Sci-Fi Storm

Nothing Mars-shattering, but: Mike Myers has been confirmed to play The Cat in the Hat; 10 minutes of Episode II footage at ShoWest shows Yoda kickin’ butt; Natascha McElhone (The Truman Show) joins George Clooney on the Soderbergh/Cameron production of Solaris; and Edward Burns (15 Minutes) is in talks to star in the adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s A Sound of Thunder. Scoops thanks to Coming Attractions.

We knew about the dueling Time Tunnel series and the rumor of the NBC pilot for Lost in Space. Now Variety is reporting that an agreement has been reached between 20th Century Fox Television and producers Kevin Burns and Jon Jashni – who administer Synthesis Entertainment, in charge of the rights to Irwin Allen’s properties – to resurrect those as well as Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Land of the Giants.

SCI FI Channel has confirmed that Michael Shanks, who is departing Stargate SG-1 ad the end of the current season, will make at least one appearance in an episode of the 6th Season, entitled “Abyss”. The 5th Season is currently running on Showtime, and then it will move to the SCI FI Channel in June.

In a break with tradition, the trailer for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones will not appear in theaters first – instead, it will debut on the Fox network between Malcolm in the Middle and The X-Files on March 10th. It will then be attached to Fox’s CGI movie Ice Age starting on March 15th.

The Beeb hasn’t even said they are doing this, but British newspaper The Guardian is reporting that brit comedian Ken Dodd (Alice in Wonderland) is the latest rumor to play the Doctor in a BBC-produced film. Neither the BBC or the actor have confirmed this.

Update:: Gallifrey One is stating plainly that this rumor is false. It was, after all, just a rumor .