Sci-Fi Storm

Despite the fact that Sheldon doesn’t like Babylon 5, Big Bang Theory is one of the funniest programs on television – even if you don’t understand what they are saying. If you DO understand what they are saying, it’s even funnier. And its popularity with the “mainstream” audience is showing, as it hit a preliminary 6.0 rating and had 16.3 million viewers last night, for its highest ever – and an increasingly rare feat among scripted shows in general.

It may seem a strange place to find SF news, but the auditions and casting of the upcoming Hawaii Five-O has several tie-ins. The remake of the classic cop drama from the two-man team of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Fringe, Star Trek), has cast Lost‘s Daniel Dae Kim in the role of Detective Chin Ho Kelly. And Stargate SG-1‘s Michael Shanks has auditioned for the famous role of “Danno” on the show as well, while he was also talking about his upcoming guest role on Smallville: Absolute Justice as Hawkman, and why he thinks there won’t be another Stargate SG-1 movie. But Dr. Jackson fans fret not – the character will appear again in a couple of Stargate Universe episodes.

Co-creator David Goyer is stepping down as showrunner of FlashForward to concentrate on feature films and directing. He will remain involved in the show, however. No successor has been named yet, even though the series is in mid-production.

The documentary film “THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS” will premiere at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival as part of the Spotlight Premiere section. SXSW takes place in Austin, Texas from March 12th-21st, 2010. See the full press release below, and check out the official web site as well as “PvG” on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

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Still wondering what is going on in Lost? Did they both crash and not crash? Feel like more questions are getting asked than answered, and worried you’ll be left going, “Huh?” at the end? Well, I suppose that could still happen, but creators Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse at least plan to leave no questions unanswered. Whether we will understand the answers is another matter…

As expected, Warner Brothers has confirmed that there will be 3D releases of a number of its upcoming titles, including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Clash Of The Titans.

Just got the following press release:

Updated: Just added: John Scalzi, creative consultant on Stargate Universe and science fiction author, who won the 2005 Hugo Award for [asin=0765348276]Old Man’s War[/asin].

JAMES MARSTERS TO ATTEND PHOENIX COMICON

“Buffy” alum joins other talented guests at Phoenix in May

Phoenix, Ariz.—James Marsters, breakout star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and television actor on series such as Smallville and Torchwood will be appearing at Phoenix Comicon.

“James Marsters played some of the greatest characters on scifi television,” said Matt Solberg, Convention Director. “He was Spike on Buffy, Braniac on Smallville, and he voiced Lex Luthor in Superman: Doomsday. We are absolutely thrilled that he’ll be coming to Phoenix.”

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After giving some contemporary twists to the Oz (Tin Man) and Alice (Alice) stories, SyFy has its sights on 5 more tales to get the treatment, starting with Beauty And The Beast (February 27th), and including the stories of “Hansel & Gretel” and “Little Red Riding Hood”.

Doctor Who: The Complete Specials comes out on [sfs=991]Blu-ray[/sfs] and [sfs=992]DVD[/sfs] this Tuesday (along with the individual specials “The Waters Of Mars” – [sfs=987]Blu-ray[/sfs]/[sfs=988]DVD[/sfs] and “The End Of Time” – [sfs=989]Blu-ray[/sfs]/[sfs=990]DVD[/sfs] – the others were previously released and can be found in the Doctor Who section of our store). We’ve already seen the DVD release, so catch a review both of the specials and the DVDs. WARNING – it would be impossible to talk about the features and stories without possibly spoiling some of the surprises, so do not read what’s below if you haven’t seen them, haven’t read anything, and still hope to be surprised. Know only that you want these DVDs.

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As a follow up to a previous story on David Tennant’s legal comedy pilot for NBC, Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, the show has been shelved for now. There was hope that it would be among the Jay Leno Show slot winners, but the sets have been dismantled and placed in “fold-and-hold” status. There is still hope it could find a slot in the Fall.