Stargate Atlantis-related stories
Posted Oct 21st 2009 11:00AM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Stargate, Interviews, Reality-Free, Galleries
The writers and producers of Syfy's
Stargate Universe could've played it safe and got along just fine with their latest series.
After Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin's 1994 feature film from MGM, the series' first TV adaption (
SG1) arrived in 1997. When you throw in the follow-up series,
Infinity and
Atlantis,
the Stargate franchise has run on TV in one form or another for more than 12 years.
When the time came to invent the next step in the franchise, show-runners Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper could have trotted out more of the same and done perfectly well. Instead, they upped the ante -- bringing a bigger budget and updated production techniques to
Stargate Universe.
MGM and Syfy welcomed journalists to Vancouver's Bridge Studios to
explore the show's starship Destiny set and discover how this series cruises beyond its successful predecessors.
Continue reading Set Visit: Stargate Universe ups ante for veteran franchise
Posted Oct 19th 2009 5:06PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Industry, Stargate, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
HBO has added another cast member to its upcoming
Game of Thrones pilot, based on George R.R. Martin's fantasy book series
A Song of Ice and Fire.
Stargate Atlantis alum
Jason Momoa has been cast as Drogo, a powerful warlord who has never been defeated in battle.
This sounds like the perfect role for the hulking 6' 4" actor, best known as
SGA's resident Wraith killin' badass, Ronon Dex. Hopefully, Momoa's potential
Game of Thrones schedule won't keep him from appearing in the proposed
Stargate Atlantis DVD movie/telefilm.
Continue reading Stargate vet joins HBO fantasy pilot
Posted Oct 5th 2009 6:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
Not only is
The Lola Falana Show on DVD now, I didn't even know there
was a
Lola Falana Show. I knew that there was a Lola Falana (that's a fun name to say: Lola Falana Lola Falana Lola Falana). She was a dancer and actress who was pretty well known back in the 70s, but her TV show escaped my radar. This set includes guest stars Dick Van Dyke, Bill Cosby, Sonny and Cher, and Muhammad Ali.
There's also a
Heeere's Johnny: The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson "Holiday Set." It looks like the same set that I've owned for a couple of years (several DVDs split up into different categories: Timeless Moments, Standup Comedians, Carson Country, and the original Ultimate Collection disc), but with a special Christmas disc thrown in, with three classic episodes.
- Ally McBeal - Season 1 and Complete Series
- Astroboy - Vols 1 and 2
- Blood Ties - Season 2
Continue reading New TV on DVD releases this week
Posted Sep 14th 2009 11:02AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Stargate, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chuck, Reality-Free, Dollhouse, Gone Too Soon, Joss Whedon, V
When I first started exploring this project, there were a few shows that I knew were going to be important to hit. This is the first of those.
Firefly was
Joss Whedon's sci-fi western series. The show mustered disappointing ratings in its short eleven-episode run on FOX.
Since then it's gone on to near mythic cult status. There was such an outcry of support from its loyalists, the Browncoats, over its cancellation that the producers made a feature film sequel. That movie,
Serenity, answered a lot of questions about the future fate of the cast. Unfortunately, like the television series, it couldn't find quite enough people to show up and tune in to warrant a sequel. Nevertheless, the few morsels of
Firefly we did get are enough to prove that this is one of the most innovative and enjoyable series ever to hit the airwaves.
Continue reading Gone Too Soon: Firefly
Posted Aug 12th 2009 8:03PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, TV on DVD, Stargate, Reality-Free
... At least that's what
Stargate producer Robert C. Cooper is saying. Cooper has written scripts for another
Stargate SG-1 DVD movie and the first
Stargate Atlantis flick, but those projects are on the back burner for now. Cooper and MGM are focusing on the launch of Syfy's
Stargate Universe before those movie scripts go into production. Oh, and the sh*tty economy isn't helping either.
"We're just waiting for the right opportunity. We want to be successful with it. The studio wants to be successful, and we really don't want to proceed with something in the wrong climate, which I think financially it is right now," Cooper told
Sci Fi Wire.
I'm looking forward to
Stargate Universe, but I'd love to see the franchise continue releasing DVD movies every few years.
Stargate: The Ark of Truth and
Stargate: Continuum were great and they sold well on DVD, but projected DVD sales for new projects aren't looking good these days.
Continue reading New SG-1 and Atlantis movies aren't coming anytime soon
Posted Aug 3rd 2009 7:30PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.Wow, I didn't even realize that season six of
Kate and Allie was being released this week (Canada only). Reminds me that I haven't bought season five yet. I think I was waiting for it to be released in the U.S., but now Amazon doesn't have any copies, so I'll guess I'll get them both this week at the same time.
Not sure what's up with the Elvis
Ed Sullivan Show DVD. There was a very similar DVD set released a few years ago, so maybe this is a re-release or a re-master?
- The Adventures of Black Beauty - Series 2
- Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
- The Ed Sullivan Show - Elvis Presley
Continue reading New TV on DVD releases this week
Posted Jul 21st 2009 5:00PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Stargate, Casting, Reality-Free
Stargate Atlantis alum Paul McGillion has signed on to
guest star on Syfy's Sanctuary. The actor, who played Dr. Carson Beckett, and later played Dr. Beckett's clone (it's complicated), on
Atlantis will appear in the final two episodes of
Sanctuary's second season. McGillion will play "Wexford," a character he played in the original Web series version of
Sanctuary. The show's second season kicks off Oct. 9.
This news might get me to start watching
Sanctuary regularly again. It's not a bad show, but it never really hooked me. Like
Warehouse 13, the procedural elements of the show felt tedious, and I never really connected to any of the characters.
Continue reading Stargate's Dr. Beckett to guest star on Sanctuary
Posted Jun 29th 2009 6:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.I've been trying to figure out which
Swiss Family Robinson is being released this week. It's not the 1960 movie with James MacArthur, and it's not the 1975 series that starred Martin Milner, Helen Hunt, Willie Aames, and Cameron Mitchell. It's at 1976 series from Canada. Not sure if I've ever seen that.
Another blast from the TV past:
Parker Lewis Can't Lose!
- Eastbound & Down - Season 1
- Entourage - Season 5
- Eureka - Season 3
- The IT Crowd - Season 2
Continue reading New TV on DVD releases this week
Posted May 29th 2009 12:03PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
With
Battlestar Galactica and
The Sarah Connor Chronicles now gone, I'll be looking to
Warehouse 13 for my summer sci-fi fix. Thankfully, it looks like a pretty cool show. I like the concept, and I'm digging the Whedonesque vibe of the Sci Fi Channel's latest
preview clip and the
show's official trailer.
Now I have another reason to tune in. Actually, I have four more reasons. The show will be
loaded with great geek-friendly guest stars, including
BSG's Michael Hogan, Tricia Helfer and Whdeonverse vet Mark Sheppard.
Stargate Atlantis alum Joe Flanigan will also appear on the show.
Continue reading Battlestar, Stargate cast members heading to Warehouse 13
Posted Apr 8th 2009 7:01PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Stargate, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
SyFy's
Stargate Universe will kick off with help from two familiar faces this fall. Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks will
reprise their Stargate: SG-1 roles in the series premiere of
Universe, which is billed as a darker, character driven sci-fi show.
Shanks' appearance will be a one-time cameo, according to consulting producer Joseph Mallozzi. Anderson, however, will make multiple guest appearances in
Universe in addition to showing up in the two-hour premiere. The actor said he would make "slim appearances" in the first "half dozen" episodes or so.
Continue reading Stargate vets Anderson and Shanks to appear in Universe
Posted Jan 6th 2009 10:03AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Programming, Stargate, Reality-Free
The Wraith attack Earth, a major character may or may not bite it, and it's frakkin' awesome.
Well, it's pretty good for something reportedly produced in a rush. According to
Gateworld, the producers of
Stargate Atlantis learned about the show's cancellation during the shooting of "Identity," the third-to-last episode of the current season. They were forced to scrap ideas for a sixth season and make this Friday's season ender, "Enemy at the Gate," the series finale.
Clips and moderate spoilers after the jump.
Continue reading Here's what we know about the Stargate Atlantis series finale - VIDEO
Posted Dec 19th 2008 1:01PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Stargate, Festivus, Cancellations, Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Reality-Free
... five canceled shows.
Some shows, like critical darlings
The Shield and
Battlestar Galactica, are allowed to end gracefully; major story arcs are wrapped up and fans are left satisfied. Others are yanked from network schedules like unsightly weeds from a rose garden.
The networks yanked a number of shows off the air this season. Most of them, like
The Ex List, probably deserved the axe, but there were four that deserved more time to develop an audience and one that I'm really gonna miss. In no particular order, they are:
Continue reading On the 5th day of Festivus, TV gave to me...
Posted Dec 15th 2008 8:28AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Industry, Stargate, Casting, Reality-Free
Robert Carlyle is a fine actor with an impressive resume (
The Full Monty,
28 Weeks Later, 24: Redemption to name a few), but he'll always be the hard-drinking, C-word screaming, Ewan McGregor-slapping
Begbie from
Trainspotting to me. Which is why it comes as a surprise that he's been cast as
the lead in the next Stargate series,
Stargate Universe.
Carlyle will play Dr. David Rush, leader of a group of scientists and civilians trapped on a ship traveling through space. Word is that Dr. Rush, charged with finding a way to return his crew home, might not be the nice guy everyone thinks he is.
Continue reading Trainspotting's Carlyle to kick Stargate in its biscuit-arse
Posted Dec 12th 2008 4:06PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by new episodes of Supernanny and 20/20.- CBS has Frosty The Snowman at 8, then Frosty Returns and The Flight Before Christmas.
- NBC has the special Greatest Holiday Moments: Songs of the Season Countdown at 8, followed by new episodes of Lipstick Jungle and Dateline.
- There's a new Everybody Hates Chris on The CW at 8.
- PBS has a new Washington Week at 8, then new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal.
- Alton Brown makes eggnog on a repeat Good Eats, on Food Network at 8.
- Nickeloeon has a new Fairly Oddparents at 8.
- Also at 8: Disney has a new Suite Life on Deck.
- At 9, The CW has The Family Entertainment Awards.
- Discovery has a new Survivorman at 9.
- Lifetime has the movie Recipe For A Perfect Christmas at 9.
- Sci-Fi has a new Stargate Atlantis at 9, then a new Sanctuary.
- VH-1 has Best Year Ever at 9.
- Hallmark has the movie The Christmas Choir at 9.
- E! has a Clay Aiken True Hollywood Story at 9, followed by a new episode of The Soup.
- At 10, USA has the season finale of The Starter Wife.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talkj show listings.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Frosty, Stargate Atlantis, Family Entertainment Awards
Posted Dec 5th 2008 4:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has How The Grinch Stole Christmas (movie), followed by a new 20/20.- CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer at 8.
- NBC has Greatest Holiday Moments: TV & Film Countdown at 8, then new episodes of Lipstick Jungle, and Dateline.
- FOX has new episodes of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? and Don't Forget The Lyrics.
- The CW has Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer at 8, then The Story of Santa Claus.
- There's a new Washington Week on PBS at 8, followed by new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal.
- Alton Brown makes fruitcake on Good Eats, on Food Network at 8.
- HGTV has Decked for the Holidays at 8.
- Cartoon Network has a new Batman: The Brave and the Bold at 8, followed by new episodes of The Secret Saturdays, The Clone Wars, and Ben 10: Alien Force.
- Disney has a new Suite Life on Deck at 8, then new episodes of Bedtime Stories and Phineas & Ferb.
- Also at 8: Nickelodeon has Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.
- At 9, Sci-Fi has a new Stargate Atlantis, followed by a new Sanctuary.
- Discovery has a new Survivorman at 9.
- At 10, CBS has a new Numb3rs.
- E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk show listings.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Ghost Whisperer, Stargate Atlantis, The Soup
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