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Stargate’s Primetime Emmy Nominations

Stargate fans have some cheering on to do at this year’s 63rd Annual Emmy Awards!

Stargate Universe VFX Team

Ursini of Stargate UniverseThe VFX team who brought the alien species Ursini to life and introduced us to the Stargate-manufacturing Seed Ship in Stargate Universe‘s “Awakening,” have been nominated in the “Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series” category. The team members include:

  • Mark David Savela, Visual Effects Supervisor
  • Craig VandenBiggelaar, Digital Effects Supervisor
  • Adam de Bosch Kemper, Lead Animator
  • Krista McLean, Digital Effects Supervisor
  • Luke Vallee, Key Visual Effects Compositor
  • Erica Henderson, Lead Compositor
  • Michael Lowes, Lead 3D Artists
  • Wes Sargent, Key 3D Artist
  • Kodie MacKenzie, Key Visual Effects Compositor

Congratulations, VFX Team!

Veteran Stargate Actor Beau Bridges

Brothers and Sisters
Congratulations are also in order for Beau Bridges, who was nominated in the “Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series” category for his recurring guest role as Nick Brody in ABC’s Brothers and Sisters. Unfortunately, we won’t get to see more of Nick’s story since the show was not renewed for a sixth season.

Bridges has recently made two more guest appearances on other primetime shows that hold promise for recurring: Leonard Franklin in TNT’s Franklin & Bash (recently aired) and Agent Kramar in the upcoming midseason finale of USA’s White Collar (August 9). Even if these roles are not recurring, Bridges may still be nominated just like he was for his single guest appearance as Eli Scruggs in ABC’s Desperate Housewives a few years ago.

Award Ceremony

Make sure to visit the 63rd Annual Emmy Awards website for a complete list of nominees and a schedule of events. The Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony will be broadcast on FOX on Sunday, September 18, starting at 8/7c.

Brian J. Smith Joins "Gossip Girl" as Chef Max

Brian J. SmithIt has been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter (THR) that Stargate star Brian J. Smith (Lt. Matthew Scott) will be joining Gossip Girl when it premieres this fall on Monday, September 26, at 9/8c on The CW.

According to THR, Smith will be playing “an aspiring chef named Max.” According to TV Line, who broke the news, Smith’s character may be a new love interest for Serena (Blake Lively) as both actors are shooting scenes that take place in Los Angeles.

Gossip Girl will be returning for its fifth season in September. Wikipedia summarizes the show: “Gossip Girl is an American teen drama series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007. Narrated by the omniscient yet unseen blogger “Gossip Girl”, voiced by Kristen Bell, the series revolves around the lives of privileged young adults on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in New York City.”

Stargate Planner: Week of July 11-17

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 11		 Syfy’s “Powerful Monday” begins tonight with the premieres of Eureka at 8/7c, Warehouse 13 at 9/8c, and then the new Alphas at 10/9c. Be expecting to see SGU’s MING-NA and ALAINA HUFFMAN later on this season on Eureka and Alphas, respectively. Currently, we don’t know the dates of their episodes, but we’ll report them as soon as we do.
Tuesday,
July 12
Wednesday,
July 13
Thursday,
July 14
Friday,
July 15		 PAUL McGILLION is scheduled to be a guest and a presenter for the Constellation Awards at the Polaris 25 convention in Toronto that’s starting today and ending on the 17th. Other Stargate stars making guest appearances are BEN BROWDER, JEWEL STAITE, ADAM BALDWIN, and ARMIN SHIMERMAN. Make sure to visit the con’s website for schedule details.

CONNOR TRINNEER will be attending Creation Entertainment’s weekend-long celebration of the 45th anniversary of Star Trek in Boston. William Shatner is the guest of honor on Sunday, the 17th.

Saturday,
July 16
Sunday,
July 17

Reminders

Conan the Barbarian (final poster)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, 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:

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

Stargate Planner: Week of July 4-10

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		 SGU S2 DVDSTARGATE UNIVERSE SEASON TWO is coming out on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 2 (UK) today!

United StatesHappy Independence Day, USA!

Tuesday,
July 5
Wednesday,
July 6
Thursday,
July 7
Friday,
July 8		 Shore Leave 33 meets in Baltimore, Maryland, starting today and ending on the 10th. CHRISTOPHER JUDGE is scheduled to be in attendance, as well as guest stars JOHN DE LANCIE and CLIFF SIMON.

The London Film and Comic Con starts today and runs until the 10th. Stargate guest stars include stunt coordinator JAMES BAMFORD, SGU guest star ROBERT KNEPPER, and SG-1 guest star CARY-HIROYUKI TAGAWA.

Creation Entertainment’s Salute to Supernatural gets underway today in Parsippany, New Jersey, and ends on the 10th. CORIN NEMEC and STEVEN WILLIAMS are scheduled guests.
Saturday,
July 9
Sunday,
July 10

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, 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 include:

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

Stargate Planner: Week of June 27-July 3

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,
June 27
Tuesday,
June 28
Wednesday,
June 29		 BEAU BRIDGES guest stars on TNT’s Franklin & Bash tonight at 9/8c. He’s portraying Franklin’s father in the episode “You Can’t Take It With You”: “A family feud rages when one side sues the other over a prized home-run baseball.” (TV Best Bets…)
Thursday,
June 30		 As TV Line puts it, “BEAU BRIDGES sighting No. 2! This time, he’s playing a dad trying to console his son (Drop Dead Diva‘s Ben Feldman) over a breakup (with True Blood‘s Anna Camp…). Chris Parnell (30 Rock) and Cristian de la Fuente (In Plain Sight) also guest star.” The episode is called “Stand and Deliver,” wherein Bridges plays Hal Sacovitch. Love Bites airs at 10/9c on NBC.
Friday,
July 1		 Canada Happy Canada Day!
Saturday,
July 2
Sunday,
July 3

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, Atlantis, and Universe.

Ori Warship in SG-1 CAMELOTOur 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 include:

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

Jason Momoa Cast in Stallone Crime Thriller

Jason Momoa (Des Moines Register)Stargate star Jason Momoa has been cast as the “bad guy” Keegan in the formerly-titled Headshot, a Sylvester Stallone movie, according to a Latino Review exclusive.

The exclusive was picked up by Screen Rant, who had this to add about the movie:

Former Stargate: Atlantis cast member Jason Momoa has become a hot commodity in the wake of his role as Khal Drogo on HBO’s Game of Thrones. He looks to further strengthen his image as an onscreen badass by headlining this summer’s Conan the Barbarian reboot and portraying a cop killer in action movie director Walter Hill’s new film, formerly known as Headshot.

Momoa will appear opposite Sylvester Stallone and Fast Five‘s Sung Kang as a mismatched pair of professionals (Stallone is a New Orleans hitman, Kang is a New York police officer), who join forces in order to track down the crooks responsible for murdering their respective partners.

Latino Review says that Momoa is up to play the villainous Keegan in Hill’s movie, which is an adaptation of the comic book “Bullet to the Head” by French author Alexis Nolent (who writes under the pseudonym Matz). Oscar-nominee Alessandro Camon (The Messenger) was responsible for scripting the big-screen version of Nolent’s violent crime noir series, which is expected to begin production in Louisiana before the month is out.

Sarah Shahi of Fairly Legal has also been cast in the movie, portraying the daughter of Stallone’s character.

We’ll let you know when the movie gets a title and release date. In the meantime, be looking for Momoa in Conan the Barbarian, which is coming to US theaters August 19.

Beau Bridges Cast in USA's "White Collar"

Beau-BridgesStargate star Beau Bridges has been cast in a major guest role as FBI Agent Peter Burke’s mentor in the USA network hit White Collar, according to a TV Guide exclusive:

Bridges, 69, will play Agent Kramer, a well-decorated federal officer and art expert who instructed Peter (Tim DeKay) when he trained at Quantico. Kramer has been Peter’s mentor ever since, and his paternal nature offsets his intimidating presence.

The three-time Emmy winner begins shooting Tuesday on the episode, titled “Countdown.” It will air Aug. 9 and serve as White Collar’s midseason finale.

White Collar just started its 16-episode third season on June 7. The show’s main page at USANetwork.com gives its premise:

White Collar is about the unlikely partnership of a con artist and an FBI agent who have been playing cat and mouse for years. Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer), a charming criminal mastermind, is finally caught by his nemesis, FBI Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay.)

When Neal escapes from a maximum-security prison to find his long-lost love, Peter nabs him once again. Rather than returning to jail, Neal suggests an alternate plan: He’ll provide his criminal expertise to assist the Feds in catching other elusive criminals in exchange for his eventual freedom. Initially wary, Peter quickly finds that Neal provides insight and intuition that can’t be found on the right side of the law.

White Collar co-stars Stargate SG-1 guest star Willie Garson (Martin Lloyd, “Point of No Return,” “Wormhole X-Treme,” and “200”) as Mozzie, Neal’s “most trusted friend and co-conspirator.” TV Guide recently announced that another SG-1 veteran, Ernie Hudson (Commander Pernaux, “Ethon”), will be guest starring as Mozzi’s childhood mentor.

White Collar airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on USA.

Christopher Judge Teases ‘Huge’ Casting News

Christopher JudgeThis news is fresh from Stargate star Christopher Judge‘s Q&A at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in Alberta, Canada, and is being reported by Cinema Spy’s Michael Simpson:

Christopher Judge, who played the alien character Teal’c on 10 seasons of Stargate SG-1 and its two spin-off movies, has teased fans of the series with news that he has been cast in a ‘huge’ upcoming movie. Judge revealed the news today during his Q&A session at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo.

“I shouldn’t even say anything,” Judge told the Expo crowd. “OK, I can’t tell you what. There’s gonna be a big announcement in the next couple of weeks. So I just got cast in a huge film.”

The news brought a cheer from the audience but Judge did not reveal further details. His comments suggested, however, that it would be a genre film.

[…]

Judge will next appear in the movie REHAB, directed by Rick Bieber. We’re just speculating, of course, but here at CinemaSpy we’re hoping that the ‘huge’ movie he’s been cast in is the next Star Trek.

Rehab, scheduled for release June 23, was written by CSI: Miami star David Caruso and Rick Bieber and is described at David Caruso.net: “A controversial psychiatrist conducts a retreat for patients suffering from severe cases of dissociative personality disorders. The intense, week-long treatment reveals a devious agenda that is more dangerous than their violent psychosis.”

Concerning the “huge” movie that Judge teased about, what do you think it could be?

Update

JULY 22: The movie is The Dark Knight Rises and is part of the Batman trilogy starring Christian Bale. Judge’s role is still not known. (Report on brief announcement Judge made via Twitter)

Stargate Planner: Week of June 20-26

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,
June 20
Tuesday,
June 21
Wednesday,
June 22
Thursday,
June 23
Friday,
June 24		 CHRISTOPHER JUDGE and JEWEL STAITE are scheduled to appear at the Trek Expo this weekend (24-26) in Tulsa. SG-1 guest star ARMIN SHIMERMAN is also slated to attend.
CORIN NEMEC and DAVID NYKL are scheduled to be in Perth for Australia’s Supanova Pop Culture Expo being held at the Claremont Showgrounds starting today and ending the 26th. MORENA BACCARIN had to cancel.
There are several conventions happening this weekend that many of our Stargate guest stars are attending. Check the websites for The Official Star Trek Convention: The Celebration of the 45th Anniversary being held in Parsippany, New Jersey; CONtamination in St. Louis, Missouri; and the Albuquerque Comic Expo in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

StarCon, which was to be held in Vancouver, had to be postponed.
Saturday,
June 25
Sunday,
June 26

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, 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 include:

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

Beau Bridges in New Family Movie Night Production

Beau BridgesStargate star Beau Bridges has filmed a new movie for Family Movie Night sponsored by Procter & Gamble and Walmart. The movie is tentatively titled Home and Away and was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina.

A few articles about the locations used by the production have recently surfaced. One such article is from Star News Online, which states that Wilmington was selected for its “choices for small-town, middle-America locales along with a strong, experienced crew base and a solid tax incentive.” The movie “centers around an NFL player (Ryan McPartlin) who steps away from the game to return to his childhood home in North Carolina to be with family after his father (Beau Bridges) has a heart attack.”

Another article, published at Bonesville.net, talks about how the production took over East Carolina University’s strength and conditioning director Jeff Connors’ office to film some of the professional football scenes. Connors has a son, who is also named Beau, working on the production. He explained the plot in more depth: “Supposedly, it’s going to be about a coach who had two sons who played for him in high school. One went on to play in college, who was not expected to go on and play in college. The other did not because he had some sort of injury. The brothers became estranged and then, at some point, they were brought back together.”

Filming began May 23 and ended yesterday, June 17. It will premiere on September 3 as part of Family Movie Night, when “you can be confident that the programming on their screens will be fun and action-packed, without the worry of having to dive for the remote to change the channel when inappropriate ads or other content comes on.” Joe Flanigan starred in another of the series’ movies, Change of Plans, which premiered earlier this year. Fans can expect to see the DVD for the movie in Walmart stores soon after airing.