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===Season Four Production and Direction=== | ===Season Four Production and Direction=== | ||
*"We start prep for season 4 in the last week of February and begin shooting the first week of March." (Joseph Mallozzi in his blog) | *"We start prep for season 4 in the last week of February and begin shooting the first week of March." (Joseph Mallozzi in his blog) | ||
*Filming of Season Four is scheduled from March 1 to September 28, with a break in July. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog, British Columbia Film Commission website) | *Filming of Season Four is scheduled from March 1 to September 28, with a break in July. "It looks like we’ll be off for a couple of weeks in early July, then taking a long weekend so that we can all head down to Comicon [July 25, 26-29]." (Joseph Mallozzi's blog, British Columbia Film Commission website) | ||
*Andy Mikita is scheduled to direct six episodes this season. He will be directing the third episode in production order. (Andy Mikita MGM interview) | *Andy Mikita is scheduled to direct six episodes this season. He will be directing the third episode in production order. (Andy Mikita MGM interview) | ||
*This season's writers are: Carl Binder, Robert C. Cooper, Martin Gero, Alan McCullough, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog) | *This season's writers are: Carl Binder, Robert C. Cooper, Martin Gero, Alan McCullough, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog) | ||
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'''Episode information and order are subject to change as the season is in production.''' | '''Episode information and order are subject to change as the season is in production.''' | ||
*"As things stand, the airing order will be - Adrift, Lifeline, Reunion, Doppelganger, Travelers, Tabula Rasa, Missing, The Seer, Miller’s Crossing, This Mortal Coil." (Joseph Mallozzi's May 24 blog) | |||
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|valign="top"|'''4.04 "Travelers"''' | |valign="top"|'''4.04 "Doppelganger"''' | ||
:Written by: Robert C. Cooper | |||
:Directed by: Robert C. Cooper | |||
:Storyline: Sheppard encounters a psychopathic crystalline entity that takes on his likeness in his team's nightmares. | |||
:Production Notes: "a.k.a. N.O.A.S." (Joseph Mallozzi's blog) This is the first episode to go before cameras on March 1. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog, David Hewlett's blog, David Nykl's blog) "Day two of production means our first day of dailies (a.k.a. the previous day’s footage). Stand-outs sequences included a mesmerized Keller, that Rising-era look, and an armed and barefoot Lorne." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 2 blog) "By the way, we watched our very first director’s cut late last week. Rob Cooper did a terrific job on Doppelganger. Some wonderfully way-out sequences in this one as well as some effectively creepy scenes as well, not to mention the full-contact extreme Shep whumpage in this one. This one is a lot of fun and, believe me, you cannot wait to see it! But, alas, you’ll have to." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 19 blog) "I think there's actually more Shep whumpage in Doppelganger [than in Travelers], both A [being whumped] and B [whumping someone]." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 3 blog) "Doppelganger and Lifelife certainly have their dark moments as well." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 3 blog) "When you find out what the episode is about, it will become obvious [what N.O.A.S. stands for]. I think. Alternately, knowing what it stands for will pretty much tell you what the episode is about." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 12 blog) "GW Whumpers writes: “Our suggestion for NOAS is Nightmare on Atlantis Street.” Answer: Affirmative." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 17 blog) "O'Neill went out, touched a crystal and all this stuff happened [ [[1.07 "Cold Lazarus" Episode Guide|1.07 "Cold Lazarus"]] ]. We've never done that again. And I thought, 'Well, wouldn't it be interesting if we found another crystalline life-form like that.' But in that case we were kind of lucky that it had reasonably good intentions. There was a sinister aspect to it in that we didn't know what was going on, but at the end of the day it was kind of just curious. So I took the flip side of that and said, 'What if it's a psychopath? What if it's truly evil?' And it enduces some pretty freaky nightmares. [...] What would our characters dream about? The fun part of the episode is, because it's Sheppard that initially engages and touches the crystal, and thus unleashes the entity on everyone, the physical form it takes in the nightmares is Sheppard. And so everyone is having these nightmares that are being pulled out of them by the entity, but Sheppard is appearing in those dreams as the sort of negative enciting [sic] force." (Robert C. Cooper in [http://www.gateworld.net/news/2007/04/sheppard_has_a_doppelganger.shtml Gateworld interview], April 18, 2007) "Next up - the Day 1 Mix of Doppelganger. What a difference sound effects and music make! I predict this one will be a fan favorite with plenty of fiendishly creepy sequences, some nice character moments as we delve into each player’s nightmare scenario, and a Sheppard beat-down to beat all Sheppard beat-downs. [...] We find out something interesting about Lorne (dating back to his childhood) in Doppelganger." (Joseph Mallozzi's May 22 blog) | |||
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:Written by: Paul Mullie (and Joseph Mallozzi) | :Written by: Paul Mullie (and Joseph Mallozzi) | ||
:Directed by: William Waring | :Directed by: William Waring | ||
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|valign="top"|'''4. | |valign="top"|'''4.06 "Tabula Rasa"''' | ||
:Written by: Alan McCullough | |||
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:Production Notes: Title revealed in Joseph Mallozzi's March 9 blog entry. "Tabula Rasa" is Latin for "scraped tablet" (also has been translated to mean "clean slate" or "blank slate") ([http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Tabula%20rasa Dictionary.com]) "Alan worked on his final pass on Tabula Rasa (Lorne fans take note)." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 21 blog) "We discuss Alan’s Tabula Rasa rewrite. How could Lorne top his barefoot scene in Doppelganger? Well how about this meaty role? Oh, and poor Katie." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 22 blog) "Zach Selwyn was on the lot today. For those of you not familiar with the larger-than-life host of G4’s Attack of the Show, he is the star of a SGA rap video that took youtube by storm. In fact, Zach rapped and danced his way into a guest-starring role as episode linchpin Scientist #2 in season four’s Tabula Rasa. His big scene is tomorrow, first up! I wished him luck and assured him that, as much as I would love to watch his early morning performance, I’m the victim of a rare medical condition that necessitates my sleeping in past 7:30 a.m. every morning. Despite the fact that he was celebrating his birthday, he did come in to interview cast members for his show and, God knows why, thought it might be a good idea to interview me as well (a decision, I’m certain, he now deeply regrets). Still, since we were shooting the interview on Stage 3, I did manage to snap some pics of the Daedalus." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 23 blog) | |||
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|valign="top"|'''4. | |valign="top"|'''4.08 "The Seer"''' | ||
:Written by: Alan McCullough | :Written by: Alan McCullough | ||
:Directed by: Andy Mikita | :Directed by: Andy Mikita | ||
:Storyline: Carter must decide how the use the knowledge of the future after having been given a vision by a seer who claims he has never been wrong. [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=808 Spoiler blog link] | :Storyline: Carter must decide how the use the knowledge of the future after having been given a vision by a seer who claims he has never been wrong. [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=808 Spoiler blog link] | ||
:Production Notes: Mallozzi says that hints to the plot of this episode can be found in his poem in his December 31, 2006 entry. The line for this episode appears to be "Receive a grand gift from an all-seeing shaman." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 15 blog) There is a "very good chance" that we'll see Robert Picardo (playing Richard Woolsey) in The Seer. (Joseph Mallozzi's April 15 blog) "As for which episodes fans should be looking forward to most for each member of the team - it‘s tough to say only because my opinion could be very different from fan opinion especially when you start factoring in the different fan factions. But, in my opinnion, I’d say: [...] The Seer for Carter [...]" (Joseph Mallozzi's April 15 blog) "James [Robbins, Production Designer] and Tom [Wells, Supervising Art Director] pop in for an impromptu meeting with Paul and I, looking ahead to possible builds for the next few episodes. No major construction for The Seer, but we will marry some of the exterior scenes from this episode to the This Mortal Coil shoot. James and Tom also pitch out how they’d like to pull off the “horrific reveal” at script’s end. I love it!" (Joseph Mallozzi's April 18 blog) Questions: (a) "In which episode are we going to see again the Wraith from Common Ground? In the Seer? Is he going to be the Wraith who wants to work with Atlantis?" and (b) "Will he become a recurring character?" Answers: (a) "We will see him in The Seer." (b) "Maybe." (Joseph Mallozzi's May 4 blog) "And then, look at who dropped by the office today: none other than Bob Picardo who is in town filming an episode of Stargate: Atlantis (The Seer)." Photo included. (Joseph Mallozzi's May 7 blog) | :Production Notes: Mallozzi says that hints to the plot of this episode can be found in his poem in his December 31, 2006 entry. The line for this episode appears to be "Receive a grand gift from an all-seeing shaman." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 15 blog) There is a "very good chance" that we'll see Robert Picardo (playing Richard Woolsey) in The Seer. (Joseph Mallozzi's April 15 blog) "As for which episodes fans should be looking forward to most for each member of the team - it‘s tough to say only because my opinion could be very different from fan opinion especially when you start factoring in the different fan factions. But, in my opinnion, I’d say: [...] The Seer for Carter [...]" (Joseph Mallozzi's April 15 blog) "James [Robbins, Production Designer] and Tom [Wells, Supervising Art Director] pop in for an impromptu meeting with Paul and I, looking ahead to possible builds for the next few episodes. No major construction for The Seer, but we will marry some of the exterior scenes from this episode to the This Mortal Coil shoot. James and Tom also pitch out how they’d like to pull off the “horrific reveal” at script’s end. I love it!" (Joseph Mallozzi's April 18 blog) Questions: (a) "In which episode are we going to see again the Wraith from Common Ground? In the Seer? Is he going to be the Wraith who wants to work with Atlantis?" and (b) "Will he become a recurring character?" Answers: (a) "We will see him in The Seer." (b) "Maybe." (Joseph Mallozzi's May 4 blog) "And then, look at who dropped by the office today: none other than Bob Picardo who is in town filming an episode of Stargate: Atlantis (The Seer)." Photo included. (Joseph Mallozzi's May 7 blog) | ||
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Revision as of 18:40, 24 May 2007
Spoiler and Discussion Links
- Solutions: Atlantis Spoiler Blog
- Solutions On-Site Forum: Stargate Atlantis Discussion Board
- Joseph Mallozzi's Blog
- David Hewlett's Blog
- David Nykl's Blog
- Save Carson Beckett Campaign Site
- Alex Levine's SciFi.com Blog
Production Notes
Season Four Production and Direction
- "We start prep for season 4 in the last week of February and begin shooting the first week of March." (Joseph Mallozzi in his blog)
- Filming of Season Four is scheduled from March 1 to September 28, with a break in July. "It looks like we’ll be off for a couple of weeks in early July, then taking a long weekend so that we can all head down to Comicon [July 25, 26-29]." (Joseph Mallozzi's blog, British Columbia Film Commission website)
- Andy Mikita is scheduled to direct six episodes this season. He will be directing the third episode in production order. (Andy Mikita MGM interview)
- This season's writers are: Carl Binder, Robert C. Cooper, Martin Gero, Alan McCullough, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- This season's directors are: Robert C. Cooper, Andy Mikita, William Waring, Martin Wood. (Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- "There will be “light” moments in all of the episodes but, to be perfectly honest, the show’s fourth season will be darker than its predecessors." (Joseph Mallozzi in his April 4 blog)
Characters/Actors
- "All of our characters will get a spotlight episode in the front half of season four." (Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- Amanda Tapping will be in the main cast credits and appear in 14 episodes. (Brad Wright MGM interview; Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- Jewel Staite will be appearing in 8 episodes as Dr. Jennifer Keller. (Chicago Tribune interview with Joseph Mallozzi; Keller's first name revealed in Mallozzi's March 28 blog entry)
- Torri Higginson will be in four episodes (as of April 10) in Season Four, portraying Dr. Elizabeth Weir as a recurring character rather than as a regular. These four episodes will be in the front half of the season, but there is the possibility for more episodes in the second half. (Brad Wright MGM interview; Joseph Mallozzi Chicago Tribune interview; Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
- Col. Samantha Carter will be the new leader of Atlantis. (SCI FI MAGAZINE June issue; link in Solutions Spoiler Blog)
- Dr. Carson Beckett (played by Paul McGillion) will return in the back half of Season Four for a two-parter. At the end of Season Four, "...that door will be left open" for Carson to be alive and possibly have more appearances in Season Five. (Save Carson Beckett Campaign Site, April 9, 2007; Joseph Mallozzi's April 12 blog)
Stargate Atlantis Season Four Episode Guides
Episode information and order are subject to change as the season is in production.
- "As things stand, the airing order will be - Adrift, Lifeline, Reunion, Doppelganger, Travelers, Tabula Rasa, Missing, The Seer, Miller’s Crossing, This Mortal Coil." (Joseph Mallozzi's May 24 blog)
4.01 "Adrift Part 2"
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4.02 "Lifeline (Part 3?)"
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4.03 "Reunion"
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4.04 "Doppelganger"
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4.05 "Travelers"
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4.06 "Tabula Rasa"
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4.07 "Missing"
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4.08 "The Seer"
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4.09 "Miller's Crossing"
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4.10 "This Mortal Coil Part 1"
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4.11 "Be All My Sins Remember'd Part 2"
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4.12 "Spoils Of War"
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4.xx Carl's New Story
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4.xx Big Crossover Episode
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4.xx and 4.xx Second-Half-Season Two-Parter
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