Jewel Staite. What a smile!!!!
Posted on 02/20/2007 6:16:22 PM PST by JohnSheppard
Stargate Atlantis will return for its fourth season this fall in the U.S., SCI FI Channel announced today.
Stargate SG-1 co-star Amanda Tapping will join the cast of Atlantis in the show's fourth season, the network officially confirmed. Tapping will appear as Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter in 14 of Season Four's 20 episodes.
"Taking the torch from SG-1 as television's most thrilling adventure series, Atlantis, slated to begin production in Vancouver next month, promises to up the ante this season by introducing a powerful new race, welcoming new cast members and mourning the loss of some beloved friends," the network said in a press release.
"For ten seasons, Tapping starred on Stargate SG-1 as the intelligent and beautiful Samantha Carter. Her combination of Gate expertise, in-depth scientific knowledge and military training made her a critical member of SG-1. She will need to draw upon all these resources as she assumes her new role on Atlantis."
It is the first fall premiere ever for a Stargate series, which have debuted in the summertime every year for a decade. SCI FI began a new program of year-round originally programming in 2006, leading to the 3-month delay of the second half of the current season.
Jewel Staite (Firefly) also joins the cast in a recurring role, Atlantis chief medical officer Dr. Keller. Staite -- who played the Wraith girl Ellia in Season Two's "Instinct" -- will appear in the season finale and is currently on board for eight episodes in Season Four.
The network also announced a new start date of Friday, April 13 for new episodes of SG-1 and Atlantis (one week later than previously advertised). Ten episodes of each will round out the current season before Season Four premieres, following a summer break.
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Jewel Staite. What a smile!!!!
"Jewel Staite. What a smile!!!!"
Reason enough to watch Firefly reruns. ;)
The only reason to watch "Firefly" reruns [except MAYBE the courtesan chick].
I just hope that she's put on a bit of weight from Serenity (the movie). She looked so much better in Firefly. I may have to start watching Stargate just to see her.
Mark
I like cute chicks just as much as the next guy, but a 25 yr old playing the CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER for a top secret government project? Puh-leeze.
To the teenage target demographic, a 25-year-old is practically from the Pleistocene Age. ;)
It's TV - young pretty people get all the responsible jobs, while normal lumpy people are villains like your mom and dad.
That said, I never got the Stargate thing, and I'd rather see all of them working on new episodes of Firefly.
Jewel Staite and Amanda Tapping will both be EXCELLENT additions to the cast!
Once an actor/actress does a popular science fiction show, he or she will be forever stuck doing nothing but science fiction.
The lucky ones get work with popular franchises like Stargate, but the rest end up doing B movies that just might get shown the SciFi Channel's saturday night line-up, with titles like "Bigfoot Terror". (snicker!)
I call it being cast into the SciFi Ghetto.
The only real exceptions I can think of are Shatner, Ahhnold, and Sigourney Weaver.
Hehe heh. Back in the 70's when I was a wee lad (and Star Trek fan), my grandma took me to the drive-in see "Big Bad Mama", with Shatner and Angie Dickinson.
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