*** a real oldie but goodie - but kind of makes you feel nostaglic... and sad... 'cause we had no idea how our loyalty would be betrayed only a few years later... *sniffle*
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New Stargate Team Dives Into 'Atlantis'; Casting Complete on New SCI FI
Channel Series.
Article from: PR Newswire Article date: March 2, 2004
NEW YORK, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Casting has been completed on SCI FI Channel's highly-anticipated original series, Stargate Atlantis. Joe Flanigan leads the cast of heroes, who will undertake humanity's greatest -- and most dangerous -- mission yet. Atlantis will debut with a two-hour premiere in July '04, which will feature cross-over appearances by members of the Stargate SG-1 team.
Following its premiere, 18 additional original episodes of Atlantis will air during the show's regular Friday night 10 p.m. ET/PT slot, as a companion series to the all-new eighth season of Stargate SG-1, giving sci-fi fans a double dose of Stargate adventures.
Stargate Atlantis is the newest addition to the hit franchise that introduced audiences to instantaneous travel to thousands of worlds through an ancient portal called the Stargate. Atlantis will take viewers to a completely new galaxy of Stargates for the adventure of a lifetime.
When a secret base, abandoned by the original builders of the Stargates, is found buried in the ice of Antarctica, the Stargate Atlantis team is born. Their discovery leads to a daring expedition to the distant Pegasus galaxy, where they encounter a primitive human civilization ... and a sinister new enemy that threatens human life everywhere.
The Stargate Atlantis mission is headed by Dr. Elizabeth Weir (Tore Higginson), a specialist in diplomatic relations. Her political savvy is balanced by the go-with-your-gut bravado of her military counterpart, Major John Sheppard (Flanigan), a courageous and gifted pilot. Rounding out the crew are Rainbow Sun Francks as Lieutenant Aiden Ford, the enthusiastic young officer who becomes Sheppard's second-in-command, and David Hewlett, reprising his recurring Stargate SG-1 role of Dr. Rodney McKay, a clever and quick- witted astrophysicist. Rachel Luttrell plays Teyla, a beautiful young leader among the primitive alien civilization that the Atlantis team encounters.
In a special guest starring role, sci-fi favorite Robert Patrick (Terminator 2, The X-Files) will appear as Colonel Marshall Sumner in the 2-hour Stargate Atlantis premiere event.
Currently in production in Vancouver, British Columbia, Stargate Atlantis will be distributed by MGM Worldwide Television Distribution. Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper serve as executive producers on the new series. Cooper is currently executive producer on Stargate SG-1; Brad Wright is co-creator of Stargate SG-1, and served as the series' executive producer for six seasons.
MGM Worldwide Television Distribution handles global distribution of film and television product as well as co-productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Through this distribution unit, approximately 4,000 feature films and 10,100 television episodes are available to the global television market. Its series lineup includes the all-new, syndicated action-adventure series "She Spies," the newly launched animated children's series Stargate Infinity, the popular post-apocalyptic drama Jeremiah, the critically acclaimed series Stargate SG-1 and The Outer Limits, and such original made-for-television movies and miniseries as the contemporary thriller Carrie and the ground-breaking drama The L Word. The company also distributes NBC Enterprises-produced programming in all territories outside of North America, including the new series Boomtown, American Dreams and Hidden Hills, as well as the runaway hits Will & Grace, Crossing Jordan, Providence and Profiler. For more information on MGM, visit MGM Online at http://www.mgm.com/.
SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (http://www.scifi.com/) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 83 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a program service of Universal Television Networks, part of the Universal Television Group ( http://www.universalstudios.com/), a division of Vivendi Universal Entertainment (VUE), the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company.
CONTACT: Lana Kim, +1-212-413-5153, lana.kim@..., or Kat Stein (Trade), +1-212-413-5890, for SCI FI Channel
Web site: http://www.scifi.com/
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THE CAST OF STARGATE ATLANTIS: (Left to Right) Torri Higginson, Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett and Rainbow Sun Francks. The new SCI FI Channel original series will debut in July as a companion show to the Channel's popular Stargate SG-1.
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