Stargate movies: details on the Arctic filming - with RDA?!

[wraithfodder]

Ah hah, more has come out on the Stargate movies... Click on the cut below to find out how they ended shooting in the frozen north....

http://www.playbackmag.com/articles/daily/20070319/stargate.html

 

March 16, 2007

 

STARGATE GOES NUCLEAR

 

An icy world awaits the cast and crew of Stargate: Continuum -- a direct-to-DVD movie based on the sci-fi franchise that will shoot on location at a U.S. Navy research station in the Arctic beginning Friday.

 

The shoot, which will also include the USS Alexandria nuclear submarine, came together because of a Stargate fan at the remote Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station.

 

"The man in charge of APLIS happens to be a huge fan of the show and offered us the opportunity to visit the camp just for the experience of going very, very close to the North Pole," says writer/producer Brad Wright, speaking to Playback Daily. "When it came to that, I asked if we could shoot a scene or two there, and he agreed."

 

Continuum, produced by MGM Studios, will shoot in the Arctic March 23-29 with an 18-member crew, including veteran director Martin Wood (Stargate SG-1), DOP Peter F. Woeste and cast members Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping and Richard Dean Anderson.

 

Wright will join the crew for a few days along with MGM exec Charles Cohen. He says they've all taken some Arctic training and did some research to prepare for the trip.

 

"I think it's the first time any production of any size has gone to do something of this scope, in terms of shooting on the arctic ice with a U.S. nuclear submarine," he says, adding that one scene will feature the sub bursting through the ice.

 

The Arctic shoot takes place well in advance of Continuum's original start date, which is set for May 22 at Vancouver's Bridge Studios.

 

"There was a very brief window for us to go to the Arctic with APLIS as they do their research. If you go later, the ice begins to melt and the Arctic is not safe," Wright explains.

 
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There's more at the link above, including hopes that SciFi channel may air the movies as well.

 
This is the first article that seems to confirm that they have RDA for at least one of the movies.

Comments

[xfkirsten.livejournal.com]

Yay! Hopefully that's actually correct, and not just some reporter listing stars' names. :)

[whisper99.livejournal.com]

Oh look, we get Spam-n-Sir and the return of Cambo to look forward to? Wonder where Daniel is in all of this. At least it looks like he's not going to get his privates all frozen or anything :)

[l-jade.livejournal.com]

*claps* YAY!

Gateworld only mentioned AT & BB, hopefully RDA is really there & not just a fluke of the magazine.

[a-pilgrim-soul.livejournal.com]

There's this quote on Joe Mallozzi's blog this morning:

Anonymous #5 writes: “Playback Magazine has RDA listed as a cast member of Continuum, and one of the select few traveling to the Arctic for your special shoot next week. Can you confirm this?”

Answer: Yes, I can confirm that Playback Magazine has listed RDA as a cast member of Continuum.

It looks like RDA's involvement is still unofficial and the magazine simply assumed he'd be in the films. TPTB have made no secret of the fact they want him to be in the movies but obviously he has yet to sign on the dotted line. Ongoing contract negotiations etc mean they can't announce it officially one way or the other yet. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, Playback isn't just some entertainment magazine. They're like Variety or Hollywood Reporter. They're usually pretty accurate on their information, but then again, JM doesn't like to confirm much of anything so I'll take his response with a grain of salt.

[a-pilgrim-soul.livejournal.com]

I guess what I meant was that the people involved don't like to say anything official until they've dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's and have a signature on that contract, where these magazines can preempt that, it's been pretty obvious from the off that TPTB wanted RDA in Continuum and I'm guessing by now the script is well underway so the part was waiting for him but they couldn't confirm it until he signed. Looks like it's been confirmed by Brad Wright now anyway. So I'll shut up and stop talking about things I don't understand.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

True. I understand what you mean, no problem :)

I get the feeling that Brad Wright spilled all the beans (and probably a PR person too) on casting. It's not like he didn't spill all the beans on Torri and Amanda on SGA as well.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, RDA confirmed it on his own site (so why is JM playing coy and not acknowledging it? Oh well, I don't expect logic from that man).

http://www.rdanderson.com/updates/news.htm#sgmovie

March 5, 2007

And here, for you: I have agreed to play with the kids in Vancouver, again, in the form of a movie which we hope will stand on its own. In other words, I'll be doing Brad's movie; don't know how much or how little, but I'm in.


So, he's in the movie, although I expect he's NOT the star (Ben Browder will lead, I'm sure) but having RDA in the cast, even as a cameo, will bolster DVD sales down the road.