After making the festival rounds and a limited theatrical release, Inescapable is due to hit stores on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, July 2. (Pre-order now on Amazon.) Bonus features include Commentary; Behind the Scenes; Deleted Scenes; Q&A; and a Trailer. Read More »
Organizers announced today that Alexander Siddig will appear at the London Film & Comic Con taking place July 5-7 at Earl’ Court 2 in London. Sid is scheduled to appear all three days and will be available for autographs. Other DS9 attendees include Avery Brooks, Nana Visitor, Rene Auberjonois, Andy Robinson, Nicole de Boer, Armin Shimerman, Max Grodenchik, Aron Eisenberg, ... Read More »
Simon & Schuster is set to launch the latest series of Star Trek novels in August with Star Trek: The Fall: Revelation and Dust by David R. George III. The series is a TNG/DS9 crossover, with characters from both series making appearances, and features a brand new DS9 space station. At least four more novels in this series are schedule ... Read More »
We’re pleased to announce that Alexander Siddig has joined the cast of Atlantis, the new fantasy drama series in production for BBC One. From the minds that brought us Merlin (which Sid guest-starred in back in season 1), Atlantis is set in the legendary city of Atlantis: a mysterious ancient place; a world of bull leaping, of snake haired goddesses and of ... Read More »
The Turk, played by Alexander Siddig, returned to Da Vinci’s Demons at the end of last week’s episode with a stunning revelation about the vision of the cave plaguing Leonardo. In this week’s episode, “The Devil”, he promises Leo answers to the questions that haunt him – including what happened to his mother – and sends him on a quest for ... Read More »
In the wake of successful historically-based miniseries like Hatfields & McCoys and The Bible, producer Roland Emmerich is updating Lawrence of Arabia. Emmerich has begun development of his own miniseries adaptation of historical figure T.E. Lawrence, spearheaded by FremantleMedia International. ”T.E. Lawrence was undoubtedly one of the greatest military and political strategists of our time and a stunningly intrepid Englishman who ... Read More »
When STARZ sees something good, they hang on to it! The cable network announced today that, less than a week after the premiere of Da Vinci’s Demons, they’ve ordered a second season of the action adventure romp. According to the press release, production of season two is expected to begin in Wales in May 2013, with an on-air return expected on ... Read More »
The ratings are in, and Da Vinci’s Demons is the winner! The series premiered on Starz! last Friday, as part of their free preview weekend, and set ratings records with 2.14 million tuning in, the most of any Starz! premiere to date. I’ve seen the next two episodes, and while Sid doesn’t appear in either (except in a “memory”), the ... Read More »
Sidsters, have you been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to watch Inescapable? Good news for those of us not in the areas where the movie is playing in theaters: Inescapable is currently available to stream or download at SundanceNOW for less than the price of a ticket to the cinema! SundanceNOW gives you the freedom to watch the best of independent cinema ... Read More »
Popular website Hollywood.com unveiled a new column this week, Get The To The Geek, promising to focus on “everything that prevented you from getting a date in high school: sci-fi, comics, videogames, basically anything that features something going ‘pew pew.’” Rather than pontificate on the state of geekery today, columnist Christian Blauvelt chose to devote his inaugural column to expounding ... Read More »