Watching Stargate

Beau Bridges, who played General Hank Landry on Stargate: SG1, and who will reprise his role in the two direct to DVD Stargate movies, is also set to appear in the upcoming TV series, Family Practice.

Family Practice, which also stars Joey Honsa of Prison Break (she played Holly), is currently in pre-production. Release is tentatively scheduled for some time in 2008.

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Shanks with Doig at 2002 Comicon

Michael Shanks, who played Stargate icon Dr. Daniel Jackson in Stargate: SG1 and Stargate: Atlantis is set to guest star on new scifi favorite, Eureka!

The episode featuring Shanks will air on Sept. 25 on the SciFi Channel. Shanks plays an artist named Christopher Dactylos who winds up as the chief suspect in a murder investigation. In a TV Guide interview, Shank’s noted that his character was fired by Global Dynamics due to a personality conflict with company head Nathan.

In an amusing twist, Shank’s wife, Lexa Doig will appear as a guest on Eureka in the week prior to Shank’s own appearance.

“This must be what going insane feels like…”

That was my roommate, Anne Marie’s only comment after watching this video.
I, however, couldn’t find any words at all. None. Zip. Stunned doesn’t begin to describe it. So just watch as David Hewlett… raps.

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Did you know that French Stewart, who gained fame as Harry Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun, played the original Lou Feretti in the 1994 Stargate movie. The character appeared again in the Stargate: SG-1 pilot Children of the Gods, played by Brent Stait.

After that the character faded away, never again mentioned in the show. However, Feretti is alive and well in the world of fanfic where is a relatively popular secondary character.

For those of you who may not recall much of Feretti from the movie, I have three words for you. “What a rush!”

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Don S. Davis, who played the beloved character of General Hammond has not been idle since leaving his full-time position on Stargate: SG-1. Nor has he left Stargate entirely behind him.

Davis has appeared as a guest star in episodes such as Prometheus Unbound. Amusingly, he has seen a lot more action as a guest star than he ever did as a regular. In Prometheus Unbound Hammond swipes one Dr. Daniel Jackson out from under the nose of a very perturbed General Jack O’Neill. Remember that’s with two L’s. Then Hammond commands an intergalactic ship, is captured by a thieving alien, stranded on a dead cargo ship, nearly asphyxiates and then fights off Goa’uld ships to save the life Jackson. It’s a pretty good episode for him all around.

For those who don’t know, Davis once played the double for character Pete Thornton on MacGyver. In fact, that how he met Richard Dean Anderson (Jack O’Neill on Stargate and MacGyver on MacGyver).

Davis has also appeared in such well know shows as Wiseguy, L.A. Law, 21 Jump Street, Knots Landing, Twin Peaks, Highlander and The Outer Limits. In fact, he’s been in so many shows and movies that I simply don’t have time to list them all.

Recently, Davis has appeared in shows such as Psych, in which he played a man who killed his own son, and The Dead Zone in which he played Senator Harlan Ellis.

So, keep a watch out for Davis in the following upcoming projects:
Beyond Loch Ness (2007)
Beneath (2007)
Ghost Prison (2007)
Far Cry (2008)

James Spader, who played the original Dr. Daniel Jackson in the 1994 movie Stargate, currently stars in the acclaimed television series Boston Legal.

Spader plays Alan Shore, an ethically challenged attorney who lights up the television screen with his snide, self-centered egotism. It’s a role that Spader originated in The Practice. It’s also a role that couldn’t be farther away artistically from the gentle, earnest and self-sacrificing character of Dr. Daniel Jackson. But then, Spader usually plays the unpleasant fellows. It is his portrayal of Jackson that was outside his usual forum.

Boston Legal seems to make a habit of collecting scifi greats for its cast. Spader co-stars with William Shatner who made science fiction a household name with his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk in Gene Roddenberry’s original Star Trek. Rene Auberjonois, who played Odo on Star Trek: DS9 also graces the show with his witty repartee.

For your local Boston Legal listing, check TVGuide.com.

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Michael Shanks, who played the fantastically popular character Dr. Daniel Jackson on Stargate: SG1, and who will be reprising his role in two upcoming Stargate movies, currently appears in MegaSnake.

In an interview which appeared in issue #358 of Starlog, Shanks described his character Les as a man who has become estranged from his snake-worshiping family. He gets dragged back in however when the wrong snake gets loose and causes havoc in small rural town. Shanks co-stars with actor John T. Woods.

The project first announced way back in 2004, MegaSnake disappeared off the radar for a couple years. Now in post production, MegaSnake’s release date is unclear. According to IMDb, MegaSnake is scheduled for release tomorrow, July 28, 2007. However, Woods’ site indicates that the movie will premiere on the SciFi Channel n August 25, 2007.

Morena Baccarin, who played Vala Mal Doran’s half Ori daughter in Season 10 of Stargate: SG1 stars in the new movie Sands of Oblivion with fellow Firefly cast member Adam Baldwin.

The movie, which features archeologists who run afoul of an ancient Egyptian curse and an angry god, will have its world premiere on the SciFi Channel on Saturday, July 28 at 9 EST and 8 CST. Depending on your television service, Sands of Oblivion may appear at a different time so check your local listings.

You can see a trailer for the movie here.