Normally filmed in Vancouver, Stargate Atlantis has made a move to Osoyoos for the filming of one episode. Thanks to its scenic desert and landscape, the South Okanagan is a draw to producers. According to the Okanagan Film Commission, the location complements co-creator Robert Cooper who wrote the episode, Vegas, that the team is currently … Read more
Refusing to take no for an answer, fans of the cancelled B.C.-shot television series Stargate Atlantis will pick up placards today to protest the show’s demise. The rally, to be staged at Burnaby’s Bridge Studios — where the series is finishing its fifth season — is expected to draw at least two dozen protesters, including … Read more
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
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
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
The official Stargate Website is currently running a new auction / competition for an authentic North Face Base Camp Duffle Bags which were used during the Arctic shoot for the new Stargate movie “Continuum” being release on July 29, 2008. This bag has been autographed by: Richard Dean Anderson (seen signing the bag in the … Read more
The whole thing for us was to make the biggest Stargate that’s ever been made aside from the original feature,†says Wood, of what exactly he wanted to achieve in making Stargate Continuum. “The biggest that we could in the time and with the money that we had.†Few could argue that the veteran director … Read more
It’s hard to believe that Stargate Atlantis‘ fifth season will culminate in the airing of the show’s 100th episode. The Stargate franchise’s first spin-off is now no longer a fledgling production – it has well and truly come of age. Season five will be the second year that the executive producing and writing partnership of … Read more
Although Ark of Truth and Continuum, the second of Stargate SG-1’s feature-length adventures, were very definitely separate entities, they were produced very closely together throughout 2007. The writers and directors of both films were different (though naturally, the productions were as collaborative as any Stargate episode has ever been), but Peter Woeste was one person … Read more
One thing that Robert Cooper was adamant about when it came to ‘The Ark of Truth’ was that it should contain a few genuine surprises for long-term fans. What better way to insure that than to bring back a foe that at one time struck fear into the far reaches of the Universe – and … Read more