did they decide who the cast are yet?
New StarGate series Prime Video.
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If they had it would have been mentioned in this thread already.
They've only just started writing. Still a ways off until casting happens.
They've only just started writing. Still a ways off until casting happens.
Joseph Mallozzi has posted a writer's diary update thing to Reddit. I'll quote it here, just in case the live link preview doesn't show the whole thing.
P7J-989 is the planet from the episode "The Gamekeeper," where the team was trapped in emotionally traumatic virtual reality simulations and we learned that Jack did shady Special Forces stuff, and Daniel was orphaned in a ridiculously implausible museum-decorating accident. And, fitting with my own Stargate special interest, it's one of only two times during the show where they designed a new point or origin symbol for the planet's stargate.
The Stargate writers’ room kicks off this Monday, January 12th, in Los Angeles. It’s hard to believe that some 15 years since sitting down to break “Gauntlet”, the Stargate: Universe season 2 finale, with series co-creator Brad Wright and my former writing partner Paul Mullie, I will be once again returning to the franchise. This time, it’ll be Stargate veteran Martin Gero at the helm of the new series, presiding over a carefully curated, expertly chosen artisanal selection of scriptwriters who will, over the course of the ensuing months, brainstorm, break stories, pitch ideas, and, of course, eat rotisserie chicken. Just like old times!
I will be zooming in from Toronto for the first four days of the room and then flying into L.A. this Friday. This will give me time to ensure Akemi, Sharky and I are all settled in before catching my Monday morning waymo to my first in-person appearance. While I would have preferred to be there from Day #1, timing wouldn’t allow it. I had the option of flying in early this week but as any veteran of the t.v. show Survivor will tell you, being present early allows you to establish crucial alliances while also making it more difficult for everyone to conspire against you.
The first couple of weeks will be spent discussing the Big Picture. Things like… What shape is the gate? What are our character and story arcs? How does our first season conclude? Who are our villains and what do they want? And do we really want to name a character Fabian?
From there, we move on to breaking the stories, mapping out every beat of every scene of every act (We still doing acts?) of every episode. What’s the first scene that hooks our audience and compels them to keep watching? How does Hortensia react to seeing the stargate for the first time? What kind of planet are we visiting and how does that first contact moment play out? How do our heroes turn the tables on the bad guys? What’s the last scene that surprises our audience and compels them to keep watching?
Back in the old days, it would take us an average of three days to break an episode of Stargate. For the first season of my series Dark Matter (The 2015 ship-based series, not the Apple show that is also a science fiction series with the exact same name…and title font), we averaged a single day per episode. Since Martin was part of that first season writers’ room, I assume he will attempt to beat that record, thus ensuring I will be spending my last month in L.A. visiting the Getty Center and hanging out at the city’s various anime-themed coffee houses.
But between the expressionist portraiture of George W. Bush and the Gum Gum Devil Fruit Mousse Bomb at the One Piece Cafe, there will be outlines and scripts to be rewritten and revised and in many cases, re-revised after which every one of them will be revised once again by Martin Gero because as the series creator and showrunner, that’s what you do. And then sometime in the not too distant (but not too immediate either) future, will come the casting and the location scouts and the VFX discussions and the all-important choosing of the caterer – the innumerable crucial steps in the lead up to that first day of principal photography…wherever, although I’m holding out hope for P7J-989 (Note: I will be regaling my fellow writers with so many classic Stargate deep cuts that I am fully prepared to be sent home well before my scheduled return flight).
Although the secrecy surrounding the new Stargate series has been pretty tight (Internally classified as TS/SI/TK/NOFORN Need-To-Know For-Your-Eyes-Only Above Top Secret Level 10 Clearance), I will try to offer insight into, and keep you updated on, the latest writers’ room happenings. For instance, yesterday I was sent a Stargate Snack and Allergies Form to complete, ostensibly to help plan lunch orders but more likely, I suspect, to weed out breatharians and crudivores. Interesting, no?
Stay tuned for equally enlightening observations in the days and weeks to come!
P7J-989 is the planet from the episode "The Gamekeeper," where the team was trapped in emotionally traumatic virtual reality simulations and we learned that Jack did shady Special Forces stuff, and Daniel was orphaned in a ridiculously implausible museum-decorating accident. And, fitting with my own Stargate special interest, it's one of only two times during the show where they designed a new point or origin symbol for the planet's stargate.
Does this mean UNIT is taking over the Stargate Program?
You want to give dirty cops, high on crystal meth, moonlighting for the mob, an extremely portable corpse disposal laser with infinite ammunition?
Filming in London, huh? Maybe this thing I posted earlier could become reality after all?
Not Zats, Intars. Basically paintballs that knock you out, same as they ICErs from Agents of SHIELD.
Will this be the first Stargate series not produced in Vancouver? Or was it Toronto?
If it's filming in Britain, does that means every planet is now going to be a rock quarry?
I'm remembering the DVD commentary for Moebius, where they talked about how the sand pit they used for desert locations had gotten so small by season 8 they could pretty much only point the camera in one direction.If it's filming in Britain, does that means every planet is now going to be a rock quarry?
Shoe will still be on the other foot.
Whoever they cast for an American will have to spend a significant time in London.
RDA sacrificed for awhile till he needed to be closer to his family
I think Robert Caryle found it difficult to be so far away from family too
This also means it won’t be so easy for the regular StarGate actors in Canada to visit that much
Michael Shanks
Amanda tapping
David hewlett
Whoever they cast for an American will have to spend a significant time in London.
RDA sacrificed for awhile till he needed to be closer to his family
I think Robert Caryle found it difficult to be so far away from family too
This also means it won’t be so easy for the regular StarGate actors in Canada to visit that much
Michael Shanks
Amanda tapping
David hewlett
That's a little disappointing, hopefully at least one of the legacy actors will be willing make the move to do it.
Oh, I totally forgot Origins even existed, since I never bothered to watch it.
Although, almost immediately after SGU ended Carlyle ended up on Once Upon a Time, which he was a regular on for seven years, and they did more episodes a season than SGU did.
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