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Michelle Ryan, Lee Evans signed for Doctor Who special
by Doc on Jan.24, 2009, under Television
Michelle Ryan, who recently starred in the short-lived NBC Bionic Woman reboot as well as Jekyll and EastEnders, and British comedian/actor Lee Evans (There’s Something About Mary) have joined for the first of four Doctor Who special episodes airing this year, titled “Planet of the Dead”. Eyan will play Lady Christina de Souza who encounters the Doctor on a bus trip. Also returning is Noma Dumezweni, who plays UNIT Captain Erisa Magambo, who appeared in the episode “Turn Left”.
Steve Vertlieb Remembers Forry Ackerman
by Doc on Jan.22, 2009, under General News
The Thunder Child writes “Steve Vertlieb, who contributes regular essays to The Thunder Child in our Vertlieb’s Views section (bios of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, appreciations of Bernard Herrmann, “How I Met the Blob” and so on) knew Forry Ackerman for over 40 years. He has penned a rememberance called The Most “Famous Monster” of Them All. Check it out at: http://thethund.ipower.com/Movies/VertliebViews/ForryAckermanTribute.html (Forrest J. Ackerman was the editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, and the only non-Ray of the three-Rays – friends with Ray Bradbury and Ray Harryhausen since teenage-hood.)”
Get a discount on Galactica merchandise
by Doc on Jan.21, 2009, under Gear
If you think you’d like some BSG merch, and wanted to save a few cubits, I’ve got a code for you. If you go to the SCIFI.com Battlestar Galactica store, select some items, and check out with the coupon code “BSGFAN”, you’ll get 10% off BSG items (excludes the life-size Cylon Centurion and whatever “QMx” items are…) This coupon code is good through April 15th, 2009.
Emmerich sets Foundation; 2012 delayed
by Doc on Jan.20, 2009, under Movies
Roland Emmerich (Stargate, Independence Day) and Sony/Columbia have won the bidding war to finally bring Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy, with Emmerich and his partner Michael Wimer producing. Emmerich also has a remake of Fantastic Voyage (for which Asimov wrote the novelization based on the original screenplay) on his plate (although perhaps consigned to development hell), and 2012, about the apocalypse predicted by the Mayan calendar, coming out this year, although its release has been delayed until November 13th.
Big screen Babylon 5 back on the table?
by Doc on Jan.20, 2009, under Movies
Could a big-screen, big-budget Babylon 5 feature be in the works? Well, not yet, but according to JMS Warner Bros is warming up to the idea – now that JMS is a big screen writer. The first item for discussion from WB is apparently, “…how big a movie would it have to be for you to come back and make a B5 movie for us??
Bob May, Robot B9 from Lost In Space, passed away
by Doc on Jan.18, 2009, under Television
Another bad week for the genre…veteran actor/stuntman Bob May, who donned the metal suit of Robot B9 (primarily know as just “Robot” for most of the series), passed away earlier today from congestive heart failure at the age of 69.
Interview With Terry Farrell
by Doc on Jan.17, 2009, under Interviews
The Thunder Child writes “A couple of weeks ago I shared the fact that Terry Farrell was returning to the acting stage in a play in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with her husband Brian Baker. Terry graciously consented to an interview with The Thunder Child, which you can read here: http://thethunderchild.com/Theatre/FarrellLoveLetters.html
Note: It’s about her life now, with only a couple of questions about DS9, but it’s a fun read. And if you go see the play, make sure you tell her you read about it in The Thunder Child!”
Chase Masterson Attends Phoenix Comicon
by Doc on Jan.17, 2009, under Conventions
Kate Davids writes “Chase Masterson Attends Phoenix Comicon
Mesa –
As the convention date draws near, the Phoenix Comicon has added yet another guest: Chase Masterson. Along with the lady herself, her most recent film will be showing during the convention.
‘Chase has worked in everything from film noir to sci-fi to dramas like ‘ER’,’ says Matt Solberg, Convention Director, ‘She’s loved by fans, and we love having her with us.’ Read More for more details.
Scott Bakula and Chevy Chase to appear on “Chuck”
by Doc on Jan.17, 2009, under Television
PumpHunter writes “Former Quantum Leaper and Enterprise captain Scott Bakula has been cast on the NBCs comedy Chuck, as Chucks father. Chuck finds him bitter and paranoid living in a trailer, beliving that Chevy Chases character has gotten rich by stealing his ideas.”
Jericho movie in early stages
by Doc on Jan.16, 2009, under Movies
Jon Turteltaub, the executive producer of Jericho, while discussing about episodes of the series re-airing on The CW, mentioned that a theatrical feature is in development. As for the budget? ?Anything would be a huge budget compared to what we were dealing with,? he adds. ?If we had $40 million dollars to make a movie with, that?s 20 times more than we did before.?