Richard Kiel aka Jaws from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) will also be in attendance.

Please visit WonderCon’s official website for more information on purchasing advance tickets, hotel reservations, directions, etc. I highly recommend booking the con hotel early since around 30,000 people will be attending the event.

WonderCon 2009
Moscone Center South
747 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

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According to EW.com, CBS is developing a remake of Hawaii Five-O for next fall.

The original series ran from 1968 to 1980 and starred Jack Lord and James McArthur as detectives Steve McGarrett and Dan Williams. Set in Hawaii, the detectives worked for a fictional Hawaiian state police department. The hugely popular show set the template for the many police dramas that have followed and held the record for longest running crime drama on American television until 2003, when Law and Order surpassed it.

Ed Bernero, the executive producer of Criminal Minds and self-proclaimed Hawaii Five-O fan, is currently writing the project. According to TVSeriesFinale.com, the new version will star Chris McGarrett, son of Jack Lord’s Steve McGarrett. The site goes on to say, “although the storytelling will be updated, the spirit of the original will be maintained as much as possible including a re-vamped version of the iconic theme song and some form of the famous closing line “Book’em Danno.” The new Hawaii Five-O, like its predecessor, will take place at a fictional Hawaii state police department (Hawaii is the only US state without a statewide police agency) and will be filmed on the islands.”

There is still no word on who will star in this new adaptation.

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DIVE INTO THE FINAL SEASON OF 

SEASON FOUR, VOLUME ONE

The Classic Sci-Fi Series Surfaces On DVD March 31^st  
From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

All-New Bonus Features, Including Never Before Seen Interviews With 
David Hedison And More

CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Escape on another “Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea” as Season Four, Volume One submerges onto DVD March 31^st from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Based on Irwin Allen’s action-packed 1961 film Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, the television series chronicles the adventures of Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart: “Knight Rider”), Captain Crane (David Hedison: License To Kill, “The Young and the Restless”) and the fearless crew of the notorious SSRN Seaview as they embark on uncharted waters full of sci-fi espionage, action and suspense.  Featuring the first 13 episodes from the final season on a three-disc set, “Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea” Season Four, Volume One boasts the re-cut, unaired pilot, interviews with Hedison and still photos.  This unsinkable set will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.98 U.S./$54.98 Canada.

Synopsis:

As this ground-breaking action-adventure series went into its final season, the unparalleled genius of producer Irwin Allen kicked into creative overdrive, resulting in some of the greatest science-fiction television of all time. From rampaging gorillas and diabolical puppet masters to time-travelling androids and interplanetary kidnappings, this is the show that defined the genre, setting new standards for suspense, vision, and imagination. Now, join Admiral Nelson, Captain Crane and the rest of the crew aboard the Seaview, the Earth’s most powerful nuclear submarine, and dive deep into the unknown in this penultimate volume of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

DVD Features:

The “Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea” Season Four, Volume One three-disc DVD collection includes the first 13 episodes of the final season presented in wide screen format (4×3 1.33 aspect ratio) with English, Spanish and French Mono sound and English, Spanish and French subtitles. Individual disc content as follows:

o       The Deadly Dolls

o       Cave of the Dead

o       Journey with Fear

o       Sealed Orders

o       Man of Many Faces

o       Fatal Cargo

o       Time Lock

o       Rescue

o       Terror

o       Eleven Days to Zero (Re-cut, Unaired Pilot)

o       David Hedison Interviews

·        Years 1-4

·        Irwin’s Goal

·        Irwin’s Office

·        Work Hours

·        Voice-overs

o        Still Gallery

A recognized global industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (TCFHE) is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) as well as acquisitions and original productions.  The company also releases all products around the globe for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.  Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company.

‘Chicago 10′ featuring Jeffrey Wright on DVD Tuesday

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Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) is set to play the 43rd President as the supporting cast begins to take shape. Since the the publication of Entertainment Weekly, Elizabeth Banks, Jame Cromwell (24) and Ellen Burstyn have been cast as First Lady Laura Bush, George H. W. Bush, former President and CIA Director, and Former First Lady Barbara Bush, respectively. Robert Duvall is being pursued to play Vice President Dick Cheney but has yet to be offered the role.

W, which was written by Stanley Weiser, will follow Bush’s rise from a heavy drinking college student to the most powerful man in the world. Stone has said, he wants to make “a fair, true portrait of the man,” but I find that very hard to believe considering Oliver Stone’s knack for controversy and liberal politics.

Filming commences on April 21 in Shreveport, Louisiana and is intended to be released for the presidential election in November 2008 or the presidential inauguration in January 2009, according to Wikipedia. It is being produced by Moritz Borman and Jon Kilik.

This impeccable cast makes me very excited for W and I hope Wright gets the role!