If you’ve been on Twitter in the last 24 hours, you might have noticed more than a few tweets hitting the interweebs with the #WeWantStargate hashtage pinned to the posts.

Spearheaded by former “Stargate” writer and producer, Joe Mallozzi, the “Stargate Superdrive” campaign aimed to get the hashtag trending in order to demonstrate to franchise owners MGM that the fanbase for “Stargate” is alive and strong, and ready for new content.

According to the organizers of the campaign - @StargateNow - the campaign, supported by “Stargate” alumni such as Michael, Amanda Tapping, Torri Higginson, Jewel Staite and David Hewlett, trended to #1 Worldwide, and in the US, Canada, Australia and France.

Whether the posting of “Stargate” memories and a call for a new series by thousands of fans will spur MGM to take notice and revive the franchise has yet to be seen, but there’s no doubt the trending campaign proved the strength and dedication of the “Stargate” fandom.

Check out articles about the Superdrive on Deadline, ComicBook.com and Gateworld.

“Unspeakable”, the mini-series created by “Stargate” writer and producer Robert Cooper, and starring Michael, Shawn Doyle (“The Expanse”), Camille Sullivan (“The Man in the High Castle”) and Sarah Wayne Callies (“The Walking Dead”, “Prison Break”) has been named by the New York Times as one of the Best International Shows in their Best TV Shows of 2019 wrap-up.

The series was based on the book “The Gift of Death” by André Picard, and detailed the tragic real-life events leading to and resulting from the tainting of Canada’s blood supply during the 1980s.

Per the NY Times:

“Unspeakable” is a “straightforward dramatization of an entirely avoidable calamity: the tainting of Canada’s blood supply by H.I.V. and hepatitis C in the 1980s. It can be prosaic and sentimental at times, but its steady, no-frills approach keeps you engaged in the increasingly enraging story.”

Check out the full list of Best TV shows of 2019 on the NY Times website.

You can currently stream “Unspeakable” on Sundance Now and Amazon.

The New Yorker has published it’s review of Michael’s latest Lifetime telemovie, “The College Admissions Scandal” scheduled to air this coming weekend, 12 October at 8pm/7pm Central on the Lifetime Movie Network.

The film depicts the real-life story behind the FBI’s Operation Varsity Blues, the investigation into the criminal conspiracy to obtain college admissions on false pretenses.

Summing up the film, reviewer Troy Patterson writes:

“The crimes described here seem heinous because they subvert the founding myths of meritocracy, and this Lifetime movie—with its strokes of low-brow expressionism, its inadvertently funny production values, its clever lead performances—converts the news story into an exhilarating nightmare.”

Check out the full review on the New Yorker website.

Entertainment Tonight have uploaded an exclusive trailer to YouTube for Michael’s latest Lifetime telemovie, “The College Admissions Scandal”, while online magazine Glamour have shared some casting news about the production.

The telemovie is schedule to premiere on Lifetime on Sunday, 12 October at 8pm/7pm Central.

Check out a new video interview with Michael conducted by the good folk running the Shore Leave 41 convention which starts today in Baltimore. Head to the convention’s website for full details.

Michael Shanks in “Unspeakable,”

Michael has completed a quick Q&A with Blaine Schlecter of I'm Here With Magazine, during which he talks about the CBC series, "Unspeakable" - the finale of which is set to air tomorrow night - and reveals he has recently been working on a couple of new projects: a recurring role in the second season of "Altered Carbon", and a recurring role in a new Netflix series, "Virgin River", based on the novels by Robyn Carr.

You can check out the full interview on the I’m Here With Magazine website.

VIRGIN RIVER
Variety first reported the series was in development in September last year with Production by Reel World Management and Roma Roth. Per their website, the series is still in production. Check out their site for a logline and synopsis of the series.

Author Robyn Carr likewise shared on her website that Netflix had picked up the novels for development.

And, per a December article by TV Line, actress (and Michael’s wife) Lexa Doig and Michael's former "Saving Hope" co-star, Daniel Gillies, is also set to appear in the series.

ALTERED CARBON
Another Netflix series, "Altered Carbon" is (per Wikipedia) "a dystopian science fiction cyberpunk web television series created by Laeta Kalogridis and based on the 2002 novel of the same title by English author Richard K. Morgan. The first season consists of ten episodes and premiered on Netflix on February 2, 2018.

The second series, currently in development, will consist of 8 episodes.

No word yet on the roles Michael will play in either series, but the question has been asked!