Maybe this should go into Music, Films & TV, but seeing that this is news, I'll put it here... According to SciFi... SCI FI Channel and MGM Television Entertainment have reached an agreement to extend MGM's "Stargate" brand with a new series for the Channel. Production on 20 one-hour episodes of Stargate Atlantis, a weekly series based on the popular "Stargate" franchise, will begin in early 2004. Stargate Atlantis is slated to premiere in Summer '04, in tandem with the Season Eight launch of Stargate SG-1, exclusively on SCI FI. Stargate SG-1 centers on the Stargate, an ancient portal that allows instantaneous travel across the galaxy. Stargate Atlantis will take viewers on a brand-new adventure, with a whole new team. In the new series, a secret base left by the originators of the Stargate is discovered in the most unlikely of places — on Earth, buried among the ruins of the legendary city of Atlantis. The implications of this amazing discovery lead the Atlantis team to a distant galaxy where a primitive human civilization is threatened by a sinister new enemy. Stargate Atlantis will debut as a two-hour movie event on SCI FI and will feature crossover appearances by select members of the SG-1 team. Following its premiere, Stargate Atlantis will assume a regular hourly slot, scheduled as a companion series to Stargate SG-1 each week on SCI FI. Stargate Atlantis will be distributed by MGM Worldwide Television Distribution. Brad Wright and Robert Cooper will serve as executive producers on the new series. Cooper is currently executive producer on Stargate SG-1; Brad Wright is co-creator of Stargate SG-1, and served as the series' executive producer for six seasons. Rest of artivle at at SciFi - More information at the Stargate Atlantis website, GateWorld and at All Stargate. Well, many of us knew that they have been talking about a new series and that there have been rumors, but not it's confirmed! I for one am excited and hope that they can live up to the original series!
sweet I love watching Stargate.....cant wait for the movie to Ok I have a ?....the lost city everyone is looking for....thats going to be Atlantis, right?
I thought they had already began filming this? Oh well, it has been definate for quite a while Can't wait for it to begin, although it will be very weird having to get used to some new characters for this and only cameo appearances from the rest of the Stargate crew. There were rumours that Hammond was going to lead Atlantis and leave Jack to run the SGC, which would be quite cool, although weird.
would be better if hammond stayed at the sgc and o'neill ran Atlantis, cos then we'd get moar o'neill
yea but its pants compared to the series theres (apparently) gonna be a film with the cast from the series
Yup its looking that way....if it does come out...it will be the first time where it went from Movie to TV to Movie.....
There's not going to be a movie. It was a toss-up between having a movie and an 8th season, which is about to start filming IIRC. So no movie happening. The first episode of Atlantis will be a 2 hour long feature episode, just like Children of the Gods. At least Daniel and O'Neill will be in this to try and ease people into the new series.
I wouldnt cast aside the movie just yet, the origonal movie is gonna be the season 7 finale, (which rocks ass btw). However, i tihnk there will be a definate end for SG1. Possible spoiler break... The goauld are all but dead except for the legendary anubis, and maybe yu (who seems to survive through everything, though he has gone a little whacko ). I expect annubis to feel the tauri's wrath in season 8 (being as there is one, i expect a good outcome of the battle from s7 finale) and the goauld are the currnet only fearsome enemy in the milky way! So when he has gone! whats gonna happen ? i doibt sg1 will carry a set of movies like the TNG crew have done. I hope they do a movie, that will top it off just nicely
