A group of actors and actresses on both sides of the border are going online to raise money to fund the cancer treatment for one of Vancouver’s most popular actresses Babz Chula, who has currently battling cancer. Chula, the perennially youthful veteran of nearly four decades in Vancouver’s movie, theatre and music scenes, needs an … Read more
The Supanova Pop Culture Expo (Supanova) blasts back into Brisbane with an action-packed line-up of stars representing an extravaganza of films, TV shows, gaming, animation, comic books, sci-fi, fantasy, wrestling and more. The confirmed “Supa Stars” include James Kyson Lee (Ando from the hit series Heroes); the beautiful Jewel Staite from Serenity and Stargate: Atlantis; … Read more
Mark Wilson has published a lengthy interview with Stargate Atlantis star David Hewlett in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy section of About.com. Hewlett discusses several aspects about his role as the “absolute arrogant jerk†Dr. Rodney McKay. Did you ever wonder whether fans would “get” Rodney — that they would get past Rodney’s difficulty to see his complexity … Read more
Actress Jewel Staite will be appearing at this years 2008 Dragon Con convetion. The convention is to be held on labour day weekend between August 29th to September 1st, in Atlanta. Tickets are available for pre-order for the convention, from the Dragon Con web site.
Today is the first official day of production on the new season of the hit SCI FI Channel series — though the writers and much of the crew have been back at work doing pre-production for several weeks. Joe Flanigan, Rachel Luttrell, David Hewlett, and Jason Momoa return to their roles this year. Also joining … Read more
Actor Robert Picardo, who has appeared as International Oversight Committee rep Richard Wooley on previous episodes will officially join the “Atlantis” cast this season as he takes command of the Atlantis expedition. The team of military and civilian explorers use the Ancients-created Stargate to travel to the Pegasus galaxy in order to find other technologies … Read more
We can confirm that we may now bring to you the official press release regarding Season Five, after we had to previously pull the article temporarily. SCI FI Channel’s recent People’s Choice Award winner, Stargate Atlantis, will begin production later this month on its fifth original season. The new 20-episode season will include the … Read more
We have just received word that the next season of Stargate Atlantis will begin recording on February 19th 2008. Of course these rumours are unconfirmed at the moment and are subject to change. Here is a short breakdown of the cast, which we have been able to find courtesy of BC Film Commission Pegasus Productions … Read more
The director’s first aired episode of the season was ‘Missing’, which finds Doctor Keller (newcomer Jewel Staite) and Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) forced to save themselves from a fierce warrior tribe called the Bola Kai. Mikita recalls that the most challenging aspect of getting this episode from the script to the screen had to do with … Read more
SCI FI Channel has renewed its hit original series Stargate Atlantis for an all-new 20-episode fifth season. One of television’s most action-packed adventure hours, Atlantis’ success continues the legacy of one of television’s most successful franchises. The show’s sister series, Stargate SG-1, ran for a record-breaking 10 consecutive seasons – unprecedented for any sci-fi series. … Read more