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It seems like everyone has a podcast these days. We have Deep Space Nine's Cirroc Lofton's 7th Rule podcast, The Delta Flyers', hosted by Voyager stars Garrett Wang and Robert Duncan McNeil. There's also the D-Con Chamber podcast, hosted by Enterprise stars Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer. There's a podcast for everyone and thanks to Gates McFadden, that remains true.

Each of the above podcasts serve a unique purpose. The 7th Rule talks a lot about Deep Space Nine, among other current Trek-topics. The Delta Flyers was an episode review podcast built around Voyager but shifted ears to Deep Space Nine after Voyager ended. The D-Con Chamber podcast focuses more on Star Trek stars, while being morer of a "late-night show" for Trek fans.

For McFadden, her InvestiGates podcast focuses less on Star Trek and more on the people who make Star Trek possible. Over the years, she's...

Scott Bakula played Captain Jonathan Archer, the first captain of the starship Enterprise, on Star Trek: Enterprise for four seasons. Though his time in the role was short, there are many fans still devoted to the show and to Captain Archer. For a while, Bakula was quiet about his time on Star Trek, but he's recently been speaking out more as he did when in an interview with Guardian. [via Trekmovie]

It was a blast. It was a great privilege. The icing on the cake is to get to know [William] Shatner and Patrick [Stewart] and and Kate [Mulgrew] and everybody. They’re all really fun and different people. There’s a burden in that sci-fi fans have a very high standard. If they don’t like you then it’s not good but when they do embrace you, it’s a lovely marriage.Scott Bakula

Enterprise struggled out of the starting gate with its theme song,...

On "Star Trek: Enterprise," the character of Ensign Hoshi Sato, played by actress Linda Park, served as the communications officer on board the titular ship. "Enterprise" takes place a century before the events of the original "Star Trek" series, so the franchise's notorious universal translator hadn't yet been refined, leaving human translators like Hoshi to fill in the gaps. Hoshi had a talent for xenolinguistics, but didn't quite have the constitution for long-range space missions or combat situations. She was young and inexperienced, and had to constantly face her anxieties head-on. As the show progressed, Hoshi came into her own, displaying more and more confidence. 

The problem with characters that can be defined as "young and inexperienced" is that eventually they will have to become adult and experienced. They will then require other character traits to define them ... and TV writers don't always think that far ahead. Many of the...

Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001. The night Enterprise, later to be named Star Trek: Enterprise, premiered with “Broken Bow.” I didn’t get to see it that night, probably since it was a school night and I was 10. I taped it on VHS and watched it with my mom a day or so later. We both enjoyed it well enough.

Until we got to a certain scene.

The crew was just attacked on an alien planet. The plot was ramping up. But first? Trip (Connor Trinneer) and T’Pol (Jolene Blalock) strip down to their underwear and lather each other up with gel. I never get to know why because my mom made me fast forward through the scene, feeling it was, “inappropriate.” We got to the next scene and resumed watching, never speaking of the “inappropriate” scene again. I didn’t rewatch “Broken Bow” until earlier this year and finally got to watch the forbidden scene.

Oh no, not the decontamination chamber. 

When "Star Trek: Enterprise" debuted in 2001, there was a conscious effort by the showrunners to work in as much brazen sex appeal as they could. Noticeably, the casting directors hired Jolene Blalock, who had worked as a professional model, to play the Vulcan First Officer T'Pol, and the costume designers were careful to outfit her in skin-tight body suits. She was clearly meant to replicate Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) from "Star Trek: Voyager."

"Enterprise" was set about a century prior to the original "Star Trek," and some of the more popular "Trek" tech hadn't been invented yet. As such, when a team of officers returned from an away mission, they had to spend a long span in a decontamination chamber. In later other "Trek" shows, the transporters took care of contaminants and idle spores an away mission might have accumulated. On "Enterprise," officers...

Spoilers for "Star Trek: Lower Decks" follow.

At the beginning of the second episode of the fourth season of "Star Trek: Lower Decks," called "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee," senior officers Commander Ransom (Jerry O'Connell) and Lieutenant Shaxs (Fred Tatasciore) are working out in the gym of the U.S.S. Cerritos. They mention that to explore the galaxy and counter tyranny, they must remain flexible. Shaxs grunts and strains, while the frustratingly fit Ransom goads him on. They engage in unusual stretching maneuvers, employing some kind of bizarre futuristic yoga into their routine. Most unsettling are their outfits. Ransom wears a blue body stocking with a purple one-piece swimsuit over it. The swimsuit has cutouts in the chest area to accentuate his pecs. Shaxs wears a forest green body stocking with a burgundy singlet stretched on top. His pecs, too, are allowed a little "window" for accentuation.

Christmas is coming early for Eddie Murphy, whose holiday movie Candy Cane Lane will premiere Friday, Dec. 1, exclusively on Prime Video, our sister site Variety reports.

Murphy plays Chris, who has his sights set on winning the neighborhood’s annual Christmas home decoration contest. He unintentionally strikes a deal with an elf (Brittany Runs a Marathon‘s Jillian Bell) to improve his odds, and she in turn casts a spell that brings to life the 12 Days of Christmas, unleashing chaos on the town. It’s up to Chris to battle magical creatures and save the holiday for his family and his neighbors.

George Takei, Jonathan Frakes, and Ethan Peck are among the Star Trek alumni lending their voices to Star Trek: very Short Treks. The new animated promotional spots pay homage to the classic Saturday morning show Star Trek: The Animated Series which is celebrating its 50th anniversary on Star Trek Day – September 8, 2023.

Jonathan Frakes returns as Will Riker, George Takei voices Sulu, Ethan Peck as Spock, Doug Jones is Saru, and Armin Shimerman as Quark. Gates McFadden voices Dr. Beverly Crusher, Celia Rose Gooding voices Uhura, Connor Trinneer voices Trip Tucker, Bruce Horak is Hemmer, and Noël Wells is Tendi.

The first short of the very Short Treks created by Casper Kelly will premiere on StarTrek.com and the official Star Trek YouTube channel on September 8th at 10am Pt/1pm Et. CBS Studios released this lineup:

Sept. 8 – “Skin a Cat”

Sept. 13 – “Holiday Party”

Sept. 20 – “Worst Contact”

Sept. 27 – “Holograms, All the Way Down”

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If you enjoyed Star Trek: Short Treks — the anthology consisting of 10-20 minute shorts — and love animation, the newest addition to the franchise is for you. Star Trek is celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Animated Series with the launch of Star Trek: very Short Treks, five new animated promotional shorts, as well as the new comic book, Star Trek: The Animated Celebration Presents The Scheimer Barrier, both debuting on Star Trek Day on Friday, September 8. Star Trek: very Short Treks, from creative consultant Casper Kelly, is in the style of The Animated Series and will feature previously announced fan-favorite characters voiced by cast members from across the Star Trek universe, including icons Jonathan Frakes as Will Riker, Doug Jones as Saru, and Armin Shimerman as Quark, and a new line-up of voices, including Ethan Peck as Spock, Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher, Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura, Connor Trinneer as Trip Tucker,...

"Star Trek" sure knows how to celebrate in style. Star Trek Day usually tends to be a huge deal, but this year has all the makings of a can't-miss event for Trekkies both old and new. We recently brought you the news of all the planned festivities and how to enjoy them either online or even in person, but that's not all that this venerated franchise has hidden up its sleeve. Today, there's been another noteworthy announcement that will cater specifically to fans of the classic, bizarre, and oh-so-entertaining "The Animated Series." We've known that "Star Trek" would be marking September 8, 2023 on the calendar as the 50th anniversary of the animated cartoon, but here's one more added wrinkle to the celebration.

Paramount has officially revealed that the first of five total "very Short Treks" will premiere on this year's Star Trek Day, which will pay homage to the franchise's animated...

Ever since Jonathan Frakes played the first officer of the USS Enterprise-d Will Riker, Frakes has gone on to appear in almost every Star Trek series since, albeit as transporter accident-spawned clone Thomas Riker in Deep Space Nine. Usually, fans love to see the adventurous Riker swing into a guest appearance on another series. But that wasn’t the case when Riker and Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) showed up in the series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise.

“It was sold as, ‘Oh, come on and do the episode, it will be a Valentine to the fans,’” Frakes told Variety when recalling his appearance in that show’s series finale. As the last episode in a continuous run of Star Trek series that began with Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, the Enterprise finale “These Are the Voyages…” sought to connect the end to the beginning. And so the episode follows...

"Star Trek: Enterprise" struggled throughout its four-season run. A prequel set in the 22nd century, before the Federation's founding, the series often felt like "Star Trek" was stuck in the past in more ways than one. The first two seasons hardly broke from the typical "Trek" formula despite the unfamiliar setting and the show bled viewership. Shake-ups in seasons 3 and 4 weren't enough to save the series. "Enterprise" was the first "Star Trek" since the original to not reach seven seasons and it put the franchise on hiatus, cementing its black sheep reputation. It didn't help that the series finale, "These Are The Voyages..." was a clunker.

The episode is centered around "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode, "The Pegasus." In that episode, Will Riker's (Jonathan Frakes) former commanding officer Admiral Pressman (Terry O'Quinn) comes to the Enterprise to lead a recovery mission of his old ship, the source of the episode's title.

On "Star Trek: Enterprise," John Billingsley played Dr. Phlox, the chief medical officer on board the titular ship. "Enterprise" took place a century prior to the events of the original "Star Trek," and was about Earth's very first ship to undergo a mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations. It was a time before starship shields were invented, before transporters were safe to use on living beings, and before the Prime Directive. It was also before Earth had come into contact with a great number of alien species, making the Enterprise crew almost entirely human. Serving on the bridge was the Vulcan T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) and serving as the ship's doctor was the Denobulan Phlox. 

Dr. Phlox is one of the more fascinating characters in all of "Star Trek." Denobulans hadn't been introduced until "Enterprise," and he provided an entire new culture to explore.

The 31st Inside Out Toronto 2Slgbtq+ Film Festival this week unveiled its full lineup for its virtual edition, which will run May 27-June 6. A total of 143 films including 33 features and five episodic series will unspool, according to new executive director Lauren Howes and director of programming Andrew Murphy. A total of 70% of this year’s selected films are by women/trans/non-binary directors

Natalie Morales’ directorial debut Language Lessons, which won the audience award at this year’s SXSW, will open the festival, with the Charli Xcx documentary Alone Together set to close. Highlights of the slate include Sundance winner Ma Belle, My Beauty, Wes Hurley’s Potato Dreams of America and Mari Walker’s See You Then, along with the world premiere of Shelley Thompsons’ trans family drama Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor. Docs include the Zachary Quinto-narrated Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story and Drag Invasion,...

U.S. Trekkies will be able to beam themselves onto CBS All Access for a free “Star Trek” marathon on September 8. CBS is preparing to celebrate the sci-fi franchise’s 54th anniversary with a 24-hour event that will boast panels from nine “Star Trek” series, as well as announcements about CBS All Access’ “Star Trek” universe.

The event, titled Star Trek Day, will kick off at 3:00 a.m. Et on September 8 with a streaming marathon of curated episodes from various “Star Trek” shows. The marathon will pause at 3 p.m. Et to make way for three hours of panels featuring a swath of celebrated series creators and actors, including Patrick Stewart and George Takai. Episodes from the following series will be streamed throughout the day: “Star Trek: Picard,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “Star Trek: The Original Series,” “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Star Trek: The Animated Series,...

It seems like DC FanDome has started something. This September 8th, CBS All Access is hosting a similar 24-hour virtual event to the recent Warner Bros. online con. To honor the 54th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek Day will bring together the cast and crew from across the decades for nine separate panels honoring various Trek TV series past, present and future.

All panels will be available to stream for free from wherever you are in the world over at StarTrek.com/Day. Wil Wheaton and Mica Barton will host, with the panels kicking off at 3pm Et and rounding up at 6:30pm. We’re being promised “updates, announcements and footage,” which means we’ll likely get some exclusives about Discovery season 3, Picard season 2 and more.

Read on for the full schedule:

Star Trek: Discovery – Guests: Sonequa Martin-Green and David Ajala and...

CBS All Access has a special treat for Trekkies, it has been announced.

The streamier on Thursday announced that fans from around the world can attend a virtual celebration of Star Trek Day on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

The virtual event will bring the Star Trek community together and provide fans with exclusive programming and initiatives including panels with the cast and creatives from nine series set in the universe series.

Exclusive news from the Star Trek Universe on CBS All Access will be shared, as well as curated Star Trek”series marathons, and so much more.

Additional information on free Star Trek Day programming and initiatives can be accessed at StarTrek.com/Day.

On Sept. 8, 1966, the original Star Trek graced television screens for the first time with “The Man Trap,” the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.

On that day, series creator Gene Roddenberry introduced audiences to a world that championed diversity,...

“Star Trek” is aiming to keep its fans… engaged.

To commemorate the 54th anniversary of the original “Star Trek” TV premiere on Sept. 8, 1966, CBS All Access is mounting an all-day celebration of the full “Star Trek” franchise, including panels featuring cast members from and a marathon of selected episodes of every “Star Trek” series to date.

The marathon portion will stream for free for viewers in the U.S. only at the “Star Trek” website, starting at 12 a.m. Pt / 3 a.m. Et. Twelve hours later, at 12 p.m. Pt / 3 p.m. Et, the marathon will pause for eight panels for the various “Trek” series over a three-and-a-half hour period. Those panels will be free for viewers worldwide.

According to a release from CBS All Access, the panels will include:

“Star Trek: Discovery,” which premiered on CBS All Access in 2017, featuring series stars Sonequa Martin-Green and David Ajala (who is...

Energize! CBS All Access is beaming up Trekkies all over the universe to Star Trek Day celebration, a virtual event that honors the 54th anniversary of the day Star Trek: The Original Series debuted. The 24-hour free event will take place on September 8 and will include panels with the cast and creatives from nine series from the iconic Star Trek franchise, exclusive news, marathons and opportunities to give back.

The Star Trek pilot “The Man Trap” first hit TV screens on September 8, 1966, launching a universe created by Gene Roddenberry that gave audiences a world that championed diversity, inclusion, acceptance and hope. Fifty-four years later, the legacy of Rodenberry continues to impact, influence and inspire loyal fans.

Programming will include panels from 12Pm-3:30Pm Pt/3Pm-6:30Pm Et). Wesley Crusher himself Wil Wheaton and Mica Burton will serve as host of free panels and programming that will reunite iconic...

Save the date, Trekkies: CBS All Access is hosting a “Star Trek Day” virtual celebration on Tuesday, Sept. 8, with stars from nine different Trek series reuniting for panel discussions.

The event — marking the anniversary of the original Star Trek‘s TV debut on Sept. 8, 1966 — will feature 24 hours of free programming, highlighted by three and a half hours of panel discussions with the cast members and creative minds behind nine Star Trek series. (Next Generation alum Wil Wheaton and LeVar Burton’s daughter Mica Burton will host the panels.)

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This is one for the C-movie connoisseurs among you.

For those of you who don’t know (you won’t), there’s a new sci-fi spoof on the way called Unbelievable!!!!! It stars Snoop Dogg, 42 former Star Trek actors, Michael Madsen, and a ficus on a skateboard. That ought to answer all of your questions.

In the can for what appears to have been an eternity (some of the footage dates back as far as 2013), the film does at last have a release date. I say at last, but I’m not sure it was at the top of anyone’s list of movie treasure troves. Anyway, if you’re feeling particularly trashy (there’s no shame in that), sit down for Unbelievable!!!!! in an online premiere this August 1st. The premiere will also come with a virtual convention.

Two more items on the agenda to go through. One is the trailer,...

Star Trek: Enterprise is probably the worst live-action show in the franchise. Despite boasting Scott Bakula as Captain Archer and the great core concept of showing the first forays of mankind into the wider galaxy, it never found its feet (and it had an absolutely terrible opening song). The series attempted to switch things up in the third and fourth seasons by focusing more on action, but it failed to convince audiences and was unceremoniously cancelled in 2005.

The legacy of Enterprise was explored in a virtual panel at last week’s Galaxy Con Live, in which Enterprise stars John Billingsley, Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating discussed what did and didn’t work. Billingsley, in particular, didn’t mince words when it came to casting blame, saying the show’s flaws were the fault of the producers and network.

“We came on after so many years of Star Trek, and in a number of those years,...

Indie Rights has acquired domestic distribution rights to Unbelievable!!!!!, the Steven L. Fawcette-helmed sci-fi film that stars Snoop Dogg and over forty former Star Trek cast members from the movies and TV series. The company will also launch foreign sales at the Virtual Cannes Film Market on June 24.

The pic stars Kirk Stillwood, a puppet created by the Chiodo Brothers. It follows the crazy exploits of four off-beat astronauts (one is a marionette) who travel to the Moon on a rescue mission to determine the fate of two Space Agency comrades who have not been heard from in several days. The individuals they find at the Lunar Base are not who they appear to be and, through acts of trickery and deception, nearly succeed in killing them. Soon the astronauts find themselves trying to save the Earth from Plant Aliens!

Additional co-stars include Michael Madsen, and Gilbert Gottfried, with cameos from Robert Davi,...

Surviving The Purge requires quite a bit of preparation, including a complex scheme with perfect timing and multiple double-crosses.

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Perhaps someone smarter than me could watch the second season of The Purge and determine just what Ryan's end-game is. Perhaps someone with a better sense for the big picture saw that shift in allegiance coming. I'm clearly not that person.

Throughout the second season of The Purge, I had assumed that Ryan's big mission on Purge Night really was a cash grab, and that all the twists and turns along the way were simply complications of a pretty simple plan. As it turns out, Ryan's actual secret plot goes right over my head, like how Ben's insanity went unnoticed and unknown by his frat brothers until it was far too late.

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Things begin to return to normal in the wake of the annual Purge.

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The Purge has traditionally been concerned with that 12-hour period of mayhem and nothing else. There might be a little preparation beforehand as people flee the cities and lock themselves behind strong doors, but for the most part, what happens after the Purge has never been addressed before now. What happens to all the bodies? Who puts out all the fires? How crazy would hospitals be in the wake of an all-night fiesta of violence?

The answer to all these questions are revealed in “Everything Is Fine,” which is an episode title that doubles as a mantra for the various survivors of the previous night's Purging. For most people, the day after the Purge seems to be a time to forget that the previous day ever happened.

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1990: General Hospital's "Duke" died in Anna's arms.

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1968: On Dark Shadows, Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) was shot in the shoulder after a struggling over a gun with her prison guard (Howard Honig). Peter Bradford (Roger Davis) and Victoria attempted to leave the jail.

1976: On Ryan's Hope, Johnny (Bernard Barrow) made peace with...

It’s a Trekkie delight. No idea why so many Star Trek actors thought this was a great idea, but they did. Snoop Dogg seems to be the furthest thing away from sci-fi as you can get, but he’s one of the stars Unbelievable, a parody film that uses a puppet for James T. Kirk. Watch the trailer for below.

The original score was written/composed by Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated Gerald Fried — the last living composer from the original Star Trek series.

Snoop Dogg executive produced the film from writer-director Steven Fawcette that also stars Nichelle Nichols (who also co-produced), Angelique Fawcette (also a producer), Michael Madsen and Robert Davi. Also in the film are Casper Smart, Sam Asghari, Gilbert Gottfried and newcomer Katarina Van Derham.

Here are some of the 40-plus Star Trek actors who also appear: Garrett Wang, Chase Masterson Tim Russ, Armin Shimerman, Vaughn Armstrong, Gary Graham,...

MGM has released a fantastic new full trailer for their upcoming Stargate: Origins series and it looks like it's going to be spectacularly fun! I love the tone of this as it has that adventurous Indiana Jones tone and spirit that a lot of fans enjoy. The trailer features lots of new footage an additional detail on the story that the series will tell. Here's the synopsis:

In 1939, Professor Paul Langford and his daughter Catherine are still grappling with the mysteries of the ancient relic they discovered in the Egyptian desert more than ten years ago. With war looming in Europe and funding running out, these brilliant minds are approaching their lowest ebb. Little do they know, answers are about to present themselves in a dangerous form, when the Nazi Occultist Dr. Wilhelm Brücke approaches their facility with a sinister motive.Enlisting the help of two young soldiers, Catherine must...

We've already seen a vague teaser trailer and a behind-the-scenes featurette for this new Stargate: Origins series. But today we have a new trailer and it offers us our best look yet at what this show is going to be like and it looks pretty cool! It has a very Indiana Jones kind of vibe to it and I love that!

The series follows a young version of the character Catherine Langford (Ellie Gall) and it will explore the early history surrounding the first discovery of the alien portals. Catherine will be swept away on an unexpected adventure "to unlock the mystery of what lies beyond the Stargate in order to save the Earth from darkness."

The series is being directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan and also stars Connor Trinneer (Stargate Atlantis), who will play Catherine's father Professor Langford. The rest of the cast includes Salome Azizi, Philip Alexander, Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez,...

“Stargate” fans have something to live for again. The first teaser for “Stargate Origins,” the new prequel series for the franchise, dropped on Wednesday and the fresh footage will give you plenty to pick apart over the holidays. The trailer sails through tons of clips of our young heroine Catherine Langford (Ellie Gall) — the daughter of Professor Langford (Connor Trinneer) — as she wanders through the desert, runs into Nazis, and a storm of gunfire. Oh, and they revealed a premiere date too. Viveca Lindfors and Kelly Vint Castro played the Catherine in the original 1994 movie from director Roland Emmerich....

Catherine Langford is taking charge in the first teaser trailer for the Stargate Origins digital series.

Debuting Thursday, Feb. 15 exclusively on the digital platform Stargate Command, the sci-fi prequel stars Australian actress Ellie Gall (Lifetime’s A Midsummer’s Nightmare) as a young version of the fan-favorite character (played on Sg-1 by Elizabeth Hoffman, pictured right). The story follows young Catherine as she embarks on an unexpected adventure to unlock the mystery of what lies beyond the Stargate in order to save Earth from unimaginable darkness. Stargate Atlantis cast member Connor Trinneer co-stars as Catherine’s father, Professor Langford.

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A behind-the-scenes featurette was recently released for the upcoming new Stargate series Stargate: Origins. It gives us our first look at the series and also offers us our first look at actress Ellie Gall as the young version of the character Catherine Langford, which is who the series centers around. Judging from what I'm seeing here in this video, it looks like it could be a cool series!

The story "will follow a younger version of Catherine Langford (originally played by Elizabeth Hoffman) and explore a new chapter in her early history surrounding the portal. Catherine embarks on a new unexpected adventure to unlock the mystery of what lies beyond the Stargate in order to save the Earth from darkness."

The series is being directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan and when talking about the first week of shooting she said:

“We had stunts and we had blood and we had emotional moments,...

Stargate Origins has officially begun production. Australian actress Ellie Gall (A Midsummer’s Nightmare, Mind Over Maddie) is set to play the lead role of fan-favorite Catherine Langford in the 10-episode series.

Airing exclusively on the new digital platform Stargate Command later this year, Stargate Origins is a premium digital series that will explore a brand new chapter in Catherine’s early history surrounding the extraordinary portal. The show will follow young Catherine as she embarks on an unexpected adventure to unlock the mystery of what lies beyond the Stargate in order to save Earth from unimaginable darkness.

Stargate Origins is produced by entertainment studio New Form, as well as MGM’s Digital Group. The series will be directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Virtual Morality) and written by Mark Ilvedson and Justin Michael Terry.

“The opportunity to portray this iconic character is once in a lifetime,” said Gall, “I’m...

The upcoming Stargate revival series Stargate Origins has cast it's leading lady. Australian actress Ellie Gall (Lifetime's A Midsummer's Nightmare) has been cast in the role of a young version of the fan-favorite character Catherine Langford.

The new series, which will feature 10-minute episodes, will follow a younger version of Catherine Langford (originally played by Elizabeth Hoffman) and explore a new chapter in her early history surrounding the portal. Catherine embarks on a new unexpected adventure to unlock the mystery of what lies beyond the Stargate in order to save the Earth from darkness.

Gall joins the previously cast Connor Trinneer (Stargate Atlantis), who will play Catherine's father Professor Langford. The rest of the cast includes Salome Azizi, Philip Alexander, Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez, Daniel Rashid, Sarah Navratil, Shvan Aladdin, Tonatiuh Elizarraraz, Derek Chariton, Justin Michael Terry and Lincoln Werner Hoppe. There are no details on the majority of the...

Stargate Origins is going back in time, tapping Australian actress Ellie Gall (Lifetime’s A Midsummer’s Nightmare) to star in the digital series as a young version of fan favorite Catherine Langford.

The show — airing exclusively on the digital platform Stargate Command later this year — follows young Catherine (played on Sg-1 by Elizabeth Hoffman, pictured right) as she embarks on an unexpected adventure to unlock the mystery of what lies beyond the Stargate in order to save Earth from unimaginable darkness. Stargate Atlantis cast member Connor Trinneer will take on the role of Catherine’s father, Professor Langford.

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If you're eager to see Tom Cruise back piloting jets in the apparently happening Top Gun 2, you don't actually have to wait for that sequel to see him in action in the air again. The actor is behind the wheel of a small jet plane in the first trailer for American Made. This time he's not fighting MiGs, though, he's performing a different sort of duty for the Us of A. Watch the spot for the movie that reunites Cruise with his Edge of Tomorrow director, Doug Liman, below:  When it comes out: September 29  Who is in it: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, Jayma Mays, Lola Kirke, Connor Trinneer What it's about: Cruise plays real-life drug and arms smuggler Barry Seal, who also helped launder money...

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"All this is legal?" "If you're doing it for the good guys..." Universal has unveiled the first official trailer for a film titled American Made, about a pilot recruited by the CIA to be a drug runner in the 1980s. Tom Cruise stars, and I guess I should say "taking him back to his Top Gun roots as a pilot" which is obvious, this time playing Barry Seal, telling his crazy stories as a skilled pilot. This looks pretty damn cool, and it's an intriguing follow-up for Cruise reuniting with Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman again. The full cast includes Domhnall Gleeson in another unique role, plus Caleb Landry Jones, Jesse Plemons, Jayma Mays, Sarah Wright, Lola Kirke, Connor Trinneer, Alejandro Edda, Benito Martinez. This looks like a fun can't-believe-it's-real story, and Cruise seems to be enjoying himself as well. See below. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Doug Liman's American Made,...

ReCore, which made waves at E3 2015, is finally set to release in just a couple weeks. To celebrate and get gamers prepped, the developers have revealed the title's launch trailer which shows off new characters, gameplay, and story elements. Come inside to check it out!

I remember at last year's E3, one of the games our team talked about most was ReCore. Though we only had a cinematic trailer to enjoy, it certainly piqued our (and most gamers') interests. Now, we're only a little over a week away before we can get our hands on it, and it continues to look fun with the launch trailer:

Survival starts in the core, and today Microsoft Studios unveiled a new launch trailer for “ReCore.” Narrated by Joule’s father, Dr. Thomas Adams, the video takes a deeper look at Joule’s journey, revealing new gameplay and characters from “ReCore’s” cinematic story...

Is it just us, or is ReCore not getting the attention that it perhaps deserves? Ever since being announced at last year’s E3, only a handful of trailers and snippets of gameplay have been released by Microsoft in the lead-up to release, leaving many in the dark as to the finer details of the brand new intellectual property.

Thankfully, with the Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive just two weeks away from release, Microsoft has released a launch trailer for Armature Studios’ enigmatic adventure, providing some much-needed story details and gameplay.

Billed as an action-adventure title with a generous helping of platforming elements, ReCore details the life of Joule Adams, a scavenger of sorts, who is accompanied by a handful of ‘Corebot’ companions in her quest to “bring new life and hope” to a desolate world.

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Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: TV, we have 100 pairs of advance TV premiere tickets up for grabs to the new NBC drama “American Odyssey” starring Anna Friel and Peter Facinelli! This will be a special event honoring women in the military for their services.

“American Odyssey,” which premieres on NBC on April 5, 2015 and will air on Sundays at 9 p.m. Cst, also stars Treat Williams, Elena Kampouris, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Orla Brady, Connor Trinneer, Sarah Wynter and Daniella Pineda from director Peter Horton (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and writers Adam Armus and Kay Foster (“The Following”).

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The Las Vegas Star Trek convention may the biggest but ‘Destination Star Trek’ is fast becoming the European equivalent and this year it has moved from London to Frankfurt, Germany.

A number of the Star Trek alumni are in attendance but the highlights are William Shatner and Karl Urban who are the headline guests. William Shatner is also scheduled to moderate a Next Generation cast reunion.

The Next Generation cast have spent most of the last two years having reunions at various events across the globe, mainly thanks to the 25th Anniversary of the show (they should really start calling them a Tng gathering); it will be interesting to see William Shatner interact with the cast even if Patrick Stewart is not on the bill.

At the press conference this morning, the jet lagged stars were wheeled out to answer some questions. Apart from them all being very happy to be in Germany,...

The voyage continues for the brave first crew of the Enterprise. It’s a bit disheartening as modern audiences (such as me) discover what a good show it was (although still some clunker episodes) now that the voyage is over. Paramount/CBS also ponies up some excellent special features to help tell the behind-the-scenes tales of why Enterprise stopped boldly going. The Nx-01 Enterprise is commanded by Capt. Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) crewed by chief engineer Charles “Trip” Tucker III (Connor Trinneer), tactical officer Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating), communications officer Hoshi Sato (Linda Park), helmsman Travis Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery), alien Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley), and Vulcan science officer T’Pol (Jolene Blalock). I guess you’d say that the captain and...

Blu-ray Release Date: March 26, 2013

Price: Blu-ray $119.99

Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment

100 years before James T. Kirk was the captain, the starship Enterprise had its first voyage, and that is the subject of this spin-off TV show. Star Trek: Enterprise debuted in 2001 and ran for four seasons.

The Enterprise cast is headed up by Scott Bakula, who’s no stranger to science-fiction after starring in Quantum Leap for so many years.

In Enterprise, Bakula is partnered with Jolene Blalock (Slow Burn) as a Vulcan, Dominic Keating (Beowulf) as a British lieutenant, John Billingsley (TV’s True Blood) as an alien doctor and Connor Trinneer (TV’s Stargate: Atlantis) as an American commander.

The Star Trek: Enterprise – The Complete First Season Blu-ray disc has all 25 episodes of season one with 5.1 DTS-hd audio. The discs also contain the new three-part documentary To Boldly Go: Launching Enterprise, including interviews with the show’s cast and crew.

A few Stardates ago (a few weeks ago in Earth terms) we reported on the stellar guest list of Destination Star Trek London, the first official Star Trek event to be held in the UK in over a decade, which beams down to the ExCeL centre in London, England this weekend, 19th to 21st October 2012. Featuring what can only be described as a once in a lifetime opportunity to see all five of the franchise’s iconic Captains in one location - that’s William Shatner (The Original Series' Captain James T. Kirk), Sir Patrick Stewart (Tng's Captain Jean-Luc Picard), Avery Brooks (Deep Space Nine's Captain Benjamin Sisko), Kate Mulgrew (Voyager's Captain Kathryn Janeway) and Scott Bakula (Enterprise's Captain Jonathan Archer) to those of you who have been stuck on a holodeck for the past few decades - organisers Media 10 and Showmasters Ltd have decided that while...

This autumn, London will see the launch of "Destination Star Trek London", which will be beaming down to the ExCeL Centre from the 19th to the 21st of October. This will be the first official Star Trek live event in the UK in 10 years, offering British fans a chance to be a part of, and witness, Star Trek history.

Welcoming fans from all over the galaxy, Destination Star Trek London will see all five of the legendary Federation captains together in one place, including: William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk, Star Trek: The Original Series) will be joined by the UK's own Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation), Avery Brooks (Captain Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager) and Scott Bakula (Captain Jonathan Archer, Star Trek: Enterprise) in the once-in-a-lifetime event.

To celebrate the launch of this fantastic event,...

Nearly five decades after the Starship Enterprise first set out on its mission to boldy go where no man had gone before, its legacy couldn't be stronger than it is right now. With the buzz about next year's Star Trek Into Darkness (as it will now be called) reaching fever pitch (not least about the identity of man of the moment Benedict Cumberbatch's as yet unrevealed villain), and the recent stunning Blu-Ray release of The Next Generation's first season (which Shadowlocked awarded five stars in its review here), fans in the UK are being well and truly spoiled by the upcoming Destination Star Trek event to be held at London's ExCeL centre on 19th to 21st October 2012.

The first official Star Trek event in this country for over a decade, organisers Media 10 and Showmasters Ltd are pulling out all of the stops to make it a genuine once in...

Adam Lambert attends the 2012 Kiss 108 FM Kiss Concert announcement party in Boston

Happy Birthday to Connor Trinneer, who is 43, Ruth Pointer is 66, and since we just did a Pointer Sisters top five for Anita's birthday, let's do a top five for Glenn Close, who is 65 today. What are your top five Glenn performances? Here are mine: 5. "Serving In Silence," 4. "Maxie," 3. Mars Attacks," 2. "Jagged Edge," 1. "Fatal Attraction."A special Birthday Shoutout to Ae's own faboo Miz Liz!Speculation abounds that The Hunger Games could gross $125 Million when it opens this weekend.Things are not looking good for Own.As expected, John Carter's floppage is expected to cost Disney big bucks, to the tune of $200 Million. In ratings news, last night's Season Finale of The Walking Dead shattered records for basic cable.Unfortunately, Gcb was down 12%. Hopefully it'll stabilize soon if there's a chance for it to come back.Nicolette Vs.

Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) share wine and dinner and she likes to be spend time alone with him, as does he with her; well who wouldn't want to get Sheppard alone?!! She didn't thank him for rescuing her from Michael (Connor Trinneer) and he doesn't remember that rescue, cos it never happened, at least not yet anyway. Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks) tells him he didn't rescue her; Sheppard bleeds, he was hallucinating and wakes up next to Ronan (Jason Momoa). That must have been a shock to him, as he was already in shock from his injuries. They have been buried after the explosion at Michael's compound. Sheppard seeing Ford in such a moment was his guilt on display cos he wasn't able to save him either. They've been separated from Rodney (David Hewlett) and Lorne (Kavan Smith). The Daedalus is on its way to help. Rodney...

Thanks for the break guys – it's almost like you don't need me at all. But you're stuck with me.

Just as news breaks that Hung was canceled, Thomas Jane makes the news again, "correcting" his months-old quote about sandwiches that everyone took to mean he'd turned a few gay tricks for cash in his youth. "In the interviews that I did, I never said I was a prostitute. I was talking about my [early] time in Hollywood: I said that I’d had a sexually adventurous time and I was trying to relate that to how I play a prostitute on TV." Maybe next time don't imply something obvious and end the quote with "Know what I mean?" because obviously no one does. I feel used and dirty, like he managed the press to cover his bigoted prior remarks. I'll never watch anything he does again.

Lars Von Trier isn't know for subtlety.

The Captains Written and Directed by: William Shatner Starring: William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula, Chris Pine The Captains is a documentary made for fans of Star Trek. It features interviews with the actors who starred as starship captains in the Star Trek franchise. What makes this Star Trek documentary unique is that it was written and directed by William Shatner, the second actor to play a starship captain. (Shatner replaced the first actor as captain, Jeffrey Hunter, who starred in only the pilot episode of Star Trek. Hunter has gone on to the final frontier, and so was not contacted for an interview.) Also the interviews were conducted by Shatner, who appears on-screen with his interviewees. On viewing this documentary, it soon becomes apparent that its focus is not on Star Trek, but rather on Shatner himself. I confess. I am a lapsed Trekkie. I...