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RDA IN NEGOTIATIONS TO ATTEND COMIC CON?

Online entertainment news site IESB.net reports today that “Final details are being worked out but it seems negotiations are in the works” to have Stargate SG-1 lead actor and Executive Producer Richard Dean Anderson co-stars Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge at San Diego’s Comic Con.

IESB suggest that fans continue to ‘watch this space’ as details for this year’s Comic Con are being finalised.

Comic Con International will be at the San Diego Convention Centre the weekend July 22-25, with a preview night July 21. Check out the official Comic Con website for more information.

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Comic Con International

SG-1 & SGA STARS TO ATTEND COMIC CON

MGM Television Entertainment Brings Star Power to Comic Con 2004
Tuesday July 6, 3:03 pm ET
The Casts of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis to Mingle With Fans at Annual Gathering

LOS ANGELES, July 6 /PRNewswire/ — Fans attending this year’s Comic Con convention in San Diego are in for an unprecedented treat, as stars of television’s longest-running sci-fi series, Stargate SG-1 (tied with The X-Files), will introduce fans to the genre’s newest stars, the principal cast of Stargate Atlantis, at a special panel presentation beginning at 11:30 am on Saturday, July 24.

Stargate SG-1 cast members confirmed to attend the convention include series stars Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge, who will be joined onstage by series creator Brad Wright and executive producer Rob Cooper.

Immediately following the SG-1 panel, attendees will meet the stars of Stargate Atlantis, Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, Rainbow Sun Francks, Rachel Luttrell and David Hewlett, who will be joined by director Martin Woods. This back-to-back panel presentation is an unprecedented opportunity for Stargate fans to hear from the stars and creative executives behind both series.

Then, at 3:00 pm on Saturday, stars of both series will meet fans and sign autographs at Comic Con’s designated “autograph site.”

Stargate Atlantis will premiere on SCI FI CHANNEL with a special two-hour movie event beginning at 9:00 pm on Friday, July 16, and will settle into its regular timeslot at 10:00 pm the following Friday, July 23. The Eighth Season premiere of Stargate SG-1 will take place at 9:00 pm on Friday, July 23.

TAPPING INTERVIEWED BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Actress Amanda Tapping, who plays Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter on the show, was interviewed 9 July by Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune “Amanda Tapping: Not Stargate Barbie”.

TAPPING on the changes in Carter this year and her relationship with police officer Pete Shanahan.

In the episode where Teal’c gets an apartment, Carter’s relationship with Pete goes a bit further, there’s more fleshing out of her personal life. Finally she’s got a guy in her life who doesn’t die! (laughs)

It is [scary] for her. It’s an opening up of a sheltered and protected harbor. She’s opened her heart in a big way, so it’s scary for her. Until last season, we hadn’t really done that much [on that side of Carter]. My fear is that it’s a double-edged sword. It’s great to round her out and it makes her more accessible, but have we taken anything away from her strength and integrity? Those are the things that prompt women to write me letters about how much they admire Carter. You do have that fear, how much do you want to reveal [about Carter’s personal life]?

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Read the rest of Amanda Tapping’s interview at Chicago Tribune online edition

IGN INTERVIEWS AMANDA TAPPING

IGNFF: So you enjoyed the directing process?

TAPPING: Loved it. Just loved it. And that’s a career path for me. I want to continue acting, obviously, but directing is something that I’m definitely pursuing.

IGNFF: Have they slotted in your next stint behind the camera?

TAPPING: No, I’m still pushing for it…

IGNFF: So this interview will help…

TAPPING: This interview will help. “Let Amanda Direct!” should be your headline.

IGNFF: And I’ll say it right here – you should be allowed to direct again… I mean, they let all those other guys direct…

TAPPING: Exactly…

Read the Film Force intreview with Amanda Tapping

CARTER GETS PERSONAL IN SG-1

From SciFi Wire, 1 July 2004

Amanda Tapping, who pays Maj. Samantha Carter in SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate SG-1, told SCI FI Wire that the upcoming eighth season may complicate her character’s personal life. Carter’s on-again, off-again beau, Denver police Detective Pete Shanahan, played by David DeLuise, will play a larger role in early episodes.

But Tapping said not to expect Carter’s personal life to overshadow her ongoing mission to help save Earth from the Goa’uld. “I don’t want it to become about Carter’s personal life getting in the way of what she does, because the thing that makes me so proud of this character and something that we’ve worked on for eight years is that she’s so professional and so smart and so on top of her game and so competent,” Tapping said in an interview during a break in filming on the show’s Vancouver, B.C., set. “The dynamics between the four of them is so important, and the loyalty to the team and to the program and to exploration and to science. I mean, I don’t want her to become too much the other way. But now I have a life, and I have a boyfriend, and I’m happy. I don’t want it to be about that, you know what I mean? That’s an interesting part of her that, like I said, opens her up. But I don’t want her to become that girl. I’ve also always said that I don’t think that Carter should ever be qualified… by whether or not [she’s] with somebody.”

Tapping added that Carter will continue to be an integral part of SG-1, particularly once Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) finds himself going on fewer “away missions.” “It means that Daniel [Michael Shanks] and Carter and Teal’c [Christopher Judge] go off alone a lot,” she said. “We actually never go off alone: We always have another SG team with us. But we don’t have Rick. So that’s a different dynamic. It’s great fun for Michael and Christopher and [me], because, a) we really enjoy each other, and b) [we] have such fun playing off each other. But it’s different. It is very different. What I find, though, [is that,] because Rick’s days are limited, when he’s here, he’s here. And the scenes between the four of us are so great, because we fall into that old pattern. And they’re funny scenes, and you see how tight these four people are. But it is odd. The first time we go through the gate without him, it’s like missing your arm.” Stargate SG-1 returns with a two-hour season premiere at 9 p.m. ET/PT July 9.

AMANDA TAPPING SEEKS HELM

Amanda Tapping, who plays Maj. Samantha Carter on SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate SG-1, told SCI FI Wire that she’s eager to sit in the director’s chair again in the upcoming eighth season, as she did in the season-seven episode “Resurrection.” “I’m begging,” Tapping said in an interview during a break in filming in Vancouver, B.C. “And, in fact, I’ve just come from [executive producer] Robert Cooper’s office. … Every two days I go up and say, ‘There’s still a spot open on the director’s schedule.’ And today he actually said, ‘This is getting a little old, this conversation.’ And I said, … ‘It’s just going to keep happening until [the slot is taken].’ So, yeah, I keep bugging him.”

Last year, Tapping got a chance to direct for the first time in “Resurrection,” an episode based on an idea by cast member Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson). Tapping added that she was recently nominated for a Leo Award, honoring film and television work in British Columbia, for directing “Resurrection.” It’s an experience that Tapping recalls with fondness. “I loved it,” she said. “I still get a huge grin on my face when I think about it. I was in the episode more than I wanted to be. I kind of didn’t want to be in the episode I was directing. … And I didn’t have as much prep [time] as I would have hoped, because we were shooting our season finale prior to my shooting my episode. But having said all that, it was a fantastic experience.” Stargate SG-1 airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Season eight commences July 9.

SCI FI Wire

TAPPING: CHANGES TO COME IN S8

Extract from “We Love Amanda In Uniform”
By Thomasina Gibson, Cult Times Special #30, “Feisty Females”, June 2004

“I have been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel,” Amanda Tapping [Colonel Sam Carter] told Brit scifi magazine Cult Times for its “Feisty Females” special. “O’Neill is promoted to Brigadier General and the first thing he does is promote Carter to colonel, and I was really surprised and delighted.”

As for General George Hammond, “He’s been promoted too, you know. He’s now in charge of all things pertaining to Stargates and has a swanky new office in the Pentagon. O’Neill speaks to him every day. General Hammond’s presence will be heard if not seen.”

Cult Times asked what sort of colonel Carter is going to be. “Well, I am going to go against writer type,” Tapping responds. “I am going to be a real woman about it, and judging by the women that I’ve met in the military I’m going to conduct myself with grace and dignity and do my job really well. But I don’t foresee any major changes on the horizon.”

Tapping proclaims, “In a slight shift of operations, much of the action is going to centre on the SGC this year, so General O’Neill will have quite a say in what’s going on too. We might well be fulfilling different roles this season, but SG-1 is still, and will always remain, a team. The warmth, respect and love we have for each other won’t change.”

Carter is unabashadly set to continue her romance with Detective Pete Shanahan, played by the delectable David DeLuise. “Pete is a pretty good guy,” says Tapping. “He’s open and he is honest. He’s warm, friendly and very sexy. Pete is one of the good guys and a very good guy for Sam.”

“O’Neill was back for a brief shining moment last week wherein it was a bit of a dream torture sequence we were filming.” [New Order]. “The dream sequence was actually quite idyllic and it was interesting to see what actually goes on inside Carter’s head. What her ideal future is.” Tapping grins that a lot of the fans are going to like it.

A far more sinister and unexpected liaison is on the cards for Carter. It really would spoil a whole lot to reveal her accomplice, but let’s just say we get to see a very bad side of the colonel very early on in the season. Tapping reveals that we’ll be seeing a lot more…”Carter has to slide through a tube nekkid…in quite a dark and sinister episode. It has the potential to have consequences for everyone in general, but Carter in particular.”

“We don’t know exactly what the writers have planned for each of us this year,” Tapping goes on, “but I can tell you Daniel is still trying to sort out the repercussions of having been ascended and what that means with regard to how he can use his knowledge to help defend ourselves. Teal’c takes the bold step of moving out of the SGC into the wider world and gets into a few adventures out there, so it’s going to be interesting watching those events unfold.”

Buy Cult Times Special #30 “Feisty Females” for much, much more!

CULT TIMES: FEISTY FEMALES

Stargate SG-1
• She’s bold, she’s beautiful and she’s taking over SG-1: Amanda Tapping discusses the promotion of her character, Sam Carter, to colonel, and the changes for the show’s eighth season.

Stargate: Atlantis
• A feisty female of the future: We wander over to the set of the new Stargate spin-off and speak to star Torri Higginson, aka Dr Elizabeth Weir, about following in some big footsteps…

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SHANKS & TAPPING WIN LEAD ACTOR LEOS

Michael Shanks wins the Leo award for best lead actor in a dramatic series!

The Leo Awards recognize excellence in British Columbia, Canada film and television (Leo Awards Site).

Of the many Leo nominations Stargate SG-1 received this year (see story below), we’re delighted and gratified to see that Michael Shanks was recognized with a win for his stand-out performance in Season 7’s Lifeboat, in which he portrayed, in addition to Daniel, several distinct personalities who angered and moved us by turns.

We’re also very pleased to congratulate Amanda Tapping for winning best lead performance by a female in Season 7’s Grace, in which Sam was trapped alone on Prometheus and forced to face up to her life choices. Our best wishes go also to the sound editing and make-up teams for their wins, and to Colin Cunningham, who won for a different show but is in our hearts anyway.

2004 Award: Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series
Program: Stargate SG1 – Lifeboat
Recipient(s): Michael Shanks

2004 Award: Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series
Program: Stargate SG1 – Grace
Recipient(s): Amanda Tapping

2004 Award: Best Make Up in a Dramatic Series
Program: Stargate SG1 – Enemy Mine
Recipient(s): Jan Newman, Todd Masters, Lise Kuhr, Rachel Griffin, Dorothee Deichmann, Mike Fields

2004 Award: Best Sound Editing in a Dramatic Series
Program: Stargate SG1 – Lost City Part 2
Recipient(s): Devan Kraushar, James Wallace, Kirby Jinnah, Kelly Frey, Jason Mauza

2004 Award: Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series
Program: Da Vinci’s Inquest – 25 Dollar Conversation
Recipient(s): Colin Cunningham

See all of the nominees and awardees at Leo Awards Site.

SEASON 8 NEWS IN SCIFI MAGAZINE

‘Who’s the Boss?
Amanda Tapping and Richard Dean Anderson Get Promoted in a Season of Change on Stargate SG-1‘
By Thomasina Gibson
SciFi Magazine
August 2004

[excerpts of the 3-page article follow]

[Regarding the new season, Exec Producer Robert C.] Cooper states, “We’re basing a lot more stories around the SGC partly because of the economics and also because SG-1 has become less of an exploratory unit and more of a defense. We’re looking forward to the challenge of keeping our stories exciting and appealing and as interesting as they alwyas have been from this new perspective.”

[Regarding O’Neill’s promotion to Brigadier General, Richard Dean Anderson says:] “Being the man in charge is not going to make much difference,” he suggests. “I got away with virtual murder playing a colonel, and was irreverent at that rank, so essentially I’m a higher-ranking officer with my same sensibilities and relative insanity. […] Sure there are changes in all of their [SG-1 team’s] lives, but the camaraderie and the friendship and that closeness is still there.”

[Amanda Tapping confirms that Carter will continue her relationship with Detective Pete Shanahan.] “I mean for sure, Carter loves O’Neill. She adores him, and she’s allowed herself the knowledge that she cannot keep pining for this man that she can never have. […] I think what she’s learned to do is to be a pragmatist about it and say, ‘OK! I can’t have this guy [O’Neill], and he is pretty fantastic, but this guy over here [Pete] is not so bad either.’ […] Plus he’s cute and he’s charming and is a great kisser.”

“I’m glad we’re doing another year,” says Tapping. […] “It is going to be different this year, and I hope the fans like the direction the show will be taking. It’s a natural progression, and I think it will be well received.”

[Explaining why he returned for an eighth season, Anderson says,] “I just like to work, and I think that my presence to some degree is helping the transition both in taking Stargate further and bringing Atlantis forward.”

[On the SG-1 team dynamic, he says,] “I’m talking a lighter role this year in order to free some time to devote to other facets of my life, but no matter what happens with regard to our physical locations or what happens in the stories this year, SG-1 will remain a team. We always have been and always will be.”