While Stargate might not be on the same level of popularity as sci-fi staples like Star Wars and Star Trek, there’s no question that it’s had a dedicated fanbase ever since the original movie starring Kurt Russell and James Spader was released in 1994. This mythology centered around the alien wormholes capable of transporting users across the universe instantly would go on to be expanded through various TV shows, web series and TV movies released between 1997 and 2018. Today it’s been announced that Stargate is finally being revived, and I already have one big hope for the project as it starts to take shape.
Amazon MGM Studios, which owns the Stargate franchise, announced today that Martin Gero, the showrunner of series like Blindspot and the short-lived Quantum Leap revival, will fulfill that same duty on a new Stargate show that will exclusively stream with an Amazon Prime Video subscription. Gero goes way back with the franchise, having started out as a story editor on Stargate: Atlantis and risen through the ranks from there, and he also served as a consulting producer on Stargate Universe. In a separate Prime Video, uh, video, Gero also confirmed that this new Stargate show will be set in the same continuity as its predecessors, saying:
