Sanctuary & Richard Dean Anderson Cons

GABIT Events have been running conventions with Stargate’s Amanda Tapping for a number of years, their latest Amanda Tapping event AT4 which will take place in November sold out within a matter of minutes.  GABIT work closely with Amanda Tapping and proceeds of their events support charities.

GABIT have just released some super exciting news on two fronts.  They have teamed up with LEGENDS Memorabilia for the first Sanctuary event “The Sanctuary Experience” to be held in Vancouver from the 30th of July to the 1st of August next year.  The event will include appearances by the cast and crew of Sanctuary and will beneft Amanda Tapping’s newly formed charity “Sanctuary for Kids” which raises funds for other charity organisations that often get overlooked.

Even more exciting is the news that they will hold the first ever Richard Dean Anderson event. “Meet the Man (MTM)” will run along the lines of their AT events in the UK and will be held on the 5th of August.  Tickets will be limited to around 350 including 80 “Charmed” passes that will include extras like entry to the cocktail party.

Registrations will be open soon and more information can be found on the GABIT and Legends Memorabilia websites.

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In January 2008 Kate Hewlett filmed the movie “The Last New Year” and this week the film is being screened in Toronto.

“The Last New Year” is a film about a young man’s mysterious disappearance which tests the frayed relationships among his nine closest friends. Reunited for their annual night of fun and debauchery, the group must unravel the secrets behind his absence to save the tradition and their friendships from disaster.

“The Last New Year” was a Golden Ace Award Winner at the 2009 Las Vegas International Film Festival.

Kate Hewlett will be attending the screening and available with the rest of the cast and crew for a Q&A session afterwards.

The film will screen Sunday 17th, Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th of May at The Royal,
608 College (at Clinton St.) Toronto.

Tickets are $10 and can be reserved by emailing thenightingalecompany.com

While filming Kate Hewlett regularly updated her blog and you read there for some behind the scenes stories. loft-in-translation.blogspot.com (The posts are in reverse order)

More information about the film is available through the film’s Facebook page.

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What’s Coming Up #4

In this month’s show we talk about the events coming up over the next couple of months.  I also chat with Stargate Location Manager Lynn Smith who worked on seasons 2 to 7 of SG1 and was our tour guide on the official Stargate Location Bus Tour held as part of the Stargate convention in Vancouver last month.  Andy from prop replica company Quantum Mechanix chats about their new Stargate and Serenity products and we find about about the Best of Both Worlds Stargate convention in Australia. Read more »

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Official Stargate Vancouver Convention Report & F-302 Giveaway!

The official Stargate convention was held by Creation Entertainment in Vancouver from the 2nd to the 5th of April The guest list this year included Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Paul McGillion, Joe Flanigan, Teryl Rothery, Andee Frizzell, Connor Trinneer, Robert Picardo, Dan Shea, Gary Jones, David Nykl and producers Mr N John Smith, Brad Wright and Robert Cooper there were also other guests panelists and lots of opportunities for fans to get autographs and professional photos with the guests. Read more »

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What’s Coming Up #2 – Mar 09

We apologise for this edition of What’s Coming Up being significantly delayed but it was due to circumstances beyond our control.  We plan to keep on track with our next podcast which will be published around the 31-2 April.

This month we talk about what’s coming up in Stargate and Firefly related events around the world.  We’ll share some news about some Firefly cast members and talk with Daniel from Australia’s Supanova events that will be held in Melbourne and Brisbane soon.   There’s talk of Jewel Staite, Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Joss Whedon,  Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Christopher Judge, Joe Flanigan, Jason Momoa, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, David Nykl,  Robert Picardo and more! Read more »

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Stargate Autographed Canvas Auction

Kids Need to Read are auctioning a fantastic Stargate item that was donated by Mick of MSPG Autographs and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

This official canvas from the Chevron 7 Convention held in Northampton, England in June 2008 has been autographed by Michael Shanks, Christopher Judge, Gary Jones and Carmen Argenziano. The full-color canvas measures 14″ x 18″ and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Items similar to this have been known to sell for $400+ when auctioned at conventions.

• Ebay Link
  (auction ends Feb-09)

Kids Need to Read purchase books by raising funds through auctions, sales of merchandise and other available means to provide books to libraries, schools and other institutions in need. To find out more go to the Kids Need to Read website.

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Hewlett Movie “A Dog’s Breakfast Now Free Online

David Hewlett’s film “A Dog’s Breakfast” has just been made available to watch free online for those in the USA via popular TV and movie site Hulu. Read more »

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Kate Hewlett’s Play “Humans Anonymous” Now Showing

Kate Hewlett (David Heweltt’s real-life sister) plays Rodney McKay’s brother in several episodes of Stargate Atlantis. Kate is using Twitter to encourage people to attend her play, showing in Toronto this month. Read more »

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Stargate Vancouver Convention Almost Sold Out

Fannish Inquisition are happy to announce that we will be attending the Creation Entertainment Official Stargate Convention in Stargate’s hometown Vancouver in April. We’ve just heard that the event is almost sold out so if you have been thinking about attending don’t delay ordering your tickets. Read more »

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First Stargate Universe Cast Member Announced

The new Stargate series Stargate Universe has been quite controversial since it’s announcement in August this year. Much of the outcry by fans occurred due to the cancellation of the successful series Stargate Atlantis in order to make way for the new series. Read more »

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