News Archive for the 'Stargate Movies' Category

Nov 12 2009

Stargate Revolution Is The Working Title For The Third SG1 Movie

The working title for the third Stargate SG1 movie has officially been revealed by Joseph Mallozzi, and is to be entitled ‘Stargate Revolution’.

Stargate Revolution will reunite the cast of the long-running show, including former lead Richard Anderson.

Although Stargate Extinction was given the green light by MGM back in Spring 2009 for production, MGM placed it on the back burner much as it did for its counterpart for the Stargate Atlantis movie ‘Stargate Extinction’.

The script for SG1 movie has been written by Brad Wright and Carl Binder, who are presently serving as executive producers on Stargate Universe. Brad Wright informed fans at this year’s Vancouver Stargate Convention that “I had a story idea that would bring O’Neil back in a big way, and would be set sometime between Continuum and the start of Stargate Universe”.

Aug 12 2009

New Stargate SG-1 And Atlantis Films Due But Not Just Yet

Stargate Universe executive producer Robert C. Cooper has written scripts for a new potential Stargate SG-1 movie and a Stargate Atlantis film, but said it might be a while before they get a green light.

“We’re ready to go,” Cooper said in an exclusive interview over the weekend in Pasadena, Calif., where he was promoting SGU at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. “We’re just waiting for the right opportunity,” he said. “We want to be successful with it. The studio wants to be successful, and we really don’t want to proceed with something in the wrong climate, which I think financially it is right now.”

Two previous SG-1 straight-to-DVD movies, Continuum and The Ark of Truth, sold well, but the current economic downturn makes DVD premieres less lucrative than they were in the past.

“It’s tough, because we were very successful with the first two SG-1 movies,” Cooper said. “Since then, the economics have changed a little bit. DVDs aren’t selling the same way they were when we released those even just a year, and a year and a half ago.”

A new compilation of Stargate Atlantis episodes, Fans’ Choice, just dropped on Blu-ray on Aug. 4, featuring the pilot “Rising” and an extended cut of “Enemy at the Gate.” That won’t help Cooper mount a new production.

“That, obviously, is already produced,” Cooper said. “Putting it on DVD or Blu-ray is not the same as the investment it would take to start from scratch.”

Should the two DVD films be made, they would follow previous entries in having independent storylines that would not affect the upcoming Syfy original series SGU. “They would stand alone,” Cooper said. “The Atlantis one takes place shortly after the end of season five. The SG-1, I think, takes place sometime in an intermediary period between when the SG-1 movies left off and when Universe began.”

News article courtesy of Sci Fi Wire

Aug 03 2009

Stargate The Movie Coming To High Definition Blu Ray

Lionsgate Home Entertainment is using the upcoming premiere of Stargate Universe as a launching pad for the re-release of the original Stargate The Movie which kicked started the entire franchise.

The October 13th release will include the theatrical and extended cuts together in the same package for the first time. Other firsts include a new 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track and a *newly remastered* 1080p video transfer.

Over four hours of supplemental features will be packed onto the release including three new featurettes, an interactive trivia track, and a never-before-seen gag reel. The remaining features are likely to be pulled from previous Stargate releases.

The 15th anniversary Blu Ray disc will be available for pre-order soon from the online store.

Jun 01 2009

Stargate Extinction to Start Filming In November?

Rachel Luttrell who plays Stargate Atlantis character Teyla Emmagan has hinted in a recent interview with SciFi now that the first Stargate Atlantis movie Stargate Extinction is set to begin filming in November.

Rachel is quoted as saying

“There’s a rumour that it’ll start shooting in November,” said Luttrell in a telephone interview on Friday evening. “That once [Stargate] Universe is done with its season production then we’ll move into it, but none of that has been confirmed.”

As this information is only speculation at present we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this article.

May 20 2009

Stargate Atlantis Movie Titled Confirmed

The previously leaked Stargate Atlantis Movie title ‘Stargate Extinction‘ has officially been confirmed as the real name for the first Atlantis Movie.

Executive producer Joseph Mallozzi is confirmed as quoting in his recent blog entry:

Today, the SGA movie script, Stargate: Extinction, went out to the writing department. No one has gotten around to reading it yet but I imagine it’s just a matter of time before the accolades start rolling in.

More information is expected to follow shortly.

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