Stargate

SyFy officially cancels Stargate: Universe

SyFy will not be renewing “Stargate: Universe” for a third season, that’s the news from the top. The network made the announcement today following rumors swirling the show was for the chop. The remaining 10 episodes of the series will air in the spring of 2011. It seems the “science-fiction” channel likes nothing more than...
By Angela Share

SyFy renews Stargate: Universe and Sanctuary

  You have to wonder how some shows get renewed whilst others don’t. Syfy seem to know what they’re doing however by renewing Stargate: Universe and Sanctuary, which sees SGU get its second season and Sanctuary its third. Both new seasons won’t air until later in 2010 with SGU still having the second half of...
By Angela Share

From Stargate to Smallville for Michael Shanks

Fans of Michael Shanks will be happy to know he’s flown in and landed the role of Hawkman in an upcoming Smallville episode. The episode which is set to air in January is titled “Society” and will feature characters from The Justice Society. It will be penned by comic book writer Geoff Johns. As well...
By Angela Share

Stargate Universe thoughts?

I won’t go into too much detail regarding character and plot, because you should really do that for yourself. For those not in the know, Stargate has been running in some form since the movie in 1994. The first adapted show Stargate: SG-1 lasted a whopping 10 seasons. Stargate: Universe is the latest adaptation in...

The best geek TV shows

I’m a geek, I wear the title with honor, there I said it. Being a geek and a TV fan must therefore mean one thing Geek TV! Yes geek TV shows were a staple of my youth and continue to be so today. I love a little geek television so I’m going to look at...

Stargate Universe looking for a waif

  A casting call has gone out for Stargate Universe. The character – Eleanor Perry – must be 35-40 years of age and “physically thin” (think Callista Flockhart). The character will appear on a guest spot on SGU and will apparently be wheelchair bound on her entry into the show, but will later be given...

Stargate Universe SG:U is like Firefly and BSG?

  I’m kind of hoping this little rumor is true, because I’m already looking forward to Stargate Universe and this would just make it even better. According to an SGU insider – producer – on the show it may be a bit like Battlestar Galactica / Lost in its dark, moody, character set pieces and...

Jack O’Neill back for Stargate: Universe

  This is one to surely get Stargate fans more than a little bit excited. It looks like Colonel Jack O’neill will be back on screens in Stargate, at least according to Stargate: Universe co-creator Brad Wright who has stated MacGyver… err… sorry.. Jack O’Neill will be appearing in the episode ‘Earth’ (the shows 5th...

Stargate Universe gets ER doc Ming-Na

That new Stargate series “Stargate Universe” is sounding more and more interesting to me as time goes on. The new show will feature a team of explorers stuck on a ship – the Destiny – in the furthest reaches of the universe. To begin with a lot of fan gossip was suggesting this was essentially...
By Angela Share

Robert Carlyle heads through the Stargate in Stargate Universe

Yes, Robert Carlyle, star of such movies as The Full Monty, Trainspotting and 28 Weeks Later will be taking the upcoming lead role in the new Stargate series entitled Stargate Universe. Carlyle has been cast in the role of Dr David Rush, the leader of a group of scientists and civilians who have been trapped...
By Angela Share

Stargate Universe set to start production in January?

  Stargate fans fret not that Atlantis is almost at an end, soon you’ll be cooing and wooing aplenty if rumors of the new “Stargate Universe” are anything to go by. Stargate Universe was greenlit back in August, but now the powers that be are talking production of the series, which seems set to start...
By Angela Share

GenCon Oz – TV stars abound

You might not immediately think of TV when you think about geek conventions, but they do come with their own celebrity guest lists. Baltar and Apollo from Battlestar Galactica were set to appear at GenCon Australia, but cancelled last minute due to a scheduling clash. They’re been replaced with actors from Stargate: Atlantic and FireFly,...
By Angela Share