Stargate Atlantis: Tapping to timeshare between SGA and Sanctuary

[wraithfodder]

So, it looks like Carter will only be in 'several' episodes of Stargate Atlantis in season 5. Read the article below. No spoilers.

Web series "Sanctuary" gets slot on Sci Fi schedule

http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN3145792620080131?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=10004&sp=true

LOS ANGELES/LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Sci Fi Channel has green-lighted "Sanctuary," the first television series to use live-action actors against virtual sets in the style of the features "300" and "Sin City."

Sci Fi has ordered a full 13-episode season of the new scripted drama series, which originated online as the first high-definition sci-fi Web series.

"Sanctuary" hails from the "Stargate SG-1" trio of star Amanda Tapping, writer-producer Damian Kindler and producer-director Martin Wood, who are executive producing the series with Sam Egan.

Tapping stars as the enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus, who is on a quest with her young protege, Will Zimmerman (Robin Dunne), to track down, aid and protect strange creatures that walk the earth.

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Because of Sci Fi's ties with Tapping, Kindler and Wood through the "Stargate" franchise, the network's brass had discussed "Sanctuary" with them even before it launched as a Web series. Talks shifted into high gear when the trio came back with a DVD containing two one-hour blocks of webisodes.

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ABC's efforts with "Dinotopia." But "this is the first time the technology is mature enough and inexpensive enough to do it," Stern said.

"Sanctuary," which features 90 percent CGI sets, will be retooled for its transition to television, including the creation of a new two-hour premiere episode. Still, a lot of the footage from the Web series will be used, with some enhancement of the visual effects and the CGI background to play better on the TV screen.

The cast from the Web series will remain intact.

The series is slated to begin production in March. By most estimates, the writers' strike will be over by then, but that is not a factor for the show, whose production is strike-proof because it's based in Canada. Sci Fi's "Stargate Atlantis" is in a similar position and will begin filming its fifth season in a couple of weeks. Tapping, who co-starred on that series last season, will return for several episodes.

Comments

[aqualegia.livejournal.com]

I've not liked the Carter character for a long time, so I hope that she isn't in too many more episodes.

That said, I have nothing against the actress, just with the way Carter was written, and I wish Amanda luck with the Sanctuary series.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I like the actress, liked Carter on SG1 but she's been a pale imitation on SGA and I just don't know why. Hopefully she'll have more creative control on Sanctuary.

[nightspring.livejournal.com]

On SG1, Carter's role was the team scientist, but in SGA, that role's already taken by McKay. The other possible role they could give Carter is the military commander, but that's Sheppard, and they've gone to some lengths to fudge the exact division of responsibilities between Carter and Sheppard, keeping Sheppard as the most noticably military figure in the show. This leaves Carter with esentially nothing to do on Atlantis, other than stand in the background being, as you say, a pale imitation of herself.

Hell, they should have had *Woolsey* as the commander!