Stargate Briefing: Bridges, Judge, Mallozzi, Mullie, Nemec, Picardo, Staite

Beau Bridges to Be Honored This Weekend

BEAU BRIDGES is to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLiFF), which began today, October 21. This news from Sun Sentinel:

Bridges, son of the late Lloyd and older brother of Oscar winner Jeff, will be at the 26th annual event Oct. 23 for a Cinema Paradiso screening of his new film,”Don’t Fade Away,” starring Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood”), Mischa Barton and rapper Ja Rule.

FLiFF will present Bridges with a Lifetime Achievement Award, a ceremony highlighted by a clip reel retrospective of his screen performances, just prior to the 5:45 p.m. showing of “Don’t Fade Away.” An audience Q&A follows the movie.

In “Don’t Fade Away,” Bridges portrays a fatally ill family patriarch whose estranged son (Kwanten) puts his poisonous L.A. music career on hold to return to North Carolina to care for his father.

Read more at the link above.

Filming Projects for Christopher Judge

A recent article about the filming of the movie To Have and To Hold mentions that the cast includes CHRISTOPHER JUDGE and a few other familiar Stargate vets, including MARK DACASCOS (Tyre, SGA). This is the first time we’ve seen Judge’s name in association with the film, which is set during the 1600s during the early settlements of Virginia. From Village News Online: Filming concludes at Henricus park:

According to the film’s location manager Tom Trigo, “To Have and To Hold,” which is an adaptation of a book published by the same name in 1900 by Virginian author Mary Johnston, is a family-based romance story – with a twist of action and adventure – set in the Virginia Colony as it expands westward. Though much of the film is shot in Henricus, its setting takes place mostly in Jamestown; however, scenes will be shot along the James River, as well as in or near various historical plantations and farms in the region.

Trigo, a native of Virginia, had been scouting Henricus for several years in his search for the perfect location to shoot the film. When he first read the script he knew Henricus was the ideal place to shoot.

Make sure to visit the article for more about the filming at Henricus Historical Park.

Another movie that Judge is cast in is also moving its filming location for its last few weeks of principal photography: The Dark Knight Rises. From Mania Beyond Entertainment: Dark Knight Rises in NY:

Warner Bros. Pictures and director Christopher Nolan have one more city to take on before they wrap up the production for The Dark Knight Rises. Cue the Frank Sinatra or Jay-Z songs because New York is where Nolan and his crew will be end their journey, beginning production in the Big Apple on October 29. The last leg of shooting is expected to last around 14 days and the Los Angeles Times’ 24 Frames reports that the “Occupy Wall Street” may even be used in some scenes though it won’t be a part of the storyline.

The Dark Knight Rises is currently scheduled to open July 20, 2012.

Mallozzi’s and Mullie’s Dark Matter Hits Shelves January 11, 2012

DARK MATTER #1Writing partners JOSEPH MALLOZZI and PAUL MULLIE have a new comic book series coming out in January called Dark Matter. Mallozzi has been writing about the development process in his weblog for some time now, and his most recent entry on the subject was to announce the project’s release.

DARK MATTER #1 (of 4)
Joseph Mallozzi (W), Paul Mullie (W), Garry Brown (A/Cover), and Ryan Hill (C)
On sale Jan 11
FC, 32 pages
$3.50
Miniseries

A derelict ship floats in space, its troubled crew awakened from stasis with no memories of who they are or how they got on board. Their search for answers triggers the vessel’s deadly security system: a relentless android bent on their destruction. Facing threats at every turn, they have to work together to survive a voyage charged with vengeance, redemption, betrayals, and hidden secrets best left unknown.

Make sure to visit Mallozzi’s blog to get more background about the miniseries.

Corin Nemec in Chicago This Weekend

CORIN NEMEC is scheduled to be a guest at Creation Entertainment’s “Salute to Supernatural” this weekend in Chicago. According to the convention’s website, Nemec is scheduled for Saturday, October 22.

Another Reunion for Robert Picardo

Recently we reported that ROBERT PICARDO had a reunion with his Star Trek: Voyager co-star Kate Mulgrew via his guest starring in her new Adult Swim series NTSF:SD:SUV. Now, we’ve just heard that he’s been reunited with his China Beach co-star Dana Delany in her new show Body of Proof, which is about Delany’s medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt, her co-workers, her personal life, and her search for the truth when it comes to determining who caused the deaths of the victims she examines. We’ve got a little bit of information about Picardo’s episode from TV Line:

Dana Delany will reunite with her former China Beach costar Robert Picardo in a Season 2 episode of Body of Proof, TVLine has confirmed. The actress tweeted a picture of herself and Picardo, who will play an Italian-American restaurant owner, on the set with the message, “Me and Bob Picardo, together again! So happy.”

To see the image, visit Delany’s Twitpic link. Body of Proof airs Tuesdays on ABC at 10/9c, but right now, we’re not sure when Picardo’s episode will be airing. We’ll keep our eyes open for a date.

Jewel Staite Interview

From Very Aware: INTERVIEW: Jewel Staite talks FIREFLY, Food, Fun, and Fillion:

You played Doctor Jennifer Keller on STARGATE ATLANTIS; does the medical jargon stay with you and also how’s your Mandarin? Do you know medical jargon in Mandarin?

JS: I know no medical jargon or Mandarin anymore. As soon as it’s out of my mouth and the scene’s done, I promptly allow my puny brain to forget it. I have been known to use the phrase, “Dammit, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a mechanic!”, however.

Make sure to visit the link for the rest of the interview in which Staite talks about Firefly, her co-stars, and other projects.

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Stargate Briefing: Bridges, Flanigan, Momoa, Shanks, Tapping

Beau Bridges’s Doodle in Charity Auction

BEAU BRIDGES can now add doodling to his many recognized talents as some of his work will be auctioned for charity! Here’s more from the NoHo Arts District’s website:

Valley Community Clinic (www.valleycommunityclinic.org) a private, non-profit, healthcare Clinic serving the underprivileged ‘Celebrates 40 Fabulous Years’ at the Sportsmen’s Lodge on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.

The evening begins with a red carpet surprise, a spirited cocktail reception and a silent auction at 6:30 pm. […]

Celebrity doodles, designer gift bags, X-Factor tickets, signed cast memorabilia and a wine connoisseur gift bundle are among the goodies featured during the evening’s silent auction. An online auction will take place Oct. 10-23 at www.biddingforgood.com/ValleyClinic. The online auction will feature the original scripts of ‘Guess who’s Coming to Dinner’ and ‘On the Beach’ both signed by American film director and producer Stanley Kramer. Also included in this auction Doodles by Celebrities Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges and Carl Reiner and a ‘Glee’ CD signed by all cast members. […]

Visit Bidding For Good’s page to see Bridges’s doodle, which has the opening bid of $500!

Update on Joe Flanigan’s International Sci-Fi Series

Metal Hurlant Chronicles is an upcoming international sci-fi series project that JOE FLANIGAN is a part of. Variety.com has some more information about its distribution schedule:

Earlier this year, Universal Pictures Germany picked up home video and VOD rights for the first two seasons (comprising 12 half-hours). Sony Pictures Television nabbed the series for distribution in various European territories, notably Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland and Luxembourg via its pay TV network.

The first season will be delivered in April and the second will bow in November 2012. Each episode will adapt stories from the original graphic novels.

Created by comic artists Jean Giraud (aka Moebius) and Philippe Druillet in 1974, “Metal Hurlant” became a sci-fi phenom in the 1980s.

The level of Flanigan’s first-season involvement still isn’t known, but we’ll keep an eye out for more information. Hopefully, the busy actor will update his Twitter account soon!

In the meantime, we can enjoy this interview conducted earlier this month at the Entertainment Media Show in London. He talks about his recent projects and filming abroad.

Jason Momoa at New York Comic Con

There are loads of reports about JASON MOMOA’s appearance at the New York Comic Con held a little while back. Just recently, the notification for Huffington Post’s brief interview with the Conan the Barbarian star hit our inbox. Here’s a Stargate-mentioning snippet:

Q: With your characters on Stargate Atlantis like Ronan Dex and Game of Thrones, do you gravitate towards these warrior types or is that just something because you’re 6’4″ and huge?

JM: When I did Stargate Atlantis, I wanted to work and it was a great opportunity, four years of working on that.

I think when Drogo came along, that’s a once in a lifetime chance to play anything like that. I’ve never seen a character like him in the movies or on TV. He’s such a powerful, raw character. That role was the first time I’ve ever wanted a character in my life.

Because of that, the same casting director came on Conan so everything just kind of lined up that way.

I don’t know, we’ll see. Hopefully there’s a rom-com in there somewhere coming up.

Momoa’s most recent project is his movie with Sylvester Stallone, Bullet to the Head (aka Headshot).

Michael Shanks in Lifetime’s The Pastor’s Wife

Our COMING SOON feature has been updated with the premiere date of MICHAEL SHANKS’s television movie project for Lifetime, The Pastor’s Wife. We got the date of November 5, 2011, from this recent announcement about co-star Rose McGowan’s titular role at Monsters and Critics:

Lifetime is set to premiere the original movie The Pastor’s Wife, starring Rose McGowan and Michael Shanks in a film about the shotgun slaying of a small town minister and revelations of his dark secrets involving sex, lies and betrayal — shocking his God-fearing community and changing it forever.

The Pastor’s Wife will debut on Saturday, November 5, at 8 pm ET/PT.

Based on a true story that made national headlines, The Pastor’s Wife centers on the 2006 death of Matthew Winkler (Shanks), a beloved minister and community leader who was mysteriously shot and killed in his Selmer, Tennessee, home. During their investigation, the authorities soon zero in on Matthew’s wife, Mary (McGowan), as the crime’s prime suspect.

Make sure to visit the link for more on the project.

Amanda Tapping Sanctuary Interview

Season Four of Sanctuary is currently airing on Friday nights on Syfy and Space, and AMANDA TAPPING provides lots of interesting behind-the-scenes details concerning its story development and production in an in-depth interview published at The Morton Report. This season is comprised of 13 episodes, a reduction from last season’s 20, and Tapping commented on the benefits of a shortened season:

“There’s a whole trigger effect of what Helen has been doing, and, again, I think this season is highly ambitious and it sort of blows the lid off anything we’ve done before. It’s a beautifully shot and written season, and I actually don’t mind that we were taken back down to 13 episodes this year. I know that that’s kind of Syfy’s mandate right now- they’re not commissioning 20-episode series. They’re commissioning 13 and sometimes less, so when we found out that we got a 13-episode pick-up, some people said, ‘Oh, man, you guys got ripped off,’ and we were like, ‘No, it’s all good, because now we can make 13 really kick-ass episodes of television.’ We’re not spread too thin and we knew we could do that. Twenty episodes was a big order and we were thrilled to have it, but we have a really good solid season with these 13. Believe me when I tell you that there are no duds episode-wise.”

Tapping also talks about directing, sets, motion capture, and Stargate vets DAMIAN KINDLER and MARTIN WOOD, so make sure to visit the link for more.

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Paul McGillion in Hallmark’s "Finding a Family"

FINDING A FAMILY (Hallmark)Apologies to fans of PAUL McGILLION for missing the premiere of his Hallmark movie Finding a Family (Saturday, October 15). But good news! Hallmark Movie Channel will be airing the movie today, October 16: 12:00 PM ET, 2:00 PM ET, 8:00 PM ET, and 10:00 PM ET!

The storyline, from TV Guide: “An ambitious teen (Jared Abrahamson) tries to overcome his tumultuous home life with a mentally unstable mother (Kim Delaney) and fulfill his dream of attending Harvard. In order to keep his education plans on track, he attempts to find a family who will take him in so he can stay in a certain school district. Based on a true story. Directed by Mark Jean.”

Visit Daemon’s TV and the Hallmark Movie Channel for more about the movie, including video clips, photos, and other scheduled airings.

Stargate Briefing: Cooper, Huffman, Phillips, Shanks

Robert Cooper Writing New TV Project

Former Stargate executive producer ROBERT C. COOPER is writing for a new TV project! Here’s what Deadline posted:

Lifetime is developing a period drama series about The Hollywood Reporter founder William Wilkerson, which is being produced by Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and Graham King’s GK TV. The project, written by Rob Cooper (Stargate: Universe), chronicles the colorful life of Wilkerson, a compulsive gambler who started off as a film executive in New York; lost all his money on Black Friday; founded The Hollywood Reporter; launched a slew of Hollywood nightclubs, including Ciro’s; founded The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas; and got entangled with the mob and had to go into hiding in France.

Visit the link for more!

Alaina Huffman Added to Wizard World Austin Event

Newswire Today made the announcement that ALAINA HUFFMAN will be a guest at the Wizard World Austin convention being held November 11-13. Other Stargate vets attending include ADAM BALDWIN (Col. David Dixon, SG-1), JULIA BENSON (Lt. Vanessa James, SGU) and LOUIS GOSSETT, JR. (Gerak, SG-1).

Lou Diamond Phillips in Longmire

LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS is in the cast of the new A&E series that will be premiering in 2012, Longmire. The show is based off of a series of Walt Longmire books written by Craig Johnson, who is also heavily involved with the production. The Rapid City Journal article entitled “Author tells how his books are becoming new television series” focuses on an interview with Johnson conducted during one of his appearances in August. More information about the books, the television series, and the characters are at the link.

Update on Michael Shanks’s Pilot Saving Hope

MICHAEL SHANKS and Stargate alum ERICA DURANCE (Krista James, SG-1) filmed a TV pilot called Saving Hope. Durance mentioned the project in a recent interview with TVLine.com, “I’m still waiting to hear [where things stand]. We had some really positive feedback from some of the people we approached… so we’ll see what happens. That was a wonderful experience and a project I’m really proud of.” (Thanks to MSOL for the update.)

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Stargate Briefing: Auction, Bridges, Momoa, Picardo, Shanks, Tapping

Stargate Auction at Legends Memorabilia

If you’re on the look-out for Stargate-themed auctions, look no further than Legends Memorabilia for a chance to bid on Stargate props, costumes, and replicas. It’s a trip down memory lane just to look at what’s being offered.

Beau Bridges to Be Honored at FLiFF

BEAU BRIDGES is to be awarded the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLiFF), which begins October 21. This news from Sun Sentinel:

Bridges, son of the late Lloyd and older brother of Oscar winner Jeff, will be at the 26th annual event Oct. 23 for a Cinema Paradiso screening of his new film,”Don’t Fade Away,” starring Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood”), Mischa Barton and rapper Ja Rule.

FLiFF will present Bridges with a Lifetime Achievement Award, a ceremony highlighted by a clip reel retrospective of his screen performances, just prior to the 5:45 p.m. showing of “Don’t Fade Away.” An audience Q&A follows the movie.

In “Don’t Fade Away,” Bridges portrays a fatally ill family patriarch whose estranged son (Kwanten) puts his poisonous L.A. music career on hold to return to North Carolina to care for his father.

Read more at the link above.

Conan the Barbarian on DVD, Blu-ray November 22

According to the Comic Book Movie website, JASON MOMOA’s Conan the Barbarian is due to be released on DVD and Blu-ray in North America November 22!

Robert Picardo Participating in Star Trek: The Exhibition

ROBERT PICARDO will be at the Saint Louis Science Center on February 3, 2012, to participate in Star Trek: The Exhibition, which opens to the general public October 28, but has some special events scheduled starting October 18. Read more about the exhibition at Columbia Tribune: Saint Louis Science Center takes a trek to the final frontier.

Update on Shanks’s New Film Project

MICHAEL SHANKS is filming a new zombie movie he referred to as Eerie 13 (aka 13 Eerie). We’ve got more information about the plot from this article in MJ Times, the news site for the movie’s filming location, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.

“The film is a zombie movie,” Richelle Bourgoin, publicist for Minds Eye Entertainment, told the Times-Herald.
“It centres on some forensic undergraduate students who are undertaking a scientific expedition on a remote island that was formerly used as a biological testing ground for life-term criminals left for dead, but they are not dead. They are undead as they find out,” she said.

Bourgoin said filming is taking place in and around Moose Jaw and is due to finish at the end of October.

The film stars Katharine Isabelle, a Canadian actress, who played the lead role in Ginger Snaps, as student Megan; Michael Shanks from Stargate as the professor; Brendan Fletcher from The Pacific as student Josh; Nick Moran from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as Larry the driver; and Brendan Fehr from CSI Miami as student Daniel.

In a similar announcement, Dread Central published the name of Shanks’s character as Professor Tomkins. We’ve added Eerie 13 to our COMING SOON feature and will update it when more info becomes available.

New Tapping Webseries Looking for Theme Composer

AMANDA TAPPING has teamed up with sci-fi legend William Shatner to provide their voices to a new animated webseries entitled The Zenoids. Now, they’re looking for a composer for the series’ title theme and they’re doing it by holding a contest (deadline: November 6). Read more about it at Artist Direct: Myouterspace.com Launches Competition For Composers to Score New Theme For “The Zenoids” Web Series.

Stargate Planner: Week of October 10-16

We’ll update this article if something comes to our attention during the week. Also, if you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below.

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Monday,
October 10
Columbus Day (Observed)United States Thanksgiving DayCanada
Tuesday,
October 11
Today is CLAUDIA BLACK’s birthday!

Christmas Lodge DVD CoverToday the DTV movie Christmas Lodge is being released in Region 1 (North America). The movie stars MICHAEL SHANKS. Amazon.com describes it: “Thomas Kinkade presents Christmas Lodge: a place where a heart-warming past and loving future meet for one remarkable group of people. During a weekend trip to the mountains, Mary (Erin Karpluk) finds herself at the now-dilapidated lodge where she spent the holidays with her family growing up. She becomes determined to restore the building to its former glory. Inspired by her grandfather and guided by her grandmother in heaven, Mary throws herself into the project, and during the process finds herself drawn to Jack (Michael Shanks), a handsome man who loves the lodge as much as she does. Historically unlucky in love, this chance encounter allows Mary to renew her faith in life and discover her one true love. For an uplifting story about the importance of faith, family and the true holiday spirit, go to the Christmas Lodge.”

Wednesday,
October 12
Today is BRIAN J. SMITH’s birthday!
Thursday,
October 13
Today is CHRISTOPHER JUDGE’s birthday!

JEWEL STAITE and JASON MOMOA are scheduled to be guests at the New York Comic Con that starts today and runs until October 16. Make sure to visit the con’s website for details.

Friday,
October 14
Saturday,
October 15
Sunday,
October 16

Solutions Features and Brief Updates

For news as it happens, make sure to visit the STARGATE TWITTER SUPERFEED for tidbits directly from the Stargate stars and production crew. And our feature BEYOND THE EVENT HORIZON consists of “home pages” with dynamic feeds from our LJ and Blog for the stars of SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe.

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. Some of our recent posts in this LJ, as well as from the related SGU DESTINY, a Universe-specific community, include:

Our COMING SOON feature gives you advance notice as to when our Stargate actors will be making appearances in movies and television productions. We’re keeping it updated, so make sure to visit often for the latest in release news.

STARGATE BRIEFING is our newest feature that shows the latest headlines that include our Stargate alumni, grouped together for convenience.

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

Stargate Briefing: Tapping, Hewlett, Bridges, Francks

Reminder: Sanctuary Returns Tonight!

Tune into the premiere of Season Four of AMANDA TAPPING’s Sanctuary tonight on the Syfy channel at 10/9c and on Canada’s Space channel at 10E/10:30P! Here’s Space’s preview:

ETA: Pop Culture Zoo has a new video interview with Tapping and co-star Robin Dunne in which they tease fans about this new season. Additionally, The Vancouver Sun recently interviewed Tapping about the show.

David Hewlett Narrates Environmental Film

The Tyee has published a feature about a new environmental film, Waking the Green Tiger, that will be debuting at the Vancouver International Film Festival tonight at 9:30 PM (it will be screened again on Tuesday, October 11, at 12:20 PM). Stargate’s DAVID HEWLETT is the narrator!

The movie is narrated by Stargate star David Hewlett, who Carson says was attracted by the environmental issues. “He’s very interested in the environment and he has a young son, so he’s looking at the world in a different way, and was just a thorough delight to work with.”

To read more about the film, make sure to visit the link above.

Beau Bridges Records Track for Haiti Relief

From Variety: Composers in tune for a cause: Orchestral work created for Haiti relief:

Twenty-six years ago, “We Are the World” and “Live Aid” raised millions for African famine relief. Now, some Hollywood film composers have joined together to write a symphony they hope will raise at least $1 million to help the victims of last year’s earthquake in Haiti.

“A Symphony of Hope,” a 50-minute work penned by 25 different composers from the film, TV and game worlds, was released last week and has already hit Amazon.com‘s top-25 chart of new classical releases.

[…]

Rounding out the album are three additional tracks that Lennertz hopes potential buyers will find attractive: jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and singer Lucy Schwartz performing their spins on traditional Haitian tunes, and actor Beau Bridges reading an original poem about the disaster.

Update: Francks’s The Listener Now Filming Third Season

We just saw RAINBOW SUN FRANCKS’s The Listener in the news concerning ION’s pick-up to show the first two seasons, and now we’ve just got word that the third season is currently being filmed. Francks returns as Corp. Dev Clark for 13 episodes in the new season. Visit Media Update: Third season production of The Listener gets underway: Fox International Channels has announced that production is underway on season three of the original drama series The Listener.

Stargate Briefing: Keeping Up with Stargate Alumni

Our New “Stargate Briefing” Feature

Our Stargate alum are busy folks, and we thought you’d like to get some of the many headlines about them grouped in one convenient place, so we’ve created “Stargate Briefing.” This new feature will come out whenever there are newsworthy alerts in our mailbox that just can’t wait to be dressed up, but instead are presented in a rather brief and informal format. Enjoy!

ION Television to Air Rainbow Sun Francks’ The Listener in the United States in 2012

RAINBOW SUN FRANCKS joined the regular cast of CTV’s The Listener in Season Two as Corporal Dev Clark. Another Stargate alum, PETER STEBBINGS, also joined the cast. The show has been picked up for a third season, and as far as we know, Francks will continue in his role.

More about the series and the news about ION’s pick-up can be found at Channel Canada.

Robert Picardo Reunites with Voyager Co-Star Mulgrew

Robert Picardo as Damian in NTSF:SD:SUV

Star Trek: Voyager star Kate Mulgrew has a new 15-minute series called NTSF:SD:SUV (National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle). It’s part of Adult Swim that shares channel space with Cartoon Network nightly between 9:00 pm to 6:00 am ET/PT. Here’s a snippet of the interview Mulgrew did about her new series in which her Voyager co-star and Stargate alum ROBERT PICARDO guest starred recently:

In “Twistin’ the Night Away,” the actress had the pleasure of being reunited with one of her former Star Trek: Voyager costars, Robert Picardo, who played U.S.S. Voyager’s Holographic Doctor. “That was my call. I was sitting next to Paul Scheer and [series executive producer/writer John Stern] and overheard them saying that they needed a guest-star who could play a really creepy character,” recalls Mulgrew. “I told them, ‘I know him. He’s one of my best friends – Bob Picardo. They both said, ‘Yes! Can you call him?’

“I called Bob right then and there. He came in the next day and was perfect. The thing is, Paul will do that all the time, which is one of the reasons why I love him. Any idea is a good idea and he’ll embrace it. At one point I suggested to Paul, ‘You should get all the Star Trek guys in here. It would be a riot,’ and he said, ‘You’re absolutely right.’ It’s a very collaborative set. It has a wonderful old spirit, you know, because we’re not talking about trillions of dollars here. We’re talking about a collaborative effort to make people really laugh.”

Read more of the interview at The Morton Report.

Michael Shanks Has a New Film Project

MICHAEL SHANKS sent a note to his official website, MSOL, to let them know about his new project: “Just a note to let you know that I am starting a new project next week. A “ZOMBIE” movie called EERIE 13. Everyone should do at least one zombie movie. This shall be mine. More info to follow.”

MSOL reports that the movie will be filmed in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and promises we’ll be updated as soon as they are.

Amanda Tapping Talks Sanctuary Season Four

SanctuaryThe fourth season of AMANDA TAPPING’s hit Syfy show Sanctuary premieres this Friday, October 7, at 10 PM ET. The star, executive producer, and occasional-director Tapping gave an interview recently with The Province in which she discusses some of the highlights of the new season.

“This season is a little darker than previous seasons, a little more action-packed. We go back in time. It’s all part of a master plan,” she told Alex Strachan from Postmedia News. “I would like to see it continue for a while. We have a plan in place, and we’ve stayed with it so far. We always wanted it to go at least five seasons. From my perspective, I’m not ready to let it go yet.”

Tapping also discusses her fans and charity fundraisers, so visit the link for more (as far as we can tell, there are no spoilers in the interview).

Damian Kindler to Pen New Universal Soldier TV Series

This news has been floating around the Internet a bit lately, so there are many links. Here’s the latest from Blastr.

Here’s a profile of DAMIAN KINDLER in our Stargate Wiki. He’s also the creator, executive producer, and writer for Amanda Tapping’s Sanctuary.

Stargate Planner: Week of October 3-9

We’ll update this article if something comes to our attention during the week. Also, if you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below.

Calendar

Monday,
October 3
Tuesday,
October 4
Wednesday,
October 5
Thursday,
October 6
Friday,
October 7
AMANDA TAPPING’s Sanctuary returns to Fridays on Syfy for its fourth season premiere episode tonight at 10/9c. In “Tempus,” “Magnus goes to 1898 London to try to stop Adam Worth from saving his daughter, which would alter the current time line.” Stargate veterans are both in the regular cast and among the guest stars, including IAN TRACEY as Adam Worth and PETER WINGFIELD as James Watson.

To coincide with the Sanctuary premiere, AMANDA TAPPING and Sanctuary co-star Robin Dunne will be at the NBC Experience Store in Rock Center in NYC at 10 AM ET.

Supernatural posterJEWEL STAITE is Amy in “The Girl Next Door,” tonight’s episode of The CW’s Supernatural. Tune in at 9/8c to see the story in which “Sam hunts a demon from his childhood who is killing thugs and eating their brains.”

Today is the kick-off of the weekend-long Salute to Supernatural convention in Toronto. CORIN NEMEC is scheduled to be there.

Saturday,
October 8
Sunday,
October 9

Solutions Features and Brief Updates

For news as it happens, make sure to visit the STARGATE TWITTER SUPERFEED for tidbits directly from the Stargate stars and production crew. And our feature BEYOND THE EVENT HORIZON consists of “home pages” with dynamic feeds from our LJ and Blog for the stars of SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe.

Daniel Jackson's deaths are featured in "No One Ever Dies in Sci-Fi" Round-up at Daemon's TV.
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. Some of our recent posts in this LJ, as well as from the related SGU DESTINY, a Universe-specific community, include:

Our new COMING SOON feature gives you advance notice as to when our Stargate actors will be making appearances in movies and television productions. We’re keeping it updated, so make sure to visit often for the latest in release news.

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