SG-1 Feature film to be 2-Part Finale...

[beckmen]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/movienews.html#newsitem1056583493,15726,

The anticipated feature film debut for Stargate SG-1 is now the gigantic Season Seven finale! Co-executive producer Joseph Mallozzi told fans in an online chat at StarGateNews.De last weekend that "the movie has been pushed back for the time being," pending a decision about the future of the television series and its upcoming spin-off, Stargate Atlantis.

"Brad and Robert [Cooper] are working on the 2-part Season Seven finale and will be working on the pilot script to Stargate Atlantis," Mallozzi told fans. "Because of the pick-up for Season Seven, the movie has been pushed back and, as a result, the story that was to be told in the movie will now be told as the two-part season finale to Season Seven."

Since the story sets up Atlantis, the spin-off series could follow immediately in 2004, regardless of whether SG-1 gets a feature film.

MGM, The Sci-Fi Channel and the Vancouver-based production team are currently in negotiations over the future of the Stargate franchise. Co-creator Brad Wright's original plan was to follow the end of SG-1 with a big-screen adventure for the team, which would have in turn set up the premise for the spin-off television series.

Now, The Powers That Be are considering whether the next step for the franchise is an eighth season for SG-1, a feature film, Atlantis, or some combination thereof. "The rumors of an eighth season are very serious," Mallozzi said. "Sci-Fi (our U.S. broadcaster) is very happy with the show. We premiered with record ratings for the Season Seven premiere and they are in talks with regard to Season Eight and the spin-off series, Atlantis, as well."

I think it would be good to have ther 2-part season finale of Stargate SG-1 set up the premise of Atlantis, then next season have both SG-1's 8th season and the first season of Atlantis. Have SG0-1's eight season end in a cliffhanger which would be resolved in a big, 2 and a half hour special-effects-laden summer blockbuster, thus ending SG-1 and letting Atlantis take over the franchise

Yeah, I guess that's a pipe-dream, huh? Well, if there was a way to do it and have the film make sense to people who don't watch the show, then it's possible.

 

[Ego]

hmm

I'd actually like to see it done a bit differently. I always love it when spin-off shows tie-in to the original show for a period of time, kind of a, 'transitional period'. Here's how I'd like to see it happen:

Season 7 ends with part *1* of the 2-parter
Season 8 begins with part 2 of the 2-parter, and season 1 of the spin-off Atlantis starts off with THEIR viewpoint of part 2 of the 2-parter. We've been told a few times in rumors that Atlantis is going to focus on an off-world-only team, and Earth would not be a point of focus. With that in mind, one would assume that this team would still keep in contact with earth at the very least. I can't imagine ANY earthlings going out on an off-world long-term mission without keeping touch with the SGC.

This would allow for the tossing 'back and forth' of characters between the two shows (Carter guest appears on Atlantis sometime in the beginning of the first season, then someone from the new series visits the SGC on an SG-1 episode, etc).

This all allows for a much more smooth transition to a new show. Then if SG-1 the show peters out at the end of season 8, it almost gives the feel of "the show isn't gone, it just changed, including its name".

 

[Penguin]

You can see the "The Lost City" thread for spoilers on the two-parter which will most likely serve as the spin-off to the Atlantis series.

Elyse
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