Third series is Stargate Universe

[jetsetter]

The working title of the third Stargate television series has been unveiled! The series currently exists in the form of a one-page treatment of the story and characters, with the title Stargate Universe, executive producer Robert C. Cooper told GateWorld exclusively.

The new series has been conceived to be "a completely separate, third entity," Cooper said in an interview -- "much more so than Atlantis was. Atlantis was much more of a spin-off seires of SG-1 and was sort of born out of SG-1."

Like many of the producers ideas, Cooper said, the idea for Stargate Universe was originally conceived as a stand-alone movie. "When we originally were sitting around talking about this we were trying to come up with ideas for a Stargate feature -- not an SG-1 feature or an Atlantis feature, but a feature that would fit into the Stargate franchise that we feel we have created," Cooper said. "We were thinking, 'How do we create a third arm to the franchise that is very connective and that fans will feel is born out of the material that has come before, but at the same time is very much something that stands alone?'

"When it became clear that a third series was a more realistic possibility at this point from the studio's standpoint, we figured out how to tweak that idea and give it a little more legs than it would have had as a one-off story. We always, in the back of our minds even in coming up with that concept, felt that it could launch a third series. ... But now that idea has become the core idea for the new show."

Stargate Universe will not be set in a different era, Cooper confirmed, neither as a prequel nor in the far future of the Stargate program.

"I'm not a big fan of prequels," he said. "I don't think that really works, and I don't really understand people who do think that works. One of the things that we love about Stargate is that is us -- it's our military, it's our scientists, it's our people -- and we're going out into the galaxy and the universe to discover all the wonders that are out there, and dealing with our own limitations versus things that are far more advanced than us.

"That's identifiable. It's what we deal with every day, in terms of medicine and science and astrophysics. We're just babies in all that. And we would always want to maintain that in anything that is Stargate-related."

In spite of being quite distinct in identity from SG-1 and Atlantis, the new series will be unmistakably Stargate. "It certainly plays into the mythology that has been pre-established," Cooper said. "But it doesn't directly relate to anything that has been in either series."

Cooper and executive producer Brad Wright plan to turn more attention to the new show's pilot script after wrapping principal photography on the two Stargate SG-1 movies, Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum this June. Stay with GateWorld for the very latest developments!

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2007/0...e_univer.shtml

Good news!!!

[Viper007Bond]

Woot! I love the Stargate concept and glad to see it's not completely dead. Glad SG-1 is over though as that was just dragging on and on.

[-Cpt. J.-]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Woot! I love the Stargate concept and glad to see it's not completely dead. Glad SG-1 is over though as that was just dragging on and on.

Traitor.

[Viper007Bond]

I loved SG-1 to death, but the quality was going down hill. Better IMO to end the series on a relatively high note rather than continuing on to come up with more and more new threats for them to fight.

[Blind_Io]

Really? I thought the series was staying fresh and interesting. The new threats they were encountering were unique and some of the villains were real bad-asses. I also thought it was cool to see Earth go from some forgotten backwater planet to a real power in the Stargate universe. Now we have the damn Auri and I really want to see them get their asses kicked.

[jetsetter]

The working concept for the third Stargate television series includes the Stargate's ninth chevron, executive producer Robert C. Cooper told fans today. Cooper appeared on stage in front of 500 fans at Creation's Official Stargate SG-1 / Stargate Atlantis Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia.

"It plays a major factor in the third series," Cooper said in response to a fan's question about the significance of the ninth chevron. "So that question is answered!"

Fans have long wondered why the ninth and final chevron was created by the Ancients, since normal gate addresses only utilize seven of them. The eighth chevron adds an extra distance calculation, allowing the team to establish a stable wormhole to a Stargate in another galaxy. It was first used in SG-1 Season Two's "The Fifth Race."

Cooper also said that the third series "is very active in development. MGM is currently putting financing together. The goal is to have it out in the marketplace in early 2008, which means that we have to start writing very soon. The hold-up has really been the movies -- Brad and I are busy. When we are done with Continuum and Ark of Truth we're going to turn our attention to that pretty seriously."

Whatever form the series takes, viewers can definitely expect the same familiar from that has made the franchise a 10-year-old success. "There will be a Stargate, and a team on adventures," Cooper said. "I can tell you what it won't be, which is it really won't be as much of a spin-off of SG-1 as Atlantis was. And it won't be a spin-off of Atlantis. It's going to be a third arm of the franchise that will really stand alone and I think be an entirely new flavor from what we've done before."

Just what the Stargate's ninth chevron does and how it might relate to working title Stargate Universe (story) fans can only speculate. Watch GateWorld for more on the third series!

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2007/0...nth_chev.shtml

[-Cpt. J.-]

Originally Posted by Blind_Io

Really? I thought the series was staying fresh and interesting. The new threats they were encountering were unique and some of the villains were real bad-asses. I also thought it was cool to see Earth go from some forgotten backwater planet to a real power in the Stargate universe. Now we have the damn Auri and I really want to see them get their asses kicked.

The only reason season 10 sucked so much is because the show had to end in this season.........

[zenkidori]

I don't see how it can't be considered a spin off since they're using the same formula, unless they don't involve earth at all, maybe follow the adventures of some other gate travellers, but even still.

I like SG-1 and atlantis, but I was always so disappointed in the way it's filmed. I wish they'd step up the realism a notch to match BSG. If things looked and felt more like the original movie I think it would be better to watch.

[Blind_Io]

I actually think the show surpassed the original film, but that's me.

[zenkidori]

In some ways, but the filming and such wasn't very cinematic, it just looks like a low budget TV show. and the Jaffa costumes were terrible.