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Nov 23 | Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.
Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.
Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."
Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.
Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter
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By TRexx / 12:15, 30 April 2006 / Todays Tribblets
In a film interview with Ireland's The Event Guide, JJ Abrams affirms he'll likely occupy the director's chair for Star Trek XI: "I'll be producing and most probably directing the 11th feature film outing, which won't be out until about 2008 though."
Birthday bows in May to Marc Alaimo (Dukat) and John Rhys-Davies (da Vinci) on the 5th, Salome Jens (female Founder) on the 8th, John Billingsley (Phlox) on the 20th, Joan Collins (Keeler) on the 23rd, TOS penman Harlan Ellison on the 27th, and Colm Meaney (O'Brien) on the 30th. (1 comments)
Yesterday:
Hugh Jackman stopped by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday and brought along the first clip from X-Men The Last Stand. The clip gives you a first look at a Sentinel in the film. To view the clip, go here.
Earlier:
"Does anyone really even care about Star Trek anymore?" TV Guide's Matt Roush answers Lost fan concern about JJ Abrams' time and talent going to Kirk and Spock. (Apr 28, 3 comments)
Kate Mulgrew will be appearing in an episode of Law & Order: SVU.
The episode is titled "Web" and it will air on May 9th, 2006 at 10PM (ET) on NBC. (Apr 28)
Sci Fi Wire posted a new interview with X-Men The Last Stand director Brett Ratner, in which he said that the third installment in the hit comic franchise is loaded with both huge set pieces and quieter, more reflective character moments. (Apr 28)
Connor Trinneer is the the main guest star of NCIS episode "Jeopardy" due to air on 2 May 2006. The episode also guest stars Tim Russ. (Apr 27)
Actor Joel Gretsch talks his emotional committment in the upcoming third season of Ira Steven Behr (DS9)'s The 4400 with Sci-Fi Wire.
(Apr 27)
TV Squad has posted an audio interview with George Takei in which he tells anecdotes about the once-discarded TOS bridge chair, and about the 1970s origin of the New Voyages "World Enough and Time" script which reprises Sulu. (Apr 27)
Bethesda launched the official Star Trek Games website today which for the time being covers Star Trek Legacy and Tactical Assault. Go here. (Apr 26)
Now Playing Magazine posted a months old interview with Star Trek XI producer J.J. Abrams, in which he talks about his desire as a fan to be involved with the Trek franchise. "I will happily get involved in any new incarnations of anything that Leonard Nimoy was involved in. And that's all I'll say about that." he said. (Apr 26)
Hollywood Reporter posted an article about the upcoming X-Men The Last Stand, in which they talk to producer Lauren Shuler Donner about the franchise's success so far, and particularly, the possibility of future films. "I hope there's a fourth and an eighth and a tenth. I mean, look, there's 40 years of 'X-Men' comics, so why not? There's a huge world."
(Apr 26)
Project AmyNiles report that casting is underway for a new Tim Russ short film to be shot in July. The cast will include Orion slave girls Crystal Allen and Menina Fortunato. (Apr 26)
Game Reactor has posted more screen shots and a features list from Star Trek: Legacy for the Xbox and PC, due to be released in September (story). (Apr 26)
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