD recently (available here for Region 1). Starring Michael Shanks as lead and featuring J.R. Bourne (Martouf), the movie is admittedly not Oscar material, nor is it for the squeamish. However for fans of Michael and J.R., it does have much to recommend it, as the actors look particularly fine in their period costumes and surrounded by the lovely high desert near Kamloops, BC.
So if you haven’t seen the movie, or even if you have, please visit our screen caps gallery for the best of Michael and J.R. in the film. A few of the latter images are spoilery, and some have a bit of blood, but their inclusion was necessary since the blood in question is on a certain Mr. Shanks’s bare chest.
The DVD includes an 11-minute behind-the-scenes special that shows Michael and the rest of the cast having a fun adventure shooting the movie. So even if it doesn’t appeal to you, the DVD might be worth a look for the featurrette alone!
SGA Season 5 DVD Box Set Content Revealed
From this entry on deepdiscountdvd.com comes a listing of what fans can look forward to on the upcoming release of the SGA Season 5 DVD box set. While there are many great extras, it’s interesting and perhaps disappointing to note four episodes do not have audio commentaries. Producers have noted doing the commentaries is a voluntary, unpaid activity that must be fitted into busy schedules. Still, one would have expected a commentary for critically acclaimed “The Shrine”! The box set will be released on 30 June ’09 for Region 1 (North America). For Region 2 (UK and Europe), the five disks are being released one at a time from 11 May – 6 July, according to this site, with a box set being released on 8 September. In any case, here is the reported content, which should be the same for all regions.
General
5-Disc Set
Region 1
NTSC
Box Set – Checkpoint – Sensormatic
Anamorphic Widescreen – 1.78
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 – English
Mono – Spanish, French
Subtitles – English, French, Spanish
Text/Photo Galleries: Photo Galleries
Production Art: Production Design Gallery
Disk 1
Episodes:
1. 501 – Search and Rescue
2. 502 – The Seed
3. 503 – Broken Ties
4. 504 – The Daedalus Variations
Audio Commentary:
1. Commentary on Search and Rescue by Executive Producer Martin Gero and Director/Producer Andy Mikita
2. Commentary on The Seed by Director William Waring
3. Commentary on Broken Ties by Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi and Actor Jason Momoa
4. Commentary on The Daedalus Variations by Supervising Producer Alan McCullough and Director/Producer Andy Mikita
Featurettes:
1. Mission Directive: Search and Rescue
2. Showdown! Ronan v. Tyre
3. Bringing The Seed to Life
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Stargate Universe
Disc 2
Episodes:
1. 505 – Ghost in the Machine
2. 506 – The Shrine
3. 507 – Whispers
4. 508 – The Queen
Audio Commentary:
1. Commentary on Whispers by Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi and Director William Waring
2. Commentary on The Queen by Supervising Producer Alan McCullough and Director Brenton Spencer
Featurettes:
1. Mission Directive: Whispers with Will Waring and Joseph Mallozzi
2. Tricks of the Trade: Submerging the Stargate
3. Joe Flanigan: A Conversation with the Colonel
Disc 3
Episodes:
1. 509 – Tracker
2. 510 – First Contact
3. 511 – The Lost Tribe
4. 513 – Outsiders
Audio Commentary:
1. Commentary on Tracker by Executive Producer Carl Binder and Director William Waring
2. Commentary on First Contact by Executive Producer Martin Gero and Director/Producer Andy Mikita
3. Commentary on The Lost Tribe by Executive Producer Martin Gero and Director/Producer Andy Mikita
4. Commentary on Outsiders by Supervising Producer Alan McCullough and Director William Waring
Featurettes:
1. Mission Directive: Tracker with Will Waring and Carl Binder
2. Dr. Jackson Comes to Atlantis
3. Building a Humanoid with James Robbins & Martin Gero
Disc 4
Episodes:
1. 512 – Inquisition
2. 514 – The Prodigal
3. 515 – Remnants
4. 516 – Brain Storm
Audio Commentary:
1. Commentary on Inquisition by Director Brenton Spencer and Actor Tobias Slezak
2. Commentary on The Prodigal by Executive Producer Carl Binder and Director/Producer Andy Mikita
3. Commentary on Remnants by Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi and Director William Waring
4. Commentary on Brain Storm by Executive Producer/Director Martin Gero
Featurettes:
1. Mission Directive: Brain Storm with Martin Gero
2. The Life and Death of Michael Kenmore
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes: Deleted Scenes (Part One)
Disc 5
Episodes:
1. 517 – Infection
2. 518 – Identity
3. 519 Vegas (Extended Episode)
4. 520 Enemy at the Gate (Extended Episode)
Audio Commentary:
1. Commentary on Vegas by Executive Producer Robert C. Cooper, Producer John G. Lenic and Director of Photography Michael Blundell
2. Commentary on Enemy at the Gate by Executive Producer Paul Mullie and VFX Supervisor Mark Savela
Featurettes:
1. Stargate Atlantis Goes to Vegas
2. Inside the Stargate Costume Department
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes: Deleted Scenes (Part Two)
Joe Flanigan Lands Guest Role on Warehouse 13
From Pop Culture Zoo comes the exclusive news that Joe Flanigan (Col. John Sheppard on SGA) has landed a guest-starring role on the new Sci Fi Channel series Warehouse 13. Warehouse 13 follows the exploits of two former Secret Service agents who investigate paranormal and supernatural phenomena out of a warehouse in South Dakota.
In the episode, Joe will play the “handsome and wealthy Jeff Weaver,” who comes under the agents’ scrutiny after an impossible heist of a sculpture he had bid on.
From Pop Culture Zoo: the series is currently in production in Toronto and will premiere Tuesday, July 7 with a two-hour pilot starting at 9:00PM.
We’ll keep you informed of when Joe’s episode will air!
Ben Browder On SciFiTalk Podcast
Tony Tellado of SciFiTalk.com chatted for a while with Ben Browder in a podcast just posted here yesterday. Ben talks about Farscape, Stargate, and his new independent film project Freeze Frame. He mentions with a chuckle that he hasn’t heard anything yet about being in the new SG-1 movie, although he does know that Brad Wright and Carl Binder are writing it.
The interview starts about 30% of the way through the recording, after some commercials.
Shanks’ “The Eastmans” Not Picked Up
CBS announced its Fall schedule today, and sadly “The Eastmans” wasn’t on it. Michael Shanks would have had a recurring role as a paramedic if the drama, based around a family of doctors, had it been picked up. The lead of the drama was to be Donald Sutherland, formerly of “Dirty Sexy Money”. CBS executives said they wanted to “get younger”, as evidenced by their final choices. NCIS spin-off “NCIS: Los Angeles” will star L.L. Cool J, for example.
Let’s hope all these new shows need fine actors like Michael Shanks, and we wish the best of luck to all the Stargate alums seeking work, as production starts on all the new network programs.
SGA Movie Working Title — Stargate: Extinction
Edited to add: Joe confirmed this is indeed the working title in this blog entry.
On Thursday, Joe Mallozzi remarked on his blog that they have a working title for the SGA movie. Today his dogs (who have their own twitter page) twittered a picture of a computer screen showing a script title for a first-draft script, with authors Joe Mallozzi and Paul Mullie. We know Joe and Paul are writing the movie, so can we assume this is Joe’s reveal of the working title? If so, it’s a rather ominous one! Watch this space for confirmation.
Noted Actor Dom DeLuise Dead At 75
According to several press reports (MSNBC), Dom DeLuise has died at the age of 75 in a Los Angeles, California hospital.
DeLuise was a star of film and television for decades–most famous for co-starring with Burt Reynolds in the Cannonball Run and the Smokey and the Bandit series, and for his work in several Mel Brooks films and the “Dean Martin Show”. He also did voice-over work for several animation productions, including one still in production. Known for his infectious laugh, DeLuise has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was also a respected author of cookbooks and several children’s books.
Stargate: SG-1 fans will remember Dom as the irrepressible Urgo in the Season Three episode of the same name. Dom’s son Peter recently answered several fan questions including many about his father. Peter stated
Growing up around my Dad was amazing. His humor is always beyond belief but the intelligence, sensitivity and insight to create said humor is off the charts. My brothers and I really are no different than most kids… we want to please our parents and make them proud.
Later Peter referenced “Urgo” as his favorite episode to direct, partly because of working with his father, with whom he had worked before on several productions, including 21 Jump Street and Seaquest DSV.
DeLuise is survived by his wife of 43 years, Carol Arthur, his sons, Stargate writer and director Peter, David (Pete Shanahan), and Michael (Nick Marlowe) as well as three grandchildren. Our deepest condolences go to the DeLuise family and Dom’s many friends and co-workers.
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