Stargate fans have been longing for a new series since the crew out Universe closed the bulkheads a few years ago and flew off into space – especially since both Star Wars as well as Star Trek have experienced a massive boom in recent years: the former with a sequel trilogy and now a whole series of new series such as The Mandalorian, the latter with Star Trek: Discovery and finally too Picard and Lower Decks.
After news of a possible revival of the series a while ago, current plans appear to be on hold after Amazon took over MGM, the studio that would have produced the possible new series.
Brad Wright, the co-creator of Stargate: SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis on the other hand, believes fans shouldn’t give up hope just yet, even if that means they’ll have to wait a while longer. “Long before multiple Star Trek series aired at the same time, as is now the case, there was Stargate: SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis at the same time on Friday evenings. It got big on science fiction television, ”Wright told SYFY. “I can’t imagine that Amazon won’t do anything with the franchise or authorize MGM to do something with it (for you).”
One possible idea for the upcoming revival – for which Wright has written a pilot film but cannot be sure that it will ultimately be realized – would mean the return of a number of familiar faces from the popular series, including Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks, Altered Carbon), Sam Carter (Amanda Tapping, Travelers: The travelers) and Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson).
»My goal is to create something new that at the same time honors the existing universe and in the canon of SG-1, Atlantis and universe and therefore includes some of these characters, ”explains Wright. »Introduce a new team? In any case. But not at the expense of the existing characters, who, in my opinion, are still in a very good mood and would still be in full swing. “
He adds, “Of course there would be a General Carter, why not? Who else should run the whole thing if not her? “
But just because Wright wants to present existing characters from the entire Stargate universe in the new series, that doesn’t mean that old storylines are taken up again. “I don’t think that’s as important as something new set in the same universe. Because there is so much mythology that we have covered and so many stories that are still to be told and so many new places that have yet to be visited. And I think it would be fun to do just that. “
Wright believes that is one of the reasons why Stargate has survived for so long is that it is more fundamentally human like no other science fiction series.
“It was something that happened in the here and now,” he explains. “We went out into space with all our sayings, idiosyncrasies, and views about the universe and the world in general. It was a secret that could be happening right now, and to such an extent that it was kept by NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) in Cheyenne Mountain there is a broom closet that says “Stargate Command”. It’s part of our culture and our here and now, and that’s what makes it so different. It allows us to bring humor into the show, not some futuristic person’s sterile view of humor. “
He adds: “At our technological level, it has Stargate Developed with people who went through a stargate with backward weapons and still won in the end, because sometimes old technology and old school are the way to go. It was that simple. That goes for Stargate still. The fact that when it comes to that, it should still be playing in the here and now. That’s what would make it unique. “
However, the world has since aired Stargate changed quite a bit, especially in terms of technology; something Wright claims to take up in his new script.
“I think the trick is, it is high time the world found out about the Stargate program, for better or for worse,” Wright said. “All of this technology is being withheld from the world at a time when we could really use it, a time when climate change was a real threat, and one when there was a pandemic that we almost certainly would have had the solution , for example. The world has to know. The secret needs to be revealed, especially because we’ve come this far and will come a lot further in another 11 or 12 years. “
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This article was written by Thorsten Walch from Moin Moin media translated on behalf of SYFY.de
The original article is from SYFY.com and was written by Nivea Serrao written.
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