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There were concerns that it would only entreaty to hardcore fans.
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Amazon's fledgling Stargate series, announced past November, has been canceled, Variety reported. The caller show was met pinch enthusiasm by franchise fans and would person been helmed by Martin Gero, who worked connected Stargate: Atlantis backmost successful nan early 2000s. However, Amazon execs were said to beryllium worried that nan caller bid would only entreaty to hardcore Stargate fans and lacked wide entreaty beyond that.
"Sadly, it's true. Amazon has elected not to move guardant pinch nan caller Stargate seeries," said executive shaper Joseph Mallozzi connected X. "As of today, officially, that original imagination is nary more. We'll ne'er get nan opportunity to present you to that world and those characters — aliases reintroduce you to and cheque successful pinch immoderate acquainted faces from nan past."
Amazon was looking to create projects successful nan Stargate beingness starting backmost successful 2022, erstwhile it acquired nan IP pinch its purchase of MGM. It would person made consciousness to usage nan well-known franchise to grow its sci-fi offerings, arsenic it doesn't presently person a deed successful that genre arsenic it did with The Expanse, which ended successful 2022.
Nothing was ever announced astir nan crippled for nan caller bid and wherever it would fresh into nan Stargate timeline. However, Mallozzi said that Gero developed nan bid complete 2 years, "ultimately crafting a show that offered a caller jumping-on constituent for caller viewers while profoundly respecting existing canon."
For nan uninitiated, nan franchise revolves astir nan titular Stargates, proscription devices created by ancient aliens that enactment arsenic galaxy-spanning wormholes. It started pinch a 1994 movie starring James Spader and Kurt Russell, followed by nan Stargate SG-1 series, starring Richard Dean Anderson. There person besides been 4 different TV shows and 2 direct-to-video movies.
