Sci-Fi Storm

Michael Ausiello over at TV Guide Online is saying that Bruce Boxleitner (John Sheridan, Babylon 5) will have a recurring role on Heroes. The type of role is top secret, but it was originally modeled after Senator John McCain.

Esai Morales (Jericho) has joined the cast of the upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel pilot Caprica. He will play Joseph Adama, the father of William Adama. Previously, Paula Malcomson (Deadwood) was announced as “Amanda”, a surgeon/double agent.

In my recent Retro Review on the final series of Blake’s 7, I wondered if the time was right for them to remake the show like has been done with other shows. Apparently I’m not the only one, as Sky One has greenlit development of a pair of scripts with an eye towards a revival. The article isn’t specific about whether it is a remake or a follow-on – Paul Darrow (Kerr Avon) had promoted for a time the idea of a sequel set 25 years after the end of the series, but is no longer involved in the project.

TV Guide Online is reporting from anonymous sources that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been renewed. It was generally expected that it would be – they just seemed to have taken their time. Update: This looks like it’s more official, with an order for 13 episodes.

Well, it took over a month, but one of the supposed launch titles, Babylon 5, is finally available on Hulu.com. Included right now are all of the first season episodes, plus if I remember correctly (I’m too lazy to drag out the DVD) is the original version of “The Gathering”, not the Special Edition version.

Unlike most TV pilots that never resulted in a full series production, this Gerry Anderson production did at least wind up on TV – and at least in the U.S. it did so several times, and for some reason memory of this show stuck in my mind. I even had to ask you what it was, with the memory having been corrupted over 30 years. I recently had the opportunity to watch this again – Read More about it, and you can get even more details about this and other Gerry Anderson productions (and DVDs) at the Fanderson web site.

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Stargate: Continuum, the second direct-to-DVD Stargate SG-1 movie, will be released on July 29th on DVD. A Blu-Ray release is also planned, but I do not know at this time if its the same day. Three weeks before that, Stargate Atlantis sees its Fourth Season released on July 8th.

Hope this isn’t too late for anyone – was quite busy lately. Doctor Who starts up again in the U.S. on the SCI FI Channel at 8:30pm ET tonight with “Voyage of the Damned”, the Christmas special episode.

The upcoming miniseries remake of The Andromeda Strain, which won’t air for another month on TV, is following suit with some other recent issues and set a release date for the DVD already: June 3rd, 2008. The miniseries stars Benjamin Bratt as Dr. Jeremy Stone, and is executive produced by Ridley and Tony Scott. Read More for the complete press release, and check out the official site.

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ABC confirmed a rumor that they have ordered another hour of Lost, making a total of 14 hours for the strike-shortened season. Lost will return April 24th in a new timeslot of Thursdays at 10pm. The original finale was scheduled for May 22nd, but that will be pre-empted by a two-hour Grey’s Anatomy, how it and the additional hour will be scheduled is yet to be seen.