Visimag's TV Zone Special #64, scheduled for publication on July 7, 2005, is set to spotlight Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. They promise interviews with Michael Shanks, Ben Browder, Christopher Judge, Amanda Tapping, Joe Flanigan, Beau Bridges, Cliff Simon, Jason Momoa, Mitch Pileggi, Paul McGillion and tons of special features and exclusive images.
Check out the details here and catch a glimpse at the cover.
Thanks to Sueb on the Our Stargate forum for the tip!
Anna-Louise Plowman, well known to Stargate SG-1 fans as Daniel Jackson's (Michael Shanks) former girlfriend/colleague Sarah Gardner and sometime nemesis, Osiris, spoke to Carole Gordon about her career, past, present and future, including, of course, Stargate and an appearance on Dr. Who. Read all about it at Our Stargate here.
Cult Times has excerpted portions of their new interview with Stargate SG-1's Michael Shanks in "Nine Lives" by Thomasina Gibson:
Michael Shanks wasn’t the least bit surprised when the powers that be decided to renew Stargate SG-1 for at least another year. Back as the indubitable Dr Daniel Jackson, Shanks is delighted with the upsurge of life and vitality injected by the latest additions to SG-1’s illustrious crew. Describing his initial reaction to the news of a ninth year, Shanks says, “Well, the idea of Season Nine took a long time coming about. We [as in everyone at Team Stargate in Vancouver] had every confidence that we could do it, but I think in television and the entertainment industry, when money is involved, executives like change and once certain things like the new characters were defined and once we started to decipher how the new dynamics would work, it became very exciting. It kind of became like we were treating it like a pilot of a brand new show.”
Check out the full page Daniel Jackson/Michael Shanks cover of Cult Times #118, read more of the article and find out details on how to order the issue (with the expanded article and more photos in it!) here!
Thanks to Sueb from the Our Stargate Forum for the head's up!
Gatecon, the fan based Vancouver SciFi convention scheduled July 26-August 1, 2005, has just announced that Amanda Tapping of (Samantha Carter of Stargate SG-1) has had to cancel her special appearance at their convention due to "work commitments."
The Sekhs Party folks who host a party at the convention every year to raise funds for the Candian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation have announced that three actors who have appeared on Stargate SG-1 in the past -- JR Bourne (Martouf), Alexa Zahara (who played numerous roles) and Colin Cunningham (Major Davis) -- have agreed to attend charity luncheons in support of the CCFF this year during the course of the convention. They will be selling tickets for a chance to attend with all proceeds to benefit the CCFF.
The July issue of British magazine Cult Times (#118), just out on newsstands in the UK, contains a four page article/interview with Michael Shanks about the upcoming Season 9 of Stargate SG-1. He talks about his role on the show (he gives Avalon, the season opener rave reviews!) and his wife, Lexa Doig's new role on the show as well as his character's interactions with the new character played by Ben Browder. Check it out!
Cult Times is published by Visimag.
Thanks to Prince on the Our Stargate Forum for the tip!
Creation Entertainment has just announced the availability of a brand new Stargate SG-1 Fan Club Kit. This fan club kit has no association with the previous fan club kit offerings (from Lightspeed).
The kit will contain a DVD of the Official Creation Stargate Convention in Burbank, CA in July 2004 featuring appearances by Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Carmen Argenziano, Peter Williams, Tony Amendola and Don S. Davis, a poster, several lithographs, a patch, a sticker and more.
The kit is due to be available on August 1st, 2005 and sells for $24.95.
Go here for all the information and click on merchandise, then fan club kits.
Beau Bridges, who will be playing General Landry in the upcoming Season 9 of Stargate SG-1, talks about joining the cast in a short interview online:
"Of course we have not only me coming on, but Ben Browder of 'Farscape,' a much-loved sci-fi show. He's doing the young hunk thing," points out Bridges, whose character is a general. "I kind of order him off to the mouth of the dragon. And we have the regulars, Michael (Shanks), Amanda (Tapping) and Christopher (Judge), who have been really wonderful in welcoming me. It's been a smooth ride so far."
Read the entire article here.
 | Stargate SG-1 writers and directors Brad Wright, Mario Azzopardi, Brad Turner and much-missed co-creator Jonathan Glassner take time off from their current tv roles to talk about their involvement with The Outer Limits on the newly-released dvd, out this week.
The 6-episode disc, subtitled 'Aliens Among Us', features another Stargate connection as it includes the first season episode 'Quality of Mercy', starring Robert Patrick (X Files, Stargate: Atlantis). For more information on this dvd, go here. |
Thanks to everyone who entered our competition to win a copy of the Stargate: Atlantis pilot on DVD, featuring guest appearances by Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks.
The competition is now closed and we will be emailing the two lucky winners shortly.
SciFi Channel's "Stargate SG-1" was the big winner at the 2005 fan-voted SyFy Genre Awards this year, taking home four awards, including BEST SERIES/Television, Michael Shanks as Best Supporting Actor, Claudia Black as Best Special Guest (for her appearance in Prometheus Unbound) and Best Episode (also Prometheus Unbound).
The winners were announced in a live chat at SyFy Portal's Yahoo Group. Read the rest of the article here.
Richard Dean Anderson (Jack O'Neill) reports that he has completed filming a guest appearance on his favorite show, The Simpsons, and says his career is now complete! Read his comments here.
"So I went from being this hatchet-man jerk to being totally redeemed. That's my stock in trade now. I come back again as a short of the hatchet-man jerk, and I'm redeemed this time in the same episode. I'm hoping to get to the point where I'm so good I can do both extremes in one scene."
Robert Picardo talks with TV news site Zap2it about returning to Stargate SG-1 in season 9 as former Kinsey lackey Richard Woolsey, as well as what it's like to play a character who commercially markets his saliva in a second season episode of The 4400.
For more of this interview, go here.
According to Zap2It, the Sci Fi Channel has picked up the rights to Joss Whedon's "space Western" -- including three episodes never aired on TV -- and will begin airing it Friday, July 22. It will air at 7 p.m. ET, leading into the cable network's lineup of original series -- the two "Stargate" shows and "Battlestar Galactica," which open their new seasons the previous week.
"Firefly's" Sci Fi debut will come about two months before the scheduled release of Universal Pictures' "Serenity," a feature film based on the series written and directed by Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"). Universal and the Sci Fi Channel are both part of the NBC Universal media conglomerate. Sci Fi picked up the show from Twentieth Television, a News Corp. sibling of the FOX network, where "Firefly" first aired, and 20th Century Fox TV, which produced the series.
Set 500 years from now, "Firefly" follows the crew of a small, vagabond transport ship called the Serenity. Captained by Mal Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), Serenity and its crew are perpetually on the run from the totalitarian Alliance, and Mal often resort to taking extralegal jobs to keep the ship flying.
Read the rest of the article here.
Thanks to SueB on the Our Stargate Forum for the tip.
Legends Memorabilia has announced that Amanda Tapping (Lt. Col. Sam Carter) will be a special guest at Gatecon 2005 in Vancouver, Canada.
Legends Memorabilia, who will be exhibiting at Gatecon, will be featuring a wide range of memorabilia from various film and television productions, including Stargate SG-1 and Andromeda. Legends shall also be providing an array of set-used props as a backdrop on the main stage, including the actual control consoles from the deck of the 'Andromeda'!
Legends will also feature in the CITY-TV broadcast segment and shall be discussing various aspects of the memorabilia and collectible field; including valuation, acquisition and preservation. A feature on authentication will also be included, as will a discussion about the Company's activities in the charity field.
The highlight of the Legends segment will be an exclusive appearance by the ever-popular and engaging Amanda Tapping who will be included in this broadcast as a special guest of Legends Memorabilia & Gatecon 2005! Together they will be making some exciting new announcements of interest to all Stargate fans.
Check out all the details about the Gatecon convention! The convention will be held this year July 25 through August 1st, 2005.
Thanks to Sueb on the Our Stargate Forum for the tip!
Win a copy of the DVD Region 1 release of the Stargate: Atlantis pilot, here on SDJ.com!
Released in the USA on June 7th, this DVD guest stars Richard Dean Anderson as Jack O’Neill and Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson with a special guest appearance by Robert Patrick (X Files). It also has audio commentary by director Martin Wood and actor Joe Flanigan and a host of other features. More information can be found at the MGM Atlantis DVD Site.
22nd June 2005: Thanks to everyone who entered - this competition is now closed!
Hot on the heels of their time together in Young Blades, Stargate SG-1 alumni Tobias Mehler (Lt. Graham Simmons) and Zak Santiago (Rogelio) find themselves starring alongside fellow Stargate SG-1 guest stars Kevin McNulty (Dr. Warner) and Alisen Down (Dr. Brightman) in new comedy drama series Robson Arms, which premieres June 17th at 10pm ET on Canada's CTV channel.
Joining these actors are genre favourites William B. Davis (X Files and Smallville, who's also slated for a future appearance in season 9 of SG-1) and Margot Kidder (Superman), as well as a host of Canadian actors whose faces will probably be familiar to anyone who watches much Vancouver-based tv production.
For more about the show, go here for the official website or here to listen to an interview with series co-creator and head writer Susin Nielsen.
"I've already gone up to Vancouver and done two episodes, and the scripts were excellent. And I'll be going up again in August to do some more work," says fan favourite Tony Amendola (best known to fans as Master Bra'tac) about his involvement in at least three episodes of Stargate SG-1's new season in an interview with Sci Fi Wire.
"Season nine, go figure," he adds. "I'm completely shocked."
For more of this article, go here - thanks to sue on the Our Stargate forum for the tip.
A special memorial page is being created by fans at "MacGyver Online" for actor Dana
Elcar, who recently passed away. The first page can be viewed here and a point of contact is listed for
anyone wishing to pay their respects.
Thanks to Rowan for the information.
For those who might not know, aside from the connection through Richard Dean Anderson, Don S. Davis (Stargate's General Hammond) began his association with RDA by working on MacGyver as Dana Elcar's stand-in.
'MacGyver' Actor Dana Elcar Dies
VENTURA, Calif. - Dana Elcar, the round-faced, balding actor whose real-life struggle with blindness was written into his role on the TV adventure series "MacGyver," has died. He was 77.
He died Monday of complications from pneumonia at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, his family said.
"MacGyver" ran on ABC from 1985 to 1992. Elcar played the best friend and boss of the crime-fighting title character, played by Richard Dean Anderson.
"At a time when I had very little business being called an actor, he made things so easy for me," Anderson said. "It was a learning experience that was very warm and loving for all seven years."
Elcar, who suffered from glaucoma, told producers he was going blind after four seasons with "MacGyver," so they adapted his character to match his medical condition. By the end of the show's run, he had become almost completely blind.
"The fact that you are losing your eyesight does not mean you have forgotten how to act," Elcar, in a speech to the National Federation of the Blind in 1991, recalled producers telling him.
Thanks to Sueb on Our Stargate and Prion at Gateworld for the news.
Beau Bridges will momentarily step aside from his role as Gen. Landry on Stargate SG-1 to film a part in the 10.5 SF miniseries, according to SciFi Wire.
Kim Delaney, Beau Bridges and David Cubitt will reprise their roles from NBC's hit SF miniseries 10.5 in 10.5: Apocalypse, a sequel that began filming in Montreal last week. The two-part miniseries will air later this year.
The cast also includes Frank Langella, Carlos Bernard, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Dean Cain, Oliver Hudson, Tamara Hope, Carly Pope, Melissa Sue Anderson and Barbara Eve Harris.
Howard Braunstein, Michael Jaffe and Gary Pearl, whose childhood nightmare served as the basis of the original 10.5, return as executive producers. John Lafia (Child's Play, The Dead Zone) returns to write and direct and also serve as co-executive producer.
Read the rest of the article on SciFi Wire.
Thanks to Sueb on the Our Stargate Forum for bringing this to our attention.
Creation has announced a brand new exclusive series of Stargate SG-1 Collector Coins and they've chosen to launch the program with Stargate star Michael Shanks! You'll find a sculpted portrait of Dr. Daniel Jackson on one side and the Gate encircling the logo on the flipside.
There are only 750 of these coins worldwide and they sell for $29.95. You can view coin here and order Creation merchandise (including the coin) here.
The German site, Stargate Project, has posted a new interview with actress Lexa Doig, formerly of SciFi Channel's "Andromeda" about her upcoming new role on Stargate SG-1 as Dr. Carolyn Lam. The interview also features several lovely photos of Lexa and her husband, Michael Shanks (Dr. Daniel Jackson). Read the interview here.
Fandemonium has announced that the next book in their series of officially licensed Stargate SG-1 books will be the sequel to A Matter of Honor and will be published in September, 2005. The books are not available in the USA, although they may be ordered from Amazon UK and other overseas merchants. For more information, visit the Fandemonium website.
There is a one page mention and photos in Inside TV magazine (June 6 edition) of Richard Dean Anderson and his daughter, Wylie. Inside TV is published by TV Guide. The magazine is on newsstands now.
JoWood Productions, producers of the upcoming Stargate game, Stargate SG-1: The Alliance, have announced that the initial release of the game will feature voice-overs by the television show's cast members. Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, and Christopher Judge will all reprise their roles as Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, and Teal'c for the videogame version of the popular sci-fi story.
Developed by Perception, Stargate SG-1: The Alliance is slated for a European debut this summer and will tell an all-new original story said to be an official segment of Stargate's ongoing mythology. No word yet on a possible American release.
You can view all kinds of news and trailers and sneak peeks at the upcoming game at the Stargate Alliance website.
Chat live with Stargate SG-1 actors Alexis Cruz (Skaara) & Peter Williams (Apophis) tomorrow (Saturday 4th June) in The Wolf Chat Room at 5.30pm to 6.30 pm GMT. (1:30 pm to 2:30 pm ET)
Please sign up before the chat to make sure you can get in okay and make sure you can enter the chat room itself at:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/Chatters12
The production of "The Triangle," a new six hour mini-series, executive produced by Dean Devlin (co-creator of Stargate the Movie) and Bryan Singer (X-Men) begins this week in Cape Town, South Africa. The mini-series is slated to air in December on The SciFi Channel.
Eric Stoltz and Catherine Bell have joined the cast along with Michael Rodgers, Bruce Davison and Sam Neill according to The Hollywood Reporter. The storyline focuses on a disparate group of professionals who are brought together to investigate the dangerous truths behind the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.
As reported here yesterday, Tony Amendola, best known to Stargate fans as Jaffa Master Bra'tac, will be starring in a new SciFi Channel original movie, "Crimson Force." The movie is set to debut on Saturday, June 4, at 9 pm ET.
Tony Amendola told SCI FI Wire that "Crimson Force," is a timely and allegorical tale. "Primarily, Crimson Force is about the looking towards space and the natural resources of other planets as a way of serving our needs for power sources or energy sources," Amendola said in an interview. "I think that's the argument that applies to the modern world, in a way."
Read all of the interview on SciFi Wire here.
Thanks to Sueb on the Our Stargate Forum for the timely tip regarding the interview!
Tony Amendola, best known to Stargate: SG-1 fans as the Jaffa Master Bra'tac, is featured in the upcoming SciFi Channel original movie, Crimson Force. Human astronauts crashland in the middle of a Martian civil war. C. Thomas Howell stars. The movie debuts on Saturday, June 4th at 9 pm ET/8 pm Central. Check out more about the movie on the SciFi Channel site.
The Leo Awards celebrate excellence in British Columbia Film and Television and, once again, Stargate: SG-1 has nabbed some Leo Awards for 2005! Stargate: Atlantis has also garnered an award during its very first season. Congratulations to all of the winners (and the nominees, too!).
Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series
Stargate SG-1 -- Amanda Tapping
Best Costume Design in a Dramatic Series
Stargate SG-1: Moebius, Part 2 -- Christine Mooney
Best Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series
Stargate Atlantis: The Eye -- Mark Breakspear, Bruce Woloshyn, Dan Mayer, Simon Ager, Tara Conley
See a list of all of the 2005 Winners here.
Once again, Stargate SG-1 and Richard Dean Anderson brought home the Spacey Awards! Richard Dean Anderson won the award for Favorite TV Character -- Male and delivered his usual longwinded acceptance speech from a swimming pool wearing scuba gear! Christopher Judge (Teal'c) accepted the award in Vancouver on behalf of Stargate: SG-1 for Favorite Canadian TV Series. Judge teased Ben Browder (who has joined the cast of Stargate for the upcoming Season 9), who was also present on the set that his previous show, Farscape, never won the award.
Read the entire list of winners here.
Our heartfelt congratulations to all of this year's nominees and winners.
Rittenhouse Archives has posted a "sneak peek" at the upcoming Stargate: Atlantis Season One trading cards set. The card sets are due sometime in September, 2005.
According to Rittenhouse, each box of this series will contain ONE AUTOGRAPH AND ONE COSTUME CARD per box. Signers for this series are still being finalized but the list so far includes show stars Joe Flanigan (Major Sheppard) and Paul McGillion (Dr. Carson Beckett). A large number of recurring guest stars will also be signing autograph cards for this series including Colm Meaney (Cowen), David Nykl (Dr. Zelenka), Boyan Vukelic (Sgt. Stackhouse), Craig Veroni (Dr. Peter Grodin) and Christopher Heyerdahl (Halling). To find out even more details regarding costume cards and more, check out their newsletter and Atlantis preview here.
Now Playing Magazine online talks to Richard Dean Anderson about his time on Stargate SG-1, his departure, and his plans for the future.
“The situation I put to myself, my immediate future that is, employment-wise, is that I don’t want to leave Los Angeles for a while. I’d rather not do a series that would keep me end-to-end five days a week,” Anderson explains. “Part of my situation [with] MGM in the latter years was to create a schedule that allowed me to spend more time down here in Los Angeles. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t even do what I need to do to accommodate my daughter now. I’ve had some offers to do some things that would shoot here.”
Read the entire article here. There is a small spoiler in the article -- although it is something that we were the first to report on here.
Thanks to Sueb on the Our Stargate Forum for pointing us to it and Gateworld. We're a bit behind on posting the news here, due to most of us having been gone the last week or so at various different conventions!
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