Not only is Amanda Tapping moving into the main cast of Stargate Atlantis for Season Four, but SG-1 actor Christopher Judge is scheduled to make an appearance in an episode in the first half of the new season, according to Joseph Mallozzi in a recent Chicago Tribune interview.
Mallozzi also addresses the possibilities of the remaining SG-1 main cast members’ appearances in Season Four:
There were no plans at present, he said, to have Ben Browder (who plays “SG-1’s” Cameron Mitchell), Claudia Black (“SG-1’s” Vala Mal Doran) or Michael Shanks (“SG-1’s” Daniel Jackson) guest on “Atlantis,” but Mallozzi didn’t rule it out.
“They’re going to be in the two [‘Stargate SG-1′ DVD] movies” that are being filmed this spring, Mallozzi said. As far as bringing them back to “Atlantis,” “it’s a matter of coming up with a believable story and the actors’ availability and everything else. At this point it makes more sense for Teal’c or for Daniel Jackson to come to ‘Atlantis’ than for [Cameron] Mitchell.”
He added that Christopher Judge, who plays Teal’c on “SG-1,” will guest on one early fourth season episode of “Atlantis.”
The article also addresses the premise behind the new season’s storyline:
Mallozzi said that Season 4 of “Atlantis” would also feature the arrival of a new alien race, one that will be an “unpredictable wild card.”
“Looking over the 10 stories we’ve been thinking about” for the first half of Season 4 of “Atlantis,” Mallozzi said, “the easiest way to put it is that a lot of [stuff] is going to go down. Some fans will not like it, some fans will love it. We’re going to get movement on characters, and we’ll have some fairly character-centric stories. We’re going to develop an aspect of the Wraith, and we’re going to have this new wild-card race,” he said.
Read the complete interview, which also includes information about Amanda Tapping’s and Jewel Staite’s casting, HERE.