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It definitely looks like all the Naquadriah deposits in all the known galaxies won't be enough to power any new Stargate TV projects anytime soon.
During an appearance at Stargate Con in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 16th and 17th 2011 , showrunner/executive producer Brad Wright, who's been involved in all of the franchise's shows since Stargate SG-1 back in 1997, announced that there wouldn't be any upcoming TV movies based on the show, following the upcoming finale of its latest series, Stargate Universe, now in the final episodes of its second and final season.
According to sources at Gateworld, Wright explained that while there had been some plans for a possible SGU TV movie to help tie up loose ends in the adventures of the marooned Destiny crew, such plans weren't in the cards, though he isn't ready to admit to a definite disappearance of the franchise altogether.
A Window of Opportunity is Missed
"It took too long", Wright was quoted as saying to throngs of disappointed fans of all ages, "we just couldn't get it together in time, and the window has closed. It's actually sad for me, because after 17 years, I'm cleaning my desk out tomorrow morning."Fans had been treated to some closure following the end of the original film-to-TV spinoff, Stargate SG-1, with MGM producing two made-for-TV stories, The Ark of Truth (which tied up Season Ten's Ori story arc) as well as Stargate Continuum, which dealt with Goa'uld System Lord Ba'al (Cliff Simon) as he tried to travel through time to prevent the Stargate Program from ever being created.
Due to the recent developments, MGM has decided to nix any plan to proceed with two more TV movies, which were tentatively titled Stargate Revolution(which would have focused on original series character Jack O'Neill) and Stargate Extinction (starring the cast of Stargate Atlantis as a continuation of their series.)
While he remained realistic against any hope the franchise would see a sudden re-emergence of the show within the production halls of MGM, Wright still felt confident as to the franchise's viability and durability over the next several years.
"It's a franchise. Stargate is not over. Somebody smart from MGM is going to figure it out, and something will happen." Wright went on to say that this turn of events will in fact give him ample opportunity to explore new show ideas, which may very well be great news to his fans.
About the Stargate Franchise
Stargate SG-1 ran for ten seasons from 1997 to 2007 as a spin-off of the popular 1994 film, and starred Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks and Christopher Judge as a team of explorers who travel through an alien wormhole called the "Stargate" which allows them to travel to countless worlds throughout the Milky Way galaxy.
Stargate Atlantis ran for five seasons from 2004 to 2009, and starred Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell and Jason Momoa as similar explorers who work out of a Lantean Stargate base in the Pegasus Galaxy, having traveled there following an experimental wormhole connection using the Gate's "eighth chevron". This allowed travel between galaxies rather than star systems, and exposed the human contingent to new allies and enemies.
Stargate Universe is soon ending its two-season run, and starred Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque, David Blue, Jamil Walker-Smith, Alaina Huffman and Ming-Na as Stargate-related members who find themselves stranded on board an immense Ancient ship called Destiny, which is on a one-way trip through the universe and may very well have been a seed ship responsible for planting stargates on millions of worlds throughout the ages.
