{"id":8885,"date":"2010-04-24T15:11:08","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T23:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/?p=8885"},"modified":"2010-04-24T15:11:08","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T23:11:08","slug":"nbcs-persons-unknown-has-stargate-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/nbcs-persons-unknown-has-stargate-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC's "Persons Unknown" Has Stargate Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stargate Universe<\/em> executive producer and writer Joseph Mallozzi included in his recent weblog entry<\/a> a clip for NBC’s upcoming miniseries Persons Unknown<\/em>. He also wanted to let his readers know that there is some Stargate talent behind the series: “Check it out. It\u2019s an advance trailer for Persons Unknown<\/em>, a delightfully creepy-looking mini-series that premieres on NBC June 7th. And its Executive Produced by SGU\u2019s very own Remi Aubuchon! In addition to his show running duties, Remi also wrote a bunch of scripts for the series \u2013 as did SGU\u2019s Linda McGibney \u2013 so I\u2019m more than a little eager to check it out. The premise is intriguing and, quite frankly, it looks pretty damn cool. Circle the date on your calendars!”<\/p>\n

Both Aubuchon and McGibney joined the writer-producer staff for SGU’s second season<\/a>, currently in production.<\/p>\n

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Robert Picardo (MGM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>Although he’s not in the regular cast, Stargate<\/em> actor Robert Picardo<\/a> is also tied to the show, which was filmed in Mexico during the fall of 2008 and wasn’t picked up by NBC until July 2009<\/a>. Back in April 2009, before the show was picked up, Picardo talked with SCI FI WIRE<\/a> about the producers, writers, and the other actors, as well as about his brief role (he doesn’t appear until the last episode): <\/p>\n

“That’s from Chris McQuarrie, who wrote The Usual Suspects<\/em>. And the executive producer is Remi Aubuchon, who also wrote the Caprica<\/em> pilot along with Ron Moore. It’s reminiscent of the classic Patrick McGoohan series The Prisoner<\/em>. It’s about these people who are strangely abducted and held against their will and are apparently being studied or manipulated. It’s a very exotic, paranoid premise for a show. The actors are great. Alan Ruck, an old friend of mine, is one of the main cast members.<\/p>\n

“I’m a very powerful guy, sort of the power behind the power. I won’t even tell you his name, because the name is kind of a placeholder. But it was great to work with [director] Michael Rymer, who did Battlestar Galactica<\/em>, and I’m hoping the show is picked up in the U.S. It’s sold throughout Europe and South America, and I don’t know that they have an American buyer yet, but I’m confident they will, because I saw the pilot and it’s great.<\/p>\n

“[If] the show goes beyond 13, then I will recur.”<\/p>\n

Persons Unknown<\/em> (IMDb<\/a>) premieres on NBC on Monday, June 7, at 10 PM ET.<\/p>\n

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Stargate Universe executive producer and writer Joseph Mallozzi included in his recent weblog entry a clip for NBC’s upcoming miniseries Persons Unknown. He also wanted to let his readers know that there is some Stargate talent behind the series: “Check it out. It\u2019s an advance trailer for Persons Unknown, a delightfully creepy-looking mini-series that premieres … Continue reading “NBC's "Persons Unknown" Has Stargate Ties”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-8885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-press","tag-robert-picardo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8885"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8898,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8885\/revisions\/8898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}