Jewel Staite and Amanda Tapping Joins “Stargate: Atlantis”
Those guys over at The Sci Fi Channel are really going all out to make sure that their last “Stargate” series, “Atlantis”, remains on the air. With the show set for its fourth season, the producers have tapped “Stargate: SG1’s” Amanda Tapping to join the show, continuing the character of Sam Carter that sthe played on “SG1″ for the last 10 years. Also joining “Atlantis” is “Firefly” castaway Jewel Staite, who had previously been on the show in a past episode, but will now have a permanent role. According to Sci Fi Channel, while introducing Tapping and Staite to the cast, they’ll be killing off “beloved friends”.
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Atlantis will resume production on the fourth season in Vancouver, Canada, starting next month. Tapping will appear in 14 of Atlantis’s 20 episodes. The new season will introduce a powerful new race, new cast members and mark the loss of beloved friends.
Meanwhile, Jewel Staite (Firefly, Serenity) returns to Atlantis and will appear in eight episodes, reprising her role as Dr. Keller, a physician who joins the Atlantis expedition. Staite previously appeared on the series as Ellia, the Wraith child who was transformed into a human in the season two episode “Instinct.”
Here is a Jewel Staite preview:
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