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SCI FI confirms Atlantis cancellation, TV movie

Darren @GateWorld Darren | 
General | August 21, 2008
The SCI FI Channel is calling it quits with Stargate Atlantis — or at least in its current format — the network confirmed in a press release today. The spin-off series will conclude in January with the current, fifth season, and will be followed with a 2-hour Atlantis movie (story).

Despite the cancellation, series creator Brad Wright tells GateWorld that, looking ahead, the Stargate franchise is as strong as it has ever been.

SCI FI will have the exclusive worldwide television premiere of the movie, which MGM will subsequently release on DVD. The movie does not yet have a title.

Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, executive producers and showrunners on Atlantis for its final two seasons, will pen the film.

“We’re excited to tell Atlantis stories on a bigger canvas,” series creators Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper said. “The successes of the two original Stargate DTV movies The Ark of Truth and Continuum have shown us the opportunities that the movie format offers. We have plans for both SG-1 and Atlantis to remain vital as we expand the franchise.”

“We share in the producers’ enthusiasm to move forward in this direction and we look forward to a strong and continued relationship on Stargate Atlantis in this new format,” said Thomas Vitale, SCI FI’s Senior Vice President Programming & Original Movies.

“Enemy At the Gate” will be the 100th and final episode of the series, and will air in January.

“One hundred episodes is the goal of every writer-producer,” Wright told GateWorld exclusively. “To have achieved that with a spin-off series is amazing. And like SG-1, I don’t feel as though anything is coming to an end with Atlantis — it’s just evolving. Ark of Truth and Continuum were hugely satisfying creatively for everyone involved precisely because they were movies, and we have no intention of stopping there.”


Stargate Atlantis was SCI FI’s highest rated premiere ever when it debuted on July 16, 2004.

The success of those two films not only helps the cast, crew, and fans of Atlantis see a light at the end of the cancellation tunnel, but has also begun to redefine what “cancelled” means. In the future, more television series may give way to direct-to-DVD movies, as a way of keeping the adventure going.

“Rob and I have spent several years biting our finger nails over the prospect of renewal, but you’ve got to respect both MGM and SCI FI for giving us the opportunity to continue both Atlantis and SG-1 in a series of movies,” Wright told GateWorld. “This is nothing to complain about — it’s something to look forward to.

“Keep in mind that Stargate Worlds, the huge online game is just around the corner, and with the prospect of another Stargate television series also on the horizon, the franchise is really as strong as it has ever been.”

The complete press release follows on page 2. GateWorld will have more comments from the producers of Stargate Atlantis soon.

NEXT: Press release and reader comments

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Darren created GateWorld in 1999 and is the site’s managing editor. He lives in the Seattle area with his wife and three spin-off Stargate fans.

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