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Geek, writer, voice actor. What more to life is there?

Fall Sci-Fi Premiers

Thanks to Sci-Fi Wire for the dates (though I don’t really feel Desperate Housewives is really genre, Sci-Fi Wire does). I can’t really say I’m interested in any of the new shows. I may watch Invasion, but only because it’s on after Lost.

Tuesday, Sept. 13: 9 p.m. Supernatural (The WB)

Friday, Sept. 16: 9 p.m. Threshold (CBS)

Monday, Sept. 19: 8 p.m. Surface (NBC), 10 p.m. Medium (NBC)

Wednesday, Sept. 21: 9 p.m. Lost (ABC), 10 p.m. Invasion (ABC)

Friday, Sept. 23: 8 p.m. Ghost Whisperer (CBS)

Sunday, Sept. 25: 8 p.m. Charmed (The WB), 9 p.m. Desperate Housewives (ABC)

Thursday, Sept. 29: 8 p.m. Smallville (The WB), 8 p.m. Alias (ABC), 9 p.m. Night Stalker (ABC)

Marvel to Produce Movies In-House

Along with changing their name to Marvel Entertainment (from Marvel Enterprises), the company has gotten financing from Merril Lynch to begin making movies in-house and then having someone else distribute them for a fee, similar to how Lucasfilm and Pixar (as of next year) work. Sci-Fi Wire has some more details. Titles that may be produced include: Captain America, the Avengers, Nick Fury, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Cloak and Dagger, Dr. Strange, Hawkeye, Power Pack and Shang-Chi.

Brock Peters Dead at 78

Versitile actor, and Star Trek vet, Brock Peters died Tuesday. Renowned in the acting community for his roles in such landmark films as To Kill a Mockingbird and Porgy and Bess, he is best known to today’s Sci-Fi audience for his roles as Adm. Cartwright in Star Trek IV and Star Trek VI in addition to playing Joseph Sisko on “Deep Space Nine.”

No stranger to genre productions, Peters appeared in Soylent Green and the original “Battlestar Galactica” miniseries.

His voice acting credits include “Pirates of Dark Water” and “Batman” as well as the NPR radio play for Star Wars where he voiced Darth Vader.

He was one of those truly “classy” actors that will be sorely missed.