New York, NY – August 22, 2008 – 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 the first season of Stargate Universe, a weekly series based on the popular Stargate franchise, will begin in early 2009, with the … Read more
The decision to end Stargate Atlantis and move straight to releasing movies instead was made mutually by SCI FI and MGM, and Stargate Productions in Vancouver it has been reported. Rather than cancelling the show because of under-performance, the powers that be decided to go out on top while Atlantis is still popular enough to … Read more
Sci Fi Channel isn’t about to let down “Stargate” fans. The network is set to announce the order of a new series from MGM Television, “Stargate: Universe,” that will mark the third entry in Sci Fi’s longest-running original series franchise. The green light comes on the heels of Sci Fi’s confirming Thursday that “Stargate: Atlantis” … Read more
New York, NY August 21, 2008 Building upon the successful Stargate franchise, SCI FI Channel today announced it has greenlit a two-hour movie based on the hit science fiction adventure series Stargate Atlantis. SCI FI will have the exclusive worldwide television premiere of the yet to be titled Stargate Atlantis film, which will then be … Read more
The SCI FI Channel and MGM have decided to cancel Stargate Atlantis after its fifth season ends. The show will however continue on with a 2 hour movie that will air on the SCI FI channel in 2009 in the United States and with other global airing’s later on in the year. The film will … Read more
This year’s Comic Con event in San Diego has been a huge success for the entire franchise. Familiar faces from the shows were out in force with the line up including: Richard Dean Anderson Amanda Tapping Ben Browder Michael Shanks Christopher Judge Beau Bridges Martin Wood Brad Wright Lexa Doig Joe Flanigan Jewel Staite Robert … Read more
After a recent press preview screening in Vancouver, SCI FI team members managed to sit down with: Brad Wright, executive producer N. John Smith and production designer Jams Robbins. Here is an excerpt of the interview. Brad Wright, how does creating and writing a Stargate feature compare to creating TV series episodes? The funny thing … Read more
In a recent interview with Newsarama writer and producer Brad Wright reveals that the third possible spin off Stargate Universe is still very much undecided. The writers have been discussing this new show for a long time, Brad reveals that the time frame has actually been too long. Here is an excerpt of the Brad … Read more
Besides shooting in the Arctic, producing Continuum as a feature film provided some other fantastic opportunities, particularly in the area of production design. “There were things that we could do in Continuum that we simply couldn’t afford to do in the television series. We actually built the bridge and several decks of a 1939 cargo … Read more
Stargate Worlds was represented by FireSky’s Joseph Ybarra at the recent ION Conference held this year in Seattle Washington from May 13 – 15 2008. Gamasutra’s Wendy Despain and Matthe Kumar reviewed Ybarra’s presentation in which he epxress the hope that he has for the Future MMORPGs developed by his company. Here is an excerpt … Read more