Stargate SG-1: "2010"
A brand new Stargate series could be set in the future rather than the present day, Stargate SG-1 co-creator Brad Wright thinks — but there is one big catch if the new creative team at Amazon and MGM decide to go down that path for continuing the franchise.
Wright co-created Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe, and appeared in a livestream Q&A session with GateWorld and other fan outlets last weekend, hosted by The Companion.
So could something like a futuristic Stargate: The Next Generation series work for continuing this franchise?
“The answer is absolutely yes,” Wright told GateWorld. But if that’s where the next shepherds of the franchise choose to take it, he said that the thing they will need to pull it off is money. “If you do something set 80 years from now, what do the cars look like? What does Earth look like? What are the social norms? What are the politics? It’s a whole other world-building, in addition to the sci-fi component.”
“Honestly, Star Trek is doing a pretty good job of it – of [depicting a] modern Earth,” he said. “They really are. But they have a lot of money. They have a lot of money. So if you do that then my suggestion is: have a lot of money.”
Throughout his tenure at the helm of the franchise Wright emphasized that its present-day setting is one of the core elements that made Stargate what it was. Viewers find the characters (and their references) more immediately relatable than, say, members of Starfleet in Gene Roddenberry’s utopian future.
But that does not mean that those characters can’t live a few years down the road for Stargate to still be Stargate.
Stargate did have a show set in the future more than 20 years ago: the short-lived animated series Stargate Infinity, which saw a team of trainees flee a future Stargate Command after their leader is wrongfully accused of selling out Earth to an alien enemy. (That show had no involvement from the live-action producers, and is not canon to the Stargate universe.)
Wright noted that even just picking up the story in the present day works as a sort of soft reboot — simply because so much time has passed since viewers last saw these characters on screen. SG-1’s last story was told in 2008; Atlantis went off the air in 2009; and SGU ended in 2011.
“I get the rationale for a reset,” he said. “But a ‘next generation’ is sort of a happy medium. Because it is sort of reset. It is enough in the future that the world is different.”
The universe would have naturally evolved so much since SGU went off the air that new writers could continue the canon and effectively treat it as a “soft reboot.”
So far Wright has not been contacted by Amazon MGM Studios for any involvement in what they may be planning. Many long-time fans of Stargate (including yours truly), meanwhile, have made it clear that they want the next Stargate project to continue the franchise’s existing continuity rather than rebooting the canon from scratch.
“They’re not consulting me,” he said. “Nobody is phoning me and saying, ‘Hey, Brad, what do you think?’ [And] I get that. … Maybe they will call me, but they haven’t yet. And that’s fine — it’s their property, and they own it, and it’s not like I haven’t done my share of Stargate. So I’m fine with it. I’m very happy that it will continue.”
Don’t miss Brad Wright’s full remarks in GateWorld’s interview. And check out the complete, 2-hour livestream with fans over on our YouTube channel!
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When Stargate concluded, humanity had become like gods, able to manipulate space and time, cross galaxies, create humaniform life, traverse dimensions, etc. No good storyline can exist in that universe anymore; we’re too powerful. A new series would have to reset, reboot.
wait really? SGU ending doesn't imply this?
There already has been a situation when one race had huge power leverage over others in SG. New Stargate could be about destabilization of this power, maybe about humanity sins against technologically inferior races, nostalgia of past power of Jaffa within gouald empire and the feeling of Jaffa nation being just a client state of tauri with need to claim their own power with some ethically questionable means. It has a lot of space for ethical dilemmas, which I personally very enjoyed in past Stargate series.
Can't wait to see SG again 😁
I love SG series. But I have got an idea, why don't they created a British version of SG as they do have got another SG in UK. They should creating "StarGate: Lionheart" about a team of British soldiers and scientists and hunt down old enemies eg Gold'aulds and new unknown enemies....
The UK already has a Stargate, it’s called a TARDIS! 😏💙💙🔷
Even a generation into the future, the Simpsons quotes will still be current.
I sincerely hope nothing is made, because it will certainly be utter sh*t.
Idk...I'd like to see a finish to the wraith, everyone else got a movie but the wraith...also would like to see a closer to sgu, what happened to them,ect...with that said...a new generation,set 80 years in future,could bring closer to those as well start a new journey with new characters to grow with...
Yes. I would love to see what happened to sgu people. It would be very interesting to let this team grow on a mysterious planet and the wraith find them as well. I love the part when the group that had the community and they made that community over time and was a success. They had families and the kept the history in books.
If they just stuff it full of trash the Amazon way then count me out. But, never know. Maybe Stargate will influence them get it right for once.
I too don't expect to watch it, however, since its Stargate I will give it a higher chance than anything else Amazon has done. Considering I've not liked anything they put out at all. Not a single thing.
I think the new Stargate should also take place in the present as a secret program because that is an important element of what makes this franchise unique.
I think Stargate TV series have run its course as far as they can take it
Star Trek became successful because they continue on being who they are from the beginning even if they do a reboot. Star Trek is still Star Trek, fun, adventure, life in the future, drama and star ships. Stargate is different, what made it popular was it combines alien technology with present day, this tickled the imagination of the viewers which made then popular at first. SG was also with fun, adventure, and some starships but the difference was it was mixed with present day tech which made it more fun to see with viewers. Making it like Star Trek would be a problem since SG was never initially made that way. I believe SG should stick in what they are good at and improve on it and not change it drastically just to copy other shows. Star Trek also had their ups and downs that can also could had cause the shut down of the franchise but they continued on in their concept that what makes them Star Trek. When they made SGU it was a big gamble. It separated the SG community so much that it affected the the franchise. I'm not saying it's bad but judging on how many original SG fans were not fond of it became a problem when it comes to making the SG franchise boat float. They should make the new series acceptable to every SG fans.
I really hope what comes next will be as great as the originals I grew up with and that it continues to inspire the next generations to study the universe.
I would love it if SGU continued where it left off. I really want to see how the rest of their journey on Destiny goes and what secrets of the universe they discover. I hope Eli survives.
Even a show of the Destiny crew's descendants on Nova Mundus I think it was called - the planet they ended up on when they tried to dial Earth whilst charging in a star.
Or even a show of the Alliance of the Great Races: The Ancients, Nox, Asgard and Furling. It could literally start at the begining.
Would be nice to see more involvement from other countries on Earth as well. Particularly the UK that Dew down below suggested.
I think there a several possible paths that the show could go down.
I thought there was already a Stargate the Next Generation, It was called Stargate Atlantis. Voyager was Universe. I would love a Stargate DS9.