Amazon has scrapped plans for a new "Stargate" series
Amazon MGM Studios has halted production on a new *Stargate* series that was being developed by writer and showrunner Martin Jero (*Blindspot*). The project received a series order in November 2025, but it will now officially not move forward.
Amazon executives determined that Jero’s version was unlikely to appeal to a broad audience beyond the franchise’s existing fan base. However, the company is not abandoning the brand entirely and continues to explore other options for expanding the “Stargate” universe. Jero himself remains with Amazon MGM Studios under a long-term contract and will continue working on new projects.
Details of the plot were never revealed. In addition to Jero, the production team included Joby Harold and Tori Tannell, as well as the creators of the original film, Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. Brad Wright and Joe Mallozzi, who have worked on the franchise’s television projects for many years, served as consultants.
The "Stargate" story began with the 1994 film of the same name starring James Spader and Kurt Russell, followed by the series "Stargate: SG-1, " "Stargate: Atlantis, " "Stargate: Universe, and "Stargate: Origins."
And what a gorgeous Longoria :)
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Martin Hero has been working on the franchise since the days of SGA. He is deeply immersed in the mythology and history of the characters. Wright and Mallozzi are generally veterans who had a hand in all three series. In fact, they are the ones who made Stargate an international franchise.
And what kind of contemptuous attitude is this towards fandom? After SGU closed, it was the veterans of the fandom who kept the attention on the franchise. They spent 15 years interviewing production participants, going to conventions, and doing all sorts of things. When the development of the new series began, Hero, Wright and Shanks joined Dial the Gate and Gateworld because they understood that fandom is a competitive advantage, it's free marketing, word of mouth, which works on pure enthusiasm. Even Devlin and Emmerich rejected a full-length sequel to their film at the time, because they also understood that the TV segment carried too much weight and it was stupid to abandon it.
The dream team worked on the project. I don't understand how all this could have been abandoned.
Now Amazon, apparently, will step on the Origins rake and make a project that is interesting only to profit forecasting managers.
I haven't seen it, but Discovery and Picard aren't worth watching.
Don't go to your grandmother here, it's clear that the showrunners, really appreciating and focusing on the old fandom, didn't do enough "progressive" for Amazon. Otherwise, what other new audience do they want to attract?