Stargate SG-1 fan favourite Teryl Rothery (Dr Janet Fraiser) takes on double the responsibility in her newest stage endeavour, playing characters in both Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me Kate (which is based on the Shakespeare play).
Teryl plays both Katherine in the play and Lois/Bianca in the musical as this engaging double act is put on by Showcase Theatre Festival from August 10th on Vancouver Island.
For more information and ticket availability, go here.
Stargate SG-1 guest star Bill Dow (Dr Bill Lee) makes his directorial debut with Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. “I’ve decided to take the Dream literally,” Dow said, as the play starts with the cast putting on their pajamas and getting ready for bed.
The production is the first play to be staged by the newly-formed Whistler Theatre Project, running from August 4th to September 3rd in what is hoped will be the beginning of a regular summer theatre season for the popular Canadian resort town.
For more information on Whistler Theatre Project, go here.
"There were a lot of World Cup soccer arguments going on. Being from Brazil I was sure we were going to win."
Morena Baccarin (Adria) talks about arguments on the set of Stargate SG-1, her recurring role in the new season and life after Firefly in an interview with Carole Gordon for Eclipse Magazine.
Read more here.
Scifi.com has a poll up on their front page asking the fans what they think about the idea of Dean Devlin doing a new Stargate movie. Go and vote here!
Thanks to Sue for the tip.
Dean Devlin, co-writer and producer of the original Stargate movie, told SCI FI Wire that he has struck a production deal with MGM and is developing the long-delayed sequel feature films that will pick up the story from the 1994 original—but not the mythology subsequently elaborated on in the SCI FI Channel original series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. Devlin added that he hopes to enlist original stars Kurt Russell (Jack O'Neill) and James Spader (Dr. Daniel Jackson), who have expressed an interest.
"When we created the original Stargate, we always envisioned it as a trilogy, and, unfortunately, the way in which the movie got made, we didn't really have control over [it]," Devlin (The Triangle) said in an interview at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 20. "We didn't have the ability to do two and three. MGM had then made a big commitment to doing the [SG-1] series, and they were worried that the movie could interfere with the series. Well, now that the series has run so successfully for so long and spawned a second series, and there's a whole new regime at MGM, they're not really worried about [it]. The series is running great on its own. And they think there is an audience out there who would like to see what parts two and ... three were intended to be. Because there was a larger story arc that we had in mind, and we never got to explore it so I think it will be very exciting to actually get to go do parts two and three."
Both Russell and Spader have expressed interest, Devlin added. "They've always said they wanted to do it. ... The irony is actually because it was 12 years ago that we made Stargate, [and] part two was actually supposed to take place about 12 years later. We were just going to kind of age them up as actors. So it actually works out really nicely."
Read the rest of the story here.
Breaking news from this weekend's San Diego Comic Con, where Dean Devlin, producer and creator of the original Stargate movie was in attendance ... On Thursday, Comic-Con was host to a panel for the upcoming film, Flyboys. Flyboys is a World War I era film centered on the flying aces of the time. The film, inspired by a true story, is being produced by film veteran Dean Devlin, of Stargate and Independence Day fame.
Set in France, Flyboys follows the journey of young Americans as they learn to fight and fly at a time when airplanes had barely taken flight.
One interesting non-Flyboys item: producer Dean Devlin stated that he was in talks to produce the two sequels to the sci-fi hit, Stargate. He said, "I'd want the films to stay on track for what the original three were planned to be, I want to let the series stand on their own." He is currently in talks with MGM for these projects. Read more here.
Ever fancied sharing a screen with Michael Shanks or swapping snark with David Hewlett? Well, you might not get to do that with the grand prize from the Sci Fi Channel's annual 'Get in the Gate' contest, but the lucky winner will get a walk-on part in episodes of both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis. The contest is open to US residents till September 22nd 2006.
For details on how to enter, go here.
New photos of Stargate SG1 cast members as part of an NBC/Universal press tour are available here. There are also some new S10 cast photos on the site.
From the MSOL website: "Michael will be filming a new movie of the week for the Lifetime Channel called Under The Mistletoe." Click here to read more.
“Well, let’s put it this way, they didn’t kill me. Not that that would be a factor anyway in sci-fi,” says Richard Dean Anderson, when asked by Now Playing magazine about whether he planned to make any further appearances on Stargate SG-1 and spin-off show Stargate: Atlantis.
Talking at the Sci Fi Channel’s TCA press tour party, RDA talked about how much he'd missed being on the show, as well as talking about his MacGyver ad for Mastercard and fulfilling at least two cartoon characters lifelong ambitions by appearing on The Simpsons with Patty and Selma.
For more of this interview, go here.
If you're in the US, don't forget to tune into the Sci Fi Channel tonight for not one but two Stargate season premieres:
At 8pm, Vala's daughter makes an appearance in the season 10 premiere episode of Stargate SG-1, 'Flesh and Blood', as the show becomes the longest running sci fi show on US television. Meanwhile, at 9pm, Enterprise star Connor Trinneer returns to Stargate: Atlantis alongside regular SG-1 guest star Robert Picardo (also a Trek alumnus) in season 3 premiere episode 'No Man's Land'.
Thanks to everyone who sent in an entry for our contest to win seasons 1-8 of Stargate SG-1 in the new slimline dvd format, as well as other great prizes - we'll be contacting the winners shortly so watch your mailbox if you entered!
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