“Stargate: Atlantis” Star Rachel Luttrell Is Our Guest For Show #103

On this week’s show, airing online Wednesday, April 4 we have actress Rachel Luttrell from the SCI FI Channel hit series “Stargate: Atlantis” as our guest.

Rachel is the beautiful young actress who plays Teyla Emmagan, the lovely and accomplished leader of a primitive alien civilization in the Pegasus Galaxy. Although her civilization is in all but ruins due to the onslaught of the lifeforce-sucking entities known as the Wraith, there was a time when her society was one of the most highly advanced in that region of the galaxy. In Season One of the series Teyla and a large contingent of her people made contact with the Atlantis Stargate team where she joined the Earth crew as a liaison between them and her people, and a tactical ally in the fight against the Wraith.

Rachel was born in Tanzania, Africa to a French father and Tanzanian mother. They later moved to Canada where she grew up. She pursued a career in the arts and entertainment industry studying ballet at the prestigious Russian Academy Ballet School, starring in the Toronto stage production of “Miss Saigon” and making her splash in television in such roles as Veronica Beck in the CBC series “Street Legal.” She later appeared on American television making guest appearances on shows like the Emmy winning “ER,” “Charmed,” “Forever Knight” and many others. Eventually she landed the role of Teyla which has made her a favorite of science fiction fans everywhere and a household name.

“Stargate: Atlantis” and “Stargate: SG-1″ return with all new episodes on Friday, April 13, 2007.

On the rest of the show we have lots of news about movies, TV, exclusive internet videos and more. Plus, Summer Brooks announces the names of our three lucky winners of “The Last Mimzy” contest with news of another new contest coming soon.

In the News:
Hugo Weaving will do the talking for Megatron in the new “Transformers” movie. Will Frank Welker fans accept this move by director Michael Bay? There’s a new BLOB movie coming out again. This time it’s being done for laughs. And, Val Valentino’s Masked Magician will get graphic novel treatment from Virgin Comics and Nash Entertainment. Could there be a movie deal in the works too?

Movie Talk:
We take a closer look at “Spider Man 3″ due out next month. We examine a little gem of a flick called “Golden Door” which is a modern day fable about the immigrant experience.

As a special bonus feature on this week’s show we talk about a new online short that can only be seen on the Internet from the folks at Pirelli Tires. It’s called “Mission Zero” and stars the gorgeous Uma Thurman in hot, fast, explosive, heart-pounding action.

Slice of Trivia:
Our good friend Doug Kress is actually in the studio LIVE this week with three great new trivia clips to stump the brain.

TV Talk:
The motto for this week’s TV segment is “No Pain - No Gain - for Jane.” On April 13 “Painkiller Jane,” the new SCI FI Channel television series starring Kristanna Loken and based on the popular comic book series created by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada will premiere on SciFi Friday. In the near future — with the world locked in an escalating battle against terrorism and beleaguered by social and economic unrest — an unlikely heroine has emerged and her name is Jane Vasco, a.k.a. “Painkiller Jane.”

Future Talk:
Fresh off of his mega blockbuster hit film “300,” director Zack Snyder has decided it’s time to revisit an original story he wrote a few years back called “Army of the Dead” (not to be confused with the 2006 straight-to-DVD film of the same name). We look at what Zack has to say about his vision for this movie and where he’d like to see all future zombie movies go.

There you have it. Another great show, chock full of exciting stories, new revelations about upcoming TV shows and movies and the beautiful Rachel Luttrell talking all about “Stargate: Atlantis.” You’ll not want to miss this exciting Slice of SciFi Show #103 ready for download on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 and on XM-Satellite Radio’s Sonic Channel one week later. We’ll look for you then.