Universe is getting ready for a fall premiere on the SCI FI Channel in the U.S., and tells the story of a group of military personnel and civilians who find themselves stranded on board the Destiny — a deep space exploratory vessel built by the Ancients many millions of years ago. The ship is on an unalterable, preprogrammed course from one galaxy to another, following up on new Stargates placed by another automated ship.
The series stars Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, 24: Redemption) as Dr. Nicholas Rush; Justin Louis (Durham County) as Colonel Everett Young; Brian J. Smith (Law & Order) as Lt. Matthew Scott; David Blue (Ugly Betty) as Eli Wallace; and Jamil Walker Smith (Hey Arnold!) as Senior Sgt. Ronald Greer.
Two more main cast members — the women, playing Captain Tamara Jon and civilian Chloe Walker — have not yet been announced, but as far as we know they have been cast. We’re expecting the official news from MGM and SCI FI any moment now.
The large set of the Destiny has been constructed on Stage 4 at The Bridge Studios, home to Stargate SG-1 (Stage 5) and Stargate Atlantis (Stage 6) over the past 12 years. Upstairs in the production office, Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper serve as showrunners and executive producers. Carl Binder (Stargate Atlantis) will also produce, while Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie serve as writers and consulting producers while they continue work on the Atlantis movie.
Former Atlantis writer-producers Martin Gero (story) and Alan McCullough will contribute scripts to the show, but have departed the full-time staff.
Mallozzi also unveiled a new working episode title on his blog this week: “Time,” penned by Robert Cooper.
Production is scheduled to run through October 23, according to the BC Film Commission.
We’ll continue to follow the development of Stargate Universe in the weeks and months ahead! We’re expecting more cast member names, the first cast photos and perhaps even a peek at the design for the Destiny, in the relatively near future.
Stick with GateWorld’s SGU Launch Center for the latest news, interviews, and more, and watch the Season One episode guide for the latest info on the episodes now in production.
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Well I am staying up until half two GMT to see if the rest of the cast is announce. I damn well hope they are.
Principal photography has started and yet they have yet to announce one female cast member!
The is not making me excited for this show to begin.
Whoop!!! "Stargate: Universe" is GO!!! Yay!!!
Ahh! We need to find out who the rest of the cast is, plus any reoccuring guest star peoples. And if Shanks is in it for the first ep.
BYE
I hope the two female crewmembers will have some womanly shapes instead of girls which is popular with US tv :)
It's all so good but... WTF?! Where is the females??? For F sake! For crying out loud! Aaaaargh!
Why so hush hush about the women?
The female civilian character is a former cast member on ER.
More than likely all the female characters that TPTB would consider are all unavailable or just don't wish to appear on SGU:90210
Ya, I'm over Hollywood's big "secret" crap they keep pulling making us wait for pictures or pulling trailers and that general garbage. I know they think it will wet our appetites and keep us breathless, but it just pisses me off instead, hear me TPTB?!