Teryl Rothery cast in new Babylon 5

Actress Teryl Rothery has been cast in Babylon 5: The Lost Tales, a new direct-to-DVD movie now in production in Vancouver, British Columbia. The film (actually a collection of two one-hour stories) will be released in 2007, picking up some time after the events of the hit 1990s sci-fi television show.

Rothery co-starred for seven years on Stargate SG-1 as the beloved Dr. Janet Fraiser. She will play an ISN news reporter in The Lost Tales, according to writer, director, and executive producer J. Michael Straczynski.

The Lost Tales is intended to be a multiple-DVD series, with this first 2-hour installment subtitled “Voices In the Dark.” It stars B5 alums Bruce Boxleitner (“John Sheridan”), Tracy Scoggins (“Elizabeth Lochley”), and Peter Woodward (“Galen”).

“What I can say about the [planned stories] is that we go to Mars, Minbar and of course B5,” Straczynski wrote to fans online. “We introduce a new kind of Minbari cruiser, and there’s a rather startling sequence on Earth. I’ve decided to shoot each segment a little differently from each other, so they each have their own visual style that complements that particular story.”

The DVD is expected to be released this spring, at least in North America. Find out more at Babylon 5 ISN News.