News, spoilers and updates in the Stargate world
James Bamford during rehearsals for “First Contact” (image from MGM) Steve Eramo at the SciFiandTVTalk’s Blog has posted an interview that he did with Stargate Atlantis stunt coordinator James “Bam Bam” Bamford concerning his work during Season Five of the show. They cover the coordination of the fight scenes between Tyre and Ronon in “Broken … Continue reading “SciFiandTVTalk: James Bamford – Action Man!”
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,July 4 STARGATE UNIVERSE SEASON TWO is coming out on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 2 (UK) today! Happy Independence Day, USA! Tuesday,July … Continue reading “Stargate Planner: Week of July 4-10”
The nominees for the 2010 Leo Awards have been announced, and newcomer Stargate Universe has earned 17 nominations! Additionally, Amanda Tapping‘s Sanctuary has also earned 17 nominations, some of them in direct competition with SGU. And Stargate star Michael Shanks has actually got a nomination for his guest starring appearance in the Sanctuary episode “Penance”. … Continue reading “SGU, Sanctuary Each Get 17 2010 Leo Award Noms”
There are some news tidbits and announcements that have been noted on this editor’s calendar and notebook that maybe you’d be interested in for this week. If you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below. Calendar Monday, April 12 Tuesday, April 13 Stargate Universe returns to the … Continue reading “Stargate Planner: Week of April 12-18”
Yet another cast change occurred as Stargate Atlantis entered its fifth season; Amanda Tapping moved on to Sanctuary and Jewel Staite and Stargate veteran Robert Picardo were added to the opening credits. And after some very intense campaigning, it worked out well for the Dr. Carson Beckett fans, too, as Paul McGillion returned for five … Continue reading “13-4-13: Stargate Atlantis Season Five”
Our next stop on the Stargate Atlantis side of our Thirteen Weeks for Thirteen Years (13-4-13) series is Season Two. One of the biggest differences between this season and its predecessor was the change in the regular cast. Paul McGillion was added after his character’s remarkable contribution to the first season and Jason Momoa was … Continue reading “13-4-13: Stargate Atlantis Season Two”
We’ve reached a kind of fork in the road in our trip down memory lane: Stargate SG-1 and the new spin-off Stargate Atlantis ran concurrently during SG-1‘s eighth season! So, we’ve got a treat here: two articles in our Thirteen Weeks for Thirteen Years (13-4-13) series this week, and this will be true for three … Continue reading “13-4-13: Stargate Atlantis Season One”
Your intrepid editor’s Season 5 DVD box set arrived today, and the first things watched were the deleted scene featurettes. Since those weren’t detailed in the published content description, here’s a rundown of what’s in the deleted scene specials. All the scenes are unfinished in terms of music, sound, and visual effects, but they are … Continue reading “SGA S5 DVDs: Details of Deleted Scene Features”
MGM’s Official Stargate website has a few features concerning the making of Stargate Atlantis‘s mid-season two-parter, “First Contact” and “The Lost Tribe”. The two-parter was written by Martin Gero, and he got to do some directing in second unit with Michael Shanks and David Hewlett. Gero was
Joe Flanigan and crew have gone to Las Vegas, Nevada, to film the penultimate episode of Season Five of Stargate Atlantis, “Vegas”, written and directed by Robert C. Cooper. Carol Cling of the Vegas Voice blog on the Review Journal website posted a brief interview with Cooper about the shoot in SHOOTING STARS: ‘Stargate: Atlantis’ … Continue reading “SGA S5 Spoilers: "Vegas" on Location”