Stargate Universe wrapped principal photography on its second season today in Vancouver, British Columbia. First unit filming concluded yesterday, with the second unit wrapping up today.
The last of Season Two’s 20 episodes will continue into the post-production process throughout the coming months, while the cast and crew wait to hear whether or not the series will be renewed for a third year. That news is expected in December or perhaps January, after the ratings are in for the rest of the first half of the season.
The mid-season finale, “Resurgence,” airs on Syfy on November 30.
Syfy has not announced just when the back half of the season will air, but last year the network held off for fourth months and started SGU back up in early April. Given the serialized nature of the show, however, many have suggested that a large mid-season break just isn’t a good programming strategy.
Season Two will conclude with “Gauntlet,” written by executive producer Paul Mullie. The episode promises another big cliffhanger in the fine tradition of Stargate. “Boy, that last scene … Dare I say it? Not a dry eye in the house!” fellow executive producer Joseph Mallozzi said on his blog. He called the cliffhanger “gut-wrenching,” and said that the finale is more “epic” than last year’s (“Incursion, Part 2”).
“This one’ll raise (and singe) a few eyebrows — and set the stage for some major Season Three developments,” Mallozzi said.
Shooting included a major new set, which executive producer Brad Wright has hinted might be a new area of Destiny which the crew discovers some time around episode 17.
If the show is renewed, the writing team will be back at work almost immediately breaking stories, with shooting to begin again in late February or early March.
Stick with GateWorld for the latest news and special features on SGU and the rest of the Stargate franchise! Tune in next Tuesday at 9 p.m. (8 Central) for episode 9, “Visitation.”
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is it time to smash the sets already? just like old times, right?
Haven't the auctions already begun? Kinos and stuff? Instead of a "cliffhanger" I think an "alternate ending" would be a wise option. Just one more ship parked in San Francisco Bay.
Im surprised that there is even a Kino up for auction. Other than maybe to help conceptualize the item I thought those were purely CG.
I'm rather surprised that SyFy will make a call as to renew the show or not with it only having been in its new time slot for 10 episodes, then again I guess there is nothing that would stop them from reversing their decission down the road if the back half of the season turns out really good or really bad ratings.
there is one kino and one remote up for auction. Chances are they are just the plastic mock ups for use in scenes to look pretty. And it is for Charity! It isn't like they are auctioning off the whole sets. It is a couple of props. You know how many zats they had? DOZENS! I'm sure they have plenty of kinos and kino remotes.
You know it always amazes me how much bile people sling at this show. What people fail to realize is that if this show is canceled there isn't another one. Here are no direct movies being filmed. This quite possibly could be the last stargate show, at least for the forseeable future. Shouldn't we enjoy what we got and forget about what could have been because, it ain't coming back. If we support we get more. If we reject we won't get anything.
I've been incredibly enjoying Season 2 and from the sounds of things its only going to get bigger and better and that the cliffhanger is going to be massive! Season 3 NEEDS to be commissioned! I'm desperate to see the cliffhanger...and Destiny's mission...continued!
SGU's story needs to go on and be told!
Oh man, Resurgence is gonna be epic. They're drawn into a war between two races. If the space battles are anything like SG-1's Camelot or SGA's Be All My Sins Remember'd, they'll make the wait till next year's episodes that much more difficult.
And now we await the agonising amount of time it takes SyFy to announce a season renewal or cancellation.
WE WANT SEASON 3!!!!
My guess is they will renew it with a reduced episode count.
@talyn00 OMG, I absolutely hate it when people make statements like you did here:
"Shouldn’t we enjoy what we got and forget about what could have been because, it ain’t coming back. If we support we get more. If we reject we won’t get anything."
THAT IS FALSE.
The producers of this show (Brad Wright, Joseph Mallozzi, et al) are not the owners of the Stargate license. That belongs to MGM studios, and can be sold or re-used at any time. Furthermore, none of these writers or producers has a say in what gets done or what doesnt get done. They do NOT get to dictate if/when any movies get done, or what they will be about or who will write them. You should be very clear on that, because these "if you dont do this, then you wont get that" mentality has no wings. Its FALSE.
Having said that, its important to Stargate fans that we get back to Stargate and away from soap opera (which is how many see SGU). To longtime fans, the continued existence of Stargate Universe is a threat to the integrity of Stargate. It has already dragged the viewership to sub-million levels more than once, and has delivered the 6 lowest rated episodes in franchise history. To many Stargate fans, supporting this show makes no sense. If the cancellation of SGU means an end to "soap-fi", then so be it. These writers will have to move on (they say they are bored with the 'old format' anyway). So, it only means an end to THIS version of the franchise. Later, fresh writers will pick it up and we will get a reboot of the franchise either through Emmerich and Devlin writing a new set of sequels as they have mentioned, ot MGM will hire new writers to do a new show. Space based soap opera is a no go. All shows which have followed that format have been canceled, with the exception of SGU...that will most likely be canceled in December. However, BSG: Blood and Chrome will be action/adventure/drama, and will do well. When Stargate goes back to action/adventure/drama, viewership will be restored. But these current writers are burned out and should pursue other endeavors.