By now, the SGU promo has aired (on the east coast at least) and I’m sure fans everywhere are carefully dissecting it. I was on set earlier this week when Rob was viewing an early version of the trailer on his laptop. Amidst the quick cuts was an extremely brief cutaway to the gate without…
March 18, 2009: SGU Promo Update! Naming Killer Asteroid! More Fan Q&A’s! The New Office Assistant Tries to Whip us into Shape!
Just received confirmation that this Friday night, during the series finale of BSG, viewers will be treated to the sneakiest of sneak previews of Stargate: Universe. It’s a great-looking promo so, if you happen to be in the neighborhood, check it out. You know, one of the great things about this job is the…
March 17, 2009: Expert Analysis vs. Dumb Luck, Questions for Kate, Some Stargate News of Note, and May’s Book of the Month Club Selections
Hey, look who’s back in town! It’s our former script coordinator Alex Levine. Alex, who is now working as a story editor on The Border presently in production in Toronto, dropped in to say hi - and coordinate the annual March Madness pool. Although I love college ball, I haven’t been paying close enough…
March 14, 2009: A Non-Celebrity Guest Blog, Your Book of the Month Club Reminder, and An Extra Chunky Mailbag
So a couple of weeks ago, Jason Sizemore over at Apex Books asked me whether I’d be interested in writing a guest blog entry for them (Actually, he referred to it as a Celebrity Blog which, of course, gave me pause because I‘m a celebrity in much the same way that Joe the Plumber or…
March 11, 2009: An Unintentional Oversight, Updates, Another Guest Blogger, and The Mailbag
It has come to my attention that some of you have elected to interpret a recent blog post in which I reflected fondly on my days with SG-1 as some sort of indirect sleight. The argument is that by praising the SG-1 team, I’m dissing anyone I didn’t happen to mention. “Why,”you may ask, “did…
March 4, 2009: Author David Louis Edelman Answers Your Questions – And Then I Answer Some Of Your Questions, But In A Far Less Clever or Entertaining Fashion
Look who it is! It's author David Louis Edelman with answers to your questions about his book, Infoquake. But, before I turn this blog over to him, I have a couple of important thoughts to share... 1. I don't watch the show but all indications are the series finale of The Bachelor WAS "the most…
March 3, 2009: Updates and More Book of the Month Club Discussion
Well, I received some good news and bad news yesterday. The good news is I get an extension on the June deadline for that short story I’m working on. The bad news is the extension may be indefinite since it appears the planned anthology may end up a victim of (cue villainous cue) “the economic…
March 1, 2009: What happened to the rest of February?
Hey, it’s March already! How the hell did that happen?! Why didn’t anyone wake me up? Damnit! I mentioned the other day that I had received an advance copy of Best Served Cold, Joe Aberdrombie’s latest. Well, it turns out it wasn’t intended for me after all. Scribbled on one of the inside pages was…
February 27, 2009: A Nebula Nomination, Some Icarus Base Action, A Chocolate Sampling, and the News Round-Up
I’d like to kick off today’s blog entry by offering my congratulations to Executive Producer Brad Wright whose script for the Stargate: Atlantis episode “The Shrine” has been nominated for a Nebula Award. He’ll be vying for top honors alongside some very impressive contenders: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, and David S. Goyer for The Dark…
February 26, 2009: Mailbag and a Feeble Frenchie
Well, I picked up the dogs from daycare today and Lulu seemed unusually sulky. She's been moping around all night. Either she’s feeling under the weather or that mastiff she has a crush on spurned her and hurt her feelings. Whichever the case, I think I’ll be keeping an eye on her tonight. More Icarus…
February 25, 2009: Finally, That Cast Announcement!
Well now you know as much as we do. No, no, that’s not exactly true. We still know more than you do. But at least we ALL know the names of our cast members. The news finally broke yesterday but, on the off-chance you were in your basement watching a Lord of the Rings marathon,…
Febrary 20, 2009: Early Returns Are Positive!
Great news! It looks like I won’t be asked to pack up my office and escorted off the lot for the time being. Rob, who has been spending his days on set since the start of production, called this afternoon to tell me he liked my script. Always good to hear, but especially so given…
February 18, 2009: First Day of Production
Today marked the start of production on Stargate: Universe and, while most were down on Stage 3 watching/participating in the action, I was up in the production offices, pacing the corridors as I’m wont to do when working on a script revision. Up and down. Up and down. Up and down. Until, finally, I’ve made the…
February 17, 2009: Poised For Production
For the life of me, I can’t imagine how such a great idea could have gone so horribly awry. Impacted by the recent economic downturn, a tycoon in China was forced to trim his roster of mistresses down from a high-living five to a lower suburban middle-class one. Heartbreaking. No doubt a fan of reality…
February 12, 2009: Pre-Production Update and Those Things Better Left Said or Unsaid?
As another week draws to a close we inch ever closer to our first day of principal photography. We had the costume fittings on Monday and then the super-secret closed-door invitation-only cast read thru on Tuesday. Yesterday was the stage tech survey for Air #1, #2, and #3 while the production meeting for all three…