Clark and Lois an item on S8?.
31 August 2008
Smallville S802 Plastique
Fans of Smallville will be pleased to know that the synopsis, crew, cast, guest cast, (some) images have been released, all that and and fan chatter is all posted over at The Happy Place Season 8 Shed
Clark and Lois an item on S8?
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Clark and Lois an item on S8?.
30 August 2008
BBC's Merlin Video
On 23 July 2008 we ran this story about the remake of the time old wizard Merlin by BBC1.
In the last couple of hours BBC has posted a short take video of the series, it can be found at You Tube >>
In the last couple of hours BBC has posted a short take video of the series, it can be found at You Tube >>
Smallville Justice League on the move
As an adjunct to Smallville’s season 4 premiere episode Odyssey the CW has released individual images of the Justice League members who will try to save Clark after his disappearance from the Fortress on the season seven cliff-hanger
Justice League members include Justin Hartley as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Alan Ritchson as Aquaman and Alaina Huffman returns as Black Canary
To view the images please go to The Happy Place Forum's Smallville Season 8 Shed
Justice League members include Justin Hartley as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Alan Ritchson as Aquaman and Alaina Huffman returns as Black Canary
To view the images please go to The Happy Place Forum's Smallville Season 8 Shed
29 August 2008
Heroes: First two ep storylines released by NBC
Heroes: First two ep storylines released by NBC
SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT:
V301: The Second Coming: "With his powers partially restored, Sylar (Zachary Quinto) decides a visit to Claire (Hayden Panettiere) could give him a boost. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Hiro (Masi Oka) and Ando (James Kyson Lee) are charged with safeguarding a family secret that could split the planet apart and discover that the path to a grim future starts with shady speedster, Daphne (guest star Brea Grant).
"In New York City, thanks to Maya (Dania Ramirez), Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) makes a startling breakthrough that could change the world--or just destroy his. And who is Tracy Strauss?"
V302 The Butterfly Effect. "In the shocking second chapter of Volume 3: Villains, Angela Petrelli (Cristine Rose) confronts her much-changed son, Peter, as the bursts of violence around them only hint to the catastrophes to come.
"First, Syla declares war on the Company by attacking their main facility and finds even more than he bargained for on Level 5. During a devastating battle with Elle (guest star Kristen Bell), a dozen savage criminals--all with terrible abilities--escape. Meanwhile, Claire discovers something new and unexpected about her abilities.
"Determined to reclaim his family's terrible secret, Hiro and Ando track Daphne to Paris. After a fateful night, Suresh is thrilled to find his research, his life and his relationship with Maya evolving in leaps and bounds.
"Stuck in unfamiliar territory, Matt finds a guide (guest star Ntare Mwine) to help him.
To find out more please gate over to The Happy Place Forums Heroes Volume 3 Shed >>
SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT:
V301: The Second Coming: "With his powers partially restored, Sylar (Zachary Quinto) decides a visit to Claire (Hayden Panettiere) could give him a boost. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Hiro (Masi Oka) and Ando (James Kyson Lee) are charged with safeguarding a family secret that could split the planet apart and discover that the path to a grim future starts with shady speedster, Daphne (guest star Brea Grant).
"In New York City, thanks to Maya (Dania Ramirez), Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) makes a startling breakthrough that could change the world--or just destroy his. And who is Tracy Strauss?"
V302 The Butterfly Effect. "In the shocking second chapter of Volume 3: Villains, Angela Petrelli (Cristine Rose) confronts her much-changed son, Peter, as the bursts of violence around them only hint to the catastrophes to come.
"First, Syla declares war on the Company by attacking their main facility and finds even more than he bargained for on Level 5. During a devastating battle with Elle (guest star Kristen Bell), a dozen savage criminals--all with terrible abilities--escape. Meanwhile, Claire discovers something new and unexpected about her abilities.
"Determined to reclaim his family's terrible secret, Hiro and Ando track Daphne to Paris. After a fateful night, Suresh is thrilled to find his research, his life and his relationship with Maya evolving in leaps and bounds.
"Stuck in unfamiliar territory, Matt finds a guide (guest star Ntare Mwine) to help him.
To find out more please gate over to The Happy Place Forums Heroes Volume 3 Shed >>
Fringe, behind the scenes
Wow is the publicity machine firing up for Fringe or what? SciFi Wire has an “Exclusive Peek Behind Fringe” posted in their website, there’s an image featuring JJ Abrams, Blair Brown, Joshua Jackson and Aussie Anna Torv.
“Amid the red-and-blue flashing light of squad cars, FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham strides purposefully through the Boston parking garage with companions Peter Bishop and his father, eccentric scientist Walter Bishop, toward the crime scene. Greeted by a building supervisor, she is told that the elevator simply dropped several floors, crashing violently into the garage. "That's impossible," Peter says as they examine the wreckage. Walter and Olivia draw closer, peering inside the wrecked elevator car, where several people died. Or so it seems. Cut!” To read the rest please head on over to SciFi Wire >>
“Amid the red-and-blue flashing light of squad cars, FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham strides purposefully through the Boston parking garage with companions Peter Bishop and his father, eccentric scientist Walter Bishop, toward the crime scene. Greeted by a building supervisor, she is told that the elevator simply dropped several floors, crashing violently into the garage. "That's impossible," Peter says as they examine the wreckage. Walter and Olivia draw closer, peering inside the wrecked elevator car, where several people died. Or so it seems. Cut!” To read the rest please head on over to SciFi Wire >>
Heroes: The Volume 3 Clip Show info revealed
Gigantic US network NBC has released details of the "Clip Show" that will air prior the premiere of Heroes Volume 3, but I digress, moving right along, here is what they say, "HEROES CLIP SHOW, 22 September 2008 8:00PM
"HEROES: COUNTDOWN TO THE PREMIERE SPECIAL PRESENTED BY SPRINT -- A WALK DOWN THE RED CARPET AND INTO THE EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE PARTY WITH THE CAST -22 September, 8pm ET:
"To celebrate “Heroes” special two-hour Season Three premiere, with two action-packed episodes airing back-to-back, the cast of NBC’s award-winning drama hosts a special one-hour countdown special that will take viewers behind-the-scenes and down the red carpet, through the ropes and into the exclusive premiere party at L.A. hot spot Edison.
"As the last minutes before “Volume Three: Villains” tick down, an assortment of special, never-before-broadcast segments will highlight special moments, review key details, and reveal some fun, all-new information about the worldwide phenomena’s past two seasons, including a review of possible suspects in “Who Shot Nathan?”; a peek at how some cool special effects sequences were pulled off; a look at the series’ increasing global popularity and sample of some of the many languages the series has been translated into; an exclusive reveal of the series’ many inside nods to “Star Trek”; and much more.
"Show Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Greg Grunberg, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Jack Coleman, James Kyson Lee, Dania Ramirez, Zachary Quinto, Cristine Rose"
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In Australia the series airs on the Seven Network, y'know, the mob that didn't show the last two eps of Volume 2 and left every Heroes fan in Australia hanging, thankfully these days there are ways and means, some of those means are illegal and they wonder why.....
"HEROES: COUNTDOWN TO THE PREMIERE SPECIAL PRESENTED BY SPRINT -- A WALK DOWN THE RED CARPET AND INTO THE EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE PARTY WITH THE CAST -22 September, 8pm ET:
"To celebrate “Heroes” special two-hour Season Three premiere, with two action-packed episodes airing back-to-back, the cast of NBC’s award-winning drama hosts a special one-hour countdown special that will take viewers behind-the-scenes and down the red carpet, through the ropes and into the exclusive premiere party at L.A. hot spot Edison.
"As the last minutes before “Volume Three: Villains” tick down, an assortment of special, never-before-broadcast segments will highlight special moments, review key details, and reveal some fun, all-new information about the worldwide phenomena’s past two seasons, including a review of possible suspects in “Who Shot Nathan?”; a peek at how some cool special effects sequences were pulled off; a look at the series’ increasing global popularity and sample of some of the many languages the series has been translated into; an exclusive reveal of the series’ many inside nods to “Star Trek”; and much more.
"Show Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Greg Grunberg, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Jack Coleman, James Kyson Lee, Dania Ramirez, Zachary Quinto, Cristine Rose"
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In Australia the series airs on the Seven Network, y'know, the mob that didn't show the last two eps of Volume 2 and left every Heroes fan in Australia hanging, thankfully these days there are ways and means, some of those means are illegal and they wonder why.....
28 August 2008
Smallville Season 8, what’s it about?
Season 8, what’s it about? The US network The CW has released a description of what will in all likelihood be the last season of the scifii drama
"Forging ahead into its eighth season, this modern retelling of the Superman legend and its classic characters continues to blend realism, action and emotional depth to reveal a new interpretation of the enduring mythology. This season Clark Kent (Tom Welling) moves closer than ever to embracing his calling as the iconic superhero he is destined to become.
"Spending less time in his hometown and more time in the big city of Metropolis, Clark will encounter new challenges and a few new faces, both friend and foe, as he begins his career at the Daily Planet. This season will feature visits by characters from every corner of the DC Universe, including Plastique, the heroine-to-be with an explosive personality; Maxima, the seductive, intergalactic goddess; and Superman's most formidable adversary, Doomsday, the only character who is able to kill Superman. This season will also feature an appearance by DC Comics' time-traveling Legion of Superheroes, who come back from the future in an episode to be penned by renowned comic book writer Geoff Johns.
"Last season came to a stunning conclusion with a confrontation between Clark and his longtime nemesis, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) under the frozen columns of Clark's arctic Fortress of Solitude. Years of secrets came to a head as Clark's former friend finally discovered the truth about Clark's alien heritage. Clark's world soon came crashing down as the fortress crumbled in an icy avalanche, leaving both characters' fate a mystery. Lex's moment of truth didn't come without a price. He murdered his father Lionel (John Glover) for the information about the legendary 'Traveler.' Clark also had to defeat Brainiac (James Marsters), who had banished Clark's Supergirl cousin Kara (Laura Vandervoort) to the Phantom Zone and attacked both Chloe (Allison Mack) and Lana (Kristin Kreuk), leaving them both in catatonic comas. Though Brainiac's demise ultimately lifted their trances, Chloe was soon arrested for hacking into federal databases - just as she was about to respond to Jimmy Olsen's (Aaron Ashmore) marriage proposal.
"Meanwhile, in a tearful, videotaped goodbye, Lana told Clark that she was leaving Smallville and his life forever, encouraging Clark to fulfill his destiny - something he cannot accomplish with her in his world. While one chapter of his life seemingly came to an end, another one was about to begin. With fewer commitments tethering Clark to the farm, Lois Lane (Erica Durance) asked him to apply for a job opening at the Daily Planet.
"The season eight premiere takes place a few weeks after the Fortress' icy collapse, as a LuthorCorp arctic excavation team investigates Lex's whereabouts. Meanwhile, members of the Justice League, including Green Arrow (Justin Hartley), Black Canary (guest star Alaina Huffman) and Aquaman (guest star Alan Ritchson), reunite in the search for Clark, who has been rendered powerless by the fall of the Fortress.
"As episodes unfold, Clark's new position at the Daily Planet will mean working across the desk from Lois. The two will be forced to team up to cover some of Metropolis' most pressing goings on. Sometimes it's Lois herself who becomes Clark's biggest obstacle, especially when he's on a deadline. With Clark and Lois thrust into such close proximity, sparks are bound to fly, and feelings will start to surface that come as a surprise to both of them. At the same time, Clark begins to discover the balancing act he must perform as he explores his dual identities as both reporter and superhero.
"Even with Lex gone, the Luthor mansion isn't vacant for long. Its newest resident is the beguiling Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman), who, according to Lex's written instructions, has been placed in charge of LuthorCorp and all of its projects, including oversight of the Daily Planet. Tess proves to be as inscrutable as she is cunning, and an enigmatic new presence in our characters' lives. It won't be long before Tess' attention turns to Clark. But Clark is wary of her intentions, and as the layers of her past are peeled away, new mysteries surface. Through it all Tess' resolve remains unshakable - to find Lex Luthor, who she is convinced is still alive. Clark isn't the only one who will face formidable challenges. Oliver Queen has come back to make Metropolis his home, where he finds himself at a crossroads, forced to travel through some dark terrain - especially when demons from his past are reawakened. Oliver ultimately begins to question his role as a superhero, just as Clark is embracing his own.
"With a new fiance and puzzling new abilities that intrigue her as much as they frighten her, Chloe decides to turn her attention towards helping others. She takes over where Lana left off and reopens the Isis Foundation to provide counseling for those with meteor-powered abilities. She soon finds just how tricky the meteor-powered can be.
"Chloe's life is further complicated when she meets Metropolis paramedic Davis Bloome (Sam Witwer). A tireless public servant, Bloome strikes up a fast friendship with Chloe. Soulful and mysterious, Bloome has demons of his own. He's troubled by large gaps of time that he can't remember, and as he comes closer to the answers, he must confront his own worst fear - that at his core he is pure evil."
"Forging ahead into its eighth season, this modern retelling of the Superman legend and its classic characters continues to blend realism, action and emotional depth to reveal a new interpretation of the enduring mythology. This season Clark Kent (Tom Welling) moves closer than ever to embracing his calling as the iconic superhero he is destined to become.
"Spending less time in his hometown and more time in the big city of Metropolis, Clark will encounter new challenges and a few new faces, both friend and foe, as he begins his career at the Daily Planet. This season will feature visits by characters from every corner of the DC Universe, including Plastique, the heroine-to-be with an explosive personality; Maxima, the seductive, intergalactic goddess; and Superman's most formidable adversary, Doomsday, the only character who is able to kill Superman. This season will also feature an appearance by DC Comics' time-traveling Legion of Superheroes, who come back from the future in an episode to be penned by renowned comic book writer Geoff Johns.
"Last season came to a stunning conclusion with a confrontation between Clark and his longtime nemesis, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) under the frozen columns of Clark's arctic Fortress of Solitude. Years of secrets came to a head as Clark's former friend finally discovered the truth about Clark's alien heritage. Clark's world soon came crashing down as the fortress crumbled in an icy avalanche, leaving both characters' fate a mystery. Lex's moment of truth didn't come without a price. He murdered his father Lionel (John Glover) for the information about the legendary 'Traveler.' Clark also had to defeat Brainiac (James Marsters), who had banished Clark's Supergirl cousin Kara (Laura Vandervoort) to the Phantom Zone and attacked both Chloe (Allison Mack) and Lana (Kristin Kreuk), leaving them both in catatonic comas. Though Brainiac's demise ultimately lifted their trances, Chloe was soon arrested for hacking into federal databases - just as she was about to respond to Jimmy Olsen's (Aaron Ashmore) marriage proposal.
"Meanwhile, in a tearful, videotaped goodbye, Lana told Clark that she was leaving Smallville and his life forever, encouraging Clark to fulfill his destiny - something he cannot accomplish with her in his world. While one chapter of his life seemingly came to an end, another one was about to begin. With fewer commitments tethering Clark to the farm, Lois Lane (Erica Durance) asked him to apply for a job opening at the Daily Planet.
"The season eight premiere takes place a few weeks after the Fortress' icy collapse, as a LuthorCorp arctic excavation team investigates Lex's whereabouts. Meanwhile, members of the Justice League, including Green Arrow (Justin Hartley), Black Canary (guest star Alaina Huffman) and Aquaman (guest star Alan Ritchson), reunite in the search for Clark, who has been rendered powerless by the fall of the Fortress.
"As episodes unfold, Clark's new position at the Daily Planet will mean working across the desk from Lois. The two will be forced to team up to cover some of Metropolis' most pressing goings on. Sometimes it's Lois herself who becomes Clark's biggest obstacle, especially when he's on a deadline. With Clark and Lois thrust into such close proximity, sparks are bound to fly, and feelings will start to surface that come as a surprise to both of them. At the same time, Clark begins to discover the balancing act he must perform as he explores his dual identities as both reporter and superhero.
"Even with Lex gone, the Luthor mansion isn't vacant for long. Its newest resident is the beguiling Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman), who, according to Lex's written instructions, has been placed in charge of LuthorCorp and all of its projects, including oversight of the Daily Planet. Tess proves to be as inscrutable as she is cunning, and an enigmatic new presence in our characters' lives. It won't be long before Tess' attention turns to Clark. But Clark is wary of her intentions, and as the layers of her past are peeled away, new mysteries surface. Through it all Tess' resolve remains unshakable - to find Lex Luthor, who she is convinced is still alive. Clark isn't the only one who will face formidable challenges. Oliver Queen has come back to make Metropolis his home, where he finds himself at a crossroads, forced to travel through some dark terrain - especially when demons from his past are reawakened. Oliver ultimately begins to question his role as a superhero, just as Clark is embracing his own.
"With a new fiance and puzzling new abilities that intrigue her as much as they frighten her, Chloe decides to turn her attention towards helping others. She takes over where Lana left off and reopens the Isis Foundation to provide counseling for those with meteor-powered abilities. She soon finds just how tricky the meteor-powered can be.
"Chloe's life is further complicated when she meets Metropolis paramedic Davis Bloome (Sam Witwer). A tireless public servant, Bloome strikes up a fast friendship with Chloe. Soulful and mysterious, Bloome has demons of his own. He's troubled by large gaps of time that he can't remember, and as he comes closer to the answers, he must confront his own worst fear - that at his core he is pure evil."
The Incredible Hulk DVD Release Details
The Incredible Hulk Blu-ray and DVD will be released to the masses on 20 October 2008
DVD Cover ooo - ooo Blu-ray Cover
Features
The single-disc edition includes the film and deleted scenes. In addition to these components, both the Special Edition DVD and the Blu-ray Hi-Def release will include the following:
Bonus Features
Special edition Blu-ray Hi-Definition and DVD
* Alternate Opening
* The Making of The Incredible Hulk: An in-depth look at the making of the blockbuster film, featuring interviews with Edward Norton, director Louis Leterrier, and producers Avi Arad, Kevin Feige and Gale Anne Hurd and the entire cast and crew. The documentary covers the films innovative take on the character, look and storyline, as well as the casting process, production and profile of director Louis Leterrier.
* Becoming The Hulk: This featurette focuses on Edward Norton’s approach to the iconic role and the incredible visual effects employed by award-winning studio Rhythm & Hues to create the character on screen.
* Becoming The Abomination: From the first motion-capture session to the visual effects at Rhythm & Hues, viewers go behind the scenes with actor Tim Roth and watch as he transforms both his mind and body into the super villain known as The Abomination.
* Anatomy of a Hulk Out: Behind-the-scenes looks at three of the movie’s most exciting action sequences:
* Hulking Out in the Bottling Plant -- Go inside the first action sequence of the film where both viewers and the army are given a glimpse of the Hulk to come.
* Hulking Out on Campus -- A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a Hulk action sequence, featuring airplanes, guns, and even a sound machine.
* Hulking Out in Harlem -- From pre-visualization animatics to visual effects, this featurette shows how filmmakers created one of the largest action sequences in Marvel film history.
* From Comic Book to Screen: See the incredible comic books come to life courtesy of narration, sound effects and living panels of action.
* Feature Commentary With Director Louis Leterrier And Cast
* Digital Copy of The Incredible Hulk: Compatible with PC, Mac or iPod.
* Deleted Scenes
Bonus Features –Exclisive to Blu-ray Hi-Definition
* U Control: Universal¹s exclusive signature feature, U Control puts viewers one click away from going deeper into the making of the film without ever interrupting the movie, through animated comic book panels, storyboards, early renderings of the visual effects, interactive cast and crew interviews and exclusive information about the characters, back story, and The Incredible Hulk physics.
Thunderbolt Files -- Explore the top-secret files of the forces hunting The Hulk with this interactive feature that takes you deeper into the movie -- without ever leaving the film.
* Scene Explorer -- Discover the secrets behind the special effects! Explore all the individual layers that go into an effects-intensive scene with this unique Blu-ray feature.
* Comic Book Gallery -- Enjoy a Hi-Def experience of the classic comic book images that inspired key shots in the movie.
BD-LIVE FEATURES Blu-ray and Playstation3 players with an Internet connection can access exclusive interactive applications that allow viewers to communicate with friends and family while watching the film:
* My Chat -- Just plug your player into your Internet connection and connect to BD-Live to chat with friends while watching the movie and conduct your very own private screening discussions.
* My Scenes Sharing -- Share your favorite clips with your buddies through the BD Live Internet connection
DVD Cover ooo - ooo Blu-ray Cover
Features
The single-disc edition includes the film and deleted scenes. In addition to these components, both the Special Edition DVD and the Blu-ray Hi-Def release will include the following:
Bonus Features
Special edition Blu-ray Hi-Definition and DVD
* Alternate Opening
* The Making of The Incredible Hulk: An in-depth look at the making of the blockbuster film, featuring interviews with Edward Norton, director Louis Leterrier, and producers Avi Arad, Kevin Feige and Gale Anne Hurd and the entire cast and crew. The documentary covers the films innovative take on the character, look and storyline, as well as the casting process, production and profile of director Louis Leterrier.
* Becoming The Hulk: This featurette focuses on Edward Norton’s approach to the iconic role and the incredible visual effects employed by award-winning studio Rhythm & Hues to create the character on screen.
* Becoming The Abomination: From the first motion-capture session to the visual effects at Rhythm & Hues, viewers go behind the scenes with actor Tim Roth and watch as he transforms both his mind and body into the super villain known as The Abomination.
* Anatomy of a Hulk Out: Behind-the-scenes looks at three of the movie’s most exciting action sequences:
* Hulking Out in the Bottling Plant -- Go inside the first action sequence of the film where both viewers and the army are given a glimpse of the Hulk to come.
* Hulking Out on Campus -- A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a Hulk action sequence, featuring airplanes, guns, and even a sound machine.
* Hulking Out in Harlem -- From pre-visualization animatics to visual effects, this featurette shows how filmmakers created one of the largest action sequences in Marvel film history.
* From Comic Book to Screen: See the incredible comic books come to life courtesy of narration, sound effects and living panels of action.
* Feature Commentary With Director Louis Leterrier And Cast
* Digital Copy of The Incredible Hulk: Compatible with PC, Mac or iPod.
* Deleted Scenes
Bonus Features –Exclisive to Blu-ray Hi-Definition
* U Control: Universal¹s exclusive signature feature, U Control puts viewers one click away from going deeper into the making of the film without ever interrupting the movie, through animated comic book panels, storyboards, early renderings of the visual effects, interactive cast and crew interviews and exclusive information about the characters, back story, and The Incredible Hulk physics.
Thunderbolt Files -- Explore the top-secret files of the forces hunting The Hulk with this interactive feature that takes you deeper into the movie -- without ever leaving the film.
* Scene Explorer -- Discover the secrets behind the special effects! Explore all the individual layers that go into an effects-intensive scene with this unique Blu-ray feature.
* Comic Book Gallery -- Enjoy a Hi-Def experience of the classic comic book images that inspired key shots in the movie.
BD-LIVE FEATURES Blu-ray and Playstation3 players with an Internet connection can access exclusive interactive applications that allow viewers to communicate with friends and family while watching the film:
* My Chat -- Just plug your player into your Internet connection and connect to BD-Live to chat with friends while watching the movie and conduct your very own private screening discussions.
* My Scenes Sharing -- Share your favorite clips with your buddies through the BD Live Internet connection
Smallville Season 8 – It begins with Odyssey…..
With just 20 days before Smallville's Season 8 flies into the tv sets around the US, The CW has released a number of images, the official synopsis, cast and crew updates.
SPOILERS: The episode 801 Odyssey is decribed by The CW as, “The Justice League, led by the Green Arrow (Justin Hartley), hits the Artic in search of Clark (Tom Welling), who disappeared after the fortress collapsed. The team immediately has a confrontation with the new CEO of Luthorcorp, Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman).
Meanwhile, Chloe (Allison Mack) is being held prisoner by a suspicious group who has discovered she has a new power, and Clark has been stripped of his powers by Jor-El”. To find out more please go over to The Happy Place Forums Smallville Season 8 Sheds >>
Smallville airs on TEN HD, the series is currently between seasons 7 and 8 in Australia
SPOILERS: The episode 801 Odyssey is decribed by The CW as, “The Justice League, led by the Green Arrow (Justin Hartley), hits the Artic in search of Clark (Tom Welling), who disappeared after the fortress collapsed. The team immediately has a confrontation with the new CEO of Luthorcorp, Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman).
Meanwhile, Chloe (Allison Mack) is being held prisoner by a suspicious group who has discovered she has a new power, and Clark has been stripped of his powers by Jor-El”. To find out more please go over to The Happy Place Forums Smallville Season 8 Sheds >>
Smallville airs on TEN HD, the series is currently between seasons 7 and 8 in Australia
27 August 2008
Stargate Atlantis nominated for 3 Gemini's
Toronto, ON (August 26, 2008) – The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is pleased to announce the nominations for the 23rd Annual Gemini Awards. To find out more and check if your show got a nom please go here >>
Stargate Atlantis scored three nominations in the 2008 Canadian Gemini Awards.
The catergories and nominees are;
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role:
Jewel Staite for S407 Missing
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
Alan McCullough for S406 Tabula Rasa
Best Achievement in Make-Up
Todd Masters, Leah Ehman, S420 The Last Man.
Piece a cake!
Stargate Atlantis scored three nominations in the 2008 Canadian Gemini Awards.
The catergories and nominees are;
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role:
Jewel Staite for S407 Missing
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
Alan McCullough for S406 Tabula Rasa
Best Achievement in Make-Up
Todd Masters, Leah Ehman, S420 The Last Man.
Piece a cake!
Sarah Connor's Summer Glau, TSCC Video
In this video Summer Glau (Cameron Philips) talks about the dynamic between her character and John Connor (Thomas Dekker) intimating something important happens on the season premiere, Samson and Delilah between Cameron and John
To view please go here, good quality vid too.
To view please go here, good quality vid too.
SGA S511 The Lost Tribe (2)
Stargate Atlantis Season 5 episode The Lost Tribe is part 2 of the traditional Stargate franchise mid season 2 parter, the previous ep was 510 First Contact.
Cast members include: Christopher Heyerdahl as Todd the Wraith, David Nykl as Dr. Radek Zelenka, Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson, Martin Christopher as Major Kevin Marks.
Synopsis, cast and other stuff can be found at The Happy Place Forums Stargate Atlantis Season 5 Episodes Shed
Cast members include: Christopher Heyerdahl as Todd the Wraith, David Nykl as Dr. Radek Zelenka, Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson, Martin Christopher as Major Kevin Marks.
Synopsis, cast and other stuff can be found at The Happy Place Forums Stargate Atlantis Season 5 Episodes Shed
26 August 2008
Nathan Fillion is Nick Castle horror novelist on Castle
Nathan Fillion, best known to SciFi Fans as the number one brown-coat wearer Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds on the scifi series Firefly and the direct to DVD flick Serenity has signed onto ABC (US) Studio's cop show with a twist Castle.
Mr Fillion plays the part of Nick Castle, author, who write murder stories with a tenedency towards a horror genre, when folks start turning up murdered a la his novels, the NYPD get onto him and ask for his help.
Now, the dilemma for scif/fantasy/horror/supernatural fans is: is the series going to be horror genre or is it destined to be one of those hopeless unwatchable US cops shows that currently inhabit Aussie's TV sets ad nauseam
Alongside Nathan Fillion on the series is Monet Mazur as Gina Cowell, Jon Huertas as Javier Esposito, Stana Katicas as Det. Kate Beckett, Tamala Jones as Lanie Parish, Susan Sullivan as Martha Heath, Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Capt. Roy Montgomery and others
Mr Fillion plays the part of Nick Castle, author, who write murder stories with a tenedency towards a horror genre, when folks start turning up murdered a la his novels, the NYPD get onto him and ask for his help.
Now, the dilemma for scif/fantasy/horror/supernatural fans is: is the series going to be horror genre or is it destined to be one of those hopeless unwatchable US cops shows that currently inhabit Aussie's TV sets ad nauseam
Alongside Nathan Fillion on the series is Monet Mazur as Gina Cowell, Jon Huertas as Javier Esposito, Stana Katicas as Det. Kate Beckett, Tamala Jones as Lanie Parish, Susan Sullivan as Martha Heath, Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Capt. Roy Montgomery and others
'The Doctor' for the big screen?
Legendary entertainment biz mob Hollywood Reporter is running with a story that new Dr Who show runner Steven Moffat reckons that The Doctor Who TV series would make a good feature length flick. Well duh, fans have been saying that for years.
The stunningly successful scripter goes on to say "It would be good to see it in the cinema so long as it is great and fantastic." But he cautioned that the the movie would need careful handling, "I'm not against it, so long as it never gets in the way of the TV show. If it got in the way of the show that would be appalling." Doctor Who Series Four is currently airing on ABC1 on Sunday evenings at 730pm followed by Dr Who Confidential at 815pm
The stunningly successful scripter goes on to say "It would be good to see it in the cinema so long as it is great and fantastic." But he cautioned that the the movie would need careful handling, "I'm not against it, so long as it never gets in the way of the TV show. If it got in the way of the show that would be appalling." Doctor Who Series Four is currently airing on ABC1 on Sunday evenings at 730pm followed by Dr Who Confidential at 815pm
Stargate Atlantis a winner
Stargate Atlantis won the 34th People Choice award for Favourite Sci Fi Show *sticks tongue out at the unworkable rating mob AusTam and the intransigent Seven network*
To view the acceptance speech from almost the whole cat at the MGM Stargate Home Page >>
To view the acceptance speech from almost the whole cat at the MGM Stargate Home Page >>
SGA 505 The Shrine: The director's cut
From MGM: Director's Cut: The Shrine, 25 August 2008 (Episodes)
The Shrine is one of the most emotionally powerful episodes of Stargate Atlantis to date, as viewers witness McKay’s tragic mental demise. Written by Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis co-creator Brad Wright, the episode heralds the former show-runner’s welcome return to scripting the show.
Director Andy Mikita laughingly admits that the prospect of directing Wright’s return to the writing roster was somewhat daunting. Though the pair has worked together for years, there’s just something about directing a script written by one of the show’s creators.
“I have to confess I didn’t go into it quite as relaxed and comfortable as I usually would,” he chuckles. “I felt a little bit of extra pressure. And I don’t know why. It’s silly, because Brad is such a relaxed, collaborative fellow and his scripts are absolutely wonderful. This one, of course, drew an awful lot of attention because it was such a great script and there is so much for all the actors, especially David Hewlett.” Read more >>
The Shrine is one of the most emotionally powerful episodes of Stargate Atlantis to date, as viewers witness McKay’s tragic mental demise. Written by Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis co-creator Brad Wright, the episode heralds the former show-runner’s welcome return to scripting the show.
Director Andy Mikita laughingly admits that the prospect of directing Wright’s return to the writing roster was somewhat daunting. Though the pair has worked together for years, there’s just something about directing a script written by one of the show’s creators.
“I have to confess I didn’t go into it quite as relaxed and comfortable as I usually would,” he chuckles. “I felt a little bit of extra pressure. And I don’t know why. It’s silly, because Brad is such a relaxed, collaborative fellow and his scripts are absolutely wonderful. This one, of course, drew an awful lot of attention because it was such a great script and there is so much for all the actors, especially David Hewlett.” Read more >>
Amanda Tapping's 'Sanctuary'
With 16 days to wrap the shoot on the once short episode webiseries Sanctuary, three behind the scenes images have emerged from the set of the upcoming TV series in Vancouver Canada.
One of the images depict two of the movers and shakers of the series Amanda Tapping and Martin Wood. NBC describes the series as "the adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, her new recruit, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Will Zimmerman, and her fearless daughter, Ashley. Together they track down, study and protect the strange and often terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world and live among us".
Sanctuary stars Amanda Tapping (“Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis”), Robin Dunne (“Dawson’s Creek”), Emilie Ullerup (“Battlestar Galactica”), Christopher Heyerdahl (“Stargate Atlantis”) and Ryan Robbins (“Battlestar Galactica”).
Members of the crew include mostly Stargate franchise alumni, Executive producers: Keith Beedie, Sam Egan, Damian Kindler, N. John Smith, Amanda Tapping and Martin Wood, Creator: Damian Kindler, Writers: Sam Egan, Damian Kindler and Peter Mohan, Directors: Martin Wood, James Head, Peter Deluise and Brenton Spencer
One of the images depict two of the movers and shakers of the series Amanda Tapping and Martin Wood. NBC describes the series as "the adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, her new recruit, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Will Zimmerman, and her fearless daughter, Ashley. Together they track down, study and protect the strange and often terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world and live among us".
Sanctuary stars Amanda Tapping (“Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis”), Robin Dunne (“Dawson’s Creek”), Emilie Ullerup (“Battlestar Galactica”), Christopher Heyerdahl (“Stargate Atlantis”) and Ryan Robbins (“Battlestar Galactica”).
Members of the crew include mostly Stargate franchise alumni, Executive producers: Keith Beedie, Sam Egan, Damian Kindler, N. John Smith, Amanda Tapping and Martin Wood, Creator: Damian Kindler, Writers: Sam Egan, Damian Kindler and Peter Mohan, Directors: Martin Wood, James Head, Peter Deluise and Brenton Spencer
Santcuary premieres on The SciFi Channel in the US on 3 October 2008
Knight Rider: Season 1 Episode 1
And so the second and new series of Knight Rider gets underway (after the huge success SciFi Channel US had with 'pilot' film) on 24 September with the first episode Knight in Shining Armour.NBC has released nine more images, three were released on 30 July
The new series is described as "the iconic 1980s television classic comes roaring back to life as a reinvented, updated and super-charged action series showcasing the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand). Absolutely the coolest car ever created, KITT is equipped with an “AI” (artificial intelligence) that is capable of hacking almost any system. Its weapons systems match that of a jet fighter, and its body is capable of actually transforming into other vehicles and using sophisticated holographic imagery to elude villains".
To view the new images and and other info there is please 'gate to The Happy Place Forums Knight Rider Shed >>
The new series is described as "the iconic 1980s television classic comes roaring back to life as a reinvented, updated and super-charged action series showcasing the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand). Absolutely the coolest car ever created, KITT is equipped with an “AI” (artificial intelligence) that is capable of hacking almost any system. Its weapons systems match that of a jet fighter, and its body is capable of actually transforming into other vehicles and using sophisticated holographic imagery to elude villains".
To view the new images and and other info there is please 'gate to The Happy Place Forums Knight Rider Shed >>
25 August 2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2
Images, info, guest cast and other stuff from The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode Samson and Delilah posted to the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Shed at The Happy Place Forums
Season 2 premieres on FOX in the US on Monday 8 September.
Season 2 premieres on FOX in the US on Monday 8 September.
TEN HD SciFi Thursday Update
On 18 August we reported the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica as returning on 4 September with a clip and an episode, the TEN HD folks told us today it returns as a movie length feature, Razor, starting at 830pm, followed by X-Files.
In other news Eureka returns to TEN HD with Season 201 Phoenix Rising premiering on 11 September at 1025pm
Meanwhile, for Simpson fans, a new episode ‘Dial N for Nerder (1914 - KABF07), will air on Tuesday 9 September at 730pm More info can be found at The Happy Place Simpsons & Futurama Shed
In other news Eureka returns to TEN HD with Season 201 Phoenix Rising premiering on 11 September at 1025pm
Meanwhile, for Simpson fans, a new episode ‘Dial N for Nerder (1914 - KABF07), will air on Tuesday 9 September at 730pm More info can be found at The Happy Place Simpsons & Futurama Shed
Smallville's Vandervoort to tie up storyline on S8
Laura Vandervoort has been invited back to the season eight shoot of Smallville to "to tie up my storyline, I only know of one (episode) right now" she said at the Toronto Fan Expo at Toronto Canada, held on 22 - 24 August.
Ms Vandervoort played Clark Kent's (Tom Welling) cousin from Krypton and a brief love intersest for Jimmy Olsen (Aaron Ashmore) said her episode is scheduled to shoot during October 2008.
Smallville's season eight production schedule is 8 July 2008 to 3 April 2009Smallville's Season 7 finished it's Australian run on TEN HD on 14 August
Ms Vandervoort played Clark Kent's (Tom Welling) cousin from Krypton and a brief love intersest for Jimmy Olsen (Aaron Ashmore) said her episode is scheduled to shoot during October 2008.
Smallville's season eight production schedule is 8 July 2008 to 3 April 2009Smallville's Season 7 finished it's Australian run on TEN HD on 14 August
24 August 2008
Tim Kring talks Heroes Vols 3 and 4
UK TV Repoter Digital Spy has posted a video interview with Heroes honcho Tim Kring, in the interview Mr Kring advises of a change to the structure of the volumes 3 and 4, three is titled, as we know 'Villians', and will contain 13 eps and Volume 4 has a working title of 'Fugitives' and will contain 12 eps.
The series creator goes on to explain what happened just prior to the writers strike, please go here to watch the interview >>
The series creator goes on to explain what happened just prior to the writers strike, please go here to watch the interview >>
23 August 2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Five promo images of the cast from the upcoming Mummy flick Tomb of the Dragon Emperor have been posted in the Flicks Shed over at THe Happy Place Forums
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opens across Australia 11 September 2008
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opens across Australia 11 September 2008
Another day another Stargate
Phufff it's seems now that there are more Stargates in the universe than hot dinners, will I watch the new improved Stargate Universe, I dunno Im pretty much Stargated out.
Long time fan of SG-1 I was/am, a shattering experience I suffered after it went west.
I just got used to SGA, like an old coat and blam, gornsky
Will I watch Universe, might, after reading the plotlines it sounds erm watchable, dunno
www.gasbo.net
http://gasbo.forumup.org
Long time fan of SG-1 I was/am, a shattering experience I suffered after it went west.
I just got used to SGA, like an old coat and blam, gornsky
Will I watch Universe, might, after reading the plotlines it sounds erm watchable, dunno
www.gasbo.net
http://gasbo.forumup.org
Stargate Universe Greenlit
New Stargate Series Targeted For Summer 2009 Premiere
New York, NY - August 22, 2008 - SCI FI Channel and MGM Television Entertainment have reached an agreement to extend MGM's Stargate brand with a new series for the Channel. Production on the first season of Stargate Universe, a weekly series based on the popular Stargate franchise, will begin in early 2009, with the show targeted to premiere that Summer. Brad Wright and Robert Cooper, co-creators of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and who both currently serve as executive producers on Atlantis, will serve as executive producers and writers on the new series.
"SCI FI has enjoyed tremendous success with Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and we're proud to be the home of the new Stargate Universe," said Mark Stern, Executive Vice President, Original Programming for SCI FI & Co-Head Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. "Universe will continue the Stargate legacy of vibrant storylines and compelling adventures, but will re-invent the format in a whole new way."
"The Stargate franchise enjoys a loyal and substantial fan base that welcomes each new installment with fevered enthusiasm," said Charles Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President and Corporate Development for MGM. "We are delighted to be working again with Brad and Robert and look forward to seeing new adventures with the launch of Stargate Universe on SCI FI Channel next year. Stargate Universe will continue the longstanding relationship between MGM's stellar science fiction franchise and cable's premiere destination for all passionate science fiction fans."
Thomas Vitale, Senior Vice President Programming & Original Movies said, "Stargate Universe is a natural progression for the Stargate brand and for our network. Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis have been key drivers for SCI FI and we are looking forward to seeing where this next chapter leads, as each new installment of the Stargate franchise further engages the SCI FI audience."
Wright and Cooper said: "In 'Universe,' we plan to keep those elements that have made the franchise a success, such as adventure and humour, while breaking new ground in the relationships between mostly young and desperate explorers, thrust together and far from home. Above all, we believe the Stargate itself remains an enduring icon with infinite potential as a jumping off point for telling stories."
After unlocking the mystery of the Stargate's ninth chevron, a team of explorers travels to an unmanned starship called the Destiny, launched by The Ancients at the height of their civilization as a grand experiment set in motion, but never completed.
What starts as a simple reconnaissance turns into a never ending mission, as the Stargate Universe crew discovers the ship is unable to return to Earth, and they must now fend for themselves aboard the Destiny.
The crew will travel to the far reaches of the universe, connecting with each of the previously launched Stargates, thus fulfilling the Destiny's original mission. Challenges will arise though as the ship comes into range of Stargates placed centuries ahead of the Destiny and the crew is unable to control the ship's navigational schedule. If someone is left behind, there is no way to go back for them, adding to the drama of encountering new races, enemies and adventures.
Stargate Universe will debut as a two-hour movie event on SCI FI. Following its premiere, Universe will assume a regular hourly slot in Summer 2009. (Winter in Australia)
Universe will be distributed by MGM Worldwide Television Distribution.
New York, NY - August 22, 2008 - SCI FI Channel and MGM Television Entertainment have reached an agreement to extend MGM's Stargate brand with a new series for the Channel. Production on the first season of Stargate Universe, a weekly series based on the popular Stargate franchise, will begin in early 2009, with the show targeted to premiere that Summer. Brad Wright and Robert Cooper, co-creators of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and who both currently serve as executive producers on Atlantis, will serve as executive producers and writers on the new series.
"SCI FI has enjoyed tremendous success with Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and we're proud to be the home of the new Stargate Universe," said Mark Stern, Executive Vice President, Original Programming for SCI FI & Co-Head Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. "Universe will continue the Stargate legacy of vibrant storylines and compelling adventures, but will re-invent the format in a whole new way."
"The Stargate franchise enjoys a loyal and substantial fan base that welcomes each new installment with fevered enthusiasm," said Charles Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President and Corporate Development for MGM. "We are delighted to be working again with Brad and Robert and look forward to seeing new adventures with the launch of Stargate Universe on SCI FI Channel next year. Stargate Universe will continue the longstanding relationship between MGM's stellar science fiction franchise and cable's premiere destination for all passionate science fiction fans."
Thomas Vitale, Senior Vice President Programming & Original Movies said, "Stargate Universe is a natural progression for the Stargate brand and for our network. Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis have been key drivers for SCI FI and we are looking forward to seeing where this next chapter leads, as each new installment of the Stargate franchise further engages the SCI FI audience."
Wright and Cooper said: "In 'Universe,' we plan to keep those elements that have made the franchise a success, such as adventure and humour, while breaking new ground in the relationships between mostly young and desperate explorers, thrust together and far from home. Above all, we believe the Stargate itself remains an enduring icon with infinite potential as a jumping off point for telling stories."
After unlocking the mystery of the Stargate's ninth chevron, a team of explorers travels to an unmanned starship called the Destiny, launched by The Ancients at the height of their civilization as a grand experiment set in motion, but never completed.
What starts as a simple reconnaissance turns into a never ending mission, as the Stargate Universe crew discovers the ship is unable to return to Earth, and they must now fend for themselves aboard the Destiny.
The crew will travel to the far reaches of the universe, connecting with each of the previously launched Stargates, thus fulfilling the Destiny's original mission. Challenges will arise though as the ship comes into range of Stargates placed centuries ahead of the Destiny and the crew is unable to control the ship's navigational schedule. If someone is left behind, there is no way to go back for them, adding to the drama of encountering new races, enemies and adventures.
Stargate Universe will debut as a two-hour movie event on SCI FI. Following its premiere, Universe will assume a regular hourly slot in Summer 2009. (Winter in Australia)
Universe will be distributed by MGM Worldwide Television Distribution.
22 August 2008
Stargate franchise executive producer and showrunner Joe Mallozzi has given some reasons in his blog why the Stargate Atlantis series was cancelled, "By now, I assume you’ve all heard the news. This will be Stargate Atlantis’s fifth and final season. I’m disappointed but not surprised. We came into this year knowing that renewal would be a longshot. With 100 episodes under our belts, rising production costs, and the US dollar’s steep decline, the odds were stacked against us. Still, we’d heard no definite word either way and if SG-1’s surprising 10-year run taught us one thing, it’s that anything is possible. The circumstances that contributed to SG-1’s longevity were very different but, back then, we hadn’t expected it to get a sixth season pick-up either. The rest can be read at Joe's blog
UK Dr Who magazine is out today
The August 2008 issue of the UK Dr Who magazine is out today, in it is a chat with Cathering Tate, who as Donna Noble gives The Doctor a hard time most of the time, says Ms Tate, "What’s weird is, I was going into an established, loved, successful show, so part of me was thinking, oh God, there’s a responsibility there to that, but you can’t go on set every day and think, I really hope I don’t ruin this for everyone else involved! You just have to realise, yeah, I’ve taken this job, and the people around me wanted me to do it. Once you get down to the nuts and bolts of making the show, it was absolutely – and I can say this for certain – one of the best experiences of my professional life. Absolutely brilliant. There was just no down point.” Read more at Panini Comics >> and to make a comment go to our Forums
The August 2008 issue of the UK Dr Who magazine is out today, in it is a chat with Cathering Tate, who as Donna Noble gives The Doctor a hard time most of the time, says Ms Tate, "What’s weird is, I was going into an established, loved, successful show, so part of me was thinking, oh God, there’s a responsibility there to that, but you can’t go on set every day and think, I really hope I don’t ruin this for everyone else involved! You just have to realise, yeah, I’ve taken this job, and the people around me wanted me to do it. Once you get down to the nuts and bolts of making the show, it was absolutely – and I can say this for certain – one of the best experiences of my professional life. Absolutely brilliant. There was just no down point.”
Read more at Panini Comics >> and to make a comment go to our Forums
Read more at Panini Comics >> and to make a comment go to our Forums
The official word from MGM and SciFi on the nixxing of SGA
SCI FI CHANNEL GREENLIGHTS 2-HOUR FILM FROM MGM BASED ON POPULAR 'STARGATE ATLANTIS' SERIES
New York, NY 21 August 2008 – Building upon the successful Stargate franchise, SCI FI Channel today announced it has greenlit a two-hour movie based on the hit science fiction adventure series Stargate Atlantis. SCI FI will have the exclusive worldwide television premiere of the yet to be titled Stargate Atlantis film, which will then be released on DVD by MGM. The movie will be written by Stargate Atlantis' executive producers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, who also serve as series showrunners. The movie is set to follow the fifth and final season of Stargate Atlantis, as it draws to its thrilling conclusion in January 2009.
"We're excited to tell Atlantis stories on a bigger canvas. The successes of the two original Stargate DTV movies The Ark of Truth and Continuum have shown us the opportunities that the movie format offers. We have plans for both SG-1 and Atlantis to remain vital as we expand the franchise, " said Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, co-creators of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and who both currently serve as executive producers on Atlantis.
"We share in the producers' enthusiasm to move forward in this direction and we look forward to a strong and continued relationship on Stargate Atlantis in this new format," said Thomas Vitale, Senior Vice President Programming & Original Movies.
Stargate Atlantis follows the adventures of an intrepid team of military and civilian explorers who travel the distant Pegasus galaxy by means of a Stargate, a portal created long ago by a highly advanced alien civilization called the Ancients. In their never-ending quest to seek out other technologies left behind by the Ancients, the Atlantis team encounters alien cultures – some friend, some foe.
The series will reach a milestone with the 100th episode airing in January 2009. Atlantis is executive produced by Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Carl Binder, and Martin Gero. Mallozzi and Mullie share the reins as showrunners.
New York, NY 21 August 2008 – Building upon the successful Stargate franchise, SCI FI Channel today announced it has greenlit a two-hour movie based on the hit science fiction adventure series Stargate Atlantis. SCI FI will have the exclusive worldwide television premiere of the yet to be titled Stargate Atlantis film, which will then be released on DVD by MGM. The movie will be written by Stargate Atlantis' executive producers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, who also serve as series showrunners. The movie is set to follow the fifth and final season of Stargate Atlantis, as it draws to its thrilling conclusion in January 2009.
"We're excited to tell Atlantis stories on a bigger canvas. The successes of the two original Stargate DTV movies The Ark of Truth and Continuum have shown us the opportunities that the movie format offers. We have plans for both SG-1 and Atlantis to remain vital as we expand the franchise, " said Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, co-creators of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and who both currently serve as executive producers on Atlantis.
"We share in the producers' enthusiasm to move forward in this direction and we look forward to a strong and continued relationship on Stargate Atlantis in this new format," said Thomas Vitale, Senior Vice President Programming & Original Movies.
Stargate Atlantis follows the adventures of an intrepid team of military and civilian explorers who travel the distant Pegasus galaxy by means of a Stargate, a portal created long ago by a highly advanced alien civilization called the Ancients. In their never-ending quest to seek out other technologies left behind by the Ancients, the Atlantis team encounters alien cultures – some friend, some foe.
The series will reach a milestone with the 100th episode airing in January 2009. Atlantis is executive produced by Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Carl Binder, and Martin Gero. Mallozzi and Mullie share the reins as showrunners.
SciFi Channel Cancels Stargate Atlantis
US pay TV network SciFi Channel has cancelled Stargate Atlantis after five seasons, preferring instead to go to direct to DVD movie.
The overwhelming success of the MGM funded direct to DVD flicks Stargate Ark of Truth and Stargate Continuum in all likelihood prompted the network follow this path.
Executive producers Brad Wright and Rob Cooper said in a joint statement, "The successes of the two original Stargate movies, The Ark of Truth and Continuum, have shown us the opportunities that the movie format offers. We have plans for both SG-1 and Atlantis to remain vital as we expand the franchise."
Showrunners and prolific episode writers Joe Mallozzi and Paul Mullie will script the flick. Cast and storyline is yet to be revealed
The overwhelming success of the MGM funded direct to DVD flicks Stargate Ark of Truth and Stargate Continuum in all likelihood prompted the network follow this path.
Executive producers Brad Wright and Rob Cooper said in a joint statement, "The successes of the two original Stargate movies, The Ark of Truth and Continuum, have shown us the opportunities that the movie format offers. We have plans for both SG-1 and Atlantis to remain vital as we expand the franchise."
Showrunners and prolific episode writers Joe Mallozzi and Paul Mullie will script the flick. Cast and storyline is yet to be revealed
21 August 2008
Smallville casts another baddie on S8
US TV mag TV Guide is reporting Smallville has hired Canadian born Charlotte Sullivan to portray Maxima the newest baddie for season eight.
Maxima will report for duty on the fourth ep of S8, says the online TV Guide Doomsday played by Davis Bloome and Tess Mercer played by Cassidy Freeman (more here on Tess and Doomsday)
In Australia Smallville airs on TEN HD's SciFi Thursdays the next ep we see will be S801 Odyssey, we hope it is soon. Smallville S8 premieres on The CW on 18 Sepember 2008 at 9.00pm.
Maxima will report for duty on the fourth ep of S8, says the online TV Guide
In Australia Smallville airs on TEN HD's SciFi Thursdays the next ep we see will be S801 Odyssey, we hope it is soon. Smallville S8 premieres on The CW on 18 Sepember 2008 at 9.00pm.
Rupert's not coomfy snoggin' Em
Right! It's now down to the nitty gritty of the last 'chapter' in the last book Jo Rowlings says she is going to write about the boy wizard Harry Potter, is that a wailing sound we still hear in the distance?
OK, so here is the obligatory SPOILER warning for those Potter fans who have not read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. DON'T LOOK!
Nineteen years after the battle against Voldemort is won, domesticity has overtaken our heroes, the 'shippers' have at last got their way (no I'm not one of them), the offspring are on their way to Hogwarts: according to the book of course. Now it's time to think about transferring Deathly Hallows to the big screen .
As we all know, er, most of us, Hermione and Ron are married and as the vagaries of the situation catch up with Rupert Grint he has commented in the London tabloid daily The Sun that kissing Emma "will be quite uncomfortable, Emma's like a sister to me so it's going to be, like, really, really weird" ick!
OK, so here is the obligatory SPOILER warning for those Potter fans who have not read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. DON'T LOOK!
Nineteen years after the battle against Voldemort is won, domesticity has overtaken our heroes, the 'shippers' have at last got their way (no I'm not one of them), the offspring are on their way to Hogwarts: according to the book of course. Now it's time to think about transferring Deathly Hallows to the big screen .
As we all know, er, most of us, Hermione and Ron are married and as the vagaries of the situation catch up with Rupert Grint he has commented in the London tabloid daily The Sun that kissing Emma "will be quite uncomfortable, Emma's like a sister to me so it's going to be, like, really, really weird" ick!
WB boss explains the Harry Potter THBP move
On 15 August we reported that Warners Bros had moved the next instalment of the Harry Potter saga The Half Blood Prince out to 29 July 2009.
Fans around the world must have reacted quickly with a negative response prompting Alan Horn, President, Chief Operating Officer at Warner Bros.to release the following, "Many of you have written to me to express your disappointment in our moving 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' to Summer 2009 (edit: Australia's winter).
"Please be assured that we share your love for Harry Potter and would certainly never do anything to hurt any of the films. Over the past 10 years, we have nurtured and protected each film, and the integrity of the books upon which they are based, to the best of our ability.
"The decision to move 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' was not taken lightly, and was never intended to upset our Harry Potter fans. We know you have built this series into what it is, and we thank you for your ongoing enthusiasm and support.
"If I may offer a silver lining: there would have been a two-year gap between "Half-Blood Prince" and the much-anticipated first part of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," which opens in November 2010.
"So although we have to wait a little longer for "Half-Blood Prince," the wait from that film until "Deathly Hallows" will be less than 18 months. I am sorry to have disappointed you now, but if you hold on a little longer, I believe it will be worth the wait.
Alan Horn
President, Chief Operating Officer
Warner Bros."
Discuss this development at The Happy Place Forums Harry Potter Shed
Fans around the world must have reacted quickly with a negative response prompting Alan Horn, President, Chief Operating Officer at Warner Bros.to release the following, "Many of you have written to me to express your disappointment in our moving 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' to Summer 2009 (edit: Australia's winter).
"Please be assured that we share your love for Harry Potter and would certainly never do anything to hurt any of the films. Over the past 10 years, we have nurtured and protected each film, and the integrity of the books upon which they are based, to the best of our ability.
"The decision to move 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' was not taken lightly, and was never intended to upset our Harry Potter fans. We know you have built this series into what it is, and we thank you for your ongoing enthusiasm and support.
"If I may offer a silver lining: there would have been a two-year gap between "Half-Blood Prince" and the much-anticipated first part of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," which opens in November 2010.
"So although we have to wait a little longer for "Half-Blood Prince," the wait from that film until "Deathly Hallows" will be less than 18 months. I am sorry to have disappointed you now, but if you hold on a little longer, I believe it will be worth the wait.
Alan Horn
President, Chief Operating Officer
Warner Bros."
Discuss this development at The Happy Place Forums Harry Potter Shed
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, TEN HD's interview with George Lucas
TEN HD is airing an interview with George Lucas conducted by Angela Bishop at the back end of tonights SciFi Thursday, entitled Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the discussion surrounds his latest cinematic creation the Motion Picture The Clone Wars.
The Star Wars universe is alive and well and continues the epic saga through the art of animation.
TEN HD Thursday 21st August / Special, 11:55PM, running time 30 minutes
Discuss this at The Happy Place Star Wars: The Clone Wars Film & TV Shed >>
20 August 2008
LOTR Alumni sign on for The Hobbit
New Zealand film-makers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens have signed on to “collaborate on "The Hobbit" and its sequel with director Guillermo del Toro”, says the industry news resouce The Hollywood Reporter.
The announcement came from “Jackson and Walsh and New Line president Toby Emmerich, four months after del Toro confirmed he had signed on to direct both pics”.
All three collaborated on the LOTR flicks
The JRR Tolkien’s rivetting novel ‘The Hobbit’, which will be produced as a two part film, is expected to be released 2011 and 2012. For more on The Hobbit, please go over to our Upcoming Flicks Shed
The 'Fonz' gets a statue
I know, I know, I know it's not scifi stuff, but back when Australian TV was worth watching, The Happy Days was a shining light.
Anyway, as Phil Gould (NRL commentator) says, "dont get me started", the bloke who played Arthur Fonzerelli, Henry Winker and most of the rest of the cast on the wonderfully entertaining Happy Days were on location in Milwaukee earlier today for the unvieling of a statue to honour the character.
The good Milwaukeeans folks raised $85,000 by the usual means, y'know T Shirts 'thumbs-up' shaped biscuits and hot fudge sundaes (a Fonz favorite) and other goodies.
Happy Days ran for eleven seasons.
Well done folks!
Eureka S3 premiere blitzes US SciFi ratings
The Eureka Season 3 premiere episode ’Bad to the Drone’ which aired on 29 July, brought home 3,363,000 total viewers for the NBC owned US scifi broadcaster SciFi Channel. The episode is now the highest-rated and most-watched episode of any SCI FI original series since the Eureka series premiere on July 18, 2006. "In total viewers, it ranks as the 4th most-watched episode of any SCI FI original series ever” a channel representative said.
A Shed has been built for the series at The Happy Place Forums but at this time only contains the Season 3 promo images
Eureka airs on the TEN HD Network in Australia with fans waiting desperately for season 2 to begin.
Eureka, a series about a small town of geniuses and the havoc their top-secret work often wreaks, takes a shocking turn in this week with the demise of one of the show's leading characters. The arrival of Allison (Salli Richardson) and Nathan's (Ed Quinn) wedding day coincides with an apparent loop in time, and Sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson) is baffled that he, and only he, is reliving Allison's wedding day over an over again. Carter also gets an unexpected extended visit from his free-spirited sister Lexi (guest star Ever Carradine. By episode's end, one of Eureka's heroes will fall.
Other cast members include Jordan Hinson as Zoe Carter, Erica Cerra as Deputy Jo Lupo, and Neil Grayston as Douglas Fargo.
A Shed has been built for the series at The Happy Place Forums but at this time only contains the Season 3 promo images
Eureka airs on the TEN HD Network in Australia with fans waiting desperately for season 2 to begin.
MGM Options 'The World Jonas Moore"
MGM OPTIONS UK ONLINE GRAPHIC NOVEL SENSATION 'THE MANY WORLDS OF JONAS MOORE' FOR SERIES TELEVISION DEVELOPMENT
LOS ANGELES, CA August 19, 2008 -- Seizing an opportunity to leverage the current wave of popularity and notoriety surrounding the new digital graphic novel sensation, THE MANY WORLDS OF JONAS MOORE, MGM Domestic Television Distribution has acquired an option to develop the Factory Publishing property as a possible television series. The announcement was made today by Chris Ottinger, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Television, MGM.
"THE MANY WORLDS OF JONAS MOORE is an exciting digital graphic novel that's creating quite a sensation abroad," said Ottinger in announcing MGM's option of the property. "We see this as a great concept that will make an exciting series for worldwide audiences.”
"MGM is a great place for THE MANY WORLDS OF JONAS MOORE," said Howard Webster, creator, producer and director of the project for Factory Publishing in association with Triumph Motorcycles. "There has never been a black British action hero before and what appealed to me was that MGM understood this from the outset. JONAS MOORE is sophisticated, educated, tough and uber-cool. He represents the next generation of intelligent action heroes of international sci-fi drama."
THE MANY WORLDS OF JONAS MOORE was written, produced and directed by Howard Webster. Ruth Vitale of The Film Collective brought the project to MGM. She was instrumental in developing the television pitch with Webster. She is attached as an Executive Producer to the project, having worked with Webster for the last four years on Factory Magazine.
Nominated at MIPCOM 2007's Mobile and Internet TV Awards in the Best Short Form Mobile and Internet Drama category and an official honoree at this year's Webby Awards, THE MANY WORLDS OF JONAS MOORE is a trilogy of second-generation graphic novels, which live online and are specifically designed for iPod and PC download.
THE MANY WORLDS OF JONAS MOORE is set in a time where the British Empire has never ended and America is just one of thousands of virtual worlds hosted on a vast global game network. When Jonas Moore (portrayed online by British film and TV star Colin Salmon -- Resident Evil, Die Another Day, Prime Suspect and the upcoming Punisher: War Zone, and Blood: The Last Vampire), a character personally created by the network's founder, becomes self-aware he is tagged by the network as a virus and goes on the run. As he moves from one artificial game world to the next, his knowledge of the games and the real-world gamers spreads like a virus to the other game characters, freaks, creatures and monsters who live as slaves within the network - precipitating a revolution and fight for freedom against the murderously addicted real-world gamers. Worlds Apart lead singer Steve Hart wrote the score for the production and also stars in the online version.
Combining comic book illustration with 3D animation, live action photography, newsreel archival footage, and an original music score, THE MANY WORLDS OF JONAS MOORE marks a revolution in online branded entertainment and user-generated content. Pushing the boundaries of the graphic novel genre, THE MANY WORLDS OF JONAS MOORE engages fans by inviting them to become part of the journey by downloading the JONAS MOORE digital elements and animating their own stories or creating comic book adventures for JONAS MOORE. Garage bands and musicians all over the world are also invited to strip out the music and send in their own soundtracks. The best fan-generated comic books, animations and soundtracks will be posted at WWW.JONASMOORE.COM when the online digital comic book series goes live later this year.
Previews for THE MANY WORLDS OF JONAS MOORE digital graphic novel can be seen at www.jonasmoore.com and www.factory-publishing.com.
19 August 2008
SGA S5 First Contact
Ten hi-res images from the Stargate Atlantis episode 510 First Contact have been posted at The Happy Place Stargate Atlantis Season 5 Episodes Shed.
The images feature Michael Shanks as Dr Daniel Jackson, Joe Flanigan as LTCOL John Sheppard, Robert Picardo as Richard Woolsey, Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan, Daniella Alonso as Katana and David Nykl as Dr. Radek Zelenka.
SGA 510 First Contact airs on the US SciFi Channel on Friday 12 September 2008 at 10.00 (2200) ET Membership is needed to access the SGA Eps Shed
The images feature Michael Shanks as Dr Daniel Jackson, Joe Flanigan as LTCOL John Sheppard, Robert Picardo as Richard Woolsey, Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan, Daniella Alonso as Katana and David Nykl as Dr. Radek Zelenka.
SGA 510 First Contact airs on the US SciFi Channel on Friday 12 September 2008 at 10.00 (2200) ET Membership is needed to access the SGA Eps Shed
Mo Ryan AKA The Watcher posts Caprica clip
Good friend Mo Ryan (The Watcher) over at The Chicago Tribune has posted a video clip of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff Caprica, to view slip over to Mo's Blog to make a comment please wander along to The Happy Place Caprica Shed
Stargate Atlantis S509 Tracker
Six hi-res images from the Stargate Atlantis episode 509 Tracker have been posted at The Happy Place Stargate Atlantis Season 5 Episodes Shed The images feature Jewel Staite as Dr. Jennifer Keller, Mike Dopud as Kyri and Neela Todd as Celise. SGA 509 Tracker airs on the US SciFi Channel on Friday 5 September 2008 at 10.00 ET Membership is needed to access the Shed
It's easy being F.R.A.N for Michelle Morgan
MGM Stargate has posted an article about the Dr Rodney McKay David Hewlett developed (and named replicator) F.R.A.N (Friendly Replicator Android) played by Calgary Canada born actor Michelle Morgan on the Stargate Atlantis episode Ghost in the Machine. Read more >>
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Warner Bros Studios has released two more hi-res images for the fantasy flick Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
The pics feature Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange, Alan Rickman as Professor Severus Snape and Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy and Hero Fiennes-Tiffin as Tom Riddle at age 11 years.
To view the pics please head on over the The Happy Place Harry Potter Yacking Shed >>
The pics feature Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange, Alan Rickman as Professor Severus Snape and Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy and Hero Fiennes-Tiffin as Tom Riddle at age 11 years.
To view the pics please head on over the The Happy Place Harry Potter Yacking Shed >>
18 August 2008
TEN HD SciFi Thursday 21 SEP08
Jericho: 204 Oversight 8.30pm
Hawkins receives a call on from someone who knows who he is, where he is and lets Hawkins know exactly when he'll be caught. Source: CBS
Jericho: 205 Termination for Cause 9.30pm
Jake and the Rangers take on Goetz and Ravenwood while a Jericho Ranger makes a choice that will alter his life. An old friend comes to warn Heather that her loyalties to Major Beck have placed her in serious danger. Source CBS
The X-Files: 106 Ghost in the Machine 10.30pm
A new intelligence gropes its way to life in the depths of wires and circuit boards, only to find itself perched on the edge of immediate extinction. When it fights back, killing Mulder's former partner in the process, he and Scully must find a way past its considerable defences. Source: FOX
Hawkins receives a call on from someone who knows who he is, where he is and lets Hawkins know exactly when he'll be caught. Source: CBS
Jericho: 205 Termination for Cause 9.30pm
Jake and the Rangers take on Goetz and Ravenwood while a Jericho Ranger makes a choice that will alter his life. An old friend comes to warn Heather that her loyalties to Major Beck have placed her in serious danger. Source CBS
The X-Files: 106 Ghost in the Machine 10.30pm
A new intelligence gropes its way to life in the depths of wires and circuit boards, only to find itself perched on the edge of immediate extinction. When it fights back, killing Mulder's former partner in the process, he and Scully must find a way past its considerable defences. Source: FOX
Battlestar Galactica Returns 4 September
Information received from the good folks at the Network TEN HD channel advises BSG returns to our screens on (SciFi) Thursday 4 September 2008 at 8.30pm (2030).
They also advise that "a clip will be shown of the Razor" thing and then episode 401 He that believeth in me will premiere.
For information of BSG fans all the Season 4 episodes are written up as well as other chatter, images and synopses and can be found at The Happy Place Season 4 Battlestar Galactica Shed
They also advise that "a clip will be shown of the Razor" thing and then episode 401 He that believeth in me will premiere.
For information of BSG fans all the Season 4 episodes are written up as well as other chatter, images and synopses and can be found at The Happy Place Season 4 Battlestar Galactica Shed
17 August 2008
Stargate Atlantis reaches 100th episodes milestone
Treated like a pile of maggot droppings by the Australian TV network channel seven Stargate Atlantis has reached the magic 100 episodes, the script is drafted and over at executive producer Joe Mallozzi's blog, he had this to say, "Speaking of titles - we finally got one for our 100th episode: Enemy at the Gate.
"Looks like it will shoot in the #19 slot, meaning we’ll wrap in Vancouver and finish shooting season five in Las Vegas. It’s 60+ pages of intergalactic fun and Marty G (edit: Martin Gero) is looking to add to the page count by pitching out a certain scene that has divided the writers’ room.
"That’s Martin (Gero) and Carl (Binder) for, Paul (Mullie) and I against, and Alan firmly straddling the fence. Hey, I love the idea. I’m just not crazy about the timing. If the scene boards, we may compromise by shooting it anyway and deciding later whether or not it makes the final cut. To find out more race over to Joe's Blog >>
"Looks like it will shoot in the #19 slot, meaning we’ll wrap in Vancouver and finish shooting season five in Las Vegas. It’s 60+ pages of intergalactic fun and Marty G (edit: Martin Gero) is looking to add to the page count by pitching out a certain scene that has divided the writers’ room.
"That’s Martin (Gero) and Carl (Binder) for, Paul (Mullie) and I against, and Alan firmly straddling the fence. Hey, I love the idea. I’m just not crazy about the timing. If the scene boards, we may compromise by shooting it anyway and deciding later whether or not it makes the final cut. To find out more race over to Joe's Blog >>
Dr Who: Tonight
Episode 407 The Unicorn and the Wasp see the Doctor and Donna tread the high society stage after Agatha Christie mysteriuosly goes missing.
ABC1 at 730pm, followed by the Dr Who Confidential - Cutdown at 815pm
ABC1 at 730pm, followed by the Dr Who Confidential - Cutdown at 815pm
Inside his Dark Materials - Author Philip Pullman
From ABC2: "Philip Pullman is one of Britain's most successful authors, and was voted Greatest Briton in the Arts in 2005.
"In 1995, he published the first of his trilogy of fantasy novels called His Dark Materials, which consisted of Northern Lights (The Golden Compass), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. They became world-wide best sellers.
"Through an exclusive interview with the acclaimed author, this program scripted by his friend Nick Tucker documents Pullman's life and works, and examines the subject matter of his books and the intentions of the author.
"From the death of his father in Rhodesia when he was seven, to his relocation to Wales and later Oxford, we gain valuable insight into the factors that have made Philip Pullman a household name." Read more >>
Inside his Dark Material airs on ABC2 at 830pm tonight, Sunday 17 August 2008
"In 1995, he published the first of his trilogy of fantasy novels called His Dark Materials, which consisted of Northern Lights (The Golden Compass), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. They became world-wide best sellers.
"Through an exclusive interview with the acclaimed author, this program scripted by his friend Nick Tucker documents Pullman's life and works, and examines the subject matter of his books and the intentions of the author.
"From the death of his father in Rhodesia when he was seven, to his relocation to Wales and later Oxford, we gain valuable insight into the factors that have made Philip Pullman a household name." Read more >>
Inside his Dark Material airs on ABC2 at 830pm tonight, Sunday 17 August 2008
Fox releases Fringe promos
US TV broadcaster Fox has released a number of promo images from the upcoming Joss Whedon TV series Fringe. Previously in these pages and at our Forums we've run updates on the paranormal series. As a recap the synopsis is, "FBI agents Olivia Dunham (Victorian AU actor Anna Torv) and Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) are faced. with a rapidly spreading unexplained phenomenon of the threatening kind. In an attempt to stop the spread, they enlist the assistance of Bishop's estranged father (South Australian AU actor John Noble), the institutionalized scientist Dr. Walter Bishop. Joshua Jackson will play the lead role of Peter Bishop, a smart guy with many gambling debts.
The images are posted at The Happy Place Fringe Shed
The images are posted at The Happy Place Fringe Shed
16 August 2008
Next Stargate SG-1 S10 ep on SciFi Australia Teev
The following Stargate SG-1 information was exhumed from the old Stagate News Australia
Friday, August 22 at 7:30pm;
Saturday, August 23 at 4:10am and;
Saturday, August 23 at 3:30pm
Stargate folks wishing to reminisce and get their daily fix on the good ol' days can go here to discuss them
Title: Memento Mori
Crew: Executive Producer: Brad Wright, Director: Peter Deluise, Writers: Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie
Cast: Michael Shanks as Dr Daniel Jackson, Ben Browder as LTCOL Cameron Mitchell, Christopher Judge as Teal'c, our own Claudia Black as Vala Mal Doran and Beau Bridges as Major General Henry 'Hank' Landry
Guest Cast: Rob Hayter as Leader #2, Sonya Salomaa as Athena, Brendan Beiser as Trust operative Weaver
Synopsis: With no memory Vala finds herself alone in a city where she takes a job as a waitress she has no recollection of her past life past life after escaping kidnappers who implanted a memory device that destroyed her memory. Mitchell and Teal'c question a man named Weaver who may have information about Vala's whereabouts.
Trivia: T1: Memento Mori has its origins in the now dead language Latin, it loosely translates as "remember that you will die" T2: This episode is a much more Earth-based, grounded story that focuses heavily on Vala Mal Doran and according to the writer Paul Mullie it "explores her feelings of isolationand sense of belonging as well as the connection between her and Daniel Jackson" T3: A speeding car, a speeding motorcycle, a fight in the car, the car out of control, a rolling car, and a punch up in a cafe. 2007 Crypt, they relate to the Season 10 episode Momento Mori which airs on SciFi Australia on,
Friday, August 22 at 7:30pm;
Saturday, August 23 at 4:10am and;
Saturday, August 23 at 3:30pm
Stargate folks wishing to reminisce and get their daily fix on the good ol' days can go here to discuss them
Title: Memento Mori
Crew: Executive Producer: Brad Wright, Director: Peter Deluise, Writers: Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie
Cast: Michael Shanks as Dr Daniel Jackson, Ben Browder as LTCOL Cameron Mitchell, Christopher Judge as Teal'c, our own Claudia Black as Vala Mal Doran and Beau Bridges as Major General Henry 'Hank' Landry
Guest Cast: Rob Hayter as Leader #2, Sonya Salomaa as Athena, Brendan Beiser as Trust operative Weaver
Synopsis: With no memory Vala finds herself alone in a city where she takes a job as a waitress she has no recollection of her past life past life after escaping kidnappers who implanted a memory device that destroyed her memory. Mitchell and Teal'c question a man named Weaver who may have information about Vala's whereabouts.
Trivia: T1: Memento Mori has its origins in the now dead language Latin, it loosely translates as "remember that you will die" T2: This episode is a much more Earth-based, grounded story that focuses heavily on Vala Mal Doran and according to the writer Paul Mullie it "explores her feelings of isolationand sense of belonging as well as the connection between her and Daniel Jackson" T3: A speeding car, a speeding motorcycle, a fight in the car, the car out of control, a rolling car, and a punch up in a cafe. 2007 Crypt, they relate to the Season 10 episode Momento Mori which airs on SciFi Australia on,
Supernatural's Sera Gamble chats to Firefox News
US news resource Firefox News has posted an interesting interview with Supernatural Season 4 producer/writer Sera Gamble in their site, they started by asking Mr Gamble, "The writer's strike cut season 3 short. Meanwhile, time was running down on Dean's deal. Has having a full season ahead and Dean no longer in the process of dying affected the atmosphere working on season 4?
Sera Gamble: Yeah, I suppose we are in a different head space this season. Worrying about when we were going to shut down was no fun. And we came into this season with an embarrassment of riches, because we inherited some of the storyline we didn't get a chance to tell last year. So, we're in a happy place. The rest can be read here >>
Supernatural season 4 will premiere on the US network The CW straight after Smallville on 18 September. Airdate in Australia is unknown
Sera Gamble: Yeah, I suppose we are in a different head space this season. Worrying about when we were going to shut down was no fun. And we came into this season with an embarrassment of riches, because we inherited some of the storyline we didn't get a chance to tell last year. So, we're in a happy place. The rest can be read here >>
Supernatural season 4 will premiere on the US network The CW straight after Smallville on 18 September. Airdate in Australia is unknown
Torchwood returns to TEN HD
On 10 August Happy Place Forums Inmate Stargirl reported in the Torchwood Shed that the series was returning to Aussie telly, via TEN HD, but she didn't know the date. A quick wee hours trip to the TEN Forums reveals the date as Monday 1 September at 1030pm with the episode Kiss, Kiss, Bang Bang. We posted six hi res Torchwood S2 promo images over at Happy Place on 18 July, to view please go here >>
15 August 2008
Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Posted over at The Happy Place Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Shed are 18 hi res images. The images feature Brian Austin Green, Garret Dillahunt, Lena Headey, Leven Rambin, Richard T. Jones, Shirley Manson, Summer Glau and Thomas Dekker. To view the images please go here > >
As always membership is needed to access some areas of the complex
As always membership is needed to access some areas of the complex
Warner Bros move release date of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
In a shock move Warner Bros annouced a few hours ago that the release date of the 6th working of Jo Rowlings book Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince into a film will move to 17 July 2009.
Warners senior management said in a statement "We know the summer season is an ideal window for a family tent-pole release, as proven by the success of our last Harry Potter film, which is the second-highest grossing film in the franchise, behind only the first installment. "Additionally, like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers' strike, which impacted the readiness of scripts for other films--changing the competitive landscape for 2009 and offering new windows of opportunity that we wanted to take advantage of. "We agreed the best strategy was to move Half-Blood Prince to July, where it perfectly fills the gap for a major tent-pole release for mid-summer. "The release date change does not alter the production schedule for this or future Harry Potter films. "Post-production on Half-Blood Prince was completed on time, and the studio's release plans for the two-part Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will not be affected by this change. "We know Harry Potter fans are eagerly anticipating seeing the final chapters unfold onscreen. In fact, the good news for them is that the gap will now be shortened between Half-Blood Prince and the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Meanwhile at the official Harry Potter website the release dat has been change to 17 July 2009
Mirabilis
Three-time Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd has joined the cast of SCI FI Channel's upcoming 4-hour fantasy/adventure miniseries Mirabilis (working title). Lloyd will play Tesselink, a venerable senior elf and accomplished master of bloodsteel sorcery who aids his granddaughter Perfidia (Natassia Malthe) and a band of knights in their quest for the crucible that may save Mirabilis. He is best known for his roles as Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy and as Reverend Jim Ignatowski on television's Taxi.
Synopsis: Once a paradise fueled by the all-powerful sorcery-grade metal known as bloodsteel, the distant land of Mirabilis begins to decay as supplies of the supernatural substance dwindle. The evil warlord Dragon Eye fights to gain control of the world's supply of bloodsteel, which he will use to rule Mirabilis. But, an ancient prophecy propels four ordinary citizens to battle Dragon Eye. Their quest is to find the fabled Crucible – source of all bloodsteel – before the corrupt forces of darkness destroy their world.
Cast: David James Elliott as protagonist John Serrogoth and Natassia Malthe as Perfidia. Emmy nominated.
Sam Egan (Sanctuary, Jeremiah, The Outer Limits) wrote the script.
A Mirabilis Forum has been opened at The Happy Place for chatter
Synopsis: Once a paradise fueled by the all-powerful sorcery-grade metal known as bloodsteel, the distant land of Mirabilis begins to decay as supplies of the supernatural substance dwindle. The evil warlord Dragon Eye fights to gain control of the world's supply of bloodsteel, which he will use to rule Mirabilis. But, an ancient prophecy propels four ordinary citizens to battle Dragon Eye. Their quest is to find the fabled Crucible – source of all bloodsteel – before the corrupt forces of darkness destroy their world.
Cast: David James Elliott as protagonist John Serrogoth and Natassia Malthe as Perfidia. Emmy nominated.
Sam Egan (Sanctuary, Jeremiah, The Outer Limits) wrote the script.
A Mirabilis Forum has been opened at The Happy Place for chatter
14 August 2008
An interview with Stargate Atlantis' Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa plays Ronon Dex on the Canadian made scifi series Stargate Atlantis, he lived in Australia once, even had a girlfriend in Adelaide, but all that's gone now, he lives in Canada and is a big noise on the SciFi series Stargate Atlantis.
Anyhoo, Canadian website Cinema Spy has posted an extensive interview with him, they started by asking the dreadlocked actor, "You say that you didn't think that you’d end up becoming an action star. What kind of actor did you expect to become?
Jason Momoa: I just find myself a little bit more nostalgically tragic. Just more of a - I didn’t want to play an action star because it’s just such a gimme. I’m not that way, I don’t want to be that way. I dreaded my hair because I don’t want to be the pretty boy and the hunk. I didn’t want it to be all about my face; it originally started from that and I hated that. Because I’m just not that. From that spawned the dreads. I just wanted different roles. Now that I have this role, it’s great, because Joe’s the number one. And you don’t find someone like me - big, tall - next to someone that’s the leading man on the show. Normally the sidekick’s going to be someone like David. It’s going to be someone funny. I play right next to Joe and it’s awesome. I’ve worked on shows when guys aren’t that cool with it. Tom Cruise ain’t cool looking up to me. I’m not going to play Tom Cruise’s sidekick, you know what I mean? Brad Pitt’s not going to want me. It’s interesting that Joe - he’s a Harrison Ford type of guy, super confident and with his own style and we work well together. I’d love to work with Flanigan for the rest of my life. He’s great. The rest of the interview is at Cinema Spy >> Stargate Atlantis is in it's fifth season and is currently airing in various countires around the planet. Australia is lagging back at season three
Anyhoo, Canadian website Cinema Spy has posted an extensive interview with him, they started by asking the dreadlocked actor, "You say that you didn't think that you’d end up becoming an action star. What kind of actor did you expect to become?
Jason Momoa: I just find myself a little bit more nostalgically tragic. Just more of a - I didn’t want to play an action star because it’s just such a gimme. I’m not that way, I don’t want to be that way. I dreaded my hair because I don’t want to be the pretty boy and the hunk. I didn’t want it to be all about my face; it originally started from that and I hated that. Because I’m just not that. From that spawned the dreads. I just wanted different roles. Now that I have this role, it’s great, because Joe’s the number one. And you don’t find someone like me - big, tall - next to someone that’s the leading man on the show. Normally the sidekick’s going to be someone like David. It’s going to be someone funny. I play right next to Joe and it’s awesome. I’ve worked on shows when guys aren’t that cool with it. Tom Cruise ain’t cool looking up to me. I’m not going to play Tom Cruise’s sidekick, you know what I mean? Brad Pitt’s not going to want me. It’s interesting that Joe - he’s a Harrison Ford type of guy, super confident and with his own style and we work well together. I’d love to work with Flanigan for the rest of my life. He’s great. The rest of the interview is at Cinema Spy >> Stargate Atlantis is in it's fifth season and is currently airing in various countires around the planet. Australia is lagging back at season three
When it is aired in Australia the broadcaster, sadly, is the seven network....
Smallville S7 Final ep tonight
Tonight at 830pm the final episode of Smallville season seven airs on TEN HD, sadly only about 200,000 of the 1,000,000 or so fans will see it on Aus TV. Most have already seen the series. The episode 720 Arctic briefly, "Kara (Laura Vandervoort) tells Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) he is destined to defeat the Traveler and offers to take him to the Fortress to learn how". Meanwhile in Vancouver Canada Season 8 is underway with production starting on 7 July 2008 and progressing to 3 April 2009.There are some changes for the eighth season. Kristen Kruek (Lana Lang) and Michael Rosenbaum (Alexander (Lex) Luthor) will become guest cast members, Alison Mac (Chloe Sullivan) and Erica Durance (Lois Lane) has signed on as has the series lead Tom Welling (Clark Kent) and Aaron Ashmore (Jimmy Olsen).
Two new baddies will be introduced
Doomsday
Real name: Davis Bloome, played by Sam Witner
He's in his mid-20s.
He works as a bartender at the hip new Metropolis lounge Ace of Clubs (get it?).
He plays down his smouldering good looks with a self-effacing wit and down-to-earth soulfulness. But he has long felt like an outsider (hence his nickname). And beneath his charismatic, easy-going demeanor lies a brooding sense of isolation and insecurity. When he begins to delve into the haunting mysteries of his true origins, a darker truth begins to emerge, one of blood and serial murders, one of survival and utter destruction — one in which he is forced to confront the true evil inside of him."
Tess Mercer played by Cassidy Freeman
Drop-dead gorgeous (duh)
Roughly 28 years old
She's determined, sexy, vengeful and has super-strength.
"While Lex is away, she is in control of his estate and rules it with aggression. She's had intellect and the confidence all her life, though it's obvious she's had some training from Lex as well. But as much as Lex has helped fortify her power, he is also her biggest weakness. She harbors an undying devotion to Lex, claiming he saved her life a few years ago. She carries out his wishes with coercion, force, seduction — anything to get what she wants. And no one can resist her beguiling ways. Even Clark Kent. She doesn't remember anything before the day she met Lex. Once she realizes her previous life is buried below the surface, she's desperate to dig it up."
And there's more over at The Happy Place
Two new baddies will be introduced
Doomsday
Real name: Davis Bloome, played by Sam Witner
He's in his mid-20s.
He works as a bartender at the hip new Metropolis lounge Ace of Clubs (get it?).
He plays down his smouldering good looks with a self-effacing wit and down-to-earth soulfulness. But he has long felt like an outsider (hence his nickname). And beneath his charismatic, easy-going demeanor lies a brooding sense of isolation and insecurity. When he begins to delve into the haunting mysteries of his true origins, a darker truth begins to emerge, one of blood and serial murders, one of survival and utter destruction — one in which he is forced to confront the true evil inside of him."
Tess Mercer played by Cassidy Freeman
Drop-dead gorgeous (duh)
Roughly 28 years old
She's determined, sexy, vengeful and has super-strength.
"While Lex is away, she is in control of his estate and rules it with aggression. She's had intellect and the confidence all her life, though it's obvious she's had some training from Lex as well. But as much as Lex has helped fortify her power, he is also her biggest weakness. She harbors an undying devotion to Lex, claiming he saved her life a few years ago. She carries out his wishes with coercion, force, seduction — anything to get what she wants. And no one can resist her beguiling ways. Even Clark Kent. She doesn't remember anything before the day she met Lex. Once she realizes her previous life is buried below the surface, she's desperate to dig it up."
And there's more over at The Happy Place
Stargate Atlantis S5 close to "that's a wrap"
From Stargate Atlantis executive producer and show runner Joe Mallozzi's blog, "In a little over a month from now, we’ll be wrapping our sets for yet another season, preparing for next year, and scattering to the four winds for some much-needed R&R.
Before that happens, of course, we have some episodes that need finishing.
I am anxiously awaiting a director’s cut of Remnants, Marty G. is directing his last day on Brain Storm (at the airport shooting the Learjet sequences), Infection has started shooting (infirmary scenes in Stage 6 to start the day, then a move over to the hive ship set in the FX stage), Carl is casting Identity, and Paul (damn I havent done one of those bio things for Paul (Mullie) yet!) has reached the fourth act of the still untitled Episode #20
13 August 2008
Murphy the Gnome stolen and travels the world
In these days of far too much seriousness and yep I know it's not scifi/horror/fantasy/supernatural no wait, it might just fit into supernatural, it is too good a story to let pass, anyway the digressing will finish now. Murphy aka Barrington the gnome was stolen from owners Eve and Derrick Stuart-Kelso and travelled to some very familiar places read more >>
Heroes: Volume 3 set images
For Kristen Bell (Elle Bishop) and Jack Coleman (Noah Bennet or HRG) fans we've posted 4 piccies from the set of Heroes Volume 3 Villans over at The Happy Place Heroes Shed >>
In other Heroes news Michael Ausiello at ew.com writes, "Seth Green and Breckin Meyer are nearing a deal to join the cast of Heroes for multi-episode arcs", he continues, "the Robot Chicken duo will play Atlanta-based comic booknerds aficionados who cross paths with (and perhaps serve as advisors to) one of the Heroes."
Heroes Volume 3 Villians premieres on NBC on 22 September at 9.00pm with a double bunger, prior to that at 8.00pm NBC will present a one hour "clip show"
Sadly, in Australia Heroes airs on the seven network
In other Heroes news Michael Ausiello at ew.com writes, "Seth Green and Breckin Meyer are nearing a deal to join the cast of Heroes for multi-episode arcs", he continues, "the Robot Chicken duo will play Atlanta-based comic book
Heroes Volume 3 Villians premieres on NBC on 22 September at 9.00pm with a double bunger, prior to that at 8.00pm NBC will present a one hour "clip show"
Sadly, in Australia Heroes airs on the seven network
Isaac Hayes death followup
A couple of days back we reported on the sudden death of one of the worlds greatest musicians, Isaac Hayes, at the time cause of death was unknown, a Sheriff's Office spokesman Steve Shular said yesterday no post mortem was conducted, but paperwork filed by Hayes’ family physician, Dr. David Kraus, lists the cause of death as a stroke.
Indiana Jones DVD, Blu-ray release gate set
Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Home Entertainment announced yesterday that the DVD versions (Blu-ray and DVD) of Indiana Jones and will Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be released on 14 October 2008.
No other details are availbel at this time, when they are we will of course, post them over at The Happy Place Forums
Michael Shanks discusses Continuum
MGM has posted an interview on their Stargate Home page featuring Michael Shanks (Dr Daniel Jackson on the Stargate franchises), in the interview the long time SG-1 star discusses the ins and outs of the MGM produced direct to DVD high budget film Stargate Continuum. The interview can be found here >>
Eric Kripke's Supernatural goes B&W
Prolific TV news/info scooper Michael Ausiello over at EW.com is reporting that Supernatural creator Eric Kripke is producing an entire episode in black and white, "It's an homage to the horror films of the '30s," says series creator Eric Kripke. "The boys are up against Dracula, the Wolfman and the Mummy. It's the most fun episode we've done in a long time."
Supernatural season 4 is currently in production in Vancouver Canada, the series airs on the TEN Network in Australia.
12 August 2008
House: An S5 T Shirt Promo
OK, first I have to stress with some vigour that I am not a Dr House fan, most peeps who know me know I'm not a fan of pretty much the whole barren landscape that is free tv in Aus.
These picks come my way and I generally 'bin 'em, but this Season 5 image of the crew from House is a stunner, it's half a meg in size and y'know yada, yada, yada, here it is
Harry Potter - Half Blood Prince, Aus release date revised
In the initial hype surrounding Jo Rowling's last Harry Potter flick the release date for Australia was slated as 27 November 2008. There has been a change to the worldwide release dates according to the, purportedly, official UK Half Blood Prince site, we now get to see it 14 days later on 11 December.
For more info please wander over to The Happy Place Harry Potter yacking Shed
2008 Hugo Awards Announced
The 2008 Hugo Awards was held at 66th World Science Fiction Convention (Denvention 3) held in Denver Colorado (Denvention 3) in the US on 6 -10 August 2008. The winners of the Awards were handed their prizes at a presentation held on 9 August.
Novella: "All Seated on the Ground" by Connie Willis (Asimov's Dec. 2007; Subterranean Press)
Novelette: "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press; F&SF Sept. 2007)
Short Story: "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's June 2007)
Non-fiction Book: Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher (Oxford University Press)
Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Stardust Written by Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn, Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Paramount Pictures)
Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Doctor Who "Blink" Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald (BBC)
Professional Editor, Long Form: David Hartwell
Professional Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder (F&SF)
Professional Artist: Stephan Martiniere
Semiprozine: Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
Fanzine: File 770
Fan Writer: John Scalzi
Fan Artist: Brad Foster
Campbell Award: Mary Robinette Kowal.
And the winner of the gong is......
Novel: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
Novella: "All Seated on the Ground" by Connie Willis (Asimov's Dec. 2007; Subterranean Press)
Novelette: "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press; F&SF Sept. 2007)
Short Story: "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's June 2007)
Non-fiction Book: Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher (Oxford University Press)
Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Stardust Written by Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn, Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Paramount Pictures)
Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Doctor Who "Blink" Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald (BBC)
Professional Editor, Long Form: David Hartwell
Professional Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder (F&SF)
Professional Artist: Stephan Martiniere
Semiprozine: Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
Fanzine: File 770
Fan Writer: John Scalzi
Fan Artist: Brad Foster
Campbell Award: Mary Robinette Kowal.
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