April 27th marks the start of preview performances of Stratford Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It with Stargate SG-1 guest star Obi Ndefo (Rak'nor) set to take the romantic lead as Orlando.
This production will have songs and incidental music, using the lyrics Shakespeare wrote, arranged and performed by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, who had this to say of the Bard: "It's hard to ask for a better co-writer, really, even if he is a little unbending in his approach to collaboration!"
Tickets are on sale via the festival box office - for more information on this production, go here.
Alderac Entertainment Group which publishes the Stargate Roleplaying Game and associated modules has made an announcement that Sony and MGM have chosen not to renew the licensing deal they have had with them for the past two years. You can read their complete statement (and also find links to information about the existing books), at their website. The latest book featured a gorgeous full color photo of Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks).
We previously announced that Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis had been nominated for LEO awards in a whole slew of categories this year. Since then, another announcement has been made: the nominees for Best Dramatic Series and Stargate Atlantis has been nominated! Congratulations to the cast and crew. The awards will be given out on May 28th, 2005. More details are available at the LEO Awards site.
 | The next installment of the successful Avatar Press series of comics based on Stargate SG-1, due out in June 2005, has the team going back to the very beginning of the series' storyline.
As Daniel Jackson recounts the story of the first Stargate mission, a familiar presence reappears on Abydonian soil. Has the most feared Goa'uld of all time been reborn from the ashes to terrorize the universe again? |
"The game takes place right before the episode “Threads” in Season 8 of the series," say developers of the Stargate SG-1: The Alliance video game, due out later this year, in an in-depth interview with game site Worth Playing.
The game's makers are keen to stress the team aspect of their FPS product, as well as the option to play missions as different characters, saying: "If you play as Daniel Jackson in a certain mission for example, you will be required to use different skills than if you play a mission as Jack O’Neill." They comment that they've had "extensive help" from the cast of the show, so perhaps you'll soon hear the dulcet tones of Michael Shanks or Richard Dean Anderson coming from a video screen near you?
For more of this interview, go here.
Once again, Stargate SG-1's cast and crew have snagged multiple nominations in this year's Canadian LEO Awards! Bridge Studios newcomer series Stargate Atlantis has also managed quite a few nominations this year, as well. Leading the pack are Michael Shanks, with a nomination for Best Lead Actor for his role in the Season 8 episode "Threads" and Amanda Tapping for Best Lead Actress for her role in the same episode. The winners will be announced on May 28th. Good luck to all of the nominees! Here are all of the Stargate related nominations:
Best Supporting Performance by a Female
Stargate Atlantis - ""Poisoning the Well"" - Allison Hosik
Best Lead Performance by a Female
Stargate: SG1 - ""Threads"" - Amanda Tapping
Best Supporting Performance by a Male
Stargate Atlantis - ""The Storm"" - David Nykl
Stargate Atlantis - ""Poisoning the Well"" - Paul McGillion
Stargate: SG1 - ""It's Good to be King"" - Tom McBeth
Best Lead Performance by a Male
Stargate: SG1 - ""Threads"" - Michael Shanks
Best Costume Design
Stargate: SG1 - ""It's Good to be King"" - Christine Mooney
Stargate: SG1 - ""Moebius Part 2"" - Christine Mooney
Best Production Design
Stargate Atlantis - ""Rising Part 1"" - Bridget McGuire, Thom Wells, James Robbins, Peter Bodnarus, Mark Davidson, Robert Davidson
Best Visual Effects
Stargate Atlantis - ""The Eye"" - Mark Breakspear, Bruce Woloshyn, Dan Mayer, Simon Ager, Tara Conley
Stargate: SG1 - ""Reckoning Part 2"" - Michelle Comens, James Rorick, Krista McLean, Brett Keyes, Brian Harder
Best Overall Sound
Stargate Atlantis - ""The Storm"" - Gordon Hilliar, David Hibbert, Kevin Sands
Best Direction
Stargate Atlantis - ""Defiant One"" - Peter DeLuise
Best Screenwriting
Stargate Atlantis - ""Defiant One"" - Peter DeLuise
Stargate SG-1- ""Affinity"" - Peter DeLuise
Best Cinematography
Stargate: SG1 - ""It's Good to be King"" - Jim Menard
Thanks to Sue at Our Stargate for the tip. Check out the LEO website.
The Sci Fi Channel's most successful series (including Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis) will air their premieres on the same day - Friday July 15th - the Sci Fi Channel have announced.
The channel is keeping its successful Sci Friday lineup intact, with season 9 SG-1 episode 'Avalon' at 8pm ET, followed by season 2 Atlantis episode 'The Siege, Part 3' at 9pm and the season 2 premiere of Battlestar Galactica at 10pm.
The latest installment of the Stargate SG-1 books being published in the UK is now available. Stargate SG-1: City of the Gods follows the team as they encounter an Aztec culture on an unstable, tectonically active moon. As Jack would say, that spells earthquakes, lots of 'em... Written by Sonny Whitelaw, the book is available from the publisher at their website, from Amazon.uk or other retailers (a list is available at the Fandemonium website).
Legends Memorabilia has just started a new Stargate props and costumes auction.
Click here to see a list of the auctions currently running on Ebay.
One of the first items up for bidding is Reece's costume, from the Stargate SG-1 episode "Menace." Among the items being sold are Ba'al and O'Neill’s hero costumes from “Abyss.” A hero costume is the one worn onscreen by the actor, so these are the actual costumes worn by Cliff Simon and Richard Dean Anderson.
Other items to be sold include the inner crystals from a DHD, Daniel Jackson’s (Michael Shanks) hero Ra necklace from Full Circle, Osiris' hero costume from “Chimera,” Sam’s (Amanda Tapping) hero flowers from “Chimera” and a Goa'uld vo'cum (camera) from “Serpent’s Venom.” There will be lots more props, costumes and items to come.
They'll be adding new items daily, from now until May 3rd.
Thanks to FindoGask and sg1ff at the Our Stargate Forum for the tip.
Creation Entertainment has announced that they are offering brand new Michael Shanks color photos, officially licensed by MGM. Also offered are new photos of Don S. Davis, Christopher Judge and Jolene Blalock. As well as the photos, Creation is now offering officially licensed SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis patches.
Check them all out at Creation's official site.
New spoilers are just coming out for what looks like episode 9, "Babylon" of Season 9 for Stargate SG-1. Spoilers are below, so look no further if you don't want to know the details!
This episode centers around Mitchell, who has been hurt and is nursed back to health by Jolan, a Jaffa warrior of a race known as the Sodan. The Sodan have hidden themselves away from the galaxy and believe that the Ori are their saviors. It is up to Daniel and Teal'c to convince Jolan's brother, Volnek, to help them find their missing friend before it might be too late ... Mitchell is expected to fight another Sodan warrior to the death as atonement for spilling Sodan blood!
Stargate SG-1 stars Michael Shanks, Ben Browder, Chris Judge and Amanda Tapping.
To read more spoilers, check out the Our Stargate Forum.
Stargate SG-1 casting director Carol Kelsay talks about her experiences of working with the BBC in Vancouver to make Supervolcano with Stargate guest regulars Garwin Sanford (Narim), Tom McBeath (Maybourne) and Robert Wisden (Samuels) in an interview with the Vancouver Sun. The show, a two-part factual drama, airs in Canada tomorrow at 8pm on the Discovery Channel.
The same article also has comments from Paul Weber, head of casting for MGM Television Worldwide (responsible for both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis) about a course he's running in Vancouver next week to help Canadian actors with their auditioning skills.
And don't miss scrolling down to the very bottom of the page for a sneak peek of what Lou Gossett and Beau Bridges are getting up to when they're not filming the new season!
For more on this, go here.
Sad news for James Spader and Boston Legal fans -- ABC has just announced that the show will not be returning to its primetime schedule on April 24 as previously planned. Instead, the new show, Grey's Anatomy, running the 10 pm Sundays timeslot, will be allowed to finish out the season there and Boston Legal will not be returning at all until next fall! The five episodes that were originally slated to air this year will run as part of next season's Boston Legal episodes.
Read more here.
In February, we reported on the fund-raising auction taking place in aid of the Phi Phi Island Relief Fund, organised by the Official Highlander Fan Club and involving items signed by and featuring many actors with Stargate SG-1 links (Peter Wingfield, Michael Shanks, Don S Davis).
SDJ are delighted to pass on the news that the auction was a spectacular success, raising over $45,000 for the Koh Phi Phi Tsunami Relief Foundation. Two more charity auctions are planned and we'll publish any further information as it becomes available...
For more information on this story, go here.
Boston Legal, starring James Spader, with guest appearances by Stargate SG-1 alumnus Rene Auberjonois (Deep Space Nine) is one of the ABC series which have picked up early renewals.
The channel has given the go-ahead for a new full (22-episode) season of the show, as well as new seasons of Alias, Lost and Desperate Housewives - the spectacular ratings garnered by the latter two shows make their renewal no surprise at all.
For more on this story, go here.
Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis find themselves squaring off as both series have been nominated as favourite Canadian tv series in the viewers choice section of the 2005 Spacey Awards, the channel announced today. Meanwhile Stargate SG-1 picked up two more nominations, one for favourite tv series and an unexpected nomination for favourite male tv character for Richard Dean Anderson.
Voting starts today, with the winners announced on May 29th 2005 - to vote, go here. Thanks to sue b on the Our Stargate forum for the tip.
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