Stargate Atlantis: Should, MIght, Maybe...

[wraithfodder]

Ah, SciFiWire posted this article today.... highlighted the relevant portions.

NEW SG-1, Atlantis films due, just not yet

Stargate Universe executive producer Robert C. Cooper has written scripts for a new potential Stargate SG-1 movie and a Stargate Atlantis film, but said it might be a while before they get a green light.

 

"We're ready to go," Cooper said in an exclusive interview over the weekend in Pasadena, Calif., where he was promoting SGU at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. "We're just waiting for the right opportunity," he said. "We want to be successful with it. The studio wants to be successful, and we really don't want to proceed with something in the wrong climate, which I think financially it is right now."

Two previous SG-1 straight-to-DVD movies, Continuum and The Ark of Truth, sold well, but the current economic downturn makes DVD premieres less lucrative than they were in the past.

"It's tough, because we were very successful with the first two SG-1 movies," Cooper said. "Since then, the economics have changed a little bit. DVDs aren't selling the same way they were when we released those even just a year, and a year and a half ago."

A new compilation of Stargate Atlantis episodes, Fans' Choice, just dropped on Blu-ray on Aug. 4, featuring the pilot "Rising" and an extended cut of "Enemy at the Gate." That won't help Cooper mount a new production.

"That, obviously, is already produced," Cooper said. "Putting it on DVD or Blu-ray is not the same as the investment it would take to start from scratch."

Should the two DVD films be made, they would follow previous entries in having independent storylines that would not affect the upcoming Syfy original series SGU. "They would stand alone," Cooper said. "The Atlantis one takes place shortly after the end of season five. The SG-1, I think, takes place sometime in an intermediary period between when the SG-1 movies left off and when Universe began."

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Basically, they're saying not much, nothing we already didn't know. It's sorta bizarre that Cooper goes "I think" about a movie. I mean, they're in the position to know the most about the movies as they're writing them! *headdesk* I"m not holding out much for an SGA movie. I hope the actors find more work and then TPTB have to work around the actors' schedules!

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Re: JM versus JF

[vote4mein2024.livejournal.com]

Hey... I'm also interested in what went down between JF and JM. I came late to the fandom, and even later to JM's blog, so I never knew JM before he stopped mentioning/photographing JF. All I know is that I wouldn't have given SGA a second glance without JF and his unique acting style and strangely hott hairdo (and okay, I'll stop gushing now). But I really enjoy when JM posts pictures of the actors (rare occasions that they are) and found myself wishing for some of JF, a wish that was never granted (although I did manage to find some in the archives). So, just curious for those who were around then, what happened?
I know about MS and the 6th season of SG-1, but they must have subsequently worked something out, because JM has nothing but nice things to say about MS.
Oh, and re: SGU: I'm going to watch it. Not for RC and BW or any of the other writers/producers, but rather to support the actors. They managed to snag some of my favorite little-known actors (and two of my favorite WELL-known ones as well) and I don't want *them* to lose their jobs just because they went to work for people who didn't have SGA's best interests at heart.

Sorry for such a long comment and forgive me; I'm a N00B!

Re: JM versus JF

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I never saw any post/mention myself, but then rarely read Mallozzi's blog. I think if anything did occur between JF and JM, it's behind the scenes, and we as fans are not privy to it.

Re: JM versus JF

[(Anonymous)]

If it's beind the scenes - how do people know about it?

Re: JM versus JF

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't know.