Categories: Actors

Browder set to portray Iraqi vet

One of Ben Browder‘s 2009 portrayals will be hitting a little closer to home.

GateWorld has learned that the actor behind SG-1‘s Colonel Cameron Mitchell is set to play “an Iraqi war vet who achieves fame when another veteran, this time from Vietnam, features him in a documentary for ABC,” according to the press release.

Freeze Frame the working title based on a true story, “tells how Ben’s character went into a bar and held it up with an unloaded gun. His objective was not to get money, but to get killed.

“After Ben’s character is released from prison, he finds there’s nowhere he can go where people don’t know him, and know what he did … including his son from a broken marriage, who won’t speak to him.”

Directed by Galit McCord, Freeze Frame will go to film in 2009.

A preview of the movie featuring Browder is currently available on YouTube. GateWorld has learned exclusively that Browder is currently the only actor cast. The producers are aiming for a theatrical release, but the number of hits to the YouTube video will play a big part in deciding the film’s fate.

(Thanks to Shards for the tip!)

David Read

David Read is the host of "Dial the Gate" and formerly GateWorld's co-editor. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and has been with the site since 2003. From 2017 to 2019 he co-hosted "Dialing Home" for Stargate Command.

View Comments

  • Is there anything else on this movie? Who is the production company? Any other cast? Is this a tv movie? Direct to DVD? Can we get a link to the press release? Who is the lead in the film?

  • hmmm i can see people writing programs to constantly refresh the page to get the views up. happened to a friend of mine and he got quite excited when he saw his vid was on the most viewed for music that day and then someone sent him a message saying that they had written the program

  • Based on the number of YouTube hits?? Really? Doesn't sound too promising. So if it doesn't get enough hits it won't be made?

  • I think the implication was that it would get a television release rather than theatrical, not that it wouldn't be made.

Share
By
David Read
Tags: Ben Browder

Recent Posts

Hands-On With Stargate’s New Brick Construction Sets

BlueBrixx's new LEGO-compatible Stargate construction sets are here. So how are they?

13 hours ago

SGU: Alaina Huffman Nearly Played A Different Character

"T.J." actress Alaina Huffman reveals the other role she auditioned for, and why she fought…

3 days ago

Our Man Zelenka: Stargate Atlantis’s Unsung Hero

Actor David Nykl looks back on Stargate Atlantis, being part of the fan community, and…

6 days ago

Puddle Jumper Model Coming From Master Replicas

EXCLUSIVE: A classic Atlantis ship is now in the works from Master Replicas – one…

1 week ago

Amanda Tapping Headlines Live Podcast Event This Weekend

Fans in and around Vancouver, B.C. can attend a live recording of YVR Screen Scene…

1 week ago

Stargate’s Odyssey Ship Model Is Coming Soon

Pre-orders go live this week for the next ship in Earth's fleet, set to ship…

3 weeks ago