Scottish actor Robert Carlyle will be joined by Justin Louis, David Blue, Brian J. Smith and Jamil Walker Smith in SCI FI Channel’s new Stargate spinoff, Stargate Universe. David Blue (Moonlight, Ugly Betty) will play Eli Wallace, the show’s resident genius and slacker. Brian J. Smith (Hate Crime) will be checking in as the young [...]
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Stargate Universe recruits new cast
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Farrelly brothers take on The Three Stooges
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures is moving forward on a modern incarnation of The Three Stooges, currently known as UNTITLED THREE STOOGES PROJECT, with Bobby and Peter Farrelly attached to direct from their screenplay. The announcement was made today by Mary Parent, Chairman, Worldwide Motion Picture Group. “The Three Stooges are a timeless staple of comedy and when [...]
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New Stargate series announced for summer 2009
SCI FI Channel and MGM Television Entertainment have reached an agreement to extend MGM’s Stargate brand with a new series for the Channel. Production on the first season of Stargate Universe, a weekly series based on the popular Stargate franchise, will begin in early 2009, with the show targeted to premiere that Summer. Brad Wright [...]
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SCI FI greenlights Stargate Atlantis television movie
Building upon the successful Stargate franchise, SCI FI Channel today announced it has greenlit a two-hour movie based on the hit science fiction adventure series Stargate Atlantis. SCI FI will have the exclusive worldwide television premiere of the yet to be titled Stargate Atlantis film, which will then be released on DVD by MGM. The [...]
MGM to reinvent Valley Girl as a musical
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures is putting into development a musical remake of MGM’s classic 1983 comedy VALLEY GIRL as a feature film based on an idea by Idealogy, Inc.’s Sean Bailey and Matt Smith. The announcement was made today by Mary Parent, Chairman, Worldwide Motion Picture Group. Utilizing the classic Romeo and Juliet story of the original [...]
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MGM picks up Whedon and Goddard’s Cabin in the Woods
MGM has greenlit a spec script from Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard called “The Cabin in the Woods,“ the Hollywood Reporter writes. The film will be the directorial debut for Goddard, who had previously teamed up with Whedon on cult series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel and also written episodes for two [...]
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