A healthy helping of recent news to amaze and amuse your friends and co-workers.
Battlestar Galactica
Lucy Lawless returns to Battlestar Galactica, reprising her role as D'Anna for a minimum of 2 episodes of the show's fourth and final season.
HD DVD owners can look forward to Battlestar Galactica Season 1 arriving December 4th as a 6-disc set.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Close Encounters of the Third Kind with a new three-disc release in November containing the original 1977 theatrical cut, the 1980 special edition, and the 1990 director's cut. The Blu-Ray release will contain some additional goodies.
Doctor Who
Harry Lloyd will be the next actor to play Doctor Who when actor David Tennant leaves the series.
Farscape
Farscape creator Rockne S. O'Bannon will develop and executive produce 10 new online episode reviving and expanding the Farscape universe.
Highlander
Adrian Paul will return as the immortal Duncan Mcleod in Sci-Fi Channel's Highlander: The Source movie September 15, 2007 at 9pm.
Heroes
Anticipation for Heroes season 2 heats up with new cast announcements including Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), Janel Parrish (Bratz) and Star Trek's Lt. Uhura, Nichelle Nichols.
British actor Malcolm McDowell almost turned down his role in hit U.S. show Heroes until his son convinced him to take the part. The star plays a crime kingpin in the popular series - but admits he had never heard of the show before he was offered the role. He recalls, "I wasn't following the show when I got the offer but my son said, 'Dad, Heroes is one of the great shows on TV. Which rock have you been hiding under?'"
Justice League of America
Rumors claim the upcoming Justice League of America movie my be completed entirely using CGI similar to that in Beowulf.
Serenity
Serenity 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD promises over 30 minutes of all-new material!
Shrek
Dreamworks has scheduled release of Shrek 4: The Next Shrek for May 21, 2010 and previously announced plans to also produce Shrek 5
Smallville
Dean Cain, who played the Superman in ABC's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, will play villainous killer Dr. Curtis Knox on Smallville in episode 4 of season 7.
Former Supergirl star Helen Slater will play Supergirl's (Laura Vandervoort) aunt, Laura, on Smallville in episode 6 of season 7.
Star Trek
In Star Trek XI movie news... Scottish actor James McAvoy will play Scotty. Zachary Quinto of Heroes notoriety will play young Spock with Leonard Nimoy appearing as the older Spock. Anton Yelchin will play Pavel Chekov. William Shatner is disappointed he will not be making an appearance.
CBS will be re-airing digitally remastered episodes of the original Star Trek starting September 15, 2007.
Star Wars
An authentic Star Wars stormtrooper helmet from the original 1977 film sold at auction for $20,000
The original prop of Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from the first Star Wars movie will be sent into space aboard the space shuttle Discovery in October to commemorate the film franchise's 30th anniversary.
Transformers
Transformers is being digitally remastered for a September 21, 2007 release in IMAX allowing fans to experience a whole new level of detail and intensity.
Veronica Mars
Rumors are surfacing some of the plot lines planned for the canceled season 4 could end up in a theatrical release.
Voltron
After the success of Transformers, watch for the resurrection of Voltron: Defender of the Universe coming to the big screen in 2008/09
