Sci-Fi Storm

Some more tidbits: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane said that they will not do another Star Wars spoof after the upcoming Return Of The Jedi spoof (of which a preview was shown). “This last one almost killed us,”, MacFarlane said, saying that doing them was “too expensive”. However, Indy might get the treatment in the future…

A little more news coming out of Comic-Con: Caprica will return in January for the second half of its freshman season (is it really still the same season if it airs a year after the first half?) and Ronald D. Moore is confident that with the plot picking up we will see a second season; and in Stargate Universe‘s second season, we can expect to see Dr. Rush (Robert Carlyle) return to his self-deterministic ways when he discovered the bridge of the Destiny; Eli get a new love interest and also visit his grandmother (in Carlyle’s directorial debut), and the discovery of a larger overall mission for the residents of the Destiny. Also interesting was a discussion about the unique shooting style, with multiple hidden cameras on set.

I had intended to be there first hand this year, but too many things got in the way and then it was too late…but I’m a bit surprised at the lack of earth-shattering news coming out from it this year. Is anyone there getting anything good? Or is it relatively dull this year? At least they finally showed some new footage from Tron Legacy…

It’s time for one of the best weekends of the year: Comic-Con! MakingOf will be streaming live exclusive interviews and breaking news from the San Diego Convention Center. Tune in tomorrow to our Ustream page to check out the live feed.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/makingof-live-comic-con-2010

In the mean time, we have a new blog post to give viewers a taste of what to expect at Comic-Con 2010.

http://blog.makingof.com/2010/07/comic-con-2010-is-almost-here/

Hope you get your fill of Comic-Con this weekend!

THR’s LiveFeed has a complete schedule of TV related panels scheduled so far for Comic-Con – some interesting highlights – a A Leap Of Faith, Battlestar Galactica panel hosted by Richard Hatch; A Quantum Leap Retrospective; a panel about Hawaii Five-0 featuring various genre actors and crew; and the The Joss Whedon Experience.

It seems that David Prowse may have stepped on George Lucas’ toes, and Lucas ain’t happy. It isn’t clear exactly what precipitated this, but the British actor who portrayed the figure of Darth Vader in the original films says on his official web site that he is not only not invited to appear at Celebration V in Orlando, but also isn’t welcome at future Lucasfilm-involved functions. Prowse has been known to have disputes with Lucas in the past, often stating that he assumed he would be providing the voice of Vader in addition to the form, and also about a leak regarding the character’s death and thus did not appear as Anakin in Return Of The Jedi, but there has been no official reason given other than Prowse having “‘burnt too many bridges.” I saw him last year, and he seemed reasonable personable, although I know others have different opinions.

Comic-Con has become such a media event these days, with producers making major use of it for publicity for their TV shows. But now it seems that show outside the typical comic/SF/Fantasy genres are looking for some exposure time as well. But these shows do have some ties CBS’s upcoming Hawaii Five-0 features Lost‘s Daniel Dae Kim, Battlestar Galactica‘s Grace Park, and Buffy/Angel alum James Marsters; Castle of course has Nathan Fillion of Firefly, and Sons Of Anarchy have Ron Perlman (Hellboy) and Katey Sagal (Futurama), so maybe its not so far-fetched.

I was just told by Martin Grams today that Roy Thinnes has indeed contracted to appear at this convention in September.

Also at this convention, of interest to SF fans, will be Mark Goddard from Lost in Space and Van Williams of The Green Hornet. Roy Thinnes starred as David Vincent in the Invaders, and as Roger Collins in the 1992 Dark Shadows remake.

Check out the details here: http://dailyspace.blogspot.com/2010/03/roy-thinnes-invaders-will-be-guest-at.html

The 2010 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention is taking place this year in Maryland from Sept 23-25. Mark Goddard from Lost in Space will be one of the many guests, and there will be lots of science fiction stuff on the menu.

To check out videos from previous conventions (a radio re-enactment of a sci fi ep, and Martin Grams Jr. giving a talk on the Twilight Zone) check out: http://dailyspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/theater-of-mind-old-time-radio-at-2010.html

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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