Amazon’s canned Stargate reboot would have starred Michael Shanks’ fan-favorite character Daniel Jackson, trapped in a parallel universe.
Jackson confirmed he had been concerned within the venture this weekend on the Starfury: Ascension 2 conference in Birmingham, UK this weekend (thanks, Gateworld) prompting extra particulars on the venture to be spilled through prolific Stargate fan podcast Dial the Gate.
These particulars included the collection’ proposed setting: an alternate universe the place quite a few plot parts from previous Stargate collection wouldn’t have occurred. The concept right here, it appears, would have been to supply a comfortable reboot of the franchise’s continuity in an effort to cater for a brand new viewers.
On the identical time, the franchise’s authentic Daniel Jackson would have been an everyday character — giving returning followers a well-recognized face to tune in for, who nonetheless carried the information of the unique Stargate universe.
Later seasons had the potential to shift the collection’ narrative again to that Prime universe, it is reported, whereas the parallel universe setting would have allowed different Stargate veterans to make cameos, presumably as alt-universe variations of themselves.
Shanks’ involvement within the venture doesn’t come as a shock, following his past comments despairing at the series’ abrupt cancellation by Amazon regardless of years of labor and a triumphant public reveal. An preliminary report claimed that the present was scrapped on account of fears it could not have appealled to anybody past the franchise’s core viewers — one thing that veteran Stargate author Joseph Mallozzi, who had been engaged on the venture, subsequently disputed.
Amazon is reportedly nonetheless fascinated about a future for the Stargate franchise, even when this particular revival collection stays cancelled. However in a earlier message to followers, Shanks advised that this explicit venture represented followers’ solely hope of a revival constructed by former members of the Stargate SG-1 manufacturing staff, and that includes members of its former solid.
Months later, and regardless of requires followers to make their voices heard, there is not any suggestion the collection’ cancellation can be reversed.
Picture credit score: MGM.
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