'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 ||

B5's Boxleitner Joins NBC's 'Heroes'

By WAYNE HALL
Source: TV Guide
May-08-2008

Bruce Boxleitner, best known to genre fans as John Sheridan on "Babylon 5," will appear in a recurring role on "Heroes" during the show's next season, according to TV Guide.

The character was initially intended to be something like Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain. However, the latest word is that Boxleitner's role has been reworked, and he will now spent most of his time interacting with one of the show's leading ladies.

In related news, "Heroes" will add more new characters next season. Not much is known about these new faces, but NBC indicates that the show will continue to primarily follow "the core characters from the pilot."

Boxleitner, who turns 58 on May 12, spent 88 episodes of "Babylon 5" as John Sheridan. He got his start in 1973 as a guest star on "Mary Tyler Moore" but jumped into science-fiction less than a decade later as Alan Bradley in the computer-generated world of "Tron."

He also guest starred in a 2000 episode of "The Outer Limits" as Sen. Wyndom Brody in "Decompression," and has lent his voice to a pair of Tron video games (he also had a Tron cameo in the English version of the video game "Kingdom Hearts II").

"Heroes" will return this fall, airing on Mondays at 9 p.m.

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