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
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
The Los Angeles Times has launched a new photo gallery section, called the ‘Hollywood Backlot’ which features 140 photos of the new up and coming season five of Stargate Atlantis. Professional photographer David Strick went behind the scenes whilst filming was taking place at both The Bridge Studios and on location in Vancouver Canada between … Read more
Some individuals are natural born leaders while others should never, ever, be out in a position of responsibility over anyone else. Richard Woolsey is one of those men. A pain in the ass bureaucrat whose frequent assessments have scrutinized both Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis teams, Woolsey’s intelligence and quest for the truth are only matched … Read more
The upcoming straight-to-DVD movie Stargate: Continuum, based on SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate SG-1, gave producers a chance to wreak havoc on a main character to serve the exigencies of the film’s location shooting. (Major spoilers ahead!) Writer and executive producer Brad Wright told SCI FI Wire that the script called for Daniel Jackson … Read more
Rachel Luttrell, who plays Teyla in SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate Atlantis, told SCI FI Wire that she’s a new mother in real life, as is her character in the coming fifth season, and that presents its own challenges. Speaking in an interview on the show’s set in Vancouver, Canada, last week, Luttrell said, … Read more
Robert Picardo, who joins the regular cast of SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate Atlantis in the coming fifth season, told SCI FI Wire that he initially had doubts about playing the new base commander. (Spoilers ahead!) “When I got the phone call, there was a little voice going, ‘Wait a minute,’” Picardo said in … Read more
The upcoming fifth season of SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate Atlantis will focus heavily on the Wraith–with a side trip to Las Vegas to commemorate the show’s 100th episode, producers told SCI FI Wire during a visit to the show’s sets in Vancouver, Canada, on May 16. (Spoilers ahead!) Other key developments: Teyla (Rachel … Read more
The upcoming fifth season of SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate Atlantis will see the addition of a new regular cast member, the promotion of another and the departure of yet another, producers told SCI FI Wire on May 16 during a visit to the show’s Vancouver, Canada, production offices. One of the biggest changes … Read more
SCI FI Wire got a peek at new sets for SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate Atlantis in Vancouver, Canada, and gleaned a few details of the ships that will appear in the show’s upcoming fifth season. On May 15, a group of reporters toured the main Atlantis sets, an “alien village” set where filming … Read more