Mar 05 2010
The second half of Stargate Universe season one is coming, watch this exclusive video featurette to see more of what you can expect including appearances from Michael Shanks, space battles and much more in this latest video featurette to be added to the sites media collection.
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It looks like Stargate SG-1 may finally be dead, at least according to star Michael Shanks, who played Dr. Daniel Jackson on the series, which ran for 10 seasons and spurred two DVD movies in 2008 and two Syfy spinoff series.
“Given the amount of time lag that’s gone on between us doing the movies, I suspect that we might be very far away from, if ever, doing another DVD movie. This might be the closing of the book on that particular [chapter of the] franchise,” said Shanks, whom we caught up with while he was promoting his guest-starring role as Hawkman in The CW’s two-hour film Smallville: Absolute Justice.
“Never say never. It’s always a possibility. But I think everybody’s moving on to a certain point, and with the new show doing well, everybody’s focusing their attention on that. The SG-1 idea is somewhat on the back burner, which is a little bit unfortunate, because I think one more story would have been a great way to bring Rick (Richard Dean Anderson) back in and really go there. But you know, business is business.”
The newest Stargate series is Syfy’s Stargate Universe, which is set to return with the second half of season one on April 2 and which has already gotten a second-season renewal. While SG-1 isn’t returning anytime soon, the same can’t be said for Dr. Daniel Jackson. He’ll guest-star in two upcoming SG-U episodes.
“It’s the job that never ends,” said Shanks. “I just finished the guest spot on Supernatural as well. I’ve covered all the ‘S’ shows that shoot in Vancouver. I think that’s about it. I may have covered all the ‘S’ shows that are on television. I have to find a different letter to move on to.” Hmm … Smallville, Stargate, Supernatural … yep, that could be all of them.
As far as his Supernatural gig, the episode is called “99 Problems,” and he plays a man who is part of a “Bible-thumping militia” that’s fighting to stop the apocalypse. “I think I get my ass beat by both Jared [Padalecki, who plays Sam] and Jensen [Ackles, who plays Dean] at different points in the show. It’s a lot of fun,” he said.
“The reason why I did that was because it timed in perfectly, because pilot season is underway. I’m reading for Danno in Hawaii Five-O,” he said with a laugh. “I don’t know what to say about that. I haven’t read the script yet, so I’m going, ‘Really?’ I’ll have to wait and see.’”
If cast, Shanks would be appearing with Lost’s Daniel Dae Kim, who’ll be portraying Detective Chin Ho Kelly, a role played in the original series by Kam Fong, the Hollywood Reporter announced today.
While he doesn’t have any information about how they will reboot the iconic police procedural, which ran on CBS from 1968 to 1980 and spurred the famous catch phrase, “Book ‘em, Danno,” Shanks knows one thing. “I’m sure there’s some updates, because I don’t think we could pull off that kind of brow furrowing with a straight face in this day and age. I’ll tell you one thing, to go to Hawaii to shoot a series would be a dream come true, that’s for certain. Not a bad gig there. … I don’t feel too bad for the people on Lost. Oh, you’re on Lost. Poor guys. Yeah. Boo-hoo. Go back to your cabana and have another mojito [laughs].”
What do you think? Is it finally time for us to bury Stargate SG-1? And would Shanks make a good Danno in a new Hawaii Five-O
News article courtesy of Sy Fy Wire
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Michael Shanks has said that he understands why fans compare his performance as Hawkman on Smallville: Absolute Justice to Watchmen.
The actor told ScifiWire that he enjoys playing such meaty roles.
“Yes, it does have the parallel of danger in it. I understand that,” he said.
“This guy’s a warrior… He’s kickass and all business, and it was a really neat departure to be able to do that. It becomes a bit scenery chewy at certain points, but those characters are a lot of fun to play, and this guy was because he was such a vast departure. It was a lot of fun for me to sink my teeth into.”
The Stargate SG1 star explained that he decided to take the role because he doesn’t think he’ll be getting many more opportunities to play superheroes.
“I’m getting to that age where I didn’t think too many offers were going to come my way to be playing any superhero characters anytime in the near future.”
He added: “My eldest daughter is getting where she appreciates that kind of stuff, and I thought it would be a hoot to give that to them. It turns out my younger ones seemed to appreciate it more than my older one does. It is one of those rare opportunities that you get, so I thought I’d jump at it.”
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Michael Shanks has been booked for a one off appearance in a Supernatural episode entitled 99 problems.
A quick note from Michael regarding the casting:
“Just got booked on an episode of Supernatural called ‘99 Problems’- not a huge part. Will let you know more details as they come in.”
According to the Spoiler TV website, the episode is the 17th for the current season of the series (Season 5) with shooting due to commence on 21 January.
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Tonight’s new episode of Syfy’s Sanctuary kicks off a December of increasing action that culminates with a Stargate SG-1 reunion when Michael Shanks guest-stars with Amanda Tapping.
But first, tonight’s episode puts Tapping’s Helen Magnus and Robin Dunne’s Will Zimmerman in peril again when executive producers Damian Kindler and Martin Wood make use of a prop they found in a storage area.
Michael Shanks
“Martin Wood and I were shooting the first two-hour episode, ‘End of Nights,’ and we both stumbled across a helicopter in the storage area,” said show creator Kindler. “We didn’t know each other had seen this helicopter, and then we phoned each other and cut each other off and said, ‘Helicopter! Let’s do a helicopter show.’ We both had the same idea almost at the same time. So at a certain point in the season Martin and I cooked it up together, and we essentially wrote this episode.”
The episode’s called “Next Tuesday,” and the meaning of the title “will only be revealed at some point in the story. It’s a very simple idea, as some of the cool stories are. It’s almost exclusively a two-hander between Will and Magnus, as was last year’s submarine show.”
The submarine show was last year’s excellent episode “Requiem,” which had Magnus and Will trapped aboard a submarine, fighting for their lives. In tonight’s episode, Wood and Kindler put their helicopter find to good use, said Kindler.
In “Next Tuesday,” Magnus and Will are returning after capturing an abnormal when their helicopter goes down and “is wedged into this oil rig, just above the water, and a very rare abnormal, ocean-going abnormal, has been lost. … The abnormal turns out to be far more violent than they gambled for. The situation turns even more violent than they thought, and in the midst of this they’re having a personal disagreement with each other,” said Kindler with a laugh.
Because Will and Magnus are such “team players,” Kindler admits he wanted to stretch the limits of their relationship. They can be “heroic and proactive and really passionate about each other and their work, but still have disagreements. What do people that care about each other hide from each other?” he asked.
In the middle of their argument, the duo also have monster issues. “You’re going to see some creature vis-effects design work that’s going to blow your mind. It’s a really amazing monster fight. We tried to mix this amazing rich stew of character, action, situation and suspense, and there’s even some good humor in there and a bit of heartwarming character stuff as well. So we really just stuffed all this into an amazing episode.”
Kindler said director Wood, along with Tapping and Dunne, spent five long days in a water tank. And then their special effects team, Anthem, “did some of their greatest work so far in the season building monsters that you haven’t seen before. We’re very, very proud of it. It’s wonderful. Andrew Lockington did a lovely score to it, and I think it’s going to be a season highlight. I think it will stir up a little controversy, and I think people will go, ‘That’s a Magnus and Will we haven’t seen before.’”
Sanctuary also has two more new episodes airing in December. The first, “Penance,” guest-stars Michael Shanks as an abnormal named Jimmy who smuggles goods for the Sanctuary. “It sounds a little rude, but he actually has a mutation that gives him a pouch in his stomach, almost a Videodrome kind of pouch. It allows him to transport goods, and he is transporting a very dangerous abnormal, trying to get it to Magnus, when a bunch of bad guys get in the way, and he’s forced to go on the run with Kate to protect this abnormal. A very big secret from the past for both of them comes out.”
According to Kindler, “I think people who have an opinion about Kate will find that it will be deepened or changed.”
Then, in “Sleepers,” Will and Magnus end up in Mexico investigating missing teenagers, and they’ll run into their old friend, vampire Nikola Tesla, who’s up to more than a little mischief.
News article courtesy of SyFy Wire
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