After the SyFy Channel announced that it had canceled ‘Stargate: Universe,’ the newest series in the popular military science fiction ‘Stargate’ franchise, last month, fans still expected to see ‘Stargate: Atlantis’ and ‘SG-1’ specials in the future. But the network has confirmed that after the remaining original episodes of ‘Universe’s second season air this spring, the entire franchise will end, Cinemablend.com is reporting.
While ‘Atlantis’ ended its five-year, 100-episode run in 2009 and ‘SG-1’ ended its 10-year, 214-episode run in 2007, both series have since released several straight-to-DVD movies. A new ‘Atlantis’ movie was even written and was ready to start production, but the project has been scrapped with ‘Universe’s cancellation.
While MGM Television, which produces ‘Universe,’ hasn’t officially commented on the series’ cancellation and the halt of all future ‘Stargate’ projects, executive producer Joseph Mallozzi released a statement via his blog. He said the cancellation is “probably bad news for anyone hoping for any more of any kind of ‘Stargate’ ever. This seems like the end.”
Written by: Karen Benardello
