In an interview with USA Today about her new role as Lois Lane on Smallville, Erica Durance (best known to fans of Stargate SG-1 as Teal'c's love interest Krista in the season 8 episode 'Affinity') also reveals her marriage plans - she's due to wed Stargate regular David Palffy (Anubis) in December.
For more of this interview, go here.
Brandy Ledford, who had a short-lived role as Zaren in the recent Stargate SG-1 season 8 episode 'Endgame' has joined Andromeda in a recurring role as the android Doyle. She will make her first appearance in the season premiere, airing October 8 on the Sci Fi Channel.
The connection between the two shows continues as Doyle is the replacement for Rommie (played by Lexa Doig), while Lexa takes time off after she and her husband (Stargate SG-1's Michael Shanks) recently became parents.
For more about Doyle, go here.
A visit to the set of Stargate: Atlantis and a jacket worn and signed by Richard Dean Anderson are among many TV-related items in the upcoming Motion Picture Industry Charitable Alliance auction taking place next month.
This year's auction, taking place October 22-24 in Los Angeles, will benefit two children's charities - one in the US and one in Canada. Guests lined up to appear at the event include Richard Burgi (24), Nick Lea (The X Files), Eric Estebari (Witchblade) and Stargate SG-1's very own Barclay Hope (Colonel Pendergast in a number of season 8 episodes).
For more information on this event, go here.
Thanks to LCAMickeyMF on the Our Stargate forum for the tip.
Fan favourite Colin Cunningham will return as Major Davis in the upcoming Stargate SG-1 season 8 two-parter 'Moebius', his official fan club has announced - filming of these episodes is currently underway.
Thanks to sue on the Our Stargate forum for the tip.
Amanda Tapping makes a cameo appearance as an apparition in the Sci Fi Channel's upcoming miniseries Earthsea, Sci Fi Wire announced today.
Earthsea, based on the series of novels by Ursula K LeGuin, will star Shawn Ashmore (X Men), Kristin Kreuk (Smallville), Danny Glover and Isabella Rossellini and is due to premiere on December 13th 2004.
For more on this story, go here.
Thanks to sue on the Our Stargate forum for the tip.
"Whenever they need to crash a plane, they call me!" -- An exclusive interview with Jay Acovone (Kawalsky) by Carole Gordon, about the perils of banana skins, the impact of reality TV, the return of Kawalsky to Stargate SG-1 and how he failed to recognize one of his acting heroes.
Read the interview here.
"I did my best to beat the daylights out of Michael Shanks," says Claudia Black, in an interview about her appearance as Vala in the season 8 Stargate SG-1 episode 'Prometheus Unbound'.
Claudia also talks with Sci Fi Wire about reprising the role of Aeryn Sun in the hotly anticipated Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars mini series and living with the effects of jetlag!
For more of this interview, go here.
Thanks to sue on the Our Stargate forum for the tip.
Paul McGillion, known to Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis viewers as the likeable Dr. Beckett has just been added to the line-up of guests attending the November Wolfcon SG-8 convention. More information can be found here.
The SciFi Channel showed repeat episodes for the first time of the new season over Labor Day weekend, airing "Icon" for SG-1 and "Thirty-Eight Minutes" for Atlantis. The ratings have now been posted by SciFi Wire and SG-1 has, once again, edged out SciFi's new show -- a recent trend in the ratings the last several weeks! According to SciFi Wire, "Icon" scored a 1.2 and "Thirty-Eight Minutes" a 1.0. "Icon" placed 2nd among SciFi's Top 10 Show's for that week and "Thirty-Eight Minutes" was 6th.
James Spader, best known to Stargate fans as Daniel Jackson in the original Stargate feature film, has just been named Best Actor in a Dramatic Series for his role as Alan Shore in last season's The Practice.
Spader's new series, Boston Legal, a spin-off of The Practice, premieres on ABC in two weeks.
William Shatner and Sharon Stone also received Emmy awards for their guest starring roles on The Practice last season. William Shatner will be a regular on the new Boston Legal series.
Fans of Stargate SG-1 in the UK now have the chance to collect episodes of the series on dvd along with an illustrated magazine which the publishers claim will include "detailed files on all the characters, myths, planets, technology and alien races" they might encounter along the way.
At present 43 issues, with 3 episodes per dvd, are planned (starting at £3.99 for the first issue, then rising to £7.99 a time), the dvd of 'Children of the Gods' being added as a special gift for subscribers - by our calculation that still only goes up to partway through season 6 but perhaps there's more planned if these sell well?
For more information, go here.
Nathan Flamino of Wausau, Wis., was the winner of the SCI FI Channel's third annual Stargate "Get in the Gate" competition, the channel announced earlier today.
Flamino will travel to Vancouver, B.C., to film walk-on roles on both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis, having been selected from the sweepstake that attracted almost 700,000 entries.
For more on this, go here.
"I was just saying this morning that I think Stargate’s one of the few shows that’s appreciated by the audience less for the necessity of Science Fiction elements incorporated into it, but more for how an individual element affects a character."
That's the view of Michael Shanks in an exclusive interview with Icon magazine, talking about the prospect of season 9, while Christopher Judge talks about how much he enjoys the process of writing and makes a surprising revelation about which character he'd like to be if he wasn't Teal'c.
For more of this interview, go here.
Stargate SG-1 2004 Con Special Power of Apophis.
Painter Lucio Rubira shows us the first of many of his Stargate SG-1 covers with this piece for the cover of the recently released Stargate SG-1 2004 Convention special. See the August section for more details on this Power of Apophis edition.
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Stargate SG-1 Fall of Rome cover by Renato Guedes.
Our first look at a September solicited release is this cover for Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome #2, cover art and color by Renato Guedes. Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome #2 and the rest of our September releases will be covered in more detail within the next couple of weeks.
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Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome #2 cover by Correa.
Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome continues in September with issue #2 by James Anthony Kuhoric and Jorge Correa Jr. Wrap cover shown here by Correa and colored by Greg Waller.
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"There currently hasn't been any thought of doing that," says Rick Berman in an interview with IESB when asked about the possibility of Stargate SG-1 or Stargate: Atlantis actors appearing on Enterprise.
For more of this interview, go here
This Saturday marks the premiere of the new Sci Fi Channel original thriller Darklight, which stars Shiri Appleby (Roswell), as well as Stargate SG-1 guest star John De Lancie and Stargate: Atlantis regular David Hewlett, as reported here in July.
For more on this movie, go here.
Richard Dean Anderson will receive an award for Stargate SG-1's 'continuous positive depiction of the Air Force' at the Air Force Association's 57th Annual Air Force Anniversary Dinner in Washington D.C. this evening, as well as touring the Pentagon and visiting with wounded troops at Walter Reed Hospital.
For more on this, go here.
Thanks to sue on the Our Stargate forum for the tip.
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences have announced the winners of the technical Emmys for 2004.
Sadly it's been revealed that season 7 Stargate SG-1 episode 'The Lost City Part 2', nominated in the 'Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series' category, lost out to an episode of Enterprise, despite the hard work of Michelle Comens, James Tichenor and their colleagues in making 'The Lost City Part 2' such a memorable season finale.
For more information on the 2004 Emmy awards, go here.
Stargate SG-1 Fall or Rome cover by Ryan Drake.
The Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome section is updated with another great painted cover from frequent Stargate SG-1 cover artist Ryan Drake. The Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome Prequel Battle Teal'c cover is available in stores now or direct from Avatar. Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome #1 is also in stores at present, and #2 is coming up soon.
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Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome cover by Rubira.
Lucio Rubira provides us with another painted Stargate SG-1 cover, this team wraparound cover for issue #1 of the Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome series. The Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome #1 Painted Team Wrap is available now.
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Stargate movie director Roland Emmerich is one of the people interviewed in the multiplicity of extras on the upcoming Star Wars dvd box set, talking about the influence of those movies on his own career and vision as a director.
For more information on the dvd set and a comprehensive review, go here.
"It was like being at a comedy camp with a whole bunch of geniuses."
Ingrid Kavelaars, best known to fans of Stargate SG-1 as Major Erin Gant ('Memento', 'Grace' and 'The Lost City Part 2'), talks about her part in new movie Intern Academy alongside comedy veterans Dan Aykroyd, Maury Chaykin, Saul Rubinek and Dave Foley.
For more of this interview, go here.
James Spader has been confirmed as one of the presenters for the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will take place on September 19th.
Let's hope this doesn't mean he's out of the running for the Emmy award he's been nominated for this year, in respect of his outstanding performances as Alan Shore on The Practice!
 | Robert and Mary Bailes pose with the home-made Stargate they helped Tennessee resident Hunter Johnston build for the Hathorfest, final event of the year for the Noble Krewe of Hathor.
This fiscal year they have been raising money for their local Church Health Center, which provides affordable health care for minimum wage workers, their families and the homeless. For more on this story, go here. |
Genio Group, Inc. announced today that it has secured the rights to produce and market trading-card games based on both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis, using the original characters and story lines of both television shows. These should be on sale in both the US and Europe from April 2005.
Gildart Jackson, best known for his recurring role as evil Elder Gideon on Charmed talks about his appearance in the upcoming Stargate: Atlantis episode 'Before I Sleep':
"I'm playing an Ancient who is a Nutty Professor type," Jackson said in a newly-published interview with Sci Fi Wire.
News just in from the Wolf 10th Anniversary convention in London - Jay Acovone, who plays the popular character of Kawasky, has revealed that he will be returning in season 8 of Stargate SG-1 in the second part of an upcoming 2-part episode (thought to be 'Reckoning').
Thanks to Jan on the Our Stargate forum for the news.
Christopher Cousins, best known to fans of Stargate SG-1 as Sam Carter's love interest Joe Faxon, co-stars in the newly-released movie Wicker Park, described as 'an intense psychological romance thriller'. Christopher plays an investment banker whose current lover now suspects of having killed his wife - his lover then becomes involved again with her former flame, played by Josh Hartnett.
For more on this movie, visit the official site here.
Stargate: Atlantis has averaged a 2.4 HH rating and 3.1 million viewers this season so far, a significant increase on the figures for season 7 of Stargate SG-1. Meanwhile, season 8 of Stargate SG-1 has also increased their share of the lucrative Friday night audience, averaging a 2.1 HH rating and 2.7 million viewers.
For more information, go here.
German fan website Stargate-Project.com has organised an interview with David DeLuise, who plays Sam Carter's love interest Pete Shanahan, and have opened this up for questions from fans elsewhere.
To submit a question, go here - closing date is 5th September 2004, so get your thinking caps on!
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