Sunday, May 11, 2008

Buck Rogers - Video: 'Unchained Woman'

Courtesy of HULU, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century's 'Unchained Woman,' starring Gil Gerard, Erin Gray and Tim O'Connor. Guest stars include Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Delano, Bert Rosario and Tara Buckman.



Masquerading as a convict, Buck and a female prisoner are handcuffed together and break out of jail.

Firefly - SciFi Channel: Marathon Fri May 16 '08

The SciFi Channel has scheduled a Firefly mini-marathon for Friday May 16 '08 beginning at 8am:



8:00A SERENITY - PT 1
09:00A SERENITY - PT 2
10:00A THE TRAIN JOB
11:00A BUSHWHACKED
12:00P SHINDIG
1:00P SAFE
2:00P OUR MRS. REYNOLDS
3:00P JAYNESTOWN

Richard Dean Anderson - GateWorld: Wright: Stargate movies need O'Neill

From GateWorld:

http://gateworld.net/news/2008/05/wright_stargate_movies_need_onei.shtml

(Please follow the link for the complete GateWorld article.)

Wright: Stargate movies need O'Neill



SUNDAY, MAY 11 (GENERAL)

Executive Producer Brad Wright tells GateWorld why he's interested in doing another Stargate film if it would feature Jack O'Neill.


A brief excerpt:

This summer fans will be treated to the second Stargate direct-to-DVD feature, Continuum, a film which will not only rip away the boundaries of what the franchise has done, but will also return to core staples, such as Jack O'Neill.

Richard Dean Anderson will be getting some much-anticipated screen time in Continuum, and if Executive Producer Brad Wright has his way, it won't be the last.

Prince Caspian - SciFi Weekly: Cast Interviews

From SciFi Weekly:

ttp://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw18887.html

(Please follow the link for the complete SciFi Weekly interview.)



INTERVIEWS

May 12, 2008

Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew of the latest Narnia installment, Prince Caspian

By Tara DiLullo Bennett


With the massive success of Andrew Adamson's cinematic adaptation of C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 2005, it was really only a matter of time before the next novel in the beloved fantasy series would get its chance to shine on the big screen. Three years later, Adamson and almost the entire original creative team from the first movie are back with their interpretation of the much-less-read story of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

A year after the Pevensie children's inaugural adventure in Narnia and their unexpected return to 1940s wartime England, their former realm beckons them to return once more. Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy (Georgie Henley) are all magically transported back to a Narnia that has now aged 1300 years. Trumpkin (Peter Dinklage) the dwarf reveals to them that the land of Minotaur and fauns, dwarves and talking animals is but a pale shadow of itself, with the magic spirited out of most of the inhabitants that still exist. Narnia's whole existence is under threat of siege and extinction by the evil King Miraz of Telmarine and his massive army of humans. More mature and more resolved than ever to save their former home, the Pevensie children unite what is left of Narnia's creatures and, along with the help of the Telmarine outcast and ally Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes), they align to fight once more.

Adamson's Prince Caspian is even more epic than the first film, with jaw-dropping sets, more impressive visual effects and a timeless story that revolves around the power of faith and redemption. SCI FI Weekly recently ventured to New York City to catch up with Adamson, Moseley, Popplewell, Henley, Dinklage and Barnes.


Andrew, with the original film successfully under your belt, was Prince Caspian easier to create?


Adamson: It should have been easier! You always think "I have done it before, so it will be easier," but because of that there is the natural tendency to put more challenges in front of you. Then there are the expectations that "the last film was this big, so the audience is going to expect at least that," and then it expands from there. It became logistically a very challenging film. There is a lot more action. We have a lot more extras, with the whole Telmarine army. There are a lot more locations, which was very deliberate, so all those things added up.


**snippage**



Ben, what kind of man is Prince Caspian?

Barnes: Caspian is an earnest character. He's a bit of a lost soul. He hasn't been parented and has been brought up by someone [Miraz] who essentially doesn't care about him at all and is just waiting to have his own heir so he can get rid of him. That's not a very loving environment to be brought up in. The closest thing he has is his professor, and that was probably only a couple of years. He's an interesting character, and I'm excited to see how he develops. But in the next film [Voyage of the Dawn Treader], he won't suddenly become this macho, musing, quipping king.


**snippage**



Peter, did Warwick Davis [Nikabrik] give you any tips on how to act with the makeup for your character, Trumpkin?

Dinklage: Ah, Warwick is an old pro on these fantasy films. Even if you don't know it's Warwick, it's probably Warwick underneath a lot of makeup. I had done one film for Disney the year before, Underdog, where I was in some makeup but not anything like what he has done or what I did with this movie. It's a whole other level of craziness. I was in the makeup chair for three hours. But when you are complaining or you have a bad day and you are hot with the yak hair and everything, you just look at him, and he's such an old pro it makes you mellow out. Warwick had more makeup than I did. It's funny, because on a movie like this with the Narnians, you see people more in makeup than you see them out of makeup, so it was always almost a shock seeing him sometimes at the end of the day and he was 500 years younger!


**snippage**

Eureka - SciFi Wire: New Season Premieres July 29 '08

From SciFi Wire:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=53810

(Please follow the link for the complete SciFi Wire article.)



12:00 AM, 12-MAY-08

Is Love Coming To Eureka?

Sheriff Jack Carter will find a love interest on SCI FI Channel's original series Eureka in the upcoming third season--and so will his automated house, S.A.R.A.H., producers told SCI FI Wire. (Possible spoilers ahead!)

Executive producer Charlie Craig confirmed that Carter (Colin Ferguson) will finally explore a romantic relationship. "Sheriff Carter will have a love life this year, yes," Craig said at NBC's All-American Summer Press Day in Pasadena, Calif., earlier this month.

Ferguson, who also attended the press conference along with co-creator Jaime Paglia, expressed surprise. "Yeah, oh?" he said. "On screen? Am I?"

**snippage**

The new season of Eureka premieres July 29. --Mike Szymanski

Highlander - Video: 'The Beast Below'

Courtesy of HULU, Highlander's 'The Beast Below,' starring Adrian Paul, Alexandra Vandernoot and Stan Kirsch. Guest stars include Dee Dee Bridgewater, François Guétary and Fay Masterson.

A murder at the Paris Opera House reacquaints Duncan with Ursa, a gentle giant Immortal who now lurks in the catacombs while worshipping a manipulative singer (Dee Dee Bridgewater).

Stargate SG-1 - Big Finish: Audio Trailer for "Shell Game" Available

From Big Finish:
http://www.bigfinish.com/13-Stargate-SG-1-Shell-Game




The trailer for "Shell Game," narrated by Claudia Black and Michael Shanks, is now available for download. Both actor's voices are in the trailer.

SHELL GAME

Starring Claudia Black and Michael Shanks

(Duration: 70' Approx)

SYNOPSIS:

“One reaches a certain level of notoriety in the business of appropriating things, and you’d think you'd get accommodation that matches your rep. But no…”

Vala Mal Doran finds herself in a particularly sticky situation when an old foe catches up with her. With only Daniel Jackson able to fight her corner, Vala may have to do something that's really not her style – tell the truth.

RECORDED DATE: Oct 2007 & Feb 2008
RELEASE DATE: June 2008

CHRONOLOGICAL PLACEMENT:

This story takes place during season ten, after The Pegasus Project.

Stargate SG1 - Season 3 Mini-Marathon Tue May 13 '08

A Stargate SG-1 season three mini-marathon has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 13 '08:

08:00A JOLINARS MEMORIES - JR Bourne (Martouf) and Carmen Argenzianzo (Jacob Carter/Selmac) guest star



09:00A THE DEVIL YOU KNOW - JR Bourne (Martouf), Carmen Argenzianzo (Jacob Carter/Selmac) and Peter Williams (Apophis) guest star



10:00A FOOTHOLD - Colin Cunningham (Major Davis) and Tom McBeath (Col. Harry Maybourne) guest star



11:00A PRETENSE - Alexis Cruz guest stars as Skaara/Klorel



12:00P A HUNDRED DAYS



1:00P SHADES OF GREY



2:00P NEW GROUND



3:00P MATERNAL INSTINCT - Tony Amendola guest stars as Bra'tac