MGM and Warner Brothers to Reboot "Stargate"

[Admiral_Young]

This was inevitable...and I wish them well. Hopefully it'll be just as interesting as the original continuity.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/mgm-warner-bros-reboot-stargate/

 

[sojourner]

Sounds more like they intend the new trilogy to be a sequel than a reboot.

 

[dansigal]

This was inevitable...and I wish them well. Hopefully it'll be just as interesting as the original continuity.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/mgm-warner-bros-reboot-stargate/

Wow! Devlin and Emmerich have been trying to make this happen for years and years and years! I always thought it was just a pipe dream. Good for them.

I am a gigantic fan of the television series and all its spin-offs, so obviously my preference would be to continue on in that continuity. That being said, I've never been a nay sayer for this type of thing. I'm interested to see what their original vision of a trilogy for this series would have been.

So I guess one question, Emmerich and Devlin have been trying to continue the movie in their own continuity with two more for years now. I wonder if that's the plan, or more likely, they will reboot the entire franchise with a new origin movie and two more to follow from that?

 

[Admiral_Young]

From the language used, it does sound like a "new" trilogy rather than a rebooted trilogy with the original characters, but I guess we'll see in the coming weeks and months as they start writing what they intend.

 

[Hound of UIster]

Good call. I hope they go back to the original plan by Devlin and Emmerich.

 

[dansigal]

From the language used, it does sound like a "new" trilogy rather than a rebooted trilogy with the original characters, but I guess we'll see in the coming weeks and months as they start writing what they intend.

I see the word "reimagined" as indicating a full reboot of the original rather than a sequel to it. Though I suppose "reimagined" could be in reference to the TV show, and not the moive

 

[Admiral_Young]

I'd imagine that's why the article states a reboot. It could be just differences in what they're saying, but like I said, we'll have to wait and see what they intend to do.

 

[Silvercrest]

From the language used, it does sound like a "new" trilogy rather than a rebooted trilogy with the original characters

From the language used, they make it sound like Stargate was one of the greatest hits of all time. Among the biggest titles in the MGM library? Really now.

And oh yes, this grand epic and immensely popular film happened to have some little spinoff TV series hanging on its coattails. (Syndicated???)

Take this with a grain of salt and keep the shaker handy.

 

[BillJ]

Good news. I liked the original movie, never cared for the multiple TV series.

 

[Christopher]

From the language used, they make it sound like Stargate was one of the greatest hits of all time. Among the biggest titles in the MGM library? Really now.

And oh yes, this grand epic and immensely popular film happened to have some little spinoff TV series hanging on its coattails. (Syndicated???)

Right. It's the series that's one of the biggest titles in MGM's library. The movie was forgettable and mediocre, and a lazy waste of the potential of its premise. It wasn't Devlin and Emmerich who made Stargate big, it was Brad Wright and his collaborators. I'd much rather see a revival of the TV continuity than more of Devlin & Emmerich's inferior work.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

It's a new trilogy that reboots the original movie rather than a continuation. The press release starts off with:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, together with Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, are partnering to launch a new feature film trilogy that reimagines the 1994 film Stargate.

Devlin and Emmerich parted ways in the early 2000s after The Patriot in 2000 and Eight-Legged Freaks in 2002 (which they both produced, but which Emmerich didn't direct). Emmerich made The Day After Tomorrow, 10,000 B.C., 2012, Anonymous, and White House Down without Devlin. Their return to the Independence Day and Stargate franchises brings them back together for the first time in over a decade.

 

[Dream]

I call BULLSHIT! This movie isn't happen.


Okay... now I feel better about everyone doing that the last time I started this topic.

 

[The Wormhole]

I don't really have much expectations, though I am kind of excited since I'll gladly take anything Stargate at the moment.

Not that I expect this movie to have anything to do with SG-1, which I still consider one of the best sci-fi TV shows. Period. Not that the original movie is bad. On its own it's okay, but watched with the TV show definitely adds to its enjoyment level.

I suspect the first movie to be largely a retelling of the original, but updated to take place in the modern day. They might borrow some elements from the TV show, a Sam Carter type character on the military team sent through the gate seems almost certain , and I won't be surprised if there's a Teal'c like character among the bad guys who switches sides.

 

[dansigal]

I call BULLSHIT! This movie isn't happen.


Okay... now I feel better about everyone doing that the last time I started this topic.

To be fair, THIS topic has never come up before. Emmerich saying time and time again, I'm working on a sequel, or I'm pitching a sequel to MGM is entirely different than MGM saying this is happening. This is something new.

 

[Christopher]

I call BULLSHIT! This movie isn't happen.


Okay... now I feel better about everyone doing that the last time I started this topic.

The difference is that those previous false alarms were just Devlin and Emmerich saying they wanted to do it or were trying to convince MGM to do it, with the press getting ahead of themselves and mistaking it for an actual project. This announcement actually comes from MGM and Warner Bros., which means they're really doing it.

I suspect the first movie to be largely a retelling of the original, but updated to take place in the modern day.

It might be a sequel rather than a reboot. Everybody's saying this is "reimagined," but if you actually read the quote from MGM's Gary Barbour, he says it will be Devlin and Emmerich's "reinvigorated vision." Which sounds to me like the films will be returning to the original movie's continuity and follow through on D&E's long-deferred sequel plans.

They might borrow some elements from the TV show, a Sam Carter type character on the military team sent through the gate seems almost certain , and I won't be surprised if there's a Teal'c like character among the bad guys who switches sides.

I gather that D&E resent the TV show for stealing their thunder. From what they've said in the past, I'm pretty confident that the last thing they'd want is to remind people of the show. (Which is why I'm so surprised MGM actually went with this.)

 

[The Wormhole]

It might be a sequel rather than a reboot. Everybody's saying this is "reimagined," but if you actually read the quote from MGM's Gary Barbour, he says it will be Devlin and Emmerich's "reinvigorated vision." Which sounds to me like the films will be returning to the original movie's continuity and follow through on D&E's long-deferred sequel plans.

The article says they're going to be doing a trilogy, so I figure movie 1 will be a retelling of the original movie with 2 and 3 being their original ideas for sequels. That's my theory anyway, since I don't really see how doing a sequel to a 20 year old movie is viable. Especially when that sequel is going to ignore the continuity of the TV series which is the primary reason anyone still remembers that movie today.

I gather that D&E resent the TV show for stealing their thunder. From what they've said in the past, I'm pretty confident that the last thing they'd want is to remind people of the show. (Which is why I'm so surprised MGM actually went with this.)

As much as D&E like to place their hands over their ears and scream "La la la. Can't hear you" when the TV shows are mentioned, they are aware of their popularity. In fact, Devlin even tried to cash in on the hype during SG-1's 200th episode celebrations by claiming to be proud to be proud of the Stargate franchise.

Still, I would imagine this movie will likely have a female lead who isn't a trophy wife one of the heroes acquires as payment from the villagers, so at the very least I would assume they'll have a female soldier on the team sent through the gate. Unless they plan on going the BSG route and turn Daniel Jackson into Danielle Jackson or something.

And having an alien turncoat with the gang is cool.

 

[Mudd]

Well, this is what I expected would happen after the last TV series folded.

The movie is as well-remembered as any hit of twenty years ago, which is really the reason for rebooting or reviving old properties. Since the audiences for the TV shows were cable TV-sized it doesn't cost the studio anything to ignore them.

Spader might cost them a few pennies because he works often enough to turn work down, but Russell should be cheap enough for a cameo these days.

 

[Christopher]

The article says they're going to be doing a trilogy, so I figure movie 1 will be a retelling of the original movie with 2 and 3 being their original ideas for sequels.

Possibly. The original intent was to do a trilogy, of which the second and third parts were never made. Still, it's not certain yet.

That's my theory anyway, since I don't really see how doing a sequel to a 20 year old movie is viable.

I don't see why not. There were 15 years between Kurt Russell's Escape from New York and Escape from L.A. The fourth Indiana Jones movie was 19 years after the third, the fourth Rambo movie nearly 20 years after the third. Psycho 2 was 22 years after the original. Tron Legacy was 28 years later, the prequel to The Thing made 29 years later. There are many other examples.

Besides, the Stargates have been around for thousands of years, so you could certainly do a story set 20 years later. And Kurt Russell and James Spader are still around. As I mentioned, Russell has experience with coming back to a role after a long gap.

Especially when that sequel is going to ignore the continuity of the TV series which is the primary reason anyone still remembers that movie today.

Well, either way, it's going to be a divergent continuity from the one most audiences know, so that doesn't rule out a continuation from the movies.

Really, Devlin's been trying to get his pet sequels off the ground for so long that I have trouble believing he'd just abandon them now in favor of a wholesale reboot. If they'd gone with different creators, then I'd believe they were rebooting. But they went with the original filmmakers, who we know have long been eager to get back to the continuity of the original film.

 

[Hound of UIster]

Their return to the Independence Day and Stargate franchises brings them back together for the first time in over a decade.

Wonder if the ID4 aliens are related in anyways to Ra.

 

[Yoda]

Not that I didn't like the TV show at all, but I liked the Egyptian focus of the film. Just so long as they go away from the human/symbiote evil Trill bullshit and get back to pure: