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Nov 06 | J.J. Abrams is in talks to direct the opening episode of "Undercovers," his Warner Bros. secret agent pilot at NBC. Schedule permitting, Abrams, who also serves as executive producer and co-writer for the pilot, will make "Undercovers" the first TV pilot he has directed since 2004's "Lost" two-part opener, which is considered one of the best-directed pilots of all time and helped launch Abrams' career into helming such theatrical films as "Mission: Impossible 3" and "Star Trek." The NBC pilot has been described as a mix between "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and "The Bourne Identity." The original report is at the Hollywood Reporter.
Nov 05 | The upcoming MMORPG Star Trek Online has been given a release date. The game will be launched on February 2 in North America, and February 5 in Europe
Nov 02 | Journalist Edward Gross posted in his SciFi TV Zone.com website an animation that takes place on the bridge of the Enterprise, and it's where you can hear his... lord help us... impersonation of William Shatner. The url for the video is this.
Oct 27 | Leonard Nimoy narrates a new documentary about a historic synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The film profiles Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Pa., the only synagogue designed by the renowned architect. The building, a National Historic Landmark, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. A screening of the film will be shown at the dedication of the synagogue's newly designed visitors center on Nov. 15. Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker magazine, will be on hand
Oct 27 | Leonard Nimoy is celebrating Halloween by taking pictures of the most crazily outfitted attendee at the Santa Monica Museum of Art's Halla Gala. Nimoy, who has practiced fine art photography since the age of 14, is offering a private portrait session at the Viceroy Santa Monica hotel to whomever wins the gala's Secret Self costume contest.
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By GustavoLeao / 20:13, 7 April 2005 / People
According to DailyRecord, STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION star Patrick Stewart has agreed to star in a British TV drama for the first time in 20 years.
The 64-year-old actor, who is currently starring in A LIFE IN THE THEATRE on the London stage, will take the leading role in the $8.6 million ITV network four-part sci-fi thriller ELEVENTH HOUR, in which he will play 'Professor Alan Hood', an emeritus physics professor who specialises in averting potential disasters.In each episode, he is called on by the Government to help avert a human disaster caused by a new scientific development.
'When I finally got the call to say that he'd signed, it was a real Champagne moment for me" said ELEVENTH HOUR creator and producer Stephen Gallagher, who has penned two DOCTOR WHO episodes "'I'd always had an older hero in mind when I was writing it."
Gallagher created the character for a novella that he wrote for Ellen Datlow's supernatural anthology THE DARK, although he says that the TV show stays firmly this side of the speculative line and doesn't stray into pure sci-fi or horror.
"Professor Hood is a bit like your dad - someone who can step in and sort things out. Patrick had been very complimentary about the material, so I knew that emotionally he was on board."
"X-MEN 3 had their dates to meet and we had ours. Both of us wanted him."
The series starts filming in Manchester next month.ELEVENTH HOUR will be produced by Stephen Smallwood (THE VICE), Jenny Frayn (PRIME SUSPECT) will be the script editor and the first two shows will be directed by Terry McDonough (WIRE IN THE BLOOD).
The original report can be found here.
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