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when the 25th anniversary of stargate on
television took place on july 27th the
fandom was active on twitter
participating in what has become an
annual tweet storm letting the current
owners of stargate know that we still
want stargate at the same time stargate
co-creator brad wright and the legendary
jack o'neill played by fan favorite
richard dean anderson participated in a
special live stream hosted by the
companion app
well it
certainly seems to be packed full of jam
it was a special day for stargate fans
who have had a renewed sense of hope
that a new series was on the way thanks
to amazon's purchase of mgm earlier in
the year and when wright's completed
pilot for a new stargate series popped
up in a tweet by stargate producer
joseph malazzi march 24th there was a
sense that something big was about to
happen in the stargate franchise i'm
giving it all i've got captain but
you're expecting a bloody miracle so
during the 25th anniversary podcast when
brad wright started talking about the
new gate in his script that will
probably never see the light of day
in my uh and my pilot script that i i uh
i uh
i wrote that probably never see the
light of day probably never see the
other day what did he just say did he
say his script the pilot script that all
of the stargate fans around the world
are hanging their hopes on for a new
stargate series by brad wright that it
will probably never see the light of day
probably never see the light of day and
to make matters worse did he just say it
with a recognizable note of pesticide
and frustration a couple years ago that
warm happy stargate place in our stomach
that was celebrating the 25th
anniversary with hashtag we want
stargate trending on twitter quickly
became an empty pit of despair but
instead of dwelling on it it made us ask
the question what are we waiting for the
amazon deal is done the pilot script is
done what is keeping stargate's new
owner from greenlighting a new series
and more importantly why does brad
wright sound defeated well we went on a
hunt for answers and what we learned has
given us a much better idea of when we
might see new stargate on amazon as well
as shed new light on exactly why it is
we have to wait in the first place so
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uh yes sir
there's no way to sugarcoat it stargate
fans have been waiting for new stargate
for a long time now from the mgm
bankruptcy that ended the franchise to
the promise of stargate command fans of
one of the greatest science fiction
franchises of all time have endured
hills and valleys of hope and
hopelessness understanding that the
franchise was likely doomed because mgm
didn't have enough money to bring the
show back the fans waited like little
orphan annie did for daddy warbucks to
show up and take stargate to the big
mansion on the hill tomorrow always a
day away and then it happened or at
least it was announced in may 2021
amazon was buying mgm and with that
would come more than 4 000 films and 17
000 tv episodes and that included
stargate fans understood the deal would
take some time but surely amazon would
be ready to get new stargate on prime as
soon as possible deja vu i am unfamiliar
with that too
it means i feel like i've been here
before according to a new york times
article from 2004 stargate sg-1 had 17
million viewers per week worldwide in
fact stargate was a worldwide phenomenon
arguably more popular in europe than the
united states
so when amazon's studio had jennifer
salkey says that they want to focus on
shows that will resonate with
international audiences like lord of the
rings rings of power then surely
stargate must be on the top of their
list as well but let's return to that in
a moment the fans were waiting for the
official announcement and when it came
on march 17th of this year it felt like
amazon could announce a new stargate
series any day and then when brad
wright's pilot script popped up eight
days later in the minds of most fans it
felt like the announcement would be any
day now four and a half months later one
eternity later stargate fans are hearing
a sound they've become used to the sound
of silence
there is no green lit show rumors abound
on fake news sites that amazon is making
a sequel stargate movie and now the guy
asked to write the pilot for a new
series has little hope that it will
actually be made it sounds pretty
hopeless right well perhaps not there is
a lot more to the story than we've been
told and as a fandom we've made some
assumptions that didn't go down as we'd
expected them to right what was i
thinking the first thing fans need to
know is that amazon didn't ask brad to
write a pilot script for an upcoming
show mgm requested a script from brad
just before covid when he and the studio
had been talking about the stargate
community and the importance of making
new stargate that respects the stories
in canon that had been created for the
show already my idea
brad began the work and when the amazon
purchase of mgm was announced he must
have realized the new opportunities that
were about to open up to him and a new
show we don't believe it's a coincidence
that his finished script and the
official announcement of the purchase
happen so close to each other
as if anyone would believe that but
whatever conversations brad was having
with his counterpart at mgm there is one
thing that would have become very clear
mgm is not in charge anymore and as far
as anyone knows amazon hadn't asked for
a pilot script
yet but before we tell you why they
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we believe amazon didn't ask for a pilot
script because they just hadn't thought
about it yet let's go back to that
purchase announcement in may 2021
a lot of people felt that amazon would
start the planning process while waiting
for the official sale to go through it
was imagined that amazon and mgm would
be cohorting together and planning what
titles to pursue as soon as the purchase
went down they would have it all figured
out and when the announcement came they
would be off to the races the reality is
nothing could be further from the truth
sure perhaps amazon leadership was
talking about what they could do with
james bond and rocky in the shadows but
they weren't actively planning how to
integrate mgm's large library into their
business and we know this because on
march 18th the day after the official
purchase mike hopkins the senior vice
president of amazon studios and prime
video held a town hall for his new mgm
employees he explained that they were
just starting the process of figuring
out how to integrate the company there
was no grand plan in place this was
going to take time he made sure everyone
was aware that all current mgm
leadership now worked for him he also
explained how each department inside of
mgm would now fall under their
counterpart department within amazon
further splintering the workforce making
the new organization that much more
difficult to get into routine again that
was four and a half months ago the
reality is amazon inherited a mess when
they bought mgm indeed the 98 year old
studio couldn't close a deal without a
partner and that means figuring out
perhaps thousands of contracts with
other studios distributors and streaming
services not to mention what amazon was
going to do with assets like pay tv and
the streaming service epics it's
impossible to know what frustration brad
wright was feeling when he made that
comment about his pilot script perhaps
he also believes that amazon would have
expedited a new series and is
disappointed by the lack of movement we
have to understand also that brad wright
isn't going to wait around forever for
amazon to figure it out he's not retired
and he was working on more than a
stargate script during kovid there is no
doubt brad wants to do stargate but how
long can he wait before he needs to
start a new project at 61 years old he's
still young enough to accomplish a lot
more with his career this could be the
source of his frustration what happens
if brad has to move on before amazon is
ready there is no doubt amazon is going
to do something with stargate eventually
but getting their arms around the mgm
beast is going to take time if you look
at the three big movies that were in
production prior to amazon's purchase
creed 3 legally blonde 3 and tomb raider
2 only creed 3 is still on track for a
release in 2023
legally blonde 3 was supposed to be out
in may of this year but they are still
working on a script and tomb raider 2
isn't even sure if it's still going to
happen and let's not pretend amazon
doesn't have a lot of irons in the fire
itself they have put themselves out on a
limb and lit the tree on fire with lord
of the rings rings of power which begins
airing next month with an estimated 1
billion dollars invested if it doesn't
perform well it could shake up the whole
process of how amazon picks content to
produce
100
billion dollars
and let's not forget that stargate falls
squarely into the fantasy science
fiction genre the good news is that
salky says they will continue to invest
in the genre going forward but what
happens if rings of power fails the
first season of wheel of time was
unanimously underwhelming as they go
into a second season with the expanse
recently ending its run it would seem
amazon has a science fiction opening but
the november 2021 announcement that a
mass effect tv series deal was nearly
done has to make us wonder how that
would prioritize a new stargate series
once amazon sorts through the giant
warehouse of mgm properties and realizes
they own it remember they just bought 4
000 movies and 17 000 tv episodes that's
a lot to sift through and figure out
what they have hopefully whoever brad
was working with at mgm is beating the
table for the fandom and letting their
new boss know they have a ready-made
group of people just waiting to pay for
amazon prime to get new stargate so
despite the lack of any new information
fans should not despair the stargate
brand is powerful and amazon will be
addressing it and we believe it will be
sooner than later stargate may not be on
amazon's priority list right now because
there are barriers keeping the franchise
from being completely showcased on
amazon prime deals made prior to the
sale will continue to be honored and we
believe amazon won't begin creating a
plan for a new series until they are
certain they will have control of all
stargate content that they can use to
grease the skids on amazon prime in
advance current stargate sg-1 is
available on netflix and pluto tv it
appears that sg-1's contract with
netflix is renewed annually in december
a good sign of things to come will be if
stargate sg1 is not renewed for another
year watch for that and if it isn't
renewed then it's likely amazon prime
has a plan in place
which is cool
stargate atlantis is on hulu as well as
pluto tv hulu got access to atlantis in
september 2020 and it should have lost
its contract in october 2021 but it was
renewed if that renewal ends in october
or november of this year then that is
another good sign for the show on amazon
prime pluto tv made a deal in april of
this year for each of the stargate
series and we believe that deal to be
good for one year so if everything works
out right all current contracts for
other streaming services access to
stargate should officially end in april
2023 so in about eight months the entire
stargate franchise would be available as
part of amazon prime we believe that
would be an optimal time for amazon to
announce that a new stargate series is
on the way not only will that provide
them plenty of time to get mgm under
control but it will also give them time
to gauge success with their lord of the
rings series and determine if a mass
effect series will gain the subscribers
they desperately want salky hasn't been
shy about amazon studios process she
says everything we do is to enhance or
drive prime subscriptions well miss
salki that means that you need to green
light brad wright's new stargate series
and brad the fandom is behind you fight
for your new stargaze series and we'll
be right there to fight with you what do
you think should we be patient and let
amazon finish their process or have we
waited long enough do you want a new
brad wright series or should we just
re-watch the old shows would you like to
see some of the old cast come back or
should they use all new characters
no
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