TV Update
Atlantis season 5 in the UK
Stargate Atlantis season 5 will premiere on Tuesday, August 19 at 8 PM with Search and Rescue - part 2. Check out the UK's television listings for more info.
Stargate: Continuum television premiere
Sky One (HD) will air Stargate Continuum on Tuesday, August 12 at 8 PM. The movie will rerun on Friday, August 15 at 9 PM. The UK release date for the DVD/Blu-ray is on Monday, August 18. More release dates here.
Atlantis season 5 premiere
Stargate Atlantis season 5 world premieres on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 10 PM with Search and Rescue - part 2 on SciFi (US): "After a brief conflict with Michael, Colonel Carter attempts to lead a rescue mission to save several trapped Atlantis team members."
The episode airs in Canada on Monday, July 14, 2008 at 8 PM on TMN.
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Meredith Rodney McKay

Doctor Rodney McKay is a brilliant scientist and was Area 51's top specialist on the stargate. When Teal'c became trapped in the stargate, Rodney was assigned to help. But, Rodney believed (incorrectly) that Teal'c was essentially already lost. This did not endear him with SG-1. After the incident, Rodney was...

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Stargate News
Don S. Davis passed away
Don S. Davis has passed away, on June 29, 2008, of a heart attack.
Don was to Stargate fans as Major General George Hammond, a role which he played since the Stargate SG-1 pilot Children of the Gods. He continued playing as a series regular untill season 7. Since then he made several guest appearances on SG-1 as well as Stargate Atlantis. He will also make an appearance in the forthcoming Stargate: Continuum movie.
Our condolences go to Don's wife Ruby, his familiy, friends and (Stargate) collegues.
His family requested that any donations in Don's memory may be made to the American Heart Association.
Source: GateWorld.net
Atlantis season 5 cast
NBC Universal has announced the Stargate Atlantis cast changes in a press release today.
The biggest changes:
- Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), McKay (David Hewlett), Teyla (Rachel Luttrell), Ronan (Jason Momoa), and Keller (Jewel Staite) return. It's not yet clear if Keller will be a regular or recurring character.
- Richard Woolsey (Robert Picardo) will join the cast for season 5 and take command of the Atlantis base.
- Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) will no longer be a regular but she will appear in a few episodes.
- Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) will make more than one guest appearance.
- And Carson Becket (Paul McGillion) will return for five episodes.
*** Update Februari, 10, 2008 ***
Jewel Staite (as Jennifer Keller) will be a main cast member in season 5.
Source: NBC Universal Media Village
Stargate Atlantis gets Season 5
The Sci Fi Channel has ordered 20 episodes for fifth season of Stargate Atlantis.
"Atlantis truly came out from under the shadow of its sister series this year and proved that it's a hit in its own right," said Sci Fi's Mark Stern, exec veep of original programming.
This is, of course, great knews for all those involved with the production of Stargate Atlantis, not to mention the fans. So congratulations to all!
Source: Variety.com
The Ark of Truth trailer and Continuum featurette
The official Stargate website has posted the first trailer for Stargate: The Ark of Truth. You can check out here!
There is also a 4 minutes 24 seconds exclusive Stargate: Continuum featurette available. Click here to watch!
Source: The official Stargate website
Preview to Atlantis season 4
The official Stargate website has posted a video with executive producers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie discussing Stargate Atlantis season 4, which premieres this fall on SciFi.
The video shows short pieces of season 4 episodes. Like Jill Wagner, who plays the character Larrin (the leader of a nomad group called Travelers), kissing John Sheppard. Jewel Staite, the new base docter Dr. Jennifer Keller and Amanda Tapping (Samantha Carter) who joins the cast as the new leader of the Atlantis expedition.
Source: The official Stargate website


