Amazon Announces New Stargate Series Headed to Prime Video

Amazon has officially greenlit a caller Stargate series, which volition beryllium released exclusively via Prime Video.

In a property merchandise today, Amazon described its caller amusement arsenic a "new archetypal series" alternatively than a nonstop continuation of thing that has travel before, successful bid to archer "a bold caller chapter" of the dormant sci-fi franchise.

Casting and merchandise details stay nether wraps for present but, speaking to fans successful an announcement video, the caller series' creator Martin Gero reassured semipermanent Stargate followers that the task would decidedly "not beryllium a reboot."

Stargate fans, a caller bonzer travel is astir to begin. pic.twitter.com/1S2GhWOuT8

Gero antecedently served arsenic communicative exertion connected Stargate: Atlantis, alongside enactment connected the franchise's different 2 series, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Universe. Here, helium volition service arsenic showrunner and enforcement producer. Other enforcement producers volition see Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse Pictures (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), Dean Devlin (Stargate, Independence Day), and Roland Emmerich (Stargate, Moonfall).

Long-term Stargate fans volition besides admit Stargate SG-1's co-creator Brad Wright and enforcement shaper Joe Mallozzi successful the video above, who are moving connected the caller bid arsenic consulting producers. "We're back, it's happening, it's going to beryllium incredible," Gero teased.

"I'm beyond thrilled that Amazon MGM Studios has entrusted maine with guiding this unthinkable franchise into its adjacent phase," Gero continued. "For those who've kept the gross progressive done conventions, rewatches, and unwavering religion — this one's for you. And for those that are caller to our satellite — I committedness you're successful for thing extraordinary."

Stargate primitively kicked disconnected with Roland Emmerich's 1994 sci-fi movie of the aforesaid name, which established a halfway radical of characters expanded upon by deed tv spin-off SG-1. Across 10 seasons and respective TV movies, SG-1 past spawned its ain sister show, Atlantis, and latterly a much separate, darker instrumentality connected the franchise, Stargate Universe.

Over the years, assorted novels, video games and a web bid person expanded the franchise, though Stargate has lately fallen into thing of a hiatus — until now.

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