'Bioshock,' which became one of last year's biggest console games, is making the expected move to the big screen with Gore Verbinski on board to direct, according to Variety || The last two seasons of 'Lost' will now be 17 hours each instead of 16 hours to make p for time lost because of the Writers Guild of America strike, says The Hollywood Reporter || Common, a rap artist, has decided to take a turn to acting and has been granted a role on 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,' according to Variety || For the first time, SciFi Channel will rerun episodes of the 1987-94 series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' joining 'Charmed' and 'Mork & Mindy' on the cable outlet, Variety reports || 'Star Trek: The Experience' may be running out of steam. Cedar Fair, which owns the Las Vegas attraction, says there are no plans to renew its contract with CBS Corp., which could close the event next year, TrekToday reports || 'Bioshock,' which became one of last year's biggest console games, is making the expected move to the big screen with Gore Verbinski on board to direct, according to Variety || The last two seasons of 'Lost' will now be 17 hours each instead of 16 hours to make p for time lost because of the Writers Guild of America strike, says The Hollywood Reporter || Common, a rap artist, has decided to take a turn to acting and has been granted a role on 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,' according to Variety || For the first time, SciFi Channel will rerun episodes of the 1987-94 series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' joining 'Charmed' and 'Mork & Mindy' on the cable outlet, Variety reports || 'Star Trek: The Experience' may be running out of steam. Cedar Fair, which owns the Las Vegas attraction, says there are no plans to renew its contract with CBS Corp., which could close the event next year, TrekToday reports ||

Guest role was last minute

Marsters talks about leap from 'Buffy' to 'Andromeda'

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: SciFi Wire
Sep-14-2001

James Marsters is best known as Spike on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but he recently told Sci-Fi Wire that he's excited to be making a stop on "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda" this fall.

"It came very last minute," he said. "I was already going to be in Canada doing [VH1's] 'Strange Frequency,' and it seemed like fun to do a Gene Roddenberry series.

"I grew up watching 'Star Trek,' as we all did, so it was fun to put at least a foot in that universe. I play [Charlemagne Bolivar], an aristocrat, a genetically-perfected person who people [the Nietzscheans] think of themselves -- probably rightly -- as superior to most people, certainly intellectually and physically. So he holds the entire crew in some sort of contempt. But he needs them, and they have to work together."

Marsters also said that the producers "wanted the character to come back, and I would do it, but my 'Buffy' schedule is so tight that I don't know if it will work out."

Marsters will appear in "Into the Labyrinth," which will air during the early part of "Andromeda's" second season.

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