Stargate star Amanda Tapping was recently at the Sci Fi Channel Upfronts to represent her new show Sanctuary, but the subject of returning to Stargate is always at the top of interviewers’ lists of questions. When asked how eager she was to play Col. Samantha Carter again (for at least the third SG-1 movie being penned by Brad Wright and Carl Binder), Tapping said, “Oh, I love it. It’s such a comfortable place to go. We say this all the time with Stargate, but it’s such a family, and it’s just nice when the family gets back together. It’s very easy and it’s fun. You fall into that same crazy vibe, and it’s great.”
The last word on the movie has been that Brad Wright is currently reviewing the script that Carl Binder wrote based on their outline. They have been aiming to film the movie this spring or early summer, but it’s possible that this schedule has had to be revised due to the tight scheduling brought about by the production of Stargate Universe. This tight schedule has caused them to slide the filming of the first Atlantis movie until the fall, but it’s currently not known if it has affected the production of the SG-1 movie, which seems to be running on a different timetable than the Atlantis movie. The Atlantis movie’s script hasn’t been written yet, but is currently at the detailed outline stage.
Richard Dean Anderson and most of the Season Ten cast of SG-1 are expected to be included in the untitled O’Neill-centric story that Brad Wright pitched over a year ago to MGM. They’ve lined up Martin Wood to direct the film, but Wright said that MGM will not officially announce the movie until after certain deals have been made. It’s expected that this movie will be released directly to video like its two predecessors. The many months required to produce and market it probably mean that we won’t see this movie until 2010.