Wow, Stargate gets the reboot

[wraithfodder]

Yup, it's finally happening.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mgm-warner-bros-launching-stargate-708044 reports that Roland Emmerich, who directed and co-wrote the original film with Dean Devlin, will direct and Devlin will produce.

I get the feeling the reboot will be totally recast, skew younger. I'd love to see the SG-1/Atlantis folk in it, but am not holding out any hope....

But one can dream of cameos...

Comments

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Oi, enough with the reboots, already. The original Stargate was just fine as it was. Hollywood needs to learn how to use its imagination again :/

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Just read (rumor, I hope) that they want to redo Indiana Jones movies too, with Robert Pattison possibly.

Argh, the reboot mania is awful. It's one thing to bring back Godzilla (after all, he doesn't die) but all these remakes. Gaah....

[seticat.livejournal.com]

I read a couple of the 'Stargate' books by Bill McCay that came out in 2000 [ a year after the movie] and if I recall correctly, they were sanctioned by Roland Emmerich. Absolutely no resemblance to the Stargate we know today [the writer made a lot of cannon changes all on his own]. The story line takes up where Abydos was freed and goes from there.

Just not my cup of tea.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I've read a new press article a day ago where it said that it was based on the TV series indeed and that they would work together. So that sounds a bit different. I was away at Fedcon though and didn't keep the link so I have no proof. But it was discussed when Richard, Michael and Amanda were on stage. The news was so new they hadn't heard about it yet.

[seticat.livejournal.com]

*That's* reassuring. Thanks for the info.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I guess I have to eat my words. I am very sorry about this.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Stargate-Reboot-Based-Original-Trilogy-Plans-Franchise-43679.html

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I think I still have the books. Must look for them but I recall Daniel and Share breaking up; she wasn't just the demure wife type .

[sholio]

Oh dear. One thing that makes me trepidatious about this is that I know the Emmerich-Devlin team hated the Stargate series, and most of the reasons why they hated it were reasons why I liked it (not that I can remember specifics now, but they disliked the way the show expanded the universe/characters/etc), so not only is it getting rebooted, but it's getting rebooted by people who are probably not going to reboot it in a way I'll like. :P

Meh.

On the other hand, it'll be interesting to see what they actually do. I can't see watching it in the theater, but maybe DVD ... or just lurk on people's reactions and see what they think.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I've read a new press article a day ago where it said that it was based on the TV series indeed and that they would work together. So that sounds a bit different. I was away at Fedcon though and didn't keep the link so I have no proof. But it was discussed when Richard, Michael and Amanda were on stage. The news was so new they hadn't heard about it yet.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

As long as they don't skew so young it looks like a CW show...

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

You mean that one episode where they made fun out of it could actually become real? Hm. Never thought about that.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Will be weird to see them reboot it if they use the original characters who ran at least a decade on a TV show they didn't like....

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

Well, they said the original movie was supposed to have sequels. I doubt they will invite any of our guys since I remember someone was bitter that MGM made the TV series' instead of the movie sequels that he said would not in any way touch on the TV series. It wasn't the direction he had for his vision or some such nonsense.

At least we get something and maybe it will get them to throw us a bone later on for a series movie? We can always hope.

[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

Stargate cannot possibly be 20 years old. I DENY IT

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, yeah, I first taped it off Showtime with a VCR....

[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

HA! Me, too, my friend. I actually subscribed to Showtime just for Stargate and once upon a time had an immaculately curated set of television-taped episodes (when I finally got rid of all my VHS cassettes, I freed up soooo much room in my house).

[writerjc.livejournal.com]

I seem to vaguely recall hearing somewhere that Independence Day was supposed to maybe possibly have been a follow up to Stargate.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Hmm, never thought of that...

[tavabean.livejournal.com]

So much dislike for this, so much.......I have no words for how disgusted I am at this turn of events.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Ah, then don't look up any news about Raiders of the Lost Ark...

[a-pilgrim-soul.livejournal.com]

Emmerich hates the TV-verse with a burning passion and has been very vocal about it. There is precisely zero chance of any of the TV characters being so much as referenced let alone appearing because as far as Emmerich is concerned the TV shows never happened.

As a fan all you can do is just look at the TV-verse and the movie-verse as two completely separate entities. Its the best way to preserve one's sanity.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I've read a new press article a day ago where it said that it was based on the TV series indeed and that they would work together. So that sounds a bit different. I was away at Fedcon though and didn't keep the link so I have no proof. But it was discussed when Richard, Michael and Amanda were on stage. The news was so new they hadn't heard about it yet.

[jya-bd-cp-ttgb.livejournal.com]

*is sitting in the corner, quietly beating head against the wall* Movie verse is a really bad Road Not Taken that our boys and girls, thank Gods and Asguards, never fell into. *continues hoping to beat the lie into self by the time the movies actually come out*

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Movie verse is a really bad Road Not Taken that our boys and girls, thank Gods and Asguards, never fell into.
That's the spirit! I'm going to join you in this belief.

[anjak-j.livejournal.com]

I've always separated my love of the series and the film as that of two separate entities. I've always wanted to see what Emmerich and Devlin wanted to do with the films as a series, and thus I am happy that something is to be developed along these lines.

However, as an SG1-verse fan, I do not wish the series or its characters to be brought into it at all. I'm well aware of Emmerich and Devlin's opinion of the series and I think it would be deeply hypocritical of them to cash in on the love there is for those characters after reviling the show for so long. (I mean, you could even say these new films do that because if it weren't for the success of the shows, they probably wouldn't be getting the chance to do this.)

[immertreu.livejournal.com]

Well...I like the movie, I love the series, but I don't like the novels by Bill McKay.

Right now I can't imagine anyone other than James Spader and Kurt Russell / Michael Shanks and Richard Dean Anderson as Daniel and Jack, so I guess I'm curious but not overly enthusiastic about this development.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I'm curious as well, and hope we won't be dissapointed. At the moment I think any Stargate is good, as it could bring back life to the franchise. I really was so sad how it all ended, with so much anger and hate between fans and producers. I had hoped for it to be like Star Trek, with a new series every couple of years and lots of new characteres. Something even people who are not necessarily into sci-fi know about. Everyone knows Kirk and Spock, you know?

I'm even getting my figures out again now and doing photoshoots, and do a re-watch of the DVDs, I really haven't touched them in years while I discovered new fandoms (Doctor Who and Torchwood) but now I am back and it feels right. After we had Richard, Amanda and Michael together last weekend at Fedcon, I even managed to get a friend to watch it now. So far she likes it.