'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 ||

'Eureka' To Lighten Its Load

By ALAN STANLEY BLAIR
Source: SciFi Wire
May-08-2008

If fans were feeling a little bogged down by some of the dark and brooding storytelling that "Eureka" had last season, then it sounds like the upcoming third season may sit a little better.

According to producers Charlie Craig and Jaime Paglia, the upcoming season will include lighter stories and a greater feeling of fun. And as part of their plan for lightening the load they will also be including a few salutes to some popular movies.

"One that we've been wanting to do for a long time, 'Groundhog Day,' I think, is the perfect episode thematically for our characters, especially for this guy," Paglia said about Sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson). "It involves 2 a.m. and ice water. That's all I'm going to say. Over and over again."

Throughout the course of the third season, the series will not only tackle some of those fun ideas in a series of standalone adventures, but there will also be a deepening sense of mystery about the entire town.

"Obviously every episode is still very stand-alone in terms of the mystery that has to be resolved this week," Paglia said. "We do have an ongoing deeper mystery that will be stretched out over those first eight [weeks of the upcoming third season]. Season 1, we were all wanting to find our show, and I think that overall we were pretty pleased with what we came up with. Some were a little hit or miss. But the tone was very difficult to capture."

Some of the episodes in the second season strayed a little bit from where they should have, Paglia said, and because of that, some of the relationships will be restored in the third season.

"Eureka" returns to the SciFi Channel later this summer.

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