Archive for June, 2009

Battlestar Galactica alumnus Callum Keith Rennie ("Leoben") has been added to the cast of Fox's 24, joining fellow Battlestar alum Katee Sackhoff, Sackhoff reported on her Facebook page. "How cool is that? I have missed my Battlestar castmates. We all should just be on 24! : )"
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The British Independent newspaper reported that Bill Nighy (the Underworld movies) has joined the cast of the next Harry Potter movies, and the Leaky Cauldron speculates he will play veteran Auror Rufus Scrimgeour; "I don't think I'm allowed to say it, but I'm going to be in the next Harry Potter film," Nighy told the newspaper. "I won't say which character, but he's a goodie. I just got the gig."
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iTunes is hosting an extended two-minute clip from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which you can watch for free at the link; the movie opens July 15.

The world of Hellboy comics is quite different from the world of Guillermo del Toro's films. Once he introduced the Golden Army in Hellboy II, del Toro strayed pretty far from what Hellboy creator Mike Mignola has continued to do with the character and universe in an ongoing series of comics.

In recent years, Mignola has scaled back his involvement in the comics series simply to writing new stories and leaving the artwork to others. But the creator told SCI FI Wire exclusively that he plans to return to drawing the Hellboy comics as well in early 2010, as soon as he finishes a few stand-alone comic books. (Those will tell humorous oddball tales, a la his Amazing Screw-On Head book from 2002.)