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Farscape Miniseries – confirmed
by Doc on Apr.05, 2004, under Television
Anonymous writes: I found this tidbit at the Save Farscape site.
Farscape will be returning as a 4-hour mini-series. The mini-series is in production now, back in Sydney, Australia. Claudia Black, Ben Browder, Gigi Edgley, Anthony Simcoe, and Raelee Hill are all reported to be signed up. The mini-series was written by series creator Rockne S. O’Bannon and executive producer David Kemper, and is being directed by Brian Henson. Filming began December 15th, 2003 and is expected to run until mid-March 2004. Update 4/5: SCI FI has confirmed the miniseries, and it is to be called Farscape: Peacekeeper War
Hatch expected to guest on Galactica
by Doc on Apr.04, 2004, under Television
In contrast to previous statements, Richard Hatch (Apollo on the original) has confirmed he is in final negotiations to appear on a guest spot of the new Battlestar Galactica (also confirmed by Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore). The character will be a prisonor on a prison ship in a kind of Nelson Mandela role, and may be a recurring character. Hatch had previously stated that he was not interested in cameos have having mounted his own 5 year revival campaign.
Enterprise renewal? Century City cancelled, more
by Doc on Apr.01, 2004, under General News
Some tidbits to tide you over – expect no updates until at least Sunday afternoon: Enterprise may get a limited renewal of 12 episodes, with an option for 24; futuristic legal drama Century City has been cancelled due to bad ratings – no surprise since it was up against American Idol, which gets more people to call in and vote than watched City; the direct-to-video sequel to Starship Troopers, Starship Troopers: Hero of the Federation, will be released on June 1st; and you can now pre-order the theatrical release of The Return of the King and the whole trilogy from our store.
Collectormania 5 – Sci-Fi stars to meet UK fans!
by Doc on Apr.01, 2004, under Conventions
Showmasters writes ” This May Day bank holiday Showmasters will once again be holding their highly popular media show COLLECTORMANIA 5. And to make the show go with a bang they will be joined by some famous heroes and villains from the biggest blockbuster movies and cult tv shows from around the world, including Star Wars, Stargate SG-1 and Lord of the Rings.” Read More for the huge list of guests.
Lord of the Rings to get remade?
by Doc on Apr.01, 2004, under Movies
The Phantom Poster writes: “Could the Lord of he Rings get remade already? Rumors have David Lynch (Twin Peaks) wanting a shot at it. “If they can remake my Dune epic, why can’t I remake someone else’s? And Jackson is even doing the 534th version of King Kong.” And since no one in Hollyweird can come up with new ideas – remaking movies over and over, adapting comic books, sequel after sequel – why not just remake the same blockbuster movie every year?” Hmmm…The Rock as Aragorn, Paul Williams as a Hobbit (no camera tricks needed!)…what would be your fantasy fun casting?
Catch Hellboy interviews and clips at iFilm
by Doc on Mar.30, 2004, under Movies
iFilm is currently offering interviews and clips for Hellboy, starring the forever-in-prosthetics Ron Perlman, which opens Friday (4/2).
Many props, costumes, etc. up for auction
by Doc on Mar.29, 2004, under General News
Profiles in History, who has run a few of these auctions before, is running another auction of Hollywood memorabilia at eBay Live. Plenty of genre stuff, including Star Wars, Star Trek, and others, and even a few rare items from the original Lost in Space and Space: 1999!
Mars Volta ‘Televators’ Video Links
by Doc on Mar.25, 2004, under Audio
john majer writes “The Mars Volta have released their new video for the song ‘Televators’. The song is fom the groups first release entitled De-Loused In The Comatorium. It is a concept album in which the hero tries to commit suicide by overdosing on morphine. Instead of dying, he falls into a coma for a week, and experiences fantastic adventures in his dreams, elemental battles between the good and bad aspects of his conscience. At the end, he emerges from the coma, but chooses to die. Check out the video and post what you think. Windows Media
RealPlayer“ Not our normal fare, but news hasn’t been earth-shattering lately anyways…
Dune and Children of Dune Miniseries Marathon and chat
by Doc on Mar.24, 2004, under Television
BaronMoritani writes “Sunday April 11
Landsraad Chat Event
Watch Dune and Children of Dune Marathon on Scifi …
…and Chat On The Landsraad Dune Website as You View.
More details here:
http://groups.msn.com/TheLandsraad/_whatsnew.msnw
Membership is needed and you never know who may show up, as we’ve had several members of the F/X crew who were kind enough to visit past chat events.
We’ll see …
BaronMoritani
Landsraad Manager”
Christopher Eccleston named ninth Doctor Who
by Doc on Mar.21, 2004, under Television
Christopher Eccleston, who has previously starred in The Others and 28 Days Later, has been named as the Doctor for the upcoming 13-part BBC revival of Doctor Who.