Stargate SG-1 star Christopher Judge (Teal'c) is just finishing work on the writing and directorial debut of former SG-1 guest star and Stargate: Atlantis regular David Hewlett (Rodney McKay), reports Sci Fi Wire.
The movie, titled A Dog's Breakfast, which features a television star from a space opera-style show, also involves cast and crew from both Stargate shows, including Hewlett's Atlantis co-stars Rachel Luttrell (Teyla) and Paul McGillion (Dr. Beckett), and is finishing production in Vancouver shortly.
For more information on the movie, go here.
Michael Shanks stars in the 'wasp' movie Swarmed tonight at 9 on SciFi Channel. A genetically altered swarm of yellow jackets is heading for the annual hamburger cookoff in a tiny Indiana town. Dr. Kent Horvath (Shanks) and co-star Carol Alt must figure out a way to stop them before a tragedy ensues.
From The Advocate.com: Roland Emmerich, the gay director of Hollywood blockbusters The Day After Tomorrow, The Patriot, and Independence Day, has pledged $150,000 to help support gay and lesbian film preservation through Outfest, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
The largest gift in Outfest's 24-year history, this is the lead donation toward the Legacy Project, a three-year, $1.5 million campaign supporting the festival's new LGBT film preservation collaboration with the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
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Fandemonium Books has announced there is a new Stargate SG-1 novel on the horizon, this one focused on the bounty hunter popular with many fans: Aris Boch. The book, Siren Song, is written by two new authors, Holly Scott and Jaimie Duncan. For more information about Stargate SG-1: Siren Song, check out this link: Siren Song
Details for Siren Song are:
Title: Stargate SG-1: Siren Song
Authors: Holly Scott and Jaimie Duncan
ISBN: 095473436X
Price: £6.99
Publication date: 7 February 2006
Fandemonium is offering a special 20% discount off the retail price of the book if purchased through their website through March 31, 2006. Go to http://www.stargatenovels.com/bookshop.php for details.
Even more Stargate books are in the works, according to the publisher:
Stargate SG-1: Survival of the Fittest
Publication date: May 2006
Stargate Atlantis: The Chosen
Publication date: April 2006
Stargate Atlantis: Reliquary
Publication date: February 2006
Fandemonium has also announced that they are hoping to finally wrap up the round of open submissions they began over a year ago -- and then begin a new round! They ask that hopeful writers watch their website for further details at http://www.stargatenovels.com.
"Former "Farscape" star Ben Browder (Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell) and "SG-1"
veteran Michael Shanks (Dr. Daniel Jackson) are developing some fun on-screen rapport".
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"In a news release on their site, Maderfilm proudly announced “Stargate SG-1’
s Michael Shanks Joins Cast of DEAD STOP“: “Producer Julie Caitlin Brown has
been working tirelessly to attach talent and shop this anthology film
developed by Mr. Mader with partners Marc Scott Zicree & Emmy-Winner Michael Reaves."
John Rhys-Davies, and Stargate Sg-1 alumni Robert Picardo and Armin Shimmerman are also slated to appear in the film.
Read more here.
"Michael Shanks plays archaeologist Daniel Jackson on the Sci Fi Channel's "Stargate: SG-1," a character who's oblivious to women unless they have something to do with his scientific investigations. In real life, however, Shanks has no problem waxing poetic about the differences between men and women."
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Michael Shanks Online has put up pictures from the appearance of Michael Shanks and Chris Judge on Canadian television show Urban Rush.
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