Stargate movie director Roland Emmerich says that the upcoming feature film reboot will adopt some conceptual elements from the long-running and beloved television series, Stargate SG-1.
That doesn’t mean characters, technology, or storylines, though — more like its approach to the Stargate team.
“Elements of [Stargate SG-1] will flow into the reboot, definitely,” Emmerich said in a Q&A with readers of Empire magazine, which he is guest-editing this week. “The amount of characters, for instance. It’s not a two-hander like the first one with James Spader and Kurt Russell, this time it’s a bigger group.”
That sounds like more of an ensemble story, in contrast with the original film which featured two major characters (the stoic warrior and the brilliant archaeologist) and then filled out that first team through the gate with supporting characters such as Kawalsky (John Diehl), Ferretti (French Stewart), and several Redshirts.
SG-1 departed from this a bit by establishing a larger team of major characters, adding astrophysicist Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and alien warrior Teal’c (Christopher Judge).
“Yes, there’s still the James Spader character and the Kurt Russell character, but other people are equally important,” Emmerich added. That could mean a reboot that still features Colonel Jack O’Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson, with new actors filling those roles. Or Emmerich might just mean that those character types will be present on the new team.The director also said that Russell and Spader wouldn’t be in the film (unless they can be booked for cameos). “It’ll be a younger cast,” he said.
Emmerich also torpedoed the old fan theory that 1996’s Independence Day was originally intended to be a Stargate movie sequel. “That’s one of the myths out there,” he said. “There’s no overlap between those two worlds.”
The new Stargate film is still at the script stage, with Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods (Independence Day: Resurgence) on screenwriting duty.
Head over to Empire Online for more from Emmerich on Independence Day and more!
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There is a god.
Nope, SG-1 killed all the gods
I really hate that this new reboot is going to happen, because completely shatters the chance of seeing a return to the SG-1/SGA/SGU TV universe. There was so much more they could do with it.
I know that the existence of the upcoming movie won't eliminate the TV universe and that there's a simple solution: Don't watch the new reboot and continue to watch the re-runs. I'll do this certainly, but it just bothers me that I'll never see it back on TV.
I love Sci Fy so I'll just see it as another movie. Perhaps the way they write it will make it a parallel entity anyway as Atlantis and SGU were. I mourn the fact that we couldn't get our movies for Atlantis and better closure for SGU, but as they say "it is what it is....".
@joshed *False* god ;)
Seriously, though, maybe there's hope yet for Emmerich.
It's been so long that this movie as as likely to help the SG-1 universe as hinder it. I still doubt the movie will actually happen however.
its very sad for hardcore SG-1, SGA and SGU Fans they need to do it like DC and Marvel make the Universe all linked and Expand the fanbase, this is such a waste. Its just another movie.
Even though it's been more than the 3 years it was supposed to take to cross to the next galaxy, I was really hoping some network would bring back SGU
Syfy always had an exclusivity clause in their deal. None of the Stargate shows could hop away from Syfy after they ended.
"I really hate that this new reboot is going to happen, because completely shatters the chance of seeing a return to the SG-1/SGA/SGU TV universe."
It definitely makes it less likely, but never say never. Evil Dead had its remake, but now we've got an ongoing TV series based on the original version.
The 1994 movie really wasn't very good. Especially if you watch 'Children of the Gods'. I have my doubts the movie will actually happen. Probably also depends on how Independence Days performs.