It’s been a long time since new Stargate graced our television screens, but now fans have a chance to catch up on the efforts to jump-start the franchise in 2018.
Stargate Origins: Catherine is now available to watch for free in the U.S. with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video.
The film tells the story of a young Catherine Langford (Ellie Gall), whose father (played by Connor Trinneer) first discovered the Stargate buried near Giza, Egypt, in 1928. Now Catherine is a young woman, whose world is turned upside down when a Nazi scientist named Wilhelm Brücke (Aylam Orian) kidnaps her father and takes him through the Stargate.
The project was originally released as a 10-part Web series, exclusive to subscribers at MGM’s official Web site StargateCommand.co. It was released over the course of three weeks in February and March of 2018, then recut as a single feature-length movie (with a few added visuals). Stargate Origins: Catherine was then sold via digital storefronts starting in June of that year.
Salome Azizi as the Goa’uld Aset in Stargate Origins.
The project carries the subtitle “Catherine” because it was intended to be the first of multiple series created for the Web. Fan reception was somewhat cold, due in part to the lower budget and the lack of ties to the long-running TV universe. MGM appears to have opted not to make any more “Origins” series (at least for now), shifting gears instead to developing a project from Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe co-creator Brad Wright. (Stargate Command itself was subsequently closed, at the end of 2019.)
Because Stargate Origins was only available online, and behind a pay wall, the project flew under the radar for a lot of Stargate’s long-time viewers. Anecdotally we’ve heard several people say over the past two and a half years that they had only just found Stargate Origins and had not heard about it while it was streaming on Stargate Command.
Our take: Origins is a fun romp, taken for what it is and the resources that the crew had available to them. Watching the feature cut all at once definitely makes for a better viewing experience. If you haven’t seen it this way before, or if you’re just looking for another excuse to go through the gate, check it out now on Amazon Prime! Then come back here to listen to GateWorld’s exclusive interviews with:
- Ellie Gall (“Catherine Langford”)
Philip Alexander (“Captain James Beal”)
Daniel Rashid (“Kasuf”)
Salome Azizi (“Aset”)
Mark Ilvedson (Co-writer)
Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Director)
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Origins sucked. There’s no need to sugar-coat it–it was a disaster.
I thought Origins was OK. I have no desire to watch it a second time, but it was fine for what it was– a way to kill 90 minutes. Low budgets don’t bother me, but I can see why some have issues with that aspect. I think the Origin idea has merit– how did Bra’tak come to realize the Gou’ould weren’t gods? How about a movie on the Egyptian uprising against Apophis? Perhaps a movie or two on the ancients at Atlantis, the Universe ship, etc. The problem was that it was a story that just doesn’t excite me, and… Read more »
Nope..not free just checked
This movie is listed in Amazon Prime Video, but there is a note that says “This video is currently unavailable to watch in your location.” I’m in the US, and I’m an Amazon Prime subscriber.
There are two listings in Prime for this, which Amazon does when a series moves in and out of Prime. If you use the link the news story you should find the version included with Prime.
Darren why you not approving my post?
Because you posted it 10 minutes ago and I’m grading papers?
This very very bad effort should not have the name Stargate near.it. Year after year we had top quality science fiction shows called Stargate. What an absolute insult by MGM to put this crap out there and call it Stargate. Obviously MGM don’t give a toss about Stargate. They hate Stargate fans and wish we just all go away and stop pestering them all the time asking for more Stargate, well you know what MGM us Stargate fans aren’t going away infact we wish you would just go away. It’s well documented there are other options for Stargate without MGM.… Read more »
Not on prime as of 8pm ET Sept 7 2020. Hopefully it’s coming soon and this article jumped the gun a bit.
Read Darren’s commentary above, takes some work on roku, but there is a working entry, just be specific on the search so you get both entries to choose from
Watching it on Prime in the US right now.
It’s ok. I like watching a lot of fan-made sci-fi and fantasy that gets funded on Kickstarter and Indigogo and stuff like that, and I’d put this in that category. I know this was made by MGM, but putting aside the meta information, it’s enjoyable for what it is. Certainly not as high quality as any prior Stargate, but not a crime or anything.
Personally not interested in paying for another streaming service on a series that seems to have totally bombed. Paying for 2 too many already, cable with internet and Netflix aka netflops. Use to be able to turn the tube on and watch TV for FREE with the same amount(sometimes less) of commercials. All about the money money money. Sometimes, back then, commercials were better then the show or movie, didn’t keep showing the same lame ones over & over for months at a time. So over stargate and the endless talk about restarting it without ignition. MGM can keep it,… Read more »
Free my ass, even with prime u have to pay.
You’re looking at a post from a year and a half ago. These licenses come and go.
Here’s our up-to-date streaming availability tracker.
thank you