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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 GustavoLeao / 02:55, 7 February 2008 / General Star Trek
"Yesterday's Enterprise" co-writer Eric Stillwell sent to TrekWeb the following invitation to an event this weekend which celebrates the the 18th anniversary of this fan-favorite TNG episode. The event is a fundraiser for Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, which is a non-profit organization in Eugene, Oregon. All proceeds go to DIVA.
Board Member Eric Stillwell will offer two programs this weekend and the Media Arts Committee invites the DIVA Board to join us in recognizing Eric's work in the film and television industry.
Friday, February 8 - Star Trek Writer To Host Screening "Yesterday's Enterprise"
Time: 7:00pm
Fee: General: $5 Student/Member: $3
~~~ "Yesterday's Enterprise" Tells the story of the USS Enterprise that, while on a routine mission, discovers a bizarre rift in space, which reveals an Enterprise from the past. Both ships are now on an
alternate time line where the Federation is in the midst of a bloody war with the Klingons. Hosted by Star Trek co-story writer Eric A.Stillwell. Q&A to follow screening.
Saturday, February 9 - Workshop Writing for Science Fiction Television
Time: 9am - noon
Fee: General: $30. Student $15. Paid advanced registration advised
~~~ Eric A. Stillwell, Lolita Fatjo, and Mary Conley, all formerly with Star Trek: The Next Generation series, will present an informational workshop on writing for science fiction television and will take you behind the scenes of one of Hollywood's most successful and long-lasting franchises. The three guests will discuss the various steps in the process of selling a script idea, from inception to final
draft. Copy of Stillwell's book "Yesterday's Enterprise" included.
Host and Guests:
Eric A. Stillwell was a script coordinator on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Insurrection, co-wrote the TNG episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" and the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Prime Factors." He also co-wrote the story for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel "The 34th Rule" and played a Klingon "extra" in the feature film Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country. Eric was also an associate
producer on the USA Network series The Dead Zone and the ABC Family Channel series Wildfire, before returning to Eugene, his hometown, in 2005.
Lolita Fatjo was script coordinator on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, as well as the feature films Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact.
Lolita and Eric co-created the Star Trek Writers Workshop in the early 1990s and have presented it to writers and fans throughout the United
States and around the world. Lolita will be visiting from her home in Santa Clara, California.
Mary Conley was a writer for the Paramount Studios comedy series Ferris Bueller, and occasionally worked with Eric and Lolita at Star Trek: The Next Generation. Mary currently lives in Eugene and works
for the Ulum Group.
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