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
The guys and girls over at IGN managed to sit down with the cast and crew of Stargate Continuum for an exclusive behind the scenes interview. Featured below is an excerpt of that interview: It’s only when you see The Bridge Studios in Vancouver, Canada, that you begin to realise just how big Stargate is. … Read more
“I hope fans enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it,†says writer/producer Alan McCullough of Stargate Atlantis‘ latest action-packed installment. The idea for the episode had occurred to McCullough way back at the beginning of season four, and when season five came around the producers felt it was time to put the story … Read more
Working in the Arctic Circle isn’t just tough: it’s almost impossible. Even leaving aside the extraordinary effort it takes to get there – as director Martin Wood puts it, there aren’t any tourist flights up onto the ice – the conditions aren’t exactly the sort you’d encounter in your back yard. Wood and director of … 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
United States cable giant SCI FI has announced that it will air its brand new drama series, Sanctuary on the 3rd of October at 22:00. The 13 part production between SCI FI and Canadian producers Stage 3 Media and Tricon Films and Television brings the former online only series to the main stream audience. Interestingly … Read more
Director of photography Peter Woeste has filmed in a lot of interesting places during his decades in the business, including plenty of locations with aspects of the US military. But never, until the filming of Continuum, had he filmed on an operational nuclear submarine. Before the Stargate: Continuum crew could even get aboard the sub, … Read more
Filming inside the Arctic circle isn’t just difficult, it’s almost impossible. For a start, getting there requires special transport and cooperation from the military, and once you’re there, you need some place special to stay. Besides which, there’s no chance of having a standard television production ‘circus’ on an Arctic shoot – and that means … Read more
It’s June in Vancouver, BC, and it’s raining. In fact, it’s been raining all week. That doesn’t stop the production of Stargate Atlantis, though, and cameras continue to roll on the filming of season five episode ‘Outsiders’. At the moment the cast and crew are shooting on the expansive ‘village’ set, which has undergone an … Read more