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I gotta get a Daniel icon... anyway... news on the new film!

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20162

Oscar-nominated writer/director Julien Magnat's feature length debut Faces in the Crowd began principal photography in and around Winnipeg, Canada this past weekend. Joining the previously announced Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil, The Fourth Kind) and Julian McMahon ("Nip/Tuck", Fantastic Four) are Michael Shanks ("Stargate", "24"), David Atrakchi (Transporter 3), Sarah Wayne Callies ("Prison Break") and Marianne Faithful. The concept behind this thriller is pretty cool as Jovovich stars as a woman who has a severe case of face-blindess -- and there's "someone" after her. You can find the full plot details below.

"Magnat's script chronicles the account of elementary school teacher Anna Marchant (Milla Jovovich) who is attacked by a serial killer known only as Tearjerk Jack and survives, but is left to struggle with a neurological disorder commonly referred to as face-blindness (prosopagnosia).

Only able to recognize voices she fights to adapt to her diagnosis and the ever-changing faces of those around her. Working with Detective Kerrest (Julian McMahon) Anna race's to identify her attacker. All the while the killer is closing in determined to eliminate this potential witness. Only Anna has seen his face – and he could be anyone. "

The film is a Saskatchewan-Manitoba interprovincial Canada-France co-production with key technical and creative personnel from both provinces. Principal photography will take place in Manitoba and post-production including all computer generated visual effects will be completed in Saskatchewan.

Executive producer Nicolas Chartier of Voltage Pictures will handle international sales. Their first in-house production, THE HURT LOCKER, received six Academy Award's in 2010.

Principal photography will wrap June 13, 2010.

--Full article at link above

Just  various bits of news, under cut for size ;)

( News bits )

Exclusive interview with Michael Shanks re Smallville

http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEoLGpotC7jPrx

What can fans of the Justice Society Of America, and Hawkman in general, expect from this two-hour Smallville movie event?

Michael Shanks: Wow! Could you find a more general question? (Laughs) I could talk for hours about what their expectations should be. They are going to get a lot of Hawkman's backstory. There is an appearance by nearly every single member of the Justice Society. Some more than others, obviously. Fans can expect true-to-form characterizations. What Geoff Johns wrote for Hawkman, and what I intended to do with him, was stay loyal to the comic book personality of Carter Hall. There are some interesting twists and turns when it comes to Kent Nelson and Star Girl. The first hour is cool like the other side of the pillow. It sucks you in because of all the intriguing elements. Then the episode picks up with more action as it rolls along. There will certainly be some Smallville elements with Lois and Clark thrown in. In terms of the JSA, there is a lot of backstory. There is a lot of angst and pathos. There is some good resolution at the end as well. We will be seeing a few of our all-time favorite characters in action. Which is a lot of fun.

REST AT LINK ABOVE

http://www.moviecentral.ca/blogs/m19874/archive/2009/10/20/Desperate-Escape.aspx

Desperate Escape: After being chased through a marina and losing her consciousness one night, Brooke Harris lost her memory and has no idea who she is. A man shows up named Brett and claims he is her husband. When they return to their lakefront vacation home, she finds herself in unfamiliar surroundings as Brett slowly exhibits signs of an explosive temper. Her suspicion of his honesty grows as she digs into Brett's background in search of her own.

Starring Elisabeth Rohm, Michael Shanks, Serinda Swan, Françoise Robertson, William MacDonald

Show times on Canada's Movie Central

Day/Time/AM or PM/Channel

January 8 8:30 AM MC1 

January 8 8:30 AM MCHD

January 9 03:45 AM MC2

January 20 01:00 AM MC1

January 20 01:00 AM MCHD

January 30 08:20 AM MC2

All times MT

--thanks to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michael-shanks/ for the tip

The following is a compilation of links found via Google, Twitter, etc. on publicly accessible blogs, photo sites, etc., on the following conventions. No copyright infringement meant on intended by posting little snippets. Just a tease to make you visit the site.

Armageddon Expo (Auckland and Melbourne) - Joe Flanigan, Jason Momoa, Paul McGillion

Stargate Con (Los Angeles, CA, November 6-8, 2009)

Joe Flanigan, Paul McGillion, Ryan Robbins, Cliff Simon, Michael Shanks, Ben Browder

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/11/11/cw-to-air-two-hour-justice-society-themed-smallville-movie/

CW to air 2-hour Justice Society-themed SMALLVILLE movie

Excerpt: Entertainment Weekly has learned that the CW are planning to air the upcoming Justice Society-heavy Smallville two-parter (“Society” and “Legends) as a two hour movie event on January 29th 2010. Penned by comic bookwriter Geoff Johns, the television movie will feature the arrival of Justice Society members Hawkman (Michael Shanks), Doctor Fate (Brent Stait), Stargirl (Britt Irvin), and the return of Phil Morris as Martian Manhunter. The storyline apparently involves Clark crossing paths with the Justice Society characters, who have come out of retirement to meet up with an old foe.

REST AT LINK ABOVE

and.... got an email from Creation. David Hewlett will be doing the April 2010 Vancouver Stargate con in Vancouver. Ah, to dream. He's there, Jason, Joe and more....(including Brian J. Smith of SGU, whom I honestly wouldn't mind seeing).  Gold tickets are $579. Heck, it's the airfare, the hotel, etc. and photo ops that would kill me. I need a new car.... Drat, wish they'd do a con like that on the EAST coast.

Dragon Con – September 4-7, 2009 in Atlanta, GA

Guests include Stargate Atlantis actors Joe Flanigan, Jason Momoa, Paul McGillion, Rachel Luttrell

Stargate SG-1 actors Ben Browder, Claudia Black

 
Included are links to blog entires by fans, videos, photos, and twitters! (oops those must go to next post)

But first, some more CHICAGO August ’09 Stargate con coverage!

Someone did up a transcript of Michael Shanks recent appearance at the Chicago (August) Stargate convention. You can find it in two parts at http://buefo.livejournal.com/10263.html

http://arctict.livejournal.com/3799.html

Connor Trinneer

http://arctict.livejournal.com/3925.html

Amanda Taping

http://arctict.livejournal.com/4166.html

Rachel Luttrell & Paul McGillion

http://arctict.livejournal.com/4584.html

Joe Flanigan

http://arctict.livejournal.com/4706.html

Michael Shanks

Stargate Universe at Comic Con (Brian J. Smith, David Blue, and more)

Under the cut for length. So far, just on Stargate Universe, unless something pops up on Stargate SG-1 or Stargate Atlantis (we can always hope!) Yes, and Michael Shanks (BURN NOTICE panel!)

 
Not a lot today, but then the con really hasn’t gotten started and people load stuff to the web as time permits.
 

"I talked to [executive producer] Brad Wright a couple of weeks ago, and he asked me if I'd be interested in doing a cameo in the Universe pilot, and I of course said I would be," Shanks said in an exclusive interview. "And there's a great deal of talk about [it]. ... They've got a script going and everything like that."

Shanks added that he hasn't put Dr. Jackson away completely yet. "There will be a Stargate SG-1 movie [for DVD], probably filmed around the same time the [Stargate] Atlantis movie is filmed this coming summer," he added. "So that's all going to be going on."

Shanks played Jackson on and off for a decade in Stargate SG-1, as well as on the spinoff series Stargate Atlantis and in the made-for-DVD movies The Ark of Truth and Continuum.

The next SG-1 movie, "as far as I know, is pretty Rick-heavy [as in Richard Dean Anderson], pretty O'Neill [Anderson]-heavy," Shanks said. "So I don't know much more than that, but I will most definitely be involved in it."  ....

Shanks explained that it's the ideal situation to be able to stay in the Stargate game without being tied to it as an everyday job. "It's great," he said. "After 10 years and getting not picked up or canceled or whatever you want to call it, it feels almost a little bit odd, because you're so used to the process. But going away from it, it's great to be able to explore other opportunities. When you're doing a show for nine months a year, you always want to shake it up and do other things, but you don't have the time. Now, it's the best of both worlds. We can get on with it and have other experiences and still revisit the franchise and the great family environment that we have with the cast and crew. 'The further adventures of ...' is a nice treat."

REST AT http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/michael-shanks-has-a-surprise-about-stargate-universe.php

 

Wow, this a sucky thing to read!

In an article on foreclosures....

November 27, 2008

http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/11/27/could-it-happen-here/?ref=patrick.net

Christopher Judge is accustomed to turning heads in Vancouver. During the decade-long run of the cult hit TV show Stargate SG-1, which was filmed in and around the city, Judge starred as the muscle-bound alien Teal’c. But when the six-foot-three actor appeared in B.C. Supreme Court in mid-November, amid raised eyebrows from the galley, it was for a role he’d desperately hoped to avoid. Judge, who owns three luxury homes in B.C., faces foreclosure. He’d flown up from Los Angeles the night before to ask the court for time to get a new appraisal done on one of his properties, a West Vancouver home with stunning views of the city that he’d bought for $2 million in 2006. At the same time, one of Judge’s former co-stars on the show, Michael Shanks, is facing foreclosure on another sprawling West Vancouver home purchased in January for $4 million. “I was always told the safest place for your money is in the real estate market because it would never drop by 50 per cent, but that’s exactly what’s happened,” a congenial Judge said outside the court. “I watched the L.A. housing market fall and now I’m having to watch the B.C. market go down, too.”

REST AT LINK ABOVE
 

More Comic Con stuff on both Staragte Atlantis and Stargate SG-1/Continuum, gleaned from Google blog, and other search engines.

Stargate Atlantis panel – Joe Flanigan, Jewel Staite, Robert Picardo

Stargate SG-1/Continuum panel – Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Chris Judge, Ben Browder, Beau Bridges

Sanctuary- Amanda Tapping, Ryan Robbins