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In a cruel twist of fate, Jamie Bamber and James Callis look like they won't be able to make it to Oz for the upcoming GenConOz in Brisbane or the special 'Boys of Battlestar' night in Sydney, due to extended production commitments shooting Battlestar Galactica.

Whilst GenConOz looks set to still go ahead with a host of other guests, the Sydney event looks like it's in real trouble.

This bad news is fresh, so there's no confirmation as yet on The Hub Productions website. We'll keep you posted if there's a sudden shift in fortune and we see a last-minute resurgence in Jamies - although at this stage, it doesn't look good.

Our local Bamber-watcher, Bricharni, has revealed the news in our forum, here's what she had to say:


"The following post, was recently posted on this website; http://community.livejournal.com/bamber_news/


Jamie Has Had to Cancel his Appearances at Gen Con and Hub Productions

I'm sorry to be the barer of bad news to the fans in Australia. Production on Battlestar Galactica, which was to be completed on June 28th, has now been extended to at least July 10th. Jamie did everything in his power to be released from production, but the production office has notified him it's not possible.

Here's a portion of the email I just received from his convention agent:

Jamie has been trying to get to Australia for a couple of years now. He was so looking forward to finally getting there and hopes the fans understand how hard everyone worked to make it happen, and have it in their hearts to forgive him and the promoters, but it just wasn’t meant to be.

I know how disappointing this is to some of you, but I expressed that given how hard he's worked in the past to make con appearances, we know this was something out of his power to make work.

I didn't receive word on James Callis, who is also scheduled to appear at these events, but there is a good chance he is also unable to attend."

Frak.