Sci-Fi Storm

The BBC series Survivors, which ran from 1975-1977, is getting the remake treatment to air on BBC One this fall, with it possibly appearing on BBC America at a later time. The original show was based on a novel by Terry Nation (best known as the creator of the Daleks, along with Blake’s 7), and dealt with a post-apocalyptic world after a virus decimates the world population. Among the cast will be Freema Agyeman, who most recently did stints as Martha Jones on both Doctor Who and Torchwood.

Want to see SF classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial? Mark Cuban wants to bring them to you on his HDNet network. It also appears he wants to provide some original “character-driven, well-acted movies” in the SF&F and horror genres.

It may still be a couple months before the new season of Heroes hits the airwaves, along with its subtitle of “Villains”, but we don’t have to wait quite so long for some new content – NBC will begin showing a three-webisode arc called Heroes: Going Postal online, and you can view a trailer. The webisodes follow Echo De Mille, a mailman with (what else?) an extraordinary ability. The first episode, “A Nifty Trick”, will debut on July 14th, with the other two following on subsequent Mondays.

The movie The X-Files: I Want to Believe hits theaters later this month on July 25th. To help closet X-Philes understand what is going on, producer/writers Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz came up with a list of 8 episodes to act as a refresher for those who in the intervening years since the series may have forgotten some points, and those episodes along with a few extras will be release next Tuesday as The X-Files: Revelations. Read More to find out what is inside.

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The Thunder Child writes “There are 156 episodes in the original TV series, The Twilight Zone, and every July 4th, the SciFi Channel typically airs a marathon of this classic show.

But, they don’t air the shows in chronological order. So…do you know if you’ve seen all of The Twilight Zone episodes?

Be sure, with our Twilight Zone Checklist. Download it for free at the webpage below. It’s a free, 9-page PDF file. Consists of the episode’s title, its original airdate, the two major stars, and a column for you to check whether or not you’ve seen it.

http://volcanoseven.com/TheThunderChild/Downloads/ TwilightZonesEpisodes.html“ Well, maybe a little late…

This coming Tuesday (July 8th) Stargate Atlantis: Season 4 comes out on DVD, right before the premiere of Season 5 next Friday. I’ve got my hands on a copy…Read More for a review of the latest in the Stargate franchise.

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Just a couple of Stargate Atlantis tidbits: This is somewhat old news, but exec producer Joseph Mallozzi confirmed that Torri Higginson (Dr. Elizabeth Weir) will not return in Season 5, and it sounds like it may not happen in the future either. In addition, Robert Picardo (Richard Woolsey) took part in a conference call (I was invited but the time was a conflict) to discuss becoming a regular cast member this season, where he said that it was a “bold thing” by the producers to pick a character “who doesn’t seem to be necessarily the first choice for a leader.” And a further side note: Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton, in which Picardo appeared, is closing September 1st. He said, “…it breaks my heart a little bit to no longer be my own theme park ride.” There is hope it may live on somewhere else in some form though.

Kate Zuparko writes “The 2008 finalists in the Atom Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge are up and ready for voting!

So head on over to http://www.atom.com/spotlights/starwars/challenge/ by JULY 10 to vote for your favorite Star Wars fan film. There’s not much time, so check out these awesome fan films now!”

Actor Don S. Davis, best known for his role as Major General George Hammond in command of the SGC on Stargate SG-1, as well as numerous appearances in other genre and mainstream shows and movies (he was the Racine coach in A League Of Their Own), passed away Sunday from a massive heart attack at the age of 65.