“I abandoned the idea”: This is one of the most famous science fiction saga of the 90’s, but its cult director no longer wants to talk about it

Although Prime Video is going to move a new series around Stargate Universe, Roland Emerich, the director of the first film published in 1994, clearly indicates that he no longer wanted to interfere with this project. This feature film, in which James Spader played the role of brilliant Egyptologist Daniel Jackson, told the discovery of mysterious stars near Giza’s pyramids and opened the way to intergalopical adventures. Kurt Russell played there by the famous Colonel Jonathan J. The role of “Jack” O’Neill. Since then, this world has been largely extended with several television adaptations, including a very popular Stargate SG-1 series implemented by Richard Dean Anderson.

In 2023, after gaining MGM catalog rights, Amazon said Stagger. However, despite these concerns, Roland Emerich Not interested in new recovery. Indeed, after a few unsuccessful attempts, including a trilogy project, which was announced in 2014 with its screenwriter Dean Devlin, the director decided to move on.

In an interview with Joblo Media in 2024, when he was asked if he would be ready to make an Stargate series for Amazon, Emerich responded very clearly: “This is a very difficult brand because many people have rights. But I really don’t want to work on it. I left the idea.»

When Amazon Studios and MGM started tenders to overload the franchise, the creators of EXPANSE, MARK FERGUS and HAWK OSTBY were on the new project’s potential show business list (through Gate World). In May 2023, Brad Wright, co-creator Stargate SG-1Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate Universe and Time Trames, answered questions about AMA (ask something) organized by Reddit, where he said that Amazon was stargate the flagship franchise and that the leaders were careful about his future.

Anyway, Roland Emerich It won’t really be there. There may be past frustrations, such as critical and commercial failure of the Independence Day: a revival that he is also a director, has influenced his decision. He also acknowledged that he was regretted by filming this movie, saying, “I had to stop filming.”

In spite of everything, Roland Emerich It remains active in the world of cinema and television. He co-financed the to the to die, a historic series, released in 2024 at Prime Video, arguing that he continues to work on projects that are close to his heart.

To review his cult stargate’s works, The Stars Door, who started the legendary saga, Direction Prime Video.