Stargate Veteran Disputes Reason for Amazon's Shock Cancellation of Series Revival

As the particulate settles connected Amazon's daze determination to scrap its in-development Stargate revival series, its consulting shaper has disputed a assertion that the amusement would not person appealed to a wide capable audience.

Yesterday, Variety broke the quality that Amazon had walked distant from its greenlit Stargate series, announced for Prime Video conscionable six months ago. It was claimed that Amazon were reportedly unhappy with the absorption of the project, and uncertain it would entreaty to a wider viewership beyond existing Stargate fans.

Now, seasoned Stargate writer Joseph Mallozzi has deed backmost astatine that claim, and shared wrong cognition connected what the bid would person looked like, gleaned from having served arsenic 1 of its consulting producers.

"Nope. No. Sorry. Gonna person to propulsion backmost connected this," Mallozzi wrote successful a station connected X/Twitter. "We were ever mindful of creating a amusement that would person wide appeal."

Mallozzi antecedently penned much than 70 episodes of Stargate SG-1 and its spinoffs Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: Universe. He had been moving connected Amazon's unnamed Stargate revival with different franchise veteran: writer, enforcement shaper and showrunner Martin Gero, who had besides written galore episodes of the supra shows.

"Martin Gero developed a caller Stargate bid implicit 2 years, yet crafting a amusement that offered a caller jumping-on constituent for caller viewers portion profoundly respecting existing canon," Mallozzi revealed. "It was a bid that avoided the pitfalls of respective modern remakes and reboots by afloat embracing the halfway of its predecessors: action, adventure, exploration, wonder, heart, humor, and recovered family. And based connected that originative vision, the caller Stargate bid was greenlit successful November of 2025.

"As of today, officially, that archetypal imaginativeness is nary more. We'll ne'er get the accidental to present you to that satellite and those characters - oregon reintroduce you to, and cheque successful with, immoderate acquainted faces from the past."

Word that fans volition person caught up with existing characters volition apt lone marque the disappointment of the series' cancellation harder to hear. While nary actors had officially confirmed their engagement successful the revival, Stargate SG-1's beloved Daniel Jackson histrion Michael Shanks had often expressed his enthusiasm for the project, and shared Pellozzi's station connected his ain societal media. "As always, I can’t find the words," Shanks wrote. "So I'll stock Joe's. He's the writer for a crushed 🥹"

"My bosom breaks," Pellozzi concluded. "For the incredibly talented writers who worked tirelessly to bring this amusement to life. For Martin who maintained an unwavering affirmative outlook passim contempt the challenges, and who ever strove to marque a amusement that would grant the fans portion welcoming a caller audiences. And for the long-suffering Stargate fandom who waited truthful agelong and came truthful adjacent to getting a amusement they genuinely would person loved."

Amazon is yet to officially remark connected the series' cancellation. Yesterday's study suggested the institution was inactive funny successful a mode guardant for the franchise overall, though this iteration of it is nary more.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social