Sci-Fi Storm

Some random news items today: Andrew Koenig, actor/producer/many other things (best known as “Boner” on Growing Pains) and son of Star Trek‘s Walter Koenig, has been missing since February 14th. See Walter’s official site for information and a contact if you know anything; Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff has a role in a new, unnamed ABC crime drama pilot; and Steven Moffat, who updated [sfs=743]Jekyll[/sfs] with a modern take and is now in charge of Doctor Who, is also modernizing Sherlock Holmes for the BBC and PBS;

“Evil” Wil Wheaton is set to make his return to Big Bang Theory, as an “arch enemy” to Jim Parson’s Sheldon. No details as to the plot of his return – Wil ain’t talking, but he told BBT exec Bill Prady, “You could have me do nothing more than eat Chapstick the entire episode,” and now says, “it’s a lot more awesome than just eating Chapstick.” Bazinga!

The official Star Trek Magazine has a sensational prize up for grabs for one lucky winner – two gold tickets to the official Star Trek convention on August 5-8 in Las Vegas.

The soon to be sold out gold tickets entitles holders to a host of sensational perks, including complimentary in-person autographs with guests and exclusive access to the Saturday night gala party.

Guests at the official Star Trek convention include: WILLIAM SHATNER (Captain James T. Kirk), JERI RYAN (Seven of Nine), JONATHAN FRAKES (William T. Riker), CONNOR TRINNEER (Charles “Trip” Tucker), NANA VISITOR (Major Kira), RENE AUBERJONOIS (Odo/ Curzon Dax/ Douglas Pabst), ARMIN SHIMERMAN (Quark/ Audrid Dax/ Herbert Rossoff), with many more to be added…

To enter, visit:
http://competitions.titanmagazines.com/startrek-convention/

SyFy might be aiming squarely at the B-movie market, if there is one. Not only have they given a green light to the half-shark, half-octopus monstrosity of Sharktopus! (which at least will be directed by king of B-movies, Roger Corman), but apparently SyFy and Corman are doubling up with Dinoshark, which comes out March 13th – even though they just announced it.

ABC.com, which already offers all the episodes of Lost, but now Season 6 episodes will include full guest commentary, starting with Daniel Roebuck (Leslie Arzt). Read on for the details.
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The press release just in:

Calling all comic book loving Torchwood fans, aliens have landed…

Pontyvale Golf Club’s post-Christmas reopening hasn’t gone well thanks to some grisly killings… The site has been closed off, and Torchwood’s Captain Jack, Gwen and Ianto investigate. But they soon come face to face with the cause of the killings – and it’s not pretty!
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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.

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…