Category: Press

Stargate Planner: Week of July 5-11

You might be interested in these news tidbits and announcements that have been noted on this editor’s calendar and notebook for this week. If you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below. We’ll update this article if something comes to our attention during the week.

Calendar

Monday,   July 5
Tuesday,   July 6
Wednesday, July 7 Encore: Stargate Universe “Earth” on New Zealand’s Prime TV at 10:30 PM.
Thursday,   July 8 Stargate Universe “Time” on New Zealand’s Prime TV at 8:30 PM.

Gatecon 2010 begins today and runs until Sunday, July 11. The list of guests includes Paul McGillion and Corin Nemec from the main casts of SG-1 and SGA. There are also several supporting actors making appearances, so check the website for the complete list.

Friday,   July 9 Shore Leave 32 begins today and runs until Sunday, July 11. Torri Higginson will be there. Check the website for the latest schedule.

Word is that principal photography of Season Two of Stargate Universe will end today so that the actors and crew can take their annual summer filming hiatus. Word also is that they’ll return from their month-long vacations the week of August 9.
Saturday, July 10
Sunday, July 11 Brian J. Smith appears in the PBS Poirot movie Murder on the Orient Express tonight at 9 PM ET. Check your local listings for times and dates in your area.

News Notes

Stargate Universe press:

It should be noted that whenever spoilers come out for SGU, they are placed in the episode guides in the Stargate Wiki without much fanfare here in the News Blog. To keep on top of such updates, visit the main page of the Stargate Wiki to see the “Recent Updates” list of links.

Our News Blog posts since the last Stargate Planner (most recent listed first):

Last week, we posted a few background articles in our LJ Companion that you might be interested in. The articles listed in this section don’t have a companion piece in our News Blog here:

Reminders

For news as it happens, make sure to visit the Stargate Twitter Superfeed for tidbits directly from the Stargate stars and production crew. And don’t forget our new feature Beyond the Event Horizon, which consists of “home pages” with dynamic feeds from our LJ and Blog for the stars of SG-1 and Atlantis.

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.

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

"Red Riding Hood" Gets New Release Date

Michael ShanksCollider has just announced that Warner Brothers has changed the release date for the Gothic Red Riding Hood in which Stargate star Michael Shanks portrays Adrien Lazar:

Warner Bros. has done a little release date shuffling with two of their upcoming films. They’ve moved Catherine Hardwicke’s Red Riding Hood up from April 22, 2011 to March 11, 2011. The gothic-horror starring Amanda Seyfried will now go up against the Aaron Eckhart sci-fi horror Battle: Los Angeles, the family film Mars Needs Moms, and a new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.

Taking Red Riding Hood’s April 22nd date is the Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling comedy Crazy Stupid Love. …

The movie is being filmed in Vancouver, where principal photography is due to begin July 22.

Brian J. Smith's "Poirot" Movie Premieres July 11

Back in November, we got word that Stargate Universe star Brian J. Smith landed the role of Hector MacQueen in Murder on the Orient Express, part of the Hercule Poirot series filmed in London. Now, through some tweets and re-tweets, we’re informed that the movie will premiere on PBS (USA) on Sunday, July 11, at 9 PM (ET).

If you visit the PBS.org webpage for the Masterpiece Mystery! Hercule Poirot Series X selections, you’ll get to play a 30-second Flash video that previews the movie.

Here’s the description from the website:

EPISODES OF HERCULE POIROT: SERIES X
July 11, 2010 at 9pm

Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot solves the greatest case of his career aboard the world’s most glamorous train, the Orient Express. Star David Suchet is joined by a first-class rail car full of great actors, including Eileen Atkins, Barbara Hershey, Hugh Bonneville, Toby Jones and David Morrissey.

The PBS.org website has a link for you to “check local listings” (right under the Hercule Poirot Series X heading) for the exact date and time for the premiere in your area.

Stargate Planner: Week of June 28-July 4

You might be interested in these news tidbits and announcements that have been noted on this editor’s calendar and notebook for this week. If you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below. We’ll update this article if something comes to our attention during the week.

Calendar

Monday, June 28
Tuesday, June 29
Wednesday, June 30 Encore: Stargate Universe “Water” on New Zealand’s Prime TV at 10:30 PM.
Thursday,   July 1 Canada Day

Stargate Universe “Earth” on New Zealand’s Prime TV at 8:30 PM.
Friday,   July 2
Saturday, July 3 Lou Diamond Phillips will be hosting Stadium of Fire at America’s Freedom Festival in Provo, Utah.
Sunday, July 4 Independence Day (USA)

News Notes

Stargate Universe press:

  • Joseph Mallozzi – He bids farewell (until September) to executive producer Robert C. Cooper in his June 25th entry in his weblog.
  • Lou Diamond Phillips – Eat Sleep Celebrity has a picture of him and a spoiler about his character Col. David Telford in Season Two. Visit that site only if you wish to be spoiled!

Our News Blog posts since the last Stargate Planner (most recent listed first):

Last week, we posted a few background articles in our LJ Companion that you might be interested in. The articles listed in this section don’t have a companion piece in our News Blog here:

Reminders

For news as it happens, make sure to visit the Stargate Twitter Superfeed for tidbits directly from the Stargate stars and production crew. And don’t forget our new feature Beyond the Event Horizon, which consists of “home pages” with dynamic feeds from our LJ and Blog for the stars of SG-1 and Atlantis.

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.

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

Shanks' "Arctic Blast" Hits Australia in August

The Australian is reporting that the movie Arctic Blast, which stars Stargate‘s Michael Shanks, will be making its premiere in Australia in August. Here are the details:

THE Tasmanian film Arctic Blast will have its premiere at the fifth Canadian Film Festival in Sydney in August. The sci-fi action thriller, directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, is an Aussie-Canadian co-production starring Canadian Michael Shanks (Stargate SG-1) and Australia’s Indiana Evans, Alexandra Davies and Robert Mammone. The eco-thriller, about a solar eclipse blasting super-chilled air towards the Earth, is Trenchard-Smith’s first Australian film in more than a decade. “I am proud to have made a movie with a climatologist as the hero,” he says. “Shooting in Tasmania with a crew of young enthusiasts and fellow old lags was a blast, an Arctic blast in fact.” Sydney’s Canadian Film Festival runs from August 2 to 8.

Possible Worlds Blog, the go-to site for the Canadian Film Festival, reports that the movie will premiere Wednesday, August 4, at Dendy Opera Quays, 9/2 East Circular Quay, Sydney. The night’s festivities include “a welcome drink at 6:00pm, followed by the screening at 6:30pm. Tickets are $14 and available from Dendy Opera Quays from July 1st (phone 02 9247 3800 or visit www.dendy.com.au).”

Richard Dean Anderson Cast in USA's "Facing Kate"

Jack O'Neill in SGU EARTH
Richard Dean Anderson was last seen as Lt. Gen. Jack O'Neill in SGU (MGM)
Fancast.com has some exciting news about Stargate star Richard Dean Anderson: Scoop! Richard Dean Anderson To Recur On New USA Series!

According to the announcement, Anderson will be in at least five episodes of the new series, which is due to premiere this fall and stars Sarah Shahi (Life) as Kate Reed, “a top-flight litigator who leaves her firm to become a mediator.” He’ll be playing David Smith, “a charismatic but secretive man who enters Kate’s life shortly after the death of her father. In short order, it is revealed that David has deeper connections to the Reed family.”

Co-stars include Michael Trucco (Battlestar Galactica), Virginia Williams (Monarch Cove), and Baron Vaughn (The Awkward Comedy Show).

The show began production on June 16 in Vancouver. There will be 11 episodes in addition to the 90-minute pilot. We don’t know which of these episodes RDA’s David Smith will appear in, but we’ll be sure to report on it when we do!

Momoa Wraps Filming of "Conan" Feature

Jason Momoa as Conan (Nu Boyana Film Studios)
Jason Momoa as Conan (Nu Boyana Film Studios)
Stargate star Jason Momoa has wrapped the filming of the new Conan movie in Bulgaria! And to top off this announcement, here’s an official image of him in the role!

The movie is directed by Marcus Nispel and goes back to the original version of Conan the Barbarian established by his creator Robert E. Howard in his books. It now enters post-production and will be ready for release during the summer of 2011. According to IMDb, Conan is “the tale of Conan the Cimmerian and his adventures across the continent of Hyboria on a quest to avenge the murder of his father and the slaughter of his village.”

Momoa’s next project, as far as we know, is to reshoot scenes from the pilot of HBO’s new series Game of Thrones in Belfast due to the recasting of Daenerys Targaryen, Momoa’s character Khal Drogo’s wife in the story.

Stargate Planner: Week of June 21-27

You might be interested in these news tidbits and announcements that have been noted on this editor’s calendar and notebook for this week. If you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below. We’ll update this article if something comes to our attention during the week.

Calendar

Monday, June 21
Tuesday, June 22
Wednesday, June 23
Thursday, June 24 Stargate Universe “Water” on New Zealand’s Prime TV at 8:30 PM.
Friday, June 25
Saturday, June 26 Cyphan Con at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, Illinois, started yesterday, June 25, but Stargate’s Jewel Staite is available only today. She’ll be giving photo ops from 11:30am-1:00pm and will be conducting her Q&A from 2:30pm-3:30pm, followed directly with an autograph session until 6:30pm.
Sunday, June 27

News Notes

Stargate Universe press:

Last week, we posted a few background articles in our LJ Companion that you might be interested in. The articles listed in this section don’t have a companion piece in our News Blog here:

Reminders

For news as it happens, make sure to visit the Stargate Twitter Superfeed for tidbits directly from the Stargate stars and production crew. And don’t forget our new feature Beyond the Event Horizon, which consists of “home pages” with dynamic feeds from our LJ and Blog for the stars of SG-1 and Atlantis.

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.

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

Michael Shanks Cast as "Professor Literature"

Daniel Jackson in HUMAN (MGM)
The last time we saw Michael Shanks in a classroom, he was Daniel Jackson in Prof. Rush's imagination in SGU's HUMAN (MGM)

Between his recent wrapping on the feature Faces in the Crowd and beginning work in a Gothic interpretation of Red Riding Hood next month, Stargate star Michael Shanks has managed to film a guest starring appearance on the Cartoon Network’s new live-action show Tower Prep. Shanks sent a note to his Official Website that introduces us to Professor Literature:

“…squeezed in a guest-spot on a locally shot show called Tower Prep that our good friend Peter DeLuise was directing. It was fun; cool premise, nice folks. I play a character on it named Professor Literature.”

The IMDb profile for the show lists it as a drama, while MSOL-quoted Variety calls it an action thriller. The Newsarama Blog featured an article about the show’s having been picked up and described it as being “about a rebellious teen who wakes up one day trapped in a mysterious, inescapable prep school. By teaming up with his fellow students/inmates, this series looks like a long term caper.” Peter DeLuise has directed more than one episode of the new show, which currently is set to premiere this fall.

More about the show from Cartoon Network/Turner Newsroom:

Tower Prep: A one-hour, live-action scripted series premiering this fall, Tower Prep tells the story of a rebellious teen, Ian (Drew Van Acker), who wakes up one morning to find himself trapped at a mysterious prep school that offers no escape. He forms a secret group with CJ (Elise Gatien), Gabe (Ryan Pinkston) and Suki (Dyana Liu), intent on discovering what they’re being trained for and how to escape. Tower Prep is produced by Cartoon Network Studios in association with Dolphin Entertainment. The series is executive-produced and created by Paul Dini (Lost, Batman Beyond). Glen Morgan (Bionic Woman) and Bill O’Dowd (Zoey 101) serve as executive producers.

Stargate Planner: Week of June 14-20

You might be interested in these news tidbits and announcements that have been noted on this editor’s calendar and notebook for this week. If you’ve got more to add, please don’t hesitate to announce them in the comment section below. We’ll update this article if something comes to our attention during the week.

Calendar

Monday, June 14
Tuesday, June 15 Stargate Universe Season One Finale “Incursion Part 2” on the UK’s Sky One at 8:00 PM.

The second season of Amanda Tapping‘s Sanctuary comes out on DVD and Blu-ray today! The show’s official website indicates that this release is available for ordering in Region 1 (North America) and Region 4 (Australia) and will be available in Region 2 (UK) in October 2010. For more information on the release, visit TV Shows on DVD. Additionally, Tapping and show creator Damian Kindler were interviewed in Ottawa Citizen: Sci-fi show finds Sanctuary in Vancouver.
Wednesday, June 16
Thursday, June 17 Stargate Universe “Light” on New Zealand’s Prime TV at 8:30 PM.
Friday, June 18 Stargate Universe Season One Finale “Incursion Part 2” on Australia’s Sci Fi Channel at 8:30 PM.
Saturday, June 19
Sunday, June 20

News Notes

Stargate Universe press:

Last week, we posted a few background articles in our LJ Companion that you might be interested in. The articles listed in this section don’t have a companion piece in our News Blog here:

Reminders

For news as it happens, make sure to visit the Stargate Twitter Superfeed for tidbits directly from the Stargate stars and production crew. And don’t forget our new feature Beyond the Event Horizon, which consists of “home pages” with dynamic feeds from our LJ and Blog for the stars of SG-1 and Atlantis.

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.

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