Shelved Stargate Atlantis movie to become comic

[Chris3123]

Remember a few years ago when they announced plans for an Atlantis TV movie (Stargate: Extinction), and then the plans fell through? Now that story is coming, but in comic form.
http://www.gateworld.net/news/2014/...xtinction-movie-script-may-be-a-comic-series/

A 4-issue comic book series for Stargate: Extinction has appeared on the long-look release schedule from publisher BOOM! Studios. The date is still to be announced — and it’s evidently far enough out that Newsarama quickly removed Stargate: Extinction from the BOOM! announcement, leading to some confusion over whether this is a done deal.

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“We’re big fans of this enduring sci-fi franchise,” BOOM! said in the original announcement, “and after bringing our skills and passion to other great properties like FARSCAPE and PLANET OF THE APES, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on another long-running favorite: STARGATE. STARGATE: EXTINCTION has been known to die-hard fans as producer-writers’ Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie’s unmade sequel to STARGATE: ATLANTIS. Now, BOOM! Studios is proud to help bring this story to four-color life.”

And the official story description:

Atlantis is the new home of Stargate command. The ancient city’s Stargate finally opens. It will lead to the team’s most epic adventure yet … and may destroy Atlantis itself.

Gateworld

 

[Gary Mitchell]

I guess that's good news. I would much rather have seen the movie.

 

[dansigal]

Back in December, Joe Mallozzi called on fans to get in touch with MGM to push for an Extinction comic book, in hopes that it could either lead to more comic books or even potentially sell well enough to motivate MGM to get the franchise back on TV. This looks like there might have been some success in that first step...

http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/december-13-2013-stargate-extinction-the-comic-book/

 

[Christopher]

Would this be incompatible with the Fandemonium post-series SGA novels?

 

[dansigal]

Would this be incompatible with the Fandemonium post-series SGA novels?

I would imagine so. This was something that the creators of Stargate wrote right after the series ended and intended to be an immediate sequel movie to how the show ended with Atlantis still on Earth at the start.

The Legacy series has gone far beyond that. Also, I saw the writers of the Legacy series at Shore Leave talk last year and actually got a chance to ask them if they had any input from the creators of the show in their novels, and they said none at all, it's completely independent.

 

[JD]

Cool. If we won't be seeing this as a movie, then I'll gladly take a comic instead. I would love to see it lead to more comics.

 

[Corran Horn]

I wish they'd made the movies. I wish SGU had continued.

For Stargate, instead of focusing on what could have been I'm just glad for what we got.